Transcript Feast of the Holy Family

PAGINA IN ITALIANO
CRESCERE NELLA GIUSTIZIA/INTEGRITA’
Apprendiamo dal Vangelo di oggi che Gesù “cresceva in
sapienza, eta’ e grazia davanti a Dio e agli uomini'
sviluppando gradualmente le qualità necessarie per una vita
di autentica giustizia/integrità. Guardiamo il giovane Gesù
oggi per trovare ispirazione in lui mentre cresce in
integrità nel cuore della sua amorevole famiglia.
LA NOSTRA ICONA PER QUESTA STAGIONE
Durante il periodo di Avvento/Natale siamo
memori della maternità di Maria. L'icona
della 'Madonna della tenerezza' sull'altare
raffigura la grande tenerezza tra madre e
bambino. Essa ci ricorda anche il ruolo di
Maria nell'incarnazione. Lei porta in grembo
il bambino che è il Verbo fatto carne, la
gloria di Dio in mezzo a noi.
CONTINUA LA STAGIONE DI NATALE
Dopo la festa della Sacra famiglia di oggi, la stagione di
Natale continua con molte feste significative. Venerdì
(giorno di Capodanno) ricorre la festa di Maria, madre di
Dio. Domenica prossima c'è la festa dell'Epifania e poi la
stagione di Natale si conclude il 10 gennaio con la festa del
Battesimo del Signore.
UN SINCERO “GRAZIE!”
Ringraziamo sinceramente tutti coloro che ci hanno
aiutato a vivere l'Avvento e il Natale a Our Lady’s e St
Ambrose’s. Siamo grati a tutti coloro che hanno preparato
la nostra stagione di Avvento/Natale quest'anno sul tema
della Giustizia (nella sua accezione di Integrità). Siamo grati
a coloro che hanno preparato la liturgia per le messe di
Avvento e Natale, inclusi i nostri musicisti e coristi. Siamo
grati a coloro che hanno pulito e decorato le chiese, per i
nostri lettori, i ministri della Comunione e i chierichetti.
UN RINGRAZIAMENTO PERSONALE
Rivolgo il mio sincero grazie a tutti coloro che, in vari
modi, mi hanno recapitato gli auguri di Natale, vi ringrazio
sinceramente.
–Fr Michael
FESTA SPECIALE VENERDÌ
Questo venerdì non è solo il giorno di Capodanno, bensi’
anche la festa della solennità di Maria, madre di Dio. Maria
è stata una figura centrale nella nostra stagione di Avvento/
Natale quest'anno dal momento che abbiamo contemplato
l'immagine della Madonna della tenerezza. Gli orari della
messa di venerdì sono:

