4th Sunday of Lent 06 March 2016

Parish Office Hours: Monday 9:00am-2:30pm

Tues—Fri 9:00am-3:00pm

CONTACT DETAILS

Parish Priest:

Fr Jude Pirotta mssp

Telephone: 9748 6800

Facsimile: 9748 9791

email: parish@stjamesapostlehcn.com.au

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

Coordinator:

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 6:00pm

336 Derrimut Rd, Hoppers Crossing North, 3029

Under the Pastoral Care of the Paulist Missionaries

www.stjamesapostlehcn.com.au

ST JAMES EASTER TIMETABLE

Date Time Event

Thursday

17 March

7:30pm Combined St James and St Peter’s Second Rite of Reconciliation Liturgy followed by individual confession at St Peter’s (38 Guinane Ave, Hoppers Crossing)

Saturday

19 March

6:00pm Palm Sunday Vigil Mass

Palm Sunday

20 March

8:30am

10:30am

6:00pm

Mass

Blessing of the Palms in the play plaza followed by Mass in the Community Hall Mass

Tuesday

22 March

9:00am

6:30pm

7:30pm

8:30pm

Daily Mass

Rehearsal – Holy Thursday in the Community Hall Rehearsal – Good Friday in the Community Hall Rehearsal – Easter Vigil in the Community Hall

Rehearsals are for everyone involved in the liturgies for the Triduum

Wednesday

23 March

9:00am

7:00pm-8:30pm

Daily Mass

First Rite of Reconciliation (this will be the last opportunity for Reconciliation before Easter)

Holy Thursday 24 March

7:30pm 10:30pm

Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Washing of the Feet in the Community Hall Keep Watch With Me

Overnight Adoration in Church until 7:30am

Good Friday

25 March

10:00am

3:00pm

Stations of the Cross

at St James Church and Grounds

Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion

at St James Community Hall

Easter Saturday 26 March

9:00am

7:30pm

Holy Saturday Rite

RCIA Commissioning and Anointing of Candi-dates and Catechumens. All welcome.

Easter Vigil in the Community Hall

Easter Sunday 27 March

6:00am

7:30am

9:00am

10:30am

Dawn Mass (followed by brekky in the Community Hall)

Mass

Mass

Mass

(No evening Mass on Easter Sunday)

Thanksgiving: $ 5609.70

Presbytery: $ 1071.30

Flowers: $ 44.10

Youth: $ 14.15

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND

2017 Enrolment Information Evening at 7:00pm at St James Church on Wed 16 Mar required for all families enrolling at either St James Primary, St Francis Primary and St Clare’s Primary. This meeting is designed to provide you with general information about our three Parish Primary Schools, the process of enrolling and the zoning requirements. For more information call 9749 1000 or email info@sjhcn.catholic.edu.au.

For families zoned to St James, St Francis or St Clare’s, please note the following dates for Parent Information specific for your school:

St James Primary Wed 20 April at 7:00 pm St Francis Primary Thurs 14 April at 7:00 pm St Clare’s Primary Wed 20 April at 7:00 pm

PREP 2017 ENROLMENT PROCEDURE

Let us continue to pray for all those throughout our Archdiocese who are preparing themselves for full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil this year.

Let us especially keep in our prayers the people from our parish our Catechumens, those who will receive all the Sacraments of Initiation by Easter; Simon Abdollahi, Aradhana Arya, Alan Black, Angela Hu and Tim Zhang.

We also pray for our Candidate John Tsellos who baptized as a Greek Orthodox already and will be received into the Catholic Church.

Let us also pray for David Ruffles who, having been baptized Catholic, will now complete his Sacraments of Initiation.

RCIA

This year we have ventured in organizing our own Parish Raffle to be drawn closer to our Parish Feast Day, on 23 July 2016. Prizes have generously all been donated including the printing of the Raffle Tickets. Thank you to Philippine Tours, Benlor Real Estate, Sawyer Family, donors of the 2 other vouchers and the printing who wish to remain anonymous. God bless you and yours.

ANNUAL PARISH RAFFLE

Keep Watch With Me is an overnight vigil with the Lord in Adoration from 10:30pm on Holy Thursday until 7:30am on Good Friday. If you belong to a Parish Ministry, please wait for your Coordinator to organize a time for your group. Individuals not part of ministries are able to mark down their availabilities on the sheet provided in the Narthex by Fri 18 Mar.

KEEP WATCH WITH ME

For all those who are able to assist Kevin Lloyd our coordinator, as a Car Park Attendant or an Usher for Palm Sunday (Sun 20 Mar) 10:30am Mass and Easter Triduum (Thurs 24 Mar—Sat 26 Mar), please fill in the form provided in the Narthex by next weekend, Sun 13 Mar.

