Parish of Our Lady of the Southern Cross November 3/4, 2018

Contact us ...

Fr Peter Hoang sdb ( Parish Priest) Joan Parr (Secretary)

Thao Tran (Assistant Secretary) Jennifer Jacobs-Vandegeer

(Liturgy Co-ordinator)

Email: collclift@hotmail.com; office@olsc.org.au Website: olsc.org.au

St Joseph’s Community (1862) 46 Otter Street, Collingwood

Tel: 9417 2959 School: 9419 4918

The Good Shepherd Convent (1863) Abbotsford Tel: 9417 2909

St John the Baptist Community (1882) 61 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill

Tel: 9481 7333 School: 9489 1346

Ms Rachel Smith (Principal, St Joseph’s – 1861) Mr Daniel Ryan (Principal, St John’s – 1886)

The Collingwood Cottage Inc (Foodbank) Fridays : 9.00 am to 12.00 noon

St Joseph’s Community Store (St Vinnie’s) Tel: 8415 1593 (since mid 1800’s)

Normal weekend Mass times: St Joseph’s : Saturday 6 pm [English] Sunday 9 am [Vietnamese] St John’s : Saturday 6 pm [English] Sunday 9 am [Italian] 10.30 am [English] 5 pm [English] Good Shepherd Chapel : Weekdays, Sundays 9.30 am

Our Parish Priest

Response to the Prayers of the Faithful …

Lord, hear our prayer

Fr Peter Hoang PP is normally available at St John’s on Tuesdays and Thursdays, between 10am and 3pm. He is normally available at St Joseph’s on Wednesdays and Fridays between 10am and 4pm.

Sacramental Reception

Baptism : on first and third Sundays at 12 noon Marriage: by appointment Reconciliation: approach a priest before Mass to make an appointment. First Communion and Confirmation: Preparation for this is conducted in our two schools; we also offer this preparation to State School children. Ring our office on 9481 7333 for further information.

For the sick and injured ...

Returned to the Father ... Condolences : We pray for the families and souls of those who have departed recently, especially for Sr Lorna of the Good Shepherd Sisters. Anniversaries: Giuseppina Selvatino, Peter Bin Tran. Please remember the following in our prayers:

Julia Rickard, Gabe Sullivan, Deidre Rooney, Dorina De Rango, Enrico Giammario,

Trevor Williams, John Capicchiano, Joe Brancatella, John and Teresa Boetti, Ida and Mario Misurelli.

If you hear of any of our parishioners who are not well or who have been injured, please let Joan know so that we can all remember them in our prayers.

It is with a sad heart that we say farewell to Fr Peter who is being transferred to Engadine in NSW. His final Mass will be on Sunday, 13th January at 5pm. Fr Peter has been with us now for seven years, having arrived back from Tasmania in 2011, firstly as Assis-tant Parish Priest and in 2012 he became our Parish Priest. Sadly it is now time for him to move on to other pastures and he will be Rector of the Salesian Community in Engadine, which includes Chaplain to the attached Salesian School and also Dunlea Centre —a place of support for young people and their fami-lies. We wish him well in his new Salesian role.

A very warm welcome to our new incoming Parish Priest, Fr Martin Tanti. Fr Martin arrives from Lysterfield where he was the Director of the Retreat Centre at Auxilium Col-lege, Lysterfield. Fr Martin spent his study years at the Salesian Don Bosco House next door to the Presbytery in Clifton Hill.

So, one could say that he is not new to OLSC, just returning home.

“You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is : You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29

Tuesday, 27th November at 7pm : “Reflecting on the Gospel of Luke” presented by our own Fr Frank Molo-ney at St John’s Church Tuesday, 4th December at 7pm : “Living with Lau-dato Si’ for Advent” presented by Alda Balthrop-Lewis at St Joseph’s Church Tuesday, 11th December at 7pm : “Opening our Hearts to Joy” presented by Sue Smith at St John’s.

Our Parish Fun Night “Spring Racing Carnival” will be held on Saturday,

10th November, from 7 till 11 pm at St Joseph’s Hall in Otter Street, Collingwood. Tickets are available at Mass at $25 each; children 6-12 yrs $15; under 6 free. Dinner, soft drinks, prizes. Please come and make the night swing ...

Roster St John’s St Joseph’s

3/4 November 6.00 pm Saturday 10.30 am Sunday 5.00 pm Sunday 6.00 pm Saturday 9.00 am Sunday

Readers Paul

Virginia Family Family

Basil Harrison

Parishioners Youth Group

Offertory Parishioners Parishioners Parishioners Parishioners Youth Group

Communion Parishioner

Deacon Bill

Deacon or Jason Rafelina Gianna

Parishioners A Han / C Loan /

A Minh

10/11 November

6.00 pm Saturday 10.30 am Sunday 5.00 pm Sunday 6.00 pm Saturday 9.00 am Sunday

Readers Timothy Nicholas

Edie Sue

Xiomara Justin

Parishioners Dominican

Offertory Parishioners Parishioners Parishioners Parishioners Dominican

Communion Parishioner

Deacon Margaret

Jen Michael B Jennifer

Parishioners A Anh / C Thao /

A Cao Anh

Don’t forget our parish Plenary Reflection with morn-ing tea and lunch in the Aikenhead Hall on Saturday, 17th November from 10:30-1pm. This is a great time to learn more about the Plenary Council, as well as to give your own input and in dialogue with oth-ers. Please mark your calendars and join us on that day. God bless.

Parish Fun Night

Plenary Council 2020

Sad Farewell to Fr Peter

Warm Welcome to Fr Martin

Advent Reflection Series