Warragul and Drouin Catholic Parishes St. Ignatius’, Neerim South-St. ’s, Warragul-St Ita’s, Drouin ‘Forming Missionary Communities’

Parish Priest: Sunday 4th April 2021– SUNDAY of the RESURRECTION-Yr B Father Peter Slater

Presbytery: Sunday Mass Times 3 Witton St PO Box 275 Warragul. Warragul 3820 Neerim South Saturday: Vigil 5.30pm ph: 5623-1642 Warragul Saturday Vigil 7.00pm [email protected] Warragul Sunday: 9.00am Drouin Sunday: 10.30am Assistant Priest: Father Confidence Masvosva Weekday Mass Times ph: 5623-1642 [email protected] Monday: Warragul 9.30am Tuesday: Drouin 9.30am Warragul 5.30pm Deacon: Wednesday: Warragul 9.30am Deacon Mark Kelly Thursday: Drouin 9.30am 0427 748 646 Friday: Warragul 9.30am [email protected]

Churches: St. Joseph’s: 17 Queen St DAWN HAS BROKEN – THE SON it awaits the whole cosmos as it is to Warragul. IS RISEN be transformed by that resurrection Women go to the tomb as dawn is life recreating the whole of creation. St Ita’s: Victoria St, breaking. The Power of Darkness which had Jesus unjustly sentenced, Drouin. We could take a moment to pray cruelly tortured and buried in the that we, along with all that matters, St. Ignatius: pitch blackness of the tomb, is are graced with the life-giving Main Road, conquered by the Son-Rise of all Neerim South. energy of the Risen Son and that we sun rises flooding our world and the may join Mary of Magdala in Parish Office: whole of human history with Divine spreading the Good News of Christ’s 19 Connor St, PO Box 275 Light and Energy. Warragul. Warragul 3820 victory over death. Alleluia! © Fr Tate Ph: 5623-1642 This is the heart of our faith as [email protected] Catholic Christians, which we

Parish Staff: celebrate with bon-fire (good fire) in darkness at the Easter Vigil. From BOOKING FOR MASSES Secretary: that earthly element we light the Prue Walkinshaw Sunday 11th April 2021 Easter candle and the Exsultet is https://www.trybooking.com/ R.C.I.A. Coordinator sung: ‘Be glad, let earth be glad as Joan Robertson Ph: 5623-1642 glory floods her, ablaze with light BQGZH [email protected] from her eternal King.’ This will bring up the list of Masses. Click on book now button and follow Sacrament & Catechist Coordinator the prompts St Joseph’s & St Ita’s The resurrection itself is nowhere Thérèse Meggetto Ph: 5623-1642

[email protected] described in the gospels, but we do have appearances of the Risen Lord Youth Minister Jesus. The first appearance was to a Bethany Allen Ph: 0476 273 279 woman, Mary of Magdala. A title [email protected] given to her by the early church was ‘Apostle to the Apostles’ because Schools: Marist-Sion College 5623-5944 she was the bearer of the message Principal: Mr. Peter Houlahan which the male disciples initially did Safeguarding - Our Parish is not believe. But eventually they too committed to providing a safe and St. Joseph’s Primary School 5623-2943 believed that Death had been done supportive environment for all people Principal: Mr. Ronan O’Mahony with special concern for children, to death because the Son had risen. St. Ita’s Primary School 5623-7222 young people and adults at risk. Our Principal: Mr. Andrew Osler Safeguarding Officer is Christ’s body was transfigured by Brian Robertson who can be St. Angela’s Primary School 5622-9800 the energy of Divine Love and we contacted via can, by grace, participate in that Principal: Mr Justin Greenwood. [email protected] or resurrection life of Our Lord. A 56231642. glorious destiny awaits us, as indeed CATHOLIC PARISHES OF WARRAGUL AND DROUIN OUR VISION - FORMING MISSIONARY COMMUNITIES We are engaged together in the mission of Jesus today; as we seek to make God known and to love God and neighbour. Anything that helps people live in their full dignity and freedom, that serves the kingdom of God, is mission. We do this in community because we are more than individual believers and parishioners. We are one community made up of smaller communities: two parishes, three churches, our parish schools, ministry groups and families. We constantly need formation in our following of Jesus and we seek opportunities to grow in community for mission.

