OUR PARISH VISION: “To be an active faith community centred on Jesus Christ,

which unites everyone to build a better world” P

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1st SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR C 10th March 2019

Parish Priest Fr Mathew Velliyamkandathil CRS

Assistant Priest Fr Pierangelo Borali CRS Parish Secretary Sandy Catanzaro

Religious Co-ordinator & Children’s Liturgy Leader

Soly Fernandez

Safeguarding Officers Judy McShane & Anne Strafela

Hall Co-ordinator

Ray De Mouilpied Co-ordinators of Music Lawry D’Souza, Pamela Baskovich, Susan Bradley & Suneeth Fernandez Somascan Youth Group Representative Daniel Benn

Plenary Council Representatives Nicole Benn & Syona Fernandez Youth Ambassadors Daniel Benn & James Parker

Parish Office: 36 Troode Street, Munster Phone: 9418 1229 Fax: 9437 3939 Parish Office Hours: 9am to 2.30pm Wednesday & Friday 9am to 12pm Thursdays

Email: velliya1@gmail.com

secretary@stjeromesparish.org re_coordinator@stjeromesparish.org

ST JEROME’S CATHOLIC PARISH

Incorporating the Community of the Order of the Clerics Regular of Somasca – CRS

Thandolwayo, a 12-year-old girl in Zimbabwe, would walk

seven kilometres each day to collect contaminated water for

her family. She then went to school exhausted from hours

fetching and carrying water. It looked like she would never

realise her hope of finishing her education and becoming a

nurse, until a Caritas Australia supported project created

access to clean water helping Thandolwayo to stay at school

and achieve a future full of hope.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2019 to provide clean

water and a future full of hope for vulnerable communities

in Zimbabwe.

Lives change when we all give 100%. You can donate through

Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting

www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or phoning 1800024413.

We give thanks to Alicia Benn for dedicating 11 years to our

Parish as the Parish Secretary and we wish her well on her new

adventures. We will be giving Alicia a proper ST Jeromes send

off in the beginning of May. We welcome Sandy Catanzaro as

the new Parish secretary of ST Jeromes.

On Wednesday, the 13th of March we will have Lenten

Reflections at 7pm and this will continue each Wednesday of

Lent.

The Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday evening

followed by Mass during Lent, until the solemn VIA CRUCIS

around the church on Good Friday morning.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH:

Salvatore Lazzara, Liz Halter, Alessio De Souza, John

Alvarez, Marina & Rita Papalia, Sid Gaspar, Lucia Merenda,

Ruthy Gonsalves, Grace Edwards, Madeleine Lombardo,

Anna Fico & Maria Fernandez.

(Please advise the parish office if any of these names need to be

removed.)

WEEKDAY MASS TIMETABLE: Monday to Friday - 7am and 9am Saturday - 9am WEEKEND MASS TIMETABLE: Saturday - 6pm Sunday - 8am, 10am and 6pm (Youth Mass) RECONCILIATION: Friday 9.30am -10.30am

Saturday 9.30am–10.30am & 5pm -5.30pm Or on Request at any time

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER – the Organizing Committee extends a big THANK YOU to Fr. Mathew, the year 6 students

and their teachers, and all those from our parish and other faiths that attended and contributed to the service last

Friday 1st March 2019. Your presence and support was truly appreciated. The offering for the Bible Society of

Australia was very generous with a total of $508.95 collected. God bless you all

You are invited to join with the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph, husband of

Our Lady. Mass will be held in St. Patrick’s Basilica on Tuesday 19 March 2019 at 12.10 pm. Please pass the word to

other former students and all are welcome.

ROSTER – 16th & 17th MARCH 2019

6pm 8am 10am 6pm

Acolytes: A De Souza Johan Soysa

Ray De Mouilpied Chris Sparkes

John Fernandez Brandon Benn

Altar Servers: Team A

1st

Reader: 2

nd Reader:

Extraordinary Ministers:

A Stedul A Rumax L Kingsley I Limina L Gligor L Brookes Melissa Cerqueira

D Catalano A Strafela M De Sousa S Martino M De Mouilpied P Lafrenais Antonia Monastra

C Butterfield C Kinsella C Portinha M Mercado C Tomeo B Joboy S Fernandez

Extraordinary Minister to Villa Dalmacia: Deanna Catalano

Extraordinary Minister to Amberley: Chris Sparkes

Counting Roster - Group 7: K Alweyn, F Alweyn, S Allen

Cleaning Roster - Group 1: M Marevich, J Srdarov, Z Musulin, L Gligor

Generations of

experience

and innovation

For all your funeral requirements,

including information on pre-paid

funerals, or female funeral

directors please call our Head

Office 92315199.

