This Week

SUNDAY 21st

9am, 11am, 6pm Mass

Baptism Preparation

MONDAY 22nd

8.30am Rosary

9am Mass

TUESDAY 23rd

8.30am Rosary

9am Mass

9.30am Adoration

WEDNESDAY 24th

7.00pm Mass

8.30pm Meditation

THURSDAY 25th

No Mass

FRIDAY 26th

8.30am Rosary

9am Mass

9.30am D. Mercy Chaplet

Stations of the Cross7.30pm

SATURDAY 27th

Reconciliation 10.30am

6pm Vigil Mass

SUNDAY 28th

(Lent2C)

9am, 11am, 6pm Mass

1st Sunday of Lent—Yr C20th-21st February, 2010: No 5

Lenten Action

Living the Good News

Week One

Suggested activities for theweek ahead.

This Lent make a plan for your per-sonal spiritual development and for-mation. Research retreats and spiri-tuality programs that are available inyour area and see what you can takepart in within the Parish.

As you begin your Lenten fastkeep in your prayers the 800million people who suffer frommalnutrition or starvation,and the 18,000 children whodie from hunger each day.

Begin your weekly contribution toProject Compassion.

The Remember me web site hasa page where people from dif-ferent parts of the countryhave shared their story. Thisweek write 300-400 wordsabout some aspect of yourprayer life or spirituality. Eachperson’s story is unique. Bysharing our spiritual journey(with all its meanderings,twists and turns) we off eachother affirmation, encourage-ment and inspiration. To ‘up-load’ your own story:www.bne.catholic.net.au/lent/prayerstory

Before you are required to makeany significant or difficult de-cisions this week spend timein prayer to the Holy Spirit forwisdom, insight and discern-ment.

Lectio Divina

There is also a website (http://thereflection.vividas.com) By simplylogging into this website each weekyou will be able to participate in lec-tio divina for Lent, working with it atyour own pace and in your own timeover the week.

Welcome to our Passionistbrothers from India and Ade-

laide

We warmly welcome Fr AnthonyTharayil (Passionist Regional Leader)and Fr Paul Cherukodath (Consultor)this weekend. After their PASPACmeetings in Adelaide,they are briefly visiting tosee our parish and Fr.James at work here.

Also welcome to FatherPeter Gardiner from Ade-laide who will speaking atall Masses this weekend.

Jesus is tested by Satan –Luke 4:1-13

February

21st Lent 1C

Breakfast for Relay for Life—after 9am &11am Masses

Baptism Preparation 3.45pm

22nd Lenten Reflection

23rd ASRE starts 4pm

24th Parish Grief, Loss & Spirituality Series

28th Lent 2C

Altar Servers Meeting

Combined Family Groups Picnic

March

1st Vinnies Conference

Lenten Reflection

YCS meet in Treehouse 6pm

2nd ASRE

3rd Parish Grief, Loss & Spirituality Series

5th Stations of the Cross

Men’s Club

7th 2nd Sunday of Lent

Baptism Sunday

8th Labour Day—office closed

Project Compassion: Lenten Enve-lopes/Boxes: Please take home one home for your

donation this Lent. Many communities around the worldwill benefit from your donation to Caritas Australia’s Pro-ject Compassion 2010. Thank you. “Aspire not to havemore, but to be more” ……..Archbishop Oscar Romero.

This Sunday: CanCare FundraisingBreakfast for Relay for Life—after 9am

and 11am Mass. Join us for breakfast—Bacon

and eggs, coffee and tea. You won’t get break-fast cheaper anywhere else.

Baptism: We welcome Dimiana Wemyss, who is being

baptized this. Congratulations to you and your family.

Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Denis HartLent 2010: Available at both entrances together with

Information for Lent. Please take a copy home.

Stations of the Cross: During Lent, starts Friday,

26th February at 7.30pm. All welcome to join us.

SPAS Playgroup 0-5yrs: Pre-School children and

their parent’s/guardian’s are invited to attend our first

playgroup session for 2010. We will meet weekly, 9.30-

11am during school terms, Tuesdays, in the Annexe, start-

ing 2nd March. Free during Term 1. Contact South School

9700 3663.

Rosters for Parish Ministries: Copies of up-

dated rosters for 2010-11 are available this weekend—The Lectors and Communion ministers are marked withyour name. Please take your copy home. Floral Group,Cuppa after Mass, Church Preparation Teams. Thereare also rosters for Communion to the Sick in markedenvelopes. Counters rosters were posted or emailed afew weeks ago, if you have not got a copy yet pleasepick one up (not named).

All copies on table in Gathering Space.

