31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Sunday October 30, 2016

St Michael’s Parish Information www.smpt.org.au

Fr Bernard Buckley Parish Priest Fr Prasanna Costa Assistant Priest Parish Centre 5174 2060 Priests’ Residence: 5174 6765 56 Loch Park Road, Traralgon

Sr Doreen Dagge RSJ 5174 9997

Monsignor John Allman O’Mara House 5174 9674

St Michael’s Parish Office 5174 2060 33 Kay Street, Traralgon Fax 5174 2981 Parish Secretary: Mrs Bev O’Brien Email: sec@smpt.org.au Office hours – Tues to Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm Sacraments Admin: 5174 2060

Baptisms: Four weeks notice required Weddings: Six months notice required

Parish Pastoral Council Susan Grout Chairperson, Fr Bernard, Fr Prasanna, Sr Doreen, Chris DiCorleto, Rose Pearson, Greg Imhagwe, Doug Doherty, Cathy Blackford, Ros Joyner and Rob Tarraran.

Our Schools: St Gabriel’s School 5174 5515 Principal: Mrs Ros Joyner St Michael’s School 5174 3295 Acting Principal: Ms Jan Fitzpatrick Lavalla Catholic College 5174 5272 Principal: Mr John Freeman Kildare Campus 5174 8111 Director: Mr Doug Doherty St Paul’s Campus 5174 7355 Director: Ms Lee McKenzie

St Michael’s Parish, Traralgon

in partnership with

St Mary’s Parish, Yarram and including

St Columbkille’s, Glengarry

St Gerard’s Woodside

St Michael’s Vision Statement: Inspired by Jesus Christ, we are

a welcoming Catholic Community seeking to enrich lives.

Come and join us!

St Michael’s Mission Statement:

To provide opportunities for parishioners -

to grow in holiness,

to discover and live out their personal and community call, to mission to live as Catholics who effectively transform

society.

deceased be buried in cemeteries or other sacred places • Burial is above all the most fitting way to express faith and hope in the resurrection of the body • By burying the bodies of the faithful, the Church confirms her faith in the resurrection of the body, and intends to show the great dignity of the human body as an integral part of the human person whose body forms part of their identity • Through the practice of burying the dead in cemeteries, in dedicated spaces within church buildings or their environs, Christian tradition has upheld the relationship between the living and the dead and has opposed any tendency to minimise, or relegate to the private sphere, the event of death and the meaning it has for Christians • The Church raises no doctrinal objections to the practice of cremation • The ashes of the faithful must be laid to rest in a sacred place, that is, in a cemetery or in dedicated spaces within church buildings or their environs • This ensures they are not excluded from the prayers and remembrance of their family or the Christian community • Conservation of the ashes in a private residence is not permitted • Out of respect for the integrity and sacredness of both body and ashes, scattering or dividing ashes among family members is not favoured

Note: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith promotes and explains the theology that underpins different aspects of the life of the Church.

ON BURIALS AND CONSERVING ASHES IN THE CASE OF CREMATION The Australian Catholic Bishops have welcomed a new document from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published this week regarding burying the deceased and conserving ashes when cremation is chosen. Titled, ‘Ad Resurgendum Cum Christo’ meaning ‘To rise with Christ’, the document provides details about the doctrinal and pastoral reasons for choosing a burial. It also explains what is appropriate when conserving ashes in the case of cremation. The Congregation highlighted that the contents of the document, ‘To Rise with Christ’, are intended as a point of reference for the Church. Archbishop Denis Hart, President of the Bishops’ Conference said, “The new instruction, ‘To rise with Christ’, affirms what the Church has always held with regard to cremation, reverence for the human remains in the body or in the ashes and the following burial”. Key points in the newly published document include: • the Church’s preference for burial of the remains of the faithful • Because of Christ, Christian death has a positive meaning. The Christian vision of death receives privileged expression in the liturgy of the Church: ‘Indeed for your faithful, Lord, life is changed not ended, and, when this earthly dwelling turns to dust, an eternal dwelling is made ready for them in heaven’. • Following Christian tradition, the Church recommends that the bodies of the

PLEASE PRAY FOR: We remember those who have died recently including Ron Hunter, Peter Jenner, Phil Fawcett, Renald Buhagiar, Mary Kilday, Walter Dyblik, and all those whose anniversaries occur at this time including Domenico Rigoni, Joseph and Angela Dieni. Lord, let your perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: including Alan Douche, Pearce Morgan, Veronica Barter, Tony Tactor, Fr Frank Freeman, Jan Gilmour, Mary O’Brien, Carolyn Gleeson, Barry Felmingham, Gary Donchi, Anna Lapuh, Fergus Darmody, Louis Janssen, Rita Sweeney, Peter Heron, Mia Coulthard, Father Frank Young and Sarah Parker and all who seek our prayers.

