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MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (YEAR B) 3rd June, 2018
Reflection: Two thousand years after today’s Gospel setting, sharing a meal remains one of the fundamental, and central, routines of life. Some days life demands re-heating left overs, or a take-away picked up on the way home from work and eaten hastily. When we have more time we sit down with friends or family to enjoy a slower-paced, more nutritious, more enjoyable, and relationship-enriching experience, with the sharing of great food and wine the centre piece.
As we welcome today our First Eucharistic candidates across our three communities, may their excitement, wonderment, and sense of anticipation challenge us – do we engage with our God and each other as if we are at the finest restaurant surrounded by our nearest and dearest, or are we more often than not just cruising through the drive-through lane? Matt Lovegrove - PLT
THANK YOU….THANK YOU….THANK YOU! Last Saturday night was a wonderful parish night and for those of who attended, I deeply appreciate your warmth and love that was expressed to me throughout the evening . Holy Trinity Parish felt awesome with the joy that was obvious on such a happy night. To say thank you to so many who helped out practically behind the scenes and upfront. The pastoral ‘team’ led by Carmel, the school support led by Michael Schinck and Drew Lane, the music and entertainment by Matt, Felix, Theja, Paul, Chris & Delia. Set up and clean up led by Bert, Keith, Rob and an extraordinary heap of volunteers from the three communities. Just to let you know—I loved every bit of it! Warmest thanks, M
Fr Raju Jacob MST — our new Parish Priest – effective 4th July 2018
Fr Jacob was born 3rd November 1968, in Kerala India and was ordained on 23rd August 1997 as a missionary priest of the Missionary Society of St. Thomas the Apostle. He has had previous appointments as an assistant priest in Hoppers Crossing, administrator in Meredith, which includes Anakie, Bannockburn, Elaine, Inverleigh Lethbridge & Winchelsea, Parish Priest at St. Scholastica’s Bennetswood & Ivanhoe, and most recently St Andrew’s Clayton South.
We welcome him to Holy Trinity Parish, the Catholic Communities of St Peter’s, St Paul’s & St Catherine’s, with open arms and hearts.
Presentation of 1st Eucharist children this weekend This weekend our Year 4 children and their families will be joining us at our Masses. As part of their
preparation we are asking parishioners to be Prayer Partners for the children preparing to make their
1st Eucharist.
1. Prayer partners are given a candle from a child. Use it when you pray for the child at home &
give it to the child on his/her 1st Eucharist day. (Decorated, if possible)
2. Write your name next to your 1st Eucharist child on class list provided this weekend.
3. A photo of you and your 1st Eucharist child w ill be taken immediately after mass, these w ill be
displayed in the church. As your child confirms their 1st Eucharist date it will also be listed on the photo board.
4. You will receive a letter from your child in the next few weeks, we ask you to w rite back to your
1st Eucharist child. You can post it in the box provided.
Many thanks for your support of the 1st Eucharist children.
OUR MASS TIME (Subject to change) OUR PEOPLE & OUR CONTACT DETAILS
Priests: Michael Sierakowski, Paul Gurry, Clem Cafarella Sand Al Sngiakli, Barry Caldwell (supply)
Pastoral Associates: Matilde Chia, Drusilla Gonsalvez, 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 [email protected] 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
St. Peter’s Primary School Michael Hanney - Principal Michael Schinck—REL
9575 0909
St. Catherine’s Moorabbin
2 Buchan Street, Moorabbin 3189 Ph: 9555 4242 [email protected] Attention: St. Catherine’s
Pastoral Associate: Margaret Pinzone
Primary School Lynda O’Donnell Principal Carmel Donlon - REL Administration: Cate James 9555 7200
