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From Fr Bob Maguire - 25 November 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

This weekend is Catholic New Year. The 'in house' name is Advent. There are four weeks of it, peaking at Christmas. It's a chance to look back to December 2007, see what the following months were all about, assess the profits and losses, preferably spiritual/moral, and get ready for action '08/'09.
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Posted at 9:18 PM

Appeal for the John Pierce Centre

An Appeal for the centre will be held this weekend. We welcome Jules Hayes and John Davis who will be speaking to us about the apostolate for Catholics who are deaf.


Posted at 9:18 PM

Wine and cheese

The Hospitality Team invites all parishioners to come and enjoy a pre-Christmas drink together.in the church after the penitential rite that begins at 7.30 pm on Tuesday l6 December.
So come along, bring the family and have some fun while enjoying complementary wine, beer or soft drink, and some tasty nibbles. Tea and coffee also available. Please add your name to the list a the back of the church so that they can organise catering.


Posted at 9:16 PM

Open House: Christmas Party

We will be asking for cash donations towards the annual Open House Christmas Party to be held on December 12. You can donate this weekend or next.


Posted at 9:15 PM

Working bee - 13 December

To get the church ready for Christmas, we need to assemble with mops and buckets, dusters and cleaning fluids. Please report for duty at 10.30 for a 2-hour stint on 13 December. It will help the organisers if you leave your name on the sheet at the back of the church to say you are coming.


Posted at 9:13 PM

From Fr Bob Maguire - 20 November 2008

Friday, November 21, 2008

I caught myself on radio last weekend saying the churches should meet and pool their resources to help the poor. Within a minute, a caller rang in to suggest the churches burn the seats that take up so much space and fill up with beds - a spin on Peter Garrett's 'the beds are burning' to the seats are burning!
To read more, go to Father Maguire's blog.


Posted at 8:54 PM

Christmas working bee

On Saturday 13 December between 10.30 am & 12.30 pm there will be a working bee to prepare the Church for Christmas. There's plenty to do: cleaning brass, altars, windows; dusting and polishing seats, washing marble floors, cleaning kitchen, dusting skirting boards and cleaning around the front of the church. Please bring mops, buckets, dusters, etc. Cleaning liquids will be provided. If you can help please leave your name on the sheet at the back of the church.


Posted at 8:53 PM

Over 60's Christmas dinner

Once again we will be holding our over 60s traditional Christmas Dinner on Tuesday 2 December. If you would like to attend or know of someone who would like an invitation, Please call Geraldine on 9699 6050 or Carol on 9699 2892.
On the Monday evening before we need helpers to set up the hall across the yard. If you can help, please leave your name on the sheet at the back of the church. 7pm start.
We also need fresh helpers on the Tuesday afternoon (around 3 pm) to help clean up and move things back to the Church. If you can help at this time please leave your name on the sheet at the back of the Church.


Posted at 8:52 PM

Parishioners' contribution to their Open House Christmas part

Please give cash towards the annual Open House Christmas party for drop-in centre users to be held on 12 December. Collection dates will be the weekends of 16, 23 November and 7 December.


Posted at 8:51 PM

John Pierce Centre

An appeal for this centre will be held next weekend, 30 November. The apostolate for the Catholic deaf provides religious and pastoral care and social welfare services for the deaf community in Victoria. It provides religious and pastoral care. It provides regular Masses in sign language (Auslan), and caters for hearing-impaired people with visual aides and a hearing loop, and facilitates Masses for deaf people at other centres across the State. The Catholic deaf community also celebrates special feasts of Christmas, Easter and Ephpheta Sunday at Prahran. JPC provides the only specialised sacramental preparation for deaf children and the hearing children of deaf adults, as well as assisting in Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Marriage preparation and Funerals etc. JPC provides a community centre for social activities and facilitates the operation of a number of deaf organisations. JPC provides for the hearing children of deaf parents and their families who live in a 'dual-culture' between the deaf and hearing worlds,


Posted at 8:50 PM

End of an era

Dear Fr Maguire,
Kairos Gospel Reflections
In relation to Gospel Reflections in Kairos Catholic Journal, the decision has been taken to obtain new reflections on the Sunday mass readings in 2009.
I wish to thank you for providing Gospel Reflections to Kairos over many years.
Yours sincerely, Jim O'Farrell
Editor, Kairos


Posted at 8:49 PM

Christmas Carols at St Anthony's Shrine

The Capuchin Franciscan Associates present Christmas carols at St Anthony's Shrine, Hawthorn on Sunday 14 December 2008 at 7.30 pm, with soloists, Alex Sidhu, Kelly Hoskin and musical accompaniment by Henrietta Righetti and The Society of Entertainers Brass Quintet.
The service will be followed by the drawing of the raffle for the Christmas hamper at the Padre Pio Centre. Tickets $2 each or three for $5. Funds raised will support vocations to the Capuchin Franciscan Order.