WEDDING BELLS: Congratulations and many blessings, to -

Elisha Licciardi and Raymond Lubawski; and

Claire Couling and Leigh Fabris

who are being married this weekend at St Michael’s. Love delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end. (1Cor13:7-8)

BAPTISMS: This weekend we welcome for Baptism, Denver Thomas Mittlemajer, son of David and Amy. Congratulations to the family, from us all. The next meeting for those preparing for Baptism is on Tuesday 15th November at 7:00pm in the Parish Centre. Please contact the Parish Office on 5174 2060 for further information.

RECONCILIATION 2016: Our young people preparing for Reconciliation will be receiving Reconciliation pins at our Masses this weekend. Please remember to keep the children and their families in your prayers. The children will be celebrating this Sacrament for their first time on the Saturdays throughout November.

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Our History Book: 1916-2016. Copies are now available in the Piety Stall for $5.00 each. A good history of a wonderful parish.

SMY@L – St Michael’s Youth @ Latitude: St Michael’s Parish Youth Group for young people in Yr 5 – lower

secondary Friday 18th November

Traralgon’s Amazing Race Rally! This will be a night of fun, mystery and competition. Where will the Amazing Race take you? Permission forms need to be signed on the night. Start at St Michael’s Mary MacKillop Hall at 6.30pm, pick up at St Michael’s at 9pm. Cost, new toys for Toy Run Donation. Phone Rachel on 0499 077 735 or Lou on 5175 0877 for info. This is our final night for 2016!

SACRAMENT CO-ORDINATOR: I’m happy to advise of the appointment of Mrs Jen Hanratty to the position of Acting Sacrament Co-ordinator for St Michael’s parish. I’m sure all parishioners wish Jen well in this important work. Fr B. CANDIDATURE MASS FOR SEMINARIANS: Bishop Patrick will be with us next Sunday morning and he extends an invitation to all parishioners to join him at the 9:30am Mass at St Michael’s on Sunday (6/11) where he will admit two of our seminarians, Avinash George and Hiep Nguyen to Candidacy for Ordination as Deacons and Priests. Please join in this celebration and pray for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life. ST COLUMBKILLE’S: Next Sunday (November 06) Mass will be celebrated at 8:15am at St Columbkille’s, Glengarry. ALL SOULS MASS: All are invited to gather for an All Souls Mass at Fr Cagney’s grave at the Traralgon cemetery. This Mass is next Saturday (5/11) at 10:00am and all are welcome. Parishioners should feel free to invite friends and neighbours who may like to join in, and then to pray a blessing on the graves of loved ones. ST MICHAEL’S PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: All members of the PPC are reminded of the next meeting on Wednesday (2/11) at 5:30pm. All parishioners are invited to approach PPC members with issues they would like to have discussed in the parish.

www.smpt.org.au: Our website is up and

running, huge thanks to Steve Kimani and Adrian Crawford. We now need information about our Parish Groups to go on the website. So, can you all please start thinking – we need a very short description of your Groups aims, activities and details of who to contact to join. Could all groups please send their short piece to sec@smpt.org.au by November 14? 100 YEARS YOUNG: On November 10th, Mary Holmes will celebrate her 100th birthday. Her family wish to celebrate on Saturday 12th November at the Traralgon Football Club between 1:00pm and 5:00pm, and would happily welcome any of her friends who wish to call in for a cuppa. Congratulations Mary, and best wishes from us all.

