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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
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 21st July 2013
Let us pray to be kept faithful; in the service of God.
St. Anthony’s Parish Primary School Wilson Road, Melton South 3338 Phone: 9743 1401 School Secretary: Mrs. Marthese Pace Email: [email protected] Website: www.sameltonsth.catholic.edu.au
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 14
Leader: THE JUST WILL LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
All: THE JUST WILL LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
LORD, WHO SHALL DWELL ON YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN? HE WHO WALKS WITHOUT FAULT; HE WHO ACTS WITH JUSTICE AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH FROM HIS HEART; HE WHO DOES NOT SLANDER WITH HIS TONGUE.
HE WHO DOES NO WRONG TO HIS BROTHER, WHO CASTS NO SLUR ON HIS NEIGHBOUR, WHO HOLDS THE GODLESS IN DISDAIN, BUT HONOURS THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD.
HE WHO KEEPS HIS PLEDGE, COME WHAT MAY; WHO TAKES NO INTEREST ON LOAN AND ACCEPTS NO BRIBES AGAINST THE INNOCENT. SUCH A MAN WILL STAND FIRM FOREVER.
ALL: THE JUST WILL LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
Gospel Acclamation: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA! HAPPY ARE THEY WHO HAVE KEPT THE WORD WITH A
GENEROUS HEART AND YIELD A HARVEST THROUGH PERSEVERANCE. ALLELUIA!
THIS WEEKEND WE WILL BE CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL PROPOGATION OF THE FAITH APPEAL AT ALL MASSES. PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY.
MASS & DEVOTION TIMES THIS WEEK
Tuesday morning: 9.15am Tuesday evening: 6.30pm Wednesday morning: 9.15am Thursday morning: 9.15am Friday morning: 9.15am
Saturday Vigil Mass 5.30pm
Sunday 8.30am & 10.30am
INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATION Saturday 4.45pm
BAPTISM Baptism Preparation Meeting: 6.30-8.00pm in the Church Thursday 25th July for Baptisms 4th & 18th August See details on Parish Homepage as listed above and download forms. Fill them out and bring them to the Baptism Preparation Meeting for your chosen date along with a copy of your child’s Birth Certificate. Both parents are required to attend these meetings. Contact Father Fabian or the Parish Office if you have any
questions. Phone 9747 9692.
Adult Preparation for the Sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist or Confirmation through the R.C.I.A. Program. See Father Fabian or the Parish Office for information.
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
Sue Alexander 9743 7281 Godwin Barton 9747 9493 Stephen Fernandes 9743 5331 Natalie Howard 0410 478 046 Mila Little 9743 7783 Rose Ma’ae 0431 386 473 Marthese Mercieca 0421 378 691 Maria Micallef 9746 9685
Carmen Vella 9743 4378 Ex-Officio: Fr Fabian Smith P.P., & Damien Schuster
Parish Priest: Fr Fabian Antony Smith Parish Secretary: Mrs. Lesley Morffew
St. Anthony’s School Principal: Mr. Damien Schuster
THIS WEEK’S HYMNS
8.30AM & 5.30PM
1. Book 1, No. 92 2. Book 1, No. 31 3. Book 1, No. 129 4. Book 1, No. 57
5. Immaculate Mary (on overhead at 5.30pm Mass only)
Catholic Regional College - Melton (Years 7-12) Principal: Mr Mark Sheahan Contact: 9743 6522 Catholic Regional College - Sydenham (Years 11- 12) Principal: Mr Brendan Watson Contact: 9361 0000
Hymns 10.30 Mass
will be announced.
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 Gospel: 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 WORLD YOUTH DAY 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
T o c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e c e l e b r a t i o n s o f S t A n t h o n y o f P a d u a t u r n i n g 3 0 t h i s y e a r , w e w i l l b e c e l e b r a t i n g a v e r y s p e c i a l W e d d i n g A n n i v e r s a r y M a s s o n
N e x t W e e k e n d S a t u r d a y 2 7 t h J u l y a t t h e 5 . 3 0 p m v i g i l m a s s .
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.
Rio de Janeiro
W OR L D Y O U T H D A Y 2 0 1 3
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!
FROM THE PARISH OFFICE COLLECTIONS: Presbytery Offering: Thanksgiving: (includes Direct Debit & Credit Cards) 14/7/2013 $ 619.00 $ 2607.30
NEW edition of Kairos out this weekend!
Keep up to date on Catholic Melbourne - stunning photos and quality articles on WYD Rio Commissioning Mass, Pope Francis’ Encyclical, Order of Malta 900th Anniversary & more! To subscribe: [email protected] or 9926 5758
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.
St Charbel Makhlouf (1828-98), known as the „Hermit
of Lebanon‟ and the „Wonderworker of the East‟, was a
Maronite Catholic monk.
At St Charbel‟s beatification in 1965, Pope Paul
VI said of him: “A hermit of the Lebanese mountain is
inscribed in the number of the blessed, a new eminent
member of monastic sanctity is enriching, by his
example and his intercession, the entire Christian
people. May he make us understand, in a world largely
fascinated by wealth and comfort, the paramount
value of poverty, penance and asceticism, to liberate
the soul in its ascent to God.”
