St. Simon the Apostle Parish · PARISH DIARY Monday November 25 9.15am: Mass followed by Rosary...
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From the inception of Catholic Schools in Australia, the Parish Priest has been responsible for the administration, conduct and culture of the school. In more recent years, this has meant that he has been the legal employer of the school staff. As a consequence of recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Abuse, that arrangement will change markedly within the next year or two. The administrative responsibility of “employer” will move to a new Archdiocesan Education Board, directly responsible to the Archbishop. The finer details of this arrangement are currently under extensive discussion and evaluation. In fifty years of parish ministry, without exception, I have respected and admired the Principals of the parish schools with which I have been associated. When I arrived at St. Simon’s at the end of July 2017, I met the Principal of our Parish School - and immediately it was clear to me that St. Simon’s was being led by a man of vision, faith, energy and unbridled commitment to doing all he could to pass on the next generation a Christ-centred faith and compassion, combined with an excellence in academic education which would be of ongoing value. Next Friday, Phil’s lifetime of commitment to children and their families under the umbrella of Catholic Education will be recognised at St. Simon’s as his many years of teaching service draw to a close. For fourteen years, Phil has been Principal of St. Simon’s and has led our Parish School with a warm, personal engagement with staff, students and their families. This has been strongly combined with a commitment to excellence in education. His time as Principal does not conclude, “technically speaking”, until January next year, but next Friday will be our chance to say “Thank You” to a man who has been central to the lives of the several thousand children who have attended St. Simon’s during his dedicated leadership. A Mass of Appreciation will be celebrated at 5.00pm in our newly–refurbished church, after which we will move to the magnificent new classroom block which wouldn’t be there without Phil’s vison and administrative ability. This was a project in which he was most capably supported by Maree Fatouros, his Deputy Principal for the past three years. Both our parish and our school are highly indebted to them both. On Fete Day we celebrated what it is to be part of a vibrant parish community. On Friday, we have the chance to say “Thank You” to someone who has given wonderful example and leadership to build that community into what it is today. Let’s do that together with genuine gratitude. St. Simon the Apostle Parish 2 Taylors Lane, Rowville 3178 (03) 9764 4058 [email protected] www.stsimonsparish.com.au Parish Personnel PARISH PRIEST: Fr Kevin Dillon Mobile: 0421 777 360 Email: [email protected] PASTORAL ASSOCIATES: Mrs Loretta Hughes (Tue, Thu) Mrs Abbie Ferdinands (Mon, Wed, Fri) SACRAMENTAL CO-ORDINATOR: Mrs Marialisa Mandarino (Wed) BUSINESS & OFFICE MANAGER: Mr Peter Evans (Mon - Thu) CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Ms Delisa Gonsalves (Mon) SECRETARIES: Mrs Felicia Ahumada (Mon - Wed) Mrs Christina Liew (Thu, Fri) ST. SIMON’S SCHOOL: Mrs. Maree Fatouros (Acting Principal): 9755 4222 NAZARETH COLLEGE PRINCIPAL: Mr Sam Cosentino: 9795 8100 PARISH OFFICE OPEN: 9.00am to 4.00pm Tuesday to Friday WEEKEND MASS: Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm Sunday: 8.00am, 9.30am, 11.00am OTHER MASS TIMES: Monday to Saturday: 9.15am Tuesday: 7.00pm RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 9.45am BAPTISMS: First Sat 11.30am, Third Sun 12.30pm WEDDINGS & FOCCUS MARRIAGE PREPARATION: Contact Parish Office. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: When required, and 9.15am Mass on the First Friday of the Month MEMORIAL ANNIVERSARIES: To be arranged through Parish Office PARISH COUNCIL: [email protected] MASS ON RADIO: Mass from St. Simon’s is broadcast on Light FM - 89.9 at 7am Sundays HALL HIRE: St. Simon’s Hall is available for hire Saturday evenings and Sunday Lunch. For enquiries, contact the Parish Office during Office Hours. Phone: 9764 4058. ST VINCENT DE PAUL HELPLINE: 1800 305 330 CHANGES TO PERSONAL DETAILS: Contact Parish Office November 24th 2019 - Feast of Christ the King
Transcript of St. Simon the Apostle Parish · PARISH DIARY Monday November 25 9.15am: Mass followed by Rosary...
From the inception of Catholic Schools in Australia, the Parish Priest has been responsible for the administration, conduct and culture of the school. In more recent years, this has meant that he has been the legal employer of the school staff.
As a consequence of recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Abuse, that arrangement will change markedly within the next year or two. The administrative responsibility of “employer” will move to a new Archdiocesan Education Board, directly responsible to the Archbishop. The finer details of this arrangement are currently under extensive discussion and evaluation.