PASTORAL NOTES COLLECTIONS • The entire celebration of the Sunday 28th March 2021 Rosary will be prayed Tuesday 11am St Easter Vigil takes place at night. Warragul Drouin Ignatius Church followed by lunch. It should not begin before Planned Giving $4805.75 $ 3376.00 nightfall and should end before Presbytery $780.70 NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOL daybreak on Sunday. It is an abuse to begin before it is dark Planned Giving includes Direct Debit and ST ANGELA OF THE CROSS simply so that Easter Vigil can be Credit Card Transactions. Weekly target It has been a very busy week to finish scheduled at the customary time for Warragul Parish to meet all church our first term at St Angela’s. We had our of the Sunday Mass on Saturday and Presbytery running costs is $5000. Sports day on Monday and the students evening. Thanks to all who give regularly and enjoyed dressing up in their house generously. colours and participating in a range of Cash is not held on the premises sports and novelty events. An open • The Lucernarium at the bonfire Overnight begins the celebration with a afternoon for parents, Easter raffle and assembly ended our term on a great joyful proclamation of Christ’s AN UPCOMING LIFE IN THE SPIRIT resurrection: the readings of the note. It was a great chance for the SEMINAR students to share all their wonderful Vigil are heard in the light of the Three seminars will be held in a central learning throughout the term with their resurrection. If there is no Priest location in the Diocese as follows: parents. We would like to thank the or Deacon who can sing the St Ita’s Drouin. community for making us feel welcome Easter Proclamation (Exsultet), it Saturday 17/4 God’s promise of the may be sung by a cantor. Holy Spirit and to the staff, students and parents for Saturday 22/5 New life in God’s Spirit. making term 1 such a memorable • The paschal candle is left near Saturday 19/6 Community in the Lord; experience! the ambo or altar until Pentecost Commissioning Mass with Bishop Greg and is alight during liturgical 10.30am each day. PROJECT COMPASSION celebrations. For over half a century, generations of S V D P S ST. ITA’S CONFERENCE Australians have participated in Project • Bells may be rung during the Thank you for your generous support in Compassion, supporting vulnerable Gloria, but this should not the past. We need your help again with communities before, during and after overshadow the more solemn items for our pantry as stocks are natural disasters, conflicts and crises – singing of the Alleluia before the depleted. We would like donations of making it one of the nation’s longest Gospel. tea, coffee, long life milk, jam, vegemite running charity campaigns. and sweet or dry biscuits. Your Please donate to Project Compassion • Help with integrating the rites of donations can be left in the SVDP box 2021 to help continue empowering baptism, and in St. Ita’s Church Foyer. Your vulnerable communities around the reception into full communion generosity is very much appreciated by world lift themselves and their into the Easter Vigil. The renewal our Members and those we help. communities out of poverty. You can of baptismal promises is our Sincere Thanks, donate through Parish boxes and annual opportunity as adults to Frances Godfrey envelopes, by visiting reaffirm the faith and St Ita’s Conference www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion commitment of our baptism or phoning 1800 024 413. RCIA COUNSELLOR FOR BUSHFIRE Congratulations and welcome to RESPONSE Shelley Jordon, Anita Anderson, Stacey PROGRAM, CATHOLICCARE EAST Lia, Ruby Allsop and Troy O'Bree who GIPPSLAND were baptised at the Easter Vigil in CatholicCare is seeking a qualified St. Joseph's Church. Please keep them counsellor or psychologist to work in in your prayers as they take this the bush fire affected region in East important step in their journey of faith. Gippsland. Full time or part-time, hours negotiable. It is an exciting role working CHILDRENS BOOK ON with a small dedicated team within the SAFEGUARDING wider CatholicCare Gippsland suite of The Diocese has produced a Children’s services. For further information please Book on Safeguarding as part of helping phone Denise: 56221188 See children aged 4 to 9 years old to develop CatholicCare Victoria’s Careers page protective behaviours. It is situated in for full details www.ccam.org.au/ Gippsland and a Catholic resource. It is careers designed for parents and grandparents to read to children of this age. They are now looking for budding artists to illustrate the book. If you would like to help please contact Prue at the office for details.