Youssef Makhlouf was born in 1828 in Bika
Kafra, the highest village of Lebanon, near the grove of
the still-conserved famous cedars of Lebanon. He was
the youngest of five children born to a pious mother,
who lived the life of a religious within their home.
Youssef worked as a shepherd in the fields for
most of his childhood, especially following the death of
his equally pious father. After his father‟s death, the
family was supported by a kind and generous uncle.
Yousef was profoundly affected by the example of his
two other maternal uncles, who were both monks of
the Maronite Lebanese Order. These monks lived in a
hermitage about three miles away, and young Youssef
would often visit them — first with his mother, and
later on his own. They would tell him repeatedly: “All
here below is nothing, the world is vanity, life is short.
The true beauty is God, near him there is true
happiness. Wisdom is to not find oneself with empty
hands at the supreme hour.”
Youssef grew in maturity and piety. He spent
hours each day praying and reading the Scriptures and
Christian literature. His favourite book was Thomas a
Kempis‟ The Imitation of Christ, which he began in
earnest attempting to follow. Youssef served at Mass
every morning, and in that function, at the altar, he
discovered the true purpose of his existence: to be, like
his Saviour, a victim to be offered, with Christ, to his
Father.
At the age of 23, Youssef left home one morning
without warning, and walked to the monastery of the
Maronite Order. There, he entered the order, with the
support of his mother, and received the habit only one
week later. He chose the name of St Charbel, a martyr
of the church of Antioch.
At the monastery of Annaya, Charbel served his
community for two years, as a novice. He was then
sent to prepare for ordination to the priesthood at St
Cyprian of Kfifan. Six years later, at the age of 31, he
was ordained. For 16 years her served the members of
his congregation and community, a model of Christian
humility, obedience, patience, and love. He dedicated
himself totally to Christ to live, work and pray in
silence.
At 47, he returned to the hermitage near Annaya,
where he would remain until his death. There, he lived
a life of contemplation, penance, and mortification.
During the extreme cold of the winters, he refused to
put on additional clothes, shivering through his prayers
in simple robes.
Following his death, the monks who trembled
with cold during the night when they kept vigil at his
coffin before his funeral, said: “See how we find
ourselves unable to endure for a single night the rude
cold of this chapel! How could this priest live here for
23 years, on his knees, like a statue before the altar,
every night from midnight until 11 in the morning,
when he rose to say his Mass? Blessed is he, for he
undoubtedly receives his reward with God!”
Charbel gained a reputation for holiness, and
despite his wish to live in isolation, was much sought
after for counsel. He had a great devotion to the
Blessed Sacrament and was known to levitate during
his prayers. He reportedly never raised his eyes from
the ground, his face shrouded by his cloak, unless his
gaze was fixed on the tabernacle during Mass.
The week before Christmas, while Charbel was
offering Mass, paralysis struck him suddenly as he
elevated the Host at the consecration. For one week,
he suffered in agony, repeating the prayer he was
unable to complete during the Mass: “O Father of
truth, behold your Son, victim to please you;
condescend to approve [this offering], because for me
he endured death, to give me life…”
On the evening of his funeral, his superior wrote:
“Because of what he will do after his death, I need not
talk about his behaviour.”
A few months later, a bright light was seen
surrounding Charbel‟s tomb. The superiors ordered the
tomb to be opened, and they found his body perfectly
preserved, incorrupt (as it remains today). Scientific
experts have been unable to explain this phenomenon.
Since his death, thousands of miracles have been
attributed to his intercession, giving him the title
„Wonderworker of the East‟. Sick people of every
religion and nationality have been healed: deaf, dumb,
blind, paralytic, those with cancer, mental illness, and
many others. God worked these wonders either when
people touched the body of the holy saint, were
anointed with the oily liquid that sweats miraculously
from his precious remains, or when they touched cloth
soaked with this liquid or which had belonged to him.
In 1965, Pope Paul VI also said: “Great is the
gladness in heaven and earth today for the
beatification of Charbel Makhlouf, monk and hermit of
the Lebanese Maronite Order. Great is the joy of the
East and West for this son of Lebanon, admirable
flower of sanctity blooming on the stem of the ancient
monastic traditions of the East, and venerated today
by the Church of Rome.”
Bishop Francis Zayek, head the US Diocese of St
Maron, wrote at the time of St Charbel‟s canonisation
in 1977: “St Charbel is called the second St Anthony of
the Desert, the Perfume of Lebanon. Charbel is like a
Cedar of Lebanon standing in eternal prayer, on top of
a mountain.”
St Charbel lived a life of silence, mortification,
deprivation and total gift of self, concentrating fully on
Christ. We might take a lesson from his simple acts of
sacrifice and service, looking to our Saviour with the
same love, devotion, obedience, and longing.
Feast Day July 24—St Charbel the Wonderworker
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