ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE NEWSLETTER

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)

14TH JUNE, 2020 YEAR A

M A SS/L IT UR GY

CA LENDAR

SUNDAY MASS

WILL BE AVAILABLE

ONLINE EACH WEEK

ON YOUTUBE.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE

LINK.

Dear Parishioners,

FEAST OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST People today are crying out for recognition. They want to be persons among persons. They want to be noticed, not in a showy way, or because they have money or status, but just because they are human beings. Each of us is on a pilgrimage. We are seeking to encounter others who have the same needs as ourselves. The greatest need of all is the need to be loved. But sometimes we pass one another by without noticing, without the slightest sign of recognition. As Christians, we are united by a bond so close that St Paul called the Christian communi-ty, ‘the Body of Christ.’ It is time we began to notice one another. Each person is a brother or a sister in Christ. Each person then must be recognised. Each person must be given some sign of friendship, be it only a smile or a nod of the head.

Blessings Fr. Terry, msc

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We are to commence weekday Masses from the week of 15th June, 2020 until further notice—at our usual weekly Mass times. Following the latest COVID19 Government guidelines, we are only allowed to have 20 people in a place of worship and we are to keep an Attendance Record (Name, Address & Phone Number). If you wish to attend Mass, please call the Parish Office on 9878-0818, so that we may record your details. The seats have been ‘marked’ accordingly to keep in line with the safe-distancing requirements including hand sanitisers (used before and after Mass) which are inside the entrance glass doors in the Foyer and toilet foyer. We remain committed to journeying with you in faith, hope and love and are still offering our Weekend Mass online via our website and YouTube. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered every Saturday at 10.00am. St. Thomas’ Parish, Blackburn website:

www.stthomastheapostle.org.au

St. Thomas the Apostle Parish strives to create an environment

where all children and vulnerable adults including Aboriginal, special needs and persons of

cultural diversity are safe, respected and cared for.

A Vocation View:

That we can collaborate

with God is a humbling

truth. That God lives

among us is startling.

That we are the Body of

Christ is our vocation.

Please remember the following in your prayers… Sick: Betty McConnen (Ireland), Kay Grainger; Felicia Holland, Br. Bernie Gartland, Bridie Lennon, Margot Pettingill, Michael Rogan, S.J. Potter, Kevin Guilders, Neville Davis, Brian Law, Pino Bruzzese, Eric Eitel, Bernadette Andrews, Annette Nicolas, Charlie Santilli, Roland Schuster, Sr. Maureen Philp RSJ, Claire Tierney, Tamara Bobrovich, Marie Walker, Charles Fain, Jon Parkinson, Antonio So Jr., Ashley Woods, Malgosia Dziuk, Daisy Xu, Rosa Maria Santos, Patricia Duffy, Mietta Ulaan, Chris Leach, Dao Le, Peter Babulo, Moira Healy, Tony Hill & Martin Broad. Recently Dec’d: Dionisio Pak Pak Canoneo Anniversaries: Joan Doyle; Margaret Spring; Soledad Contreras; Jose Sim Jr.

PIETY STALL

Monastique Cosmetics available

at

Piety Stall or Order Form.

We have a selection of testers.

**Proceeds to St Vincent de Paul

Rosaries, Baptism Gifts, Candles

and Religious Cards

Br. James CD’s available

$25.00ea

Friends of Same East Timor

Ground Coffee @ $7.50ea

**All proceeds go to

St Vincent de Paul

MSC Books :

‘A Quiet Place Within’

by Fr Khoi Nguyen-$19.95

UNIVERSAL PRAYER ……………….. May your love that never fails strengthen the weak

encourage the fearful calm the anxious

heal the sick through your church – your washed hands and feet on earth –

distant but still present virtual but still connected

apart but still helping. God in your mercy, hear our prayer. Amen

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK REQUIREMENTS

All who volunteer at the Parish in any capacity are now required to hold a valid WWC—please see

the following instructions below to update your WWC online :-

·Go to the Dept of Justice website https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/ and click on the

green ‘MyCheck Account’ button on the top right hand side.