Beyond History Mystery YEAR OF ST JOSEPH Celebrating Jesus’ resurrection at Easter (Mark 16:1-8), we observe more than just another chapter in his amazing Prayer to St Joseph. story. “For believers in Jesus it is the most real, important and decisive event that has ever occurred in human history, Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, because it is the foundation and the true hope of Spouse of the Blessed Mary. history.” (Pagola. J. Jesus: An Historical Approximation p393). To you God entrusted his only Son;

Australian writer Kevin Treston puts it in perspective, “After a In you Mary placed her trust; brief teaching mission of perhaps less than three years and With you Christ became man. gathering a group of disciples, Jesus was captured, turned over to the Roman authorities and crucified for a purported Blessed Joseph, to us too, threat to public order.” (Treston, K. The Wind Blows Where It Chooses Show yourself a father p51). We are all too familiar with this sort of injustice. And guide us in the path of life. Dictatorships and regimes frequently carry out such activities in countries near to our own and it hardly makes our news. So Obtain for us grace, what is different here? “Jesus was then raised up by God in Mercy, and courage, the resurrection as the Christ! The resurrection of Jesus as the Christ is the glorious affirmation of God’s power in Jesus and And defend us from every evil. the foundation stone of the Christian faith.” (Pagola p393) Amen.

We have historical evidence that, from the first years after Francis. Jesus’ death, Christians were using a variety of formulas to confess the belief they all shared, which spread rapidly across the Roman Empire: “God has raised Jesus from among the dead!”

“St Irenaus [second century Bishop] insisted that there is but one faith, for it is grounded in the concrete event of the incarnation and can never transcend the flesh and history of Christ.”(Pope Francis Lumen Fidei 47). “Following Jesus is the only thing that makes us Christian but, “no gospel writer has tried to describe Jesus resurrection. No-one can be a witness to the transcendent act of God……..the resurrection of Jesus goes beyond history, but has left its mark in history.” (Pagola p393) Deacon Mark Kelly

Please pray for the following of our Parishes:

Mass Intentions

Monday 9.30am Warragul Harry Gargan & Dan Vaughan PASTORAL SERVICES

Parish Office: 19 Connor Street Warragul

Monday-Friday 9am-3pm

ANNIVERSARIES Harry Gargan & Dan Vaughan Baptisms: Celebrated on Sundays by prior arrangement including participation MEETINGS at an information meeting for Parents (and Godparents) CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP Meets Wednesdays St Ita’s Church 7.00pm All welcome. Marriages: By prior arrangement, six months MENALIVE PRAYER GROUPS Every Wednesday 7am St Joseph’s Meeting Room. Fourth Thursday of each month 7pm St Ita’s Meeting Room. notice requested.

Exposition: Saturdays 10am St Joseph’s Church

ROSTERS FOR ST ITA’S Reconciliation: St Joseph’s Wednesday 9.15am READER COMMUNION MINISTER DROUIN SICK Saturday 10.30-11.00am 6.30-6.50pm 11/4 Frances & G Collins J Durand St Ita’s Saturday 9.45-10.15am

CatholicCare: Services include counselling Individual, Family & Natural Family Planning Counselling Ph 1800 522 076

St. Vincent de Paul Conference helpline: Warragul Ph: 5623 6741 Drouin Ph: 5625 4715

LITURGY OF THE WORD GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Cor 5:7-8 Alleluia, alleluia! FIRST READING Acts 10:34. 37-43 Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; A reading from the Acts of the Apostles let us feast with joy in the Lord. We have eaten and drunk with him after his Alleluia! resurrection from the dead. Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘You must have heard about the recent happenings in GOSPEL Mk 16:1-7 Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, has God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with risen. power, and because God was with him, Jesus went When the sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can which to go and anoint him. And very early in the witness to everything he did throughout the morning on the first day of the week they went to the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and tomb, just as the sun was rising. also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole But when they looked they could see that the stone – people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen which was very big – had already been rolled back. beforehand. Now we are those witnesses – we have On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from white robe seated on the right hand side, and they the dead – and he has ordered us to proclaim this to were struck with amazement. But he said to them, his people and to tell them that God has appointed ‘There is no need for alarm. You are looking for Jesus him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has risen, he is not all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe here. See, here is the place where they laid him. But in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his you must go and tell his disciples and Peter, “He is name.’ going before you to Galilee; it is there you will see The Word of the Lord him, just as he told you.”’ The Gospel of the Lord. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 117:1-2. 16-17. 22-23. R. v.24 (R.) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. 1. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say:

‘His love has no end.’ (R.) 2. The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds. (R.) 3. The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone. Next Weeks Readings: This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes. (R.)

Second Sunday of Easter SECOND READING Col 3:1-4 A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Acts 4: 32-35; Colossians Look for the things that are in heaven, 1 Jn 5: 1-6; where Christ is. Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in Jn 20: 19-31. heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him. The Word of the Lord Mass texts: Roman Missal 3rd edition © International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Scriptural quotations: The Jerusalem Bible © 1966, 1967, 1968. Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Inc. Used by permission. Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.