Parish Priest:

Fr Jacob M.S.T

frjacob@bigpond.com

Parish Secretaries Dominique Hockey Carol Leathem

Parish Office Hours

Tuesday - Friday 9am—3pm

Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office.

Weddings By appointment and after Preparation

Children’s Ministries Kathy Menzies stschpar@bigpond.net.au

St Schols Community Centre Simon Rush 0448 040 111

info@stscholscc.org.au www.stscholscc.org.au

St Scholastica’s Primary School Principal: Paul Gleeson 9808 7279 principal@ssbennettswood.catholic.edu.au

Outside School Hours Care

Camp Australia 1300 105 343

St Scholastica’s Kindergarten 9808 9724

Director: Michelle Thomas st.scholasticas.kin@kindergarten.vic.gov.au

Administrator:

Katherine Presley stscholskinderadmin@bigpond.com

348 Burwood Highway, Bennettswood VIC 3125 ABN 95 499 516 268

Phone: 9808 1006

Fax: 9888 7573

Email: stschpar@bigpond.net.au

Website:

www.stscholasticaparish.com.au

32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time - Year B

7th & 8th November 2015

Dear Parishioners I would like to inform you that Very Reverend Fr Kurian MST, Director General of the Missionary Society of St Thomas, will be in Australia during the month of November to visit all our MST priests. Fr Kurian will be visiting St Scholastica’s on 14 & 15 November and celebrating Masses on that weekend. In keeping with St Scholastica’s Parish Community traditions I have no doubt that he will be made to feel welcome. Thank you, Fr Jacob.

Seniors Cup Day Luncheon: As always a huge success and lots of fun for everyone there! Thank you Bryan for the pictures.

Messages of Thanks! Beginning on 8th November, a simulated tree will be placed in the foyer of the Church. Along side the table will be some card tags. With these you may wish to express your personal message to Fr Jacob. You will be able to hang them on the tree with the loop provided. The tree will be in place for 2 Sundays, after which they will be collected and collated, and presented to Fr Jacob as a memento from St Schols Parishioners. Bryan and Pat Nitz

Thanksgiving Envelopes

Thanksgiving envelopes are ready to be picked up from the Gathering Area. Please help us save on postage by picking up your set and if you are able to deliver sets to those who are unable to attend Mass that will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Fair 2015 White Elephant Stall Donations of good usable household items such as crockery, cutlery, clean bed linen, toys, jewelry, clothes, shoes are welcome. Please NO undergarments. Here’s your chance to spring clean before Christmas! NOTE: Donations to be dropped off under the hall the week starting Monday 23 November not earlier please as we have hall bookings. Thank you.

FETE FACE PAINTING - Can you help? WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS PLEASE!!. This is a very popular stall, particularly with the little ones and will operate from 10-4pm. Please contact the school office or parish office (9808 1006 Tues - Fri 9:30-2pm) if you can assist in any way. There is also a sign up in the back of the church. Thank you.

WEEKLY CALENDAR 2015

Monday 9 November 08.00am Communion Service

07.30pm Vinnies GA

Tuesday 10 November 08.00am Mass ~ Exposition ~ Rosary 07.30pm Prayer Group

Wednesday 11 November - Remembrance Day

10.00am Exposition 10.30am Rosary 11.00am Mass followed by a cuppa 07.10pm Rosary ~ 7.30pm Novena

08.00pm Legion of Mary in the G A

Thursday 12 November 08.00am Mass 01.30pm Legion of Mary GA

07.30pm Baptism Information session GA

08.00pm Burwood discussion group McAndrew room

Friday 13 November 8am Mass Parish Office Closed from 11.30 am - Staff Christmas Lunch

Saturday 14 November 09.00am Mass ~ First Saturday Rosary ~ Reconciliation 06.00pm Mass