·First register by logging in by using your email and a password. If you have done this already go

to next step.

·Log in to your own account using your email address and password, which you would have set up

when you first did your WWCC

·Click on ‘Change my details’ on the left hand column. Scroll down your record till you see

“Add Organisation”.

·Click on the ‘Add an organisation’ button near the bottom of the page.

·Fill in the relevant details for your parish. You will need to get the exact details from the relevant

parish so they are entered correctly, otherwise the person’s WWCC may not be properly linked.

For us it is:- ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH, BLACKBURN

57 CENTRAL ROAD, BLACKBURN VIC 3130 Ph: 03 9878 0818

then add: No. 64 Religious Organisation.

·Save and log out.

·We will be posted out a letter from the Dept. of WWC stating you have added us.

By registering us as the organisation you volunteer for, we comply with the first part of the

Archdiocese regulations.

The next part will be to participate in an information session on Professional Standards

induction held here at the Parish at a future date yet to be decided. After which you will

receive material which will be signed by you as an understanding of your obligations regarding

that all children and vulnerable adults including Aboriginal, special needs and persons of

cultural diversity are safe, respected and cared for.

FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART MASS (FEAST DAY FOR MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART) Will be celebrated on Friday 19th June, 2020 at 10.00am ** If you wish to attend, parishioners MUST register - 6 seats left. **

We warmly welcome Thomas Sammut

who will be Baptised into our Parish Family this weekend.

May the grace of God be with you and your families always..

SINCERE THANKS—MAX WITTICK ……………………..

We are sorry that circumstances didn’t allow you to celebrate Max’s life with us. A memorial

will be held when we are able to gather together. We hope you will join us then.

Chris Wittick and family.

Sunday 14th June, 2020

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) YEAR A

SECOND READING 1 Cor 10:16-17

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians

The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body because we all have a share in this one loaf.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Jn 6:51-52 Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live for ever. Alleluia!

GOSPEL Jn 6:51-58

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jesus said to the Jews:

‘I am the living bread which has come

down from heaven.

Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my

flesh, for the life of the world.’

Then the Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his

flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied:

‘I tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man

and drink his blood,

you will not have life in you.

Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life,

and I shall raise him up on the last day.

For my flesh is real food

and my blood is real drink. He who eats my flesh and drinks my

blood lives in me and I live in him.

As I, who am sent by the living Father,

myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from

me.

This is the bread come down from

heaven; not like the bread our ancestors

ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this

bread will live for ever.’

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Jn 6:57

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him, says

the Lord.

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 21st June 2020 First Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13

Second Reading: Romans 5:12-15

Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 80:17

He fed them with the finest wheat and satisfied them with honey from the rock.

FIRST READING Dt 8:2-3. 14-16

A reading from the book of Deuteronomy

Moses said to the people: ‘Remember how

the Lord your God led you for forty years in

the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart – whether you

would keep his commandments or not.

He humbled you, he made you feel hunger,

he fed you with manna which neither you

nor your fathers had known, to make you understand that man does not live on

bread alone but that man lives on

everything that comes from the mouth of

the Lord.

‘Do not then forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out

of the house of slavery: who guided you

through this vast and dreadful wilderness,

a land of fiery serpents, scorpions, thirst; who in this waterless place brought you

water from the hardest rock; who in this

wilderness fed you with manna that your

fathers had not known.’

RESPONSORIAL PSALMS Ps 147:12-15. 19-20. R. v.12 (R.) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

1. O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

Zion, praise your God! He has strengthened the bars of

your gates, he has blessed the

children within you. (R.)

2. He has established peace on your borders, he feeds you with

finest wheat.

He sends out his word to the

earth and swiftly runs his command. (R.)

3. He makes his word known to

Jacob, to Israel his laws and

decrees. He has not dealt thus with other nations; he has not

taught them his decrees. (R.)

