st. john’s parish mitcham · 6/2/2020 · or your own life, over jesus. surely he is not...
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St. John’s Parish Mitcham 494 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham 3132
(Postal: P.O. Box 95, Mitcham 3132) Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stjohnsmitcham.com.au Phone: 03 9401 6366 Fax No. 03 9872 4316
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 28 2020—Year A
Anyone who prefers father, mother, son or daughter to me is not worthy of me.
Maybe Jesus seems very self-important
when he says that nothing must be preferred to him. You cannot prefer mother or father,
son or daughter, or your own life,
over Jesus.
Surely he is not devaluing family relations,
or life itself.
Maybe it’s something like this— that even the most valued things of life—
family and life itself— are not as lasting as his friendship.
Son or daughter can leave you, may die;
so may father and mother, brother, sister, friend:
but Jesus lasts, Word of God, Son of God,
Bread of Life.
Anyone who prefers father, mother, son or daughter to me is not worthy of me.
Communion Reflections—Donal Nery SJ
“St John’s Parish community, committed to the Victorian Child Safe Standards & acknowledges that Child Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility”
Parish Information
Faith Formation, Social & Others
Normal Weekend Mass Times at St. John’s Saturday Vigil, 6pm, then 8.30am, 9.45am, 11.15am, 5pm
Parish Priest
Fr Dispin John Supported by Fr Michael Kelly, CSsR Parish Office
Visitation and Communion to the Sick & Housebound: Office hours: Closed until further notice please call for assistance
Co-ordinator: Cath Brindle 0423 065 825 Monday-Friday 9am-4pm Ph: 9401 6366
Bereavement Ministry: Monika Bredhauer Parish Secretaries: Martine Giles (Monday-Wednesday & Friday)
Schools Elisa Kelesidis (Tuesday-Friday)
St John’s School, 494 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham, 9874 1575 Principal: Mrs Verona Gridley St. James School, 51 Centre Road, Vermont, 9874 1830 RE for Government Schools:
Principal: Mr Dave Mutimer Andrew Puls—0407 352 706
Services: St Vincent de Paul Shop 2/82 Maroondah Hwy Ringwood 9870 9124 - St Vincent de Paul Furniture Pick-Ups 1800 621 349 The House of Books (house next door to the Church) 9401 6306 - St Vincent de Paul Welfare Assistance 1800 305 330
Scripture Readings for week Mon: Acts 12:1-11 Matthew 16:13-19 Tues: Amos 3:1-8 4:11-12 Matthew 8:23-27 Wed: Amos 5:14-15 21-24 Matthew 8:28-34 Thur: Amos 7:10-17 Matthew 9:1-8 Fri: Ephesians 2:19-22 John 20:24-29 Sat: Amos 9:11-15 Matthew 9:14-17 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Zechariah 9:9-10 Romans 8:9 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30
AMONGST OUR PARISH FAMILY
We welcome into the Parish Family through the sacrament of Baptism: Elio Kelly Killackey Reberio.
We ask for the grace and peace of Eternal life for those who have recently passed away, and for those whose memories are sacred to us at this time especially, Vivienne Butler, William Victor Menezes, Mary Murphy.
The Travelling Rosary will be held at the home of Marj Coghlan from Sunday 28 June—Friday 3 July We encourage you to say the Rosary in the safety of your own home during this time.
Inspiration for the coming week from the Compassion and Friendship Group
Without patience, nothing great can be achieved.
PARISH OFFICE OPERATION
For general enquiries please contact the Parish Office on 9401 6366 or alternatively email [email protected] and a member of the Parish Team will respond to your query. If you need to contact Fr Dispin urgently, please call him directly 0413 683 153.
Parish News for the weekly Newsletter
The Parish Newsletter which will be posted on the parish website each week. Please feel free to email the parish office any parish news, recent deaths or anniversaries of loved ones and want to share.
