ST KEVIN`S PARISH

26-44, Herlihys Road,
Lower Templestowe 3107
PO Box 985, Templestowe 3106
Telephone: 9850 5983
E-mail: templestowe@cam.org.au
Websitehttp://pol.cam.org.au/templestowe/Home.aspx
Facebook: St Kevin’s Parish
Parish Office Hours: Tue to Thu; 9am to 4pm
Parish Priest: Fr. Gerry McKernan
Pastoral Worker: Lisa Woolsey
ST KEVIN’S PARISH
St. Kevin’s is a welcoming community founded on the Father’s LOVE for us and by giving service to all.
St. Kevin’s is a welcoming community founded on the Father’s LOVE for us and by giving service to all.
5th Sunday of Easter
2nd and 3rd May 2015
Baptism Weekend
Welcome to St Charles Borromeo Gr 1 & 2 children and their families
Entrance Antiphon
O sing a new song to the Lord,
for he has worked wonders;
in the sight of the nations
he has shown his deliverance, alleluia.
Response to First Reading
I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly
of your people.
Gospel Acclamation (8.30am Mass
only).
Alleluia, alleluia!
Live in me and let me live in you, says
the Lord;
my branches bear much fruit.
Alleluia!
Response to Prayers of the Faithful
Lord Hear our Prayer
Communion Antiphon (8.30am Mass
only)
I am the true vine and you are the
branches, says the Lord.
Whoever remains in me, and I in him,
bears fruit in plenty, alleluia.
This weekend we welcome in Baptism
William James Callinan and his parents Ben &
Allison.
Pope Paul ll declared his baptism as the most
important day of his life. We hope that William
grows up to declare the same!
STIMULUS FROM TODAY’S READINGS
If I put myself in today’s gospel reading I
would be
a. a fruit-filled branch
b. a branch in need of pruning
c. a dead branch
d. a branch with a little fruit on it
e. the vinedresser
Jesus’ word has pruned me in these ways…….
The pruning that yet needs to happen is……
The fruit my discipleship has already borne
is….
New fruit that I sense is budding in me is….
SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE PARISH
Saturday
Sunday
6pm (Vigil)
8.30am
9am (Holy Cross Monastery)
10am (with Children’s Liturgy)
Weekdays : Tues, - Fri 9.15 St Kevin’s
Adoration : Tue , Thursday and Friday
8.30pm , Wed 7.15pm
Drop In:
TBA
Reconciliation: First Saturday of the month
@ 10am (or by appointment)
Visitation: For communion at home,
visiting, transportation or
meals please contact the
parish house.
Dates for the Diary
1. Adult Discussion.
Sunday May 31st 5.30pm
“Beyond Literal Thinking in Religion”
MASS COUNT
For the month of May we shall have a count so
that the Diocese knows approximately how many
folk come to Mass.
LAST WEEK’S GIVING
Parish & Diocesan Support
Direct Debit/Credit Card
Total
Pledge
Priests’ Living Costs
Social Justice
Number of Envelopes
SUPPORTING MINISTRIES
Baptisms:
Last Sunday of the Month
Presentation and Welcome;
Baptism Meeting on the 4th
Wednesday of the Month.
First Sunday of the Month
(Sacrament of Baptism)
Weddings:
By appointment only
Funerals:
For bereavement
support, please contact the
Parish House on 9850 5983
R.C.I.A:
Enquiries regarding becoming
a Catholic please contact
Pam Cohen 9852 1472
Parish Tennis Club:
Social and Competition.
Please ring Paul
9846 2083
Parish Social Justice
As a Parish we speak out and
act for justice.
Contact Paola c/o
9850 5983.
$ 990.00
$ 790.50
$1,780.50
$3,020.65
$1,007.00
$1,000.00
PLANNED GIVING: For envelopes, please contact the Parish House
LITURGY ROSTER
6th Sunday of Easter – 9th and 10th May 2015
First Reading: Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26, Second Reading: 1st Letter of St John 4:7-10
and Gospel: John 15:9-17
Time
Commentator
Lector
Communion
Children’s Liturgy
6.00 pm
Fiona Watson
Deanne McAdams
Rachel Brown
Ann Maguire
Margaret Turner
8.30 am
Frank Ozzimo
Paul Polidano
Jenny Henderson
Betty Natoli
Mary Waddick
9.00 am
Michael Doyle
Gerry Bond
Margaret Mangan
Peter Norman
Pat Bond
10.00am
Julie O’Donnell
Vianney Shiel
Pat Rowland
Jo Ridgeway
Geraldine Williams
We pray for Better Health: Geraldine Dalla Riva, John Shine,
Tim Mullin, Joan Haussegger, Julia Fitzsimons, Maeve Reardon,
Nina Luca, Jane O’Brien, Lynette Murphy, Pina Cincotta, John
Rowland, and Rosa Della Chiesa.