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 [email protected]
Pastoral Associates: Matilde Chia, Drusilla Gonsalvez
Secretary: Libby Thomas
Primary School Catherine Tammesild Principal Matilde Chia - REL 9557 7130
RECONCILIATION: 1/2 hr before each mass
HOLY TRINITY PARISH WEB PAGE: www.holytrinityparish.org.au EMAIL: [email protected]
We support the endeavours of the Royal Commission to bring healing to the victims of abuse. Church's website: www.facingthetruth.org.au
Holy Trinity Parish Schools
Principal Co-ordinator: Michael Juliff Faith & Mission Leader: Ed Dooley
WEEK COMMENCING 4th June, 2018
Mon
9:30am Communion
Service St. Pauls
10:00am Mass St. Peter’s
Tues 10:00am Mass OLSH
Convent
Wed
10:00am Mass St Catherine’s
9:30am Communion
Service St. Pauls
10:00am Communion
Service St. Peter’s
10:00am Mass OLSH
Convent Thurs
10:00am Funeral Mass
Dorothy O’Mahoney
St. Peter’s
Fri 10:00am Mass St. Peter’s
Sat
8.30am
Mass St Catherine’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
Collections: Last weekend 26th & 27th May, 2018
Community Stewardship Presbytery
St. Peter’s $4,822 $1,009
St. Paul’s $925.50 $804
St. Catherine’s $860 $357.15
ST. PAUL’S ADORATION: Wednesday 3 — 4pm
ST. CATHERINE’S: Rosary Saturday mornings after Mass
PLEASE NOTE THE SACRAMENTAL DATES FOR 2018
YEAR 4– 1st Eucharist Presentation of First Eucharist Candidates this weekend at all Masses
on the Feast of Corpus Christi - Body and Blood of Christ – 2nd & 3rd of June
Through Baptism: We congratulate Zoe Gilchrist, daughter of Kelly & Jarrod, Talia Esposto, daughter of Valentina & Robert, Max Tesoriero, son of
Sarah & Mark and Oliver & Lenny McArther, sons of Jennifer & Douglas at St Paul’s and Joshua Andrew McKell son of Laura & David at St. Catherine’s.
We thank these families for bringing their children to Baptism and support
them as they commence their journey of faith.
Through Reconciliation: We congratulate at Ethan Grenfeld, Kamryn John, Ashton Hepworth, Isabella Leong, Noah Montgomery, William Scalzi,
Samuel Kain, Archie Carter, Julia Daff, Savannah Deeth, Sadie Robinson, Brodie Downes & Adele Curtis, at St. Peter’s as they receive God’s forgiveness.
SACRAMENTS THIS WEEKEND AT HOLY TRINITY PARISH
ADULT EDUCATION
Social Justice
Sr Joan Kennedy ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) to speak on Human Trafficking
Tue., 12th
June, 7:30pm, McKenna Centre. All welcome
The ACU Centre for Liturgy is offering a public Short Course “From death to new life: preparing and celebrating Catholic funerals” at ACU’s Fitzroy campus – 115 Victoria Pde. Fitzroy, over four Wednesday evenings: June 6, 13, 20 and 27, 6.30-8.00pm. Registration is essential, at: http://www.acu.edu.au/acu_centre_for_liturgy/short_courses. For more information phone 02-9701 4751.
Ruah—Parish Renewal Day—Breathing new life into Parish Ministries Sat. 16th June—9:30am—3pm—Catholic Leadership Centre, 576 Victoria Pde, E. Melb.
In Hebrew, the word ruah means ‘spirit’ or ‘breath’ .The Archbishop’s Office for Evangelisation invites parish leaders and volunteers to its annual parish renewal day, offering various workshops focused on enlivening and enriching core parish ministries such as liturgy, music, social justice, RCIA, youth, parish pastoral councils & hospitality. To register:https://www.trybooking.com/VQTP RSVP: 12 June-Enq:9926 5761
YEAR 3—Reconciliation
Bookings: P lease ring your Church: St. Peter’s: 9579 4255, St. Paul’s: 9557 1165,
St. Catherine’s: 9555 4242.
Group Reconciliation—Saturday morning, 10:30am (St. Peter’s has 3 vacancies left)
Individual Reconciliation- for one family at a time available 1/2 hour before any Mass
Our hearts are restless…What makes your heart
leap? What is your heart of hearts? ‘Journey to the Heart’ – a Creative Enrichment reflection day exploring Christian and Hindu paths – will be held on
Sat. 16 June, 10am-4pm, Hear t of Life Spir ituality Centre, 96 Albion Rd, Box Hill. Cost $60 (BYO lunch). More information
and bookings: [email protected] or tel 9890 1101.
