Saint Catherine of Siena (Established: 18th January 2006) “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world ablaze!” - St. Catherine of Siena ------1st Sunday of Advent (Year A) – 3 December 2017

CAROLINE SPRINGS PARISH

PARISH : Rev. Fr Richard Rosse & PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Rev. Chris Creo SECRETARY: Mr Robert Durai

SUNDAY TIMES Saturday 6.00pm (Vigil Mass); Sunday 9.00am and 10.30am

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES Monday: Communion Service (No Mass) 9.30am Tuesday: 7.00pm Wednesday - Saturday: 9.30am

CONFESSIONS: Saturday 8.45 - 9.15am Tuesday 6.00 - 6.30pm

PRAYER BEFORE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Tuesday: 6.00pm - 7.00pm

ROSARY: Wednesday - Saturday 9.00am

“What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”

POSTAL ADDRESS:

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: PO Box 3014, Caroline Springs, Vic. 3023, Australia

Lord, make us turn to you, let us see your face CHURCH, PRESBYTERY, and OFFICE and we shall be saved. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: 28 College St., Caroline Springs Alleluia, alleluia! Phone 83619822 Fax 83619844 Lord, show us your mercy and love, Email [email protected] and grant us your salvation. Office email [email protected] Alleluia! Website: www.stcatherinecarolinesprings.org.au OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday 9.30am–5.00pm

Today’s Scripture Readings Is 63:16-17; 64:1. 3-8; Ps 79; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37

Next Sunday (2 Advent) Contact the presbytery as soon as possible and allow at Is 40:1-5. 9-11; Ps 84; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 least six weeks for preparation etc.

PRAYER REQUESTS WEDDINGS

For the sick: Joe Camilleri, Magdalena Villaflor, Rosa Santos, Stephanie A minimum of 4 months’ notice is needed for Petrie, Criselda Fernandez, Jane Sammut, Kaiz Shilanka, Mila Drinjak, weddings in the parish (couples must attend a marriage Jaime Montenegro, Paul Kiuimdjian, Carmen Fava, Alfredo, Jose & Roger preparation course).

Nalagon, Ray Marshall, Noel Poblete, Jan Peeters, Maria Durai, Dylan OUR PARISH SCHOOLS

Smith, & Carmen Marmara, Lewis Stafrace

CHRIST THE PRIEST PRIMARY SCHOOL (Prep-Yr. 6): For the Dead 54 Caroline Springs Blvd. | Phone: 93618600 10.30am: Fr Charles Borg; Frank & Ludmilla Popovska ac (PRINCIPAL: Ms Margaret M Kay)

LAST WEEK’S COLLECTIONS ST GEORGE PRECA PRIMARY SCHOOL (Prep-Yr. 6) Stewardship: $2,381.20 Presbytery: $741.10 22-48 Lancefield Drive | Phone: 83907352 (ACTING PRINCIPAL: Mr. Justin Hilton) “LITTLE WHITE BUCKET” - Refugee Support

$149.90 was donated last week. Thank you! CATHOLIC REGIONAL COLLEGE CAROLINE SPRINGS (Year 7-10) THIS WEEK 10 College Street | Phone: 9217 8000 WE welcome the following into the Catholic faith the (PRINCIPAL: Mr Jamie Madigan)

following who will be baptised this Sunday: Dion Di

Bennardo, Serenity Lucy Elizabeth Gatt, and Elliot ADORATION OF THE BLESSED Brian McDonnell. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM! SACRAMENT AND CONFESSION ______NEED IMMEDIATE HELP FOR A FAMILY STARTING this coming Tuesday evening, th ONE of our Parish families is in need of help to look after 3 5 December, Eucharistic Adoration will schooling children at their home on Monday, Wednesday, be from 6.00–7.00pm, and confession is and Friday from 4 to 5pm for the next two weeks. If you can from 6.00 - 6.30pm. The adoration help, please contact Maria Zanic at 0415 985 048. Thank You. precedes our usual weekday 7.00 pm Mass.

2017 ADVENT- ACTIVITIES PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

3 DEC, Sun (5.30pm) Carols by Candlelight PRESENT Members: Charlie Gatt, Dawn Quintal, Fab Giarratana, 15 DEC, Fri (7.30pm) Introduction to the Gospel Spiro Abela, Nina Rabara, Regina Endaya, Rachel Ross, and of Mark (Speaker: Fr Brendan Pamela Soto. Byrne SJ, Biblical scholar and NEW Members: We welcome Llewy Berchy, Anson Pereira, author of “A Costly Freedom: A Michael DeBrincat, Noleen Foehn, and Antoinette Spiteri who Theological Reading of Mark's Gospel”) will be joining our Parish Pastoral Council. Pat Gurrie will also be 16 DEC, Sat (After Mass) Parish Christmas Raffle Draw resuming his position as one of the council members. Please (Please bring a plate to share) keep all our PPC members in your prayers.

nd 20 DEC, Wed (7.30pm) 2 Rite of Reconciliation ST VINCENT DE PAUL GIVING TREE Christmas THE Giving Tree is in the Gathering Space. There are tags with Christmas Eve (24 Dec) Usual Sunday Masses suggestions of how you can help make families have a happy Family Mass (7.30pm) Christmas. Please bring the gifts by 17th December.

