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Prayer After Communion:
(For Minsters to the Home-bound)
God my creator breathe on me
again, renew me, refresh me,
extend my abilities, comfort me
in adjusting to changes in
health, mobility and
activity.
Body and Blood of Jesus Christ
flow through every fibre of my
being.
Keep me well, and hope filled
always.
Holy Spirit use me in my
situation, for the good of
others. Amen.
Our Finance
Liturgy Rosters:
Many thanks for the wonderful works you do!
This Weekend: 1st December
Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm
Leader: H. Webb
Reader: P. Couttie
Minister: F. Mizzi, A. O’Brien
Gifts: K. Carr
Welcome: F. Mizzi
Sunday: 10.30am
Leader: A. McIntyre
Reader: K. Howman
Ministers: T. McCallum, F. Arnott, J. Fitzgerald
Gifts: C. Boyadjian
Welcome: L. Goebel
Next Weekend: 8th December
Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm
Leader: L. Cooper
Reader: D. Kierce
Minister: K. O’Toole, A. Burns
Gifts: M. Gregory, H. Stevenson
Welcome: D. Baudinette
Sunday: 10.30am
Leader: P. Howman
Reader: A. McIntyre
Ministers: K. Loftus, F. Mizzi, K. Arnott
Gifts: J & A Milani
Welcome: A & M Francis
Church Flowers: 28/11 J. Sandeman
Church Linen: 01/12 L. Goebel
Church Cleaning:
01/12 The Arnott Family
08/15 M. Lambert, J. Burns
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World Missions
$ 503
Presbytery Account
Priest support: inc. EFT $ 615.70
Direct deposit payments for the presbytery account can
be made electronically. Details are as follows:
Account Name: All Saints Presbytery Portland
BSB: 083 526
Account No. 24476 6002
Planned Giving for Parish Account
Given last week, inc. EFT: $ 869.00
Direct deposit payments for planned giving and donations
can be made electronically. Details are as follows:
Account Name: Portland Catholic Church
BSB: 083 532
Account No. 5159 81661
Target $64,000
Total YTD 2019/20 $ 25,097
Total YTD 2018/19 $ 27,770
LEAVING A GIFT IN YOUR WILL
All Saints Parish has been present at most of the
important milestones in your life: your Baptism, your
First Communion, at times of great celebration and at
times of great sadness.
By leaving a gift to your Parish in your Will, you will
leave a legacy of faith – a legacy to help ensure that the
mission and pastoral outreach that has been important
to you will continue both for today’s needs and for
those of our children, our grandchildren and beyond.
“The Spire“
All Saints’ Parish
Portland - Heywood - Dartmoor
All Saints’ Parish Office
PO Box 210 Portland 3305
Phone: 5523 1046 email: [email protected] www.ballarat.catholic.org.au/parishes
Rev. Gregory A. D. Tait, P.P. email: [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Antonella Webbstock Wednesday & Friday 9.00am till 3.00pm
All Saints Parish is committed to Child Safety - our Child Safety Policy and Code of Conduct are on display on the Parish website and noticeboard in the Tower Entrance of the Church.
All Saints Parish Portland acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our Parish Community meets, the Gunditjmara people. We pay our respects to their Elders past and pre-sent and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of reconciliation and constitutional acknowledgement of first peoples
Weekday Services 03/12 to 06/12
Tuesday: 11.00am Anointing Mass
Wednesday: 5.00pm Mass
Thursday: 10.00am Mass
Friday: 9.30am Mass (All Saints Primary
School)
6.00pm Evening Prayer
*Note* Funeral Masses will always take the place of
Weekday Mass for that day.
Recent Deaths:
Margaret Sawyer, Esteban Cresencia, Cindy Armour
Anniversaries:
Nora Durbidge, Ron Fielding, Jim Collins, George Cumbo,
Kath Dent, Danny Clifford, Kathleen McIndoe, Bill Mailing,
Ada McNeilly, Terry McMeel, Stella Young, Lindsay Tait
Prayer Requests:
Margaret Couttie, Patricia Bailey, Noela Clifford, Les
Hildebrand, Nicky Schultz, Claire Jesser, John Smith,
Lea-anne Bourke, Rudy Legray, Michelle Mutch,
If you have any prayer requests please contact Antonella at
the Parish Office; for privacy reasons only Next of Kin may
ask for names to be added: Thank you
Weekend Mass & Sacrament of Penance times.
PORTLAND
Mass: Saturday 6.00 pm,
Sunday 10:30 am
HEYWOOD
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Sundays,
9.00am Mass
4th Sunday, Lay Led Assembly, 9.00am
DARTMOOR
4th Sunday 8.30amm Mass
Baptisms by appointment with Fr. Gregory
1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday 10.30am or any Saturday 6.00pm vigil
Marriages by appointment with Fr Gregory Tait.