CONFIRMATION, Friday, 1st June, St. Patrick’s Cathedral
After a wonderful night at the Cathedral we congratulate our newly confirmed young people from the three faith communities of Holy Trinity Parish. We are proud of our young people who entered into both the preparation for and celebration of this Sacrament which completes their initiation into the Catholic Church. We pray for them and their families that the Holy Spirit continues to guide them in the coming years.
Celebrating the Love of Jesus’ Heart An afternoon of prayer, reflection, adoration and the opportunity for personal blessing and reconciliation with three priests available. All welcome.
Sunday 24th June—3- 5pm - St Brigid’s Church Main Street MordiallocEnquiries: Sr Susan 0455 495 557
The sacrament of communion with God.
Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26
‘Take it, this is my body.’
Last Sunday was about the sign of the cross as a bodily gesture to affirm that we are people
in communion with God. Today’s liturgy continues this theme of living in communion with
God as it presents a second great symbol – the eating and drinking of food.
Because our liturgy has developed over 2,000 years and has become quite formalised we
can lose sight that its basic element is a gathering of people round a table to share
nourishment.
Jesus had many meals with his disciples and friends but only a few meals are written about
in the Gospels. The meal this Gospel highlights is his final one. For that reason, the
gathering had a special, poignant significance. It also coincided with the great Jewish
celebration of liberation called the Passover. During this meal Jesus gave the ritual bread
and wine a new meaning, that of his own life. When he was no longer physically present
with the disciples they were to continue to gather around a table, to share bread and wine,
and by his words, ‘This is my body; this is my blood,’ he promised that in these gatherings
he will be present.
And so Christians had continued this practice of the Lord’s Supper, in homes, in caves, in
catacombs, in halls, in prison cells and cathedrals. The Eucharist gathers God’s fragile, often
failing people, to nourish, forgive, and bless. Hear the invitation: ‘Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.’ (Prov 9:5)
Key questions for the first disciples were, ‘Why did Jesus die?’, ‘Why did God not intervene
to save him from death?’. Paul grappled with these questions and came up with various
ways of making sense of this, so did the Gospel authors. As Jews living in a Greco-Roman
world, they were familiar with the killing of animals, and offering them to a deity. This was
one way of making sense of the brutal death of Jesus– it was a type of sacrifice. Other
questions then followed – what type of sacrifice? What was the purpose of the sacrifice?
The reading from the letter to the Hebrews offers a particularly Jewish interpretation of
Jesus’ death. We do not know the author of this document nor its exact date, although it
appears to have been written while the Jewish Temple still existed, thus before the year 70
C.E. The author’s expertise in Jewish rituals and methods of argument suggest that he was a
Jew and the community he writes to is also predominantly Jewish. This author compares
Jesus’ death to the death of animals in Jewish sacrifices – in particular, the sacrifices on the
Day of Atonement. He presents Jesus as both the sacrifice, and also as the high Priest. On
the Day of Atonement, two identical goats were selected, and one was chosen to be a
sacrifice to God, while the other was to be driven into the desert and killed. This second
goat, called the scapegoat, carried away the sins of the people. The blood of the lamb that
was sacrificed was carried by the High Priest into the innermost part of the Temple, the Holy
of Holies. This blood, a symbol of life, was sprinkled there. The symbolism of the ritual was
that while one goat removed the sins of the community, the life-blood of the second goat
restored the relationship between God and Israel. In this way, the covenant, first celebrated
by Moses at Sinai with the blood of bulls, was renewed.
The author takes the elements of this ritual and applies them to Jesus. It is important to
note that this is just one of the many ways the New Testament authors tried to make sense
of Jesus’ life, and particularly his violent death. Today, such imagery is unfamiliar to most
Christians. Behind the strange imagery though, the author is expressing a faith that,
through Jesus, believers now have access to a new and living relationship with God. You
might consider, what are signs we use today to express a relationship: sharing a meal,
spending time together, writing a letter . . .
by Mary Coloe PBVM From Liturgy Help
MEETINGS/FUNCTIONS THIS WEEK
MOONGALA NEWS
ST. CATHERINE’S NOTICES
See McKenna Notice Board & Pamphlet Stand
Archdiocese of Melb. Parish Update: 31st May, 2018
Connect Health & Community, new name for Bentleigh Bayside—Relevant information for interest.