Midnight Mass (12.00am) Christmas Day (25 Dec) Usual Sunday Masses Our Piety Stall and CHRISTmas Boxing Day JUST three (3) weeks away, check out our Piety Stall for all of Eucharistic Adoration 8.30-9.30am your CHRISTmas needs. There are Cards ($2.50 for a pack of 8), Mass 9.30am Columban Calendars 2018 ($10 each). Christmas Gift catalogue available for viewing. Some of the Christmas items we ordered (No Church services in the evening) are already available. New Year Also, our Piety Stall now has stocks of the 2018 St Pauls Daily New Year’s Eve (31 Dec) Usual Sunday Masses Mass Book at $24 each. New Year (1 Jan) Mass – 9.30am THIS WEEK’S ROSTER (1 Advent-B) MELBOURNE OVERSEAS MISSIONS APPEAL *6.00pm Vigil Mass* December 9 & 10 READERS M Bartolo. C Buttigieg NEXT week, we will have a Special Collection to support the EMHC C & C D’Rosario, Melbourne Overseas Mission. Archbishop Denis Hart GREETERS R & V Bongcaron commends the fund to your continuing support. Donations of COLLECTORS L Ferris, P Gurrie, S Joyce, M Mazzullo $2.00 and over are tax deductible. Envelopes are available in the *9.00am Mass* gathering space. READERS J Marshall, C Hinds

EMHC J Buttigieg, L Attard INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF MARK GREETERS C Matau AS part of our Advent activities and getting ready for the COLLECTORS L Micallef, A Morley, R Moss, M Vukoja, C Matau next Liturgical Year, we invite all parishioners to an *10.30am* READERS G Ross, R Scerri INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF MARK, on 15 EMHC C & R Endaya, A Forneas DECEMBER from 7.30 to 9.00pm. Renowned biblical scholar GREETERS T White, L Wood and author of “A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of COLLECTORS J Azzopardi, F Bartolo, M Carlos, E Dominado Mark's Gospel”, Fr Brendan Byrne SJ, will be our resource speaker. Come and join us. Bring your Bibles. CHILDREN’S LIT. T Darlow, P Soto, J D’Souza, C Temporal

COUNTERS F Lavilla, H Philips, M Bartolo

MINISTERS NEEDED ALTAR LINEN K Grech

FOR CHRISTMAS MASSES 2017 NEXT WEEK’S ROSTER 9/10 DEC (2 Advent-B)

Christmas Eve (24 December) *6.00pm Vigil Mass* Family Mass (7.30pm) 2 Readers and 4 EMHC* READERS S D’Costa, C D’Rosario Midnight Mass (12.00am) 2 Readers and 3 EMHC EMHC M Borg, P Xuereb Christmas Day (25 December) GREETERS V Borg, C Buttigieg 9.00am Mass 2 Readers and 2 EMHC COLLECTORS A & G Mosca, D & L Naig 10.30am Mass 2 Readers and 4 EMHC *9.00am Mass* Please write your names on clipboards in the Gathering READERS M Shawcross, T Sambrooks Space. (*Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion) EMHC N Foehn, C Matau GREETERS L Micallef Christmas Family Mass 2017 COLLECTORS S Abela, C Anderson, M Baric, J Buttigieg, C Matau Calling all young parishioners from Prep to Grade 8 to *10.30am* participate in this year’s Family Mass (choir and Christmas READERS YOUTH pageant) on 24 December at 7.30pm. All those interested in EMHC J Zahra, C Temporal, T white participating or helping out, please see Robert after Mass. GREETERS J Zahra, J Madigan COLLECTORS C & V Ferrer, L Forneas, F Giarratana WORKING BEE CHILDREN’S LIT. J Azzopardi, V Gervacio, C Anderson, R Elisha 9th December @ 7.30am until completed COUNTERS T & J White, E & G Dominado, M Bartolo WE need to lay concrete base for the additional storage shed we ALTAR LINEN N Papadhami are building. We already have 3, and we need two more abled- men to help. If you can spend an hour or two, it would be * CHURCH CLEANING * greatly appreciated. Please see Victor Borg or Robert after Mass. Sat 9 DEC B & M Ho, C & R Endaya, B Ferrer, K Grech, C Pannala