Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church (Established: 18th January 2006) “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world ablaze!” - St. Catherine of Siena

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2nd Sunday of Advent (Year C) – 9 December 2018

John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan,

proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:

The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:

Alleluia, alleluia!

Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: all people shall see the salvation of God.

Alleluia!

Today’s Scripture Readings

Bar 5:1-9; Ps 125; Phil 1:3-6. 8-11; Lk 3:1-6

Next Sunday (Advent 3-C) Zep 3:14-18; Ps 12; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18

PRAYER REQUESTS

For the sick Paul Kiuimdjian, Dylan Smith, Crisanta Rosaldo, Rodolfo Catibog, Jaime &

Jerry Montenegro, Emily Woodford, Luka Ivan Jukic, Mary Rapinett, Ann

Broughan, Christine Gauci, Alida Beric, Melani Landicho, Eric Pascual,

Rebecca Gucela, Tess Villaflor, Archie Cruz, Thalia Attard, Lester Claudio,

Beatrice and Jan Peeters, Angelo Galea, Angelo Giacobbe, Cely Aldana,

Jibrine Jok, Jacqueline Espina

For the dead (Submit to the Parish Office not later than 12 noon every Thursday)

6.00pm: (RIP) Buttigieg, Zammit & Portelli Families | 10.30am: (RIP) Shyrll

Gomez, Veronica Ross, Roberto Bascuna Sr

CHURCH COLLECTIONS Stewardship: $2,553.00 Presbytery: $660.90

REFUGEE SUPPORT: $142.25 was donated last week

CAROLINE SPRINGS PARISH PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr Richard Rosse DEACON & PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Rev. Chris Creo PARISH COORDINATOR: Mr Robert Durai

POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 3014, Caroline Springs, Vic. 3023, Australia

CHURCH, PRESBYTERY, and OFFICE 28 College St., Caroline Springs Phone 83619822 Fax 83619844 Emails carolinesprings@cam.org.au csparish@bigpond.com Website: www.stcatherinecarolinesprings.org.au OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday 9.30am–5.00pm

SUNDAY MASS TIMES Saturday 6.00pm (Vigil Mass); Sunday 9.00am and 10.30am

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES, SERVICES & ACTIVITIES Monday: Liturgy of The Hour-Morning Prayer (No Mass) 9.30am Tuesday: 7.00pm Wednesday - Saturday: 9.30am Friday: 8.00am (During School Times)

CONFESSIONS: Saturday 8.45 - 9.15am & 5 - 5.30pm Tuesday 6.00 - 6.30pm

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Tuesday: 6.00pm - 7.00pm

ROSARY: Wednesday - Saturday 9.00am

HEARTS ON FIRE PRAYER MEETING Friday: 7.30 - 9.00pm

HOLY HOUR FOR MOTHERS Last Wednesday of the Month: 7.30 - 8.30pm

LECTIO DIVINA Fortnightly (Monday): 10.00 – 11.00am

LEGION OF MARY Mondays: 7.30 – 9.00pm

YOUNG MEN OF GOD Every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the Month: 7.30 - 9.00pm

PARISH YOUTH GROUP Every 2nd & 4th Sunday of the Month: 6.00 - 7.30pm (CRC Hall)

BAPTISMS Contact the presbytery as soon as possible and allow at least six weeks for preparation etc.

WEDDINGS A minimum of 4 months’ notice is needed for weddings in the parish (couples must attend a marriage preparation course).

SCHOOLS IN OUR PARISH

CHRIST THE PRIEST PRIMARY SCHOOL (Prep-Yr. 6): 54 Caroline Springs Blvd. | Phone: 93618600 (ACTING PRINCIPAL: Mrs Kerin Thorneloe)

ST GEORGE PRECA PRIMARY SCHOOL (Prep-Yr. 6) 22-48 Lancefield Drive | Phone: 8390 7352 | 7378 5500 (PRINCIPAL: Mr Jim Sheedy)

CATHOLIC REGIONAL COLLEGE CAROLINE SPRINGS (Year 7-10) 10 College Street | Phone: 9217 8000

(PRINCIPAL: Mr Jamie Madigan)

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD Sundays during the 10.30am Mass

ON THE USE OF LATIN

“Particular law remaining in

force, the use of the Latin

language is to be preserved in the

Latin rites.”

