This Week

SUNDAY 20th July 9am, 11am, 6pm Mass

Baptism Prep at 3.45pm

MONDAY 21st July 8.30am Rosary 9.00am Mass

TUESDAY 22nd July 8.30am Rosary

9am Mass 9.30am Adoration

WEDNESDAY 23rd July 6.30pm Rosary

7pm Mass 7.30pm Meditation

THURSDAY 24th July 9.00am Mass

(at North School)

FRIDAY 25th July 8.30am Rosary

9am Mass 9.30am Divine Mercy

SATURDAY 26th July 10.30am Reconciliation

6pm Mass Fr Tony’s 50th

Anniversary of Ordination

SUNDAY 27th July 9am, 11am, 6pm Mass

Baptism Welcome

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, July 19th-20th 2014

When words fail

One of the most moving and beautiful mo-

ments one has as a priest visiting people

who are dying is that, despite apparently

losing most ability to converse, invariably

they are easily able to recite with you the

Hail Mary.

My mother who, to my knowledge, never

recited the Rosary as such, in the last month

or so of her life would constantly exclaim

the words ‘Hail Mary’ and I would finish

the prayer for and with her.

Of course, what is especially moving in

these instances is the concluding petition:

‘Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now and

at the hour of our death.

Amen.’

Facing death, facing the ulti-

mate encounter with Divine

Love, facing the unimagina-

ble transformation of our

existence, we abandon our

own words and seek the in-

tercession of one who al-

ready shares in Christ’s di-

vine glory. In the ‘Hail Mary’ we ask the

one who is ‘blessed among women’ to pray

for us as our own words fail.

But there is an even deeper intercession be-

low the articulate level, available to us at

any time. In writing to the Romans St Paul

tells us,

‘When we cannot choose words to pray

properly, the Spirit himself expresses our

plea in a way that could never be put into

words, and God who knows everything in

our hearts knows perfectly well what he

means.’

One loves someone so much – a child, a

parent, a spouse or partner – yet when one

tries to pray for that person the words seem

only a pale shadow of the intensity of feel-

ing and total devotion one feels. Stop!

Simply put the person or situation before

God and say nothing. The Holy Spirit will

express our heartfelt prayer for us.

One’s heart is breaking with grief for some-

one close who is very ill or dying. Or one

feels a terrible anxiety or anguish. Words

don’t come easily even though one wants to

pray. Stop! Put the person or situation be-

fore God and say nothing. The Holy Spirit

will express our heartfelt prayer for us.

Sometimes we have the idea that God has to

be assaulted with a torrent of words to get

the message we are trying to convey into

his loving presence. But when Our Lord

was teaching his disciples how to pray he

said ‘In your prayers do not babble as the

pagans do, for they think that by using

many words they will make themselves

heard.’ (Matt 6:7)

We can get too anxious when

there is a lull in the noise and

no words come. We fear that

God will think we have given

up praying. We should fall

back on tried and tested,

short and simple prayers such

as the ‘Our Father’ or the

‘Hail Mary’ – the little mus-

tard seeds which we sow in

faith.

But there can be occasions when we are

faced with situations where St Paul encour-

ages us to relax beyond even these wonder-

ful short prayers.

We can relax with the wordless confidence

that comes from what we learnt from St

Paul two weeks ago, that the Holy Spirit

makes a dwelling place in our hearts. It is

little wonder then that ,

‘When we cannot choose words to pray

properly, the Spirit himself expresses our

plea in a way which could never be put into

words and God who knows everything in

our hearts knows perfectly well what he

means.’

Holy Spirit, divine companion dwelling in

our hearts, pray for us. Amen.

