St Joseph the Worker s14

As we come and worship, we remember the wurundjeri people, the original custodians of this land

FIRST READING Proverbs 8:22-31 anni MERCOVECCHIO, Geosomine DEL PAPA, Franco SCARAMOZZINO, Emanuele AGIUS, Wisdom was born before the earth was made. Giuseppe & Carmela PINO, Lazzaro & Carmela DE CATA, Michele & Angela CIAVARELLA

RESPONSORIAL PSALM SALMO RESPONSORIALE ST JOSEPH THE WORKER O Lord our God, how wonderful your name in all O Signore, quanto e’ mirabile il tuo nome su ______NORTH RESERVOIR ______the earth. tutta la terra. 79 Wilson Boulevard, North Reservoir 3073 Parish House/Office Tel: 9460 3013 Fax: 9460 8832 SECOND READING Romans 5:1-5 Email: [email protected] To God through Christ in the love which is poured out through the Spirit. www.stjosephtheworker.org.au School Tel: 9469 7800 Fax: 9462 2949 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION CANTO AL VANGELO Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia! SUNDAY MASS TIMES: Fr Emmanuel Bonello–Parish Priest WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Gloria al Padre e al Figlio e allo Spirito Mb: 0431 643 674 Sat 6.00pm - English Sr Estelita Manabo-Pastoral Associate Mon. 9.10am Comm. Service Spirit: to God who is, who was, and who is to come. Santo, a Dio, che e’, che era e che viene. Sun. 9.00am - Italian Mrs Maria Barnes -School Principal Tue. 10.00am Italian Alleluia! Alleluia! Sun. 10.30am – English Mrs Liz Pistoni – Parish Secretary Wed. 9.10am - English Thur. 9.10am - English GOSPEL John 16:12-15 Maltese Mass Fri. 9.10am - English Whatever the Father has is mine. The Spirit will receive what I give and tell you about it. Sat. 8.30am - English 1st Saturday of the Month 6.00pm Sat. 8.30am - English Sat. 8.30am-English Baptisms – Sunday 12.00pm Reconciliation: Sat. 10.30am THANKS TO THOSE WHO GAVE LAST WEEK Marriages - By Appointment st 1 Collection - Thanksgiving Offering…………………………..$656.00 - Loose Money…………………………………….$235.00 Trinity Sunday, Year C 22 May 2016 2nd Collection - Presbytery………………………………………..$254.00

PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE WHO ARE ROSTERED ON TO READ OR GIVE COMMUNION AT MASS ARE KINDLY ASKED, IF POSSIBLE, TO ARRIVE 10 MINUTES BEFORE MASS STARTS LECTORS - THIS WEEK 22/05/2016 SPECIAL MINISTERS 6.00pm (SAT) – E Saliba & Sr T Fitzsimmons S Dakin & R Iuele 9.00am (SUN) – C Brunetti & G Barbaro M Forte, G Tempone, C Alberti & F Pascuzzi 10.30am (SUN) – B Clark-Loh & Sr Estelita A Filippone, J Frangiosa, S Dakin, S Rottura J Iaria

LECTORS – NEXT WEEK 29/05/2016 SPECIAL MINISTERS 6.00pm (SAT) E Krygger & N Ziino P Nguyen & E Saliba 9.00am (SUN) – L Calafiore & F Multari P Sparano, R Pino, L Cavedon & S Lobartolo 10.30am (SUN) – First Holy Communion (School) First Holy Communion (School)

MONEY COUNTERS 23/05/2016 E Claridge, F Carabott & G Canavan 30/05/2016 D Herbert, S Dakin & C McMahon

