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

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 30 September 2018

in this issueParish News....... .3&4St Vincent de PaulCarmelite Hall Centenary CelebrationsWelcome To Our FamilySocial Justice SundayChristmas PuddingsCarmelite Conversations: Teresa of AvilaAled Jones ConcertParish Advisory Group 5Project Compassion 6Iona Community Prayer ................ .7Liturgical Art ........... 8Reflection on this Week’s Readings ....9Our Liturgy ........... 10

My dear Parishioners,

SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAYAs we are reminded of the need to provide shelter and care for those who cannot do so for themselves, I found the following quote from Pope Francis very apt:

“There, in the poor, we find the presence of Jesus, who, though rich, became poor. For this reason, in them, in their weakness, a ‘saving power’ is present. And if in the eyes of the world they have little value, they are the ones who open to us the way to heaven; they are our ‘passport to paradise’. For us it is an evangelical duty to care for them, as our real riches, and to do so not only by giving them bread, but also by breaking with them the bread of God’s word, which is addressed first to them. To love the poor means to combat all forms of poverty, spiritual and material.

And it will also do us good. Drawing near to the poor in our midst will touch our lives. It will remind us of what really counts: to love God and our neighbour.”

GALILEE SCHOOL MUSICALJust before the beginning of the holidays, Galilee children and staff did two wonderful performances of the Lion King Jr at Firbank Girls Grammar School. It was an excellent production with everyone involved. Everything about the production was delightful from the cast, the props, the staging, and the music. It was a great tribute to everyone involved with special mention to Ms Carmen Carnovale who put everything together with a lot of help from staff and parents. We have a few budding thespians among our young students. Beautifully done!

May Thérèse of Lisieux help us to find God in the ordinary and the everyday.

Social Justice Sunday

our parish this weekMonday 1 October9.00am Mass, both churches

Tuesday 2 October9.00am Mass, both churches7.30pm St Vincent de Paul Meeting, St Joseph’s Hall

Wednesday 3 October - Parish Office Closed9.00am Mass, both churches

Thursday 4 October9.00am Mass, both churches7.00pm Meditation, Malone Room

Friday 5 October 9.00am Mass, Mt Carmel9.30am Lectio Divina, Lady Chapel, Mt Carmel

Saturday 6 October9.00am Mass, both churches6.00pm Vigil Mass, Mt Carmel

Sunday 7 October - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time9.00am Mass, St Joseph’s 10.30am Mass, Mt Carmel

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

our parish news

Those who are sick or ill and in need of prayer: Dr Raymond Adams, Samah Al-Sayed, Michael Baine, Julian Baker, Melburn Baptista, John Bassett, Karin Brown, Rosetta Bueti, Mary & Charlie Busuttil, Gus Carter, John Clement, John Condon, Phillip Connor, Lulu Cooney, Grace Cumming, Ron Dalton, Luka Dabovic, Anthony Dickason, Maureen Dickason, Joseph Dimasi, Jelena Dokmarkovic, Frances Donegan, Kevin Egan, Elenita Estrella, Sr Geraldine, Gary Finn, Janjo Fleming, Pada Ghicui, Jessie Grima, John Halliday, Charmain Hannebery, Bridget Hamilton, Ivy Hemence, Mena Horsley, Anthony Hyde, Josie, Michael Junkovic, Pero Junkovic, Katherine, Eugenie Le Brun, Rita Lumers, Margaret MacDonald, Andres Manzano, Guadalupe Manzano, Ben McGrath, Dick McGrath, Fr Phelin McGowan, Brian McGuinness, Sian Middleton, Anika Nagorcka, Diana Paino, Giuseppe Parissi, Charles & Edith Portelli, Pat Pringle, Rafal Rafalski, Regina Satarman, Stephen Reilly, Emidio Restall, Sr Alexia Riddington, csb, Veronica Sande, Sharmine Senanayeke, Joe & Jesse Schembri, Jerry Sheehan, Joy Skeffington, Poppy Smith, Sash Somerset-Beauverie, Anne Stafford, Helen Stanley, Jim Sullivan, Bridgid Toohey, Ron Turner, Jimmy Vassallo, Rosemary Walsh, Geoff, Jan & Kerrie Watson, Pat Woolhouse, Tami Yap.Those who have died recently: Anna Coldebella, Padmini, and Brian Sutton.Those who anniversaries occur at this time: Frank Mount, and Carmelites, John Cogan, Albert Groenveld, Gabriel Clery and Joseph Cassar.