Chapels located at Cannington,

Cottesloe, Dianella, Fremantle,

Mandurah, Medina, Midland,

Perth and Westminster.

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MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

Sat 09/03/19 6pm Souls of Ken Orr, Lauretta Yon, Sergio De Ceglie, Dino

& Maria Boloto, Manuel De Gouveia, Joao Canada,

Corrado Palmiotti and Manuel Canada. Intentions of

Conceicao Maria and Jose Ascenso.

Sun 10/03/19 8am Souls of Jeffery Johnson and John Segreto

Intentions of John Alvarez

10am Pro Populo,

6pm Intentions of Liz Halter & Family, Joao Batista Aguiar

Mon 11/03/19 7am Souls in Pergatory and a special intention

9am Special Intention through intercession of St Joseph

Tues 12/03/19 7am Special Intention, and the soul of Ivo Jelincic

9am The soul of Ric San Augustin

Wed 13/03/19 7am Intentions of Freitas & Yukos families and a special

Intention

9am Birthday Intention for Marianne D’Amato

Thur 14/03/19 7am Souls in Pergatory and a special Intention

9am Birthday Intention for Eileen McCloskey

Fri 15/03/19 7am Intention for Mark Mercer and a special Intention

9am

7pm Stations of the Cross & Mass

Sat 16/03/19 9am For the Soul of Trevor Davies and a special Intention

PLENARY COUNCIL 2020 –

LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT

Visit the Plenary Council 2020

website for information,

resources and documents and

have your say!

Plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au

“WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD IS

ASKING OF US IN AUSTRALIA

TODAY?”

Forms have been placed in the

foyer for those who do not have

access to the internet. Please

complete the form and place it

in the box provided.

FIRST READING Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Moses said to the people: ‘The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God, you must make this pronouncement: “My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went down into Egypt to find refuge there, few in numbers; but there he became a nation, great, mighty and strong. The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the Lord, the God of our fathers. The Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, our toil and our oppression; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders. He brought us here and gave us this land, a land where milk and honey flow. Here then I bring the first-fruits of the produce of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” You must then lay them before the Lord your God, and bow down in the sight of the Lord your God.’

The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God . RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 90:1-2.10-15

R: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High and abides in the shade of the Almighty says to the Lord: ‘My refuge, my stronghold, my God in whom I trust!’ R

Upon you no evil shall fall, no plague approach where you dwell. For you has he commanded his angels, to keep you in all your ways. R

They shall bear you upon their hands lest you strike your foot against a stone. On the lion and the viper you will tread and trample the young lion and the dragon. R

His love he set on me, so I will rescue him; protect him for he knows my name. When he calls I shall answer: ‘I am with you.’ I will save him in distress and give him glory. R

SECOND READING Romans 10:8-13

Scripture says: The word, that is the faith we proclaim, is very near to you, it is on your lips and in your heart. If your lips confess that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.

By believing from the heart you are made righteous; by confessing with your lips you are saved. When scripture says: those who believe in him will have no cause for shame, it makes no distinction between Jew and Greek: all belong to the same Lord who is rich enough, however many ask for this help, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Matthew 4:4 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! No one lives on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

GOSPEL Luke 4:1-13

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and

was led by the Spirit through the wilderness, being

tempted there by the devil for forty days. During

that time he ate nothing and at the end he was

hungry. Then the devil said to him, ‘If you are the

Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.’ But

Jesus replied, ‘Scripture says: Man does not live on

bread alone.’

Then leading him to a height, the devil showed him

in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world

and said to him, ‘I will give you all this power and

the glory of these kingdoms, for it has been

committed to me and I give it to anyone I choose.

Worship me, then, and it shall all be yours.’ But

Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says:

You must worship the Lord your God, and serve

him alone.’

Then he led him to Jerusalem and made him stand

on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of

God’, he said to him ‘throw yourself down from

here, for scripture says:

He will put his angels in charge of you to guard you,

and again:

They will hold you up on their hands in case you

hurt your foot against a stone.’

But Jesus answered him, ‘It has been said:

You must not put the Lord your God to the test.’

Having exhausted all these ways of tempting him, the devil left him, to return at the appointed time.

The Gospel of the Lord.

R. Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.