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING

RECENTLY DECEASED Fr Ross Anthony MCKENNEY, Carmen MALLIA, Mary EWENS, Concettina MERLINO. Tisbe PAINO ANNIVERSARIES Jane GAUCI, Rosita LEYBAN, Tobia, Mora & George NASSIMA, Angelina BUTERA, Angelo BUTERA, Carlo MARIANI, Sipontina NARDELLA, Lucia NICASTRI, Elena MARKESICH Maria VIRGONA Tuesday 24 May 7.00pm – Concettina Merlino (d. Rec.) Wednesday 25 May 7.00pm – Angelina Butera (1 mth) Three In One Sunday 29 May 9.00am – Angelo Butera (1 mth) Have your children asked you what we mean by the Trinity? You might wonder how to explain our basic Christian beliefs in ways children can FEASTS Tuesday 24 May – Our Lady Help of Christians understand. You could say that we believe there are three persons in God: the Thursday 26 May – St Philip Neri Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But your children might reply: isn’t there just one God? So how can there be three persons? This is not just a question for children, but also for adults. People of other MASS FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS 2016 Sunday 5 June, 11am at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Cathedral Place, East Melbourne monotheistic religions, Jews and Muslims especially, find talk of the Trinity puzzling, as do some The Life, Marriage & Family Office warmly invites all expectant mothers and their families to the annual Christians. Part of the problem arises from our use of the misleading word ‘person’. We commonly Mass for Expectant Mothers. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart. Expectant understand person to mean an autonomous human being with individual self-consciousness and free mothers who register will receive a small token of recognition at the Mass. Details and registration: will. But that is not what we mean of the persons in the Blessed Trinity. There are not three centres www.cam.org.au/lifemarriagefamily or on 9287 5587 or [email protected]. Registration closes on Friday of consciousness in God, only one. We are not tritheists. The original meaning of the Latin word 27 May. ‘persona’ was a ‘mask’ or ‘character’ in a play, not a person in the modern sense of the word. Indeed The Life, Marriage and Family Office is an official agency of the Archdiocese of Melbourne dealing with the modern word developed from the ancient word to describe the persons in the Trinity. How did life, marriage and family issues. the early Christians develop their understanding of God as followers of Christ? Like all Jewish people, the early disciples were decidedly monotheistic, and Christians remained so through the early centuries. The first Christians had their intense experience of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, EXPERIENCE TAIZÉ followed by the empowering of the Holy Spirit; they tried to make sense of this and to explain these Friday 27 May, 6–7pm, St Pius X Church, 419 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg West extraordinary events to later generations. The New Testament writers repeatedly highlight the A service of prayer, song and contemplation. Come and experience this calming, quieting and welcome divinity of Jesus and the Holy Spirit with, their oneness with God, whom Jesus invited us to address respite from the hustle and bustle of life. All are welcome. Light supper after prayer will be provided. in very intimate and personal terms as our Father. Inevitably this is a patriarchal term and so Details: 9457 5794 somewhat problematic for some people today. For we know God is neither male nor female, but the origin of all being. We refer to Jesus as the second person of the Trinity. The Word of the Father AN EVENING WITH MASSIMO FAGGIOLI astonishingly assumes flesh in the humanity of Jesus, Son of the Father, including a human Thursday 21 July, 7.30pm, St Carthage’s Church, 123 Royal Parade, Parkville consciousness without losing his sense of unity with the Father. How is all this possible? Christians Professor Massimo Faggioli is regarded as one of the most significant commentators on the Catholic have wrestled for centuries to try and understand, but finally we bow before mystery. Like the early Church in the post-Vatican II era. His books have received significant acclaim: Vatican II: the battle for Christians we relish the experience of God’s love in our life and in creation, of Jesus coming among meaning (2012), Sorting out Catholicism: a brief history of the new ecclesial movements (2014), A us as our redeemer in such a graphically human way, and of the comforting presence of God’s Holy council for the global Church: receiving Vatican II in history (2015). For his Melbourne appearance, Spirit guiding us. We can have the experience of all this without fully understanding its meaning. Professor Faggioli will talk on the theme ‘The Catholic Church and Francis in the international situation As the book of Proverbs (8:31) says so beautifully in the liturgy today, the Wisdom of God is “ever today’. All welcome. at play in God’s presence, at play everywhere in God’s world, delighting to be with the children of Cost: $20.00 mankind.”

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION FESTA DI SANT’ANTONIO

Next Sunday 29 May 2016 at the 10.30am mass and at a special 1.30pm mass, Domenica 12 Giugno 2016 there will be (36) children who will receive Euhcarist for the first time. Programma: Congratulations to all these children and their families as they celebrate and 9.00am Santa Messa cantata in Italiano. receive this very special sacrament. Let us also promise our prayers for these 2.00pm Inizio con canti e preghiere in onore a S. Antonio. children and their families that they may continue to believe in the presence of Santa Messa Celebrata da : Padre Luciano Toldo Jesus who teaches us to serve and love one another. Concelebrante: Padre Emanuele Bonello PP. Messa cantata dal coro Furlan sotto la guida di Pietro Canil.

La processione sara’ accompagnata dalla Banda Musicale Bellini. BAPTISMS Rientro in Chiesa per la Benedizione con il S.S. Sacramento. Congratulations to Luca Batinovic child of Michael and Jessica, Ruby Grech child of Adam and Janelle who will be baptised this weekend. We welcome them into our parish community and assure the families Dopo la funzione religiosa ci sara’ la distribuzione del pane benedetto. of our prayerful best wishes on this happy occasion Le Associazioni che desiderano partecipare sono invitate di portare i loro stendardi Segue in sala, concerto con la Nota Banda Bellini. MEMORIAL MASSES PORCHETTA TIPO ABRUZZESE E PANINI INBOTTITI IN VENDITA DALLE 11.00AM IN POI NELLA SALA PARROCCHIALE.

FROM THE POPE’S TWITTER  The world needs the courage, hope, faith and perseverance of Christ’s followers.  The gift of the Holy Spirit has been bestowed in abundance so that we may live lives of genuine faith and active charity.  To communicate with mercy means to help create a healthy, free and fraternal closeness among the children of God.

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY FORMATION DAY: DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS Sunday 29 May, 9.30am (Mass), 10.30am–5pm Formation Day St Patrick’s Cathedral (Mass) and Cardinal Knox Centre (presentation venue), 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne ‘Difficult conversations: how to discuss what matters most.’ We all tend to avoid difficult conversations with our spouse or children for a number of reasons. This formation day will explore the reasons why and provide a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. ‘Difficult Conversations’ will be presented by Fr Doug Smith and Cheryl and Eugene Gabin, who have served on the WWME Australian National, Pacific and World Councils. Cost: Free; there will be a donation box on the day with all money collected going towards the support of our Fijian community affected by Cyclone Winston in February this year. Details and RSVP: Maria and Andre on 0411 225 992 or [email protected]

The Life, Marriage and Family Office is an official agency of the Archdiocese of Melbourne dealing with life, marriage and family issues.