SUNDAY MASS TIMES Saturday 6.00pm St Michael’s

Traralgon Sunday 9:30am St Michael’s

Traralgon

10:00am St Mary’s Yarram

10:00am St Columbkille’s Glengarry

6:00 pm St Michael’s Traralgon

WEEKDAY LITURGY TIMES

31st October to 5th November Mon 31

9:30am

Community Liturgy of the Word, St Michael’s

Tues 01 All Saints Day

10:45am Mass, Marjery Cole

11:30am Mass, St Mary’s

Wed 02 All Souls Day

10:00am Mass, St Mary’s

12:00pm Mass, St Michael’s

Thu 03 10:30am Mass, Dalkeith Hostel

Fri 04 9:30am Mass, St Michael’s

Sat 05 10:00am Mass, Traralgon Cemetery

Rosary: Tuesday to Sunday 30 minutes before Mass.

Reconciliation: Saturdays 10:15am & 5:30pm or any time by arrangement with Father.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY: Children’s Liturgy takes place at 9.30am Mass on Sunday mornings. It’s a joyous time, sharing the Gospel with the children at their level. If you feel you are able to help out in this worthwhile ministry, please contact the Parish Office on 5174 2060. If you have need of more information, please call Carol on 5174 7712.

ST MICHAEL’S MUMS & DADS GROUP: A great place to meet other parents and have some fun with the kids. Come and enjoy fellowship, friendship and food! We meet every Wednesday during school terms at St Michael’s Mary MacKillop Hall, 10:00am to 12:00pm. Any inquiries to Jen Hanratty 5176 1178 or Louise Varsaci 0414 540 296.

POP UP ‘OP SHOP’?: We are trying to gauge whether there is any interest in this concept, where we collect OpShop / Garage Sale type items, and then pick a date for a ‘Pop Up Sale’. We would need a base to operate the sale from, and probably a storage area to collect goods in. Moneys raised by the sale of goods would be used to help make some improvements around the Church. If you’ve any helpful ideas, please contact Carmel Collis on 5175 0549

CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP: The CPG meets every Thursday evening at 7:30pm in the Mary MacKillop Hall. All are welcome to come and join in! Enquiries to Cathy on 5174 3001.

News Headlines??:

Police Begin Campaign To Run Down Jaywalkers

Thief Gets Nine Months In Violin Case

Eye Drops Off Shelf

RENEWAL DAY WITH BISHOP PAT O’REGAN: A day of renewal will be held in the Marian room at St Joseph’s, Warragul on Saturday 5th November from 9.30am to 3.30pm. All are invited to attend.

Relaxing Women’s Weekend 18-20th November 2016: Ladies, have you tuned into yourself lately? Let us give you the opportunity through a relaxing, sharing, rejuvenating weekend! Come with us to the Don Bosco retreat centre in the rolling hills of Lysterfield for one weekend. Be waited on, do whatever you please, whether that may be to relax, walk, read, chat, shop in the charming little towns nearby, climb the “Thousand Steps”, have some alone time, laugh, and generally enjoy good company. We offer two optional short sessions where most of us like to reflect on our goals and relationship with God. The rest is free time to recharge the batteries, and a great opportunity to get in touch with your own thoughts & emotions and feel like an individual. The time for self and the caring companionship refresh us for the return to daily responsibilities. For details please contact Colette Jewell by phone on 5174 3926 or email coletteb@live.com.au

LADIES WORSHIP IN SONG: A chance to get together with other women and enjoy singing hymns and carols at the Traralgon Baptist Church, 58-62 Kay Street from 2:00 to 4:00pm on Saturday 5th November. Entry by donation. Please bring a plate of food to share. Children welcome, playroom available. For further details please call 0431 936 653.

NEW IN OUR PARISHES? CHANGED ADDRESSES? NEED PLANNED GIVING

ENVELOPES OR TO UPDATE THE PARISH RECORDS?

Please let us know. You could fill in this form and return it at your convenience – on the plate at Mass, at church or to the parish office. We’ll look forward to catching up with you. Name:

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FINANCE MATTERS: “…for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:14 Pride and ego is the root cause of most of our sins. Thinking your time is so valuable, your talent is better than anyone else and your money gives you status is another way of making those things “gods” before God. Remember all those gifts were God-given. Instead we should be humbled by God’s abundant generosity and our hearts should be filled with gratitude.

