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

FIRST READING Acts 12:1-11 ST JOSEPH THE WORKER Now I know it is indeed true: the Lord has saved me from the power of Herod. ______NORTH RESERVOIR ______79 Wilson Boulevard, North Reservoir 3073 RESPONSORIAL PSALM SALMO RESPONSORIALE Parish House/Office Tel: 9460 3013 Fax: 9460 8832 Mb: 0431 643 674 The Lord set me free from all my fears. Il Signore mi ha liberato da ogni paura. Email: [email protected] www.stjosephtheworker.org.au School Tel: 9469 7800 Fax: 9462 2949 Timothy 4:6-8. 17-18 SECOND READING All that remains now is the crown of righteousness. SUNDAY MASS TIMES: Fr Emmanuel Bonello–Parish Priest WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Sat 6.00pm - English Sr Estelita Manabo-Pastoral Associate Mon. 9.10am Comm. Service GOSPEL ACCLAMATION CANTO AL VANGELO Sun. 9.00am - Italian Mr Peter Chowne -School Principal Tue. 10.00am Italian Alleluia, alleluia Alleluia, alleluia! Sun. 10.30am – English Mrs Liz Pistoni – Parish Secretary Wed. 9.10am - English You are Peter, the rock on which I will build my Church; Tu sei Pietro e su questa pietra Thur. 9.10am - English the gates of hell will not hold out against it. edifichero’ la mia Chiesa e le potenze Maltese Mass Fri. 9.10am - English Sat. 8.30am - English Alleluia! degli inferi non prevarranno su di essa. st Alleluia! 1 Saturday of the Month 6.00pm Sat. 8.30am - English Sat. 8.30am-English GOSPEL Matthew 16:13-19 Baptisms – Sunday 12.00pm Reconciliation: Sat. 10.30am You are Peter, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Marriages - By Appointment

THANKS TO THOSE WHO GAVE LAST WEEK 1st Collection - Thanksgiving Offering…………………………..$894.00 Sts Peter & Paul , Year A 29 June, 2014 - Loose Money…………………………………….$927.00 2nd Collection - Presbytery………………………………………..$648.00

PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE WHO ARE ROSTERED ON TO READ OR GIVE COMMUNION AT Lives larger than Life MASS ARE KINDLY ASKED, IF POSSIBLE, TO ARRIVE 10 MINUTES BEFORE MASS STARTS LECTORS - THIS WEEK 29/06/2014 SPECIAL MINISTERS Ted and Kath live in a small town in rural Australia. They have been married for fifty-three years. Ted 6.00pm (SAT) – Sr T Fitsimmons & E Krygger N Ziino & S Dakin worked at the local council. Kath devoted her time to responsibilities in the home and to the needs of their 9.00am (SUN) – C Brunetti & G Barbaro D Biasibetti, R DeZan & L Calafiore eight children. Ted and Kath involved themselves enthusiastically in the activities of their local community. When Ted 10.30am (SUN) – N Sua & S Miano S Rottura, J Iaria & J Frangiosa retired and with the children all grown up and living elsewhere, Ted and Kath thought about what they would do. Their family had lots of suggestions for them. Go overseas. Buy a caravan and travel around LECTORS – NEXT WEEK 06/07/2014 SPECIAL MINISTERS Australia. Move into a retirement village at the coast. Build a ‘granny flat’ and live with one of the 6.00pm (SAT) - MALTESE MASS (Selected) MALTESE MASS (Selected) children. 9.00am (SUN) – L Calafiore & R DiGuglielmo T Merigliano, P Leggiero & S Lobartolo It didn’t take Ted and Kath long to decide their future. They loved their small town and its people. They 10.30am (SUN) –Sr Fitzsimmons & E Bartlett C McMahon, T Nguyen & D Herbert loved their many commitments and involvements. So the decision was clear and simple. They would stay and devote themselves even more to working for their community. MONEY COUNTERS 30/06/2014 D Herbert, C McMahon & S Dakin Ted and Kath give their lives for their town and community, serving with distinction, generosity and self 07/07/2014 S Dakin & D Herbert giving. They are pillars of the community; a ‘larger than life’ couple who are simply known as Ted and Kath; loved and respected throughout the district and an inspiration to everyone. Today the Church celebrates two pillars of our faith: Peter, apostle to the Jews; and Paul, apostle to the YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING Gentiles. They too were ‘larger than life’ figures. We can draw inspiration from their faith, commitment RECENTLY DECEASED and courage. Peter and Paul professed a deep faith in Christ. In the gospel, Peter says, “You are the Maria Antonia D’AGOSTINO,Michael KLAUJA, Luigi SVIZZERO, Christ, the Son of the living God.” Dr. Eucaristico ATTARD (rec. in Gozo, Malta); Christine GALLINARO (niece of Sina Ciantar); Peter and Paul lived their faith by fulfilling their commitment to the mission of Christ. Paul says in the Anthony LARAIA second reading, “The Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles hear it.” Despite repeated effort to silence them, Peter and Paul ANNIVERSARIES courageously preached and shared the Good News of salvation in Christ, until they were both martyred. Peter SALIBA, Francesco INZITARI, Giuseppe SOZZI, Grazia SENESE, Mario DI FEDERICO, Their faithfulness and self-giving meant sharing in the victory of Christ. As Paul says, “I have competed Giuseppe & Maria DI FEDERICO, Felice TARANTO, Nicola GIAMPIETRO, Lucia ANGOTTE, well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me… Luigi & John PASCUZZI, Agasta NICCI, Sebastiano & Giovanni SCUDERI, Salvatore & Maria FRASCHILA, The Lord will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom.” Peter and Paul show us how to live the Christian Antonio GELSOMINI, Caterina BARAVECCHIA, Johnny FORTE, Maria-Giulia & Matteo RICCIO, life. We are invited to grow and mature in our faith; professing Christ, the Son of the living God. We are Gina DI DONATO, called to be committed disciples, playing our part in the mission of Christ. We are challenged to courageously accept our mission to preach the Good News in the world, despite the risks and difficulties. We can powerfully proclaim Christ everyday by the way we live. Peter and Paul did it. Ted and Kath do it. We too can do it. FR MANNY BONELLO – 31ST ANNIVERSARY OF PRIESTHOOD Congratulations to Fr Manny who celebrated his 31st anniversary of priesthood on Wednesday 25th June. We ask God’s blessing and prayers for Fr Manny as he continues his priestly ministry and his great work in the parish.

POPE FRANCIS' VISION OF FAITH - PART OF THE ACU POPE FRANCIS CONFERENCE TUESDAY 1 JULY, 7PM - 9PM An evening forum of the Engaging the World: Living the Gospel Conference. All welcome. Where: Australian Catholic University Cathedral Hall, 20 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne Registration & more info: www.acu.edu.au/popefrancis Contact: 02 9701 4176 or [email protected]

SOLO CATHOLICS – SUNDAY 6 JULY, 10:30AM 10:30am: Join us for a Mass for Solo Catholic celebrated by Fr Gerard Dowling, followed by morning tea. Where: Mass - St Cecilia’s Catholic Church, 37 Hillside Pde Glen Iris (Melway 59K6) 12 noon: ‘Christmas in July’ Lunch Where: Caulfield Glasshouse, 1 Station St (opp Caulfield Station). Contact: Peter 0418 502 297

BRIGIDINE ASYLUM SEEKER PROJECT Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project needs volunteers to assist in supporting and teaching English to asylum seekers. An information Night will be held at Reservoir Neighborhood House 2B Cuthbert Road Reservoir, on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 7.00pm. To assist in catering, please RSVP to: Phil Steele Email: [email protected] Phone: 0419 311 582 Or Sue Wood Email: [email protected] Phone: 9534 6366

CARITAS AUSTRALIA Caritas Australia thank the Parish community of St Joseph the Worker for the generous support and kind donation of $1632.00. Your gift has helped to provide the most basic of needs like food, water and medical support to communities all around the world, as well as respond to emergencies through our extensive network of partners. Your support will enable Caritas Australia to direct the funds to where they are needed most in delivering life-saving supplies to disaster affected regions as well as looking at long term development support for the future.