by Fr Michael Tate

Parish Calendar, News & Events

Diary 21 July: JPIC Meeting at 7.30pm (Parish Office) 22nd July: 2nd Family Night for First Communion 25/26 July: YOUTH Retreat—Camp in Dromana 25 July: Australian Women fellowship day service 26/27 July: Presentation weekend ‘First Communion candidates’ 27th July: Children’s Liturgy at 11am Mass 1st Aug: Seniors’ Morning Tea after 9am Mass 9/10 Aug & 16/17 Aug: FIRST COMMUNION MASSES PARISH YOUTH RETREAT A reminder to all our Parish Youth—Our retreat day Next Friday, 25th July. It is not too late put your name down, if you haven’t done so. We are gathering at the Don Bosco Camp for a 7.30 start on the Friday evening—please have a bite to eat on the way down. Despite the difference in ages any discussion and sharing will take place in similar age groups. We have acquired the services of the Archdiocesan Youth Team and paid a deposit on the campsite. So come along for a great time. More details are available at the church doorways. Also if you’re under 18 please complete the Parental Permission Form. Please bring your own sleeping bag and pillow. Cost is only $25 (the rest subsidised by Parish and Youth Fundraising) We are also asking for a few parents to help with Saturday lunch. If you can spare an hour or two it would be appreciated. First Communion’s SECOND FAMILY NIGHT This is a reminder for all First Communion Candidates that the 2nd Family Night is on this Tuesday, 22nd July in the church. Signing in from 6.45pm for 7pm start. All registered candidates and one (or both) parents are required to attend this Family Night. FATHER TONY CELEBRATES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION On Friday 18th July Fr Tony Egar celebrated his 50th year of ordination. He is in Adelaide to celebrate with his family in Adelaide this weekend with a Mass of Thanksgiving at our monastery and parish. We hope to recognise this significant event in Tony’s

life on Saturday (26th July) evening with mass and a shared supper. You are all invited to celebrate with Tony on this night. Please bring a plate of finger food to share. SENIORS: Our next event with Seniors is a morning tea on August 1st after 9am Mass. Hopefully by then we will also have details of the Sept Trip available. The annual SHOPPING SPREE TOUR is one of our Family Group's fundraising events. This year they are set to go on Saturday, 13th September. Cost is $55pp (Lunch, at La Notte Restaurant in Carlton, includes a glass of wine and a coffee) Deposit of $20pp is required to guarantee a seat. Bus will leave the church at 7.30am and return at 6pm. For more information please contact Margaret on 9706 1375 or Parish Office 9700 3781 SPA Netball Club needs more players (Boys and Girls) For more information please contact Nilla 0403 218 630 or Joanne 0410 637 918. CATHOLICCARE – RUN MELBOURNE Sunday 27 July. CatholicCare invites you to join us in walking/running to raise funds for Melbourne’s newly arrived refugees. It will start from Federation Square, Melbourne Register: http://www.ccam.org.au/AboutUs1/Events1/RunMelbourne2014.aspx. Contact: Angela 9926 5722 Crossroads applications – CLOSING SOON! There may be some year 12 students who wish to do something a little different than schoolies after their HSC exams. The following program is proving popular for students: Pilgrimage to Alice Springs for Year 12’s Crossroads is a two-week pilgrimage to celebrate the end of almost 13 years of formal schooling. A group of young people, accompanied by experienced youth leaders and spiritual advisors, will travel from Melbourne to Alice Springs—exploring sites of Australia whilst doing social justice activities in an Indigenous community to help the participants explore and deepen their Catholic faith. Crossroads is open to any year 12 student from Melbourne. Pilgrimage dates: 26 Nov – 8 Dec 2014

This weekend we pray for: Those who are sick Maria Dichosa, Aurelio Gonzaga, Baby Lucas Giacomo, Margaret Ferrao, Deon Lawrence, Patricia Nicholas, Tissaka Perera, Tristano Stancato, Muliaga Vaifale, Tony Reed, Chris O’Toole, Kylie King, Katy Honor, Anne Payet, Meera Backory, Thelma Ferreira, Joy Anquiliano, Rey Domingo, Fatima Abbas, Natalie Bonnefin, Jose Zaia, Tristano Stancato, Giovanni Narduzzo, Maria Tesoriero, Lucre-zia Pistone, Salvatore Zaia, Peter Tongi For those who have died Aileen Parer, Joseph Cartwright, Julian Packeer, Maria Elena Santos, Nicol Prayag, Paul Morin, Vilma Abad-Trijo, Conchita Bagon-Perante, Teresa Ecleo-Padernos, Felisberto De Araujo, Mary Soeiro, Poppy Lobo, John Clapham, Maria Buttigieg, Carmillo Tucci, Maxine Laure, Tony DeSousa, Maria Do Nog Nguyen, Vincent Reale, Felix McGaw, Isabel Berdejo-Dominguez, Jennifer White, Ruby Rasquinho, Hermogenes Calunsag, Luigi Iudica, Manuel Guinto, Raymond Gherxi, Clement Adolphe, Alfredo Gonzaga, Clarence De Sylva, Nigel Almeida, Yvette Varney, Anthony Hien Vu , Regin Mariette, Ted Krol, Veta Wickremasinghe, France Desribes, Richard & Felicia Kankanige, Maurice Ternel. May they rest in peace

