Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 11 February 2007

 

A message from Fr Tony

Greetings to you and all at St. Anthony’s. I have arrived at Sangre and got the first full day under the belt. The ground is still covered in snow here and I hear more snow is expected this weekend. It is a bit hard walking in I might tell you!

A challenge was put to us last night at our first Mass together to leave the chaos of a busy world behind and enter as full as we are able into the 100 day experience – leaving the chaos of a busy world behind was inllustrated as putting away all laptops and not visitng the computer room and locking away all mobile phones (not that they work here anyway!).

I have decided to try my best and so will not be sending regular correspondence out, so you can pray all the more for me in this self imposed silence of the desert.

Did I tell you that there are 7 Aussies on the program and that I am the only male! This photo was taken when I was in Detroit where it was minus 20 degrees Celcius!

Love to you, Fabian and all the parishioners.

Fr Tony 

CALENDAR FOR LENT 2007

Entrance Antiphon:

Lord, be my rock of safety, the stronghold that saves me. For the honour of your name, lead me and guide me.

Communion Antiphon:

They ate and were filled; the Lord gave them what they wanted: they were not deprived of their desire.

Next week:
SEVENTH  SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First reading:           – Samuel 26:2. 7-9.12-13.22-23
Second reading:       – 1 Corinthians 15:45-49
Gospel:                      – Luke 6:27-38

COUNTERS

Sun 11 Feb: Group 10  Ken & Marg McDonald, Jeannette & Tom Quinn, Bill Smith
Sun 18 Feb: Group 11  Frank & Nellie Bosmans, Maria & Phil Jones

LECTORS 

Sun 18 Feb:
  7.00pm: Stephanie Garrad, June Garrad
 8.15am:  Maureen Lawson, Bill Cooney
 9.30am:  Chris Ruys, Marg McDonald
11.00am: Theodora D’Costa, Shaila Ahido
 5.30pm:  Sandra Saliba. Tessy

ST BAKHITA FEAST DAY MASS Sunday, 18 February 2007 at 3.00pm, St Patrick’s Cathedral East Melbourne. Main celebrant: Bishop Hilton Deakin, DD PhD VG AM Episcopal Vicar for Migrants & Refugees. All are most welcome to this special liturgical celebration with the Sudanese community in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. As a result, there will be no monthly Sudanese Mass at 2.00pm at St Anthony’s Church on 18th of February.

ST JOHN’S REGIONAL COLLEGE – DANDENONG
Enrolment Application for Year 7 2008: The following dates are set by the Catholic Education Office and apply to all Catholic secondary schools: Enrolment applications for Year 7, 2008 close on Friday 23 February. Prospective parents are asked to contact their parish centre for enrolment details and an application form. Parents will be notified in the week beginning 30 April if their application has been successful. Parents then have until Friday 18 May to accept an offer of enrolment.

DANDENNONG DEANERY CYRENE CENTRE

Staff & Volunteers will speak briefly at all Masses on the weekend of 17/18 February.
Enquiries: Von 95583605.

ST ANTHONY’S THEATRE GROUP – STAR PLAYERS are looking for new cast members 18 years or over, for our 2007 Production. If you enjoy singing/ dancing/drama, or would like to be involved back stage, please come along to our Information Night on Sunday February 25th at 7.30pm in the Small Hall. Further enquiries: Carol 9711 5306.

SOUL SOUNDS’ Choir from Sri Lanka performing in Melbourne. When: 23rd Feb (Friday) at 7.30pm. Where: AIKMAN HALL – Haileybury College, Springvale Rd, Keyborough. Cost: $15/person. Singers are ex-students from Holy Family Convent Columbo. For tickets contact: Lilian 9798 5847 or 0421739205.

Fr Philip Le invites you to the Vietnamese New Year Mass  at Keysborough, Resurrection Parish at 11am on Saturday 24th February.

