St Peter Apostle Mission Parish

 

38 Guinane Avenue, Hoppers Crossing 3029

Archdiocese of Melbourne

Melways Ref: Page 206. F-1

                   

 

         5 February 2012

   Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

               Year B

 

 

St Peter Apostle  Parish Prayer

God our Father,

We thank you for our parish of St. Peter Apostle. 

Baptised we are gifted and called to show your unconditional love

for all your people.

We gather to praise and worship you and are nourished by the

Word and the Eucharist for our faith journey.

Be with us as we strive to see the face of Christ in all we meet

and may we share our unique gifts in love and service as we grow

together as one.  

Amen.

St Mary of the Cross, Pray for us.

St Peter Apostle, Guide and unite us in our parish.

 

 

LITURGY OF THE WORD

 

Entrance Antiphon

O come, let us worship God and bow low before the God who

made us, for he is the Lord our God.

 

1st Reading (Job 7:1-4, 6-7)

A reading from the prophet Job.

Job began to speak: Is not man’s life on earth nothing more

than pressed service, his time no better than hired drudgery?

Like the slave, sighing for the shade, or the workman with no

thought but his wages, months of delusion I have assigned

to me, nothing for my own but nights of grief. Lying in bed I

wonder, ‘When will it be day?’ Risen I think, ‘How slowly

evening comes!’ Restlessly I fret till twilight falls. Swifter than

a weaver’s shuttle my days have passed, and vanished, leaving

no hope behind. Remember that my life is but a breath, and that

my eyes will never again see joy.

The Word of the Lord.

 

Responsorial Psalm

Praise the Lord who heals the broken-hearted.

 

2nd Reading (1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23)

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

I do not boast of preaching the gospel, since it is a duty which

has been laid on me; I should be punished if I did not preach

it! If I had chosen this work myself, I might have been paid for it,

but as I have not, it is a responsibility which has been put into

my hands. Do you know what my reward is? It is this in my

preaching, to be able to offer the Good News free, and not

insist on the rights which the gospel gives me. So though I am

not a slave of any man I have made myself the slave of

everyone so as to win as many as I could. For the weak I made

myself weak. I made myself all things to all men in order to

save some at any cost; and I still do this, for the sake of the

gospel, to have a share in its blessings.

The Word of the Lord.

 

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia!  He bore our sickness, and endured our

suffering. Alleluia!

 

Gospel (Mk1:29-39)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.

On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went with James and John

straight to the house of Simon and Andrew. Now Simon’s

mother-in-law had gone to bed with fever, and they told him

about her straightaway. He went to her, took her by the hand

and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to

wait on them. That evening, after sunset, they brought to him

all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils.

The whole town came crowding round the door, and he cured

many who were suffering from diseases of one kind or another;

he also cast out many devils, but he would not allow them to

speak, because they knew who he was. In the morning, long

before dawn, he got up and left the house, and went off to a

lonely place and prayed there. Simon and his companions

set out in search of him, and when they found him they said,

‘Everybody is looking for you.’ He answered, ‘Let us go

elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns, so that I can

preach there too, because that is why I came.’ And he went all

through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out

devils.

The Gospel of the Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon

Let them thank the Lord for his mercy, his wonders for the

children of men, for he satisfies the thirsty soul, and the hungry

he fills with good things.

 

Next Week’s Reading

Lev 13:1-2, 44-46;   1 Cor 10:31-11:1;   Mk 1:40-45

 

Feasts of the Week

St Paul Miki & companions   Mon, 6 Feb
St. Scholastica      Fri, 10 Feb

 

 

DEVOTIONS IN OUR

PARISH

 

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET every Friday and Saturday morning after

Mass.

 

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTION every Wednesday

night after Mass.

 

 

PARISH NEWS

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM ENROLMENTS

Enrolments for our Sunday School Program are as follows:

·       This Sunday from 9:00am to 11:00am in the school
(follow the arrows)

·       Ongoing Sundays from 9:00am to 10.15am.

This program is meant primarily for children going to non-

catholic schools, who need to learn about our faith, and any who

are wanting to prepare for and receive the Sacraments of

Baptism, Reconciliation, Communion and Confirmation.

Classes start Next Sunday 12th Feb 2012.

Class times are 9:00am to 10.15am.

For more information, please ring Bernice on 9749 2812.

 

HOPPERS CROSSING YOUNG VINNIES LAUNCH

Friday 24th February 2012 @ 7pm in the Community Centre.

