No. 38 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 23 - 24 September 2017

St Bernadette’s Church

89 Bond St, Ivanhoe

Mother of God Church

56 Wilfred Rd, Ivanhoe East

Mary Immaculate Church

4 Waverley Ave, Ivanhoe

Inclusiveness Hospitality Service Mission

Parish Priest: Fr Bill Edebohls Residence: 63 Wilfred Rd, Ivanhoe East Phone: 9499 5440

Email: Bill.Edebohls@cam.org.au

Priest in Residence: Rev Ki Seun (Marie Joseph) Youn, Korean Catholic Community Residence: 89 Bond St, Ivanhoe

Parish Office: 4 Waverley Ave, Ivanhoe 3079 Parish Phone: 9499 1515 Fax: 9499 9959

Parish Secretary: Mrs Ruth Villani Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:15am - 5:15pm (Closed for lunch 1pm-2pm)

Parish Bookkeeper: Helen O’Brien Office Hours: Tue & Thurs. 9:15am - 1.00pm

Parish Website: www.ivanhoecatholics.com Parish Email: catholicparishofivanhoe@bigpond.com

Bookings: Please contact Parish Office: 9499 1515 for Sacramental enrolments or appointments for Marriage

sunday mass times

Saturday 6.00pm St. Bernadette’s Sunday 9.00am Mary Immaculate 10.30am Mother of God

weekday mass times

Tuesday 9.15am Mother of God Wednesday 9.15am Mary Immaculate Thursday 9.15am Mary Immaculate Friday 9.15am St. Bernadette’s

Sacrament of reconciliation

Every Saturday 5.00pm - 5.20pm at Mary Immaculate 5.30pm - 5.50pm at St. Bernadette’s

or on weekdays at Mother of God by appointment with the Parish Priest

St Bernadette’s Primary School Principal: Kathryn Lowe

53 Stanley St, Ivanhoe West 3079

Phone: 9499 3914

I V A N H O E P A R I S H P R I M A R Y S C H O O L S

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Principal: Veronica Antrim

9 Rockbeare Grove, Ivanhoe 3079

Phone: 9497 1827

Mother of God Primary School

Principal: Louise McGrath

66 Wilfred Rd, Ivanhoe East 3079 Phone: 9497 1094

As a Catholic Community we respect the Wurrundjeri people, traditional custodians of the land upon which our parish resides, and commit ourselves to reconciliation and justice for all in our community and nation.

Reflection by Dianne Bergant CSS

Our attention shifts slightly in these last Sundays of Ordinary Time. We turn from concentration on the character and responsibilities of discipleship to reflection on the import of the end of time. As we move toward the close of the liturgical year, we are invited to consider the final coming of Christ and the last judgment.

The thought of judgment is enough to strike fear in the hearts of many. We sometimes experience tension between the idea of divine justice, which requires that the good be adequately rewarded and the evil be appropriately punished, and that of the mercy of God, which we hope will be generously extended to us.

As seen in the readings for this Sunday, the justice of God does not conform to the standards of human justice. It is incomprehensible, because its foundation is mercy. While we might find consolation in this view of divine judgment when it is directed toward us, our hearts do not always seem to be generous enough to rejoice in the mercy extended to others. It is almost as if we feel that we have been cheated in some way, if God is merciful to others. However, divine mercy can work in us to abolish our pettiness and indignation and replace it with generosity of heart. We are called to conduct ourselves with this kind of generosity, this kind of love, this kind of mercy.

© Dianne Bergant CSS

PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR 2017

Saturday 23 September

5.00pm Reconciliation at Mary Immaculate

5.30pm Reconciliation at St. Bernadette’s

6.00pm Mass at St Bernadette’s

Sunday 24 Sept (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

9.00am Mass at Mary Immaculate

10.30am Mass at Mother of God

Monday 25 Sept

Tuesday 26 Sept

9.15am Mass at Mother of God

4.15am Christian Meditation at MI Hall

Wednesday 27 Sept (St Vincent de Paul)

9.15am Mass at Mary Immaculate

Thursday 28 Sept

9.15am Mass at Mary Immaculate

10.00am Liturgy Group Meeting at Parish Office

Friday 29 Sept (Sts Michael, Gabriel & Raphael)

9.15am Mass at St Bernadette’s

Saturday 30 September (St. Jerome)

5.00pm Reconciliation at Mary Immaculate

5.30pm Reconciliation at St. Bernadette’s

6.00pm Mass at St Bernadette’s

Sunday 1 October (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

9.00am Mass at Mary Immaculate

10.30am Mass at Mother of God

Last Weekend’s Collections

1st Collection Envelopes: $1,160 Total First Collection (Parish) $3,012

Direct Debit & Credit Cards: $1,018 Total Second Collection (Presbytery) $714

Loose cash: $834 Special Collection: Priests’ Retirement Foundation $1,391

PRAYERS OF THE COMMUNITY

SICK AND IN NEED: Bill Stephen, Peter Hainsworth, Claire O’Neill, John Moloney, Barry Townsin, Sr. Jacquelyn Bender, Lucy Cust, Ronnie Kozak, Joe Markham, Ann Kuhn, Sheila Kinden, Nazha Shamieh, Dan & Brenda McMahon