In fifty years of parish ministry, without exception, I have respected and admired the Principals of the parish schools with which I have been associated. When I arrived at St. Simon’s at the end of July 2017, I met the Principal of our Parish School - and immediately it was clear to me that St. Simon’s was being led by a man of vision, faith, energy and unbridled commitment to doing all he could to pass on the next generation a Christ-centred faith and compassion, combined with an excellence in academic education which would be of ongoing value.
Next Friday, Phil’s lifetime of commitment to children and their families under the umbrella of Catholic Education will be recognised at St. Simon’s as his many years of teaching service draw to a close.
For fourteen years, Phil has been Principal of St. Simon’s and has led our Parish School with a warm, personal engagement with staff, students and their families. This has been strongly combined with a commitment to excellence in education. His time as Principal does not conclude, “technically speaking”, until January next year, but next Friday will be our chance to say “Thank You” to a man who has been central to the lives of the several thousand children who have attended St. Simon’s during his dedicated leadership.
A Mass of Appreciation will be celebrated at 5.00pm in our newly–refurbished church, after which we will move to the magnificent new classroom block which wouldn’t be there without Phil’s vison and administrative ability. This was a project in which he was most capably supported by Maree Fatouros, his Deputy
Principal for the past three years. Both our parish and our school are highly indebted to them both.
On Fete Day we celebrated what it is to be part of a vibrant parish community. On Friday, we have the chance to say “Thank You” to someone who has given wonderful example and leadership to build that community into what it is today.
Let’s do that together with genuine gratitude.
St. Simon the Apostle Parish 2 Taylors Lane, Rowville 3178
(03) 9764 4058
[email protected] www.stsimonsparish.com.au
Parish Personnel PARISH PRIEST: Fr Kevin Dillon
Mobile: 0421 777 360
Email: [email protected]
PASTORAL ASSOCIATES: Mrs Loretta Hughes (Tue, Thu)
Mrs Abbie Ferdinands (Mon, Wed, Fri)
SACRAMENTAL CO-ORDINATOR: Mrs Marialisa Mandarino (Wed)
BUSINESS & OFFICE MANAGER: Mr Peter Evans (Mon - Thu)
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Ms Delisa Gonsalves (Mon)
SECRETARIES: Mrs Felicia Ahumada (Mon - Wed)
Mrs Christina Liew (Thu, Fri)
ST. SIMON’S SCHOOL: Mrs. Maree Fatouros (Acting Principal): 9755 4222
NAZARETH COLLEGE PRINCIPAL: Mr Sam Cosentino: 9795 8100
PARISH OFFICE OPEN: 9.00am to 4.00pm
Tuesday to Friday
WEEKEND MASS: Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm
Sunday: 8.00am, 9.30am, 11.00am
OTHER MASS TIMES: Monday to Saturday: 9.15am
Tuesday: 7.00pm
RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 9.45am
BAPTISMS: First Sat 11.30am, Third Sun 12.30pm
WEDDINGS & FOCCUS MARRIAGE PREPARATION: Contact Parish Office.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: When required, and 9.15am
Mass on the First Friday of the Month
MEMORIAL ANNIVERSARIES: To be arranged through Parish Office
PARISH COUNCIL: [email protected]
MASS ON RADIO: Mass from St. Simon’s is broadcast
on Light FM - 89.9 at 7am Sundays
HALL HIRE:
St. Simon’s Hall is available for hire
Saturday evenings and Sunday Lunch.
For enquiries, contact the Parish Office
during Office Hours. Phone: 9764 4058.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL HELPLINE:
1800 305 330
CHANGES TO PERSONAL DETAILS: Contact Parish Office
November 24th 2019 - Feast of Christ the King
PARISH DIARY
Monday November 25 9.15am: Mass followed by Rosary (Chapel)
7.30pm: Prayer Group Christmas Breakup (Chapel)
Tuesday November 26 9.15am: Mass (Chapel)
7.00pm: Mass (Chapel)
7.30pm: Bible Study (Chapel)
Wednesday November 27 9.15am: Mass (Church)
Thursday November 28 9.15am: Mass (Church)
10.00am: Bible Study (Parish Centre)
Friday November 29 9.15am: Mass (Chapel)
2.30pm: School Liturgy (Church)
5.00pm: Mass of Appreciation for Phil Hesse (Church)
Saturday November 30 9.15am: Mass (Chapel)
9.45am: Reconciliation (Church)
6.00pm: Mass (Church)
Sunday December 1 8.00am, 9.30am & 11.00am Mass (Church) …………………………………………………………………….……...….……….…..…
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE RISEN IN THE LORD
Recent Death: Gabriel Clarke (Fr. Jim’s brother), Richard Walker
Anniversary: Armando Cosentino, Giuseppe Talarico ………………..………………...………………………………….…………….……….…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Monette Payet, Callum Porritt, Fr. Kevin Dillon, Jacqui Giuliano, Dale Sheehan, Louis Greco,
Catherine Ubay, Roshenka Roche, Carmine Bonacci, Natalie Zaher, Lucas Dalle-Nogare, Simon Sakkal,
Sophie Orbien, Tony Orbien, Rey Soriano, Courtney McAllister, Jacob Biviano, Seymon Martino.