All Readers (Lectors): In order to help you pre-pare we will email you a copy of the Sunday Read-ings — we will need to have all email addresses ofthe Readers/Commentators (Lectors). Please emailyour address to: office@stpaulapostle.com.au If youdo not have an email or this is not suitable for you ,contact the Parish Centre for a copy of the readings.

Registration for Sacraments and AfterSchool Religious Education(ASRE) 2010:Registrations are open for all children from Grs3 –6who intend receiving a Sacrament this year and forState School children attending the ASRE. Cost $30for Sacrament Program and ASRE.

Tuesday:23rd Feb: ASRE starts at 4pm. Con-tact Bev or Sr Joan at the Parish Centre.

25th February: Come away day at Holy Cross Re-

treat Centre, Templestowe. Please see Sr Bridget if youare interested in attending. This is a short day of reflec-tion beginning at 10am and ending at 3pm.Cost—$15.00, bring your own lunch.

Faith Festival Program:

Friday 12th March: Anointing Mass at St Anthony’s, No-ble Park—11am. Anointing for elderly parishioners in theDeanery. Bishop Korir from Kenya will be present.

Stations of the Cross—St Mark’s Dingley—7.30pm

Saturday: 13th March: Lenten Prayer Retreat St JohnVianney’s—1-3pm

Sunday 14th March: St Mary’s, Dandenong—MulticulturalMass and celebration—3.30-7pm

12th March - Saturday 13th March:24 hour Relay for Life:CanCare(Endeavour Hills Cancer SupportGroup): If you would like to join our Team,at the Berwick Showgrounds in our fundrais-

ing effort to support Cancer Research, you are in-vited to visit Facebook (listed as a team)& thosewanting to join the team or support us can access

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Parish Calendar, News & Events

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This weekend we pray for:

Those who are sick:

Frances Currie, Francesca Lucette, Neda Maroki, Sean Quessy,Pablito Teves, Paul Hoareau, Shoiseeha Younan, Pat D’Cunha, DonNelson, Leslie Thuraisingham, Jeanette Dalzotto, Alyzée Dromart,Joseph Alevedo, John Kilmartin, Maria Sepulveda, Markis Theo-

dore, and Edgardo Sotiar

Those who have died

Domenic Tamburro, Roslyn Bortignon, Narcisio Ballestrin,Maria Ballestrin, Walter Carvalho , Derek D’Rozario, Mary P. Philip, PeterCarter, Maria Quilala, Lilian de Silva, Jeanette de Vaz, Jose-Guilermo Ur-

riola, Dominga Cabrera Marcelo, Laura Bonnet, Dionisia Prates, JoseCalixto Snr, Julie Cachia

Sunday Readings

THIS WEEK (Lent 1C)

Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Romans 10:8-13

Luke 4:1-13

NEXT WEEK (Lent 2C)

Genesis 15:5-12, 17-*18

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Luke 9:28-36

info by searching for ‘CanCare’ En-deavour Hills. Also the web-site:relayforlife.org.au and searchfor Team CanCare: Captain’sName: Stephanie Polan to regis-ter. $15.00 per person includesregistration and a long sleeve poloshirt. You are welcome to visitduring the 24 hours and cheer uson!!!

Wednesday: 28thApril:Parish Celebration forthe Year of the Priest: TheParish Pastoral

Council is arranging a celebrationto celebrate the gift of priesthoodto the community of St Paul Apos-tle Parish. This will take place inthe evening of April 28th,. and willtake the form of a ConcelebratedMass followed by a social gather-ing.

Priests who have served the Parishhave been invited to attend. Moredetails later but please note thedate on your calendar.

Saturday 10th

July 2010: Parish

Dinner Dance

2010:

Book this date in your

diary for a fantastic evening, start let-

ting your friends and family know it’s

happening. Details later in the year.

News & Events elsewhere

Friday Nights:Lenten Taizé:from 10th February until 26th Marchat the Salesian Retreat Centre, 465Lysterfield Road, Lysterfield, (Mel 83.G2), Ph. No. 9752 2432 or 9758 1611.Cuppa after prayer. Details at bothentrances to church.

Sunday 7th March: Interna-tional Women’s Day 2010:this day has been observed since 1911as the day connecting all womenaround the world.

Southern Cross Social Club:is a social club for single Catholics in25-45 age group. Parties and activi-ties usually held at Benedict House, StBenedict’s Parish, 301 Warrigal Road,Burwood. Mel. 61 H6. Enq: Peter9885 2167 A/H

Rosters for Next Weekend: 27th-28th February, 2010 (4th Week of Month)

6pm 9am 11am 6pm

Welcome S Stone Euch Min J Bilton M NadarajahEuch Min

A GarganaEuch Min

Euch Min

Sacristan M Maillard N Raveche L Forkgen S Jayamaha

Gifts R Vaz M Magee Volunteers Volunteers

Readers &Commtrs.

