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WE PRAY FOR The elderly and the sick
Marius Fernando; Dantina Frederico; Stella Mammone; Gino Salvo; Rosa Di Pietro; Lucia Bordin; Ursula McWhinney; Justin Diviny; Stephanie Jouhari; Anna & Garry Henneken; Nicholas Gillman;
Jillian Eolzella; Peter Moore; Alan Easton
ANNIVERSARIES In Faith, Hope and Love, let us pray for repose of the souls of
Peter Farmer ; Francisco Muscara; Teresa Maurici
RECENTLY DECEASED We remember in prayer,
Colleen Daffey May they rest in peace.
SUNDAY ONLINE MASS will be available via our Parish Webpage
www.stmonicasparish.com.au Every Sunday by 10.30am
for parishioners to participate in their homes.
SUNDAY LITURGY @ Home; Please click on each link below to find
guided reflection for 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time For Adults: For Families with Young Children:
We respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, as the traditional caretakers of the land which is the St. Monica’s Catholic Parish. We acknowledge the Elders, past & present. May we, too, be good stewards of this land.
ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Moonee Ponds
Presbytery: 22 Robinson St., Moonee Ponds 3039 | Telephone: (03) 9370 5035 Email: [email protected] | Website: www.stmonicasparish.com.au
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. Tony Feeney Assistant Priest: Rev. Fr. Andrew Choi Parish Office: Sonya Bading (closed until COVID-19 Restrictions lift) Pastoral Assistant: Abygaile Cukavac School Principal: Mr. Peter Moore — School Phone No: (03) 9375 1132
Green 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4th October 2020
“Mobile phones a lifeline for detainees” by Fr. Andrew Hamilton In early October the Senate will vote on a bill that allows the Minister for Home Affairs to ban any items that he prohibits within immigration detention centres. His judgment will not be reviewable. The items that have caused most controversy have been mobile phones. When considering the legislation we should begin by asking what place phones have in the life of people seeking protection. Phones connect people with family and friends both in Australia and overseas, allowing them to maintain relationships. The phone is the medium by which they can see the mountains and lakes of the lands they were forced to flee, the flowers, the streets and the towns. For some people who have been detained for seven years or more, it is a lifeline. It allows them to hear news
of their local areas and perspectives on its conflicts that they could never find in Australian media. It allows them to consult friends and agencies about the arcane and forbidding language of Government communications and to seek resources in their all-important claim for asylum. In short, the phone has been an artery in the distinctively human life that distinguishes human beings from animals. Once it is cut, the lives of people detained can begin to die away. As would your life and mine wither were we placed in a similar situation. Full story here
St. Monica’s is a Child Safe Parish. We hold the care, safety and well-being of children, young people and vulnerable adults as a central and fundamental responsibility of our community.
In his message for this year's World Day of Migrants and Refugees (27 September), Pope Francis encourages us to embrace all those who are experiencing situations of precariousness, abandonment, marginalisation and rejection as a result of COVID-19. This year’s theme for the Holy Father’s Message for 2020 World Day of Migrant and Refugee is: “Forced like Jesus Christ to flee”. This pastoral care of the Church towards Migrants and Refugees focused on the following aspects as named by Pope Francis: welcoming, protecting, promoting, and integrating migrants and refugees to enrich our local communities.
PARISH OFFICE NOTICE due to coronavirus, and for the health and well-being of our Parish Staff (not including the priests), the Office is now officially closed. Sonya will continue to work remotely and will respond to emails.
During this time, when visits to our Church are suspended, we are striving to ensure that our parishioners remain connected through new and creative pastoral programs. While we continue to help those in our community, the Parish continues to incur ongoing overhead costs and we need your help.
The good news is that Catholic Development Fund (CDF) and the Archdiocese of Melbourne have partnered to build an online parish payment portal, CDFpay for Parishes . This site enables you to make quick and easy online thanksgiv-ing payments – you can set-up a recurring payment, if you haven’t done so already, or you can choose a one-off offering. The Moonee Ponds site is live and found via this link https://www.catholicdevelopmentfund.org.au/CDFpay (Click on Find my Parish down the bottom and enter Moonee Ponds in search box) We thank you in advance for supporting our parish community.
