This Week

SUNDAY July 29th 9am, 11am Mass

6pm Mass

MONDAY July 30th 8.30am Rosary

9am Mass

TUESDAY July 31st

8.30am Rosary 9.00am Mass

9.30 am Adoration

WEDNESDAY August 1st 7pm Mass

7.30pm Meditation

THURSDAY August 2nd 9.00am

FRIDAY August 3rd

8.30am Rosary 9.00am Mass

9.30am Divine Mercy

SATURDAY August 4th 10.30 Reconciliation

6pm Mass Baptism Welcome

SUNDAY August 5th

9am, 11am, 6pm Mass

Congratulations

Back in April the 2012 candidates for Confir-

mation began their special time of preparation

to receive this final Sacrament of Christian

Initiation.

Since then they have worked as a group,

worked individually in their work books and

also been in conversation with their parents.

They have also worked in classes at school

and at ASRE.

We are proud to put these young candidates

before the community this weekend and wish

them every blessing of the Holy Spirit in their

lives.

We congratulate them on this decision they

have made to be confirmed and the courage

they need to allow their Christian faith to

grow stronger in their lives.

To our visitors we welcome you to these spe-

cial celebrations and pray that you the spon-

sors can be a positive presence in their lives.

To the confirmands of 2012

Congratulations….

Shanice Almeida

Tanya Jules Asuncion

Adele Boissezon

Tyrone Boissezon

Bernardo Pedro Cabrera

Emily Caruso

Byron Chitaranjan

Michael Ciechanowski

Tom Collard

Nathan de Niese

Aiden De Vito

Blake Eims

Stefan Fernando

Dominic Michael Folino

Lucas Noah Santos Fraga

Sarah Gertrude

Albert Gonsalves

Lloyd Gu

Jessica Hannan

Emma Harris

Matthew Haug

Kailani Hubbard

Dylan Hubery

Esther Iape

Ramon Miguel Kwek

Ashleigh Lay

Matthew Listro

John Paul Macatol

Jake Madeira

Stuart Magee

Stefan Maillard

Karla Majetic

Sara Martucci

Kevin Jacob Mathews

Melanie Louise McMahon

Javier Medina

Lora Merbin

Zac Milverton

Oriana Montenegro

Christian Newson

Tommy Nguyen

Brianna Nheu

Catriona O'Connor

Naisha Pande

Nina Pande

Nikhil Pande

Shaniah Danelle Frances Pereira

Ebony Ramachandram

Shannon Ranatunga

Talya Schumacher

Natalie Shaana

Nicholas Sowerbutts

Kathleen Mary Margaret Stewart

Shadae Stewart

Alicia Stramand

Jacinta Surace

Natalia Agnieszka Szymanski

Koen Tchia

Caroline Turlejski

Rebecca Valk

Liana Wood

Adam Zaskowski

Troy Zudic

A huge vote of thanks to all the teachers, par-

ish team, especially Sr Joan and Didi and the

RE Co-Ordinators Monique Fallace and

Kathleen Tobin, and our Grade 6 Teachers

Juliette Foenander, Nathan Larkins, Pat An-

derson, Maree Logan, Bridie Kelly, Helen

Sanders and Medgee Gontram

17th Sunday Ordinary Time Year B July 28th-29th

Parish Calendar, News & Events

DIARY DATES 1st August: Parish Pastoral Council 5th-12 Aug: Vocation Awareness week 7th August: ASRE classes resume at 4pm 7th August: First Family Night for First Communion Candidates at 7pm 9th August: Cancare Meeting at 7pm 13th August: SVDP Meeting 23rd August: Come Away Day at Holy Cross 20-26 Aug: Migrant & Refugee Week 25th August: Car Boot Sale 9am to 2pm 31st August: Trivia Night 8th Sept: Shopping Tour 30th Sept: Social Justice Sunday After School Religious Class will resume on Tuesday, 7th August at 4pm. First Communion’s First Family Night is on Tuesday 7th August at 7pm in the Church. All First Communion Candidates and one, or both parents, are to attend this Family Night. Registration starts at 6.45pm. All those who have not returned their choice of Mass time need to return them to the Parish office prior to this night so that we can advise you which night you will have your First Communion Mass “May our Children Flourish”: Thank you to all the parents of ASRE children who have returned the forms. We hope that we will receive the others by Monday July 30th. Please return to Sr Brigid at the Parish Office COME AWAY DAY: August 23rd 10-3pm BYO lunch. Donation of $20 for costs. Give yourself the gift of time and spend time in a peaceful environment. CAR BOOT SALE Have you been waiting for this time to come again?? Yes, Our Parish Car Boot Sale is approaching very fast. It is on Saturday the 25th August in our church car park area. If you wish to be in our seller’s list please hurry to contact our Parish Office (on 9700 3781) and register. This is also a nice relaxing family outing and see if you can find anything useful for you. And of course our sausage sizzle stall will also be there.