L Flood, M RyanM Rolfe

J Callery, L Lapierre H GreenhillL Newman

N FernandoC Bird

Communion S Stone, D ArenaS Sharp A PetrykP LoudenS, B & J Herbert

M AnthonyB & E DavidJ Aldag, F HallD Mariette

M Nadarajah

F Lucette, J SolariY SherwinC De SouzaJ FoenanderH GreenhillG Calixto

K JayasinhaR MathiasJ CataniaN Sangalang

Servers K MaillardN De Zilva,J FerraoS DangK FernandesJ D’Souza

D De SilvaV JayetilekeM HarperS JayasuriyaK Dimitrakis

M O’ConnorK MehesA Del SocorroE Gubatanga

E Schumacher &

Volunteers

Communionto the Sick

A: C De Silva B: P MallacC Kennedy

C: J & M Duyker(fortnightly)

Church Prep. –1

R & B BarnfieldH & P SandersJ CalleryB HenstridgeJ Stewart, R Young

Flowers

No Flowers duringLent

Counting

G VelupillayJ Doran, F Toplak

Rosary

FlanderkaFamily

Cuppa afterMass

V & C De Zilva D JaysuriyaMcGuire Family

Volunteers S Fernando

Rosters for this Weekend: (3rd Week of Month)

6pm 9am 11am 6pm

Welcome L PhanEucharist Min

D and S McGuireEucharist Min

Eucharist Min Eucharist Min

Sacristan P Miller S and D McGuire Volunteer K Jayasinha

Gifts J Sementhy D and HJayasuriya

O’Connor Family Volunteers

Readers &Commtrs

A Rosario, K RolfeR Young

N Dimitrakis, EChoo

A Astin, C De Silva M KeatingK de AlwisP Mendonca

Communion

Ministers

P NegriM & I WhitemanM BoissezonC EmmanuelL PhanG MutthumaniA Drego

E & W San GiorgioA NadarajahM La BlacheD Vaifale, DO’Hara P Smith

G Johnson, W BarrD KearneyR O’ConnorM DawsonE Fourlze

M Meerwald DCandido E Re-beiro V Has-sett P Car-valho K de Alwis

Servers J D’SouzaK MaillardN De ZilvaJ Ferrao, S DangK Fernandes

K DimitrakisD De SilvaV JayetilekeM HarperS Jayasuriya

E GubatangaM O’ConnorK MehesA Del Socorro

E Schumacher Vol-unteers

Parish Finances

Parish (1st) Pledged Weekly Rec’d

T/G Envelopes: $3323.70 $2045.10

(326 pledges) ( 151 received)

Credit Card & $1859.38

Direct Debit (121 pledges)

Cash $ 579.10

Total $4483.58

Priests (2nd) $1087.60

Thank you

St Paul ApostleSt Paul ApostleCatholic CommunityCatholic Community

Priests:Fr Tim O’Toole CP (PP)Fr James Fernandez CP

Pastoral AssociatesSr Joan Smith CPSr Bridget Murphy CP

Parish StaffMrs Bev Cresswell(Pastoral & SacramentSupport)Mrs Liz Spear(Administration & Fi-nance)

PassionistCommunityFr Peter Addicoat CPFr Brian Gleeson CPFr Tim O’Toole CPFr James Fernandez CP

Sisters of Cross andPassionSr Anne Cunningham CPSr Joan Smith CPSr Bridget Murphy CP

St Paul ApostleNorth PrimarySchool9700 6068PrinicpalMrs Christine White

St Paul ApostleSouth PrimarySchool - 9700 3663PrincipalMrs Helen Greenhill

St John’s RegionalCollege - 9791 3366PrincipalMr Andrew Walsh

Parish Sacrament Information

Baptisms are held on the 1st Sunday of themonth. Preparation is on the 3rd Sunday of themonth. Information from the Parish Centre.

Marriages require 6 months notice to one of thepriests, participation in a FOCCUS marriagepreparation program, or a Centacare Course. Infor-mation Forms at the Parish Centre.

Anointing of the Sick is held during Mass on the1st Friday of the Month at 9am. Before going tohospital for major surgery, why not ask one of thepriests to pray with you and anoint you.

Children’s Sacraments require full participation inthe preparation phase. Registration forms and In-formation from the Parish Centre.