16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 17 July 2016

Parish Office Hours: Mon—Fri 9:30am-2:30pm

CONTACT DETAILS

Parish Priest:

Fr Jude Pirotta mssp

Telephone: 9748 6800

email: parish@stjamesapostlehcn.com.au

Assisting Priest:

Fr Brendan Byrne SJ

Parish Secretaries: Red Lusterio

Tita Manalo

Admin Support:

Maria Saldana

Parish Bookkeeper: Tess Mijares

Tues & Fri 9:30-3:30

Parish Council President:

Geralyn McCarthy

Sacramental Co-Ord

Other Schools: Rachelle Revell

Ph: 0411 774 636

rachelle.revell@gmail.com

Youth Ministry Co-ord:

Red Lusterio 0409 184 299

St James Primary School: Telephone: 9749 1000 Principal: Mary Abbott principal@sjhcn.catholic.edu.au

St Francis Primary School: Telephone: 9731 6004 Principal: Jan Keogh principal@sfatarneit.catholic.edu.au

St Clare’s Primary School: Telephone: 9371 8400

Principal: Andrew Leighton principal@sctruganina.catholic.edu.au

Thomas Carr College: Telephone: 8734 2444 Principal: Andrew Watson

tcc@thomascarr.vic.edu.au

Weekday Masses:

Tues—Sat 9:00am

1st Friday Monthly: Mass at 7:30pm

Adoration at 8:00-9:00pm

Reconciliation (Confession): Saturday: 9:30am-10:00am

5:00-5:30pm

Sacrament of Baptism: Contact Jacinta & John Fisher

0438 793 630 baptism@stjamesapostlehcn.com.au

Weddings: By appointment only

9748 6800 Weekend Masses: Saturday 6:00pm, Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am and 5:00pm

336 Derrimut Rd, Hoppers Crossing North, 3029

Under the Pastoral Care of the Paulist Missionaries

www.stjamesapostlehcn.com.au

19 Jul Tues St Vinnie’s Meeting in Parish Office Foyer at 7:00pm Church Extension Committee Meeting in Presbytery 7:00pm 20 Jul Wed Faith Formation in Church at 7:30pm 23 Jul Sat St James Parish Feast Party in Gym at 7:00pm

DATES TO REMEMBER

The St James Parish Feast Party will be held next weekend on Sat 23 July at 7:00pm-11:00pm!

You are invited to come and join the festivities as we remember and celebrate our Patron Saint, St James, in the St James Community Hall (Gym).

The cost is Adults $25 & Children under 12 years $10. We will provide tea, coffee, entertainment, Bollywood dancing, St James Samoan Community Singers, Youth Ministry Drama, DJ, dancing, finger food and a spit roast. BYO drinks and plastic drinkware (no glassware please).

Please note that space is limited, so no bookings can be taken. Tickets supplied only upon full payment. For catering purposes, Ticket Sales will close this weekend!! Don’t miss out on celebrating with our whole Parish Community.

ST JAMES FEAST DAY PARISH PARTY—NEXT WEEKEND

FAITH FORMATION—THIS WEEK, WED 20 JUL AT 7:30PM

Thanksgiving: $ 4139.45

Presbytery: $ 1017.80

Flowers: $ 25.95

Youth: $ 8.50

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND

Sat 15 Oct, 10:00am-4:00pm. We are asking for your assistance with sponsorship for our Community Fete. If you are interested in sponsoring or know someone who would like to please contact Kevin Lloyd on 0439 314 572. We are also asking for donations of prizes for our major raffle and/or spinning wheel . Please contact Karen Norris on 0409 135 239 if you are able to assist.

ST JAMES COMMUNITY FETE

Thank you for assisting the Parish with the Major Raffle sale of Tickets. All Tickets must now be returned, sold or unsold to be in the draw for the prizes.

URGENT RETURN OF MAJOR RAFFLE

Thank you to the Parishioner who has now donated the 4th Prize of a $400 voucher for the Parish Raffle.

Thank you also to the Parishioner who donated $400 for the needs of the Church.

Your generosity is what allows our community to grow and reach out to more people.

THANK YOU

Please continue to keep Fr Paul Kierce mssp in your prayers. We pray also for our Parkville Community who continue to offer Paul love and care and true brotherhood at this time. Palliative care is now offered to Fr Paul.

FR PAUL KIERCE MSSP

Saint Joachim and Anne were greatly honoured by God who gave them a daughter who was to become known as the Mother of God. It would seem that they performed their parenting responsibilities with great grace.

Their feast day of July 26 is a day to honour them and all grandparents for their fine contributions to our lives.

Thomas Carr College extends this invitation to all grandparents and their grandchild(ren) to join us for a Mass on this Feast day of Jesus’ grandparents.

Mass at 8:00am-8:30am in the College Chapel (Thomas Carr Drive, Tarneit), followed by breakfast in the College Dining Room.

We hope you can join us! Please rsvp to cameron.evans@thomascarr.vic.edu.au by Fri 22 July.