ST. PETER’S NOTICES
Mon. 4th June 8:00pm Charismatic Prayer Group—Anchor
Wed 6th June 4:00pm Sacramental Programme—Green Room
Thurs. 7th June 7:30pm Pastoral Leadership Team meeting— Green Room.
Sacramental Program—2018—For children NOT attending St. Peter’s Primary School
1st Eucharist Classes: Wednesdays, 4-5pm, Green Room - Lidia
Parish Office: 9579 4255.
Moongala Program News: Moongala is offer ing new classes star ting soon: Computers Made Easy & Windows 10, Multimedia Skills, friendship/support and wellbeing women’s groups – Creative Wellness Program, Potluck Friends, Coffee & Colour Inn and Senior Women’s Circle. Free beginners English as a Second Language Wednesday evening classes. For all enquiries please ring Moongala, 824 Centre Road, Bentleigh East, Ph 9570 3468 or www.moongala.org.au
Biggest Morning Tea - Monday 4 June: 11am-1pm: Once again Moongala is proud to support the Cancer Council raise funds by hosting ‘The Biggest Morning Tea’ here at Moongala. We would love you to come and support us, we will be having Devonshire Tea and lovely hot soup! All welcome!!
ST. PAUL’S NOTICES
GENERAL NOTICES
Melbourne Catholic Magazine June 2018 Edition is available at each Church—if anyone would like a copy please place
$2 in the container, the Parish will subsidise for the rest of the year.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word for pre-school and primary school children. First & Second Sunday of the month. 10:30am Mass, 3rd & 10th June Come and share the Gospel and get to know other children at St. Peter’s
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NOTICE BOARDS
Don Bosco Winter Holiday Camps July 2018. In the Boxes at the doors:
Catholic Magazine, June now available, $2.00 each.
School Newsletter can be found on: www.trinityparishschools.catholic.edu.au/aura/st-pauls/latest/
FAMILY MASS:
We are very grateful to our Youth/School
choir for their wonderful music and singing. Anyone
wanting to be part of the choir please come along to
the practice at 5pm before Mass. Thank you.
WEEKDAY MASSES: During the months of June, July and August,
St. Paul’s weekday morning Masses, (Tuesday & Thursday) at 10am, will be held at the OLSH Convent Chapel, 104 Jasper Road, Bentleigh (enter via Jasper
Road). This will commence on Tuesday 5th June. The OLSH Sisters have kindly open their doors
for Parishioners to join them in their lovely warm chapel during the winter months,
for which we are very grateful. (Unless there is a Funeral or otherwise advised)
VOCATION VIEW: Feast of the Body ad Blood of Christ
Christ is the mediator of the New Covenant, established in His Precious Blood, so that we might make a return to Him. As we gather Sunday after Sunday, may we become more and more like whom we receive from the Altar of the Lord. (Hebrew 9:11-15)
CRAFTY LADIES Will meet tomorrow, Monday 4 June.
SUNDAY SOCIAL Please take the time to mingle with fellow parishioners and
make any visitors welcome while enjoying a cuppa, with tea, coffee, and raisin toast being served after both Masses,
TODAY, Sunday 3 June in the Sweeney Centre.
ROSTER: 8.30 am: Bernadette Jennings, Loretta Bowd 10.30am: Sylvia Demech, S Cernec, Liewellyn Noronha
If you are able to join our roster of volunteers to assist with our monthly cuppa’s, please contact Sheelagh 9557 3550.
