28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 15 October 2017

Parish Office Hours: Mon—Fri 9:30am-2:30pm

CONTACT DETAILS

Parish Priest:

Fr Jude Pirotta mssp

Telephone: 9748 6800

email: hopperscrossingnorth@cam.org.au

Assisting Priest:

Fr Brendan Byrne SJ

Parish Secretaries: Red Lusterio

Tita Manalo

Thanksgiving:

Maria Saldana

Parish Bookkeeper: Angel Hartanto

Wed & Fri 9:30-2:30

Parish Council President:

Geralyn McCarthy

Sacramental Co-Ord

Other Schools: Rachelle Revell

Ph: 0411 774 636 hopperscrossingnorth.sacraments@cam.org.au

Youth Ministry Co-ord:

Red Lusterio 0409 184 299

St James Primary School: Telephone: 9749 1000 Principal: Mary Abbott principal@sjhcn.catholic.edu.au

St Francis Primary School: Telephone: 9731 6004 Principal: Jan Keogh principal@sfatarneit.catholic.edu.au

St Clare’s Primary School: Telephone: 9371 8400 Principal: Andrew Leighton principal@sctruganina.catholic.edu.au

Thomas Carr College: Telephone: 8734 2444 Principal: Andrew Watson

tcc@thomascarr.vic.edu.au

Weekday Masses:

Tues—Sat 9:00am

1st Friday Monthly: Mass at 7:30pm

Adoration at 8:00-9:00pm

Reconciliation (Confession): Saturday: 9:30am-10:00am

5:00-5:30pm

Sacrament of Baptism: Contact Jacinta & John Fisher

0438 793 630 hopperscrossingnorth.baptism@cam.org.au

Weddings: By appointment only

9748 6800 Weekend Masses: Saturday 6:00pm, Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am and 6:00pm

336 Derrimut Rd, Hoppers Crossing North, 3029

Under the Pastoral Care of the Paulist Missionaries

www.stjamesapostlehcn.com.au

You can leave your brick-a-brack and books under the Presbytery Verandah.

Sorry, we CANNOT accept clothes, electrical items, large furniture, couches

or mattresses. Please DO NOT donate these items.

FAMILY PLANT DONATION—Could families assist our Plant Stall this year by donating a plant. Plants can be left on the Parish Verandah.

RAFFLE TICKETS—$1.00 each. Tickets on sale after all weekend Masses.

WRIST BANDS—Available after all weekend Masses. $30 before the Fete or $35 on Fete Day. These wrist bands get you unlimited rides along with a sausage, drink and a donut. Due to the rides having to be pre-paid, all wrist bands are non-refundable.

CAKE KITS—These are available on the Bench in the Narthex if you are able to bake something for the cake stall.

FRUIT AND VEG—You can leave your donations of home grown or fresh from the farm fruit and veg on the Parish Verandah.

STALLS—Stalls this year include a Photo Booth (cost $5), Badge Making, Face Painting, Pick-a-Box, Coin Toss, Plants, White Elephant, Sponge Toss, BBQ, Drinks, Fairy Floss, Snow Cones, Cakes, Devonshire Tea, Craft, Books, Mini Mart, Fruit and Veg and Showbags.

VOLUNTEERING AT THE FETE—If you would like to help out at the Fete, please indicate on the from available in the Narthex. The Parish Fete is our major fundraiser and achieves more that just fundraising; it creates community and camaraderie. Please consider being part of this journey this year.

URGENT NEED FOR CAR PARK ATTENDANTS—If you are able to help please contact Kevin Lloyd on 0439 314 572. The times required are 9:00am to 4:00pm. Volunteers are desperately needed to direct visitors where to park. People will not be able to park around the oval without Car Park Attendants. Any amount of time will be valued.

MASSES ON FETE DAY—Due to the Fete there will be no morning Mass at 9:00am on this day. The evening Vigil Mass will move to 7:00pm instead of 6:00pm for this day only.

Set Up and Clean Up—If you are available to help we will be setting up the Church Grounds from 4:30pm-7:00pm on Fri 20 Oct and from 7:00am on Sat 21 Oct. Clean up will happen from 4:00pm-6:30pm during which we urgently need as much help as possible. Stall Holders are encouraged to please assist with packing their own stalls.

