WEEKDAY MASS TIMES The Partnered Parishes of SUNDAY MASSES TIMES (this week) St. Gabriel, Reservoir and Sat. 6 p.m.Vigil St Stephen’s ST GABRIEL’S: Tues., Thurs., Fri. at 9 a.m. St Stephen of Hungary, East Reservoir Sun. 8:30 a.m. (It. & Eng.) St Stephen’s Parish Priest: Fr. Shane Hoctor 8:30 a.m. (It. & Eng.) St Gabriel’s ST STEPHEN’S: Mass Wed. at 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. St Gabriel’s Mass at Keon Park Thurs. at 11a.m. The Most Holy Trinity St Gabriel’s - 16.06.2019 - SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 1 Viola Street, Reservoir, 3073 FERIALS, FEASTS & INTENTIONS— Santissima Trinità (Confessions) Orario sante messe feriali Ph: 9460 6036 St Gabriel’s Mon. Ordinary Time 11 NO MASS Fax: 9460 4771 he Easter season – the principal festival of the Sat. at 9:45 a.m. Email: [email protected] T Church’s year – has ended. The celebrations of the Sundays immediately following are like an afterglow. To- St Stephen’s Website: www.stgabrielsreservoir.org Tues. Ordinary Time 11 day the liturgy invites us to renew our faith in the Trinity of Sat. at 5:30 p.m. Intention: Kathleen Mary Canavan - Rec. Dec’d. Parish Secretaries: Persons made know to us in what God has done for the world in Jesus Christ. Mrs Gracie Forde As Jesus awakened the beginnings of faith in his disciples, BAPTISMS Wed. Ordinary Time 11 Mr Hung Chau filling them with wonder at the mysterious depths they rec- by prior arrangement Intention: ognised in him, he directed their faith beyond himself, to St Gabriel’s Office Hours: the One with whom he was in continual communion – their Thurs. Ordinary Time 11 Mon. & Tues. 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. prayer and their trust, he told them, should be addressed 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month at 11:30 a.m. Intention: Fri: 8 a.m.—3 p.m. to their ‘Father in heaven’. Later, as the full impact of what had happened in the world’s first Easter galvanised them MARRIAGES Fri. St Aloysius Gonzaga, religious Intention: into action, and they found new strength on the day of St Gabriel’s Parish Primary School: Pentecost, they remembered that Jesus had promised by prior arrangement (at least six months notice is required. 237 Spring Street, Reservoir them the help of the his own Spirit to face what lay ahead Sat. Sts John Fisher & NO MASS No Sunday weddings.) Learning, Life and Faith! of them. Faith in their Risen Lord gave the themes of the Thomas More, martyrs 90 Years Strong! Old Testament a new depth of meaning for them. Our first reading from Proverbs recalls one of these Ph: 9469 3513 themes. For the Old Testament, the ‘wisdom’ of God, like Email: [email protected] the ‘word’ of God’ was understood as God’s self- expression in creation and the shaping of human affairs. TODAY’S MASS Principal: Mr Mark Miatello Now, as his disciples recognised the ultimate identity of their Risen Lord, they knew him as the ‘Word’ of the Fa- Secretary: Mrs Enza Torcasio ther (Jn 1) and the ‘wisdom’ of God (1 Cor 1:24), through First Reading: Proverbs 8:22-31 The Wisdom of God was there at the beginning of creation and remains a whom ‘all things came into being’ (Jn 1:1). For the Old guiding force in all creation and in human activity. St Stephen’s Testament, the ‘spirit of God’ was another self-expression 71 Whitelaw Street, Reservoir East, 3073 of God in creation. God’s ‘spirit’ worked interiorly – giving the breath of life, and bringing the call of God to human Psalm Response: O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth! Ph: 9460 7266 hearts. After the Resurrection, as today’s reading from St Paul to the Romans shows, the disciples were vividly Fax: 9460 7650 aware of the Holy Spirit as a divine agent carrying forward Email: [email protected] Second Reading: Romans 5:1-5 God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. the work of Christ. And they remembered Jesus speaking of the Spirit as Someone other than himself, sharing as he Parish Secretary: does in the life of the Father. And in our second reading from Paul to the Romans, what Jesus has achieved for the Mrs Gracie Forde world is clearly expressed as a work of the Father, Son Gospel Acc.: Alleluia, alleluia! Office: and Spirit together – the ‘Lord Jesus Christ’ gives us God’s Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: Please contact St Gabriel’s Parish Office. ‘grace’, an entitlement to our sharing in the divine ‘glory’; To God who is, who was, and who is to come. and at the same time the Spirit brings us the life-giving Alleluia! power