09.15 a Our Lady’s

10.30 a St Ambrose’s
IL PRESEPE DI NATALE
Avete visto il presepe di Natale?
Entrambe le nostre chiese hanno ora
un presepe. La scena della Natività
aiuta la nostra immaginazione per
concentrarci sulla realtà di povertà in
cui nacque Gesù.
MINISTRI PER LA STAGIONE NATALIZIA
Molti parrocchiani saranno via per le vacanze in questo
periodo dell'anno. Quindi chiediamo a quei lettori e
ministri della Comunione che saranno qui di verificare
prima dell'inizio della messa se serve un aiuto. Molte
grazie!
FR VINH ANDRA’ NELLA PARROCCHIA DI SUNSHINE
Fr Vinh è stato nominato coadiutore presso la Parrocchia
di Our Lady of the Immaculate
Conception a Sunshine. Ci lascerà il 3
febbraio. Fr Vinh è stato coadiutore
nella nostra parrocchia per 18 mesi.
Preghiamo per Fr Vinh mentre si
prepara per questo prossimo capitolo della sua vocazione
sacerdotale.
Parish Newsletter
The Catholic Parish of Brunswick and Brunswick East
Feast of the Holy Family, Year C
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Our Lady’s
Happy are those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways.
6.00pm Saturday Vigil
9.00am Sunday (Italian/English)
10.30am Sunday
SR JULITA SI TRASFERISCE IN GERMANIA
Dopo dieci anni di lavoro nella parrocchia, Sr Julita Buss,
una suora missionaria di Saint Anthony Mary Claret
(Clarettiani), verra’ trasferita in Germania! Siamo molto
tristi nel vederla andare, dal momento che lei è stata una
forte presenza nella comunità parrocchiale, specialmente
con i parrocchiani di lingua italiana. Per i suoi primi 5 anni
con noi, Sr Julita lavorava part-time in St Ambrose’s. I 5
anni successivi ha lavorato a tempo pieno nelle comunità di
St Ambrose’s e Our Lady’s. Sr Julita continuera’ a lavorare
nella parrocchia fino all'inizio di febbraio. La saluteremo
formalmente domenica 7 febbraio. Ulteriori dettagli
l’anno prossimo.
St Ambrose’s
UN PARTY DI SALUTO E RINGRAZIAMENTO
Avremo un party per salutare e ringraziare Fr
Vinh e Sr Julita domenica 31 gennaio nella
sala di Our Lady’s alle 12.00. Tutti sono
invitati a questo importante evento per
ringraziare Fr Vinh e Sr Julita per il loro
ministero tra noi e augurare loro ogni bene
per il futuro!
PRIESTS OF THE PARISH
UNA NUOVA COLLABORATRICE PASTORALE
Un'altra sorella clarettiana assumerà il ruolo di
Collaboratrice pastorale nella parrocchia. Il suo nome è Sr
Marjetka Zlahtic. Alcuni parrocchiani forse ricordano Sr
Marjetka, che fu collaboratrice pastorale presso St
Ambrose’s per un breve periodo nel 2002 prima di essere
mandata a Roma per lavorare nella Direzione dell’Ordine.
Dopo molti anni a Roma, Sr Marjetka ha fatto ritorno in
Australia e visitera’ la parrocchia con Sr Julita per tutto
gennaio, prima di iniziare ufficialmente il suo ministero tra
noi nel mese di febbraio.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
SALDATORE QUALIFICATO IN CERCA DI LAVORO
Daniel, un uomo iraniano che richiede asilo
politico e vive nella casa parrocchiale di St
Ambrose’s, è un saldatore qualificato. Se siete
a conoscenza di qualcuno che potrebbe essere
interessato ad assumerlo, ve ne sarebbe molto
grato. Contattate Fr Michael al 9380 1023.
27 December 2015
WEEKDAY MASSES
Our Lady’s
St Ambrose’s
Tues to Thurs at 9.15am
Friday at 9.00am
Tues to Saturday at 10.00am
RECONCILIATION
St Ambrose’s
Our Lady’s
10.30am Saturday
11.30am Saturday
MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS by appointment
Fr Michael Casey and Fr Vinh Nguyen
O blessed are those who fear the Lord
and walk in God’s ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper.
Your wife like a fruitful vine
in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table.
Indeed thus shall be blessed
the one who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion
all the days of your life.
PASTORAL ASSOCIATES
Sr Diane Cleveland and Sr Julita Buss
FAITH DEVELOPMENT AND ADMIN
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Mr Philip Cachia
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,
and the fullness of his message live within you.
Alleluia!
PARISH OFFICE
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
287 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC 3056
PHONE
9380 1023
FAX
9388 8144
EMAIL
[email protected]
RECENTLY DECEASED
Fr Des Cameron, Bill Seymour
Tricia Murray
ST AMBROSE’S CHURCH
287 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Phone: 9380 1023 Fax: 9388 8144
Website: www.stambroseparish.org.au
OUR LADY’S CHURCH
49 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East
Phone: 9380 1844 Fax: 9388 0170
Website: www.ourlady.org.au
ANNIVERSARIES
Thelma D’Cruz, Caterina Prestigiacomo, Silverio
Raponi, Emilio Ferrante, Domenico Rigano, Rosa
Rigano, Domenica Comperatore, Carmela Ferraro,
Giuseppe Ferraro, Tommaso Ferraro
A VERY REAL FAMILY
Anyone who has temporarily
lost their child in a crowd
knows the stabbing pain of
uncertainty and fear. Even more
real, and occurring more often,
is the adolescent impatience of
Jesus: ‘Did you not know I must
be about my Father’s business?’
Every parent, bewildered and saddened by the
growing up and the growing distance of a son
or daughter, knows what Mary and Joseph
must have felt.
By the time Mary and Joseph found Jesus, he
had found the words to express his unique
identity. In this little scene so full of pathos and
heartbreak, we hear the first words of Jesus in
Luke’s Gospel: ‘Did you not know I must be
about my Father’s business?’
What was his ‘Father’s business’ which was so
engaging for Jesus? To draw every human
being into the same familial relationship with
the Father as he enjoys.
… We could take a moment to pray for the
integrity which will enable us to express this
sense of identity in the unfolding of our lives.
We can pray also for those saddened or
bewildered by our following of the One who
taught us to pray ‘Our Father’.
— Fr Michael Tate
GROWING IN INTEGRITY
We learn from today’s Gospel
that Jesus, as he grew older,
‘increased in wisdom, in
stature, and in favour with God
and people.’ He gradually
developed the qualities needed
for a life of genuine integrity.
We look to the youthful Jesus
today and find inspiration in him as he grows
in integrity at the heart of his loving family.
OUR ICON FOR THIS SEASON
During the Advent/Christmas Season we are
mindful of Mary’s motherhood. The icon of
‘Our Lady of Tenderness’ on the altar depicts
the great tenderness between mother and
crib? Both our churches
now have a unique crib in
place. The nativity scene
helps our imaginations to
focus on the reality of the
poverty into which Jesus was born.
child. It also reminds us of Mary’s
role in the Incarnation. She carries
the child who is the Word made
flesh, the glory of God in our
midst.
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON CONTINUES
Following today’s Feast of the Holy Family, our
Christmas season continues with many great
feasts. On Friday (New Year’s Day) there is
the Feast of Mary, the Mother of God. On
next Sunday there is the Feast of the Epiphany
and then the Christmas season concludes on
10 January with the Feast of the Baptism of the
Lord.
A SINCERE ‘THANK YOU!’
May we sincerely thank all who
have helped us to celebrate
Advent and Christmas at Our
Lady’s and St Ambrose’s. We are grateful for
all who prepared our Advent/Christmas
season this year, with our theme of Integrity.
We are thankful for all who prepared the
liturgies for our Advent and Christmas Masses,
including our musicians and singers. We are
grateful for all who cleaned and decorated the
churches, for our lectors, communion
ministers and altar servers.
A PERSONAL ‘THANK YOU!’
May I offer my sincere thanks to all
who, in various ways, have offered
Christmas wishes to me, Thank you
most sincerely.
–Fr Michael
SPECIAL FEAST ON FRIDAY
While this Friday is New Year’s
Day, it is also the Feast of the
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of
God. Mary has been very central
to our Advent/Christmas season
this year as we have contemplated
the image of Our Lady of
Tenderness. The Mass times on Friday will be:

9.15am at Our Lady’s

10.30am at St Ambrose’s
THE CHRISTMAS CRIB
Have you had a chance to view the Christmas
MINISTRIES FOR CHRISTMAS SEASON
Many parishioners go away for
holidays at this time of the year. So,
we ask those lectors and
Communion ministers who will be
here to check at the beginning of
Mass whether help is needed with
any ministries. Many thanks!
FR VINH IS GOING TO SUNSHINE PARISH
Fr Vinh has been
appointed as Assistant
Priest at Our Lady of
the Immaculate
Conception Parish in
Sunshine. He will be
leaving us on 3 February. Fr Vinh has been the
Assistant Priest in our parish for 18 months.
We pray for Fr Vinh as he prepares for this
next chapter in his priestly vocation.
SR JULITA TRANSFERRED TO GERMANY
After ten years of working in
the parish, Sr Julita Buss, a
Missionary Sister of Saint
Anthony Mary Claret
(Claretian), is being transferred
to Germany! We will be very
sad to see her go, as she has
been a strong presence in the
parish community, particularly
with the Italian-speaking
parishioners. For her first 5 years with us, Sr
Julita worked part-time at St Ambrose’s. The
next 5 years she worked full-time in both Our
Lady’s and St Ambrose’s communities. Julita
will continue working in the parish until the
beginning of February.
A FAREWELL AND
‘THANK YOU’ PARTY
We will have a formal ‘thank
you’ and farewell for both Sr
Julita and Fr Vinh on Sunday
31 January in Our Lady’s
Hall at 12.00 noon (and not 7 February, as
was advertised in last week’s newsletter). All
are welcome to this important event as we
thank Sr Julita and Fr Vinh for their ministry
amongst us, and wish them well for the future!
A NEW PASTORAL ASSOCIATE
Another Claretian Sister will be taking up the
role of Pastoral Associate in the parish. Her
name is Sr Marjetka Zlahtic. Some parishioners
may remember Sr Marjetka who was a
Pastoral Associate at St Ambrose’s for a short
time in 2002 before being sent to Rome to
work in the order’s leadership team. After
many years in Rome, Sr Marjetka has now
returned to Australia. She will accompany Sr
Julita on her visitation in the parish throughout
January, and will officially begin her ministry
amongst us in February.
MERCY CONNECT
Mercy Works is currently recruiting
volunteers to support refugee
students and asylum seekers in the
Melbourne Archdiocese. The
volunteer commitment is approximately half a
day per week for four school terms. Interview
process will be in Dec/Jan followed by a
Training Day at the end of January. Please
contact Sr. Mary Lewis RSM for an application
form and further information. Email:
[email protected] (preferred for contact)
Website: www.mercyworks.org.au
QUALIFIED WELDER IN NEED OF WORK
Daniel, an Iranian asylum seeker living
in St Ambrose’s parish house, is a
qualified welder. If you know of
anyone who could employ a welder,
he would be very grateful for the work.
Contact Fr Michael 9380 1023.
PARISH PRAYER FOCUS FOR DECEMBER
We pray with hope for the future of our
planet. May world leaders be united in making
wise decisions to help reduce global warming.
M
ay the Holy Family of
Nazareth inspire your family
to love one another more deeply and
may the grace of this holy season fill
your home.
READINGS NEXT WEEK: Isaiah 60:1–6; Ephesians 3:2–3. 5–6; Matthew 2:1–12