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Weekday Masses
Monday
Tuesday,
Mass of the Healing
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday, Liturgy of the Word with Communion
No Mass
10.00 am
9:15 am
7.00 pm
9:15 am
Sunday Masses
Saturday Sunday
6:00 pm 8:00 am
10:00 am
Reconciliation
Saturday 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, C 23rd October 2016
SEASONS Newsletter of the Catholic Parish of St. Thomas More, Mount Eliza
313 Canadian Bay Rd Mount Eliza Vic. 3930
Phone: 9787 7777 Fax: 9787 9734 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.stm-mteliza.org
Pastoral Leadership Team
Fr. Laurie (Parish Priest) Lys Crowe (Pastoral Associate)
Peter Whyte (School D Principal)
Anne-Marie Hyde (Chairperson) Ange Virgona Bill Hunt
John Bruitzman Jim Bourke Maree Taverna
PPLT Email: [email protected]
PCC=Parish Community Centre U=Undercroft
C=Church
MPR=School Multipurpose Room
SSR=School Staff Room Monday
St Vincent de Paul Meeting, 9.30am, PCC No Poetry Group
Tuesday
Social Club after 10am Healing Mass, U
Wednesday RCIA, 8pm, PCC
Thursday
Liturgy Team, 7.30pm, PCC
Lord, Make Me An Instrument of Your Peace
Please help people in Papua New Guinea heal wounds
and find peace through mercy.
The theme for this year’s Catholic Mission World Mission Appeal is inspired by the
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, ‘Lord, make me an instrument of your peace’. It is
a timely focus in this Jubilee Year of Mercy. For 194 years, Catholic Mission has
been working towards helping and supporting communities locally and globally to
fully realise the meaning of this prayer.
Domestic violence and broken relationships are sad and regretful experiences, fre-
quently resulting in physical and emotional trauma. Women and children are most
often the direct victims, but it affects men and the wider community too. In recent
years, the Australian Government has committed significant financial resources to
raising public awareness, supporting agencies working in the field and helping bring
out into the open this often very sensitive and stigmatised issue.
In Papua New Guinea the trauma of domestic violence is just as real as it is here in
Australia. It is just as painful, damaging and life-threatening. Coupled with poverty
and isolation, the outcomes of domestic violence in Papua New Guinea are especial-
ly dire. Furthermore, this issue has yet to become public in the way Australians are
currently experiencing today.
However, change is slowly happening. The Sisters of Mercy in Australia and Papua
New Guinea established Mercy Works as one way to meet the needs of local com-
munities. An active advisory team continually monitors, evaluates and implements
what those needs are. In recent years, Mercy Works has identified that the commu-
nities they are working with need and want to address domestic and family violence.
Consequently two programs were established: Family Life and Community Advoca-
cy. These programs raise awareness, support communities and travel with families
who are at risk. This life-giving and life-changing work is taken to remote areas and
villages and is accessible to all.
With the help of Catholic Mission, community leader Steven Dude works in this
ministry of mission. Along with other local leaders, he is actively engaging with the
community - listening, caring, advocating and training. As instruments of peace,
these men and women travel to remote areas of the Diocese of Daru-Kinga, in the
Western Province of Papua New Guinea.
This appeal invites parishioners to reach out through their financial gifts and prayers
to support the work of Steven and other community leaders to help their people heal
wounds and find peace through mercy.
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We pray for...
Liturgy - 30th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Financial Matters Stewardship
Received last weekend .............................. $3,458
Pledged last weekend ................................ $3,455
Average received in September .............. $3,568
Presbytery
Amount received last week ..................... $1,207 Thanks to all of you who give so generously to support our
parish.
First Reading: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-19
The prayer of the humble will penetrate the heavens.
Responsorial Psalm
The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
All that remains is the crown of righteousness reserved for
me.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! God was in Christ, to reconcile the
world to himself; and the Good News of reconcilia-
tion he has entrusted to us. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
The publican returned to his home justified; the Pharisee
did not.
Those whose anniversaries fall at
this time…
John Pierce, Ronald Taylor, Bruce Wright,
Beverley Smith
and the Sick...
Les Harper, Gordon Foulis, Les Malseed, Len Crowe,
Jose Gomes, Des Leyden, Pat Crowther, Margaret
Beale, Angela Butler, Sue Kelly, Maria Kelly, Jan Dea-
kin, Will Murray, Sr. Tarcissius, Frank Nolan, Jo King,
Paula Stuart, Jacki Waite, Kathryn Hart, Fr. Michael
Walsh, Shane Dobson, Ken & Mary Allen, Ray Grant,
Rob Nicholls, Adrian Gobel, Rachael Sanderson (nee
Davies), and all of the sick at the George Vowell Cen-
tre & Ranelagh Gardens Nursing Home.
and the parishioners of St Thomas More Parish,
Tequinomata, East Timor.
Morning Tea Your hosts this week will be
Kelly Griffiths & Tyler/Dylan
Griffiths.
You are all warmly invited after
10am Mass to linger for a cuppa and an oppor-
tunity to get to know some other members of
your parish community better. Your hosts next
week will be Katie Rodgers & Ruth Pusic.
