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61 LERDERDERG STREET, BACCHUS MARSH 3340 67-75 EXFORD ROAD, MELTON SOUTH, 3338. TEL: 5367 2069 P.O BOX 2152 MELTON SOUTH 3338 OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS, KOROBEIT TEL: 9747 9692 FAX: 9746 0422 309 MYRNIONG-KOROBEIT ROAD 3341 3rd Sunday In Ordinary Time-Year B 24th January 2021 PARISH PRIEST: Fr Fabian Smith ASSISTANT PRIESTS: Fr Lucas Kyaw Myint /Father Marcus Goulding ST ANTHONY’S PARISH ST BERNARD’S PARISH Parish Secretary: Lesley Morffew Parish Secretary: Dolores Turcsan Admin Assistant: Judy Johnson Admin Assistant: Judy Johnson Parish Office Hours: Sacramental Coordinator/ Bookkeeper: Naim Chdid January :Tue-Fri9.00am-1.00pm Parish Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9.00am-1.00pm Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.stanthonyof padua.com.au Website: www.stbernardsbacchusmarsh.com.au St Anthony’s School Principal: Damien Schuster St Bernard’s School Principal: Emilio Scalzo Wilson Road, Melton South 3338 19a Gisborne Rd, Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340 Phone: 8099 7800 Phone: (03) 5366 5800 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.sameltonsth.catholic.edu.au Website: www.sbbacchusmarsh.catholic.edu.au Catholic Regional College - Melton (Years 7-12) Principal: Marlene Jorgensen Phone: 8099 6000 Website: www.crcmelton.com.au ST ANTHONY’S PASTORAL COUNCIL ST BERNARD’S PASTORAL COUNCIL Sue Alexander 0400 171 843 Shane Cook -School Advisory Board 0419 999 052 Lillian Christian - Vice Chair 0400 441 257 Peter Farren 0418 594 501 Stephen Fernandes 0439 743 533 Moira Ross 0400 675 056 Amy Honrade 03 9747 0078 Aaron Russell - Chair 0401 927 502 Natalie Howard - Chair 0492 947 201 Rose Ma’ae 0431 386 473 Sally Markulin 0405 814 490 EX-OFFICIO: EX-OFFICIO: Fr Fabian Smith PP, Fr Lucas Kyaw Myint, Fr Marcus Goulding Fr Fabian Smith PP, Fr Lucas Kyaw Myint, Fr Marcus Goulding and Emilio Scalzo and Damien Schuster Council Secretary: Judy Johnson CHILD SAFETY OFFICERS Coordinator: Godwin Barton (0425 734 449) Officers: Karina Dunne & Lorraine Tellis PARISHIONER’S FIRST COLLECTION/SECOND COLLECTION Parishioners who normally give cash each weekend for the collections, if they wish to donate, are now able to go to the link below and make their payments online. The link to the St Anthony’s Parish is: https://bit.ly/CDFpayMeltonSouth The link to the St Bernard’s Parish is: https://bit.ly/CDFpayBacchusMarsh Please put your name and thanksgiving number if you know it as a reference. If you need a Priest in the case of an emergency please call 0403 435 471 MASS AND DEVOTIONS ST ANTHONY’S 25/1-31/1 MELTON SOUTH ST BERNARD’S 25/1-31/1 BACCHUSMARSH MASS TIMES: MASS TIMES: Monday 25th Jan: No Mass Monday 25th Jan: No Mass Tuesday 26th Jan: 6.30pm Tuesday 26th Jan: 9.30am Wednesday 27th Jan: 9.15am Wednesday 27th Jan: 9.30am Thursday 28th Jan: 9.15am Thursday 28th Jan: 9.30am Friday 29th Jan: 9.15am Friday 29th Jan: 9.30am Saturday 30th Jan: ( EF Latin 1962) 9.00am A Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration will be held each A Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration will be held each Tuesday evening at 5.30pm Tuesday evening at 7.30pm. Saturday Vigil 30th Jan: 5.00pm Saturday Vigil 30th Jan: 5.00pm Sunday 31st Jan: 8.30am Sunday 31st Jan: 8.30am 10.00am 10.30am 5.00pm Confession available 30 minutes prior to each Mass Confession available 30 minutes prior to each Mass OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS KOROBEIT MASS TIME Saturday Vigil: 6.30pm AUSTRALIA DAY PRAYER Australia Day Prayer We bless you, God of the universe, for this land, for its contrasts of landscape and climate, for its abundance of wealth and opportunity. We bless you for our history, with all its struggle in adversity, its courage and hope. Give us in our diversity tolerance and respect for each other and a passionate commitment to justice for all. Bless us so that we might be a blessing to others. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Source: catholicdoors.com PARISH & EVENTS NOTICES ST ANTHONY’S MASS BOOKINGS St Anthony’s can now accommodate 350 people at Mass indoors. Online registration is no longer required for any of our regularly scheduled Masses. Simply turn up and sign in upon arrival using our QR code or the paper registration forms provided. ST BERNARD’S MASS BOOKINGS St Bernard’s can now accommodate 150 people at Mass indoors. Online registration is no longer required for any of our regularly scheduled Masses. Simply turn up and sign in upon arrival using our QR code or the paper registration forms provided. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Anointing of the sick can be organised with the Priests directly, please call them. Father Fabian 0403 435 471/Fr Lucas 0478 768 141 /Fr Marcus 0468 367 893 BAPTISM PREPERATION MEETING– ST ANTHONY’S AND ST BERNARD’S A Baptism Preparation meeting will be held at St Anthony’s Church on Thursday 28th January at 6.30pm for parents wishing to have their child baptised. Please contact the Parish Offices for further details. Thank you. AUSTRALIA DAY –PUBLIC HOLIDAY St Anthony’s and St Bernard’s Parish Offices will be closed on Tuesday 26th January for the Australia Day public holiday. LEARN ABOUT THE LATIN MASS 10am – 11am Saturdays during February @ St Bernard’s Parish Hall, Bacchus Marsh Preceded by Latin Mass at 9am in St Bernard’s Church Over the last decade, there has been a great renewal in appreciation for the pre-Conciliar form of the Sacred Liturgy, often termed the ‘Extraordinary Form’ or ‘Latin Mass’. To help you familiarise with this beautiful and ancient form of the Church’s worship, Fr Marcus is offering four catechetical presentations during February. Session 1 | 6th Feb 2020 – The Structure of the Mass Session 2 | 13th Feb 2020 – The Postures and Responses Session 3 | 20th Feb 2020 – History & Theology of the Mass Session 4 | 27th Feb 2020 – Testimonies NEWS FROM THE PARISH OFFICES ST ANTHONY’S ST BERNARD’S NEXT WEEKEND ROSTER 30th & 31st JANUARY NEXT WEEKEND ROSTER 30th & 31st JANUARY MINISTERS OF THE WORD MINISTERS OF THE WORD Saturday –30th January Saturday 30th January 5.00pm Stephen Fernandes 5.00pm: Miesen Family Sunday 31st January Sunday-31st January 8.30am Jan Carragher 10.00am Erin Phillips 8.30am : Mercy Seifatu 10.30am : Rose Ma’ae EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS 5.00pm: Michael Higgins Saturday 30th January 5.00pm Stuart Robertson Sunday 31st January 8.30am Peter Lafranchi 10.00am James Waters COLUMBAN CALENDARS Columban Calendars are back in stock in the Piety Stall cost is $9.00. The Stall will be open from 9.30-10am on Sundays. By Father Tadeusz Dajczer, catholiceducation.org/en/ Dajczer, By Father Tadeusz The Testimony of John Paul II documents of the Church, which laid out the way of action for Catholic mass media. On May 25, 1985, in St Peter’s Square in Rome, However, the Pope did not mention these Pope John Paul II placed a cardinal’s biretta on the merits. He said nothing about the greatness of head of Archbishop Andrzej Maria Deskur. Cardinal Deskur’s contribution for the development This was an unusual consistory which invoked of the mass media. The Cardinal brought with him shock and amazement. Why was the Pope appoin- into the College of Cardinals the stigma of ting a paralysed man as a cardinal? Surely, the suffering, which is a sacrifice. dignity of cardinal is not a title or reward for the One gets the impression that, in this way, the work of a bishop. Cardinals are the first advisers Pope wanted particularly to emphasise the value of and associates of the Pope. They have a very important role in the Church. Why, then, was a man humble means. who was unable to work because of his suffering, On the following June 1, in the afternoon, appointed a cardinal? Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur received his titular Church of San Cesareo in Palatio, the same church John Paul II discreetly revealed this mystery in the evening of the consistory in his speech to that Cardinal Karol Wojtyla had received in 1967. pilgrims from Poland. This is what he said about The Cardinal, in the majesty of his suffering, Cardinal Deskur: “He is particularly close to me celebrated Mass seated. Instead of a cardinal’s from long ago, in my student years in the seminary, throne, there stood an armchair on wheels by a low throughout the years of my priesthood and through altar. His hand, crippled by the illness, held the many meetings in Rome, but especially throughout crosier with difficulty. A peculiar paradox; the head the last meeting before the conclave. Then the of the Papal Commission in matters of “rich Providence of God touched Bishop Deskur with this means” was marked by the stigma of “humble extreme handicap, which he has until today. means”. “Among all the cardinals appointed today, he is The words of John Paul II regarding the attempt the only one in a wheel chair and brings into this on his life should also be understood in the context College of Cardinals a special stigma, the stigma of of the doctrine of “humble means”. He called that suffering, which is a sacrifice. We do not know the incident a particular grace. ways of God; we do not know God’s mysteries, but On October 14, 1981, during the usual Wednes- it is hard for me, personally, not to be convinced day general audience in St Peter’s Square, while that the sacrifice of Archbishop, now Cardinal, speaking to thousands of pilgrims, he said these Andrzej happened in connection with the conclave significant words: “God allowed me to experience which took place in the middle of October, 1978.” suffering through the past months, allowed me to In the suffering of Andrzej Deskur, the Holy experience my life in peril, and allowed me at the Father saw the price that was paid so that he, same time to understand clearly and profoundly Cardinal Wojtyla, could become the successor of that this is His special grace for myself as a person.