Groups and Meetings

BAPTISM PREPARATION: 1st Sunday of the month 2.00pm at St Peter’s College. Registration: Parish Office or visit our website. RCIA: For adults interested to join the Catholic Faith. Classes to begin soon. For enquiries, contact Joy Andriaanse on 5991 5669.

RCIC: For older children who have not completed their Sacraments at St Agatha’s Providence House, Cranbourne. Enq: Fiona 5998 0947.

YOUTH GROUP: Meets twice a month at St Peter’s College. For more enquiries, contact the parish office.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.E.): For children who are in non-catholic schools. Every Wednesday at St Agatha’s Parish Hall, Cranbourne,

4.00pm – 5.00pm. Enq: Fiona 5998 0947

Mass Intentions

Saturday (25/5) 6.00pm: Thanksgiving Mass (Lovina Mathew)

Sunday (26/5) 9.00am: Baltuzar Fernandes (Anniv)

Sunday (2/5) 10.45am: People of the Parish

Tuesday (28/5) 9.15am: Available (pls see Fr Denis or call the parish office)

Wednesday (29/5) 9.15am: Private Intention (Christine Salu)

Thursday (30/5) 9.15am: Available (pls see Fr Denis or call the parish office)

Friday (31/5) 9.15am: Available (pls see Fr Denis or call the parish office)

Saturday (1/6) 9.15am: Available (pls see Fr Denis or call the parish office)

Death Anniversary/Remembrance: Fr William Ryan, Dean Edward Coleman VG,

Fr Peter Kilduff, Bishop James Corbett, Fr Jim McGuigan, Fr James O’Niell & Fr

Cornelius Cremin

Parish Council Members:

Fr Denis, Vivian Crasto, Dezlene

Orchard, Fale Salu, Neil Mendes,

Mick Ryan, Jonathan Rubite, Shiran

Jayamaha, Tom Joseph and Colleen

Johnson.

Parish Finance Members:

Fr Denis, Heidi Keel, Sinclair

Thomas, Patrick Ross, Helene

Jayamaha, Peter Gomez, Vincent

Willatgamuwa

Rosters 25/5 26/5 1/6 2/6

6.00pm 9.00am 10.45am 6.00pm 9.00am 10.45am

Lectors Vimi Pinto Molly Gerdiman Celine Jacobs Orestes Jr Quito Rita Scicluna Jordan Salu

Extraordinary

Ministers

Dalreen Thomas,Francoise Vinay,Rodelio Nerviol

Bill Sheedy, Coralee Floyd, Antonia Sopi

Francoise Vinay, Colleen Johnson, Amanda Ah Colt

Shey Rubite,Christine Fernandez,Manni Vailamanni

Mary Garoni, Fred Garoni, Declan Floyd

Dezlene Orchard, Naomi Ioane, Fale Salu

Welcomers Vimi & Flevius Sonia Ruiz TBA Dalreen & Sinclair Vivian and Alisha Crasto

TBA

Children’s

Liturgy

Colleen Johnson TBA TBA Christine Salu

Morning Tea Julie and Bill Sheedy

Jose and Flora Bition

Next week’s readings: Acts 1:1-11 Eph 1:17-23 Lk 24:46-53

New Parishioner Registration (to return, drop this form in the Parish Office Box at Church or the Parish Office):

Please complete this card so that we register you as a parishioner and send you a welcome letter

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CHILDREN INFORMATION: (please attach paper for additional children)

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Church: St Peter’s College, 55 MacKillop Way, Cnr Heather Grove, Clyde North

Parish Priest: Fr Denis O’Bryan EV

Parish Office: 50 Heather Grove, Cranbourne East (PO Box 6089, Clyde VIC 3978)

Parish Office Hours: Tuesday – Friday 9.00am – 3.00pm

Parish Office Phone: 5998 0947

Email: parish@stthomasap.org.au Website: www.stthomasap.org.au FB: www.facebook.com/stthomasap

Parish Secretaries: Christine Salu Email: Clydenorth.Secretary1@cdsale.org.au &

Fiona Goh Email: Clydenorth.Secretary2@cdsale.org.au

Parish Safety Officer: Corralee Floyd (Wednesday 9.00am – 3.00pm) Email: Clydenorth.Safety@cdsale.org.au

WELCOME TO OUR MASS SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Year C) – 26th May 2019

Masses & Reconciliation Times Parish Schools

Sunday Mass (Masses celebrated at St. Peter’s College, 55 MacKillop Way, Clyde North. Entrance

via Heather Grove)

Saturday Mass: 6.00pm

Sunday Mass: 9.00am & 10.45am

Weekday Masses Weekday Masses are at Blue Hills Chapel

unless stated otherwise.