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH Sun 9/12 11.30am Youth: BAKE SALE

5.30-onwards Carols by Candlelight

CRCCS Hall

Mon 10/12 7.00pm Pastoral Plan Task Group

7.30-9pm Legion of Mary Meeting

Tues 11/12 7.30-9pm 10.30am Choir Practice

Wed 12/12 7.30-8.30pm PPC Gathering (Presbytery)

Thu 13/12 1.30-2.30pm CRC End of Year Mass

for Staff

5.00-6.00pm SGP Graduation Mass

7.30-9pm RCIA Gathering

Fri 14/12 6.30-7.30pm CtP Graduation Mass

7.30-9pm Advent Reflection

Sat 15/12 11am-12.30am 9am Choir Practice

1.30-3pm Christmas Pageant Practice

4.45-5.45pm 6pm Choir Practice

PIETY STALL Only 2 weeks until Christmas. Christmas Cards ($2.50 a pack),

Nativity Sets, Small Gifts are all available. Full Christmas

Catalogue to order from.

COLUMBAN CALENDAR 2019

Not just a calendar – it’s a liturgical diary

and a collection of art too! $10

2018 ADVENT-CHRISTMAS TIMETABLE

Sunday, DECEMBER 9 (5.30pm)

Carols by Candlelight

Fridays, DECEMBER 7, 14 & 21 (7.30pm)

ADVENT REFLECTION

Reflecting on the Gospel and the upcoming Plenary Council 2020

Wednesday, DECEMBER 19 (7.30pm)

First Rite of Reconciliation

Saturday, DECEMBER 22 (After Mass)

Parish Christmas Raffle Draw

(Please bring a plate to share)

Christmas

Christmas Eve (24 Dec)

Christmas Pageant (7pm)

Vigil Mass (7.30pm)

Carols (11pm)

Midnight Mass (12.00am)

Christmas Day (25 Dec)

Usual Sunday Masses

(No Church services in the evening)

New Year

New Year’s Eve (31 Dec) – TBA

New Year (1 Jan) Mass – 9.30am

ST VINCENT DE PAUL

GIVING TREE THE Giving Tree is up this week in the

Gathering Space. There are tags with

suggestions of how you can help make families

have a happy Christmas. Please bring the gifts

by 17 December.

The Teachings of the Church

CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY (SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM)

CHAPTER 1

III. The Reform of the Sacred Liturgy

C) Norms based upon the didactic and pastoral nature of the Liturgy

36. 1. Particular law remaining in force, the use of the Latin

language is to be preserved in the Latin rites.

2. But since the use of the

mother tongue, whether in the

Mass, the administration of the

sacraments, or other parts of

the liturgy, frequently may be

of great advantage to the

people, the limits of its

employment may be extended.

This will apply in the first place

to the readings and directives,

and to some of the prayers

and chants, according to the

regulations on this matter to

be laid down separately in

subsequent chapters.

3. These norms being

observed, it is for the competent territorial ecclesiastical authority

mentioned in Art. 22, 2, to decide whether, and to what extent, the

vernacular language is to be used; their decrees are to be

approved, that is, confirmed, by the Apostolic See. And, whenever it

seems to be called for, this authority is to consult with bishops of

neighboring regions which have the same language.

4. Translations from the Latin text into the mother tongue

intended for use in the liturgy must be approved by the competent

territorial ecclesiastical authority mentioned above.

D) Norms for adapting the Liturgy to the culture

and traditions of peoples

37. Even in the liturgy, the Church has no wish to impose a rigid

uniformity in matters which do not implicate the faith or the good of the

whole community; rather does she respect and foster the genius and

talents of the various races and peoples. Anything in these peoples' way

of life which is not indissolubly bound up with superstition and error she

studies with sympathy and, if possible, preserves intact. Sometimes in

fact she admits such things into the liturgy itself, so long as they

harmonize with its true and authentic spirit.

38. Provisions shall also be made, when revising the liturgical books, for

legitimate variations and adaptations to different groups, regions, and

peoples, especially in mission lands, provided that the substantial unity

of the Roman rite is preserved; and this should be borne in mind when

drawing up the rites and devising rubrics.