VIRTUAL CUPPA – hosted by Abygaile
Monthly - 9 October (Friday) at 5 pm
https://zoom.us/j/5115717088 (Meeting ID: 511 571 7088)
GOSPEL REFLECTION & DISCUSSION - with Fr. Tony
Weekly - 2 October (Friday) at 7 pm
https://zoom.us/j/97634439330 (Meeting ID: 976 3443 9330)
PRAY THE ROSARY TOGETHER - with Fr. Andrew
Weekly - 3 October (Saturday) at 7 pm
https://zoom.us/j/93596613045 (Meeting ID: 935 9661 3045)
Each Zoom meeting room will open 10 minutes before it commences. If you have any enquiry or problem to access Zoom, please email us: [email protected]
We are looking forward to seeing you. PARISH PASTORAL TEAM
For Coronavirus Information in your language click on SBS Multilingual Coronavirus Portal-
The St Monica’s Pastoral Team is proud to host another Virtual Choir ZOOM-Mobile session: Welcome one and all to join us for a joyful half hour of song! Featuring St Monica’s Year 5 teacher and guitar maestro Joachim Min Fa and Dad, Lindsay. When - Wednesday 7 October at 5.15pm Where - ZOOM Online – a code will be forwarded the day before. Please register early as spaces are limited
What else do we need to know? Children under 13 must be supervised by their parents within earshot of the device. Please avoid going into a private space. Participants will have videos on, but will remain muted to maintain the integrity of Joachim’s sound. On the bright side, no-one will hear you sing out of tune! For more information, or to register email: [email protected] We look forward to the opportunity to come together as a parish in music and faith.
Keep Peter Moore , our St. Monica’s Primary School Principal in your thoughts and prayers - as he undergoes a serious operation on Monday 5th October .
VIRTUAL CHILDREN’S LITURGY –hosted by the Children’s Liturgy Team
Monthly - 18 October (Sunday) at 11.30 am Registration through Eventbrite essential
(closes Friday, 16th Oct) Click here
Safeguarding Committee Update The Parish Safeguarding Committee continue to work through and review the compliance obligations that all Parishes are now required to adhere to. All policies, procedures and practices that influence the life of the Parish are been looked at using the Self-Assessment Tool, which contained 10 National Standards that all Parishes are required to work towards. This must be forwarded to the Professional Standards Unit, within the Archdiocese of Melbourne by 30 November 2020.
Dates to Remember : October 4th Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
&Day Light Savings starts
6th (Tues) School students resume remotely
Week of 12th School students resume on site
13th Parish Pastoral Council Meeting
18th Mission Sunday
Serenading creation: St Francis of Assisi and Laudato Si Sr Elizabeth Young RSM … (Actions of responding to Laudato si’ )….. merge spiritual and scientific awareness. It is what Pope John Paul II calls ‘ecological conversion’ (General Audience, 17 January 2001, §4) and Pope Francis calls ‘care for our Common Home’ (Laudato si’, 2015). They draw on the ancient wisdom of our tradition: that God created a good universe and entrusted humans with its care (Genesis 1:31; 2:15). While creation reveals God to us, it also suffers, and relies on us to bring about the glory of the children of God (Romans 1:20; 8:21). Although the ecological emergency is a new brew, the thinking with which we are addressing it is vintage indeed. Let us call it the yeast of St Francis. The Young St. Francis Let’s turn our minds back now to the early thirteenth century. Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone, the future St Francis, was a young man committed to high living and romantic chivalry. Like that young student, he didn’t find Jesus’ life particularly appealing. However, he underwent a religious conversion, turning away from his comfortable apathy and towards those who were poor, adopting their way of life in solidarity with them. He dared to dream of a new way of being Christian and rebelled with the weapons of peace. Jesus’ message came alive for him in the touch of a man with leprosy and in the gift of freedom for captured birds. As a young man, he gathered others to live in gospel simplicity, begging and preaching for their sustenance. They did not seek positions of authority; their lives of integrity guaranteed their authenticity. So from this lowly viewpoint, Francis was able to look up in wonder to his Creator. Instead of ruling over the earth, he serenaded it, seeing in it a sister and mother capable of human nourishment and divine praise. From this stance of humility, the Canticle of the Sun was
born. Praised be! Read full story here
A Pathway through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Family, religion, work, education, leisure and care are the first and foundational priorities by which our pathway through the COVID-19 pandemic ought to be measured. The Archdiocese advocates: That the principle of fairness is applied in Victoria, so that our Catholic community is not discriminated against or unduly treated at any stage. That we can each practice our faith with integrity and in charity. That faith communities experience as much freedom as is practicable, while staying committed to safety of the community. That the voice of the Church be motivated by mature and confident faith, not fear or anxiety. Our ministry will not stop, even in a Pandemic Creative ways of ministering to God’s People have been found: Live streaming Masses and broadcasts; sacramental care under social restrictions; phoning isolated parishioners when we couldn’t meet face-to-face; attending care facilities and hospitals; serving our people responsibly. Our ministry to those in need will not stop, but will continually adapt according to circumstance. Read more here
Daylight Saving 2020 This is a reminder to turn you clocks FORWARD one hour on Sunday 4 October 2020. Clocks are moved clockwise one hour from 2am to 3am.