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INTER-PARISH WALK Sat. Nov 30 at 1.40pm.
Walk along part of the "iconic" Lilydale-Warburton trail. Meet in the carpark at the corner of Symes Rd. and Haggards Lane, Woori Yallock. This is a flat, easy walk with beautiful bushland. Join us to connect with others from surrounding parishes, have a chat and cake after. Contact Nimmi 0413135889 or Mic 0412 260 406 for any queries or if you need a ride.
MEETINGS Craft Group: Tue. Nov. 26 at 1.30pm (Parish Centre) RCIA: Tue. Nov. 26 at 7.45pm (Chapel) School Opening: Fri. Nov. 29 at 6.00pm (School) ….……………………………………………………………….……….……….....………….…
FAREWELL TO MR PHIL HESSE & BLESSING & OPENING OF NEW SCHOOL
CLASSROOM BLOCK A farewell Mass of Appreciation for retiring St Simon’s School Principal, Mr Phil Hesse will be celebrated on Friday, Nov 29 at 5.00pm in our church. This will be followed by the blessing and opening of the new school classroom block with hospitality provided afterwards. Families of St Simon’s school (past & present) are warmly invited to attend either or both functions at which appropriate recognition of Phil’s 14-year service to St Simon’s will be made. ………………..………………...………………………………….……...………….…..….……
MASS FOR CHRIS MAXWELL Chris Maxwell has been our Sound and Powerpoint operator at the 9.30am Mass for many years, and a major contributor to the Refurbishment Committee. At just 22 years of age, he is suffering from a serious illness and is constantly in and out of hospital. Parishioners are invited to attend a Mass to ask for God’s healing grace for Chris and to support his family at St. Simon’s on Tuesday, Dec 3 at 7.00pm.
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WE NEED A “HOLY FAMILY” ! At this year’s 6.00pm Christmas Eve “Children’s Mass”, we would like to have a “Holy Family” of Jesus (baby four months old or less), Mary and Joseph. If you are available for the Mass and would like to have this very special “role” (no previous experience necessary!). Appropriate “costumes” for Mary and Joseph will be provided. Contact: Marialisa Mandarino: [email protected] or call the Parish Office: 9764 4058. .……………………………………………………………………
MASS RECORDING Thank you to all our volunteers who have done such an amazing job of recording our 6.00pm Masses, reaching out to the wider community through radio. We currently need two more volunteers to assist us. If this is something you are interested in, training will be provided and you will be on a bi-monthly roster. If you are interested, please contact the Parish Office. ………………………………………………………………………
PRAYER GROUP Christmas Breakup on Monday, Nov 25, 2019 at 7.30pm.
Please bring a plate to spread Christmas cheer. Prayer Group will resume January 13, 2020.
Rosters for weekend of 30th November & 1st December 2019
Mass Times 6.00 pm 8.00 am 9.30 am 11.00 am
Reader 1 Marita Murphy Neela Tatnell Evans family Pia Pagotta
Reader 2 Jodie Marziano Neela Tatnell Evans family Colin Maslen
Commentator Kaye Williams John Dorton Tony Biviano Christina Liew
Help Desk Seymon Martino Cheryl Philp Marie-Anne Duthil Helen Ekeroma
CLOW Anita/Marsha N/A Ewa Toomey Elsa Lapiz
Bus Driver John Duhau Flowers: Mirella Louey
Mass Recorder Shanti Jayamanne Homily Typist: Janet Forster
Altar Society Deepthi Perera, Jeanne Bernard & Bernadette Fernando
Church Cleaning Clara Gallo, Donna Lanzone, Ida Lancuba
Counters Michael & Margaret Ng, Aloysius Ting, Monica Kueh & Benedict Lim
COLLECTIONS: November 17th, 2019
Presbytery $1,691.75 Loose donations $ 564.10 Weekly Pledge Received Cumulative
Stewardship - Envelope. (2nd Collection) $2,550.31 $2,163.25 85.6% Stewardship - Credit Cards / Direct Debit (cumulative Average) $3,570.34
2016 campaign pledge (weekly) $6,120.65
Thank you for sharing your treasure
THANK YOU By the time you read this, Fete Day will be concluded - hopefully a great success in every way. Sincere thanks to so many people who have worked and given, to make our Fete a “Great Fete”:
The Committee, especially Toni Coates, Jenny Maxwell, Greg Sheehan, Tina Costanzo, supported by many others who diligently looked after varying areas of responsibility,
Stall and Service “Captains”, Any number of Volunteers who stepped up when and
where needed, from delivering brochures to setting up and setting down a large Fete site,
Our sponsors, whose generous support made all the difference. Keep an eye out for them each week in this bulletin and support them when possible,
Generous donors of a wide variety of stock for our Stalls,
All the great people who patronised our Fete in any way. Hopefully they all had a great day.