39. Within the limits set by the typical editions of the liturgical

books, it shall be for the competent territorial ecclesiastical

authority mentioned in Art. 22, 2, to specify adaptations, especially

in the case of the administration of the sacraments, the

sacramentals, processions, liturgical language, sacred music, and

the arts, but according to the fundamental norms laid down in this

Constitution.

Follow this link to read the full document:

https://tinyurl.com/vat2-

CARITAS GLOBAL GIFTS Protect the Miracle of Motherhood this Christmas

Send a Christmas message to those you love, and help save

the lives of mothers and babies in vulnerable communities.

Share a message of compassion this Christmas.

When you choose a

Global Gift card to give to

family or friends this

Christmas, you are

supporting women give

birth safely with access to

expert care before and

after babies are born.

Order Global Gift cards online at

www.globalgifts.org.au or

call us on 1800 024 413.

SACRAMENT OF INITIATION WE congratulate Malindu & Ruvindu Wijesurija, Isack &

Imogen Hart for receiving the Sacraments of Initiation this

weekend. May God continue to give them blessings.

RITE OF ACCEPTANCE We also ask all Parishioners to prayer for Daniel Cook, Dennis

& Poom Lee, Renee Pisano, Clarissa Sanderson, Alexa, Erica &

Tristan Xerri who will be concluding the first stage of the RCIA

process with the Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming of

Confirmation Candidates next Tuesday, 18 December.

Daniel, Dennis, Poom, Renee and Clarissa will be accepted

into the Order of Catechumens while Alexa, Erica and Tristan will

continue their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

LIFE IN CHRIST FORMATION SERIES PLEASE note that Life in Christ Formation Series will take a

break this December and January and will resume on the

first Saturday of February 2019.

PONDER

POPE Francis in Evangelii Gaudium (2013) noted that in the

presence of God, during a recollected reading of the text, it

is good to practise Lectio Divina—the reading of God’s word

in prayer, asking that it ‘enlighten and renew’ us. The

following questions may help with this:

Lord, what does this text mean to me?

What is it about my life that you want me to change in

response to this text?

What troubles me about this text?

Why am I not interested in this?

What do I find pleasant about this text?

What is it about this word that moves me?

What attracts me?

Why does it attract me?

REFLECT

IT feels as though we are coming full circle. Earlier this year,

on the first Sunday of Lent, we read from the beginning of

Mark’s gospel that Jesus was driven into the wilderness

(Mark 1:12–15). Now, at the start of the new lectionary year,

the Gospel of Luke returns us to the wilderness. We are on a

journey with John the Baptist, who, drawing from his Jewish

heritage, exhorts us to listen and ‘prepare!’.

Many of us have been preparing for the Plenary Council

2020 during the year. We have been encouraged to listen to

the Spirit, to pray, to reflect deeply and to share with each

other what we think God is asking of us at this time in

Australia. Perhaps this is something we can build into the

pattern of our Advent days: What is it that God is asking of

me? What is it that God is asking of us? What is the way of

the Lord for us?

THIRD COLLECTION THIS WEEK

MELBOURNE OVERSEAS MISSIONS

2018 APPEAL (8 & 9 December) SINCE its foundation in 1969, Melbourne parishioners have

supported Melbourne’s own mission fund to help

developing nations. This

has marked our

Archdiocese for its

exceptional generosity.

Currently, the major beneficiaries are people in Papua New

Guinea, Vietnam, Gambia, Ghana, Pakistan, Botswana,

Nigeria, Peru and Jerusalem.

Archbishop Peter Comensoli commends the fund to your

continuing support. We will have a third collection for this

appeal this weekend. Donations of $2.00 and over are tax

deductible.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE TICKETS will be sold from this weekend onwards. $2.00 each

or 3 for $5.00. Raffle will be drawn on Saturday, 22

December, after the 6.00 Pm mass.

Please bring a plate to share.

1st Prize $250.00 Coles Myer Voucher

2nd Prize Christmas Hamper

3rd Prize BBQ

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT & VIGIL MASS 2018 CALLING all young parishioners from Prep to Grade 8 to

participate in this year’s Vigil Mass (choir and Christmas

pageant) on 24 December from 7.00pm. All those interested

in participating or helping out, please see Robert after Mass.

