67-77 Exford Road, Melton South 3338 . P .O. Box 2152 Ph: 9747 9692, Fax: 9746 0422 Email: [email protected] Parish Homepage: stanthonysmeltonsouth.wordpress.com (includes Padua News) Office Hours: Wed & Fri. 8.30am—4.30pm Friday 8.30 - 4.00pm

Parish Priest: Fr Fabian Antony Smith Parish Secretary: Mrs. Lesley Morffew St. Anthony’s School Principal: Mr. Damien Schuster

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 21st July 2013 Let us pray to be kept faithful; in the service of God.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 14 St. Anthony’s Parish Primary School Wilson Road, Melton South 3338 Phone: 9743 1401 Leader: THE JUST WILL LIVE IN THE PRESENCE School Secretary: Mrs. Marthese Pace OF THE LORD. Email: [email protected] Website: www.sameltonsth.catholic.edu.au All: THE JUST WILL LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. Catholic Regional College - Melton (Years 7-12) Principal: Mr Mark Sheahan Contact: 9743 6522 LORD, WHO SHALL DWELL ON YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN? Catholic Regional College - Sydenham (Years 11- 12) Principal: Mr Brendan Watson Contact: 9361 0000 HE WHO WALKS WITHOUT FAULT; HE WHO ACTS WITH JUSTICE & DEVOTION TIMES THIS WEEK AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH FROM HIS HEART; HE WHO DOES NOT SLANDER WITH HIS TONGUE. Tuesday morning: 9.15am Tuesday evening: 6.30pm HE WHO DOES NO WRONG TO HIS BROTHER, Wednesday morning: 9.15am WHO CASTS NO SLUR ON HIS NEIGHBOUR, Thursday morning: 9.15am WHO HOLDS THE GODLESS IN DISDAIN, Friday morning: 9.15am BUT HONOURS THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD.

Saturday Vigil Mass 5.30pm HE WHO KEEPS HIS PLEDGE, COME WHAT MAY; Sunday 8.30am & 10.30am WHO TAKES NO INTEREST ON LOAN AND ACCEPTS NO BRIBES AGAINST THE INNOCENT. INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATION SUCH A MAN WILL STAND FIRM FOREVER. Saturday 4.45pm ALL: THE JUST WILL LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

Gospel Acclamation: BAPTISM ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA! Baptism Preparation Meeting: 6.30-8.00pm in the Church HAPPY ARE THEY WHO HAVE KEPT THE WORD WITH A Thursday 25th July for Baptisms 4th & 18th August GENEROUS HEART See details on Parish Homepage as listed above and download forms. Fill them out and bring them to the Baptism Preparation AND YIELD A HARVEST THROUGH PERSEVERANCE. Meeting for your chosen date along with a copy of your child’s Birth ALLELUIA!

Certificate. Both parents are required to attend these meetings. THIS WEEKEND WE WILL BE CONDUCTING Contact Father Fabian or the Parish Office if you have any questions. Phone 9747 9692. THE ANNUAL PROPOGATION OF THE FAITH APPEAL AT ALL MASSES. Adult Preparation for the Sacraments of Baptism, PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY. Reconciliation, Eucharist or Confirmation through the R.C.I.A. Program. See Father Fabian or the Parish Office for information. THIS WEEK’S HYMNS

8.30AM & 5.30PM Hymns 10.30 Mass PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL 1. Book 1, No. 92 will be announced. Sue Alexander 9743 7281 Godwin Barton 9747 9493 2. Book 1, No. 31 Stephen Fernandes 9743 5331 Natalie Howard 0410 478 046 3. Book 1, No. 129 Mila Little 9743 7783 Rose Ma’ae 0431 386 473 4. Book 1, No. 57 Marthese Mercieca 0421 378 691 Maria Micallef 9746 9685 5. Immaculate Mary Carmen Vella 9743 4378 (on overhead at 5.30pm Mass only) Ex-Officio: Fr Fabian Smith P.P., & Damien Schuster

NEWS FROM THE WORSHIP QUADRANT NEXT WEEK 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C 27th & 28th July

Readers Special Ministers 5.30 Irene Fernandes Naim Chdid, Maria Micallef, Margaret Vella & Mary Rose Portelli. 8.30 Geoff Sutton Rita Harinos, Lillian Christian and Edwina La Rose. 10.30 Aloysious Dacunha Anthea Scerri and John Scerri.

Next Week’s Readings: Gen 18:20-32; Col 2:12-14 : Lk 11:1-13

MASS COORDINATORS / COMMENTATORS 5.30pm - Noel Saunders & Anna Samy. 27th & 28th July 8.30am - Marie Wytkamp & Lina Calleja.