ST JAMES PARISH FETE—SAT 21 OCT 10AM-4PM (NEXT WEEKEND)

Thanksgiving: $ 3989.60

Presbytery: $ 1060.60

Flowers: $ 50.00

Youth: $ 10.25

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND

The Paulist Missionaries invite young men 18-36 years, to a Discernment Weekend to discover more about vocations discernment, religious life and the Paulist Charism. The date to still be determined. If you are interested please contact Fr Jude on 0431 984 689.

COME AND SEE GOSPEL REFLECTION

The parable of the Wedding Banquet is an allegory of the story of salvation. The banquet represents God’s intent for human beings, which is simply to have us as honoured guests at the banquet of life. The bridegroom is Jesus. The servants sent out to issue the invitations are the Old Testament prophets and then Christian missionaries. The response of the king to those who rejected the invitations reflects early Christian belief that the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE was retribution for failure to accept Jesus as Messiah. The new invitees from the highways and byways are Gentiles (non-Jews) who have joined the Church in large numbers.

We should not too readily identify the king in the parable with God. Jesus takes illustrations from life as it is, using aspects of the way people, including kings, behave to illustrate what he wants to convey.

The parable thus serves as an explanation of otherwise disturbing developments. Israel’s No to the Gospel and the fact that the Church includes bad members as well as good has all been foreseen and foretold by the Lord.

What about the poor wretch caught out for not wearing a wedding garment? The wedding garment symbolises transformation of life. You don’t have to be good to get into the community of the Kingdom: the invitation to the banquet is a great net of grace enclosing all, good and bad alike. But, once within, believers must allow the grace they have received to transform them and make them worthy of God’s invitation to the banquet of life.

Fr Brendan Byrne

On Wed 18 Oct and Thurs 19 Oct, we will have Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion at 9:00am instead of Mass. On Sat 21 Oct there will be no Mass at 9:00am and the evening Mass will be at 7:00pm instead of 6:00pm to allow time for cleanup of the Fete.

MASS TIME CHANGES THIS WEEK The Vintage Group, as a tribute to Joyce Pearse, raised $175. The Vintage Group have nominated this money to go towards the ongoing works of the Paulist Missionaries in memory of Joyce.

TRIBUTE TO JOYCE PEARSE

If any Parishioner is travelling to Manila, Philippines, before the end of November this year, could you please contact Fr Jude on 9748 6800.

TRAVELLING TO MANILA

Parishioner Wendy Gonsalves has donated copies of her published cookbook ’I Cooked It My Way’ of Indian cuisines (specifically Goan) to raise funds for the Parish Fete, which are available from the Narthex for $10. It is ideal for amateur & seasoned cooks alike. The book will appeal to those who love Indian cuisine but haven’t yet ventured to try cooking the dishes.

I COOKED IT MY WAY

Bishop Mark Edwards OMI, our Regional Bishop, will be visiting our Parish on a pastoral visit. The purpose of the visit is to encourage and support Fr Jude and the Parishioners. Bishop Mark will be here at St James on Wed 01 Nov,

Thurs 02 Nov, Sat 04 Nov and Sun 05 Nov. We will all be given an opportunity to meet Bishop Mark over the morning and weekend Masses.

For all those who are volunteers in any of our ministries, there is a special gathering with Bishop Mark on Sat 04 Nov at 11:00am with light refreshments. You can RSVP by contacting the Parish Office on 9748 6800 or email on hopperscrossingnorth@cam.org.au.

BISHOP MARK EDWARDS OMI’S VISIT

This weekend we will have the annual Catholic Mission Appeal. Normally this collection will be next weekend, but due to the

Fete, we will have this collection early.

Your donations today will allow Catholic Mission to provide vital resources like clean drinking water and medical care to families around the world.