Next Week’s Roster
Mass Time Lector Commentator
6 pm Michaela Leamon Peter Leamon
8 am Keith Donovan Chris Anwyl
10 am Minda Wunder Peter Griffin
Mass Time Ministers of the Eucharist
6 pm
David Wirth (Book)
Anne Wirth (Gifts)
Helen Steyn (Gifts)
8 am Michael Canning (Book)
Bob Ribbons (Gifts)
Sue Carr (Gifts)
10 am Adrian Coughlan (Book)
Peter Royal (Gifts)
Rob Storr (Gifts)
10 am Children’s Liturgy
Andrew Postregna
Chiara & Siena Postregna
Counters Irene Owsianka
Richard Lindner
Yvonne Minton
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What’s Happening Here...
The next meeting of St Vincent de Paul will
be held on Monday, October 24th at 9.30am
in the Undercroft.
STM Social Club
Fun & Friendship For All
New members welcome. Please contact Christine
5975 6687 or Carol 9775 2315.
Please Note: Poetry Group will not be running on
Monday 24th October.
Sunday, 30th October, is our next Drop in Pizza
Night. No need to let us know… Just drop in.
FAME is on Tuesday the 1st of November, at Tag-
garts. $30 per head: sign up and pay at the October
25th meeting.
Friday 4th November at 10:30 am is the Big Band at
Frankston Arts Centre. Cost: $20. Bookings and pay-
ment to Carolyn.
Beleura House - “A Christmas Tradition” Friday,
9th December @ 6.30pm. Cost: $85 or Matinee, Sat-
urday, 10th December @ 1pm. Cost: $65. Bookings
and payment at the next Social Club Meeting on Tues-
day 25th October. For all enquiries contact Colleen
9787 2479.
The Welfare Officers for October are Mercia
Gleeson and Judy Jones.
Our Next Parish Meeting The next of our quarterly Parish Meetings is on
Wednesday 2nd November (postponed from 12th
October) at 7.30pm in the Church. At this meeting
we will continue with the next stage of putting our
Parish Pastoral Plan together. Please consider coming
to this meeting, as it’s important that as many people
as possible attend these meetings and contribute to
the ongoing life of our Parish.
Parish Pastoral Leadership Team At this month’s PPLT meeting we
planned for the Archbishop’s visit
continued to work on our next Parish Pastoral
Plan
discussed our upcoming Fundraising events
began planning the next quarterly Parish Meet-
ing
Nametags: The Parish Pastoral Leadership Team
invites you to wear a nametag to Mass! This is just
one way of us getting to know each other better. You
can BYO, or we will have some stick-on ones available
each week.
Baptism Welcomes
Congratulations and Welcome to Greta & Alexandra McCullough (Parents - Scott & Rachael)
who will be baptised at the 10am Mass this weekend.
Some dates for your diary!
Saturday 17th December - Sausage
Sizzle at Bunnings.
Saturday 26th November - Parish Working Bee
Children’s Liturgy at 10am Mass Gabrielle Dole & Margo O’Callaghan will
lead the children in an exploration of this
week’s Gospel at the 10am Mass.
Please encourage your primary school age children to
join them in the Undercroft, or you might like to go
with your pre-schoolers.
Melbourne Catholic The October edition of Melbourne Catholic is now
available. $4 per copy.
Mass of Healing
Our annual Mass of Healing will be on Tuesday 25th Octo-ber at 10am.
This is an opportunity for any-one who may like to receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, and/or you may know someone you could bring along, or you may like to just come along and pray for and with those being anointed. All welcome.
St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria
Mass of Remembrance Our annual Mass of Remembrance will be on Friday
11th November at 7.30pm. At this Mass we re-
member by name those we know who have died
throughout the year, and a special invitation has been
sent to their families. It is also an opportunity for all
of us to especially remember those we love who
have died, and so we invite everyone to come
along to Mass, followed by Supper. If you would
like to, please bring a plate of food to share.
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What’s Happening Elsewhere….
Are You (Fairly) New
to Our Parish? We would love to invite you to a
meal at Fr. Laurie’s house to enjoy
the company of other parishioners,
both old and new.
Just fill in the form in the folder at the Church porch
and we will be in touch.
You Are Invited To Our Annual Presenta-
tion Evening For Brosnan Services
You are invited to our Annual Presentation Evening for
Brosnan Services. Come and hear about the great work
being done for troubled youth in our society and join us
for soup and sandwiches.
Our guest speaker this year will be Leanne Acreman.
Leanne manages the Housing services that care for young
people who are both homeless and fall into the criminal
justice system. In many ways, this is very much in the
spirit of Fr. Brosnan's work in providing accommodation
via “Four Flats”.
When: Friday, 28th October at 6pm
Where: Tom and Maree Shelton's home,
19 Gannet Street, Mt Eliza
Celebrating the Feast of St Jude The Parish Community of St Jude Church, Langwarrin
is celebrating the feast of St Jude on Tuesday 25th Oc-
tober 2016 with 7pm Mass followed by Benediction,
Novena to St Jude and refreshments.
Please come and join us on our feast day and may the
feast ease your burden and strengthen you
with God’s healing power.