Monday (27/5): No Mass

Tuesday (28/5): 9.15am

Wednesday (29/5): 9.15am at St Thomas

the Apostle Primary

Thursday (30/5): 9.15am at St Peter’s

College Clyde North

Friday (31/5): 9.15am

Saturday (1/6): 9.15am followed by

Reconciliation, Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament & Recitation of the Holy

Rosary

Baptism

Sunday at 12noon.

Baptism Preparation:

1st Sunday of the

month. Register at the

Parish Office

Reconciliation

Friday & Saturday:

9.45am after morning

Mass at Blue Hills

Chapel

Saturday: 5.30pm

before evening Mass at

St Peter’s College

St Thomas the Apostle Primary School 5 Fiorelli Boulevard, Cranbourne East

Phone: 5998 9293

Principal: Mr Brendan Marrinon

St Peter’s Secondary College

(Clyde North Campus)

55 MacKillop Way, Clyde North

Phone: 5990 7777

Principal: Mr Chris Black

Prayer of Saint Thomas the Apostle

Glorious Saint Thomas, Your love for Jesus, and faith in Him as your Lord and God, are an inspiration for all who seek Jesus. You gave

up your life for Him as an Apostle, and as a missionary. You encourage us to be courageous in giving witness to our faith and in

proclaiming the Gospel. You lead us to be missionary in our endeavours. As our patron, pray for us as we build a new Catholic Church

in Clyde North. We ask your intercession that we may spend ourselves in the service of Jesus and His mission. Under your watchful care

may we grow in faith, and generously use our talents, gifts and vision in the service of Christ Jesus, and in love for our neighbour.

St Thomas the Apostle

Pray For Us

First Reading Acts 15:1-2, 22-29

Some men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, 'Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot

be saved.' This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and

Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders. 'Then the apostles and

elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with this. They chose Judas

known as Barsabbas and Silas, both leading men in the brotherhood, and gave them this letter to take with them: The apostles and elders,

your brothers, send greetings to the brothers of pagan birth in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia. We hear that some of our members have disturbed

you with their demands and have unsettled your minds. They acted without any authority from us, and so we have decided unanimously

to elect delegates and to send them to you with Barnabas and Paul, men we highly respect who have dedicated their lives to the name of

our Lord Jesus Christ. Accordingly we are sending you Judas and Silas, who will confirm by word of mouth what we have written in this

letter. It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves not to saddle you with any burden beyond these essentials: you are to

abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from fornication. Avoid these, and you will do

what is right. Farewell.'

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

R. O God, let all the nations praise you.

O God, be gracious and bless us and let your face shed its light upon us. So will your ways be known upon earth and all nations learn

your saving help. R.

Let the nations be glad and exult for you rule the world with justice. With fairness you rule the peoples, you guide the nations on earth.

R.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. May God still give us his blessing till the ends of the earth revere him.

R.

Second Reading Apoc 21:10-14, 22-23

In the spirit, the angel took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God

out of heaven. It had all the radiant glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond. The walls of it were of

a great height, and had twelve gates; at each of the twelve gates there was an angel, and over the gates were written the names of the

twelve tribes of Israel; on the east there were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

The city walls stood on twelve foundation stones, each one of which bore the name of one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. I saw that

there was no temple in the city since the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb were themselves the temple, and the city did not need the sun

or the moon for light, since it was lit by the radiant glory of God and the Lamb was a lighted torch for it.

The word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia! All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them. Alleluia!

Gospel John 14:23-29

Jesus said to his disciples: 'If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make

our home with him. Those who do not love me do not keep my words. And my word is not my own: it is the word of the one who sent

me. I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will

teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you. Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace the world

cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me say: I am going away, and shall return. If

you loved me you would have been glad to know that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. I have told you this now

before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.'

The Gospel of the Lord.