Posted at 8:48 PM

Mark's Gospel - lecture series

A series of lectures will be held at St John the Baptist Church, Clifton Hill on 4, 8 and 11 December at 7.30 pm. Fr Frank Moloney speak on Mark's Gospel to raise money to help restore a painting given to the church by Archbishop Goold. It has been severely damaged by flood and time. Further information: St John the Baptist Church 9481 7333


Posted at 8:47 PM

From Fr Bob Maguire - 13 November 2008

Sunday, November 16, 2008

God and goodness go together, says I. Not so, say many others. They feel out of it at Christmas. The 'festive season', as it's known in many countries, still evokes memories of God and religion. Carols are sung, many about Jesus, son of God, angels and shepherds likely and unlikely messengers of God.
Give me a break, say those many who classify themselves as areligious. This festive season let's practice goodness but without God. Just do it, I say. Don't fall into the same trap as us religious folk. We worship regularly and talk/pray about helping others, even 'walking with' them, but turn those gospel imperatives into fine, seasonal sentiments safely left behind in church and transformed into more acceptable practices like caring for 'kith and kin' not 'Kath and Kim'!
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Posted at 9:01 PM

Diary note

Please join us in preparing the church for Christmas. The working bee is from 10.30 to 12.30 on 13 December. Please register your intention on the sheet at the back of the church.


Posted at 8:58 PM

Seniors' Christmas party

Once again we will be offering our over 60's traditional Christmas dinner on Tuesday 2 December. If you want to come or know someone who would like to be invited please give Geraldine 9699 6050 or Carol 96992892 a call.
From 7 pm on Monday 1 December we need helpers to set up the school hall. If you can help, please leave your name on the sheet at the back of the church. We also need fresh helpers from 3 pm on the Tuesday to help with the clean up. Will volunteers please leave their names on the sheet at the back of the church.


Posted at 8:57 PM

Theological education; today and in the future

Come and hear The Rev'd Dr Andrew McGowan, director of Trinity Theological College in
The Upper Room on Tuesday 18 November at Pacific Rim Thai Restaurant, 68 Bridport St Albert Park (licensed and BYO). Time 6 pm Dinner or 7.30 to hear the speaker. Contact Anglican Parish of the Parks, St Silas & St Anselm Albert Park on 96965116. Bookings essential.


Posted at 8:56 PM

Open House Christmas

Please contribute to our annual Open House Christmas Party to be held on 12 December. You will have the opportunity to give money on 16 & 23 November and 7 December.
We also need hands to prepare for and repair after the 12 December event. Let us know if you will help on the evening of Thursday 11 December or the afternoon of Friday 12th. Phone Margaret (9699 3896) or Paul (9699 8422)


Posted at 8:55 PM

Margaret Dunne

Please pray for Margaret Dunne who has had a severe stroke. She is currently in Tullamore Hospital. Margaret was a very active member of St Vincent de Paul in the parish. She returned to Ireland in 2006.


Posted at 8:54 PM

Gateway Kitchen's Abbotsford Biscuits

Abbotsford Biscuits are a terrific Christmas gift and supports our disadvantaged youth under the guidance of renowned Melbourne Pastry Chef, Lorella Sartori, Coordinator Catering Enterprise, providing skills in baking and business. For any orders phone 9429 0267


Posted at 8:53 PM

Lil Bracken

During the week we said farewell to Lil Bracken. Lil died last Monday morning after a long illness. Lil was a long-standing member of our Parish. Her children went to Sts Peter & Paul's School. Son Kevin is an active member of our parish. Lil worked at the South Melbourne Market and every market day you would see her and her friend Mavis McCormack heading off to the market. Both were active members of the Catholic Women's Association, prepared the flowers for the high altar and side altars, cleaned the church, supported the Loreto Sisters in the school, worked at the school tuck shop, helped get the yearly fetes together and worked at the Community Chest op shop. Some of you may remember the documentary that was made of them working at the op shop for ABC2. Lil not only cared deeply for her family but also for the people of the neighbourhood: soups, roast lunches and other goodies were distributed daily by her husband Joe. She will be sadly missed by Joe and her family, please remember them all in your prayers and Masses over the coming week.


Posted at 8:51 PM

Lil Bracken

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Please pray for Lil Bracken who died this week and for her family to whom we offer our sympathy.

A Rosary for her will be said at Sts Peter and Paul's on Wednesday evening, 12 November, at 7pm and her funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, the 13th at noon.


Posted at 8:42 AM

From Fr Bob Maguire - 6 November 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008

'Change' was the keynote of Barack Obama's campaign. Change is like the air we breathe. Occasionally someone has to draw our attention to it.


Posted at 3:10 PM

Mark's Gospel - lecture series

Fr Frank Moloney will deliver a series of lectures on Mark's Gospel on 4, 8 and 11 December at 7.30 pm at St John the Baptist Church, 63 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill. This is a fund raising exercise to help restore a painting given to the church by Archbishop Goold. It has been severely damaged by flood and time. People will be asked to donate a note if they are financially able and a gold coin if less financially able. For further details phone that church on 9481 7333,


Posted at 3:09 PM

Theology @ the Pub

The final Theology @ the Pub for 2008 will be on next Tuesday, 11 November. Robyn Fahey will be speak on: 'Witnesses to Hope: Living the Faith in Public at the Pumphouse Hotel at 7.30 pm. Please contact John 0430 032 666, john@theologyatthepub.com.au for further information.


Posted at 3:08 PM

Prayers for Jan Toogood

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Please pray for Jan Toogood who died last week. The rosary will be recited at Sts Peter and Pauls' church this Thursday, 6 November at 7 pm. Her funeral will be at 12 noon on Friday the 7th. May she rest in peace.


Posted at 10:27 AM

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