OCTOBERPope Francis’ Extraordinary

Month of Mission

A time to:Reflect • Discern • Explore

Create • Experience • CelebratePray • Nourish

Thursday, 24 October 2019A Time to Pray:

Star of the Sea Church,33 Howard St, West Melbourne6.30pm

https://www.cam.org.au/youth/Get-Involved/ Six30-Holy-Hour

Six30 Holy Hour

• Six30 Holy Hour is a chance to pray and to meet other young people from around Melbourne while listening to beautiful music, insightful talks, and spending time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.

• Syrian priest, Fr Zaher Mhanna, will lead the devotions and share his understanding of mission.

P: 03 9412 8412E: catholicmission@cam.org.au

Sunday, 20 October 2019A Time to Celebrate:

All Parishes

World Mission Day Mass

• Celebrated on this day across the globe in Catholic Parishes everywhere.

• This year in his message for World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis writes:

“People in love never stand still: they aredrawn out of themselves; they are attractedand attract others in turn, they givethemselves to others and build relationshipsthat are life-giving. As far as God’s love isconcerned, no one is useless or insignificant.Each of us is a mission to the world, foreach of us is the fruit of God’s love.”

Wednesday, 23 October 2019A Time to Pray:

St Patrick’s CathedralEast Melbourne11am

Children’s Mission Mass

• An open invitation to all schools to mark the Extraordinary Month of Mission by coming together at the Cathedral to celebrate our Catholic Identity and shared mission.

Cover image by Ashwin Vaswani

October 2019

Tuesday, 1 October 2019A Time to Reflect:

Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre362 Albert St, East Melbourne10am – 3pm

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Spirituality Day $10

• On this day we take time to be still and reflect on our experience of mission.

• Loreto Sister, Rachel McLoughlin ably facilitates a process whereby lived experience, relationships and spirituality lead to a deeper understanding of mission.

Saturday, 5 October 2019A Time for Nourishment:

SVD Annual Mission Day

3pm Mission Day Seminar“A Missionary Impulse Capable of Transforming Everything.” – Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudium #27

PRINCIPAL SPEAKER: Therese D’OrsaYarra Theological UnionStudy Centre, 98 Albion Road, Box Hill

6pm Mission Day MassSt. Paschal’s Chapel, 98 Albion Road, Box Hill

7pm Multi-Cultural Meal followed by Multi-cultural performances with the Divine Word Missionaries at Dorish Maru College.

Saturday, 12 October 2019A Time to Experience:

NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road10am – 12pm

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NGV Encounter $30

• NGV educator, David Menzies, leads an exploration of the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria through the lens of mission.

• Join us as David takes us on guided tour of selected works which illustrate visual artists’ various means of expressing the themes of mission.

Monday, 14 October 2019A Time to Create:

Dorm 1, Abbotsford ConventI St Helier St, Abbotsford10am – 3pm

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Creative Writing

• Danielle Dominguez and Vas Clementine from CEM will lead a day of fun and relaxed exercises to explore our creative writing potential and express our own stories, lived or imagined.

• Using the beautiful spaces in and around the Abbotsford Convent, you will be given opportunities to create and workshop writing in a safe, serene and nurturing environment.

• Those who attend the NGV tour might like to produce pieces inspired by artworks. Others might focus their writing on themes of mission. Whatever you choose to create, we hope this day will enable you to unlock the storyteller within.

Thursday, 17 October 2019A Time to Discern:

Cathedral Room, Cardinal Knox Centre383 Albert St, East Melbourne10am – 3pm

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Plenary 2020

• This is a process of Communal discernment, rather than individual discernment.

• As such, we are called to work together as a group. The process you are going to engage with today is built upon the practice of Spiritual Conversations.

• It is a process of prayer, contemplation, sharing with one another and seeking God’s direction.

• Join Lana Turvey-Collins, National Facilitator of Plenary 2020.

• All are welcome to participate and discern together.