Missionary parishes transform lives and yield a growing army of disciples for whom worship and sacraments come to life and whose ministry and service flourishes. You are invited to a series of interactive sessions with global leaders in missionary parish renewal. From the comfort of your home, be inspired by a hope-filled vision for your parish and discuss practical ideas with fellow leaders. Please make a booking for each session you wish to attend THE FINAL TWO SESSIONS Thursday 15 October 2020 “Growing missionary disciples in your parish” by: Sherry Weddell, Thursday 29 October 2020 “Making missionary disciples in our parish” by: Fr. Mauro Conte and Vanessa Comninos VENUE Via Zoom -link will be forwarded on registration COST Nil PROGRAM 7.15pm - Zoom room opens 7.30pm - Session starts 9.30pm - Session concludes REGISTER HERE https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=634789
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel. FIRST READING (Is 25:6-10) A reading from the prophet Isaiah On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all people a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. On this mountain he will remove the mourning veil covering all peoples, and the shroud enwrapping all nations, he will destroy Death for ever. The Lord will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people's shame everywhere on earth, for the Lord has said so. That day, it will be said: See, this is our God in whom we hoped for salvation; the Lord is the one in whom we hoped. We exult and we rejoice that he has saved us; for the hand of the Lord rests on this mountain. The word of the Lord. — Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (R.) I shall live in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose. Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit. (R.) He guides me along the right path; he is true to his name. If I should walk in the valley of darkness no evil would I fear. You are there with your crook and your staff; with these you give me comfort. (R.) You have prepared a banquet for me in the sight of my foes. My head you have anointed with oil; my cup is overflowing. (R.) Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever. (R.)
SECOND READING (Phil 4:12-14. 19-20 )
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians
I know how to be poor and I know how to be rich too. I have been through my initiation and now I am ready for anything anywhere: full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty. There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength. All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships. In return my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as lavishly as only God can. Glory to God, our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
The word of the Lord. — Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our heart that we might see how great is the hope to which we are called. Alleluia! GOSPEL (Mt 22:1-14) A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son’s wedding. He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come. Next he sent some more servants. “Tell those who have been invited” he said “that I have my banquet all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding.” But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business, and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them. The king was furious. He dispatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town. Then he said to his servants, “The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy, go to the crossroads in the town and invite everyone you can find to the wedding.” So these servants went out onto the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests. When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment, and said to him, “How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?” And the man was silent. Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.” For many are called, but few are chosen.’ The Gospel of the Lord. — Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. COMMUNION ANTIPHON The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.
Next week’s readings 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 11TH OCTOBER
This week we have the readings for next Sunday the 11th October for our Parishioners to make some time during the week to read and reflect on.
Did you know ? Points of interest and Catholic lore
The wedding banquet is a commonly used image for the
kingdom of God in the Hebrew and the Christian Scriptures. The feast was a symbol of the abundance to be provided by God for those who have faith.
A Jewish wedding celebration often lasted for as long as a week, which may explain why some were reluctant to attend. Like living in the kingdom, it was demanding!
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