PARISH PRIEST: Fr. Declan O’Brien

DEACON: Rev. George Piech Meat

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Kathy Gottliebsen

PARISH SECRETARIES: Franca Van Boxtel &

Maree Walker

FINANCE OFFICER: Ms Josie Ferarro

GARDENER/CARETAKER: Mr. Kevin McLaren

CENTRE MANAGER: Mr. Miguel Matamala

CATECHETICS CO-ORDINATOR: Ms Marilyn Cuddihy

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday to Friday : 9.00am-3.00pm New Parishioners Book: If you are a new parishioner to St Mary’s, could you please sign our Parishioners Book in the church foyer. If you urgently need a priest please call 9791 4611, if Father does not answer, please leave a message and he will call you back.

WEEKEND MASS TIME

Saturday Morning: 9.00am Saturday Evening: 6.00pm Sunday: 8.30am, 10.30am and 5.30pm

WEEK DAY MASS TIME

Monday: 9.00am (Word and Communion) Tuesday: 9.00am (Except during School Terms mass will be 9.15am) Wednesday, Thursday: 9.00am Thursday: 11.00am (Cardinal Knox ) Friday: 11.00am (Followed by Exposition of Blessed Sacrament 3.00pm(Benediction) (Last Friday of every month Anointing Mass)

RECONCILIATION Saturday after 9am Mass and 5pm to 5.45pm before 6pm Mass or upon request

BAPTISM Please contact the Parish Centre on 9791 4611

MARRIAGE

Please book the Church at the same time as you book your venue. As marriage preparation is an essential condition of marriage, you must book your preparation course at least 4 months prior to the wedding. Further details can be obtained from Fr. O’Brien. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St. Mary’s Primary School Phone: 9791 7650 New St, Dandenong. Principal: Mr. Greg White St. John’s Regional College Phone 9791 3366 Caroline St, Dandenong. Principal: Timothy Hogan St. Mary’s Community Centre 9792 4884

“Though many we

are one.”

One in faith and one

in the Gospel values

of hospitality and

welcome, compas-

sion and justice.

From the desk of the Parish Priest Fr Declan

The following media release was received from the Catholic Archdiocese of Mel-bourne dated 29 June 2017:

Subject: Cardinal George Pell Archbishop Denis Hart is aware of the significance of the decision to charge Cardinal Pell. Cardinal Pell has been a friend and brother priest of Archbishop Hart for more than 50 years. The Archbishop is conscious of the Cardinal’s many good works which have been acknowledged both nationally and internationally. It is a matter of public record that Cardinal Pell addressed the evil of sexual abuse in the Church on becoming Archbishop of Melbourne in 1996. It is important all in society recognise that the presumption of inno-cence applies and that Cardinal Pell like all Australians is entitled to a fair trial. In the interests of fairness and due process Archbishop Hart will not be commenting further.

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The Dandenong Deanery

MANAGING CONFLICT What? Managing Conflict When? Thursday 13th July, 7.00-9.00pm Where? Keysborough Resurrection Parish 402 Corrigan Road, Keysborough Cost: Gold coin donation

Guest Presenter— Vicki Russell

To book contact Paddy 0422 296 961 or dandenongdeanery@live.com.au

The Regulars

Daily Rosary: After morning Mass (except Sunday) Tuesdays: Centering prayer meditation at The Open Door, 7pm 3rd Wednesday: Friendship Club lunch at Dandenong RSL 1st Sunday: Hospitality Sunday ~Cuppa’s (Commencing February) 3rd Sunday: Presentation of Baptism candidates at 10.30am Mass Youth Group after 5.30 Mass 4th Sunday: Baptism at 10.30 Mass

*The Open Door is part of the St John of God Ministries, 110 Ann Street Dandenong 9791 8664

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This weekend we pray for

Recently Deceased: Peter Taranto, Francis Lesoy

Anniversaries: Joyce Pieris, Florencia Alvarez, An-thony Lucas, Stuart Simpson, Cherubina, Nicola, Gio-vanni and Maria Taraborelli, Joseph Dinh

