Parish Newsletter - The Catholic Parish of Brunswick and Brunswick
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Parish Newsletter - The Catholic Parish of Brunswick and Brunswick
PAGINA IN ITALIANO IL LIBRO DELLA MEMORIA I libri della memoria sono ora stati collocati presso l’altare delle chiese di St Ambrose’s e Our Lady’s. Durante il mese di novembre, siamo invitati a scrivere in esso i nomi dei nostri parenti e amici defunti per i quali vogliamo pregare. Se i loro nomi sono già stati scritti nel libro, non c'è bisogno di scriverli nuovamente. Il libro della memoria rimarrà in ogni chiesa fino alla fine del mese, come promemoria per pregare per tutti coloro che sono nominati in esso. FR MICHAEL IN RITIRO QUESTA SETTIMANA Questa settimana, Fr Michael farà il suo ritiro annuale presso l'Abbazia cistercense di Tarrawarra. Preghiamo affinche’ questo sia un momento di preghiera e di pace per lui. Ricordati di pregare per noi, Fr Michael! NESSUN MESSA NEI GIORNI FERIALI QUESTA SETTIMANA A causa dell'assenza di Fr Michael questa settimana, non ci saranno messe nei giorni feriali in Our Lady’s e St Ambrose’s. Al loro posto ci sarà un serivzio di Comunione da martedì a venerdì. PICNIC DELLA PARROCCHIA OGGI! Tutti i parrocchiani sono invitati al picnic parrocchiale nel Saxon Street Garden dietro la Chiesa di St Ambrose’s dopo la messa delle 10:30 oggi. Ci sarà un barbecue, con insalate, dolci e bevande a disposizione. Ci saranno anche un sacco di giochi per i bambini e per i “giovani dentro”! Tutti sono i benvenuti! GRAZIE! Un ringraziamento particolare a tutti coloro che hanno preparato insalate e dolci da condividere, o che hanno contribuito a preparare i tavoli e il barbecue, o a preparare i giochi per i bambini. Tutti i vostri sforzi sono molto apprezzati e vanno verso la costruzione di una comunità parrocchiale felice e vitale. Grazie! BIGLIETTI DI NATALE DELLA SVDEP IN VENDITA Dopo la Messa delle 10.30 oggi a St Ambrose’s, i membri della San Vincenzo de 'Paoli metteranno in vendita i biglietti di Natale nel foyer della chiesa. Il costo è di $4,00 per un pacchetto di 8 biglietti. LOTTERIA DI NATALE Puntiamo ad avere i biglietti per la lotteria parrocchiale di Natale in vendita il prossimo fine settimana. I premi saranno: 1. Una calza di Natale gigante piena di chicche di Natale 2. Un cesto di Natale 3. Un altro cesto di Natale Il costo dei biglietti sarà solo $1 a biglietto. GRAZIE TONY! Tony Parisi ha dimostrato la sua grande abilità nella lavorazione del legno realizzando la grande calza di Natale che verrà utilizzata come cornice per il primo premio nella nostra lotteria di Natale. Grazie, Tony, per la tua generosità e la tua creatività! DA RICORDARE Martedì prossimo 8 novembre, dopo la celebrazione della Parola con la distribuzione della Comunione alle ore 10:00, pregheremo Il Rosario Missionario pregando per la pace (nella Chiesa di St Ambrose). Mercoledì prossimo 9 novembre alle 14:00 (2.00pm) un film in Italiano nel centro comunitario di St Ambrose: per le due comunità insieme (St Ambrose e Our Lady). PIU’ PARCHEGGI PER LA MESSA DOMENICALE! Con il nuovo passo carraio e il cancello ora installato in Saxon Street, dietro il centro comunitario di St Ambrose’s, I parrocchiani ora potranno parcheggiare nel cortile tra il centro e la chiesa. Il cancello sarà aperto per il parcheggio di domenica. CHIUSURA DELL'ANNO SANTO DELLA MISERICORDIA Papa Francesco ha decretato che l'anno santo della misericordia si concluderà il 20 novembre (festa di Cristo Re) con la chiusura della porta Santa nella Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano. La domenica prima, 13 novembre, l'Anno Santo verra’ concluso nelle chiese locali. PREGHIERA PARROCCHIALE PER NOVEMBRE Preghiamo per tutte le vittime della violenza domestica. Che siano supportate dalla nostra comunità per trovare pace e riconciliazione. Parish Newsletter The Catholic Parish of Brunswick and Brunswick East 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 6 November 2016 SUNDAY MASS TIMES RESPONSORIAL PSALM Our Lady’s Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full. St Ambrose’s 6.00pm Saturday Vigil 9.00am Sunday (Italian/English) 10.30am Sunday WEEKDAY MASSES Our Lady’s St Ambrose’s Tues and Wednesday at 9.15am Thursday to Saturday at 10.00am A communion service is held in each church, Tuesday to Friday, when there is no Mass. RECONCILIATION St Ambrose’s Our Lady’s 10.30am Saturday 