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Parish Priest:
Fr Jacob M.S.T
Parish Secretaries Dominique Hockey Carol Leathem
Parish Office Hours
Tuesday - Friday 9am—3pm
Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office.
Weddings By appointment and after Preparation
Children’s Ministries Kathy Menzies [email protected]
St Schols Community Centre Simon Rush 0448 040 111
[email protected] www.stscholscc.org.au
St Scholastica’s Primary School Principal: Paul Gleeson 9808 7279 [email protected]
Outside School Hours Care
Camp Australia 1300 105 343
St Scholastica’s Kindergarten 9808 9724
Director: Michelle Thomas [email protected]
Administrator:
Katherine Presley [email protected]
348 Burwood Highway, Bennettswood VIC 3125 ABN 95 499 516 268
Phone: 9808 1006
Fax: 9888 7573
Email: [email protected]
Website:
www.stscholasticaparish.com.au
Trinity Sunday 31st May
2015 - Year B
First Holy Communion Retreat 28-31 May 2015
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd This weekend 14 children from our Level II Atrium will be receiving Jesus for the first time in the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. This is a very special time in the faith journey of these children and their families. Please join us in praying for Amira, Tiffany, Audrey, Mary, Liam, Katie, Daniel, Elizabeth, Hana, Michael, Joshua, Micah, Joel and Oakley. Next week, 7 June (9am Mass) these children will be presented to the Parish and receive their certificates after Communion. Please join us in the Gathering Area after Mass for a special celebration cake. Thank you for your prayers.
Prize No
Ticket No Name/address Parish
1 Toyota Corolla Ascent Sport 19706 Neil Hargan Keysborough
2 Toyota Corolla Ascent 27977 Lisa Ford Ashburton
3 Toyota Yaris YR 42106 Camille Alberto B/wood
4 $1000 Coles/Myer Gift Card 131080 Valerie Khoo Mulgrave
5 $1000 Coles/Myer Gift Card 66183 Chris Moschetti Croydon
6 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 67143 Aamon Palangio Doncaster East
7 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 164306 Colleen Boland Geelong
8 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 19410 Annon Dowall Keysborough
9 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 40005 John & Pat Ovens B/wood
10 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 25535 Joe Bedros Armenian
11 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 114633 Fritzvnan Rey-merdael Armenian
12 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 21644 Sylvie Vydelingin Keysborough
13 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 140467 Ingrid Ross Park Orchards
14 $500 Coles Myer Gift Card 146512 Meita Tjandrawansa Ringwood
Congratulations St Schol’s winners 3rd and 9th prizes
WEEKLY CALENDAR 2015
Monday 1 June 8.00am Communion Service 7.30pm Vinnies GA
Tuesday 2 June 8.00am Mass ~ Exposition ~ Rosary 9.15am Prep library mass
7.00pm SYNC meeting GA
8.00pm Prayer Group Mc Andrew room
Wednesday 3 June 8.00am Communion service
10.00am Exposition 10.30am Rosary 11.00am Anointing Mass followed by a cuppa
8.00pm Legion of Mary
Thursday 4 June
8.00am Mass 1.30pm Legion of Mary GA
7.30pm Baptism Information night GA
8.00pm Burwood discussion group McAndrew room
Friday 5 June 8.00am Mass ~ Novena to St Anthony
10.00am Exposition ~ Rosary 11.00am First Friday Mass ~ Novena to St Anthony
Saturday 6 June
9.00am Mass ~ Novena followed by confession 6.00pm Mass ~ Novena to St Anthony Sunday 7 June
9.00am Mass ~ Novena to St Anthony 11.00am Mass ~ Novena to St Anthony 5.30pm Mass ~ Novena to St Anthony
Vietnamese Mass 3rd Saturday of the month: 20 June 2015 @ 7.15pm
ROSTERS
Day Mass Time
5th Sunday of the month 31 May 2015
Readers Special Ministers
Saturday 6.00 pm Paul Borg Sheena Devadass
Barbara Schobben Mary Ann Borg Lindy Leigh
9.00 am Conroy Rodrigues Lee Thorn Jill Bartley Rosa Coniglio
11.00 am George Ellis Pat Nitz Ewena Ellis Laurine Shane
5.30 pm Arden Nelson Marcia Nelson Margaret Sweeney
Day Mass Time
1st Sunday of the month 7 June 2015
Readers Special Ministers
Saturday 6.00 pm Paul Borg Maryann Borg Christine Wates
Sunday 9.00 am Margot Westwood Maleesa Fernando
Rosa Coniglio Margaret Scully Myrna Beven
11.00am June O’Bryan Laurine Shane
Donato D’Augello Jo Jolly Anna Marie Ziino
5.30 pm Arden Nelson Mernellie Pilcher
Margaret Sweeney Marcia Nelson Arden Nelson
Sunday
New to St Scholastica’s?