HOW DOES IT WORK To be part of the Car boot sale all you need to do is contact the organizers, and on the day pay $20.00 donation to the parish for your stall and whatever you sell on the day is yours. PARISH TRIVIA NIGHT & SILENT AUCTION: The Men’s Club will be running their Trivia night & Silent Auction again this year. When : Friday, August 31st. Cost : $15.00 per person At “St Paul Apostle- Community Hall”. BYO : Nibbles and drinks. It promises to be another fun filled entertaining night with plenty of bargains available and many prizes to be won. Everyone is warmly invited, you may like to get a table of people together, or you might want to come on your own. For any further inquiries or table booking please call John on 97002101 or Dick on 97001284 SPA TENNIS CLUB is celebrating their 30th anniversary by having a dinner dance party on Saturday, 11th August 2012. At St Paul Apostle Community Hall from 7.30pm. It will have live music as well as plenty of music from DJ. With Smorgasbord Dinner. Cost is $35/adult and $20/child. For any tickets please contact Jacqui on 9708 0684 or Sarath on 9700 3836 or the parish office during office hour.

NATIONAL VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK. Every year the Church in Australia offers to the faithful an entire week dedicated to promoting vocations awareness. This year, National Vocations Awareness Week will be celebrated from 5th – 12th August. It offers an opportunity for us to reflect on the variety of ways through which people live their Christian vocation in today’s world: single life, married life, consecrated life or the ordained ministry and especially our primary vocation – the call to holiness. The call to holiness is to become all that God has created us to be, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind and soul and to share our gifts and talents for the common good of all society

This weekend we pray for:

Those who are sick

Pat Collingwood, Lena Dichusa, Francesca Lucette, Mike Jansz, Bet Daly, John Coquet, Edgardo

Sotiar, Steven Klepac, Magda Domskoa, Aziza Chocky, Anthony Sylvester, Peter Tongi, Bert

Geileskey, Mark Pereira, Suzanne Michel, Teresa Leong, Lisa-Maree O’Hara, Jorge Canales, Joan

Druett, Joyce Peters, Alyson Jillian Mendoza, Anne Payet, Samaa & Hadel.

For those who have died Jack Riswick, Arun Carvalho, Elsie Stuart, Veronique Adolphe-Bhoyroo, Maggie Haddad, Alan Mo-ses, Salvatore Avano, Martin Ujka, Mara Ujka, Esme De Fonseka, George Morel, Franc Morel, Aubrey Barry, Joseph Pepic Jurman, Hedley Hobbs, Vernon Pereira, Dorothy James, Luis Santos, Joseph Finette, Annabel Brennan, Angolina Cardona, Mary Jones, Martin De Keyzer, Ignazio Stra-vato, Mario Salinas Hernandez, Erminio Nesich, Barbara Evans, Francesca Tedesco, Marie Jose-phine Lewis, Freda Seager, John Paul, Nancy Lespior, Maria G Deliva, Antonio Santucci, Bohdan Sarachman, Francisco Bermudez, Joseph Thomas Gibbs, Mico Telejega, Noel Bungaroo, Idea Bardet, Claire Bardet

May they rest in peace

Sunday Readings

THIS WEEK:

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kg 4: 42-44;

Eph 4: 1-6; Jn 6: 1-15

NEXT WEEK:

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 16: 2-4, 12-15; Eph 4: 17, 20-24;

Jn 6: 24-25

Jack Riswick, RIP As many of you know, Jack Riswick will be buried from St Paul Apostle this Saturday morning. Jack passed away a week ago after a brief illness. Jack and his wife Anne have been long time members of the parish. They are known to many of us for their constant presence in our parish life. Jack and his wife Anne have run the Piety Store for many years. Jack was also a regular church cleaner for many years. There would not have been too many weeks in the past twenty five years when they have not been to the church two or three times checking up on things. Jack and Anne are also well known parishioners at the 11.00am mass. We pray for Anne and all her family who mourn Jack’s passing.