If you are aged 17 to mid-30s and interested in helping people

in need, alongside other young adults, come to our launch and

find out what Hoppers Crossing Young Vinnies is doing and

how you can make a difference in your community. Get involved

in home visitation, soup vans, activity days for disadvantaged

children, Vinnies Centres, and spiritual and social activities.

We also invite parishioners to come and celebrate our launch

and find out what the youth in the parish are involved in. Light

refreshments provided. RSVP and enquiries to Marita on 0418

573 173 or at stpetersymhc@gmail.com

 

ROSTERS

Rosters for COMMUNION to the SICK and PIETY STORE for

February to April are available to be collected in the Hall.

 

WANTED

Volunteers to take Holy Communion to the Sick on Thursday or

Wednesday morning. This would take about an hour and you

would be rostered approximately once a month. Please contact

Bev Jones on 9749-2388 for more information.

 

MORNING TEA GROUP

An invitation to all parishioners to join us for a cuppa on the last

Monday of the month, 27 Feb 12, from 9:30am to 11:00am, in the

meeting off the hall. Please contact Angela on 9749 1601 for

further information.

 

KATAWAN NI KRISTO (BODY OF CHRIST)

We welcome you to a new year of our Saturday Charismatic

Prayer Meetings which are held at 3:00pm in the Community

Centre. Rosary at 2:30pm. Join us as we praise and worship

our God with hymns and sharing. Contact Josephine Thomas on

9734 9882 or Emily Alinea 9748 7471 or Facebook a/c: Katawan

N. Kristo.  ALL ARE WELCOME

 

PIETY STORE

For those who are not aware, the Piety Store is open

before and after Masses every weekend.  The store offers a

wide variety of items including gifts for Baptism/Confirmation/

Communion, cards, prayer and novena books, statues, medals,

rosaries and many other religious items.  Please consider

visiting the store if you are looking for a special religious gift as

you will not only be supporting the store, but will also be helping

the needy in our community as a large part of the store’s small

profit goes to St. Vincent de Paul society.

 

 

ROSTERS

 

Roster for Money Counters – 12 Feb 12

Andy & Cecille Fernando / Lerna Vasquez

 

Roster for Readers – 11/12 Feb 12

  6:00pm

Ria Wandersmith

  7:45am

Lerna Vasquez

  9:00am

Fred Calvin

10:30am

Carmel Caruana

  5:00pm

Youth

 

Roster for Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist
11/12 Feb 12

  6:00pm

L Wandersmith / H. Durski / B. Farrugia / B. Roberts

  7:45am

K. English L&B Jones / C. Camilleri

  9:00am

L. Coates / Kevin McLoughlan / B. Are / E. Camilleri

10:30am

F. Caruana / S&L Colla / E. Mills

  5:00pm

Youth

 

Roster for Piety Stall – 11/12 Feb 12

6:00pm

7:45am

9:00am

10:30am

4:00pm

John Allen

Stephanie Takac

Ira Aryana

Peter & Maria

Pam

 

Roster for Communion to the Sick 5 – 11 Feb 12

05 Feb

Art & Ana Cortez

08 Feb

MASS : 11:15AM

09 Feb

Evelyn Mills / Angela O’Brien / Nina Costa

11 Feb

Maria Maple

 

 

COMING EVENTS

 

6 Feb     Baptism Formation Meeting
              7:00pm in Church

24 Feb   Hoppers Crossing Young Vinnies
              Launch, 7:00pm in the
              Community Centre

 

 

 

Mission Statement

At St. Peter Apostle Mission Parish we welcome all people into our community and invite them to join us on our faith journey.

In the Eucharist, we come together in all our diversity, to worship and proclaim the Good News of the unconditional love of God for all His people.

Through Baptism, we are called and gifted to live out our ministry of service where we strive to see Jesus in all those we meet.

 


PROMISED WEEKLY AMOUNT:           $4301.57

ENVELOPES:                                       $2143.60

LOOSE MONEY:                                  $1078.90

PRIESTS:                                            $  866.55

RECENTLY DECEASED:  We pray for Tommasina Martinis who died recently.

 

DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: We pray for Kevin Waters, Anthony Joseph Thomas, Anthony Catania, Giuseppina Tasso, Anna & Vasco Cappellini, Andrea Adragnia, Kenneth Barrett, and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

 

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK:  We pray for Julian, Stan & Beth Walkden, Brian Golding and all who are ill in our Parish.

 

We greet you in the name of
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We pray that God’s mercy, peace and love
flow in your life abundantly!

 

Please note that for insurance reasons, the Hall and Community Centre are not available for hire for private functions.