Giving—Our Parish needs your support Details are: First Collection: Account Name: St John’s Presbytery Account BSB 083343 Account No. 515 469 035 Second Collection: Account Name: St John’s Church Account BSB 083347 Account No. 676 841 942 Reference field: Envelope number and Surname (contact the Parish Office if you don’t know your envelope no.) You can also mail a cheque, mentioning the split between the 1st and 2nd collections. Please mention your name and envelope number. If you have any questions about this, please ring the Parish Office 9401 6366 or email: [email protected]
ST VINCENT DE PAUL DRIVE BY FOOD DRIVE
Our Team continues to provide emergency food aid to people in our area. We need food donations to help continue this work. From Tuesday through to Friday between 10am till 2pm, the garage behind the Parish Office will be open for food donations. You will be able to drive in and drop off food donations in the plastic bins in the garage. The priority items we need are rice, pasta, pasta sauce, coffee, tins of soup, breakfast cereal, long life milk, biscuits.
Faith Formation, Social & Other
Nothing can Separate us from the Love of Christ It is encouraged to continue active participation in the life of the Church, through activities such as time in personal and family prayer, reflecting on the Scriptures and making a spiritual communion.
Please be aware that you can access the parish website to view the video of Fr Dispin’s Homily and Gospel of the weekend https://www.stjohnsmitcham.com.au/ or you can participate in a Mass online via http://bit.lyMassOnDemand, or www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass
Masses are livestreaming from St Patrick’s Cathedral Monday—Friday at 1pm, Saturday 8am and Sunday 11am. This is available to view on demand until one hour prior to the next scheduled Mass https://www.cam.org.au/mass
We are pleased to share that during this time of physical isolation due to COVID-19, the 11am Sunday Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral will continue to be televised free to air on C31 (often listed as Channel 44 on digital TVs) as well as live streamed on our website and YouTube channel. We invite you to share the news widely, particularly with those who might be limited to TV viewing.
CHILD SAFETY
To view our Safeguarding Children & Young People Code of Conduct, go to stjohnsmitcham.com.au
Catholic Social Teaching—What Can I Do About it here and Now?
HOUSE OF BOOKS
Have you read everything on your bookshelves during the stay at home period? Then we have good news for you. The House of Books has re-opened on for limited trading hours. The shop will be open from 10am until 1pm, Monday—Friday.
The team at the Bookshop has implemented a CovidSafe plan designed to keep customers and volunteers safe. The total number of customers in the shop at any one time will be limited to eight people. Social distancing rules will be observed and hand sanitiser available. Extra cleaning will be done. Customers will be asked to provide their name and a contact phone number. Please note that the Bookshop cannot currently offer “contactless” payments so extra care will need to be taken in making payments. Due to safety concerns, the Bookshop will not be taking donations at the present time. Apologies for any inconvenience. The really good news is that we have lots of great books and our prices are still mainly $1—$5.
Our new phone number at the Bookshop is 9401 6306.
GENTLE REMINDER TO ALL VOLUNTEERS
A WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK IS ESENTIAL
Any parishioner who kindly volunteers in any capacity in the Church is now required to have a current Working with Children Check in place. Could you please ensure to advise the Parish Office with details in order for the data base to be accurate. If you don’t have one and if you would like assistance with applying for one please contact Elisa Kelesidis at the parish office 9401 6366. Thank you for your continued support of our parish community.
New Date for Draw of Combined Catholic Parishes Raffle supporting “Lifeboat Foundation” to provide support to established victims of church-related sexual abuse Due to the current restrictions imposed by the Victorian Government, application has been made and approval received for an extension/postponement of the 2020 Combined Catholic Parishes Raffle to the following dates: Draw Date: 26 September 2020 at 7.15pm, Draw Venue: 2 Taylors Lane, Rowville (St Simon’s Church) Publication of Winners Date: 30 September 2020
Faith Formation, Social & Other
VINNIES WINTER APPEAL 2020
As we are unable to hold collections at the Sunday Masses this year, here are three ways you can donate to our Winter Appeal. Thank you for your support. 1) Mail a cheque to the Parish Office at 494 Whitehorse Road (PO Box 95)
Mitcham 3132 marked Vinnies Winter Appeal including your name and address so that we can send you a receipt.