Sacrament of Penance By Appointment with Fr Gregory.
Responsorial Psalm 121
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’ And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.
It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord. For Israel’s law it is, there to praise the Lord’s name. There were set the thrones of judgement of the house of David.
For the peace of Jerusalem pray: ‘Peace be to your homes! May peace reign in your walls, in your palaces, peace!’
For love of my brethren and friends I say: ‘Peace upon you!’ For love of the house of the Lord I will ask for your good.
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and the Gospel vers-
es, are from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on
English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.
1st December
2019
First Sunday
Advent
Year A
Children’s Liturgy
Dec 8th
Anne & Jamin
Gospel Connections - Matthew 24: 37 - 44
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of Man comes. Then of two men in the fields one is taken, one left; of two women at the millstone grinding, one is taken, one left.
‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’
Reflection - Diane Bergant CSA
We may be accustomed to think of Advent as the time when we prepare for the coming of God, but the readings also train our attention on our own journey to God. We see this most clearly in this first Sunday with readings that tell us the identity of the pilgrims, the destination toward which they travel, and the way of life that is required of them on their journey. As the Vatican Council has proclaimed: We are a pilgrim people.
Both the reading from Isaiah and the psalm response speak of the pilgrimage to the mountain of the Lord, the place where God can be found. Although the psalm speaks about Jerusalem and refers to the temple there, the broader theological significance of the mountain, the city and the temple is one and the same. They represent the presence of God in our midst, and this presence is the goal of our striving. There are clear directions about how we are to live while we are on this pilgrimage to God. In Isaiah we learn that we must put away our instruments of violence and hatred, our swords and our spears. Lest we pick them up again, we are told to convert them into life-producing implements, into ploughs and pruning hooks. Paul exhorts us to put away our deeds of darkness and self-indulgence and to clothe ourselves instead in the deeds of Jesus Christ. Matthew points out the need for alertness, attentiveness, a disposition that is open to a change of heart.
Parish Events & Dates to Remember
Tuesday, 3rd December 5.30pm - Adult Faith Formation Contact [email protected] for the
location. This week; Church Fathers: Irenaeus & Tertullian--2nd Century Giants
Tuesday, 3rd December - 11.00am Anointing Mass - please bring a plate to share after mass
Sunday 8th December - Portland Community Carols, Skate Park Stage, Portland Foreshore
(near Trawler Wharf). Food stalls 5.30pm, carols commence 6.00pm
Parish Plenary Council Discernment Meetings
Meetings will be held at All Saints Primary School Library on the following Thursday’s between
5.00 - 6.30pm:
2019: December 5th
2020: January 30th 2020, February 13th, March 12th
All Saints Outreach Op-Shop: (In Target Car park) Phone: 5521 1587
The Parish Outreach Op-Shop is in need of good quality clothing; bric a brac or furniture.
Please ring Outreach for pick up if necessary. Thank you all for your ongoing support of Outreach.
Outreach is open Monday to Friday 10 am - 4pm and Saturdays 10am - 12 mid-day.
Outreach is a significant fundraiser within the Parish and we regularly need Volunteers to give 3 hours
in the mornings or afternoons.
Please contact Marg Herbertson at Op-Shop for further information.
Parish Appointments Bishop Paul Bird CSsR announced the following parish appointments to take effect in January: Cororooke: Fr Michael O’Toole as Supervising Priest Bungaree: Fr Sajan Matthew as Canonical Administrator Gordon: Fr Ed Maloney as Supervising Priest Robinvale: Fr Peter Jose CMI as Canonical Administrator East Wimmera: Fr Jim McKay - Assistant Priest Book Club Book Club will be meeting for a Christmas celebration on Tuesday 10th of December at the Henty Bistro. If anyone is interested in attending please email Marika at [email protected]. Christmas Meat Hamper Through our Parish Outreach we will provide meat vouchers to accompany the Christmas hampers that are being delivered in December. If you would like to make a contribution to the cost of the meat for the hampers, please place your donation in an envelope marked “Meat Hampers”, and return via the collections. Marked Envelopes are available at the back of the church.
Portland Community Carols 2019 - Calling all singers, young and old, short and tall, experienced or not.
This annual event will take place on Sunday
December 8th from 5.30 – 7.30. We want as many
singers as possible to lead the Carols for the community on this important occasion.
Rehearsals will be held in the Bayview College Chapel from 7.00 – 8.00pm on Wednesday November 27
th
and Wednesday December 4th
.
For further information contact Michelle on 0418 990 191
Christmas Mass Times
24th December 5.00pm Vigil Mass - Dartmoor
24th December 7.30pm Carols - All Saints Portland
24th December 8.00pm Christmas Eve Mass - All Saints Portland
25th December 9.30am Christmas Day Mass - All Saints Portland