10.30am - Godwin Barton & Josephine German. PIETY STALL VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS WEEKEND: 20th & 21st July 5.30: Marthese Mercieca 8.30am Edwina La Rose 10.30am:Carmen DeBrincat PIETY STALL VOLUNTEERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND 27th & 28th July 5.30: Judy Van Hoos 8.30am Chris Fitzgerald 10.30am:John & Kristina Scerri

CLEANING ROSTER : Friday 26th July: Joyce Stellini, Stella Cochrane & TBA

NEWS FROM THE FAITH FORMATION QUADRANT

Meditation NO MEDITATION THIS WEEK. Divine Mercy 1st Sunday of the month at 3.00pm . Fatima Statue Rudy & Carol Nalipay 0401 875 410

LOCAL CELEBRATIONS FOR 2013 OVER THE WEEKEND 26-28 JULY IN OUR AREA St Peter Chanel Youth Group – WYD at home in the West On the 26th of July they will celebrate our faith together in solidarity with young Catholics at World Youth Day with a Holy Hour which will include Taize and Benediction. Follow- ing the Holy Hour they welcome everyone to stay, have a chat, something to eat and drink and enjoy each other’s com- pany. Venue: St Peter Chanel Parish, 848A Ballarat Rd, Deer Park- When: Friday 26 July Contact: Natasha at [email protected]

FOR MORE CELEBRATIONS SEE THE REAR NOTICEBOARD W OR L D Y O U T H D A Y 2 0 1 3

To coincide with the celebrations of St Anthony of Padua turning 30 this year, we will be celebrating a very special Wedding Anniversary Mass on Next Weekend Saturday 27 th July at the 5.30pm vigil mass . If you are celebrating or have celebrated an anniversary from January – July and whether you have been married for 1 or 12 or 22 or 45 years, you are invited to attend this special Wedding Anniversary Mass. Together with other married couples, you will renew your vows and receive a special blessing. The love that you have for one another is in some sense the love that you have for God because God is dwelling in your marriage each day and every day. No preparation needed just the desire to celebrate your LOVE and your JOURNEY as a married couple. Families and friends are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served after mass. We encourage all married couples to participate in this very special tribute. Please register your names on the sign-up sheets at the rear of the church after mass and see Fr Fabian, John or Anthea Scerri if you have any questions.

NEWS FROM THE PASTORAL CARE QUADRANT

We pray for the recently deceased: Father John Allen

We pray for the death anniversary at this time of: Marjorie Barker, Doris Farrugia, Dr. Marshall Leon Pereira, Lawrens Tanti snr and Francis Vella.

Please pray for the Sick: Erlinda E. Cortez, Frank Consiglio, Lynne Dwyer, Victor Dimech, Therese Hall, Albert Nicholls, Vicki & Bill Vassallo, Alex Venasilao, Gloria Cruz, Ian Nowak, Michael Saunders, Anna Persiano, Patricia Coulson and all those who have requested our prayers.

NEWS FROM THE SERVICE / COMMUNITY QUADRANT

SOCIAL COMMITTEE SPIT ROAST LUNCH St. Anthony’s Social Committee will be holding a Spit-Roast Lunch on August 11th at 12pm (after 10.30 Mass) Where: in Padua Hall. Entry Fee: Adults: $10.00 Children (10-15yrs old) $5.00 Entry Fee includes: Roast Lunch Salads Dessert Tea & Coffee There will be activities for adults and children as well as a raffle on the day. Please place your name & details on the sheet provided at the back of the church for catering purposes. This must be done by Sunday 4th August for organizational purposes.

PRIME TIMERS—Tuesday 30th July Our next outing is ‘A Christmas in July’ at West Waters Hotel in Caroline Springs. It is a 2 course lunch, $18 per person. Meet at St. Anthony’s car park at 11.00am. Any enquiries see John or Lois Brewis on 9743 6582. Please place your name on the list at the rear of the church if you are interested and if you need a lift

ST. ANTHONY’S PARISH BINGO St. Anthony’s conduct Bingo every Tuesday evening in Padua Hall. Doors open 6.30pm, Eyes down at 7.30pm. Cost: $10 for 40 games MR. JACKPOT: $2 per ticket. Jackpot Prizes: $2000, $10,000 & $30,000. Come along and support your parish and have a good time!

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Song Competition for Australian Catholic Youth Festival Calling all musicians! Entries are now being accepted for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival theme song Competition. Enter now for the chance to have your song professionally recorded and win admission and accommodation at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2013. Application close: 9 August

MOVIE NIGHT As part of the Year of Faith, we are having our monthly Movie Night in the Multi-purpose Room again next Sunday 28th July at 5.30pm Our feature this month is: John Paul II starring Jon Voight and Gary Elwes. All Welcome.

