The Catholic Parish of
Epping, Epping North
2nd Sunday of Easter Year B
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Parish Office and St Peter’s church:
13 Davisson St, Epping
Ph: 9401 6300
Fax: 9401 6350
St Mary of the Cross Mackillop
Cnr Redding Rise and Farmhouse Blvd
Epping North
email: [email protected]
web site: www.cam.org.au/epping
Parish Priest: Maurie Cooney
Assistant Priest: Martin Jeramias
Introduction: We continue to gather with and celebrate the new life and hope that
the Resurrection of Christ has brought amongst us. The full meaning of Easter may
well be a ‘mystery’, but it can renew us and the world! Today’s First Reading says that
that can happen through the way we live new hope, new belief, new energy for life,
life for all!
First Reading: Acts 4:32-35
Responsorial Psalm: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
Second Reading: 1 John 5:1-6
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! You believe in me, Thomas, because you
have seen me; happy are those who have not seen me, but still believe! Alleluia!
Gospel: John 20:19-31
Next weeks readings: 3rd Sunday Easter: Acts 3:13-15. 17-19;1 John 2:1-5;Luke 24:35-48
Northern Hospital - Catholic Chaplain:
Rosemary Bolzan 9401 6300
Fr Fayez Assaf
Administration
[Mon, Tue 9-3pm]
Michelle Hood
[Wed, Thurs, Friday 9-3pm]
Monique Heckmann
Business Manager/Accountant
[Tues, Wed, Thurs 9-4pm]
Gil Bell
Baptisms: By appointment, three months
notice required. Parents are required to
prepare for their child’s baptism by attending
a Baptism Preparation evening.
Contact: Christine Hall 9401 6311
Sacramental Preparation 9401 6300
Pastoral Coordinator:
Sandy Starbuck 9401 6312
Formation / Pastoral Mentor
Sr Maureen Delaney rsc 9717 3355
Marriages by appointment.
Please contact the parish office.
Weekend Masses:
St Peter’s
Saturday 7.15pm,
Sunday 9am & 10.30am
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Saturday 5.30pm
Weekday Masses:
St Peter’s
9.15am Tuesday - Friday
Reconciliation:
Saturday 10.30 am – 11 am
Children’s Liturgy of the Word every week:
St Mary of the Cross Mackillop 5.30pm
St Peter’s 10.30am
Schools
St Peter’s, Epping
Ph: 9401 1157
St Mary of the Cross Mackillop
Epping North
Ph: 8432 4500
St Monica’s Epping
Ph: 9409 8800
St Vincent de Paul 1300 305 330
Let us pray for the sick: Justin Borden, Fr Francis, Maggie Sagaria, Mazened Francis, Grace LeTin, Jo Bonicci, Roshan
Livera, Rebecca Englezakis, Jason Azzilla, Nicholas Lupersamy, Palmera Tanse, Aidan Roshin, Greg Osborne, Cherryl D’sa,
Mark Paul Flavier, Rita Carusi, Dominic Prattico, Janey Hoorigan, Jay Larkas, Jennifer Harbour, Connie Galea, Shanon
Farrugia, Patricia DeSilva, Betty Perrett, Sabrina Jansez, Joe Camilleri, Natasha
Recent death: Angele Melingui, Libero Libertone,
Leigh Barker
Anniversaries: Percy Pereira
Rite of Welcome for Baptism
Charlie Agius
Julian Hatherell
CHRIST IS RISEN ! and they are changed! This is the richer expression of our
Easter celebrations last weekend. And it shows in today’s First Reading – as the first
Christians experienced that first Easter they lived with a new energy which they
shared with those around them.
Defending the Christians before the Emperor Hadrian in the early second century,
Aristides, a non-Christian, said of them:
“These Christians love one another. They never fail to help widows. They save
orphans from those who would hurt them. If people have something, they give that
freely to anyone who has nothing. If they see a stranger, Christians take that person
into their homes and treat them as a brother or sister. And if they hear that one of
them is in jail, or persecuted for professing the name of their redeemer, they all give
those people what they need. If it is possible, they bail them out. If one of them is
poor and there isn’t enough food to go around, they fast several days to give their
food to the other person. We are dealing with a new kind of person: there is
something divine in them!”
And remember St Francis of Assisi: "Preach the Gospel at all times. Even use
words if necessary!" And St Mary of the Cross MacKillop: “Never see a need
without doing something about it!”
Now is the time for those good intentions of Lent to become new realities in
our lives. Remember how we determined to ‘give up’ some aspect of our lives
in order to take on something new and grow further in the life of Christ? Now
that we have celebrated Easter is the time to put that into practice!
