67-77 Exford Road, Melton South 3338 . P .O. Box 2152

Ph: 9747 9692, Fax: 9746 0422 Email: meltonsouth@cam.org.au

Parish Homepage: stanthonysmeltonsouth.wordpress.com (includes Padua News)

Office Hours: Wed thru Fri. 8.30am—4.30pm

St. Anthony’s Parish Primary School Wilson Road, Melton South 3338 Phone: 9743 1401 School Secretary: Mrs. Marthese Pace Email: principal@sameltonsth.catholic.edu.au Website: www.sameltonsth.catholic.edu.au

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33

Comm: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

All: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise always on my lips; in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad.

Revere the Lord, you his saints. They lack nothing, those who revere him. Strong lions suffer want and go hungry but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.

Come, children, and hear me that I may teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is he who longs for life and many days, to enjoy his prosperity?

Then keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn aside from evil and do good; seek and strive after peace.

ALL: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, Alleluia! All who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me and I in them, says the Lord. Alleluia!

MASS & DEVOTION TIMES THIS WEEK Tuesday morning: 9.15am Mass Tuesday evening: 6.30pm Mass Wednesday morning: 9.15am Mass Thursday morning: 9.15am Mass Friday morning: 9.15am Mass

Saturday Vigil Mass 5.30pm Mass Sunday 8.30am & 10.30am Mass

INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATION Saturday 4.45pm

BAPTISM Baptism Preparation Meeting: 6.30-8.00pm in the Church

Thursday 20th August for Baptisms 6th & 20th September.

See details on Parish Homepage as listed above and download forms. Fill them out and bring them to the Baptism Preparation Meeting for your chosen date along with a copy of your child’s Birth Certificate. Both parents are required to attend these meetings. We kindly request adults only please. Contact Father Fabian or the Parish Office if you have any questions. Phone 9747 9692. Adult Preparation for the Sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist or Confirmation through the R.C.I.A. Program. See Father Fabian, Father John Paul or the Parish Office for information.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

Sue Alexander 0400 171 843 Godwin Barton 9747 9493 Naim Chdid 0437 004 790 Stephen Fernandes 0439 743 533 Amy Honrade 9747 0078 Natalie Howard 0410 478 046 Mila Little 9743 7783 Rose Ma’ae 0431 386 473 Marthese Mercieca 0421 378 691 Carmen Vella 9743 4378 Ex-Officio: Fr Fabian Smith P.P., & Damien Schuster

Parish Priest: Fr Fabian Antony Smith Parish Secretary: Mrs. Lesley Morffew Assistant Priest: Fr. John Paul Mount St. Anthony’s School Principal: Mr. Damien Schuster

Catholic Regional College - Melton (Years 7-12) Principal: Mr Mark Sheahan Contact: 9743 6522

ALL VOLUNTEERS FOR CLEANING OF THE CHURCH PLEASE NOTE:

There is a meeting after 10.30 Mass this weekend for those parishioners volunteering to clean the church. A light lunch will be provided for you. This meeting will be an opportunity for existing volunteers to meet new volunteers and for everyone to be reminded of the guidelines when cleaning the church.

20th Sunday in Ordinary time, Year B 16th August, 2015 Let us pray that the love of God may raise us beyond what we see to the

unseen glory of his kingdom.

NEWS FROM THE WORSHIP QUADRANT

NEXT WEEK 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B 22nd & 23rd August Readers Special Ministers 5.30pm Leonia Jessop Rita Harinos, Naim Chdid, Anne Peramuna and Mary Rose Portelli. 8.30am Regina Traczynski Ineke Allen, Denise Van Rooyen and Carmen Vella. . 10.30am Faustina Ma’ae Ron Howard, Rose Ma’ae and Frances Tanu.

Next Week’s Readings: 1st: Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 2nd: Eph 5:21-32 Gospel: John 6:60-69

MASS COORDINATORS / COMMENTATORS 5.30pm - Stephen Fernandes and Godwin Barton. 22nd & 23rd August 8.30am - Marie Wytkamp and Carmen Vella. 10.30am - Godwin Barton and Natalie Howard.

PIETY STALL VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS WEEKEND 15th & 16th August 5.30: Lisa Arena 8.30am Edwina La Rose 10.30am: John & Kristina Scerri

PIETY STALL VOLUNTEERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND 22nd & 23rd August 5.30: Priscilla Bastian 8.30am Chris Fitzgerald 10.30am:Indika Silva

CLEANING ROSTER : Thursday 20th August: Frances Spagnol, Parr Family & Maureen Sutherland.

CHILDREN’S CHOIR The Parish is looking for volunteers to form a new Children’s Choir. Anyone wishing to join the choir (with their parent’s permission) can place their name on the clipboard at the rear of the church or speak to Lorraine Tellis.