11.30am Saturday MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS by appointment PARISH PRIEST Fr Michael Casey Lord, hear a cause that is just, pay heed to my cry. Turn your ear to my prayer: no deceit is on my lips. I keep my feet firmly in your paths; there was no faltering in my steps. I am here and I call, you will hear me, O God. Turn your ear to me; hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye. Hide me in the shadow of your wings. As for me, in my justice I shall see your face and be filled, when I awake, with the sight of your glory. PASTORAL ASSOCIATES Sr Diane Cleveland and Sr Marjetka Žlahtič FAITH DEVELOPMENT AND ADMIN Tricia Murray SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Mr Philip Cachia PARISH OFFICE 287 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC 3056 PHONE 9380 1023 FAX 9388 8144 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.bbe.org.au ST AMBROSE’S CHURCH 287 Sydney Road, Brunswick Phone: 9380 1023 Fax: 9388 8144 OUR LADY’S CHURCH 49 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East Phone: 9380 1844 Fax: 9388 0170 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the dead; glory and kingship be his for ever and ever. Alleluia! EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III RECENTLY DECEASED Nourell Davies of May Street, Maria Santavenere of Miller Street, Tranquillo Turvian of Brunswick Street, Dick Sorti, Sr Rita Hayes RSM, Fr John Aldag ANNIVERSARIES Francesca Maini, Piera Cugno, Antonella Giampietro, Sebastiano Liccardi GOD OF THE LIVING In today’s Gospel, Jesus appeals to the Scripture that the Sadducees do accept: Moses called God the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. If the Lord is God of the living, then God will continue to be so to those who have died. Relationship with God does not end in death: to God all people are alive. Jesus’ argument with the Sadducees may seem too remote and abstruse to our modern ears. However, religious arguments are rarely simple to understand but sometimes they are worth staying with. Through this argument Jesus reveals something of his own image of God – a God who keeps his promise to his faithful ones even when they die. Jesus does more than argue that case; the time comes when he himself becomes the argument. He undergoes death, and he experiences the glory of the resurrection when God refuses to let death have the last word. The risen Jesus is the ultimate argument against the Sadducees. Fr Denis McBride THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE The parish Books of Remembrance have now been placed in the sanctuaries of Our Lady’s and St Ambrose’s churches. During the month of November, we are invited to write in it the names of our deceased relatives and friends for whom we wish to pray. If their names have already been written in the book, there is no need to write them again. The Book of Remembrance will remain in each church until the end of November, reminding us to pray for all those named in it. Since All Souls’ Day last year the following have been buried from Our Lady’s Church: Laura Spiller, Rosa Maria Altini, Giovanni Guizzo, Jacob, Schembri, Cristiano Antonio, Matilde Di Tommaso, Trevor Joseph Lobo, Caterina Nicolina Tarzia, Teresa Di Mase, Domenick Ienco, Antonietta Palumbo, Paolina Palmeiri, Angelo Savoca, Antonio Romanella, Francesco Romano, Mario Bolletta, Mario Federic, Antonietta Menegatti, Connie Spiteri, Maria Bolletta, Ilario Fragomeni, Rosa Vita, Nicola Di Virgilo, Salvatrice Conti, Francesca Maini, Gaetano Ensabella. Since All Souls’ Day last year the following have been buried from St Ambrose’s Church: Cira Lucca, Giuseppe D’Urso, Maria Russo, Miriam Costantini, Alice Margaret Quinn, Rosina Varrese, Neville Timothy (Tim) Bush, Giovanni Amato, Battestina Volpe, Ernesto Pittorino, Sebastiano Menotti, Flavio Rigoni, Maria De Fazio, Janet Mary Lanigan, Francisca Bediaga, Francesco Trimboli CHRISTMAS RAFFLE We aim to have tickets for the Parish Christmas raffle on sale next weekend. The prizes will be 1. A giant Christmas stocking filled with Christmas goodies 2. A Christmas hamper 3. Another Christmas Hamper The cost of the tickets will be only $1 per ticket. FR MICHAEL ON RETREAT THIS WEEK This week, Fr Michael will be making his annual retreat at the Cistercian Abbey in Tarrawarra. We pray that this will be a prayerful and peaceful time for him. Remember to pray for us, Fr