expressed in the love the Father has shown us St Stephen of Hungary Primary School: through the life, death and resurrection of his Son. 71 Whitelaw Street, Reservoir East Gospel Reading: John 16:12-15 The ultimate mystery of God’s life is – not surprisingly – far Where every child counts! beyond our complete comprehension. It would be tragic, In the final days of his ministry, Jesus teaches how the Holy Spirit will work however, if it remained for us no more than a daunting in his disciples, guiding them in truth and love. Ph: 9460 3566 abstraction. Christian faith should bring us the joy of rec- Fax: 9462 3404 ognising that - in the overflowing tumult of the divine life Email: [email protected] that we call the BLESSED TRINITY – we find three friends NEXT SUNDAY—DOMENICA PROSSIMA who invite us to share in their common life as the ONE The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo Principal: Mr Richard Keele TRUE GOD. Today’s gospel from John expresses this Secretary: Mrs Gracie Forde Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11-17 sharing in simple terms, and it brings us this astounding invitation: the Spirit ‘will lead us to the complete truth’, since he shares all with the Son, who in turn shares in ‘everything the Father has’. The Parishes of St Gabriel, Reservoir and St Stephen, East Reservoir, are committed to upholding and implementing the Privacy Principles set John Thornhill sm out in the 2001 legislation of the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments. A copy of the Parishes’ Privacy Policy is available to any Parishion- er by contacting the respective Parish Offices. The Emmaus Series at www.theemmausseries.com GENERAL MEETINGS, EVENTS, NEWS & HUMOUR PARISHES’ INFORMATION WE CARE – RESPONDING TO THE VOLUNTARY ROSTERS FOR 22 / 23 JUNE WE WELCOME into the Church and our par- ASSISTED DYING ACT. From the earliest times, Dates for your Diary Readers & Special Ministers ish family Valentina Mazzarella whose baptism we celebrate today. Christ’s followers have set themselves apart by their 6 p.m. St Stephen’s Primary School care of the vulnerable (Acts 4:34). On 19 June 2019, ADULT FAITH FORMATION resumes on B. Harris / O. Callegari / R. Keele the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act (VAD) comes into Sat./ Sun. 22/23 June Thurs. 19 July. effect. It legalises euthanasia and assisted suicide. De- First Communions at St Stephen’s 6 p.m. 8:30 a.m V. Penisi / G. Tieri spite what the law may say, our Christian tradition af- First Communions at St Gabriel’s 10 a.m. firms that every life, including those of the sick and suf- St Vincent de Paul Winter Collection ST STEPHEN’S SCHOOL ENROLMENTS—’Every “I beg you therefore, Father, to fering, is sacred. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are In both parishes. Day is Open Day’. If you know of any family who has a preserve in me that pure and never part of end of life care. Pope Francis has encour- child ready for school please let them know about us reverent faith and to grant that and encourage them to visit the school! aged ordinary Catholics everywhere to resist euthana- e began a series of catecheses that will follow the to my last breath I may testify sia and to protect the old, the young and the vulnerable “Where every child counts.” to my conviction. May I always W “journey”: the journey of the Gospel, narrated in the from being cast aside in a “throw-away culture.” We are Book of the Acts of the Apostles, because this Book certainly hold fast to what I publicly pro- called to follow Christ by accompanying people with makes one see the journey of the Gospel, how the Gospel ...cont. fessed in the creed when I was compassion, sharing hope not fear. The Bishops of the went beyond, beyond, beyond . It all starts from the Res- beginning, namely, from the Baptism in the Jordan, until the baptized in the name of the Fa- Catholic dioceses of Melbourne, Ballarat, Sale and urrection of Christ. This, in fact, is not an event among others, end, namely, the Ascension to Heaven (Cf. Acts 1:21-22. It’s but is the source of the new life. The disciples know it and — ther and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. May I Sandhurst, echoing Pope Francis, have published a necessary to reconstitute the group of the Twelve. At this worship you, the Father of us all, and your Son to- obedient to Jesus’ command — they remain united, in agree- point, the practice begins of community discernment, which pastoral letter including practical guidance on ways we ment and persevering in prayer.