RECENT DEATHS: Maria Mascia

ANNIVERSARIES: Irene Rogan

MASS ROSTER

THIS WEEKEND 23 - 24 Sept

NEXT WEEKEND 30 Sept - 1 Oct

6.00pm SB: Sacristan Reader Grade 6 Readers Grade 3 Offertory Proc

Special Ministers Counters

J. Gray C. Dixon Lily, Tessa Tyler Harriet Sr Carmel B. Jowett P. Melvaine M. Simpson

J. Gray J. Murphy

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--- T. Nibali J. Gray B. Jowett J. Manders

9.00am MI: Leader Reader Grade 6 Reader Grade 3 Offertory Proc Co-ordinator Counters

J. Wignall J. Wignall

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E. Ballao J. & H. Pidutti R. Wickremesinghe

K. Bator E. Craven

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J. Costa P. Nguyen H. Nguyen

10.30am MOG: Choir Sacristan Altar Society Reader Grade 6 Reader Grade 3 Offertory Proc Special Ministers Counters

School Holidays A. Patterson P. Caddy L. Dal Pozzo

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--- T. Barker C. Bellio R. Beltrame T. Barker D. Carey

School Holidays E. Mount A. Moloney I. Chiera

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I. Chiera M. Chin G. Crawford T. Barker D. Carey

From Archdiocese of Melbourne:

Expressions of Interest: Administrative Staff - casual & short-term opportunities

To submit an expression of interest for casual and short-term contract employment opportunities that match your availability, skills and experience, please ensure you send a covering letter and attach your resume with two referees. By joining administrative staff talent pool, your resume may be reviewed by our Human Resource team as casual and short-term opportunities arise. This will not preclude you from applying for other positions that you see advertised on our employment page http://www.cam.org.au/Jobs

Other relevant Information:

1. Applications must be addressed to: recruitment@cam.org.au

2. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a Criminal Records Check and hold a valid Working with Children Check

3. For further information contact Trish Fazzino Human Resources Officer on 9926 5780

Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver

Annual Mission Fair Saturday 14 October 9am-3pm in the Convent grounds, 154 Cotham Rd, Kew. Enquiries: 9817 3715

Melbourne Catholic Magazine - September

September edition is now available in each church

Cost: $4.00 Articles include:

- Inclusion and compassion is everyone’s business - Allowing children to be children - Toby Ward - Medics speak out on physician-assisted suicide - The Paradox of the Worst Suffering - Joel Hodge - Fathers in a New Land, finding hope in hardship

Subscriptions can be made to: Archdiocesan Media & Communications Office 9926 5758.

Special Collections - CatholicCare Appeal

Next weekend, 30 Sept - 1 October, there will be special collections for CatholicCare in each church. CatholicCare delivers family and relationship counselling, refugee and settlement support, school and education programs, and pastoral services. Donations from our parish community will help care for the most vulnerable families in our communities.

Building a Healthier Church

Thursday 12 October, 7.30-9.30pm at YTU Study Centre, 34 Bedford Street, Box Hill. Yarra Theological Union is hosting an evening conversation with Bishop Vincent Long, Maria Kirkwood and Francis Sullivan on ‘Building a healthier Church: where to from here?’ All welcome. Cost: Free, no need to RSVP. Information on poster displayed in each church

Mental Health Week 2017 Mass

Saturday 14 October, 11am at St Pius X Parish Church, 419 Waterdale Road, West Heidelberg. St Pius X Parish, with Catholic Social Services Victoria, warmly welcomes all to a Mass to mark the completion of Mental Health Week 2017. It is an opportunity to pray and stand with the suffering Christ within our communities and help raise awareness of mental health issues. Enquiries: 9457 5794

Catholic Book Club ‘Out of the Silent Planet’

Friday 29 September, 7.00pm at Caroline Chisholm Library, Level 3, 358 Lonsdale St, Melbourne. Anyone interested in reading and discussing Christian books and poetry is welcome to join our monthly meetings. This month we are discussing Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis. Details: Paul Nixon on 0405 486 531

Feast of St Francis at St Francis of Assisi

Sunday 15 October, 10.30am–3pm, St Francis of Assisi Church, 290 Childs Road, Mill Park. The par-ish, invites you and your family to this celebration of the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. The Solemn Mass of St Francis of Assisi will begin the day, which will be followed by a family lunch in the school courtyard with musical entertainment, jumping castle for the children, a prize for ‘most exotic pet’ and the Grand Finale at 2.00pm, the Blessing of the Animals. Bring children, bring your pets. Everyone is welcome. Details: Ruth 9407 6704; www.cam.org.au/millpark

Sister Anastasia Benevolent Fund:

In memory of great work given to the parish by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, a fund has been established to assist in their works. Donations or bequests can be made to: Sr. Margaret Anne Beech, Provin-cial & Bursar, 52A Bradshaw Crs. Manning W. A. 6152. Phone: 08 9450 1588

