THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C) 24th January, 2016

Parish Office returns to 9am-3pm on Thursday. 28th January.

Srs Delia and Elizabeth are most grateful for the wonderful Jubilee celebrations held at St. Peter’s

last Sunday. Relatives and guests alike remarked on the beautiful setting of the Church, the

meaningful Mass and Renewal of Vows, and so many expressed how impressed they were with the

warm and welcoming attitude of the whole Community. So many of you contributed in so many

ways – from preparing the Music/ Liturgy; the Church environment; the McKenna Centre and

Lighthouse; to home cooking and helping in so many ways in the background.

Our heartfelt and prayerful thanks to everyone. God Bless You !

Local man makes extraordinary claim

This could have been the headlines if

Nazareth had had a ‘local rag’ in the time of Jesus.

Today’s Gospel reading combines two beginnings – the beginning of Luke’s

Gospel, and the beginning of Jesus’ Ministry.

Luke’s Gospel begins like no other, with a short prologue in formal literary style. Today we embark on

our year’s journey through the Gospel of Luke. Journey is a key theme in Luke’s writings. This first account in the ministry of Jesus is a prophetic description of his life, teaching, death and resurrection. He interprets the Scriptures as fulfilled in his presence, and all speak well of him. But some

begin to wonder – they know his ‘grass-roots’ lineage in this town of Nazareth.

This incident is a prototype for the Gospel that follows. It tells of Jesus’ fulfillment of God’s

promises . . . the acceptance and rejection of his person and message . . . the attempts to bring him

down, and God’s thwarting of those schemes through the resurrection and ascension of Jesus.

Jesus leaves Nazareth and will never return to the place of his origin – His journey has begun. (Adapted from F. Moloney SDB)

South Land of the Holy Spirit (excerpt from Fr Michael Tate)

Just as the disciples were called to follow Jesus, we are called by the Spirit to make this

Southern Land—Australia, a place where all can live in harmony, peace and unity.

A place where people from every nation, tribe, ethnic, and religious group on the face of the

earth can create a new society, free from past structures of oppression and division.

A place where millions have come to escape the histories of societies where everyone ‘knew

their place’, to a land where we relate to each other for our inherent worth. Hence the great

Australian characteristic: ‘egalitarianism’.

Have we responded to the Holy Spirit perfectly? No. Our treatment of the earliest inhabitants

of this land and of those genuinely fleeing persecution in their homelands is far from reconciled.

But on the whole, we are creating a version of the Kingdom of God under the Southern Cross of which we can be proud.

So, Australians All, let us rejoice – For our land abounding in nature’s gifts of beauty rich and rare,

For our freedom to share life in our ‘Common-Wealth’,For the divine Spirit attracting us to follow Jesus in this

Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, South Land of the Holy Spirit.

AUSTRALIA DAY AUSTRALIA DAY AUSTRALIA DAY AUSTRALIA DAY

WEEKEND WEEKEND WEEKEND WEEKEND 2016201620162016

Conversation in Faith – Tuesday, 16th February, 2016, 7.30 pm—McKenna Centre David Spitteler – from the Refugee Centre in Dandenong – will share the film ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’; bring a couple of refugees who will share their experience with us; and alert us to the reality of the refugee / asylum seeker issue. ALL WELCOME!

OUR MASS TIMETABLE (Subject to change)

OUR PEOPLE & OUR CONTACT DETAILS

Priests: Michael Sierakowski, Paul Gurry, Clem Cafarella, Cyril Blake

Pastoral Associates: Matilde Chia, Margaret Pinzone, Carmel Dyt, Delia Donahoe (OLSH), June Kellar, Liz Liston Catherine Green (Arrowsmith Program)

Parish Manager: Libby Thomas

St. Peter’s East Bentleigh OFFICE HOURS (Mon - Fri) 9am - 3pm

844 Centre Road, East Bentleigh 3165 Ph: 9579 4255 Fax: 9570 4288 office@holytrinityparish.org.au

Pastoral Associates: Carmel Dyt, Delia Donahoe, June Kellar Liz Liston Secretaries: Marion Quinn Trish Richards Sacramental Teachers Lidia Boschini Betty DeMarco Stewardship Program: Keith Gonsalvez Adult Faith Education: Chris Pearson St. Peter’s Primary School Michael Hanney - Principal 9575 0909