THOMAS CARR COLLEGE PRESENTS

GRANPARENT’S MASS AND BREAKFAST

The love, care and presence of Parishioners is what drives our parish community. Fr Jude received two letters recently saying:

Thank you for making Guilio’s funeral such a memorable day for our family. It just puts a smile on my face everytime I think of it, knowing that Guilio would have been so grateful and humbled by it all. Thank you to Belinda and Anna for helping me to choose music and set up the booklet. Thank you to Tita and Ann for bringing us Jesus [in the form of communion] at home. Thank you to the Baptism and RCIA Team for their presence and floral gifts. Special thanks to Bev and Judy for their endless support. St James Community does do it better.

Chris Innocenzi

Thank you for your time, support and understanding on the passing of my husband Lewis. Belinda was a terrific help and the music and hymns gave me comfort as well. Thank you for allowing the children and I to farewell Lewis with such a lovely service and Mass.

Jennifer Cremona

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT GIVEN

For all current Altar Servers and all people interested in the ministry of Altar Serving, there will be a meeting at St James Church on Sat 13 Aug at 10:00am-11:30am. This meeting will go through some training along with more information about what this ministry involves. If you are a new Altar Server, you will need to have completed your First Eucharist to join.

ALTAR SERVER NEWS

READINGS FOR FEAST OF ST JAMES THE APOSTLE

1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 We carry always in our bodies the death of Jesus.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 125 Those who sow in tears, shall reap with shouts of joy.

Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28 You shall indeed drink my cup.

Let us pray and support those in our community who are sick. We especially pray for Giovanni Del Grosso, Maya Rabot, Martina Serrao, Preston and Pramitha Lewis, Joan Shearson, Carmencita Dela Pena, Lynne Worsley, Jaime Inigo Silva, Didier Oulai, Bienvenido Are, Malcolm Hughes, Rita Grima, Elizabeth Schlemitz, Les Jones, David Ruffles, Rita Baggott, Theresa De Bono, Frank Hili, Eduardo Francisco, Nicholas Zammit, Fr Paul Kierce mssp, Fr Claude Borg mssp and all those who are ill.

PRAYER LIST

ROSTERS FOR THE WEEKEND 23/24 JULY

MASS TIMES SAT 6:00 PM SUN 8:30 AM SUN 10:30 AM SUN 5:00 PM

LECTOR Geralyn McCarthy Irma De Guzman Joanne Dean Greg Peiris

COMMENTATOR Alexandro Francisco Grace Cini Lee Revell Rhea D’Souza

SPECIAL

MINISTERS OF

COMMUNION

Marie D’Silva

Taniya Alfred

Julie Morgan

Patricia Anthony

Charis Anthony

Glenn Goodfellow

Cath Amor

Peter Amor

Margaret Mangani

Dayane Ty

Irene Revell

Simon Beraldo

Alice D’Cruz

Michael Piacentini

Terezia Kalkbrenner

Marianne Arriero

Johan Fernando

Avis Fernandez

Oliver Menezes

Rita Menezes

PIETY STALL Jill Dooley Margaret Mangani Joyce Pearse -

VACUUMER Jovies Claveria ALTAR LINEN Angel Hartanto

CLEANERS Charmaine Joseph SOUP KITCHEN Michelle Castelino

COUNTERS

Kevin Lloyd

Mark Dooley

Joseph Calleja

CHILDREN’S

LITRUGY OF THE

WORD

Karen Serrano

RECENTLY DECEASED & ANNIVERSARIES

Please pray for our loved ones whom we remember especially Ronald Ernest Campbell, Pedro Sotelo, Baby Raphael Elijah Porter and Margaret Bourke who all passed away recently, Rita Pinto, Peter Peiris, Mary Jansz, Sabas, Florencia and Romeo San Buenaventura, Bertini Arriero, Irene and Charles Camilleri, Joe Chircop, Joan Mifsud, Margaret Camilleri, Jane and Charles Dimech, Mario Spiteri, Teresa Ciorciari, Emy, Lilly and Henry Saffarese, Jake Shaw, Mathew and Gloria Montebello, Adelaide, Alan and Collin Gamble and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

The Vintage Group's activities for the forthcoming months are:

Sat 23 July: St James Parish Party. Tickets at $25 from Church after weekend masses or from the Parish Office. Members are urged to support this original and pleasant activity. We have reserved two tables for Vintage Group members; more if necessary.

Wed 10 Aug: National Ballet Theatre evening at the Altona Civic Theatre at 6.30pm. $20, preceded by dinner at a Pier Street, Altona restaurant. Car pooling will be available.

Full details will be advised closer to the dates above where applicable For enquiries or questions contact: Serita 0410 599 323 or Reno 9748 7513.

VINTAGE GROUP

St Vincent’s Private Hospital, a Catholic Hospital, will be opening Stage 1 in 2017 in Hoppers Lane, Werribee. Julie Wain, Mission Integration Manager, will be speaking at all Masses this weekend with this good news.

ST VINCENT’S PRIVATE HOSPITAL

BRIAN MARK

R E A L E S T A T E

RESIDENTIAL SALES SPECIALIST

Stephen Murphy 4B Watton Street Werribee Victoria 3030

Ph: 0402084613 All hours www.brianmark.com.au

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