GUESS WHAT THE YOUTH GROUP

IS DOING THIS SUMMER?

Youth Camp! When: 18 -20 January 2019

Where: Iluka Retreat and Camps, Red Hill

Join the C.R.E.W so together we can be Catholics Ready

Equipped and Willing. Get in contact with us

(stcatherineyg@gmail.com) for more information.

Registrations close 10th December 2018

YOUTH GROUP BAKE SALE Please support us to get to camp

We will be selling lovingly hand-made treats

December 9th after the 9am & 10:30am masses

YOUTH GROUP Gathering is cancelled this Sunday

due to the Carols by Candlelight, instead...

Our final session is a Christmas PJ Party! We will have

pizza, games and a movie! Please come along to

celebrate the year

with us!

A gold coin

donation would be

greatly appreciated

to help us cover the

cost of food for the evening. Youth group will run longer

to accommodate the movie!”

Announcement: NEW PRINCIPAL for CTP

FR Richard is pleased and delighted to announce the

appointment of Adele Vesty as the new Principal for Christ the

Priest Catholic Primary School.

Adele is currently

Deputy Principal at St

Peter the Apostle

Catholic Primary

School in Hoppers

Crossing. We look

forward to welcoming her to our school from the

commencement of the 2019 school year. Let us pray for Adele

and our school community at this time.

Fr Richard would like to thank the members of the Principal

Appointment Panel for their efforts in ensuring the best person

was selected for this position.

THIS WEEK’S ROSTER Nn

*6.00pm Vigil Mass*

[READERS] A Pereira, H Rabara, D Naig

[EMHC] R Di Lullo, M Borg

[GREETERS] R & V Bongcaron

[COLLECTORS] P Xuereb, J Rivera, D Shelton, R Di Lullo,

C & J Rodrigo, D & E Tarvina

*9.00am Mass*

[READERS] M Hautea, RT Binks, N Foehn

[EMHC] C Matau, G Victor

[GREETERS] B Adams, M Zanic

[COLLECTORS] S Abela, J Buttigieg, B Dau, E Hautea, M Baric,

J Carlos, H Foehn

*10.30am*

[READERS] YOUTH

[EMHC] J Zahra, N Zamora, R Endaya

[GREETERS] C Dsa, R Scerri

[COLLECTORS] J & T White, Mk Cruz, S Mallia, M Borg, T Vella

[CHILDREN’S LIT.] S Gurrie, M Norton, J D’Souza, R Elisha

[COUNTERS] F & M Bartolo, L Calipes, MR Peeters

ALTAR LINEN M Zanic

NEXT WEEK’S ROSTER (Advent 3-C) *6.00pm Vigil Mass*

[READERS] M Sequeira, R DeBrincat, N Rabara

[EMHC] M DeBrincat, P Gurrie

[GREETERS] V Borg, C Buttigieg

[COLLECTORS] J Anthony, A Edward, L Ferris, M DeBrincat,

C & S Elisha, R & V Bongcaron

*9.00am Mass*

[READERS] C Hinds, J Marshall, E Ong-Sim

[EMHC] R Moss, M Baric

[GREETERS] M Keecherer, A Debono

[COLLECTORS] L Micallef, A Morley, A Debono, J Carlos,

V Quintal, A Spiteri, J Buttigieg

*10.30am*

[READERS] A Romerosa, G Farrugia, R Giarratana

[EMHC] Mk Cruz, E Fernando, C Temporal

[GREETERS] L Cefai, E Dominado

[COLLECTORS] J Azzopardi, F Bartolo, M Carlos, E Dominado,

L Forneas, F Giarratana, C & V Ferrer

[CHILDREN’S LIT.] J Roman, D Joblin, T Matana, R Elisha

[COUNTERS] K Lacerna, C Temporal, M Bartolo

ALTAR LINEN A Curmi

* CHURCH CLEANING *

Sat 15 DEC C Elisha, T Sea, J Fernando, B Dau, G Mosca, K Grech,

E Blake, Victoria