Stewardship Corner -

thoughts on Giving

“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” (John 6:9) The miracle of the Loaves and Fishes is the only one of Our Lord’s miracles which is recorded six times in the Gospel. It carries two important messages. First, no matter how little we have, we always have enough to share. Second, Christ can take our humble gifts and do great things with them if we are just willing to let Him.

There are times, Lord,

when we say we are hungry

but we really have no idea

what real hunger is,

and the desperation

that goes with it.

We even tend to waste food.

We ask you, Lord, to inspire us

to discover the real priorities in life

so that we may live simply

so that others may simply live.

Amen

YEAR OF GRACE CORNER

Some events that are happening during this Year of Grace.

29th Jul at 11am: Annual Anniversary Mass. Life, Marriage & Family Office at St Patrick’s Cathedral Wed August 15th– Sunday 19th August: Gracefest See noticeboards for more details. Saturday 18th August: Workshop Day at ACU

3rd & 10th Oct: Readers of God’s Word , St Oliver Plunkett Parish, Pascoe Vale, 7.30pm All events need to be pre-booked. If you are inter-ested in attending please let us know in the Parish

Rosters for Next Weekend: August 4th-5th (1st Sunday of the month)

Parish Finances

Parish (1st) Pledged Weekly Rec’d

T/G Envelopes $2,982.50 $ 1,938.50

(293 pledges) (131 env)

Credit Card & $2,313.48 $ 2,313.48

Direct Debit (174 pledges)

Cash $ 758.00

Parish Total $ 5,009.98

Priests ( 2nd Collection) $ 1,276.15

Thank You

Sacraments: Baptisms are held on the 1st & 2nd Sunday of the month. Prep-

aration is on the 3rd Sunday of the month.

Marriages require 6 months notice to one of the priests, partici-pation in a FOCCUS marriage preparation program, or a CatholicCARE Course.

Anointing of the Sick is held during Mass on the 1st Friday of the Month at 9am. Before going to hospital for major surgery, why not ask one of the priests to pray with you and anoint you.

Children’s Sacraments require full participation in the prepara-tion phase. Registration forms in the Parish Centre.

Rosters for this Weekend: July 28th-29th (5th Sunday of Month)

6pm 9am 11am 6pm

Welcome V & C De Zilva J Tarranto

J Bilton M Nadarajah

A Gargano, Y Sherwin, D Kearney

J Disanayake

Sacristan M Rolfe L Lapierre D De Rozairo

Y Sherwin K Jayasinha

Readers &

Commtrs

R Gonsalves M Pegram L Sendapperuma

V Vaifale J Chadwick C Caryannis

R/ M O’Connor M Anthony M Martyn

S Fernando D Candido C Bird

Gifts V & C De Zilva J Sequeira

J Bilton M Magee

O’Connor Family M Meerwald

Communion

G Akom J Stewart D Turner D Trindade J Satya Graha S Dang L Folino

P Marion L & R Alveyn S & D McGuire E & M Morales D Mariette

V & A Clark T Bugge L Newman S Jayamaha A Gargano J Allen B Mathews

M Dawson S D’Roza C Wickramasinghe P Mendonca M Keating S Sembukutti S Disanayake

Servers Dominic, Jessica, Kathleen

Mark, Ashvika, Ethan, Tara

Aidan, Jade, Calvin

Cleshan, Rachel

Cuppa (4th Sunday of the month)

Communion to the Sick after 9am Mass

Roster A:

N Raveche

Viewhills: G Calixto R Martyn

Church Prep

Team 2 K Jayasinha

Flowers

R Mutthumani

Counting E Gunawan C Quinless F Toplak

Rosary

6pm 9am 11am 6pm

Welcome P & A Garard S De Rozairo E Kee D Sugunasekera

A Costa J Disanayake

Sacristan E Gunawan K McArdle Y Sherwin Volunteers

Readers &

Commtrs

M Daly A Dang

A McArdle J Jornet R Alburquerque S Pereira F Madeira

L Spear M Meerwald M Gontram

Gifts P & A Garard J Bilton E Gunawan

Volunteers Volunteers

Communion

P Miller A Dang H Sanders B Henstridge L Flood M Rolfe L Cresswell S Fernandes

G Todd D & R Sugunasekera

A Anthony G Jornet F Madeira A Astin G Calixto MT Lam

A Anthony Leah Rolfe

Servers Dominic, Jessica, Kathleen

Stephan, Virendra, Ethan, Tara, Ashvika

Meaghan, Jake, Jayden

Cleshan, Rachel