Both our Churches are fitted with a hearing induction loop. Please use the ‘T’ or other appropriate switch on your hearing aid. Please tell us if you experience any difficulty.

We acknowledge the Yalukit Willam Clan, the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We pay our respects to them.

May we walk gently here.

The CarmeliteParish of Port Melbourne and Middle Park

in the care of the Carmelites since 1882

My dear Parishioners,

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND CALLED GERALDINEMany of you would know that Sr Geraldine has been fighting a diagnosis of cancer from last year. She probably wouldn’t approve of me writing this but now things have been taken out of her hands. On Tuesday evening she asked to see me. She was very low. I wasn’t quite sure why she wanted to see me again because I had called to see her on the previous Sunday.

When I arrived to see her it became obvious that she wanted to say good-bye. She was very low and she herself didn’t expect to live through the night. Sr Claire, a sister of St Brigid, was with me. Claire left me alone with Geraldine for a time. So I asked her Ger how she was. “Not good” was the reply but in typical Geraldine fashion, she said: “What will be will be”. I gave her absolution and anointing and then shared the Eucharist with her. It was a privileged moment spent in just quiet prayer. After that, I asked her about who had been to visit her and she managed to name members of her families and the Brigidine sisters and even Br Leo.

In that quietness I asked her if she had any worries. Again, in typical fashion, she looked at me and uttered a definite “Nope”! I then asked her to pray for me and that is when we both shed tears. I told her what a superb and wonderful friend she has been and that she was truly loved and so the tears kept flowing. I reminded her that her job now was to pray for her religious sisters, her family and the Carmelites. As both Claire and I left her quietly, I said, “I’ll see you, Ger!” and her last words to me were, “In heaven”.

How do you sum up a woman who has been a remarkable influence on different lives and in so many different contexts? She has been a backbone of this community. Geraldine came to work with us around 1999 as the pastoral associate. She took some time off to care for her mother, Hazel, in the last years of Hazel’s life but she returned to this parish to bless us with her presence.

She has been a woman of remarkable and practical faith and a faith-filled sister of St Brigid.

Beneath what could appear to be a tough exterior, Ger had a heart of gold. Her generosity, her constant remembrance of birthday and anniversary cards, a straight-forward way of putting you in your place when you over-stepped the line, her ability to laugh at her own and others’ foibles,

in this issueParish News ........ 3&4 Welcome to our Family September Men’s Dinner BASP Afternoon Tea Carmelite Pilgrimage Chanting GroupChild Protection Sunday ............... 5Our Liturgy ................ 6

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8th September 2019

our parish this week

we remember

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Churches St Joseph’s cnr Rouse & Stokes Streets Port Melbourne

Our Lady of Mount Carmel cnr Richardson & Wright Streets Middle Park

Sunday Masses 6.00pm (Sat) Mount Carmel 9.00am Saint Joseph’s 10.30am Mount Carmel

Reconciliation after 9.00am Mass Saturday

Carmelite Parish Office 274 Rouse Street Port Melbourne Vic 3207

Telephone 03 9681 9600

After Hours Emergency 0408 754 283

Email parish@sj-mc.org.au

Parish Website www.sj-mc.org.au

Carmelite Website www.carmelites.org.au

Office Hours 9am-4pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday(CLOSED WEDNESDAYS)

Parish Priest Fr Hugh Brown OCarm

Parish Secretary Anne Ierardo (Monday to Thursday)

Community Liaison Sr Geraldine Stapleton csb(Monday/Tuesday & Weekend Mass)

Pastoral Life Co-ordinator Michael Murray (Wednesday/ Thursday)

Finance Officer Shane Harrison (Tuesday - Friday)

Facilities Manager Ken Chaffer

Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School Bank Street South Melbourne Vic 3205

Telephone 03 9699 2928 Principal Simon Millar

Those who are ill or in need of prayer: Mat Anderson, John Bassett, Sarah Battersby, Karen Brown, Ciaran Byrne, Frank Cranage, Maureen Dickason, Gary Finn, Lyn Fleming, Lesley Gilbert, Gerald Gill, Richard Hayden, Ivy Hermence, Tony Hyde, Maria & Joseph Jelincic, Sandra MacDonald, John Madigan, Maura McKenna, Laura McGuinnes, Margaret McInnes, Betty Molnar, Jane Morris, Maria Loc Nguyen, Kate Nolan, Lorraine Partridge, Greg Pringle, John Pringle, Nick Quill, Noel Quinn, Rafal Rafalski, Paul Ryan, Katie Ryan, Teresa Sheehan, Sash Carti Somerset-Beauverie, May Spencer, Helen Stanley, Maree Stanway, Ivo Strauss, Jim Sullivan, Bridgid Toohey, Sr Barbara Walsh, Jonathon Will, Tami Yap, Helen York, Roma Zinger.