ST. CATHERINE’S SCHOOL— Warmer Nights Brighter Days. A Year 6 student, Sapphire Khodr has developed a fabulous social justice initiative called Warmer Nights Brighter Days. The children are donating an item (socks, undies, beanie, scarf, notepad, colouring books, pencils, textas, pyjamas or a blanket) to fill a backpack that will be given to a child in need and distributed by St. Vincent de Paul. We thank all the families for their generosity in bringing some happiness to other families this winter. (See article in Moorabbin Leader)
ST. PETER’S ROSTER PARISHIONERS DATE
LECTORS 6.30pm— Kylie Saccotelli, Joan Kenny 8.30am— Michelle Crook, Maree Slater 10.30am— Michael Hickey, Dominic Pinto 5.30pm— Ann Damon, Sheryl Collins
9th & 10th June
PRESBYTERY COUNTERS GRP 4: Mary-Anne Phillips, Paul & Maria Thursky, Ronnie Miranda, Cecilia Finch Sun 10th June
THANKSGIVING COUNTERS GRP 10: Keith Gonsalvez, Cecelia Finch, Marie D’Rosario, Lorna Melder Sun 10th June
SACRISTAN GRP 8: Joanne Kelly, Helen Downes, Marise Henderson, Ives & Ron Bentley Sat 9th June
FATIMA STATUE Callanan Family—Valkstone Street Sun 3rd June
D’Lima Family—Vera Street Sun 10th June
MOORABBIN HOSPITAL VISIT
June Kellar (Sun) Michelle Crook (Sun)
3rd June 10th & 17th June
Betty DeMarco (Wed) Lillian Carolan (Wed)
6th June
13th & 20th June
ST. PAUL’S ROSTER PARISHIONERS DATE
COUNTERS Di Commerford Sun 3rd June
Kim Loh Elaine Loh Sun 10th June
VOCATIONS / CHALICE Maureen Knight (Sat) Mirabile Family (Sat) 2nd & 9th June
LECTORS
Sr Liz (L) Jaimee Woods-Scamporlini (R) (Sat) Drusilla Gonsalvez (L) Ian Thomas (R) (Sun)
2nd & 3rd June
Vanita Carvalho (L) Peggy Davis (R) (Sat) Ian Thomas (L) Marg McGowan (R) (Sun)
9th & 10th June
COMPUTER OPERATORS: Zhang Family (Sat) Peter Whitelaw (Sun) 2nd & 3rd June
Hwang Family (Sat) Teresa Meyer (Sun) 9th & 10th June
GIFTS Family Mass (Sat) Family Mass (Sun) 2nd & 3rd June
Reconciliation Family (Sat) First Eucharist Family (Sun) 9th & 10th June
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
Station 1: Brindly Madhusadan, Volunteer, Station 2: Marureen Knight, Peggy Davis, Sr. Liz, Station 3: Amanda Bonso, Raulston Macedo,
Station 1: Bernie Hoy, Kaye Hoy, Station 2: Patricia Baxter, Bev Claudius, Kerry Burns, Station 3: Amanda Capacete, Margaret McGowan.
Saturday June Sunday
MORNING TEA (HALL) Diana & Garnet Fernandez and Bev & Les Claudius 3rd June
Bernadette & Tim Fagan 10th June
COMMUNION TO THE SICK 1: Annette Clark 2: Maria Laville 3: Venora Smith 2nd June
ST. CATHERINE’S ROSTER PARISHIONERS DATE
COUNTERS Garry & Maureen Clynes, Bernadette Farrell Mon 11th June
ALTAR SOCIETY Lena Caltabiano Sat 9th June
LECTORS 8:30am: Maureen Gill 10:30am: Matthew Lovegrove Sun 10th June
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 8:30am: Krystyna Wrzesinski 10:30am: Sue Dea Sun 10th June
COMPUTER OPERATORS 8:30am: Patricia Buchanan 10:30am: Norman Fuller Sun 10th June
Nowak Family Mon 4th June FATIMA STATUE
Borgonha Family Mon 11th June
BULLETIN NOTICES DEADLINES
St. Peter’s Trish Richards & Marion Quinn, 9579 4255, [email protected] Thursday
St. Paul’s Libby Thomas, 9557 1165, [email protected] Thursday 9am
St. Catherine’s Grace Tanumihardja, 0481 573 583, [email protected] on Wednesday 6pm
Lord, we commend to you people in need: St. Peter’s: Shaun Wan, Leonie Kerley, Eddy Bary, Martin Sheehy, Rose Burnell, Tina Lando, Rachel Seager (Kathleen