St. Catherine’s Moorabbin

2 Buchan Street, Moorabbin 3189 Ph: 9555 4242 office@holytrinityparish.org.au

Pastoral Associate: Margaret Pinzone

Secretary:

Primary School Lynda O’Donnell Principal Carmel Donlan - REC 9555 7200

Community Stewardship Presbytery

St. Peter’s $4,770 $1,926

St. Paul’s $860 $634.35

St. Catherine’s $2,392.20 $611.55

Collections: Last weekend 16th & 17th Jan. 2016

Emergency: Please call St. Peter’s and leave a message as we regularly attend this phone—03 9579 4255

St. Paul’s Bentleigh OFFICE HOURS (Mon - Fri) 9am - 3pm

122 Jasper Road, Bentleigh 3204 Ph: 9557 1165 Fax: 9503 4575 stpaulbentleigh@bigpond.com

Pastoral Associates: Matilde Chia

Secretary: Libby Thomas

Primary School Catherine Tammesild Principal Margaret Smith - REC 9557 7130

RECONCILIATION: 1/2 hr before each mass

HOLY TRINITY PARISH WEB PAGE: www.holytrinityparish.org.au EMAIL: office@holytrinityparish.org.au

DAY TIME SERVICE COMMUNITY

WEEK COMMENCING 25th January, 2016

Mon 9:15am Communion St. Paul’s

10:00am Mass St Peter’s

Tues 10:00am Mass St. Paul’s

Wed

9:15am NO Communion St. Paul’s

10:00am Mass St Catherine’s

Thurs

10:00am Mass St. Paul’s

10:30am Funeral Mass Barry Cranny

St Catherine’s

10:30am Funeral Mass

Maria Inserra St. Peter’s

Fri

9:15am Communion St. Paul’s

10:00am Mass St Peter’s

Sat

8.30am Mass St Catherine’s

8:00am Communion St. Peter’s

9:30-10am Reconciliation St Paul’s

6.00pm Mass St. Paul’s

6.30pm Mass St. Peter’s

Sun

8.30am

Mass St. Peter’s

Mass St.

Catherine’s

9.30am Mass St. Paul’s

10.30am

Mass St. Peter’s

Mass St.

Catherine’s

5:30pm Mass St Peter’s

Principal Co-ordinator of the three Primary Schools in Holy Trinity Parish -

Michael Juliff

Healing Mass at St. Peter’s Mon. 1st Feb. 8pm, Celebrant: Fr. Wahid

Light Refreshments after Mass ALL WELCOME

St. Peter’s Communion Service commencing Wednesday, 3rd Feb. 2016.

ST. PETER’S ROSTER PARISHIONERS DATE

LECTORS 6.30pm—Belinda Ortiz, Terry McSweeney 8.30am—Peter Carolan, Ronnie Vickers 10.30am—Christine Ann Pereira, Philip Fernandez 5.30pm—Barbara Fabris, Tahira Tannen

30th & 31st January

PRESBYTERY COUNTERS GRP 1: Barry Linton, Liz Coyne, Brian McKernan, Tina Virgona, Renta Zaia 30th & 31st January

THANKSGIVING COUNTERS GRP 7: Ted Palmer, Julian Conheady, Tom & Joan Fennelly, John Suhr Sun 31st January

SACRISTAN GRP 5: Nora Atkinson, Cheryl Allman, Loretta Henderson, Sat 30th January

FATIMA STATUE D’Lima Family– Vera Street Sun 24th January

Aldersey Family– Glenmer Street Sun 31st January

MOORABBIN

HOSPITAL VISIT Pri Fernando (Sun) Michael Hill (Sun)

24th Jan 31st Jan & 7th Feb

Suzanne Luder (Wed) Lillian Carolan (Wed)