Priesthood Ordination of
Charles Balnaves.
Saturday morning around St Pat’s parking
will be limited or expensive. The Parish
Advisory Board thought that we’d offer you
a trip in a bus. As we need to order a bus,
please consider if you are likely to attend.
The ordination is 10am on Saturday 27th
June. Next week, we shall ask you to commit
if you want to come in by bus.
The following day, we have the privilege of
hosting Charles’ Mass of Thanksgiving at
10am followed by a spit roast.
We shall soon be looking for numbers for
these 2 events.
Hello God sheets
(at the back of
the Church)
for children to
read/colour
during Mass
or at home
Anniversary:
Recently Deceased: Ray Wigraft
Welcome Dana Affleck and
Aran Mylvaganam
Dana runs a not for profit computer
programme that allows the user to be
placed in the shoes of an asylum seeker.
You may like to look up
www.roadtorefuge.com
facebook.com/roadtorefuge
Twitter # road2refuge
On Sunday May 17 Dana invites you to
READ BETWEEN THE WINES
3pm at the Clifton Hall
314 Church St , Richmond
For further info go to
“trybooking.com/HOEI
Our next Adult Faith Discussion is on Sunday evening May 31st from 5pm – 7pm with a
pizza as we talk. The topic this time is the very interesting “Beyond literal thinking in
religion”. Pick up a copy today and see if you would like to come and be involved in this
conversation.
David Tacey, author of this article, has a book launch on the same topic- please see the
invitation on the following page.
For information on our Parish Schools please
contact
St Kevin’s Primary School
26-44 Herlihy’s Road,
Lower Templestowe 3107
Phone: 9850 4609
Fax: 9852 0384
E-mail:
principal@sktemplestowelr.catholic.edu.au
Web: www.sktemplestowelr.catholic.edu.au
Principal: Ms Frances Matisi
St Charles Borromeo
Primary School
222 Serpells Road,
Templestowe Vic 3106Tel: 03 9842 7634
Fax : 03 9841 5427
E-mail:
principal@scbtemplestowe.catholic.edu.au
Web: www.scbtemplestowe.catholic.edu.au
Principal: Mr Greg Thomas
We would really appreciate your help.
We are starting up a Carers Group
We are looking for you to cook a meal for
people in need, who live in our
community. It could be for a family that
have lost a loved one, someone who is sick
or a new mum that would love a night off
to catch up on some sleep!!! If interested
just place your details on the list at the
back of the church or just call the parish
office on 98505983
Thank You
Thank You to all those who helped our
ANZAC Day commemorations. If you lent
us an Australian Flag, you will be able to
pick this up from the parish Office.
PARISH SOCIAL JUSTICE MAY COMMITMENT
On behalf of the Parish, the Social Justice group asks for prayers for the support needed so
desperately in Nepal. Also due to this devastating event, all of the second collection at each
Mass throughout the month of May will be donated directly to Caritas for the funds to go
towards the immediate needs in Nepal such as food, shelter, clean water and non-food
items. If you would like to respond directly, please see: www.caritas.org.au/nepalearthquake
or ring Caritas directly at 9926-5786.
IN THE NEWS
Listen to radio 927AM 3UZ on this Sunday 3 May at 10pm to hear our very own Helen
Jucevic speak on social justice. Helen has initated a group of local women whom have built a
village in Kenya. Yes, you read right......built a village in Kenya. Tune in to hear more of this
fascinating story.
DO YOU KNOW VAL?
We've heard of Patupat School and Kadasig charity, but do you know the work of Val
Smith-Orr, aka Wandering Angel? Val is an Australian volunteer specialist nurse working in
the Philippines treating children with cleft lips/palates and specialising in treating burns.
Come along to the Montmorency RSL on Thursday May 28 at 12.30 to have lunch and hear
of the amazing work Val does which includes also co-ordinating the Interplast team visit each
year. Working in a country with very different ways of managing such medical issues, Val will
share her work and challenges that she is faced with everyday. We will have lunch and then
hear Val speak of her experiences. For further information please contact Parish House at
9850-5983. Come and find out why Joshua McAdams (St Kevin's alum) volunteered in Val's
clinic last summer.
