1st March 2015

SEASONS Newsletter of the Catholic Parish of St. Thomas More, Mount Eliza

PCC=Parish Community Centre U=Undercroft

C=Church

MPR=School Multipurpose Room

SSR=School Staff Room

Diary

This Sunday

Film Group, Selma, Mornington Cinema, 12.30pm,

Monday Poetry Group, 1.30pm, PCC

First Reconciliation Class, 4pm, PCC St Vincent de Paul Meeting,

7.30pm, U

Tuesday Social Club Liturgy, 10am, C & U Baptism Preparation Meeting,

7.30pm, PCC

Wednesday

Lent Film Discussion 7pm, C

Thursday Film Group, What We Did On

Our Holiday, Mornington Cinema

Friday Pirates of Penzance’ Frankston Arts Centre, 10.30 am

Weekday Masses

Monday

Tuesday, Liturgy of the Word

with Holy Communion

Wednesday

Thursday followed by Rosa Mystica

Friday

No Mass

10.00 am

9.15 am

7.00 pm

9.15 am

Sunday Masses

Saturday Sunday

6:00 pm 8.00 am

10:00 am

Reconciliation

Saturday 5 - 5:30 pm

313 Canadian Bay Rd Mount Eliza Vic. 3930

Phone: 9787 7777 Fax: 9787 9734 Email: MountEliza@cam.org.au

Web: www.stm-mteliza.org

Pastoral Leadership Team

Fr. Laurie (Parish Priest) Lys Crowe (Pastoral Associate) Peter Whyte (School D Principal )

Anne-Marie Hyde (Chairperson) Narelle Mulcahy Sally Cooper John Bruitzman Margaret Carr

Maria Boelen Maree Taverna Jim Bourke

True God and

True

Man

Last week’s Gospel presented a picture of Jesus in his humanity, alone in the

wilderness and wrestling with human fear and temptation.

This week, Jesus is presented in his divinity, full of God’s glory. The Church

has taught since earliest days that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine

but grappled for centuries with what that meant. It was the cause of some divi-

sion: some denied his humanity; others his divinity. From a long process of

refinement emerged the central truth that in Jesus Christ, God’s Son became

flesh and suffered and died for the salvation of the world. Christians believe

that Christ is the definitive revelation of God. Our clearest insight into the mys-

tery of God and our strongest hope for union with God is Jesus Christ, true

God and true man.

This is my Son, the beloved; listen to him. from: ‘ The Summit’ February 2015

Second Sunday of Lent Year B

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First Reading: Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18

The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith.

Responsorial Psalm

I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of

the living.

Second Reading: Romans 8:31-34

God did not spare his own Son.

Gospel Acclamation:

Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! From the

shining cloud the Father’s voice is heard: this is my

beloved Son, hear him. Glory and praise to you, Lord

Jesus Christ!

Gospel: Mark 9:2-10

This is my Son, the beloved; listen to him.

Next Week’s Readings:

Exodus 20:1-17,

1 Corinthians 1:22-25,

John 2:13-25

Those who died recently

Members of the Coptic Church slain in

Lybia, Olive O’Gorman (Anne Sutton’s

Sister in Ireland), Bruce Thompson

those whose anniversaries fall at this time

Colleen Shannon, Hilda Fitzhenry, Vin Pearson, Anne

Morrow, Rosemary Kimpton, Marta Egyed, Mortimer

Hurren, Michael Connolly

the Sick

Kerry Wharton, David Rees, Paul Seymour, Monica

Scott, Dawn McGann, Fiona Lindner, George Blow-

ers (Queensland) and all of the sick at the George

Vowell Centre & Ranelagh Gardens Nursing Home.

and the parishioners of St Thomas More

Parish, Tequinomata, East Timor.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B SEASONS

Financial Matters

We pray for...

Liturgy - Second Sunday of Lent

Thanksgiving

Amount received last week ......................... $2329

Average February ........................................... $2856

Pledged per week ......................................... $3098

Presbytery

Amount received last week ......................... $1092

Thanks to all of you who give so generously to support our parish.