27th Jan & 3rd Feb

10th & 17th Feb

ST. PAUL’S ROSTER PARISHIONERS DATE

COUNTERS Bev Claudius Les Claudius Sun 24th January

Kim Loh Elaine Loh Sun 31st January

LECTORS

Barbara Fyfe (L) Claire Stanley (R) (Sun) Christopher Periera (L) Jane Renwick (R) (Sun)

23rd & 24th

January

Liza Perez (L) Pat kelly (R) (Sun) Marg McGowan (L) Ian Thomas (R) (Sun)

30th & 31st

January

GIFTS Ling Family (Sat) Murphy Family (Sun) 23rd & 24th

Peres Family (Sat) O’Halloran Family (Sun) 30th & 31st

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:

Station 1: Kyle Uytenbogaardt, Leala Uytenbogaardt, Station 2: Brindyl Madhasudan, Volunteer, Station 3: Raulston Macedo, Volunteer,

Station 1: Rosemary Green, Volunteer, Station 2: Rosa Lettieri, Libby Thomas, Volunteer, Station 3: 2 Volunteers,

January

COMMUNION TO THE SICK 1: Donna Dolfini 2: Herbert Saldanha 3: Venora Smith 24th January

ST. CATHERINE’S ROSTER PARISHIONERS DATE

COUNTERS Ana Inchausti & Geno Pinzone Mon 1st Feb

ALTAR SOCIETY Lena Caltabiano Sat 30th Jan

LECTORS 8.30am: Krystyna Wrzesinski 10.30am: Mary Gill Sun 31st Jan

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 8.30am: Gerard Rivalland 10.30am: Bernard Gill Sun 31st Jan

COMPUTER OPERATORS 8.30am: Phillip Connors 10.30am: Garry Clynes Sun 31st Jan

ST. PAUL’S NOTICES

Mon 25th Jan 7.30pm St V De Paul—Green Room

Thurs 28th Jan 7:30pm Liturgy Team Meeting.

MEETINGS/FUNCTIONS THIS WEEK

ORGAN CHOIR: “Will resume” next Sunday, 31st

Jan, for 9.30am Mass. We welcome all our choir members

back and hope they have had a lovely break over January.

LITURGY SERVICE WITH COMMUNION: Will recommence Mon, 25th Jan. Pls note. no

Communion Service on Wed. 27th Normal Mass times in the Parish will continue. Thank you.

ST. PETER’S NOTICES (Cont’d next page) Val Suhr Choir Practise— Thurs. 28th Jan. for Sun. 31st Jan., 39 Blamey Street at 7:30pm.

House Sitter Wanted including care of a pet dog Laddie, 14th Feb-5th March, Pls call Nicola 0421 363 903.

BULLETIN NOTICES DEADLINES

St. Peter’s Trish Richards & Marion Quinn, 9579 4255, office@holytrinityparish.org.au Thursday

St. Paul’s Libby Thomas, 9557 1165, stpaulbentleigh@bigpond.com Thursday 9am

St. Catherine’s Maureen Gill - maureenagill@bigpond.com or 9555 5014 Wednesday 6pm

Lord, we commend to you people in need:Lord, we commend to you people in need:Lord, we commend to you people in need:Lord, we commend to you people in need: St. Peter’s: David Hume, Aprille & Shane Thiedeman, Rosa Beveridge, Ashley Popov, Neville Bird, Brenda Stewart, Yvonne & Jack Pattison, Baby Gabriel Clarke, Ann Dodd, Andrew Cook, Chris Diamond, Fr. Ross McKenney, Brian McKernan, Calvern Copeland, Rob Nicholls, Michael Tissera, Paul Nielsen, Peter Brady, Richard Musiac, John Madden, Solange Ibrahim, Wilma Chevalier, Zelda Herman, John O’Connor, Marie & Ashleigh Popov, Sue Thorp, Faye Wareing, Geoff Gleeson, Melinda Hewitt, Marie Bibby, Maurie Dennehy, Maree Prior, Doug Willans, Moira Bugg, Anna Marteon, Peter & Marie Bergin, Sheryl Martin, Pat Huggins, Michael Griffin, Christina Andersen, Sarah, Elisa D’Elia, Paul Houston, Rachael Hailstone, Roland Fernandez, Merle Milner, Cresencia Elchico, June Jackson, Maria-Elena De Sa, Valmai Rogers, Matt Milanovic, Joan Clarke, Dorotea Moniz, Alfio Pappalardo, Claude Darga, Stephanie & Amelie Francois, Maria Kyunghee Chu, Melissa Jovanovic, Bill Tilley, Cathy Hogan, Nigel Harbach, Kathleen Murphy, Abby, Jacqui Slattery, Daniel Pintado,