RENEWAL OF MARRIAGE VOWS During the 5.30pm Vigil Mass on Saturday August 22nd and 10.30am Mass Sunday 23rd August. Couples who have recently celebrated, or will soon celebrate their Wedding Anniversary are invited to renew marriage vows with other couples here at St. Anthony’s during the 5.30pm Vigil Mass on August 22nd and the 10.30am Sunday Mass on 23rd August. Please register your details on the clipboard at the rear of the church.

ANNUAL MASS OF ALL NATIONS – THEME: CHURCH WITHOUT FRONTIERS, MOTHER TO ALL Sunday, 30 August 2015, Rosary at 2.00 pm, Mass at 3.00 pm St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne Main celebrant: Archbishop Denis Hart DD ALL WELCOME

NEWS FROM THE FAITH FORMATION QUADRANT

Divine Mercy 1st Sunday of the month at 3pm. Fatima Statue John & Rose Ma’ae & Fly 0458 160 847 Meditation: 6.30 pm every Monday evening (except Public Holidays) in the Meeting Room For information please contact Mila Little on 0413 808 195

THE LEGION OF MARY Legion Of Mary sessions are held Wednesdays at 6.00pm. All are welcome.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND

Invest in your most precious asset......Your Marriage! Forget life’s tensions and interruptions and rekindle the closeness, intimacy, love and romance that brought you together. Recharge your relationship batteries and explore the precious nature of your marriage, allowing you both to share your feelings, hopes and dreams with each other in ways that normal, daily living tends to inhibit. There is no group sharing. Couples and a priest present the weekend. It is based around Catholic values but couples of all faiths are welcome. 2015 Melbourne weekend dates : 21-23 August and 23-25 Oct

Starts 7pm on Friday. Ends 5pm Sunday. Accommodation and all meals provided. Information/Bookings: PH: Marianne & Marcel (03) 9733 0997

NEWS FROM THE PASTORAL CARE QUADRANT

We pray for the recently deceased: Fr William Joseph O’Mara SJ. We pray for the death anniversary at this time of: Frank Barker, Anthony Bughair, Segundo Cadiz, Cynthia (Topsy) Daly, Jefrey Fuentes, Lucy Harrington, Paula Jubahib and Duminku Mintoff.

Please pray for the Sick: Coral Stiffle, Irene Rahilly, Fr. Brendan Davey, Sr. Mary Gavaghan, Helen Marley, Therese Hall, Ian Nowak, Michael Saunders, and all those who have requested our prayers. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Minutes of Monthly Parish Council Meeting dated 2 July 2015 are posted at the back of the church and copies are also available on the Noticeboard for Parishioners.

NEWS FROM SERVICE/COMMUNITY QUADRANT

ST. ANTHONY’S PARISH BINGO

Bingo runs every Tuesday (except public holidays) in Padua Hall at 7.00pm. There are 4 sessions a night each with its own Jackpot, the 4th session being $1000. The hall is heated and sells hot food, so on a cold night you can stay warm, support your parish and have fun at the same time!

PRIME TIMERS Our outing for August is on Tuesday 25th and is lunch with Father Martin at the Victoria Hotel Woodend at 12 o'clock. We will meet at the church car park at 10.30 Any enquiries please call John or Lois on 9743-6582

ST ANTHONY’S YOUTH GROUP

St. Anthony’s Youth Group is on Thursday evenings at 7.00pm.

ST ANTHONY’S YOUTH GROUP SPORTS DAY St. Anthony's youth group sports fest! When- Sunday 23rd August Time- 12-5pm. Lunch will be provided! More information please contact Joseph 0423 512 566 LIHM sisters 0425 157 651

FROM THE PARISH OFFICE PARISH OFFICE WORKING BEE The Parish is in need of volunteers to help put together envelopes for Thanksgiving this week on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday after morning Mass. Morning tea will be provided and the stickers have been simplified so its not as time consuming. All help will be greatly appreciated. From Lesley

ANNUAL BISHOP JOE GRECH MEMORIAL COLLOQUIUM 20 Years of Migration Policy in Australia: The Church’s Pastoral Response Thursday, 27 August 2015, 7.00 pm Philipa Brazil Lecture Theatre, Daniel Mannix Building, ACU Melbourne ALL WELCOME

DATES TO REMEMBER

22nd/23rd August - Wedding Anniversary Mass & Cuppa at 5.30pm & 10.30am Mass. Cuppa after Mass at 8.30am.

27th August - Sacrament of Confirmation for children in our Parish.

29 & 30th August - Collection to go towards Deacon Daryl Montecillo’s Priestly Ordination.

6th September - Father’s Day. Annual Collection for the Priest’s Retirement Fund

8th September - Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Photius and Caerularius It was natural that the great schisms, which are

immediately responsible for the present state of things,

should be local quarrels of Constantinople. Neither was

in any sense a general grievance of the East. There was

neither time any reason why other bishops should join

with Constantinople in the quarrel against Rome, except

that already they had learned to look to the imperial city

for orders.

