HAWTHORN PARISH BULLETIN
18th March, 2012
4th Sunday of Lent

VISION STATEMENT:
The Hawthorn Catholic Parish strives to be a Christian Community helping all celebrate God’s presence and expressing our faith through outreach, service and justice.

FEAST DAYS:
19th St Joseph
PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER:
BAPTISMS: 
Charlie and Oscar Hardwick, James Badr and Alice Wills
WEDDINGS:
Tahnee Wright & Steven Stathakis, Yvonne Mak & Michael Yuen, Amy Treeby & Jacob Cook, Alice Trumble & James Fogarty, Elisa Pitella & Johan Elgstrom
RECENT DEATHS: 
Eusebio Spinello, Hilde P Kayau, Sr Maria Cunningham RSC
ANNIVERSARIES: 
Mariana Atam, Sebastiano Busacca, Michael Gardiner, Claire Sheahan
SICK: 
PARISH NEWS:
IMPORTANT MESSAGES:
SACRAMENTS FOR 2012:
Bookings are now open for all Sacraments in 2012. 
Please ring the parish office on 8862 4000 to register your child. 
To register, please leave your child’s name, address and phone number. 
Children attending St Joseph’s school do NOT need to register. 
Berny
SACRAMENTAL CALENDAR:
26th June - Tuesday Reconciliation (Year 4)
8th September - Saturday Confirmation (year 6 and above)
11th November - Sunday First Communion Mass (Year 4)

LENT - 2012:
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of Fasting and Abstinence from meat. 
On all other Fridays, except solemnities, the law of the common practice of penance is fulfilled by performing any one to the following:

Prayer – eg. Mass attendance; family prayer; a visit to a church or chapel; reading the Bible.
Self-Denial – eg. not eating meat, or sweets etc.
Helping Others – eg. special attention to someone who is poor, sick, elderly, lonely or over-burdened.

All who have completed their eighteenth year and have not yet begun their sixtieth year are bound to fast. 
All who have completed their fourteenth year are bound to abstain.

LOST:
Of great sentimental value, silver rosary beads in small black bag. 
Please contact Donna 8862 4000.
PROJECT COMPASSION:
Your donations to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion give expression to the Gospel imperative to pursue justice and help those suffering from poverty and disadvantage. 
Please take home a Project Compassion box and give generously to this appeal this Lent. 
Your donations allow Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development, to alleviate poverty and bring hope and justice to disadvantaged communities throughout the world.
Project Compassion boxes are now available at the back of the Church.
MAYTIME FAIR:
Cooking for Maytime Fair Hawthorn Parish Stall. 
We need 200 jars for jams. 
Could the jars be no bigger than 8cm tall, please. 
Could you collect and drop them into the parish office – clean and no labels, if possible. 
Thank you.
Marg 
PARISH HISTORY:
Fr Paul’s new history of Hawthorn parish will be available for sale from the parish office. 
The books cost $20 each.

IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS:
LENTEN PRAYER PROGRAM:
You are invited to join our Lenten Prayer Program.
This is a weekly gathering for prayer together on Monday nights over the six weeks of Lent at 7.30pm, in the Parish Centre. 
 Our next prayer group will meet this Monday, 19th March, at 7.30pm.
The Program is aimed at helping us to deepen our spiritual renewal in preparation for Easter. 
All welcome. 
OPEN HOUSES, 2012:
“Open Houses” is a major fundraising event, now in its 33rd year, for our local parish school, St Joseph’s. 
It will be held this year on Sunday, 18th March from 12 - 4.30 pm with the opportunity to look at five diverse properties. 
Tickets are $35, which includes transport to all five properties and an afternoon tea at St Joseph’s School. 
www.openhouses.org.au
WOMEN'S LIFE STORIES:
Women ministering to Women.
The women’s night will be held on Tuesday, 20th March, at 7.30 pm in the ICC.
There will be a supper to follow.
 Men are welcome to attend.
Our host will be Jane Nathan, our speakers will be: 
Lila McInerney: Deputy Principal: Faith and Mission at Genazzano FCJ College.
Anne Turpin: teaches RE, Ethics, English and History at Xavier College
Carol Hogan SSS Ph.d: National Secretary and Victorian Co-ordinator of an organisation against trafficking in humans. 
The speakers will talk about how their faith has influenced their lives.
OFFICIAL BLESSING CEREMONY:
You are invited to the Official Blessing Ceremony to celebrate the completion of our ‘Building the Education Revolution’ Project at St Joesph’s Primary School on Monday, 26th March at 10.00 am in the Multi-Purpose Room. 
Morning Tea will follow. 
RSVP 21st March - office@sjhawthorn.catholic.edu.au
SIENA COLLEGE OPEN EVENING:
On Thursday, 22nd March, Siena will hold their annual Open Evening.
From 2.30 - 7.30 pm.
815 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell.
For information, call 9835 0200
DOES GOD EXIST? WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
Fr Gerald O’Collins SJ will tackle the questions of the existence of God, reasons for and against God, and the enormous importance that the God-question carries for our present life and future hopes. 
Thursday 22nd March, 7.30 pm
St Ignatius Parish Hall
326 Church Street
Richmond
88420 6789
HATH NO MAN:
Next weekend, 24th /25th March, at all masses at ICC, we will show the short film ‘Hath No Man’, which presents the key Gospel message; ‘no greater love can one have than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend’ , which is what Jesus did for us. 
DVD’s are on sale after the masses or from the parish office for $20.
An Australian World War II veteran walks into a church (our Immaculate Church) and as he sits down, he reminisces of his time in the war. 
Emanating from Crete, 1941, his memories take him through the events of a German ambush that changed everything. 
‘Hath No Man’ tells a story of camaraderie, friendship and love between an Australian war cameraman and his battlefield comrade. 
PARISH BBQ DINNER:
We are holding a BBQ Parish Dinner at the Parish Centre on Saturday, 24th March, after the 6.00 pm mass. 
The BBQ will be in the style of our “Long Table” dinners. 
BYO drinks and glasses; everything else catered for, so RSVP is essential and numbers are limited. 
Cost is $10 per head. 
Please fill out a reply slip and return with payment in marked envelope to Parish Office. 
Enquiries to Anne Schiller, 9818 3038. 
WELCOME:
Next Sunday, 25th March, we welcome the children from our parish school at 9.30 am mass. 
We will also be presenting the baptism families to the parish.
PARISHIONERS OUTING:
On Thursday 29th March, we will meet at St Joseph’s Hostel at 10.00 am. 
Travel by bus to St Francis Church for 11.00 am Mass, followed by a trip to Port Melbourne for a “fish’n’chips” lunch at Rex Hunt’s D’Lish Fish. 
Cost $10 per head. 
RSVP Parish Office 8862 4000 by 22nd March
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RESURRECTION WALL:
Our Resurrection Wall in our front garden is available to those who might like to fix a plaque there to commemorate a family member or friend who has died. If you would like to place a plaque there, please contact the parish office: 8862 4000. 
You can view a sample of the plaque on the Resurrection Wall. 
Each plaque costs $550.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY:
Each Sunday during School Term children have the opportunity at the 9.30am Sunday mass to take part in their own Liturgy of the Word. 
They leave the main body of the church just after the start of Mass and return for the Eucharistic Prayer, with the Younger group (prep to pre-First Communion) gathering in the Lady Chapel and the Older group (First Communion and upwards) gathering in the Sacristy. 
These special times for the children are conducted by a group of volunteers from the parish. 
The group meets twice a year for discussion and planning. 
For enquiries, contact the parish office 8862 4000 or email Christine at walsh.pc@bigpond.net.au

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS:
We would appreciate any parishioner who may have changed address or contact details in the last twelve months, to please advice the Parish Office 8862 4024

FAMILY QUESTIONNAIRE:
We welcome you to the ICC at Hawthorn. 
To help you become involved in any of the various ministries of the parish, we invite you to fill in this questionnaire and return to the Parish Office / Presbytery.
To access the form, please download the Word Document by clicking here.

Immaculate Conception Church
345 Burwoood Road
Hawthorn
3122
TELEPHONE: 8862 4000 
FAX: 9819 9560

VISITING THE SICK AND ELDERLY:
If anyone knows of any nursing homes that have recently opened in the Hawthorn area, or anyone who may need communion taken to them, could you please contact Donna Bosnjak on 9819 3699 / 8862 4000.

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