Sunday 15 November 09.00am, 11.00am & 5.30pm Mass

Vietnamese Mass 7.15pm on Saturday 21 November

ROSTERS

Day Mass Time

2nd Sunday of the month 8th November

Readers Special Ministers

Saturday 6.00 pm

Pat Ovens Charlie Mellican Noela Corby John Corby

9.00 am

Conroy Rodrigues

Betty McDonald Murray Mc Cormack Anna Gaetano

11.00 am

Bev O’Neill Ren Maliakal

Jill Bartley Albert Johnson Kath Johnson

5.30 pm

John Doherty Patrick Van Dyk Michael Chan Margaret Sweeney

Day Mass Time

3rd Sunday of the month 15th November

Readers Special Ministers

Saturday 6.00 pm

Dianne Smith

Lindy Leigh Fred Hillas Franklin Rozario

Sunday 9.00 am

Sylvia Chuah Sharyn Newman Susan Jenkins Daniel Leong

11.00am

George Ellis Stuart Bell April Lewis Donato D’Augello

5.30 pm

Jaclyn Ranasinghe

Sonny Nguyen Margaret Sweeney John Doherty

Sunday

Altar Servers

Jeremy G Shevin Shenalie

Hannah Rose Rebecca Ann Jorell Gerald

Francesco Janice

Benedict L

Altar Servers

Hannah -Rose

Rebecca

Benedict L

Jorell

Francesco

Janice

Kinulie

Kayla

Gerard

Gerald

New to St Scholastica’s? WELCOME

Please take a new parishioner pack home with you, located in the foyer of the church. There are so many ways to get involved in your new parish, browse through the pack, call into the parish office and introduce yourself we’d love to meet you and help in any way we can.

Farewell for Paul Gleeson

Sunday 22nd November after the 11.00am Mass. Paul has been with us at St Scholastica's for 11 years 9 of those years as our School principal. We would like to celebrate Pauls' time here and to take the opportunity for many of you to catch up with him, wish him well and send him off in true St Scholastica’s style, by sharing a meal together. After the 11am Mass on Sunday 22nd November. We ask everyone to bring a plate of food to share and BYO drinks.

Farewell for Fr Jacob - Sunday 13th December Any group or person interested in assisting please contact Noela Corby on 9884 6209. Noela will be co-ordinating this event.

Piety Stall News

The 2016 Daily Missals are now available from the Piety Stall at $17.00 per Missal. Also the 2016 Columban Art Calendar is now available at the Piety Staff for $9.00. When you purchase the calendar, you are participating in God’s Mission and assisting Columbans in meeting the needs of the poor.

Fair Helpers Volunteers : We are asking for support for the Parish Fair to be held on Saturday 28th November 2015. If each person/family gave one hour of their time on this day then this would help make the fair a huge success. The fair is between 10.00am – 4.00pm and so please give this request due consideration. Volunteers are needed in many various areas some are: Cake Stall, Silent Auction and Prizes, Devonshire Teas, White Elephant Stall, Food and ride tickets

Fete Plant Stall Donation of plants for the upcoming fete in November would be appreciated. For further information please ring Trish or Michael on 98021042, 0429 140 855,

parafame@bigpond.com

Remembering Our Community

Sick

Ken Hughan, David Winters, Lily McNeill, Kevin McCormack

Anniversaries

Angelo Troiani, Maria De Blasis, Ugo Bellucci, Pasquale Di Paolo, Filomena & Margaret Drazzi, Peter Lombardi, Anthony Pereira, Maria Kasprzyk, Josef & Helena Miechwrska, Winifred Rawlins, Roma Smyth

RIP

John Cooper

Happy 75th Birthday

to Barry Del Brocco!

Dear Parishioners, Thank you for your generous donations last week! We had a great time with Fr Jacob on our Fun Day! We've put some photos up on the board in the Gathering area. Hope you enjoy them. God Bless you all, The Altar Servers

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Wednesday nights 7.10pm Rosary 7.30pm Novena and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Please join us in prayer and song to Our Lady and spread the word.

Divine Mercy Calendars For Sale

These beautiful calendars will be on sale after each mass. Small $5 Medium $7 Large$12.50

Organists/Pianists/guitarists required, We are looking for musicians to help fill gaps when our regular musicians are away. If you are interested or know someone who may be, please leave your details with the Parish Office. Thank you, Brigitte - Music Ministry.

Father Maltby Trust Scholarship 2016 Applications are invited from Year 5 Students of St Scholastica’s School to apply for an Educational Scholarship of up to $500 for Year 6 2016

Applicants must–

Attend St Scholastica’s School; Be an active worshipping member of St Scholastica’s Parish; Demonstrate the ability to positively benefit from the

scholarship; Represent the values of St Scholastica’s School at all times; Always demonstrate co-operation and conscientious diligence

in class; Maintain and improve in academic standard.