Those who have died recently: Sr Geraldine Stapleton, csb, and Angela Elliott.

Those who anniversaries occur at this time: Michelle Bassett, Isabella Brogan, Maria Pristov, Juliany Tan and Carmelites, Peter McAlpine, William Nugent & James Meehan.

Monday 9 September9.00am Mass, both churches

Tuesday 10 September9.00am Mass, both churches

Wednesday 11 September - Parish Office Closed9.00am Mass, St Joseph’s9.00am Morning Prayer, Mt Carmel7.30pm Carmelite Pilgrimage Information Session O’Connor Pilkington Rooms

Thursday 12 September - Parish Office ClosedNO 9.00am Mass at either church10.30am Funeral Mass, Sr Geraldine Stapleton, Mt Carmel7.00pm Meditation, Malone Room

Friday 13 September9.00am Mass, both churches9.30am Lectio Divina, The Lady Chapel, Mt Carmel

Saturday 14 September9.00am Mass, both churches6.00pm Vigil Mass, Mt Carmel

Sunday 15 September - 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time9.00am Mass, St Joseph’s10.30am Mass, Mt Carmel (Lay Carmelites)

ministers

for your generosity last Sunday

St Joseph’s Carmelite and Parish Offering $698.00Our Lady of Mt Carmel Carmelite and Parish Offering $1,206.00

thank you

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14/15 September24th Sunday in Ordinary Time6.00pm Mount CarmelCommentator: Des CollinsReader: Abramo Ierardo

Eucharistic Ministers: Carmel Collins, Janine Brodie, Ann Crump

Communion to the Sick: N/A

9.00am St Joseph’sCommentator: Elisabeth Northam

Readers: Gerhard Correa

Eucharistic Ministers: Rob Winduss, Helen Warren

Counters: Jim Power & Brian Rochford

Childrens’ Liturgy: N/A

10.30am Mount CarmelCommentator: Sally Diserio

Readers: Teresa Paradowski

Eucharistic Ministers: Margaret Fagan, Teresa Paradowski, Maria Goral

Childrens’ Liturgy: Pam Newman

Hospitality: Michael Murray

in our parish

Welcome to our FamilyWe celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism at the 10.30am Mass at Mt Carmel for Eliza Josephine Muscat, Jack Archer Tanti, and Alexander Melvyn Ward.

Please keep, Eliza, Jack and Alexander, their family and godparents in your prayers.

September 2019 Parish Men's Dinner6.45pm Wednesday 25 September 2018,

at O'Connor-Pilkington Rooms, OLMC.Speaker: Assoc. Prof. John Lack -

"Some 'mythconceptions' about Australia and the Great War"

RSVP: John Molloy - 9699 2031 Cost: $35

a hands-on preacher of the Gospel, a predictor of the future (which she often got wrong!), a definitive source of judgement on almost everyone who came to notice, a principal who cared deeply for her kids, a scrupulous manager of money, a sister and an aunt who loved her family passionately, a gifted artisan who always short-changed her own gifts, a woman of immense gratitude for the solicitude of her sisters both natural and religious, a lover of tinned chicken spread on crackers brought from Aldi, and, most importantly, a superb friend.

Geraldine faced death with an equanimity and calm that would be the envy of any saint. Not only that, she did so graciously and thankfully to all those who cared for her. We have indeed been blessed by her presence.

Geraldine Mary Stapleton csb entered her eternal reward on Thursday, 5 September at 11:20pm.

Pray for her as she will for us and let us do so that we may all meet merrily in heaven.

Requiem Mass for the repose of her wonderful soul will be held this Thursday morning at 10.30am at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

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our parish news

Chanting – Rejoicing in the Spirit with Susan Frykberg Saturdays 11am-Midday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Join us in chanting old and new Christian chants. No musical ability required nor any prior experience in chanting.

Saturday 14, 21, 28 September & 5 October 11.00 am – Midday. At Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Middle Park.

Led by Susan Frykberg who is well versed in composing and teaching a range of Christian chants. No need to book – just come along.

Carmelite Centre Program BookingsT: 9690 5430 (leave message if unattended) or registration@thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

via website: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

The Carmelite Centre is a joint venture of the Carmelites of Australia and East Timor and our Parish of Port Melbourne/Middle Park.