The Parish Social Justice group works to inform about social justice issues and raise funds for
local, national and international charities advocating support for disadvantaged and
vulnerable people. The group meets monthly on the 3rd Wed. Interested to be a part of the
action? Contact Paola, care of Parish House 9850-5983.
Join well-known writer David Tacey in conversation with ABC Radio National presenter Rachael Kohn, for an evening
of reflection on David's new book, Beyond Literal Belief: Religion as Metaphor.
David has written extensively on spirituality, religion, youth experience and mental health. He is the author of fourteen
books, including Edge of the Sacred and Re-Enchantment: The New Australian Spirituality.
When:
Where:
Time:
Cost:
RSVP:
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Readings Hawthorn - 701 Glenferrie Rd
6:00pm - for a 6:30pm start.
FREE
BY Friday, May 8 to rsvp@garrattpublishing.com.au or call 1300 650 878
Nepal Earthquake Appeal
As you are well aware the people of Nepal are suffering from the impact of a truly devastating
earthquake. Reports coming from our partners in Caritas Nepal and the three Caritas
Australia staff members in Nepal at the time of the earthquake clearly identify the need for
international support for the people of Nepal. Hence Caritas Australia has launched the Nepal
Earthquake Appeal www.caritas.org.au/nepalearthquake and we need your help.
According to initial estimations, 8 million people in 39 districts have been affected, this is the
worst humanitarian crisis facing the people of Nepal in one hundred years. Caritas Australia
staff are currently on the ground and working alongside local Caritas Nepal staff to
coordinate the emergency response, which will include providing emergency shelter, water
and hygiene kits.
Caritas Australia Programs Coordinator for Nepal, Eleanor Trinchera, reports from
Kathmandu, "I have never seen so much devastation. While the streets are rife with activity
and chaos as people try to find loved ones and friends, the city is paralysed with destroyed
buildings, blocked roads, intermittent power and rolling aftershocks."
At the time the earthquake struck Ms Trinchera was an hour out of Kathmandu, when they
drove back she describes the scene, “we witnessed terrible scenes of destruction - hospitals
were evacuated with patients being treated on the ground outside, homes and buildings
demolished and some roads cracked wide open.”
How is Caritas helping?
We are working with our Caritas Nepal team to coordinate rescue efforts and our
immediate emergency response.
Caritas Australia, part of the second largest humanitarian network in the world, has
worked in Nepal for decades.
Assessments are coming in and Caritas teams in country are organising the response.
"Rescue is still the main priority at the moment. Lots of people have lost their homes and
are out on the street or in open spaces, so we will be looking to provide them with food
and temporary shelter," said Fr Pius.
The international Caritas network has been procuring emergency relief materials such
as tarpaulins/shelter kits and water, sanitation and hygiene materials. Tarps and dry
food have already been distributed to families in need.
We urgently need your help. Your donation will allow Caritas Australia to respond to
immediate needs such as food, shelter, clean water and non-food items such as cooking
kits, while also supporting long-term recovery and development in Nepal and the wider
region.
In such overwhelming circumstances, our thoughts, prayers and support are with those
affected by this devastating earthquake.
Your donation to our Nepal Earthquake Appeal will be used to support the urgent
emergency response in Nepal and neighbouring countries, and may be used for longterm recovery work following the immediate response stage.
Methods for donating:
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Cheques payable to Caritas Australia Nepal Earthquake Appeal
Special Appeal envelopes
Credit card donations to 9926 5706, 9926 5786 or 1800 024 413
Online www.caritas.org.au/nepaleartquakeappeal
Thank you in anticipation for responding to this call for financial assistance and
solidarity for and with the people of Nepal particularly so close to Project Compassion.
Margaret
Margaret A. Fyfe csb
Diocesan Director Melbourne,
Regional Engagement Coordinator S.A. Tas & Victoria
Dr Sr Mary Glowrey – On Tuesday 26th
May 2015 from 7pm the parish of St
Biggest Morning Tea
Cancer Council of Victoria
STORIES JESUS TOLD: THE PARABLES
Mondays 11 May to 22 June, 6.30–
8.30pm (excluding public holiday on 8
June)
Mary Glowery House, 132 Nicholson St,
Fitzroy
This six week course presented by Anima
Education will study the stories Jesus told,
the ‘parables’. With these stories Jesus not
only talked about the Kingdom of God, but
actually made the Kingdom of God present
by announcing it and inviting his hearers
to make the radical choice of faith to enter
into it. As we hear these stories today,
Jesus continues to address us with the
same challenge. The lecturer will be David
Schütz BTh BA GradDip Min, GradDip LIM.