ministers

for your generosity last SundaySt Joseph’s Carmelite and Parish Offering $944.00Our Lady of Mt Carmel Carmelite and Parish Offering $1,173.00

thank you

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6/7 October27th Sunday in Ordinary Time6.00pm Mount Carmel

Commentator: Angela Cox

Reader: Abramo Ierardo

Eucharistic Ministers: Ann Crump, Kelly McEnhill, Kathy Mount

Communion to the Sick: N/A

9.00am St Joseph’s

Commentator: John Molloy

Reader: Marita Molloy

Eucharistic Ministers: Zabette Howson, Cathy Garbellini & Frances Galvin

Counters: Brian Harrison & Toni Stuart

Childrens’ Liturgy: N/A

10.30am Mount Carmel

Commentator: Peter Thomas

Reader: John Molnar

Eucharistic Ministers: Margaret Smith, Peter Thomas, Pam Newman

Childrens’ Liturgy: N/A

Hospitality: Denis Churckovich

in our parish

Carmelite Hall Centenary CelebrationsCome and join us for an afternoon of history, laughter and memories from 100 years of the Carmelite Hall being part of our Parish life.

Come listen to Mr Val Noone, Ms Maurita Harney and Mr Philip Harvey as they take you on a historical journey of our Hall. Their storytelling and sharing of experiences will bring back many memories. To make the celebrations complete, wine, sparkling, and food will be served.

2.00pm to 5.00pm Sunday, 7th October 2018 O’Connor Pilkington Rooms

Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Middle ParkCost: $20.00 Bookings Essential

Online at: https://www.trybooking.com/420086Or call: (03) 9699 1922 (Carmelite Provincial Office)

Welcome to our FamilyWe celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism during the 9.00am Mass at St Joseph’s for Evelyn Louise Newcome. Please keep Evelyn, her family and

godparents in your prayers.

Social Justice Sunday 2018This weekend we celebrate Social Justice Sunday. The theme for 2018 is A Place to Call Home…Making a Home For Everyone In Our Land.

Please collect a copy of the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Statement from the tables at both churches today or visit the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council website at www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au to read this statement online.

Our conference meets next Tuesday evening 2 October at 7.30pm in St. Joseph’s Hall Port Melbourne. All welcome. If you would like to enquire about helping in our rewarding work please join us on Tuesday evening or call Joan Cusack on 0478 224624 or Pat Mount on 0418 380549.

Divine Mercy ChapletThere will be no Divine Mercy Chaplet in October due to the Hall Centenerary Celebrations. The next date will be Sunday 4 November 2018.

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in our parish

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

Aled Jones ‘Believe’ National Concert TourOur Lady of Mount Carmel Church

7.00pm Wednesday 3 OctoberTickets from $64. For more information and to book visit:

AledJonesAustralia.com or call 1300 303 103Once the world’s most famous boy soprano and still a singing celebrity to this day, ALED JONES has hosted the popular TV series Songs Of Praise and Escape To The Country, and has performed for such dignitaries as the Pope and Her Majesty The Queen.

The concert will be approximately 75 minutes in duration with no interval. Aled will be signing albums for 30 minutes after each concert.

Carmelite Conversations: Saint Teresa of Avilawith Matthew McPhee OCarm

10.30am - 12 noon Wednesday 3 October 2018This session will be a conversation covering:

• Teresa a ‘wild child’• An unlikely candidate for sainthood

• Physically beautiful• Musician, dancer, poet and theologian• First woman Doctor of the Church

• Exceptional intellect balanced by passioniate emotions• Inspiration for the Discalced Carmelite Order• Reformer of the Church - Lover of Jesus Christ

All welcome to come and join the conversation. Venue: The Carmelite Library Bookings: 9690 5430 or www.trybooking.com/343959 Cost: $5

It’s Christmas Pudding Time!2.00pm – 4.00pm Saturday, 20th October or

2.00pm - 4.00pm Saturday 17 NovemberO’Connor / Pilkington Room 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park

All ingredients supplied. Pudding serves 15 BYO bowl and wooden spoon.Cost $50.00 For bookings Call Sally 9699 6463

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The Parish Advisory Group met on 6 September 2018 and the following items were discussed with suggested actions……

1. The proposed date for the Parish Christmas Social Function 2018 firstly clashed with a St Vincent de Paul meeting and the second date nominated clashed with the November Parish Men’s Dinner so a new date will need to be set. Parishioners will be notified of the new date.

