Masses for week beginning 21st of April 2012
| Monday | 9:15 AM Communion Service | |
| Tuesday | 9:15 AM Mass | |
| Wednesday | 9:15 AM Mass | |
| Thursday | 9:15 AM Mass | |
| Friday | 9:15 AM Mass | |
| Saturday | 10:30 Mass, (Reconciliation 10:00 to 10:25 AM) | 6 PM Mass |
| Sunday | 8:45 AM, 10:30 AM, 1:30 PM (Korean) | 5:00 PM Mass |
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK:
Valeria Muser
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AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST MORNING TEA: Holy Family Parish will be hosting Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday 24th May at 10am (after the 9.15am Mass) in the Parish Small Hall. Come and join us for a cuppa! Donations raised for this event will be given to the Cancer Research Foundation.
NAME TAGS: Any Parishioners who would like their own name tag to wear at Mass, please write your name in block letters in the list at the Piety Stall. Name tags can be collected from the alphabetical draws in the foyer. Please place name tags back into these boxes at the end of each Mass.
EL SALVADOR ACTION GROUP ANNUAL APPEAL: The Annual appeal for our sister parish in El Salvador, San Antonio Abad, is to be held on the weekend 26th/27th May 2012. Our El Salvador Action Newsletter will be available after Mass next weekend.
ARE YOU NEW TO THE PARISH? New Parishioners are invited to complete a card giving us your name & address, so that we can meet you and make you feel welcome in our community. Cards are available in the Church Foyer.
NOTICES FOR FOYER NOTICEBOARD: Any notices to be placed on the Foyer Noticeboard must be handed into the Parish Office.
PROJECT COMPASSION: Please return the project compassion boxes at the offertory table at the rear of the church or at the foyer. Thank you for your generous contributions.
CATHOLICCARE’S - HEAVENLY GALA BALL: This is your opportunity to be part of a very special evening and raise urgently needed funds for families and individuals experiencing alcohol and other drug issues in our community. Gala Ball will be held on Thursday 24th May at the Plaza Ballroom, 191 Collins St, Melbourne at 6.30pm for 7pm start. (See noticeboard for more details.)
CROSSROADS PILGRIMAGE -25th NOV-9TH DEC: Crossroads is an alternative end of school year celebration where students travel from Melbourne to Alice Springs, stopping at Penola, spend time in an Indigenous community and much, more. It is open to all year 12 students finishing in 2012! Contact: Jack 9412 3341/ Jack.O'Sullivan@cam.org.au For more info visit www.cam.org.au/youth/crossroads/ Applications close 22nd June.
HOLY FAMILY LOSS AND GRIEF GROUP: The next meeting for parishioners experiencing loss and grief is TUESDAY 5TH JUNE at 2.00pm. Meetings are held in the Parish House on the first Wednesday each month. Extra meetings (day or evening) will be arranged to suit your particular needs. For planning purposes contact either Kevin Delaney 9807 4861 or the Parish Office 9807 9494.
MASS FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS: The Life, Marriage & Family Office warmly invite all expectant mothers and their families to a Mass for Expectant Mothers. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart at St Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday 17th June at 11.00am. To register, please contact the Life, Marriage & Family Office on: 9287 5587 or lmf@cam.org.au. You can also register online at: www.cam.org.au/lifemarriagefamily. Registration closes on Friday 8th June. Women who register will receive a small token of recognition.
AVILA CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL: will be showcased at the 2012 Creative Arts Festival on Monday evening, 21st May at the Besen Centre, Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood. For more information, please contact the office on 9831 9600.
MULCH: Anyone interested in garden mulch, please contact the Parish office on 9807 9494.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Parishioners who would like to be visited by Fr. Laurence and receive the sacrament of anointing of the sick, please ring the Parish Office on 9807 9494, to make an appointment.
YTU ECUMENICAL SERVICE: The Yarra Theological Community invites you to keep vigil on Pentecost Eve – An Ecumenical Service of Readings, Reflection, Prayer and Song – Saturday 26 May 2012 at 8:00pm in YTU Study Centre 34 Bedford St, Box Hill – parking via Albion Street entrance.
OUTER EASTERN ASYLUM SEEKER SUPPORT NETWORK: invites you to share in a Coffee and Cake Afternoon at Forest Hill Uniting Church, 333a Canterbury Rd, Forest Hill. Sunday 20th May at 4pm to Meet, Listen to and talk with Helga Svendsen the New Director of Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project.
Marriage Encounter Weekend: 15th – 17th June, 10th – 12th Aug & 12th 14th Oct. For further details & bookings contact Marianne & Marcel van den Bronk 97330997/vicbookings@wwme.org.au
KAIROS: The latest edition of “Kairos” is now on sale.
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL OPEN DAYS: will be held on Monday 21st May, Thursday 24th May from 9.00am-5pm. Tours begin at 9.00am and on the hour thereafter with the last tour commencing at 5pm. Enq: The Principal / the School Secretary on 9807 3300.
DE LA SALLE COLLEGE, MALVERN: To celebrate 100 years of De La Salle College, Malvern, a 120 page book in full colour, pictorial history of the College has been published. The beautifully illustrated book, co-authored by Nicholas Quin (DLS 1963) and Steve Stefanopoulos (DLS 1992) entitled With Faith and Zeal Resplendent, showcases the many people, places and events that have made their mark throughout the one hundred year journey of the College from the time the first three pioneering Brothers opened the School in 1912, to the present day. The book will be available following the launch on 18th May. To secure your copy of this limited release publication, contact the College on 9508 2100.
LENDING LIBRARY will be open after each Masses this weekend. Please feel free to come along and browse through our collection of books.
VOCATION DISCERNMENT: QUO VADIS? Are you wondering about God’s will for your life? Then you may benefit from attending a Quo Vadis reflection night. Quo Vadis is an opportunity to experience prayer and fellowship with other men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood. Meetings will be on 24th June, 29th July, 26th August, 28th October at the Vocations Office, Cardinal Knox Centre, East Melbourne. Inquiries please ring Fr. Binh Le, Vocation Director, 9926 5733.
CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE: 2012 Knox Public Lecture- Wednesday 16th May 2012 at 7.30pm. Rev. Associate Professor Orm Rush. Australia and Vatican II: Assessing the Reception of the Council Bookings and Information: Email jill.allen@ctc.edu.au or phone 9412 3304. RSVP by Wednesday 9th May. Venue: Knox Lecture Theatre, Cardinal Knox Centre, East Melbourne.
CATHOLICCARE’S - HEAVENLY GALA BALL: will now host The Heavenly Gala Ball on Thursday 24th May at the Plaza Ballroom, 191 Collins St, Melbourne at 6.30pm for 7pm start. For more information, see flyer on the noticeboard in the foyer.
ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY MASS: Are you celebrating your 25th, 40th, 50th, or 60th-70th wedding anniversary this year? The Life, Marriage & Family Office invite you and your families to join us at the Annual Anniversary Mass. The Mass will be celebrated at St Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday 29th July at 11.00am by Archbishop Denis Hart. Couples who register will receive commemorative certificates and packs. To register contact the Life, Marriage & Family on: 9287 5579 or lmf@cam.org.au. Alternatively register online at: www.cam.org.au/lifemarriagefamily. Registrations close on Friday 13th July.