The quarrel of Photius was a gross defiance of lawful

Church order. Ignatius was the rightful bishop without

any question; he had reigned peaceably for 11 years.

Then he refused Communion to a man guilty of open

incest (in AD 857). But that man was the regent Bardas,

so the government professed to depose Ignatius and

intruded Photius into his see.

Pope Nicholas I had no quarrel against the Eastern

Church; he had no quarrel against the Byzantine see. He

stood out for the rights of the lawful bishop. Both

Ignatius and Photius had formally appealed to him. It

was only when Photius found that he had lost his case

that he and the government preferred schism to

submission (867). It is even doubtful how far this time

there was any general Eastern schism at all. In the

council that restored Ignatius (869) the other patriarchs

declared that they had at once accepted the Pope’s

former verdict.

But Photius had formed an anti-Roman party which

was never afterwards dissolved. The effect of his quarrel,

though it was so purely personal, though it was patched

up when Ignatius died, and again when Photius fell, was

to gather to a head all the old jealousy of Rome at

Constantinople. We see this throughout the Photian

Schism. The mere question of that usurper’s pretended

rights does not account for the outburst of enmity

against the Pope, against everything Western and Latin

that we notice in government documents, in Photius’

letters, in the Acts of his synod in 879, in all the attitude

of his party. It is rather the rancour of centuries bursting

out on a poor pretext; this fierce resentment against

Roman interference comes from men who know of old

that Rome is the one hindrance to their plans and

ambitions.

Moreover, Photius gave the Byzantines a new and

powerful weapon. The cry of heresy was raised often

enough at all times; it never failed to arouse popular

indignation. But it had not yet occurred to anyone to

accuse all the West of being steeped in pernicious

heresy. Hitherto it had been a question of resenting the

use of papal authority in isolated cases.

This new idea carried the war into the enemy’s camp

with a vengeance. Photius’ six charges are silly enough,

so silly that one wonders that so great a scholar did not

think of something cleverer, at least in appearance. But

they changed the situation to the Eastern advantage.

When Photius calls the Latins “liars, fighters against

God, forerunners of Antichrist”, it is no longer a question

merely of abusing one’s ecclesiastical superiors. He now

assumes a more effective part; he is the champion of

orthodoxy, indignant against heretics.

After Photius, John Bekkos says there was “perfect

peace” between East and West. But the peace was only

on the surface. Photius’ cause did not die. It remained

latent in the party he left, the party that still hated the

West, that was ready to break the union again at the

first pretext, that remembered and was ready to revive

this charge of heresy against the Latins. Certainly from

the time of Photius hatred and scorn of Latins was an

inheritance of the mass of the Byzantine clergy.

How deeply rooted and far spread it was is shown by

the absolutely gratuitous outburst 150 years later under

Michael Caerularius (1043—58). For this time there was

not even the shadow of a pretext. No one had disputed

Caerularius’ right as patriarch; the pope had not

interfered with him in any way at all. And suddenly in

1053 he sends off a declaration of war, then shuts up

the Latin churches at Constantinople, hurls a string of

wild accusations, and shows in every possible way that

he wants a schism, apparently for the mere pleasure of

not being in communion with the West.

He got his wish. After a series of wanton aggressions,

unparalleled in church history, after he had begun by

striking the pope’s name from his diptychs, the Roman

legates excommunicated him (July 16, 1054). But still

there was no idea of a general excommunication of the

Byzantine Church, still less of all the East. The legates

carefully provided against that in their Bull. They

acknowledged that the Emperor (Constantine IX, who

was excessively annoyed at the whole quarrel), the

Senate, and the majority of the inhabitants of the city

were “most pious and orthodox”. They excommunicated

Caerularius, Leo of Achrida, and their adherents.

This quarrel, too, need no more have produced a

permanent state of schism than the excommunication

of any other contumacious bishop. The real tragedy is

that gradually all the other Eastern patriarchs took sides

with Caerularius, obeyed him by striking the pope’s

name from their diptychs, and chose of their own accord

to share his schism.

At first they do not seem to have wanted to do so.

John III of Antioch certainly refused to go into schism at

Caerularius’ bidding. But, eventually, the habit they had

acquired of looking to Constantinople for orders proved

too strong. The Emperor (not Constantine IX, but his

successor) was on the side of his patriarch and they had

learned too well to consider the emperor as their

overlord in spiritual matters too. Again, it was the

usurped authority of Constantinople, the Erastianism of

the East that turned a personal quarrel into a great

schism.

We see, too, how well Photius’ idea of calling Latins

heretics had been learned. Caerularius had a list, a

longer and even more futile one, of such accusations.

His points were different from those of Photius; he had

forgotten the Filioque, and had discovered a new heresy

in our use of azyme (unleavened) bread. But the actual

accusations mattered little; the idea that had been

found so useful was that of declaring that we are

impossible because we are heretics. It was offensive and

it gave the schismatical leaders the chance of assuming

a most effective pose, as defenders of the true Faith.

History of the Church—The Eastern Schism III