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St John’s Parish Seminar

Thursdays 19 & 26 October and 2 November. Rev Dr Elio Capra, speaks about Amoris Laetitia - the Joy of Love, by Pope Francis. Topics: Structure and content of Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love. Why has Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love caused so much controversy? What are the implications for the individual, the family, the parish and the church? 7:30 - 9:00pm at the Francis Xavier meeting rooms (St John’s Parish House) 52 Yarra St, Heidelberg. Entrance through meeting room doors at the back of the parish house. All Welcome. Entrance Free. RSVP 9457 1066 or email: heidelberg@cam.org.au

Everyone’s Business: An Interactive Forum on Integral Human Development in Catholic Social

Teaching over the Past 50 years

Thursday 19 October, 12–2pm at the Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert St, East Melbourne Catholic Social Services is hosting a lunchtime conversation forum to mark Anti-Poverty Week 2017. Come along and join the conversation with Fr Bruce Duncan and Prof. Paul Smyth (significant contributors to Everyone’s Business) as they look back on Pope Paul VI’s 1967 encyclical Populorum progressio up to the Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2017 Social Justice Statement ‘Everyone’s Busi-ness’, on various dimensions of human flourishing and social justice. Sandwich lunch provided. Bookings: Lucia 9287 5566 or lbrick@css.org.au

Link: http://www.cam.org.au/portals/0/2017/ParishUpdateFlyers/PU34/CSSVAnti-PovertyWeekFlyer.pdf

Annual Walter Silvester Memorial Lecture:

Joys and Struggles:

Tues. 24 October, 6.30pm, Christ Lecture Theatre, ACU, Young St, Fitzroy. This lecture features Donatella Acerbi, President of General Coordination Council of the Union of Catholic Apostolate. She will be discussing the joys and struggles of a lay woman leader in the global Church. Light refreshments offered from 5.45pm. Cost: Free Registration: Anne Dowling 9304 2926. Details and RSVP: by Monday 16 October for catering purposes to Anne Dowling 9304 2926 or Ronnie Maloney at rmaloney1537@gmail.com

1st

Reading Isaiah 55:6-9

A reading from the prophet Isaiah

Seek the Lord while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near. Let the wicked man abandon his way, the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn back to the Lord who will take pity on him, to our God who is rich in forgiving; for my thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways not your ways – it is the Lord who speaks. Yes, the heavens are as high above earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts.

The Word of the Lord:

Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 144:2-3,8-9, 17-18

(R) The Lord is near to all

who call him.

I will bless you day after day

and praise your name for ever.

the Lord is great, highly to be praised, his greatness cannot be measured.

(R) The Lord is near to all

who call him.

The Lord is kind and full of compassion, slow to anger, abounding in love. How good is the Lord to all, compassionate to all his creatures. (R) The Lord is near to all

who call him.

The Lord is just in all his ways and loving in all his deeds. He is close to all who call him, who call on him from their hearts. (R) The Lord is near to all

who call him.

2nd

Reading Philippians 14:20-24, 27

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians

Christ will be glorified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would bring me something more; but

then again, if living in this body means doing work which is having good results – I do not know what I should choose. I am caught in this dilemma: I want to be gone and be with Christ, which would be very much the better, but for me to stay alive in this body is a more urgent need for your sake.

Avoid anything in your every-day lives that would be unwor-thy of the gospel of Christ.

The Word of the Lord:

Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia! Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.

Alleluia!

Gospel Matthew 20:1-16

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agree-ment with the workers for one denarius a day, and sent them to his vineyard. Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place and said to them, “You go to my vineyard too and I will give you a fair wage.” So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same. Then at about the eleventh hour he went out and found more men standing round, and he said to them, “Why have you been standing here idle all day?” “Because no one has hired us” they answered. He said to them, “You go into my vineyard too.” In the evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his bailiff, “Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last arrivals and ending with the

first.” So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each. When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each. They took it, but grumbled at the landown-er. “The men who came last” they said “have done only one hour, and you have treated them the same as us, though we have done a heavy day’s work in all the heat.” He answered one of them and said, “My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius? Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the last-comer as much as I pay you. Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why be envious because I am generous?” Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.’

The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus

Christ

Prayers of the Faithful

God of forgiveness and grace,

hear us: Lord, hear our prayer

Roman Rite Catholic Mass in Arabic Friday 13 October at 6.00pm. St Ambrose’s Church, 287 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, as well as the second Friday of every month. Fr Samir Haddad, of the Melbourne Melkite Catholic com-munity will celebrate Mass accord-ing to the Latin rite, but in Arabic. The liturgy is displayed in both languages. Arabic speaking mi-grant & refugee groups are wel-come to attend, and those working in support of refugees and asylum seekers. Refreshments after Mass (with awesome coffee!). Details: Fr Haddad on 0402 771 777

Next Week:

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-28

Resp. Psalm: 24:4-9

2nd Reading: Philippians 2:1-11

Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32