 

 

 

Wednesday’s Friends

NEWS

YARRA THEOLOGICAL UNION, 98 Albion Road, Box Hill 3128. Enrolments are now open for 2007 for day and evening study in Scripture, Pastoral Studies, Theology, Social Justice, Church History, Canon Law, Liturgy, Missiology, Philosophy, Religious Education, Spirituality, ect., leading to diplomas/ degrees.  Non-degree studies are also available. Lectures begin 26th February 2006. Free off-street parking available. Handbook available from the office, or the website: www.ytu.edu.au. For further information, please call the Registrar 9890 3771.

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED from suitable qualified and experienced people for the following positions: 1) Pastoral Associate, Maidstone Parish (full time).  2) Parish Secretary, Malvern Parish (part time). Further details can be found on the Archdiocese website at http://www.melbourne.catholic.org.au/ policies/hr-jobadverts.htm.

YEAR 7 – 2008 INFORMATION EVENING
St John’s Regional College will be holding a Year 7 – 2008 Information Evening for prospective parents and students on Thursday 8 February at 7.30pm in the Lecture Theatre. Information on curriculum, pastoral care, co-curricular activities, uniform and fees will be discussed.
 

DO YOU KNOW?

Did you know that during the year of 2006 at St Anthony’s we celebrated:
 Baptisms:
  - Infants under 1 year: ……….. 55
  - Between 1 and 7 years:…….. 08
  - Adults (over 7 years):………. 16
 First Holy Communion:……………… 76
 Adults received full Communion:… 15
 Confirmations:…………………………… 88
 Marriages:…………………………………..15
 Funerals:……………………………………. 65
     
And do you know…

As the result of a meeting held between a group of Sudanese men and priests in our Deanery on 11th of August 2004, it became obvious that many of the Sudanese needed financial help in sponsoring family members out to Australia from Kenya and/or Egypt where they had fled to escape the war raging in their homeland.

Hearing this Fr. Tony contacted St Vincent de Paul Society Headquarters, the Archdiocese and our own Parish Finance Committee to put forward a proposal of setting a “No-interest Resettlement Loan Account” to help our Sudanese families reunite with family members.

St Vincent de Paul contributed $20,000 to this account, the Archdiocese contributed $7,500 and our own Parish of St Anthony’s contributed $4,000. So come October 2004 had $31,500 in our funding “No-interest Resettlement Loan Account.

In the ensuing two and something years that amount has made loans totalling $101,924.02 and helped resettle and reunite 88 family members.

It has been a project St Anthony’s Parish can be justly proud of. It is also a project our Sudanese brothers and sisters have appreciated and respected that is why that flegling amount of $31,000 is now going around for its third time!

Indian Breakfast

ST ANTHONY’S PARISH – NOBLE PARK

90 Buckley Street

Noble Park

Victoria 3174 – Australia

Tel: 9546 8276

Fax: 9548 1608

4 February 2007

Entrance Antiphon: Come, let us worship the Lord. Let us bow down in the presence of our maker, for he is the Lord our God.

Communion Antiphon: Give praise to the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds toward men. He has filled the hungry with good things, he has satisfied the thirsty.

Next week:
SIXTH  SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

- First reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8
- Second reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12.16-20
- Gospel: Luke 6:17.20-26

COUNTERS
Sun 4 Feb: Group 9  Bill Green, Marcel & Gillian Sladen, Charles VellaKobielak
Sun 11 Feb: Group 10  Ken & Marg McDonald, Jeannette & Tom Quinn, Bill Smith

LECTORS

Sun 11 Feb:
  7.00pm: Dawn Johnson, Gordon Pinto
 8.15am:  Nella Roussel. Andrew Pieterz
 9.30am:  Adelaide Sii, Terry Philp
11.00am: Mike O’Leary, Adeline John
 5.30pm:  Youth Group

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 4 February 2007

Who will be our messenger’? (1st reading).

‘They left everything and followed Jesus’ (Gospel).

The call to follow Jesus does not come in thunder and lightning but in the ordinary day to day experiences of life: washing nets or washing up, raising children, preparing for exams or preparing a budget, working at a computer or repairing a car.

Isaiah, Paul and Peter were ordinary blokes. In a group they would not have stood out. Their backgrounds were very ordinary. Yet God chose them. All three surrendered to their God and produced extraordinary results.

Why do we hold back?

When were the times you felt ‘called’ to do something?

Now did you respond?