Welcome to the Holy Eucharist Parish St. Albans South

Church Timetable

Mass Times
Weekends
Saturday Vigil 6:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am
10:30 am
12:00 pm (Vietnamese)
6:00 pm

Weekdays
Monday (none)
Tuesday 9:00 am
Wednesday 9:00 am
Thursday 9:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am

Other Masses
Filipino (1st Sun.) 4:00 pm
Sudanese (2nd Sun.)2:30 pm
Syro-Malibar Rite (3rd Sun)
4:00 pm

Reconciliation

English
Saturday: 5:15pm - 5:45pm

Vietnamese
Sunday: 12 noon

Office Hours

BUSINESS MANAGER/SECRETARY
Monday to Friday
9:30 am - 3:30 pm.

REFUGEE WORKER
Wednesday
9:00 am - 12:00 nn

Baptism and Marriage

Baptism
Baptisms take place
on the first Saturday
of the month at 11am. Preparation - Thursday evening before the first Saturday at 7:30pm in the Church.

SUBMIT REQUEST ONLINE

[Download Application Form]

Marriage
Six months notice should be given. Marriage preparation
is necessary. Permission to
marry in a church other than
that of bride or groom should
be sought before making
arrangements. Church
arrangement should be
made prior to any other
bookings.

Sacrament of the Sick

If anyone is sick, it is
appropriate that they receive
the Sacrament of the Sick
(anointing). Please ring the Parish Office for regular Communion of the Sick
Home Visits.

WE PRAY FOR THE SICK:

Justin Coleiro, Domenica Vallone, Michael Schiller, Sita Raju, Maria Budzone, Helen Tay, Frank, Angie Azzopardi, Maria Phan Thi Canh, Pam Norris, Mary Sarsero, Joseph Cassar, Aida, Eliette Hoshun, Sandy Carpenter, Helga Klass, Teresa Phan Thi Thu Huong, Anghere Aguer, Vo Xuan Tu, Lorraine Humphries, Herta Todero, Anna Kotula, Connie Agius, Kam Camilleri, Viviana Santos, Peter Vu, Tennous Boulus, George Aquilina, Louis Thewma, Joseph Duca, Tom Milinkovic, Peter Disco, Ana Brkljavic, Hannah Luka, Janja Rakonic, Tim Smiley, Rakonic family members, Mikelina Azzopardi, Simon Taylor, Therese Tanner, Vicky Schilling, Rocio Cereceda, Ava Lowell,

CALLING ALL PARISHIONERS WHO VISIT OR GIVE COMMUNION TO THE SICK
AND ELDERLY

Holy Eucharist Parish welcomes strangers

OUR parishioners come from many different parts of the world. We find strength in our diversity. We are energized by it and it gives us hope.

We rejoice in and share the Good News of the Risen Jesus. Most of all we gather to celebrate Eucharist. Please know you are welcome.

ARCHDIOCESE NEWS

Bishops warn againts redifinition of marriage

Bishop Christopher Prowse

CAM-VICTORIA'S six Catholic Bishops are circulating 80,000 copies of a letter this weekend telling Catholics they have a responsibility and a duty to let Australia’s Federal Parliament know their views on two Bills redefining marriage in Australia.

[Download the Pastoral Letter]

The bishops ask all Catholics to make known and record their views on amendment bills before the Federal Parliament which seek to change the legal definition of marriage in Australia.

The bishops encourage all Catholics to make direct representation to their Members of Parliament and to respond to the online survey being conducted by the Federal Parliament Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs.

Archbishop reaffirms Church's position
on public inquiry for Melbourne Response

The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, has issued a statement in response to an article in The Age newspaper (29/03/12) in which Father Tony Kerin, Episcopal Vicar for Justice and Peace, appeared to be supporting demands for a public inquiry into the Church’s handling of sex abuse by clergy.

Archbishop Hart pointed out that whether or not an inquiry is called is a matter for the State, not for the Church. He reaffirmed his position as stated in The Age on 15 March 2012 that the Melbourne Archdiocese has nothing to hide from an independent inquiry.

"I am confident that any inquiry into the Melbourne Response process would confirm this," writes the Archbishop. "The Melbourne Response has functioned effectively since 1996."

Archbishop Denis Hart's Easter Message

Dear Friends,

Two thousand years ago God sent Jesus, his Son, to share our human nature. He lived, taught, suffered and died and, remarkably, he conquered death and rose again. Easter is a passage through suffering and death to life, a glimpse of the final destiny offered to every human being.

This Easter we are conscious of families suffering through difficult economic times, of the burdens placed on the people of northern Victoria, Queensland and Fiji through floods, of the cries of broken families, of those burdened with illness or loneliness.

As Christians gather to celebrate Easter we remember the hope that Jesus brings of eternal life through truth, justice and love. We are invited to go forward with courage, to know that hope is never absent in our struggles because God is always with us.

PARISH NEWSBIT

HOLY EUCHARIST CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY

THE Holy Eucharist Parish St Albans South celebrated its 40th foundation day with a concelebrated Mass held at the school oval last 4 March 2012.

The Mass was presided by Rev Fr Steve Curtin, the Australian Jesuit provincial with Frs Peter Carrucan, former parish priest, Lois Viovicente, chaplain for the Filipino community, Philip Le, Bill Attard and our current pastor, Fr Mihn Tran.

In his homily, Fr Curtin said the Holy Euhcarist Parish is a good example of a community of God who works for the greater good despite coming from different cultural backgrounds, races and nationalities.

For his part, Fr Mihn acknowledged the different individual and community leaders in helping to serve the parish.

Cultural presentations from the different communities were held after the Mass. Click here to see gallery.

MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
TO GIVE COMMUNION AT HOSPITAL

If you would like to volunteer to give Communion at Sunshine Hospital, please contact office or see Fr Minh. Training will be provided.

GOSPEL READING: EASTER6b
The Holy Gospel according to John 15:9-17

WE
WELCOME
THE STRANGER

The MOST important
Parish Resource
is its Community

We thank all who volunteer to help with the Lords works

PARISH FINANCE

The parish is financially dependent on our Thanksgiving envelopes.
Call the parish office
for details.

:COMMUNITY LEADERS

Please contact your Community Leader with regards to any dates you would like included in parish 2011 calendar. If you have no community leader you can contact Lina at the office.

A VOCATION VIEW

The seed of a vocation seeks fertile surroundings. Sometimes it gets stepped on, sometimes it gets choked, sometimes it lacks depth. But other times it is nourished by loving and caring friends.

The Permanent Diaconate in Melbourne

Some Facts: There are at least 11 candidates and 4 aspirants (including one coming from our parish) receiving formation to become permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Melbourne.

For more information about the Permanent Diaconate, visit:
www.cam.org.au/
permanent-deaconate or
www.ausdeacons.org.au

Love One Another

AS the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.

I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.

You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

Reflection

Easter 6B

The Love of God

When is love easy? When is it difficult?

What is the cost of love? When we frame love in this question, the subject transcends the feeling. No longer does love remain in the realm of the heart. It becomes a decision of the will. The question implies that we do not truly love unless we are willing to act upon our feelings and live with the consequences. Love may not be love without an inner emotion, but it cannot survive without action. And it cannot grow without testing.

To claim love is easy, to live love is difficult. Yet, in Jesus, we find the example of love perfectly lived out. We also find the power to live love to the fullest.

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