2) If you use internet banking, Vinnies bank details are as follows:
BSB 063-003 1008-1787. This is a bucket account for all Conferences in Victoria so on the details line please enter Agent 446 which identifies Mitcham Conference.
Then email [email protected] with details of your payment (your name does not appear on our bank statement) and the name in which you would like your receipt to be issued. 3) Credit Card or Paypal Payment. You can phone 131 818 and follow the prompts or; log on to Vinnies.org.au and fill in your details. If you would like your donation to be directed back to Mitcham Conference section please enter St Johns Mitcham 446 in the comments section of the online form. Vinnies Head Office will issue receipts for all credit card donations.
APPLY NOW
Enrolments 6th July—16th July 2020
Study at Yarra Theological Union in Semester 2
Offering undergraduate and postgraduate awards of the University of Divinity. Equipping people for
various ministries in the church, parishes, schools, hospitals and church agents.
Classes commence 27th July 2020.
Options for Enrolment:
1) Current students wanting to add units for Semester 2, please complete the Unit amendment form
& email to [email protected]
2) For students who have a question about their enrolment please email the Dean at [email protected]
3) For students who need to discuss their enrolment please call or email, to make an appointment.
Email address: [email protected] Phone: 9890 3771 #1
Check the YTU website for the Semester 2 timetable and fees.
Yarra Theological Union, 98 Albion Road, Box Hill [email protected] www.ytu.edu.au
It’s Time to Lift Our Spirits
We invite you to contribute to our new initiative eg Household tips, Gardening Tips, Simple recipes, Sharing Stories of Hope.
Your contributions will be included on our parish website. If you would prefer, your contribution can remain anonymous.
Please send your contributions to the parish office via email: [email protected] or by post or please call Monika on 0438 220 361 for any queries.
After looking forward to restrictions being lifted, we are once again faced with more frustrating days in the next few weeks. We feel a great sense of helplessness and frustration but we need to hold onto hope, be patient and bunker down for a few more weeks. We thank our contributors this week. Please keep your ideas, hints, recipes and stories coming in. We love to hear and share your contributions with everyone and remember you can remain anonymous if you prefer. A parishioner’s personal reflection
“In a recent sermon Dispin challenged us to declutter our inner spiritual life. It is very confronting, as transparency is essential to make an honest effort. My solution was to regard my life as a Sponge Cake. There are 3 layers. 1) The Bottom Layer needs to be a strong foundation to support the whole structure. We need to
show gratitude for the basic ingredients given by caring parents, teachers, catechists and clergy, also our connections with friends and community. We all need to work on this foundation by constant prayer and sharing our faith, hope and charity. This means striving to be the best person we can be, to be a true disciple which is the relationship I want with my God.
2) The Middle Layer is cream. We hope for fresh cream, this helps us to be open to new ideas and take the time to walk in the shoes of others. It is too easy to be judgmental in our diverse culture. If the cream turns sour, it is a sign to us to seek renewal. We need to embrace our failures and take responsibility to learn from them and develop new attitudes. Blaming others creates an impediment to future efforts to reform.
3) The Top Layer of the sponge often contains cracks due to lack of practice. This represents how we are seen by others. We may be loved or criticised for our actions or we may be neglected, but we can journey on through life inspired, by the words of Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love” God never refuses his help.”
Sponge Cake Recipe 4 eggs (55gm) ¾ cup cornflour ½ tsp carb-soda ¾ cup caster sugar 1 tbls custard powder 1 tsp cream of tartar 1) Separate eggs, beat whites stiff, gradually add sugar 2) Beat egg yolks and gradually add to mixture 3) Sift dry ingredients 3 times add to mixture gradually 4) Fold in with a wooden spoon 5) Place into two 8½—9 inch greased sponge tins and bake for
20-25 mins in 180˚ oven