Memorial Acclamation

We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

Message from our Parish Priest

Dear Parishioners,

During this past week we have celebrated the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians. Under this title Our Lady is the Patron of

Australia.

The Feast Day to Mary Help of Christians has been celebrated in Australia since 1844 when Australia became the first country in

the world to have Mary Help of Christians as Patron. But the history of the Feast dates back to about 30 years earlier than that.

Napoleon Bonaparte had jailed Pope Pius VI who died in jail. When Pope Pius VII was elected, he too was jailed by Bonaparte, who

kept him prisoner at Fontainebleau. The Holy Father vowed to God that if he were restored to the Roman See he would institute a

special feast in honour of Mary. The military did eventually force Bonaparte to release the Pope on 24th May 1814 and twelve

months later the Pope decreed that the Feast of Mary Help of Christians to be kept on 24th May.

The infant church in Australia had a special reason for turning to Mary. No priests were sent to the Colony in the early days and

Mass was not allowed except for one brief year until 1820. It was largely the Rosary in those early days that kept the faith alive. St

Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia’s first church, was dedicated in her honour by the Irish pioneer priest, Fr Therry, who arrived

in Sydney in 1820.

Mary Help of Christians, pray for us. My God bless you all, Fr Denis

Plenary Council “Year of Listening and Discernment”

Diocesan Pilgrimage in St Michael’s, Berwick

Plenary Council website: www.plenarycouncil.com.au

Notice

PARISH STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM 2019

A reminder that our Parish Stewardship Program commences next week, with our Welcome Weekend. The Program recognizes that

‘Parishes are the Heartbeat of the Church’ and will challenge us to reflect on what it means to be a member of our St Thomas the

Apostle Parish community.

We encourage you to be actively involved – read the materials, listen to the speakers and follow the Program on the parish website

and our parish Facebook. Reflect, pray about and discuss the themes and topics with your family, friends and fellow parishioners.

PARISH ‘OUR FUTURE’ FORUM

All parishioners are warmly invited to a special forum as part of the Program – the Our Future Forum on Wednesday 19 June at

7.30pm. This is a great opportunity to make your contribution to the discussion. You will hear about the values we hold dear, our

recent achievements and the priorities we have for the future. Please mark this date in your calendar. Full Program details will be

available on the dedicated Program page on our parish website – which will be updated regularly throughout the Program.

Together we pray for the success of the Program:

Stewardship Program Prayer

Lord, we thank you for calling us to be your Church.

Through our Baptism we are called to service and to witness.

In the Eucharist we sustain and strengthen that call.

By serving others we follow your example and proclaim our beliefs.

By our Christian generosity we demonstrate our love and care.

Lord, help us always to worship you as you deserve,

to grow in faith and service

and to give without counting the cost.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen MYSTAGOGIA MASS – Sunday 26th May 2pm at the Cathedral in Sale. This Mass of Thanksgiving is the formal conclusion to the final journey of

RCIA. The newly baptised and those fully received into full communion in the Church at Easter are encouraged to attend with their families, sponsors

and RCIA team. There will be afternoon tea after Mass. Please bring a plate to share.

STEWARDSHIP ENVELOPES – will be available for collection at all Masses this weekend. This new set of envelopes will be up to July and

organised in street order. If you are able to help with distribution to parishioners on your street would be appreciated. Receipts for all giving including

Credit Card and Direct Debit will be issued in mid-July. ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: The formation and training for new members of the St Vincent de Paul for the Clyde North Parish has been

delayed a little but will proceed. In the meantime, those who volunteered their names when the Society was promoted are asked to renew their desire to

be members of the Society by contacting our parish office. There may be parishioners who have not previously indicated that they would like to

become members, and you could also contact the parish office this week.

Upcoming meeting:

Building Committee – Thursday 30th May 7.30pm at the parish office, 50 Heather Grove.

Confirmation Parent/Child Workshop: Wednesday at 7.00pm at St Thomas the Apostle School

SPECIAL COLLECTIONs

- Trinity Families – this weekend at all Masses. Trinity Families is the Diocese of Sale’s charity fund which provide support for programs

which help families in need. Please pick-up an envelope. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductable.

BURSARY FUND – Our parish raised $751.55 for the Seminarian Bursary Fund. Thank you for your generosity.