Address: 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park Vic 3206 (Mel Ref 2K C10) T: (03) 9690 5430 Website: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

The Carmelite LibraryThe Carmelite Library, located in the Carmelite Hall next to the Church, is open on

Tuesdays from 12.00 to 8.00pm and Wednesday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm. t: (03) 9682 8553e: librarian@carmelitelibrary.org website: www.carmelitelibrary.org

The 2019 Carmelite Way Pilgrimage Information Evening 6.30pm – 8.00pm Wednesday 11 September, O’Connor PIlkington Rooms

Led by Carmelite Paul Sireh O.Carm, join us for our TENTH annual pilgrimage along the beautiful Lilydale Warburton Rail Trail culminating at the Sancta Sophia Meditation Centre. We rank our own pilgrimage alongside the great Christian pilgrimage destinations of Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Canterbury Cathedral in England!

To go on our pilgrimage is to live the Carmelite Way; it is to share in the experience of community, service and prayer and return renewed in heart and mind. It is a time to be inspired by the natural environment and be immersed in the silence and reflection made possible by the rhythm of walking.

Book for the FREE information evening below or if you intend to join us on the Pilgrimage BOOK NOW via trybooking.

Brigidine Asylym Seekers Project“I was a stranger and you made me welcome.....”

Please join us to celebrate the publication of‘Heart and Hope’

A History of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project 2001 - 2018We are inviting those who have contributed to the work of BASP over the years to

An Afternoon Tea2.00pm - 4.00pm on Wednesday, 11 September

at St Joseph’s Church Hall 271 Rouse Street, Port MelbourneFor planning purposes please RSVP by Friday 6 September by email

to barthur@basp.org.au or phone on 9696 2107A complimentary copy of the History will be available on the day

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Child Protection SundayThis weekend, the Catholic Church in Australia marks Child Protection Sunday, on which we pray for those who have been abused, their families and supporters. We recognise the harm done by priests, religious and lay people in Church settings. We recommit to practices that support survivors and make the Catholic Church and its ministries the safest possible place for children and vulnerable adults.

You can find out more about the Church’s work in this area at: www.catholic.org.au/responseandprevention

A Prayer for Stronger Communities, Safer Children

Gracious God, you said "Let the children come to me".

The hurt felt by those wounded by abuse weighs heavily upon us.

Trust has been eroded when institutions failed to appropriately respond to their needs.

Lord, we as your Church stand in need of your healing and help.

We ask you, God, to strengthen and guide all in our Catholic communities.

Grant us wisdom in our time to make decisions that protect children and the vulnerable.

May our families and communities, through love, generosity, commitment and patience, build stronger communities safe for children.

Let your grace and love fall gently upon our children giving them the inner strength, peace and resilience they will need for their life’s journey.

We ask you, God, to help our Catholic communities to be resolute in building a community where our children flourish and are safe.

Amen.

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OUR LITURGYProcessional Hymn: Christ Be Our Light

Penitential Rite

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Responsorial psalm Psalm 90: in every Age

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In Every Age (Psalm 90: 1-4,12) Words & Music: Janet Sullivan Whitaker

Wisdom 9:13-18 What man can know the intentions of God?Who can divine the will of the Lord?The reasonings of mortals are unsureand our intentions unstable;for a perishable body presses down the soul,and this tent of clay weighs down the teeming mind.It is hard enough for us to work out what is on earth,laborious to know what lies within our reach;who, then, can discover what is in the heavens?As for your intention, who could have learnt it, had you not granted Wisdomand sent your holy spirit from above?Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightenedand men been taught what pleases you,and saved, by Wisdom.

Philemon 9-10, 12-17 This is Paul writing, an old man now and, what is more, still a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you for a child of mine, whose father I became while wearing these chains: I mean Onesimus. I am sending him back to you, and with him – I could say – a part of my own self. I should have liked to keep him with me; he could have been a substitute for you, to help me while I am in the chains that the Good News has brought me. However, I did not want to do anything without your consent; it would have been forcing your act of kindness, which should be spontaneous. I know you have been deprived of Onesimus for a time, but it was only so that you could have him back for ever, not as a slave any more, but something much better than a slave, a dear brother; especially dear to me, but how much more to you, as a blood-brother as well as a brother in the Lord. So if all that we have in common means anything to you, welcome him as you would me.

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gospel

APOSTLES CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth,and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried;he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead;he ascended into heaven,and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

gospel acclamation

Luke 14:25-33 Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

‘And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, the onlookers would all start making fun of him and saying, “Here is a man who started to build and was unable to finish.” Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who advanced against him with twenty thousand? If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace. So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.’

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Cel: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who takes away the sins of the World. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

mystery of faith

holy holy

Cel: The Lord be with you. All: And with your Spirit.Cel: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord.Cel: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. All: It is right and just.The Celebrant prays the preface at the end of which all sing:

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Lamb of God

Communion HYMN i hAve LOved yOu

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The CaTholiC Parish of PorT Melbourne and Middle Park is CoMMiTTed To Providing a safe and nurTuring CulTure

for all Children and young PeoPle in our Parish.

Recessional hymn O gOd, yOu seArCh Me