2. The process for mailing our annual Christmas card to all mail boxes receiving mail in the 3206 and 3207 postcodes was discussed. There was general agreement that this contact was very valuable and we will continue with this practice in 2018.

3. Printed copies of the Welcome Statement included in the Parish Bulletin on 5 August 2018 were distributed and discussed. Copies will be printed on cards for both churches and the Parish Mass times will be printed on the reverse side.

4. “Welcome Folders” for new parishioners will be prepared as an introduction to Parish life and activities.

5. Opportunities for older parishioners to gather over coffee to discuss their spiritual journeys will be organised as a Parish initiative starting in the warmer months. It could alternate between Middle Park rooms and St Joseph’s Hall. A car roster might assist some parishioners to attend.

6. A small group of parishioners met to discuss the future of the Elijah Chapel in Mount Carmel Church as a possible space for “quiet prayer and reflection”. The group came up with a list of suggestions for creating a comfortable and meaningful environment for prayer.

7. Next Meeting: Thursday 22 November 2018 in the O’Connor-Pilkington Rooms, at 6.00pm.

Parish Advisory Group

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Dear people of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, I wish to think you very sincerely for the wonderful and generous response you gave to the Caritas Australia Project Compassion 2018 appeal ‘For a Just Future’. T h e C a t h o l i c c o m m u n i t y o f Melbourne donated $1,514,019 to the appeal – a major contribution to supporting the poorest of the poor in the over 25 countries where Caritas Australia supports programs. Across Australia the appeal raised around $10.8 million, money that will make a real difference in lifting people out of poverty, and giving many the opportunity to build secure lives, free from poverty and hunger.

Since the end of the Project Compassion 2018 campaign Caritas Australia has continued, with your generous help, to provide assistance to those areas hit by disasters like the flooding in Kerala, India, and Typhoon Manghkut in the Philippines, as well as ongoing development work.

Again, thanks for your help in enabling Caritas Australia to be the gospel in action.

(Deacon) Jim CurtainCaritas Australia Diocesan Director, Archdiocese of Melbourne

Deacon Jim CurtainDiocesan Director Caritas AustraliaCommunity Participation Leader Vic/Tas383 Albert St, East Melbourne VIC 3002

project compassion appeal 2018

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Gracious Godfor your love for usgentle as a showerhealing our pain

binding our woundsWe Give You Thanks

For your love for ussure as the dawn

transforming our darknessrevealing your truthWe Give You Thanks

For your love for usmercifully steadfast

calling us to youraising us up

We Give You Thanks

For your love for usencouraging questions

open to doubtsmaking us vulnerableWe Give You Thanks

Urge us on, O Christto find wholeness

through serving youby serving others

in the power of your Spirit

(Thanksgiving – The Pattern of Our Days)

Nancy DodmanAssociate Member Canada

Prayer from the Iona Community

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Reflection by Artist

Jesus is calling on his disciples to be generous and life-giving in this reading from Mark's gospel. Even the gift of a cup of water is a valuable service when Christ is recognised in the transaction.

Liturgical Art

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REfLECTIONS ON THIS WEEK’S READINGSToday’s gospel makes me very pleased I’m a Catholic, and that we don’t take the bible literally. Our Christian brothers and sisters who insist on the literal truth of the scriptures must have a tough time trying to avoid cutting off their hands and feet, plucking out their eyes and worrying about how hot hell is! I’m not sure about them, but I know my feet have taken me to places I wish I’d not gone, and when I got there my eyes saw things I wish I’d not seen. Still, in spite of the times I’ve let myself down, I am glad I’m still in one piece, and not all that worried about the worms and weather in hell!