Rankin’s granddaughter), Sue Thorp, Alice Wright, Maria Garufi, Judy Meehan, Matthew Grasso, Bruce Ryan, Paul O’Brien, Liz Hume, Michele deSilva, Marco Paoli, Pat Hewitt, Petronella Kahonde, Marian Pirera, Brent Balchin, Sue Hall, Ashley Popov, Mark & Colleen Lewis, Aihua, Joan, Lianne Paul, Sarah Leyshon, Rosalie Rufolo, Patrick Hogan, Martin & Cheryl Meehan, Joan Fennelly, Mary Saunders, Joan Clarke, Maria Seuseu, Julie McChesney (Perth) , Carmelo Lando, David Peterson, Sue Law (Brisbane), Evie Nailer (5yo), Des Lawler, Nicholas Quinn (nephew of Sr Mary Batchelor), David Hymen, Farnando Linggo Liong, Jay Anne Santiago, Don Legaspi, Perla Cabrera, Jackson Margan, Christine Andersen, Tu Tran, Joe Lobo (Bryan’s dad), Jakob Deans, Raul Medina, Helen Mille, Frank Williams, Jenny Liston, Ashley Torcasio, Rosemarie de Zilva,
St Paul’s: Frank Alfonso, Nicol Graphael, Nevile Spencer, Jill Briody, Tanya Wall, Mercy Miranda, Joanne LeSueur,
St Catherine’s: Loredana Skelpic, Eileen Ellerton, Rosa Virgona, Alfio Pappalardo, John Costandi, Cordelia Morrison, Mary Gill (Marg Commons’ Mum), Jan Habel, Peter Jennings, Aubrey Milhuisen, Robyn Roberts, Peter Wilson, Leo Mercuri, Sue Saddler, Joan Clarke, Joanne Barry, Paul Dwyer, Trenna Scanlon, David Beech, Paul Lovegrove, Stasia Underwood, Tracey Campbell, Maureen O’Kane, Sam Pinzone, Maureen Henebery, Susan Rudland, Daphne Curtis and Peter Brown. .
Those who are sick:
MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (YEAR B)
Recently Deceased:
Anniversaries occurring at this time:
.
St. Peter’s: Stella Andersen (Christina’s sister)
St. Paul’s: Maureen Law, Lucy Bourke,
St. Catherine’s: Melda Ruddy,
St. Catherine’s: Connie Storace, Angelo Taranto
St Peter’s: Elisa & Giovannino Paola, Ashleigh Maria Gilbert, Brian Thomas, Michael Smith, Tom Perry
St. Paul’s: Rosina Portelli, Ronald Abbott, Teresa DiCrosta, Ruth Kelly, Margaret Mullavey, Hayden Fargas, John Evans, Margaret Davis, Margot Morris
St. Catherine’s: Marie Friend, John Wilson, Nellie O’Dea, Vincent Madden, Stephen Gill, Dom Iacono, Elizabeth Wilkinson, Sister Beryl Dillon, Stan Connors Jnr
Holy Trinity Parish Sick List We have begun a new Sick List in the Bulletin. Please ring the Parish Office or let your PA know at Mass to have your loved one’s name included on the Sick List.
THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL – Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26
ST VINCENT DE PAUL
First Anniversary occurring at this time:
The next meetings are:
Moorabbin/Bentleigh: Monday, 4th June - 7pm, Sweeney Centre, St. Catherine’s Bentleigh East: Monday, 4th June - 7:30pm, Green Room, St Peter’s If you are interested in helping those we assist, you are most welcome to join the friendly groups. Contacts: Bentleigh/Moorabbin- Randolph 0414 440 024, Bentleigh East: Monika 0430 666 452 For respectful & confidential assistance with food, bedding, clothing, furniture & bills, in times of need - pls call 1800 305 330.
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, his disciples said to Jesus, ‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the passover?’ So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and say to the owner of the house which he enters, “The Master says: Where is my dining room in which I can eat the passover with my disciples?” He will show you a large upper room furnished with couches, all prepared. Make the preparations for us there.’ The disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them, and prepared the Passover.
And as they were eating he took some bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to them. ‘Take it,’ he said ‘this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had returned thanks he gave it to them, and all drank from it, and he said to them, ‘This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, which is to be poured out for many. I tell you solemnly, I shall not drink any more wine until the day I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God.’
After psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
Thanksgiving Remembrance:
Esteav & Regina Demello & John & Theresa Vaz
Grandparents of parishioners.