Community News!!!!
At times we take for granted the familiar
face sitting next to us each week at Mass.
We grow accustomed to greeting them
with a “Good Morning!” or “wasn’t that a
great homily?” What to do then, when
you notice that person hasn’t been at
Mass for awhile? At times, those who are unable to travel
to Mass each week contact me for a visit or Communion.
But very often those who have found themselves housebound and lonely don’t want to burden anyone, and so
often don’t ask. God does have a way of making this known
which is why I am REACHING OUT! to you. For these Parishioners to face each day without seeing and visiting with a
familiar face is a loneliness we can do something about.
Please contact me if you have an hour or two, weekly or
fortnightly, to give to those in our Parish who are at home.
By such a small action you will find Jesus over that shared
cuppa!!! Please call – Sandy Starbuck – 9401 6312.
There are great stories from each of our Holy Week Easter
celebrations – of shared effort in setting things in place, of
prayerfulness, of crowds gathering to keep faith alive and
growing. Well done to all who ‘made’ Easter for us – including all who gathered with your prayer and faith and hope!
Numbers over Holy Week Easter were:
St Peter’s: Passion Sunday – 145, 243, 349; Holy Thursday
360; Good Friday: Stations of the Cross – 334, Liturgy –
460; Easter Vigil – 350; Easter Sunday 373, 350;
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop: Passion Sunday – 155,; Holy Thursday 145; Good Friday: Liturgy – 190; Easter Vigil –
185, Easter Sunday 65
St Vincent de Paul team meeting Tuesday 14 April 7.30pm
Parish Office
ANZAC Day Mass will be celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral
9.30am Saturday 25 April by Archbishop Denis Hart.
All welcome!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY ASSISTING REFUGEE
STUDENTS MERCY CONNECT PROJECT
MELBOURNE– Mercy Works Ltd. is currently
recruiting volunteers to support Refugee
Students and Asylum Seekers in the Melbourne Archdiocese. The volunteer commitment is approximately half a
day per week for four school terms. Experience working
in an educational setting is preferred but not limited to.
Interview process will be in May followed by a Training Day
early in June. Please contact Sr. Mary Lewis RSM for an
application form and further information. Mercy Connect
Project Melbourne Tel: 9326 1895 Website:
www.mercyworks.org.au Email: [email protected]
ST PETER’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE NEWS
BEING PETER PEOPLE
BEING PETER PEOPLE - our ‘people-of-faith gathering’
in this 150th anniversary year of St Peter’s church: the
second gathering is on this Thursday, 16th April, at
7.30pm, in the Galilee Space at St Peter’s School.
Come again, and continue our reflection on ‘being people of faith’; if you weren’t at the first gathering, it will
be easy to join in now. SEE YOU THERE!
Commemorative Pavers. The response from Parishioners interested in purchasing personalized pavers for a
possible Commemorative Garden to celebrate St. Peter’s 150th Anniversary has been very pleasing. It is still
not too late to reserve a paver. All you have to do is to
provide your details on the clipboard available at each
Mass this weekend. Further details will be provided
after Easter.
The Committee is gathering information for a
Commemorative Book being compiled to celebrate the
occasion. Parishioners are asked to help by completing
the blue Survey form which will be available at all
Masses over the next few weeks. A copy of the Survey
form can be downloaded from the Parish website
HOME page www.cam.org.au/epping
If you are aware of former parishioners who may be
interested in completing this survey, please encourage
them to fill in the form and return it to the Parish
Office by 14 April 2015.
We would like to invite families to email the Parish
Office an image of your families National flag
to be used as a part of
St Peter’s 150th Anniversary celebrations
[email protected]
The next Alpha Course at St Francis of Assisi Mill Park will run in
Term 2, 2015, starting 16 April Explore questions of life and faith
and make new friendships at Alpha! Alpha is an exciting refresher
Course in the Christian faith.
The Alpha Course begins this Thursday, 16th April, and will run for
ten Thursdays, to be held in St Francis Hall, 290 Childs Road, Mill
Park. Alpha starts at 7.00 pm - 9.30 pm. Enquiries: ring 9407
6704.
Church cleaning roster - Saturday 25 April
ANNA ARIMATEA, CATHERINE GATT
Children’s Liturgy Saturday 18 April SMCM CHRISTINE SANTOS Sunday
19 April St Peter’s CONNIE CURMI
Mothers’ Prayer Wednesday after 9.15am morning Mass
Charismatic Prayer Group meets every Friday at St Peter’s 7.30pm.
Prayer Group Mass every 1st Friday of every month 7.30pm.