CAR PARK ATTENDANTS AND USHERS

Thank you to Jared Revell for designing and launching our new Parish website. It was encouraging from the feedback that the new website was genuinely and enthusiastically received, with many subscribing to receive the weekly Parish Bulletin via email. You can access the website at:

PARISH WEBSITE

On Easter Sunday (Sun 27 Mar) we will have Dawn Mass at 6:00am followed by Breakfast in the Community Hall. For catering purposes it essential that you indicate you are coming on the sheet in the Narthex by Fri 18 Mar.

DAWN BREAKFAST

Donations of Palm and Olive Branches for Palm Sunday can be left on the Parish Verandah between Fri 11 Mar—Wed 16 Mar. Please join us on Sat 19 Mar at 9:30am to set up and decorate our Church and Hall.

PALM SUNDAY SETUP

ROSTERS FOR THE WEEKEND 12/13 MAR

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

LECTOR Cheryl Cabral Crystal Suares Lee Revell Jerry Nepomuceno

COMMENTATOR Cris Cabral Irene O’Shannassy Asa Tofete Luke Gleeson

SPECIAL

MINISTERS OF

COMMUNION

Mary Vella

Patricia Anthony

Bianca Gomez

Ann Marquez

Chrstine Abdelahad

Glenn Goodfellow

Paula Razumic

Domnic Golia

Maria Golia

Carol Keating

Irene Revell

Theresa Green

Richard Uphat

Michael Piacentini

Terezia Kalkbrenner

Chloe Adriano

Dave Rubite

Dylan Menezes

Jess Gleeson

Kim Marsland-Kelsey

PIETY STALL Polly Buttigieg Antonia Curmi Joyce Pearse -

VACUUMER Aradhana Arya ALTAR LINEN Tess Mijares

CLEANERS Angela Gattellaro

Domenic Gattellaro SOUP KITCHEN Michelle Castellino

COUNTERS

Marie D’Silva

Kevin Lloyd

Sean Mongey

CHILDREN’S

LITRUGY OF THE

WORD

Simon Beraldo

READINGS FOR 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT

1st Reading: Is 43:16-21 I am doing a new thing and I will give drink to my people.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 125 The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

2nd Reading: Phil 3:8-14 Because of Christ I look upon everything else as useless in order to gain him.

Gospel: Jn 8:1-11 Let the person without sin be the first to throw a stone.

Let us pray and support those in our community who are sick. We especially pray for David Ruffles, Pam Ryan, Rita Baggott, Theresa De Bono, Mary Xerri, Frank Hili, Eduardo Francisco, Nicholas Zammit, Fr Paul Kierce mssp, Fr Claude Borg mssp and all those who are ill.

PRAYER LIST

Please pray for our loved ones whom we remember especially Joan Ryan, John Perera and Fred Duca who all passed away recently, Carmen and Joseph Camilleri, Irene Borg, Harry Jothi John, Gregorio Castro Jnr, Catarina Geracitano, Angelina Almeida, Olga Salamon, Susan Vida, Antonia Diosy, Laurie Xuereb, George and Josephine Galea, and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

RECENTLY DECEASED & ANNIVERSARIES

Wed 09 Mar at 10.30am - Morning Tea at The Grange Community Centre - 260-280 Hogan's Road, Hoppers Crossing. Tickets $10

Thurs 17 Mar at 7.30pm - Operetta "THE MIKADO" at the Wyndham Cultural Centre, Watton Street, Werribee. Tickets $35.

Enquiries and bookings: Serita 9742 7568 / Reno 9748 7513 / Parish Office 9748 6800

VINTAGE GROUP

The Young Paulist Core Team in collaboration with Eiffel Tower Bakery, Tullamarine, will be running a hot cross bun fundraising bake sale. All items on sale will be baked and packaged by the YP Core Team. Available Palm Sunday (Sun 20 Mar) after 8.30am, 10.30am and 6.00pm masses. Three delicious flavours; plain (limited quantity), traditional (fruit) and chocolate chip. Bag of 6 for $5. Proceeds raised will go towards supporting MSSP Mission Projects (Batiawan School Stationary Initiative), Sponsorship of MSSP Initiates and

the ongoing work of the Young Paulist Team.

YOUNG PAULIST HOT CROSS BUN DRIVE

We extend an invitation to all to join us at our next meeting at Di Caprios Restaurant - Derrimut Road Werribee on Wed 09 Mar commencing with lunch at Noon. Enquiries: Pauline 9731 0615 or Denise 0408 326 495

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

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