Sunday Readings

THIS WEEK:

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 12: 13, 16-19;

Rom 8: 26-27; Mt 13: 24-43

NEXT WEEK: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1 Kg 3: 5, 7-12; Rom 8: 28-30; Mt 13: 44-52

www.universalis.com.au

Application forms: www.cam.org.au/youth/Crossroads or ring the Archdiocesan Youth Office on 9287 5565. The Dandenong Deanery is running a 3 day conference. Facilitate by Fr Anthony Gittins from Friday 10th Oct to Sunday 12th Oct. Venue is at Killester College and St Anthony’s Hall. Cost is vary from $10 to $50 (depending on the day you wish to attend) For more information, please contact Hedy on 0419 534 826 or email: dandenongdeanery@live.com.au PROJECT COMPASSION 2014 This year we received total of $3851.40. It took a little bit of time to have this final amount as boxes still kept coming until last week. We have now passed them to Caritas Australia. AUSTRALIAN CHURCH WOMEN The Australian Church Women (Dandenong Unit) will hold the Fellowship Day Service 2014 in Holy Family Church, Doveton, 100, Power Road on the 25th July 2014, Morning Tea: 10.00 a.m followed by Prayer Service at 10.30 a.m. The theme of this year’s service is “Building Up the Body of Christ”. Please come and invite as may people as you can to come along.

WORDS HAVE POWER

...learn this lesson from lute tambourine and trumpet

learn the harmony of the musicians

if one is playing a wrong note even among twenty

others will stray out of tune

don't say what is the use of me alone being peaceful

when everyone is fighting

you're not one

you're a thousand

just light your lantern

since one live flame

is better than a thousand dead souls

Rumi

Stewardship Corner

- thoughts on Giving

“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who

sowed good seed in his field…He who sows good seed is

the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the

children of the kingdom.”- Matthew 13:24, 37-38

As children of God, we are all “good seeds,” blessed by

God with the potential to accomplish much good in the

world. We fulfill God’s plan when we share our talents and

our financial gifts to help build God’s kingdom on earth.

Through our stewardship we sow “good seeds” on earth to

ultimately help each other get to Heaven!

Rosters for next Weekend of 26th-27th July (4th Sunday of the month)

St Paul Apostle St Paul Apostle

Catholic CommunityCatholic Community

Priests: Priests:

Fr Tim O’Toole CP (PP) Fr Tim O’Toole CP (PP)

Fr Tony Egar CPFr Tony Egar CP

Pastoral Associates:Pastoral Associates:

Sr Joan Smith CPSr Joan Smith CP

Sr Brigid Murphy CPSr Brigid Murphy CP

Parish Staff:Parish Staff:

Bursar: Gillian VelupillayBursar: Gillian Velupillay

Secretary: Didi KarkasSecretary: Didi Karkas

Passionist Community Passionist Community

Fr Brian Gleeson CPFr Brian Gleeson CP

Fr Tony Egar CPFr Tony Egar CP

Fr Chris Mithen CPFr Chris Mithen CP

Fr Tim O’Toole CP Fr Tim O’Toole CP

Sisters of Cross and Sisters of Cross and

PassionPassion

Sr Anne Cunningham CPSr Anne Cunningham CP

Sr Brigid Murphy CPSr Brigid Murphy CP

Sr Joan Smith CPSr Joan Smith CP

St Paul Apostle (North)St Paul Apostle (North)

Primary School Primary School --

(03) 9700 6068(03) 9700 6068

PrincipalPrincipal

Mrs Christine WhiteMrs Christine White

St Paul Apostle (South)St Paul Apostle (South)

Primary School Primary School

(03) 9700 3663(03) 9700 3663

PrincipalPrincipal

Mrs Helen GreenhillMrs Helen Greenhill

St John’s Regional CollegeSt John’s Regional College

(03) 9791 3366(03) 9791 3366

Principal

Mr Andrew Walsh

Sacraments:

Baptisms are held on the 1st Sunday of the month. Preparation

is on the 3rd Sunday of the month.