Please take a new parishioner pack home with you, located in the foyer of the church. There are so many ways to get involved in your new parish, browse through the pack, call into the parish office and introduce yourself we’d love to meet you and help in any way we can.
Baptism at St Scholastica’s It is a requirement of the parish that a Baptism information night must be attended to prior to having your child baptised. Contact the parish office on 9808 1006 to make a booking into one of the monthly sessions. Next session: Thursday 4th June 2015 @ 7.30 pm in the gathering area.
Communion to the Sick If you know anyone who is sick or housebound, who would like to receive a visit from Fr Jacob? This can easily be arranged by phoning the parish office and leaving details. Tuesday—Friday 9.00am to 3.00pm on 9808 1006 or email [email protected]
Remembering Our Community Sick: Ewena Ellis, Sr Mary Xavier, Cyril Mahon and John Bryant, Tim Samuel, Selim Maalouf, Graeme Hockey and Lance Straford
Anniversaries Teodoro Mariani, Mara De Blasis and Francesca Coniglio
RIP Bernard Patrick Thomas and Carlton Crouch
We have two wonderful couples celebrating very special wedding
anniversaries.
Congratulations
Rae and Vern Barrett 60 years
and
Judy and Jerald Narsity 15 years
Seniors Luncheon
Our next seniors luncheon will be held on Tuesday 9th June, commencing at 12.00 in the Community centre. The numbers have been very low for the past 2 months it would be lovely to see more people attend. These luncheons are a great way to catch up and also for those who have never
attended it’s a great way to meet fellow parishioners. Hope to see you there all welcome.
Kindergarten News St Scholastica’s Kindergarten is currently taking enrolments for 2016. The Activity Group on Monday 9am to 5pm is available to any kindergarten aged child. The child does not have to be attending the kindergarten. So if you would like your child to have extra hours, please contact Katherine on 9808 1006 or 0467 093 117.
Young VInnies update
The bake sale last month was a great success and we raised $230, that will be enough to help 2 students in the Assist a Student Program and leave $90 for our local works. Our Kids Day Out to Werribee Zoo was a great success, and this Sunday we are having another KDO to Bounce, which should be wonderful. Thank you to all parishioners for your support.
NOVENA and ROSARY
We have held our last Wednesday night Novena for a few months, thank you to all who attended and brought a plate of food to share. It was a lovely gathering. Novena will recommence on Wednesday 2nd September.
Sacramental Preparation Program for 2015 – Confirmation
Last Friday 29th May, 10 children from the Sacramental Preparation Program together with children from St Scholastica’s Primary School came together to receive their Sacrament of Confirmation.
The Parish has been offering the Sacramental Preparation Program for children attending public school for many years. The program is solely supported by volunteers who come together each week to journey in faith and love with these children.
A special thanks and appreciation to the catechists: Donna Dejkovski and Van Nguyen for volunteering their time, talent and commitment in preparing these 10 children. Also thank you to St Scholastica’s primary school for their inclusion of these children in their preparation.
Let us continue to pray for all the New Confirmants that these children may be strengthened with gifts of grace, to love and serve as a disciple of Christ and that they may grow into the fullness of the stature of Christ. Anointing Mass Wednesday 3rd June there will be an Anointing mass at 11.00am
We will commence with Exposition at 10.00am followed by Rosary
Friday 5th June
Commencement of Novena to St Anthony after every mass. Also
First Friday Mass at 11.00am
Paul Gleeson: Principal at St Scholastica's Primary study journey The Holy Land
From my desk – a Jerusalem Blog
As part of the study journey, I am intending to write a blog of my experiences and travels. I will do my very best to keep it updated on a daily basis depending upon internet access. If you wish to view the blog, it is available at the following address: http://pgleeson.global2.vic.edu.au.