7th & 8th March Rosters

Mass Time Ministers of the Eucharist

6 pm Sat Noel Davies (Book)

Anne Wirth (Gifts)

Helen Steyn (Gifts)

8 am Sun Pat McConvill (Book)

Dennis Cleary (Gifts)

Mary Goss (Gifts)

10 am Sun Helen Grech (Book)

Adrian Coughlan (Gifts)

Peter Royal (Gifts)

Counters Don McKenzie

Richard Lindner

Yvonne Minton

Mass Time Lector Commentator

6 pm Sat David Wirth Margaret Emond

8 am Sun Kathleen Sheehy Lys Crowe

10 am Sun Jim Bourke Leonie Bourke

Morning Tea

This week Kate Hyland & Margaret Gal-

lagher warmly invite you to linger after

10am Mass for a cuppa and an oppor-

tunity to get to know some other mem-

bers of our parish community better.

Your hosts next week will be Beatrice Rodriguez &

Val Finnigan.

Baptism Welcomes This weekend at the 8 am Mass we have the Rite of Welcome for Marco and Joey Castellas

(Parents - Peter and Erin), and at the 10 am Mass for Angus King (Parents – Darren and Jose-

phine) and Zoe Lewry (Parents – Steven and Clare).

What’s Happening Here

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Information Night “Living the Gospel

Message”

The St Vincent de Paul Society will be hosting an in-

formation night “Living the Gospel Message” in the Un-

dercroft on Monday 2nd March commencing at

7.30pm. This will be followed by our scheduled Con-

ference meeting.

What can living the gospel message do for you?

Ask any Vincentian and they will tell you about the

satisfaction they get from pursuing the edicts of Jesus

in relation to the poor and disadvantaged. Studies

have shown the effects that helping others has on our

own emotional stability. Helping people through their

difficult times also helps us deal problems that might

arise in our own lives.

Launching New Meeting Arrangements

The Conference meeting to be held in conjunction

with this information night marks the start of new

alternating meeting arrangements designed to enable

people, unable to attend daytime meetings, to partici-

pate in the work of the Society. In future, the alter-

nating fortnightly meetings will scheduled for 9.30am

and 7.30pm respectively.

Parish Pastoral Leadership Team At this month’s PPLT meeting we –

reviewed the Parish Meeting

discussed the upcoming Stewardship Campaign

discussed the renovations to the Parish Com-

munity Centre to comply with OHS require-

ments

looked at how the Parish Pastoral Plan is going

discussed ideas for Parish Fundraising including

an Art Show to be held in October

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) During these weeks, as we journey to Easter, our

RCIA Candidates – Kristal and Melanie – will be

“dismissed” from Mass after the Homily, with their

Sponsors – Monica and Bernie – and another mem-

ber of the Parish, to go and discuss the Word they

have heard, returning at the end of Mass so that they

can be around with the community to meet us all.

This will happen at a different Mass each weekend, so

that Melanie and Kristal will get to meet as many

members of the Parish as possible. Please take the

opportunity to introduce yourself and say hello. This

weekend they will be at the 6 pm Mass.

Lenten Films And Discussion Nights The second of our Lenten Film and Discussion eve-

nings will be held this Wednesday – 4th March – at

7 pm in the Church. The film will be “The Way”.

It’s rated ‘PG’ and included in the cast are Emilio Es-

tevez and Martin Sheen.

Tom is an American doctor who comes to St Jean

Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his

adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while

walking The Camino de Santiago, also known as The

Way of Saint James. Driven by his profound sadness

and desire to understand his son better, Tom decides

to embark on the historical pilgrimage, leaving his

“California bubble life” behind. Armed with his son’s

backpack and guidebook, Tom navigates the 800 km

pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees, to Santiago de

Compostela in the north west of Spain, but soon dis-

covers that he will not be alone on this journey.

While walking the Camino, Tom meets other pilgrims

from around the world, all broken and looking for

greater meaning in their lives. From the hardship ex-

perienced along “The Way” this unlikely quartet of

misfits create an everlasting bond and Tom begins to

learn what it means to be a citizen of the world again,

and discovers the difference between “The life we

live and the life we choose”.

Everyone is welcome to come along. BYO cushion or

more comfy chair if you would like to. Tea/coffee,

and left over chocolate treats from last week’s film,

will be available.

The third film will be ‘Face to Face’ on Tuesday 24th

March.