Cost: $15 per night or $90 for the whole
course.
Enrolments and enquiries: 0400 978
938 or david.schutz@cam.org.au
ST MARY’S HOUSE OF WELCOME
TRIVIA NIGHT
Friday 22 May, 5.30pm
St Brigid’s Parish Hall, 378 Nicholson
St, Fitzroy North
Join us for a fun-packed trivia night to
raise funds for the support of the
disadvantaged, provided by St Mary’s
House of Welcome in Fitzroy. The trivia
will be hosted by comedian Rod
Quantock. Bring your own picnic or buy
dinner from the Digging for Fire BBQ
food truck. Cost: $30
Details and tickets: 9417 7985 or
zoe.lake@smhow.org.au
WOMEN’S RETREAT WEEKEND
Friday 29 May to Sunday 31 May
Pallotti College, McNamara’s Rd,
Millgrove
Come along and enjoy a gentle and
uplifting weekend. The theme of this
weekend for women is ‘Blessings: How can
we recognise our own blessings and then
bless the life in others?’
Cost: $180
Details and bookings: 0402 217 123 or
lorraine613@bigpond.com
Did you know
• The vineyard was one of the
ancient images of the people of
Israel, God’s chosen people and
God is the vinedresser.
• In John’s Gospel, the term “I am”
has a special significance. When
Moses encountered God on Mt
Sinai, God revealed himself as “I am
who am”. Jesus reveals himself as
Son of God in the sue of this term
and tells something of his mission:
I am the living water, I am the good
shepherd, I am the way, the truth
and the life, I am the light of the
world, I am the bread of life.
Todays Gospel acclamation makes a
sutiable prayer for the week: Live in me
and let me live in you, Says the Lord. My
branches bear much fruit.
Evangelii Gaudium
We are called to be fruitful
“It is essential to draw near to new forms of
poverty and vulnerability, in which we are
called to recognize the suffering Christ, even if
this appears to bring us no tangible and
immediate benefits. I think of the homeless,
the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples,
the elderly who are increasingly isolated and
abandoned, and many others. Migrants
present a particular challenge for me, since I
am the pastor of a Church without frontiers, a
Church which considers herself mother to all.
For this reason, I exhort all countries to a
generous openness which, rather than fearing
the loss of local identity, will prove capable of
creating new forms of cultural synthesis.”
“We could easily overlook the fact that
what comes through clearly in this gospel
is the call to fruitfulness – sharing with the
Son all that makes him the ‘true’ vine,
beloved of the Father who has given him
over for the sake of the whole world. The
vine's branches are ‘pruned’ by the Father
by means of ‘the word’ – a clear call to
nourish our Resurrection life through a
knowledge and love of the Scriptures.
-
Par 210 from Evangelii Gaudium, Pope
Francis, Nov. 24, 2013
Scripture Note
The First reading tells how, three years after
his conversion, Paul went up to Jerusalem. In
spite of being introduces by Barnabas, such
was the hostility he encountered that he had
to be smuggled out of the city. The fact that
Paul took all these trials in his stride shown
the depth of his faith in Jesus.
In the Gospel we have the lovely image of the
vine and the branches. Here Jesus stresses the
unity that exist between him and his disciples.
Vine and branches need each other. The vine
cannot bear fruit without vine. The branches
need to be pruned (by trials) in order to be
fruitful.
The second reading tells us what we have to
do in order to be at rights with God. We have
to believe in his Son, Jesus and love one
another as he told us. Active charity is what
distinguishes true Christians from those who
are such in name only. (this is what makes
them fruithful branches of Christ, the true
vine.
“The fruits we will bear are primarily the
witness we must give to others, and the
outreach through which we are called to
embody the Saviour's presence in our
world. Israel was called to be ‘a light to the
nations’ but failed; the New Israel, brought
into existence through our solidarity with
Jesus in his Paschal Mystery, must fulfil
that great mission – an apparently
impossible task, until we recall that what is
at stake is the Father's great design in
creation, and we recognise that all that is to
be achieved derives from the One who is
‘the true vine’.”
-
From a homily on the Gospel by Fr
John Thornhill sm
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