Marriages require 6 months notice to one of the priests, partic-ipation in a FOCCUS marriage preparation program, or a

CatholicCARE Course.

Anointing of the Sick is held during Mass on the 1st Friday of

the Month at 9am. Before going to hospital for major surgery,

why not ask one of the priests to pray with you and anoint you.

Children’s Sacraments require full participation in the prepara-

tion phase.

Registration forms in the Parish Centre.

Parish Finances

Parish (1st) Pledged Weekly Rec’d T/G Envelopes $2,987.00 $ 2,367.90 Credit Card & $2,752.00 $ 2,752.00 Direct Debit

Cash $ 1,018.15 Parish Total $ 6,138.05 Priests ( 2nd Collection) $ 1,403.15

Thank You

Rosters for this Weekend of 19th-20th July (3rd Sunday of the month)

6pm 9am 11am 6pm

Welcome Lien Phan, Carlos & Sylvia Fernandes

David & Sandra McGuire, Carolyn Tinney

Maria Longano, Marie Allas

Sacristan Peter Miller Sandra & David McGuire

Antoinette Gargano Kitty Jayasinha

Readers & Commtrs

Liseby Lapierre Karen Rolfe, Andrea Rosario

Nick Dimitrakas, Bernie O’Hara

Anne Astin, Meaghan O’Connor, Christine White

Marg Keating, Pierre Mendonca

Gifts Dorrie Turner, Gertrude Akom

Annette Lapierre, Bealiah Wemyss

O’Connor Family Hiranya Leitan

Communion

Paul Negri, Michelle Boissezon, Lien Phan, Adelia Drego, Cris Emmanuel

Ernie & Wilma San Giorgio, Martin Vaifale, Anton Nadarajah, Paul Smith, Danny O’Hara, Aaron Chitaranjan

Glen Johnson, Damian Kearney, Rhonda O’Connor, Esme Fourlze, Helen Greenhill, Sheahan Pereira, Christine Gaiardo

Mignonne Meerwald,

Dan Candido,

Eugene Rebeiro,

Veronica Hassett,

Shaddy Sadaka,

Noel Augustus,

Jonathan Maclou

Servers Jessica, Kathleen, Joshua James

Mark H, Ethan, Luke, Tara

Meaghan, Marc P, Sean, Calvin, Jake, Jayden

Rachel, Joseph, Dinarah

6pm 9am 11am 6pm

Welcome Anna & Rodney Gonsalves

Ann Judge, Anne Peters

Antoinette Gargano, Anabela Costa, Joseph Solari

Sacristan Anton Nadarajah Yvonne Sherwin

Readers & Commtrs

Liz Flood, Mark Rolfe

John Callery, Milroy Martyn, Stefan Jayasuriya

Stephen, Florence Madeira, Helen Greenhill

Shaddy Sadaka, Gabby Sadaka

Gifts Helen Sanders, Grazyna Tyszka

Dilinger Family Keating Family

Communion

Steven/ Bridgett Her-bert, Dominica Arena, Prabodh Perera, Fosio Dunlop, Charlene Pereira, Lind-say Cresswell

Fred Hall, Marina Nadarajah, Anne Peters, Alain Mallac, Elaine Gillett, Glenn Todd, Ayomi Fernandesz

Joe Solari, Yvonne Sherwin, Carmel De Souza, Zena Carlow, Daniel Madeira, Christine White, Frances Anthony

Kitty Jayasinha,

Roland Mathias,

Nona Sangalang,

Gabby Catania,

Jenny Catania,

Premani Leitan,

Karen Luzan

Servers Kathleen, Jessica, Joshua

Mark Harper, Casey, Ashvika, Luke, Kevin

Aidan, Reena, Calvin, Jade, Abraham

Dinarah, Joseph, Lakni.

Cuppa Val & Chris De Zilva, John & Rose Fernandes

McGuire Family Dilly Jayasuriya

Antoinette Gargano Joseph & Marie Allas

Angela Ruiz

Communion to the Sick

after 9am Mass

Roster A: Martin Vaifale

Church Prep Team 4 G Velupillay

Flowers Anabela Costa

Viewhills Friday, 25th July Mass—High Care Marie Nelson