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FETE SPONSOR OF THE WEEK Our Fete Sponsors give much appreciated support to this important parish event. This week we thank:
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Located at: 980 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully 3156
Phone: (03) 9759 8000; 1300 133 378
Website: https://www.ftgmotorgroup.com.au/
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AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC YOUTH FESTIVAL
(ACYF) PERTH 2019
Perth, Sun. Dec. 8 to Tue. Dec. 10 provides an opportunity for young people to celebrate the vitality of the Church in Australia. A large group from Melbourne will attend, but some of our youth don’t have the means to self-fund their attendance, and you can support them.
Support the St Simon’s ACYF team by taking and returning one of the coupons or helping to sell one of the boxes of chocolates. You can donate via the new CDF-sponsored Donation Point Tap in the foyer. By swiping your credit card, you will be making a donation of $5 (pre-set) to help St Simon’s pilgrims.
CHURCH REFURBISHMENT UPDATE The carpeting is nearly finished in the church, with the remainder along the walls to be done as part of the next carpeting project that will include the foyer (narthex) and chapel. We are trying to arrange the remaining carpeting to be done in the week 16-20 December, but haven’t yet confirmed that with our supplier. In the meantime, please avoid walking on uncarpeted concrete and avoid using the doors into the chapel.
We need to do some remedial work to the brickwork in the foyer (narthex) of the church before carpeting the foyer. That work is scheduled for the week 2-6 Dec. The church will be available during that week, but please take care and walk around the building works during that week.
The building work in the foyer will be done by Robert Verdouw, who specialises in commercial building work and projects, whether small, medium or large. He can be contacted on 0419 503 268 or [email protected] if you have need of such work.
Peter Evans (Business Manager) ………………………………………………………………….…………………....……….
LOCATION OF PEW PLAQUES The new pews are in place in the church and we are now planning to get the plaques made and installed. We will be allowing parishioners who donated money towards the pews to select the position in the church for their plaque/plaques. They will be given the choice of nominating a position from those still available or allowing us to do so for them.
Notifications will be sent in 5 batches of about 20 each based on the date the donation was received, with the second batch starting on Mon. 25 Nov.
Parishioners in each batch will have one exclusive week from notification to make their choice, or can make it any time after that in the booking period. They can make their choice either via TryBooking or by contacting Peter Evans at the Parish Office.
Please keep an eye out for the notification, which will have more details. ….………………………………………………………….……….……..……………..….
SOUP/SUPPER AND SOUL Christmas Breakup gathering on Thu. Dec. 5 at 7.30pm. Please bring a plate to share Christmas cheer and reflect.
Soup (Supper) and Soul will resume Thu, Feb 6, 2020.
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November 24th 2019 - Feast of Christ the King
First reading 2 Samuel 5:1-3
All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron. ‘Look’ they said ‘we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits; and the Lord said to you, “You are the man who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you shall be the leader of Israel.”’ So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them at Hebron in the presence of the Lord, and they anointed David king of Israel.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 121(122):1-5 Second reading Colossians 1:12-20
We give thanks to the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light.
Because that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.
He is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible, Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers – all things were created through him and for him. Before anything was created, he existed, and he holds all things in unity. Now the Church is his body, he is its head.
As he is the Beginning, he was first to be born from the dead, so that he should be first in every way; because God wanted all perfection to be found in him and all things to be reconciled through him and for
him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, when he made peace by his death on the cross.
Gospel Luke 23:35-43
The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’ Above him there was an inscription: ‘This is the King of the Jews.’
One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as well.’ But the other spoke up and rebuked him. ‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus,’ he said ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you,’ he replied ‘today you will be with me in paradise.’
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Next Week’s Readings: 1st Sunday of Advent
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HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY FR. KEVIN
