WEDDING 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 an Annual Anniversary Mass.
The Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday 22nd August 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 Imf@cam.org.au. Alternatively register online at: www.lmf.cam.org.au
Registrations will close on Friday 13th August.
ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY MASS FOR FR. BORG
will be held on Sunday 25 July at 2pm here in our Parish Church followed by an afternoon tea in the hall.
Please bring a plate. There will be a choir practice for this mass on Tuesday 6 July at 7.30 pm inside the
church.
ENROLLMENTS FOR ST LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL
The enrolment for Preps in 2011 are currently being taken at St Lawrence Primary School situated at
93A Capesthorne Drive, Derrimut.
Parishioners who live in Brimbank Gardens, St Andrews Field or Central Park should contact the school on
8390 5326 to obtain an application form.
HEALING MASS.
We are inviting everyone for the regular healing mass we have in our parish every first Sunday of the month
at 2.30pm for the praise and worship and at 3pm for the mass. Those who have sick people at home are most
welcome to be in solidarity with our prayers for them and their families.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE LITURGY
We still need volunteers for our weekend Liturgy: For Lectors and commentators, Altar boy/girl servers,
Choirs, as Lay Minister of the Eucharist. Those interested please write your names on the papers displayed at
the foyer of the church. Serving the Lord in small things is the beginning of great things.
ADORATION VACANCIES
Guardians are URGENTLY sough to spend one hour a week with the Blessed Sacrament for the following
times: Friday 11am, Monday 4pm, Tuesday 1pm, Monday 3am. Please contact Rita 8315-0211 if you can
help.
LEGION OF MARY
Meets every Wednesday in the parish meeting room at 7:30 pm. We invite new members to come and join us.
There is also a JUNIOR LEGION OF MARY group which meets in the school every Wednesday at 3:15pm.
For more information phone Lucy Sgro 93634094
BE UPDATED READ THE CATHOLIC MAGAZINES
KAIROS and AD 2000
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Those who are interested to subscribe to catholic magazines through the parish please call the parish
secretary, Ms. Pauline Gatt on 9363-3132.
KAIROS.
A Catholic Journal published by the Archdiocese of Melbourne (www.kairos.com au) costs only $2 per
issue. Archbishop Denis Hart is the Publisher himself.
AD 2000.
This is a monthly journal of religious opinion published by Peter Westmore for the Thomas More Centre,
Melbourne (www.AD2000.com.au).This magazine costs $4 per copy. Our on-going Christian formation
means to be updated to the current issues in our Church and the Faith today.
OUR PARISH VISION:
We, the community of St. Peter Chanel Parish, rich in history, diverse in culture and tradition, yet united
through our faith in Jesus Christ, strive to fan the flame of our faith, share our gifts and actively participate in
worship, formation and service within the living tradition of the Church.
MISSION:
1. To be a welcoming community, believing in unity amidst diversity.
2. To provide faith formation appropriate to the different needs of the parish community, with particular
emphasis on families and youth.
3. To enable parishioners to actively participate by sharing their gifts.
4. To nurture our devotions to the Holy Eucharist and Mother Mary.
5. To bear witness to our faith in Jesus Christ by serving others.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTERS
In 3 weekends: 16-18 April, 25-27 June, 20-22 August.
For further information and bookings contact Peter & Erika Smith (03)9899 0824 or
Email vicbookings@wwme.org.au Checkout the website for more information on www.wwme.org.au. We all
do things to enhance our lives.
TWO HEARTS PRAYER GROUP
Meets in the Parish Meeting Room every Monday evening with fellowship at 5.45pm and devotions at
6:10pm followed by 7pm Mass in the Church and a time for Adoration in the chapel. Everyone is welcome.
This is coordinated by the Missionaries of love and peace. For more information contact Francis Mary on
tel. no. 9367 6257.
SPC RECEPTION OF THE SACRAMENTS:
1st August 2010: Confirmation - 11 :30 AM
( Sunday) 3:00 PM
7th October 2010: First Eucharist - 3:00 PM
(Sunday)
13th October 2010: Reconciliation - 7:30 PM
(Wednesday)
PRAYER GROUPS
Meet in the Church every week.
English - Thursday at 7,30pm
Maltese - Monday at 10am
Italian - Wednesday 3 February at 10am.
JUNIOR LEGION OF MARY
Meets in the Parish Meeting Room on Wednesday's at 3pm.
If you would like to enrol your child, please contact Lucy Sgro on 9363 4094.
LEGION OF MARY
Has been active in our parish for the past 14 years. It seeks the holiness of its members through prayer and the
doing of some active apostolic work, such as visiting the sick and lonely. Come and see what the Legion has
to offer you. For adults (over 18) we meet on Wednesday Nights at 730pm in the Parish Meeting Room.
New members are most welcome.
VIETNAMESE LEGION OF MARY
Meets every Monday at 7.30pm in the parish meeting room.
ADORATION CHAPEL
The purpose of the Holy Hour is to encourage a deep personal, encounter with Christ (Bishop Fulton Sheen)
Our Adoration Chapel has been open for 24 hours a day since 2005 and has brought many blessings on our
Parish as well as individuals. We are always looking for new adorers to commit to a weekly holy hour to
continue this wonderful grace, Pleas consider spending just one hour a week with Our Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament and discover for yourself the answer to life's problems.
Phone Lucy 9363 4094 or Rita 8361 8183
MEMORIAL PLAQUES
For your deceased relatives can now be ordered for the Memorial Wall behind the church. They will cost
$275 each, for more info ask the parish priest.
| 25 July 2010 |
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