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St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria

Good Works

Nametags: The Parish Pastoral Leadership team

invites you to wear a nametag to Mass! This is just

one way of us getting to know each other better. You

can BYO or we will have some stick-on ones available

each week.

Our next Parish Working Bee will be held on Satur-

day 21st March from 8.30am - 12.30pm.

Over the next few weeks there will be a sign up

sheet on the back window of the Church for those

who are able to spare an hour or two.

Volunteers needed to provide / serve morning tea.

We would appreciate the donation of any tip

vouchers which you can spare.

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Thanksgiving Receipts & Envelopes Thanksgiving receipts and envelopes are available at

the church entrance this weekend. Please collect

yours today, to help us keep our postage costs

down. Receipts were emailed last week to credit

card and direct debit contributors for whom we have

email addresses. If you contribute electronically and

have an email address, please let us know if you are

still receiving paper copies.

More Of What’s Happening Here…

Morning Tea After Friday Mass This month’s Morning Tea after the

9.15 am Friday Mass, hosted by

some of the Year 4 students at our

Parish School, will be on Friday 13th

March (not the first Friday of the month due to a

school closure day for Staff Professional Develop-

ment). All welcome. It will be held in the Parish

Community Centre.

STM Social Club (New Members Welcome)

Fun & Friendship For All

The next meeting of the Poetry Group will be held

this Monday, 2nd March in the Parish Community

Centre at 1.30pm. Our hostess will be Aileen Calley,

phone 9787 9652.

The next STM Social Club Meeting will be held on

Tuesday, 3rd March in the Undercroft after 10am

Liturgy.

Tuesday, 17th March at 12.30 pm - St Patrick’s Day

Luncheon, Steeples. Bookings will be taken at the

meeting on 3rd March. A deposit of $10 will be re-

quired. This is a change and will be discussed at the

meeting.

Frankston Arts Centre

Friday, 6th March - ‘Pirates of Penzance’ @ 10.30am.

Friday, 24th April -‘Great Songs of the War Years’ @

10.30am. Bookings for this performance will be tak-

en at the meeting on 3rd March.

Film Groups

This Sunday 1st March - ‘Selma’ at 12.30pm

Thursday 5th March - ‘What We Did On Our Holiday’

Sunday 22nd March - ‘The Second Best Exotic Mari-

gold Hotel’

No times as yet. Any queries contact Christine

Stewart on 5975 6687.

Advance Notices

April: Melbourne Botanical Gardens - date and

time to be decided. Train to the city then walk or

tram to the gardens. Buy lunch at the garden café or

bring a cut lunch.

Lunch @ Spoon, Mt Eliza, Wednesday, 29th April.

$21 for main course and a glass of wine.

May: Social Club Celebrity Concert - Sunday 17th

May at 2pm. Come and enjoy our lively entertain-

ment and afternoon tea. More information in coming

weeks

To book any of the above call Carolyn 9775 2315.

The Welfare Officers for March are Betty & Jim

Bourke 9775 4507.

Contemplative Prayer Group “Let tiny drops of silence fall gently through

your day”.

Silent prayer in the Church each Wednes-

day from 8:45 am - 9:15 am followed by

Mass.

Children’s Liturgy Bernd Dremel & Maria McKenzie will lead

the children in an exploration of this

week’s Gospel. Please encourage your

children to join them.

OLSH College Reunion

Class of 1960 - 1965 - This year is the 50th

anniversary of our class graduation year. So we have

organised a get together on Saturday, 14th March

2015, starting at the College for a tour followed by

lunch at a local restaurant. Fine Food, in McKinnon.

For more information, contact Kathy Conrad (nee

Fogarty), 0428 390 732 or 9553 2363 or kbcon-

rad@hotmail.com.au.

(Continued from page 3) Choir Practice - Reminder Our next choir practice will be held in the

Church on Wednesday, 25th March after

the Lenten Reconciliation Ritual.

This week we meet Mariama who is raising her daughter in Niger, a country that suffers widespread poverty. When her little girl became malnourished, she received life-saving food and care at a Nutrition Centre, supported by Caritas Australia.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2015 and help save the lives of people living on the brink of survival in Niger, giving them access to nutrition-

al support and essential food for life.

www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion 1800 024 413