FROM THE PARISH OFFICE COLLECTIONS: Presbytery Offering: Thanksgiving: (includes Direct Debit & Credit Cards) 14/7/2013 $ 619.00 $ 2607.30

Feast Day July 24—St Charbel the Wonderworker

St Charbel Makhlouf (1828-98), known as the „Hermit Following his death, the monks who trembled of Lebanon‟ and the „Wonderworker of the East‟, was a with cold during the night when they kept vigil at his

Maronite Catholic monk. 365rosaries.blogspot.com.au Sources: coffin before his funeral, said: “See how we find At St Charbel‟s beatification in 1965, Pope Paul ourselves unable to endure for a single night the rude VI said of him: “A hermit of the Lebanese mountain is cold of this chapel! How could this priest live here for inscribed in the number of the blessed, a new eminent 23 years, on his knees, like a statue before the altar, member of monastic sanctity is enriching, by his every night from midnight until 11 in the morning, example and his intercession, the entire Christian when he rose to say his Mass? Blessed is he, for he people. May he make us understand, in a world largely undoubtedly receives his reward with God!” fascinated by wealth and comfort, the paramount Charbel gained a reputation for holiness, and value of poverty, penance and asceticism, to liberate despite his wish to live in isolation, was much sought the soul in its ascent to God.” after for counsel. He had a great devotion to the Youssef Makhlouf was born in 1828 in Bika Blessed Sacrament and was known to levitate during Kafra, the highest village of Lebanon, near the grove of his prayers. He reportedly never raised his eyes from the still-conserved famous cedars of Lebanon. He was the ground, his face shrouded by his cloak, unless his the youngest of five children born to a pious mother, gaze was fixed on the tabernacle during Mass. who lived the life of a religious within their home. The week before Christmas, while Charbel was Youssef worked as a shepherd in the fields for offering Mass, paralysis struck him suddenly as he most of his childhood, especially following the death of elevated the Host at the consecration. For one week, his equally pious father. After his father‟s death, the he suffered in agony, repeating the prayer he was family was supported by a kind and generous uncle. unable to complete during the Mass: “O Father of Yousef was profoundly affected by the example of his truth, behold your Son, victim to please you; two other maternal uncles, who were both monks of condescend to approve [this offering], because for me the Maronite Lebanese Order. These monks lived in a he endured death, to give me life…” hermitage about three miles away, and young Youssef On the evening of his funeral, his superior wrote: would often visit them — first with his mother, and “Because of what he will do after his death, I need not later on his own. They would tell him repeatedly: “All talk about his behaviour.” here below is nothing, the world is vanity, life is short. A few months later, a bright light was seen The true beauty is God, near him there is true surrounding Charbel‟s tomb. The superiors ordered the happiness. Wisdom is to not find oneself with empty tomb to be opened, and they found his body perfectly hands at the supreme hour.” preserved, incorrupt (as it remains today). Scientific Youssef grew in maturity and piety. He spent experts have been unable to explain this phenomenon. hours each day praying and reading the Scriptures and Since his death, thousands of miracles have been Christian literature. His favourite book was Thomas a attributed to his intercession, giving him the title Kempis‟ The Imitation of Christ, which he began in „Wonderworker of the East‟. Sick people of every earnest attempting to follow. Youssef served at Mass religion and nationality have been healed: deaf, dumb, every morning, and in that function, at the altar, he blind, paralytic, those with cancer, mental illness, and discovered the true purpose of his existence: to be, like many others. God worked these wonders either when his Saviour, a victim to be offered, with Christ, to his people touched the body of the holy saint, were Father. anointed with the oily liquid that sweats miraculously At the age of 23, Youssef left home one morning from his precious remains, or when they touched cloth without warning, and walked to the monastery of the soaked with this liquid or which had belonged to him. Maronite Order. There, he entered the order, with the In 1965, Pope Paul VI also said: “Great is the support of his mother, and received the habit only one gladness in heaven and earth today for the week later. He chose the name of St Charbel, a martyr beatification of Charbel Makhlouf, monk and hermit of of the church of Antioch. the Lebanese Maronite Order. Great is the joy of the At the monastery of Annaya, Charbel served his East and West for this son of Lebanon, admirable community for two years, as a novice. He was then flower of sanctity blooming on the stem of the ancient sent to prepare for ordination to the priesthood at St monastic traditions of the East, and venerated today of Kfifan. Six years later, at the age of 31, he by the Church of Rome.” was ordained. For 16 years her served the members of Francis Zayek, head the US Diocese of St his congregation and community, a model of Christian Maron, wrote at the time of St Charbel‟s canonisation humility, obedience, patience, and love. He dedicated in 1977: “St Charbel is called the second St Anthony of himself totally to Christ to live, work and pray in the Desert, the Perfume of Lebanon. Charbel is like a silence. Cedar of Lebanon standing in eternal prayer, on top of At 47, he returned to the hermitage near Annaya, a mountain.” where he would remain until his death. There, he lived St Charbel lived a life of silence, mortification, a life of contemplation, penance, and mortification. deprivation and total gift of self, concentrating fully on During the extreme cold of the winters, he refused to Christ. We might take a lesson from his simple acts of put on additional clothes, shivering through his prayers sacrifice and service, looking to our Saviour with the in simple robes. same love, devotion, obedience, and longing.