It was the intention of the founder of the Trust Scholarship – Fr. Rom Murphy – that such a scholarship would provide benefit to a child of the Parish of St Scholastica’s. The Scholarship is set up in honour of the first Parish Priest – Fr. George Maltby and was to assist in the payment of school fees at St Scholastica’s School or payment for school uniform or books of students at the school.

In keeping with the integrity of the Fr Maltby Trust Scholarship – a parishioner of St Scholastica’s Bennettswood, shall be deemed to include:

All parishioners residing within the Catholic Parish of Bennettswood; Children attending the Parish school of St Scholastica’s; Any person who regularly worships at St Scholastica’s Bennettswood. Applications in the first instance are to be lodged in writing to the

Parish Office by not later than Friday 20th November 2015. If you have any queries, please contact the Parish Office on 9808 1006.

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Perkins Franke Wilton Seraphim Collins Maugueret Halim Nio

Gibbons Coppola Travers Wickham Hayes Rossi Ovens Corfield

Leverett Lamarca Murphy Librio Reddy Leclerc Askari Agustine

Wijeyesekera Jayamaha Nigro Calipari Abraham Cumaudo D’Acri Di Paolo

Stanislaw Kaozmark Josipovic Muzik Mariam Nguyen Greco Mayne

Novak Oro Beup Ty Piwowar Audrey Beck Rutter

Simpson Lodewyks McDonald Moloney Sweeney Leotta Hoskins Rathgeber

Fredrickson Russell Stackpole Cluets Thomas Scarfone Healy Nazareth

Partridge Marmion Giglio Lamarca Figueirado Coniglio Fowler Flanagan

Sheridan Mottram Garton Dobson Dalgado Carnovale Gavebeli Ho

Paturzo Lovick Molloy Robinson Ratus Leong Kwong Fong

Petterlin Pannuzo Sowito Bell D’Souza Chiah Chee Kwan

Robertson Pinzone Cannestra Biviano Callegaro Bailouni La’Forgue Pandolfini

Bonica Cincotta Smallwood Cappadona Renier Maalouf Davidson White

Taranto Griffin Troiani Di Cecco Tong Ibrahim Smyth Aitken

Gugliandro Di Nardo Iulianetti Scalzo Quang Zoch

Pascuzzi Gomez Mockler Nguyen Van Tuc Ngam Butler

Brancatisano Steane Gauci Grimshaw Leeds Foley

Delia Sowersby Fitzgerald Khong Gaucci Torpy

We remember the deceased

members of the following families:

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Entrance Antiphon

Let my prayer come into your presence. Incline your ear to my cry for help, O Lord.

First Reading: 1 Kings 17:10-16 A reading from the first book of the Kings The widow made a little scone from her flour meal and brought it to Elijah.

Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, 'Please bring a little water in a vessel for me to drink.' She was setting off to bring it when he called after her. 'Please' he said 'bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.' 'As the Lord your God lives,' she replied 'I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just gathering a stick or two to go and prepare this for myself and my son to eat, and then we shall die.' But Elijah said to her, 'Do not be afraid, go and do as you have said; but first make a little scone of it for me and bring it to me, and then make some for yourself and for your son. For thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel:

"Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied, before the day when the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth."'

The woman went and did as Elijah told her and they ate the food, she, himself and her son. The jar of meal was not spent nor the jug of oil emptied, just as the Lord had foretold through Elijah.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Psalm: Ps 145:7-10 R. Praise the Lord, my soul!

It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever, who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free. R.

It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down. It is the Lord who loves the just, the Lord, who protects the stranger. R.

The Lord upholds the widow and orphan but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever,

Zion's God, from age to age. R.

Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28 A reading from the letter to the Hebrews

Christ offered himself only once to take the faults of many on himself.