Weekend October 22 & 23 First Collection: $1163.00 P/Giving Envelopes: $2181.00 Thank you for your generosity If you wish to have further information about our Planned Giving programme, please contact the Parish Office. Counters: Oct 30 Armstrong Team Nov 06 Morris Team

Rosters for November 05 & 06 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Lector Commentator Eucharistic Ministers Welcomers Music Sacristan

Saturday 6:00pm

B O’Brien D Smith B Power, C DiCorleto, D Buckland, Volunteer

A O’Hara R Tactor

Jane A Symonds

Sunday 9:30 am

R Diaz / C McLure

M Tainsh J & W Waanders, J Cahill, K Jones, E Ryan, Volunteer

T & L Biancon

Jane P & L Van der Velden

Sunday 6:00pm

C Roga K Vasarci Rob Tarraran, J Reid, D Locke, Volunteer

A Ward Diamente family

B Kennedy

Altar Cleaning: October 31 S Edgar Church Cleaning: October Couling Team November Rickwood Team Children's Liturgy of the Word: October 23 Team 2 C Dalton, L Zalesiak, G Edgar Mick’s Kitchen: October 27 Scholtes Team November 03 Hemming Team Touring Statue of Our Lady: October 30 Mons Allman November 06 E & P Van der Velden

Please contact the family before you leave the statue to make sure they are home. Thank you.

For further information regarding roster please contact: Marie Moulton 5174 0938 Email: memou_38@bigpond.com

Entrance Antiphon Cf Ps 37:22-23

Forsake me not, O Lord, my God;

be not far from me!

Make haste and come to my help,

O Lord, my strong salvation!

First Reading Wis 11:22-12:2

A reading from the book of Wisdom

You have mercy on all things because you love everything that exists.

In your sight, Lord, the whole world is like a grain of

dust that tips the scales, like a drop of morning dew

falling on the ground.

Yet you are merciful to all, because you can do all

things and overlook men’s sins so that they can

repent.

Yes, you love all that exists, you hold nothing of what

you have made in abhorrence, for had you hated

anything, you would not have formed it.

And how, had you not willed it, could a thing persist,

how be conserved if not called forth by you?

You spare all things because all things are yours, Lord,

lover of life, you whose imperishable spirit is in all.

Little by little, therefore, you correct those who

offend, you admonish and remind them of how they

have sinned, so that they may abstain from evil and

trust in you, Lord.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 144:1-2 8-11 13-14. R. see v.1

(R.) I will praise your name for ever,

my king and my God.

1. I will give you glory, O God my King,

I will bless your name for ever.

I will bless you day after day

and praise your name for ever. (R.)

2. The Lord is kind and full of compassion,

slow to anger, abounding in love.

How good is the Lord to all,

compassionate to all his creatures. (R.)

3. All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,

and your friends shall repeat their blessing.

They shall speak of the glory of your reign

and declare your might, O God. (R.)

4. The Lord is faithful in all his words

and loving in all his deeds.

The Lord supports all who fall

and raises all who are bowed down. (R.)

Second Reading 2 Thes 1:11 – 2:2

A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the

Thessalonians

The name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified in you and you in him.

We pray continually that our God will make you

worthy of his call, and by his power fulfil all your

desires for goodness and complete all that you have

been doing through faith; because in this way the

name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified in you

and you in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

To turn now, brothers, to the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ and how we shall all be gathered round him:

please do not get excited too soon or alarmed by any

prediction or rumour or any letter claiming to come

from us, implying that the Day of the Lord has already

arrived.

Gospel Acclamation Jn 3:16

Alleluia, alleluia!

God loved the world so much, he gave us his

only Son,

that all who believe in him might have

eternal life.

Alleluia!

Gospel Lk 18:9-14

The Son of Man came to seek and to find that which

was lost.

Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town

when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his

appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors

and a wealthy man. He was anxious to see what kind

of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not

see him for the crowd; so he ran ahead and climbed

a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was

to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he

looked up and spoke to him: ‘Zacchaeus, come down.

Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’ And

he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully. They all

complained when they saw what was happening. ‘He

has gone to stay at a sinner’s house’ they said. But

Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord,

‘Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the

poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him

back four times the amount.’ And Jesus said to him,

‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this

man too is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has

come to seek out and save what was lost.’

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C _ __ Sunday October 30, 2016

Next weeks Readings 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: 2 Macc 7:1-2, 9-14 Second Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:16 – 3:5 Gospel: Luke 20:27-38