St Paul’s: Fr. Chris Reay, Brenda Stewart, Martha O’Hagan, Verion Stroud, Desmond Stapleton, Ludy Dimol, Giles Yates, Michael Brown, Marie Andrews, Dee Lupton, Patricia Briody, Elizabeth Wort, Sharon Boyd, Elisa D’Elia, Tanya Wall St Catherine’s: Robyn Roberts, Geno Pinzone, Johnny, Gerard Rivalland, Peter Wilson, Chris Madden, Sandra Howe, Gill Gamble, Shannan White, Betty Hargreaves, John O’Connor, Leo Mercuri, Sue Saddler, Joan Clarke, Joanne Barry, Robert Boileau, Paul Dwyer, Tony Infanti, Minna Beer, Trenna Scanlon

Those who are sick:

Recently Deceased:

Anniversaries occurring at this time:

St Peter’s: Maria Inserra

St Paul’s: Julij Jurejevcic

St. Catherine’s: Barry Cranny

St Peter’s: Bernard Blight, Gregory Graham

St Paul’s: Elizabeth (Ann) Maloney St Peter’s: Frank Johnson (16th), Patricia Peters (7th), Jerry Testa, Alphonse Farrugia, Lino Kind Dolores Cassar, Manuel Debono, Ronald De Silva, Cyril Sweetten (brother-in-law of Val & John Suhr), Angelo LoSchiavo, John Stuart (60th),

St Paul’s: Melanie Kilpady, Godwin Brown, Lindsay Burt, John Finn, George Pereira, Joseph O’Malley

St. Catherine’s: Henk van Spaandonk, Maree Wills, Frank Gasparini

Congratulations & Best Wishes toCongratulations & Best Wishes toCongratulations & Best Wishes toCongratulations & Best Wishes to Tom Fennelly on his Tom Fennelly on his Tom Fennelly on his Tom Fennelly on his 90th Birthday and 90th Birthday and 90th Birthday and 90th Birthday and Drusilla Gonsalvez Drusilla Gonsalvez Drusilla Gonsalvez Drusilla Gonsalvez

on her 65th Birthday.on her 65th Birthday.on her 65th Birthday.on her 65th Birthday.

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)

1st Anniversary occurring at this time:

Sacramental Program 2016—For children NOT attending St. Peter’s Primary School

Enrolment Date for 1st Reconciliation, First Eucharist & Confirmation Sacraments

Wed. 3rd Feb, 4-5pm— McKenna Centre. Classes for Reconciliation will commence

Wed. 10th Feb. 4-5 in the Green Room Parish Office on 9579 4255.Sacramental Teachers-Lidia & Betty

Sacrament This Weekend We welcome Addison Lawrence, Patrick Turner,

William Buick, James & Jack Cockrem into our

community through Baptism.

Gospel Lk 1:1-4. 4:14-21 The scriptures were fulfilled on this day. Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have taken place among us, exactly as these were handed down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, I in my turn, after carefully going over the whole story from the beginning, have decided to write an ordered account for you, Theophilus, so that your Excellency may learn how well founded the teaching is that you have received. Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside. He taught in their synagogues and everyone praised him. He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read, and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:

The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour.

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to speak to them, ‘This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.’

ST. PETER’S NOTICES