Sick: Sharon Rozario, Ryan Robinson, Col Cormick, Tyrone

De Silva , Margaret Deegan, Jenny Stivic, Ruth Caia, Michael Kelly, Daren Vukmirovic, Bernadine Anthony, Melissa Warren, Hayley Pearson, Faye Cronin, Angie Calabarkis, Lemisio Nepa, Rosa Maria Santos, Mohammed Zohan, Kosmas Stefanidis, Janet Murray, Max Warner, Gordon Fonceca, Brian, Ian Newber-ry, Lorraine Wishart, Agapi Nicolaou The privacy legislation requires us to have written permission by an authorised person before any name can be printed in the Marian.

***************************************** Collections for last weekend…

Thanksgiving: $ 2,272,10

Presbytery: $ 311.20

Loose money: $ 1521.05

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If any Parishioner would like their house to be blessed, please contact Franca or Maree at the Parish office on 9791-4611 to make a booking with either Father Declan or Deacon George.

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Please inform the Parish Office on 9791-4611 if a sick person is seriously ill, homebound or hospitalised and wants to receive

Holy Communion or the Sacrament of Anointing.

St Mary’s Parish

160 Foster Street, Dandenong P.O Box 22, Dandenong

(03) 9791 4611 (03) 9791 7119 dandenong@cam.org.au www.stmarysdandenong.com.au

Parish Calendar 2017

Tuesday, 4th July Readers Meeting 7.30pm

Tuesday, 11th July Baptism Meeting

Thursday, 13th July Deanery Forum

Friday, 21st July Confirmation

Tuesday, 25th July Outreach Meeting 6.30pm

Wednesday, 2nd August Parish Pastoral Council Meeting

Thursday, 10th August Deanery Dinner

Tuesday, 15th August Baptism Meeting

Thursday, 17th August Cyrene Centre AGM

Tuesday, 22nd August Outreach Meeting

“...whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me”. - MATTHEW 10:38

Pope Benedict XVI said “ The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort, you were made for greatness”. “Comfort” puts me first. “Picking up your cross and following Jesus” puts God and others first. Why settle for comfort when you can achieve greatness! Pick up you cross, ask Jesus for guidance on using your gifts and live the life God intended for you!

History of the Eucharist

The Word The Jewish understanding of ‘a word’ is very rich, once spoken, a word cannot be taken back. A blessing once given (e.g. Isacc’s blessing of Jacob) cannot be recalled. God’s word carries this power to achieve what it proclaims. It creates, saves or judges. You cannot stand neutral from it, either you respond and let it go to work in you, or you refuse it, and thereby cease to grow or die a little. This word of God is empowering, strengthening,consoling, forgiving, missionary, crea-tive. It is everything that Jesus is, since he is the Word of God. The Word is an event, not writing on a page, and therefore it must be proclaimed. In this procla-mation God is present and active, saying something. The word must be able to be heard and responded to. This means it has to be heard physically (a good clear reader is essential) and environmentally (within its historical and cultural context) so that it can be heard as God Speaking.

THEOLOGY AT THE PUB Monday 3 July. Dinner and drinks from 6.30pm. Talk commences at 7.30pm. European Bier Cafe, Level 1, 120 Exhibition Street, Melbourne For July’s Theology at the Pub, join Fr Paschal Corby and Paul Russell for a discus-sion on the topic, 'Euthanasia: Responding to the current debate.' Fr Paschal is a bioethics lecturer who has just returned after completing his doctorate in Rome. Paul Russell is the director of Hope: Preventing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, which is part of the International Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. He has many years’ experience campaigning against various legislative attempts around Aus-tralia to legalise the practice. He is now in Melbourne to head the campaign against it. Audience: 18 to 35 year olds; priests and religious of all ages welcome. Web: www.theologyatthepub.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/tapmelb/

Next weekend, the Peters Pence annual collection will be held for

the Holy Father.

Please Stay for a Cuppa & scone

after 8.30 and 10.30 Masses this weekend