BAPTISMS Congratulations to Domenico Palermo child of Giacinto and Simone, Scarlett Viggiano child of Giovanni and Charmaine, Daniel Marchio child of Anthony and Lisa, and Hunter Lovett child of SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 IS ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT Travis and Renata who will be baptised this weekend. We welcome them into our parish community and assure the families of our prayerful best wishes on this happy occasion. ISLANDER SUNDAY The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and MEMORIAL MASSES Torres Strait Islanders has prepared the Alive with Power resource to help Australia Catholics Tuesday 1 July 7.00pm – Giuseppe Sozzi (1 mth) understand the meaning behind this iconic national Catholic celebration. Wednesday 2 July 7.00pm – Grazia Senese (1 yr) Friday 4 July 7.00pm – Francesco Inzitari (1 mth) “ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christians have an important role in helping the rest of us discover a sense of God’s presence in our own encounters with the Australian bush, whether it be in FUNERAL NOTICE mountains, deserts, rainforests or on beaches. We can encounter the Holy Spirit in moments of peace Rosary for Maria Antonia D’Agostino will be recited on Wednesday 2 July at 10.30am, followed by and of quiet joy in the natural world. We can come to a sense of the Spirit breathing through the land, of Funeral Mass at 11.00am the Holy Spirit as the ‘Giver of Life’ for the whole creation. The witness of indigenous Australians can teach all members of the Christian community to see that when we gather for Eucharist, and when we 2014 MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY MASS SUNDAY 27 JULY 11.00AM bring gifts of bread and wine to the altar, we hold this land with all its creatures up to God. They can Register now for this year’s Annual Anniversary Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral for couples celebrating teach us that we humans belong to the one community of creation before God, and that in the Eucharist a 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 70th anniversary in 2014. we praise God with this community– ‘All you have created rightly gives you praise’ (3rd Eucharistic Contact: The Life, Marriage and Family Office at [email protected] or 9287 5579. Prayer). There is, then, a close and deep connection between this kind of spirituality and that of Saint Francis of FEAST Assisi. Pope Francis points this out: ‘Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all Thursday 3 July – St Thomas, apostle of us as Christians, are called to watch over and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples’ (par. 216). Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have joyfully embraced the good news of Jesus, and become part of the community of his disciples. In encountering Jesus they do not abandon their feeling for the land. On the contrary, in him, they find new reasons to love the land and to “care for country.” (For the full resource please look on the Website: www.catholic.org.au)

CROSSROADS APPLICATIONS – CLOSING SOON! Pilgrimage to Alice Springs for Year 12’s Pilgrimage dates: 26 Nov – 8 Dec 2014 Applications close: 31 July 2014 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. Application forms: www.cam.org.au/youth/Crossroads More info: Archdiocesan Youth Office on 9287 5565.

CATHOLIC MISSIONS CHURCH APPEAL 5/6 JULY The mid-year Catholic Mission Appeal (Propagation of Faith) will be held in our Parish on the weekend of the 5th & 6th of July. The mission appeal reflective theme: “Heal the Broken-Hearted” is inspired by Psalm 147 verse 3: “He ‘God’ heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds”. As we mark the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide this year, parishioners are invited to reach out and help the broken-hearted people of Rwanda forgive, heal and unite. Over twenty years since the horrific 1994 genocide, the Catholic Church in Rwanda has played a major role in helping the Tutsi and Hutu people in their process of healing, reconciliation and forgiveness. Father Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, the parish priest at Nyamata parish, one of the areas where the genocide experienced some of its worst crimes, has dedicated his life to reaching out and supporting his people in their healing process through the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Our financial contribution and prayers are needed to help the Rwandan people build new churches as well as for them to be offered counselling and healing classes with scripture teachings to help communities continue to forgive and unite. Appeal envelopes will be available on seats next weekend (5/6 July) some envelopes are available in the narthex and near the side door this weekend if you wish to take one and bring it back next week.