CATHOLIC MISSION ANNUAL APPEAL

Let us pray and support those in our community who are sick. We especially pray for Jan Keogh, Rosa Pozzuto, Christopher Neil Stewart, Margaret Pirotta, Jason Maranan, Mary and Abby, Maria Rowlands, Carolyn Wockner, Karen Norris, Philomena Leslie, Michael Nash, Zoilo Candelaria, Jessica Cassar, Lida Datario, Virginia Dela Pena, Amelia Bosiljevac, Mim Micaleff, Andrea Andre, Frank Hili, Mary Anne Headley, Emory Nagy, Sylvie Balmano, Joe Zahra, Vincent Calleja, Ashleigh Delaney, Adrian Xuereb, Madeline Farrugia, Freddy Galea and all those who are ill.

PRAYER LIST

RECENTLY DECEASED & ANNIVERSARIES

Please pray for our loved ones whom we remember especially Annie D’Sa, Tom Hernon and Jeanette Sheehan who all passed away recently, Corsino Elauria, Nilda Caancan, Johnathan Gauci, Donald Loureusz, Leon Bonke, Siegfried Gwiazdowska, Gavino Mendoza, Carmela Fusco, Teresa Marie Rawlins, Franklin Gomez, Esmeralda D’Monte, Donald Quintal, Joe and Carmen Camilleri, Emy Saffarese, Pauline Lane, Jake Shaw, Gloria and Mathew Montebello, Magdalena Kozak, Giovanni Rovetto, Zoltan Sarvary, Susan Vida, Lorreto Xuereb, George and Josephine Galea, and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

ROSTERS FOR THE WEEKEND 21/22 OCTOBER—FETE WEEKEND

MASS TIMES SAT 7:00 PM SUN 8:30 AM SUN 10:30 AM SUN 6:00 PM

LECTOR Satish Gade John Fisher Kathy Hudson Rhea D’Souza

COMMENTATOR Miriam Grech Jacinta Fisher Michelle Castellino Greg Peiris

SPECIAL MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

Claire Kemp Leo Wandersmith Ria Wandersmith Bernadette Hauk Marie D’Silva

Carol Keating Ann Marquez Glenn Goodffellow Frenzel Andrion Irene O’Shanassy

Simon Beraldo Anthony Landells Trish Porter Dilani Subasinghe Cherry Bitar

Russell Menezes Carmen Gleeson Lucas Mangani Avis Fernandez Dave Rubite

PIETY STALL Polly Buttigieg Kath Godfrey Bev Winchcombe -

VACUUMER Anita Di Pasquale ALTAR LINEN Wayne & Mirjana

CLEANERS Charmaine Joseph SOUP KITCHEN Aleni Dalauidao Danny Dalauidao

COUNTERS CHILDREN’S LOTW Angela Vivona Sean Mongey

Jacinta Fisher Chris Johnson FLOWERS Robyn Dyt

A social group for all Parishioners over 55 and Young at Heart.

No joining fee, just come when you can.

Thurs 19 Oct: Saltwater Coast Walk - historic Pt Cook Homestead and Cheetham Wetlands. Lunch included. 10.00am at Saltwater Promenade Community Centre, Pt Cook. This is a Free Event.

Tues 24 Oct: Athol Guy - The Seekers Story - a live performance. 11.00am at South West Christian Church, Hogans Rd. Cost is $5.

Numbers for these Senior Events are limited. For bookings and transport enquiries please phone Serita 0410 599 323 or Joan 0477 772 024 after 5.00pm.

VINTAGE GROUP

Several Bishops of Victoria have released a Pastoral Letter on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill which you can find in the Magazine Rack. Please take a copy to read.

PASTORAL LETTER TO CATHOLICS ON

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING BILL 2017 Last Friday at a moving celebration at St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Tarneit, we gathered in the new De Piro Centre to celebrate the Feast of St Francis and prayed for our Principal Jan Keogh before her undergoing surgery.

The Paulist Missionaries are truly honoured and grateful for the naming of the new Centre after their founder Joseph De Piro.

We ask that you keep Jan and the school community of St Francis in your prayers.

MESSAGE OF THANKS

Assorted ties including Saint John Paul II Papal ties available from the Table in the Narthex at $5 each. Proceeds to go towards the Fete.

TIES

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