It is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanctuary which was only modelled on the real one; but it was heaven itself, so that he could appear in the actual presence of God on our behalf. And he does not have to offer himself again and again, like the high priest going into the sanctuary year after year with the blood that is not his own, or else he would have had to suffer over and over again since the world began. Instead of that, he has made his appearance once and for all, now at the end of the last age, to do away with sin by sacrificing himself. Since men only die once, and after that comes judgement, so Christ, too, offers himself only once to take the faults of many on himself, and when he appears a second time, it will not be to deal with sin but to reward with salvation those who are waiting for him.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 5:3 Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Alleluia!

Gospel: Mark 12:38-44 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark

This poor widow has put more in than all who contributed.

In his teaching Jesus said, 'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets; these are the men who swallow the property of widows, while making a show of lengthy prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.'

He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, 'I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.'

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Communion Antiphon

The disciples recognised the Lord Jesus in the breaking of bread.

Readings for 15 November 2015

First Reading: Daniel 12:1-3

Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14.18

Gospel: Mark 13:24-32

Blessed Mother Teresa’s mite: Consider David Porter's comment on Mother Teresa: "She was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (AG-nes GOHN-jah BOY-yah-jee-oo), to Albanian parents in Yugoslavia. She went to India in 1929 as a member of the Loreto Order of nuns, after learning English in their Motherhouse in Dublin Ireland. There she taught for many years and became principal of the school. In 1946, she received her 'call within a call' to work with the poorest of the poor. By 1948, she had received permission to leave the Loreto order and had trained in the nursing skills she would need to carry out her calling. She prayed, "Oh God, if I cannot help these people in their poverty and their suffering, let me at least die with them, close to them, so that I can show them your love" [Mother Teresa: The Early Years, 67; cited by Caroline J. Simon, "The Media and Mother Teresa," Perspectives, 12 (March, 1997), 3.] Simon notes: "From this simple beginning, the Missionaries of Charity have grown to include 4,500 Sisters and Brothers, 755 homes for the children, the sick, the destitute and the dying and 1,369 medical clinics that serve 120,000 worldwide." Mother Teresa's mite has might, and it's the ever-growing might of love in action.

First reading, 1 Kings 17:10-16: This particular passage is one in a collection of stories of miracles wrought by the prophet Elijah who challenged King Ahab and his cruel pagan Queen Jezebel over the issue of worship of the false god, Baal. Complementing the story of the Widow’s Mite told in today’s Gospel, the first reading explains how another poor, pagan widow, a Syro-Phoenician living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon, in the middle of a famine and with little left for herself, shared the last of her meager resources with the prophet Elijah. As a reward for her sacrificial generosity, she received God’s blessing for the remaining months of the famine in the form of sufficient continuing daily provisions which ensured their survival. Elijah, instructed by the Lord God and following the Near Eastern custom, had asked for hospitality in the form of food and accommodation. The widow was not unwilling, but told the prophet that she had enough for only one meal for her son and herself. Nevertheless, Elijah asked her to demonstrate her trust in his God's provision by first giving food to Elijah himself, as the man of God. She did as he asked, and we know what happened. Her jar of meal and the jug of oil did not empty until the drought had ended. This story of the widow's provisions, like the following story of Elijah's raising of her son when he had died, also emphasizes the power of God's word in the prophet's mouth.

Second Reading, Hebrews 9: 24-28: The letter to the Hebrews was written for Jewish converts to Christ, in part to help them cope with the loss of the comforts they had enjoyed from the institutions of Judaism. The Temple authorities had refused to permit early Jewish Christians to participate either in the synagogue or the Temple services. St. Paul teaches these Judeo-Christians that Jesus, alive in the community, has become the Holy of Holies and the High Priest, around which pair all Temple worship revolved. Since Jesus has replaced both the Temple and human mediators, the Christians need not go to the Temple for worship. In today's passage, the institutions in question are sanctuary, sacrifice, and judgment. Under the Old Covenant, a priest conducted an annual ritual sacrifice in the sanctuary of the Temple, slaughtering a lamb. Paul argues that Jesus Himself has replaced the whole class of ancient priests, and that the earthly sanctuary has been made obsolete by the sanctuary that is Heaven, where Jesus the High Priest intercedes for us directly before God. Similarly, the repetitive annual sacrifices have been replaced by Jesus' once-for-all sacrifice at the end of the ages. The old sacrifices were meant to forestall an unfavourable judgment by God. The new expectation is brighter and more positive: salvation for those who eagerly await Him.

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