Michael! THANKS TONY! Tony Parisi has demonstrated his great woodworking skills by making the large Christmas stocking that will be used to frame the first prize in our Christmas raffle. Thank you, Tony, for your generosity and your creativity! NO WEEKDAY MASSES THIS WEEK Due to Fr Michael’s absence this week, there will be no weekday Masses at either Our Lady’s or St Ambrose’s churches. Instead there will be Communion Services from Tuesday to Friday. PARISH PICNIC TODAY All parishioners are invited to our Parish Picnic in the Saxon Street Garden behind St Ambrose’s Church after the 10.30am Mass today. There will be a barbeque with salads and sweets. Drinks will be available from the kiosk. Tea and coffee free. There will be lots of games for the children and for the young at heart! All are welcome! THANK YOU! A special thanks to all who have prepared salads and desserts to share, or who have helped to set up the tables and barbeque, or prepared the games for the children. All your efforts are very much appreciated and go towards building a happy and vibrant parish community. Thank you! SVDEP CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SALE After the 10.30am Mass at St Ambrose’s today, members of the St Vincent De Paul Society will be selling Christmas cards in the church foyer. The cost is $4.00 for a packet of 8 cards. WELCOME LEVI PEDRO At the Saturday 6.00pm Mass this weekend, Levi Pedro is to be baptised. We welcome him and pray for his parents, Antonio and Caroline on this special family faith occasion. ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS? Thank you to the Children’s Liturgy Leaders, particularly Francesca Mercuri, who submitted their suggestions regarding the Child Safety Cody of Conduct. For those parishioners who took a copy of the reading material ‘May Our Children Flourish’, if you have any suggestions to offer towards our Parish Code of Conduct regarding Child Safety, please hand in or email your suggestions to the Parish Office by next Wednesday. Many thanks! MORE PARKING FOR SUNDAY MASS! With the new driveway and gate now installed in Saxon Street, behind St Ambrose’s Community Centre, parishioners will now be able to drive in and park in the yard between the Centre and the church building. The gate will be open for parking there on Sundays. PLANNING FOR ADVENT There will be a meeting on Wednesday 16 November at 7.30pm in the parish house at St Ambrose’s to plan our parish Advent season. All are welcome! This year, the season of Advent will begin on Sunday 27 November. FOR THE ITALIAN PARISHIONERS This Tuesday 8 November, after the 10.00am Communion Service, we will pray the Mission Rosary in St Ambrose’s Church. This Wednesday 9 November there will be an Italian Film shown in St Ambrose’s Community Centre at 2.00pm. All Italianspeaking parishioners are welcome. END OF THE HOLY YEAR OF MERCY Pope Francis has decreed that the Holy Year of Mercy will conclude on 20 November (Feast of Christ the King) with the closing of the Holy Door in the Basilica of St Peter’s at the Vatican. On the preceding Sunday, 13 November, the Holy Year will be brought to a close in local churches. YEAR OF MERCY RESOURCES You can access the following booklets for the Year of Mercy at www.cam.org.au/evangelisation: Spirit of Mercy: Reflections on the Works of Mercy. Blessed are You: Meditations on the Beatitudes I Believe: Meditations on the Creed RERUM NOVARUM ORATION Renowned eco-theologian Fr Séan McDonagh will deliver the 2016 Rerum Novarum Oration on the topic: A New Day Dawns, based upon the call for an “ecological conversion”. You are invited to attend this free oration at 7.30pm on Tuesday 15 November at Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne. Refreshments from 7.00pm. RSVP [email protected]. MELBOURNE CATHOLIC You can now purchase the November copy of Melbourne Catholic for $4 from the church table. SUMMER SCHOOL FOR YOUNG CATHOLICS ADVANCE NOTICE: A retreat is being held 8 – 15 January 2017 for young Catholics aged 18 to 35. It will be an uplifting week of teaching, live music, sacraments, prayer, praise and guest speakers – away from the noise and distraction of the city. More info at: summerschool.org.au. PARISH PRAYER FOCUS FOR NOVEMBER We pray for all victims of domestic violence. May they be supported by our community and find peace and healing. READINGS NEXT WEEK: Malachi 3:19–20; 2 Thessalonians 3:7–12; Luke 21:5–19