St Dominic's Reading Group Mondays, 1 and 15 June, 13 and 27 July, 7.30–8.30pm St Dominic’s Parish Centre, 816 Riversdale Road, Camberwell The St Dominic’s Reading Group will start looking at Church documents as part of their reading of Catholic literature. Come and join us in reading Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) and the encyclical Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith). Newcomers are especially welcome! Cost: $15, including the texts, or $10 if you already have them. Details and registration: Br Matthew, [email protected] or Fiona 0402 474 074
Wanted Shared Accommodation Please contact Rory on 0409 040 639 if you can help
Trinity Sunday - Year B
30th & 31st May 2015
Entrance Antiphon Blest be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and also the Holy Spirit, for he has shown us his merciful love.
First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-34. 39-40
A reading from the book of Deuteronomy
The Lord himself is God in heaven above and on earth below: there is no other. Moses said to the people: 'Put this question to the ages that are past, that went before you, from the time God created man on earth: Was there ever a word so majestic, from one end of heaven to the other? Was anything ever heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive? Has any god ventured to take to himself one nation from the midst of another by ordeals, signs, wonders, war with mighty hand and outstretched arm, by fearsome terrors - all this that the Lord your God did for you before your eyes in Egypt?
'Understand this today, therefore, and take it to heart: The Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. Keep his laws and commandments as I give them to you today so that you and your children may prosper and live long in the land that the Lord your God gives you for ever.'
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Psalm: Ps 32:4-6. 9. 18-20. 22
R. Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted. The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. R.
By his word the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all the stars. He spoke: and they came to be. He commanded; they sprang into being. R.
The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. R.
Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield. May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. R.
Second Reading: Romans 8:14-
17
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans
You have received the Spirit that makes you God's own children, and in that Spirit we call God: Father, our Father! Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, 'Abba, Father!' The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Alleluia!
Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew
Baptise them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Communion Antiphon
Since you are children of God, God has sent into your hearts the Spirit of his Son, the Spirit who cries out: Abba, Father.
7 June 2015
First Reading: Exodus 24:3-8
Second Reading: Hebrews 9:11-15
Gospel: Mark 14:12-16. 22-26
DID YOU KNOW? We have Father who is the Creator, Son the Redeemer and Holy Spirit the Sanctifier and the Counsellor. The doctrine of Three Persons in one God, equal in Divinity yet distinct in Person, is not explicitly spelt out in the Bible. Even the very word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible. But the doctrine of the Trinity underlies all major Christian feasts, including Christmas, the Epiphany, Good Friday, Easter, the Ascension and Pentecost. All the official prayers of the Church, including the Holy Mass and the Sacraments, begin with an address to the Holy Trinity: “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
We are baptized, absolved of our sins and anointed in the name of the Blessed Trinity. Throughout the world, church bells can ring three times a day inviting Christians to pray to God the Father (the Provider); God the Son (the Savior); and God the Holy Spirit (the Sanctifier). We bless ourselves with the Sign of the Cross invoking the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and we conclude our prayers glorifying the Holy Trinity, saying “Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.” Today’s readings convey the fundamental mystery that the Triune God reaches out to people in love, seeking the deepest communion.
First reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40: Deuteronomy was written down much later than the time of Moses (ca. 1250 BC), during the Babylonian Captivity (587-539 BC). Internal corruption and external pressures had brought the Jewish people to the brink of extinction. Kings, priests, prophets, and Temple had all failed to hold them together. Those who produced the written document responded to this crisis by offering amplified explanations of the Mosaic legal traditions, in the hope of setting the Jews on a viable course for their future. Since the audience for the written presentation of Deuteronomy was having a very hard time holding on to faith and identity, the book’s reminder, that their ancestors had the same struggle to achieve or to maintain their strict belief in the one, true and invisible God, must have been encouraging. In today's reading, Moses gives the people all the reasons to be proud of how they differ from their pagan neighbors. He asserts, in effect, "We have a better God who gave us a better law and we're a better people. There's no other god like ours, nor law like ours, and no other people like us, so shape up!"
Second Reading, Romans 8:14-17: As a response to some who insisted that pagan converts to Christ had to practice the Jewish law, Saint Paul tries to get his audience to let themselves be saved by the grace of God, instead of trying to save themselves by their own efforts, obeying Mosaic laws. He advises them to lead their life “in the Spirit,” that is, to let God take over. This reading addresses some of the relations between Spirit, Father and Son, as we experience our relationship with God.
Today’s Gospel describes Jesus’ final apparition to his apostles just before his Ascension into Heaven. At that moment, He commissioned them to make disciples of all nations and commanded them to baptize those who came to believe, “in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. “ Here is the Trinitarian apostolic blessing of St. Paul, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14).