As Catholics we believe the Scriptures reveal the truth of our salvation – they are not books of fact. Jesus was a skilled and powerful communicator. And like all great teachers he used metaphor and exaggeration to make his point. In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus takes evil very seriously. He is always conscious of it around him and is aware that it comes from within us, and without us. Jesus teaches us today to stop doing the destructive things that prevent us from loving God, each other and ourselves.

Sinful behaviour often falls into two categories of human activity: habitual and compulsive. Habits are unusual things. There are good habits, like saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. There are habits that can start out well-intentioned enough, but end up being obsessions, like caring for one’s physical fitness. And there are habits that bring moments of relief or let us off the hook – like lying, dishonesty and stealing – but always end up being destructive.

Compulsive behaviour, however, is of a very different order. Gambling, drinking, shopping, smoking, violence, work, sex, eating, drugs, pornography, money and the Internet are fairly common modern manifestations of compulsive behaviour. As heart-breaking as these addictions are, they are the presenting problems of deeper issues related to self-esteem, personal history and even genetic disposition.

One of the comments I’ve heard people make about their compulsive behaviour is, ‘I found myself doing it again and I am not sure how or why’. No doubt there are some people who feel so lonely and get so depressed about their habitual or compulsive behaviour, they contemplate severing an arm, a leg or gouging an eye.

Jesus underlines that we have to stop our destructive behaviour and offers three pieces of practical advice so we can. Firstly, do whatever helps. For some people the most unusual solutions attend to the deeper issues and help us piece our lives back together. It doesn’t matter whether others approve of it, or it’s related to religious faith, for as long as it doesn’t lead to other destructive behaviour then, ‘whoever (or whatever) is not against us, is for us’.

Secondly, accept help. None of us can battle through life carrying all our burdens on our own. Steps four to six of Alcoholics Anonymous deal with sharing the exact nature of our burdens as a means to coming to terms with them. Our family and friends are not mind readers and we need to seek out wise counsel and follow it wisely. The help and support we receive could be like the cup of refreshing water Jesus tells us about today.

Finally, habitual and compulsive behaviour always has a pattern. St Ignatius Loyola taught in the sixteenth century that it was only when we regularly examined ourselves to see where, when, how and with whom we are most likely to walk away from God’s love, that we can work out why we do it and change the pattern.

And when we really know ourselves as we are, and not as we would like to be, we have the chance to choose life over death more often than not. © Richard Leonard SJ.

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OUR LITURGY

Penitential Rite

Processional Hymn: A TrusTing PsAlm

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gloria

Numbers 11:25-29 The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied, but not again.

Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other Medad. The spirit came down on them; though they had not gone to the Tent, their names were enrolled among the rest. These began to prophesy in the camp. The young man ran to tell this to Moses, ‘Look’, he said, ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.’ Then said Joshua the son of Nun, who had served Moses from his youth, ‘My Lord Moses, stop them!’ Moses answered him, ‘Are you jealous on my account? If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets, and the Lord gave his Spirit to them all!’

Responsorial psalm PsAlm 19: lord You HAve THe Words

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gospel acclamation

1. The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The Lord’s rule is to be trusted, the simple find wisdom.

2. The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever; the decrees of the Lord are true, all of them just.

3. They are worth more than gold, than the finest gold, sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

James 5:1-6 An answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries that are coming to you. Your wealth is all rotting, your clothes are all eaten up by moths. All your gold and your silver are corroding away, and the same corrosion will be your own sentence, and eat into your body. It was a burning fire that you stored up as your treasure for the last days. Labourers mowed your fields, and you cheated them – listen to the wages that you kept back, calling out; realise that the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. On earth you have had a life of comfort and luxury; in the time of slaughter you went on eating to your heart’s content. It was you who condemned the innocent and killed them; they offered you no resistance.

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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.

Mark 9:38-43. 45. 47-48 John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said, ‘You must not stop him: no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me. Anyone who is not against us is for us.

‘If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink just because you belong to Christ, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.

‘But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck. And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. And if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die nor their fire go out.’

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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HOLY, HOLY

Memorial Acclamation

lamb of god

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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.

Communion HYMN send us Your sPiriT

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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 Bring ForTH THe Kingdom