ST THOMAS THE

APOSTLE PARISH

57 CENTRAL ROAD

(PO BOX 395),

BLACKBURN

PARISH PRIEST: Fr. Terry Bowman, msc

FORMATOR/ASST. PRIEST: Fr Khoi Nguyen msc PARISH PHONE: 9878 0818/9877 7693 PARISH EMAIL: blackburn@cam.org.au

PARISH WEBSITE: www.stthomastheapostle.org.au

PARISH SECRETARY: Susan Collins Admin: Luise Hendricks Bookkeeper/Admin: Luisa May PARISH ACCOUNTANT: Maurice Gartland

PASTORAL ASSOCIATES: Sr. Marg Burchell IBVM & Caren Garlick

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: Anne Marmion SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Angela Lacey

SCHOOL PHONE: P: 9878 8268 SCHOOL EMAIL: office@stblackburn.catholic.edu.au

SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.stblackburn.catholic.edu.au

A Prayer for Priests God, grant them the joys of their vocation, health of mind, body and spirit; a strong faith and a light heart to do the Lord’s work in this world; and the love and support of their friends, family and parishioners. Holy Spirit, guide them and give them grace. Amen

ST.VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY: Call Centre for assistance – 1800 305 330 Free Call Weekdays 10am-3pm. Vinnies Centre Ringwood Ph. 9870 9124, Unit 1B/76-82 Maroondah Hwy Ringwood. For Furniture & Whitegoods pickup— Eastern Emergency Relief will pickup for St Vincent de Paul week days 9am-1pm . Ph. 9874 8433.

FIRST AID EQUIPMENT Attention Parishioners: We now have a new DEFIB which is located in the Sacristy. A First Aid Kit is also in the

Kitchen Broom Cupboard. First Aid items (blankets etc.) which are provided by the Church are stored in a large plastic tub in the Crying Room (right sliding cupboard.)

Catechetics/Altar Servers:

Caren Garlick 9878 0818

Les Coeurs: Caren Garlick

9878 0818

Six2Eight: Caren Garlick 9878 0818

Starfish: Caren Garlick 9878 0818

ST THOMAS’ PARISH BLACKBURN ADVERTISING IN PARISH BULLETIN We are offering advertising space on the back page of the Bulletin/Newsletter from January 2020 (small fee involved) to the local business community and beyond. Please call the Parish Office on 9878-0818 to discuss further. Thank you

AdventCare offers respite and permanent Aged Care.

163-165 Central Road Nunawading

Contact: Tania Fox: 9259 2130

GROUPS TO RESUME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ST THOMAS PARISH/SCHOOL ARCHIVES Archival material always welcome, please include dates and names when possible. Contact Parish Office Ph: 9878 0818

FIRST FRIDAY PARISH MASS & LUNCHEON: First Friday of the month Mass starts at 11.30am . CHILDREN’S LITURGY: Sundays at 10.30am Mass. During School Terms only. CHRISTIAN MEDITATION AFTERNOON/EVENINGS: RESUMES 16TH JUNE for Tuesdays at 7.30pm in the Presbytery Front Meeting room. Contact Phil Collins on 0410 668 140 or e:chrmed3130@gmail.com New comers most welcome. Monday afternoons at 4pm at the Retirement Village Centre. Contact Geni Hunt on 9802 2078 or e: geni.hunt9@gmail.com ST. THOMAS’ PLAYGROUP: Every Wednesday morning during the School Term, from 9.00am-11.00am. Please bring a piece of fruit. ALL PRE-SCHOOLERS ARE WELCOME. No cost to attend. Hope to see you there! Contact Tatiana Gibbs-0490 005 691

ROSTERS FOR ALL LITURGY GROUPS

HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.

CHANGE OF DAYS …………..LAUGHTER YOGA is now being held on Mondays 11.00am-12noon in the Quiet Room at the Church. Proceeds of donations to Church. **All Yoga Classes have been postponed until further notice

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND Married couples come and learn how to keep/rekindle the passion in your relationship. Dates: 17th-19th April; 17th-19th July & 13-15 Nov. 2020 Information: 0409 1863 676 OR E: vicbookings@wwme.org.au **All classes have been postponed until further notice