March 2024
23 Working Bee 11am St John's Church
24 Passion/Palm Sun
28 Holy Thursday
29 Good Friday
30 Easter Vigil
31 Easter Sunday Yr B
April 2024
7 Easter 2B
8 Annunciation of the Lord
14 Easter 3B
21 Easter 4B, Instatllation of Parish Priest
25 ANZAC Day
25 St Mark
28 Easter 5B
May 2024
1 Joseph - worker
3 Philip & James
5 Easter 6B
12 Ascension of the Lord
14 Matthias
19 Pentecost
24 Our Lady of the Southern Cross / Help of Christians
26 Trinity
31 Visitation of Mary
June 2024
2 Body & Blood of Christ
7 Sacred Heart of Jesus
8 Immaculate Heart of Mary
9 Sun 10B
16 Sun 11B
23 Sun 12B
24 Nativity of John Baptist
29 Peter & Paul
30 Sun 13B
Samoan Mass 12.30 4th Sundays
Sacramental Reception
Baptism:
Second and fourth Sundays of the
month at 12 noon (email the office to book) Marriage: by
appointment
Reconciliation:
approach a priest before Mass First
Communion and Confirmation:
Preparation for this is conducted in our school at St
Joseph’s; we also offer this preparation to State School
children. Email our office at
office@olsc.org.au for
further infomation
If you would like to have a pastoral visit from the parish
priest, or a priest, or a seminarian, or a co-parishioner,
kindly leave a message at the administration office on 9481 7333
or email to collclift@hotmail.com
God’s compassion for the human family
took Jesus to a lonely and brutal execution. Jesus was the
victim of appalling injustice and degradation. His experience
asks us to try to make the world more just and to revere the
dignity of every person. “Whatsoever you do to the least of my
sisters and brothers, you do to me.” This is part of the reason
why Project Compassion has, for 60 years, been part of our
Lenten observance. You can help end poverty, promote justice,
and uphold the dignity of all people by making a donation
through Project Compassion boxes and envelopes, or by phoning
1800 024 413.
KEEP THIS DATE FREE….. On Sunday 1
March 2026 we will commemorate the 150th Anniversary of
the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Church which took
place on 26 February 1876. We still cannot find the foundation
stone. Is it buried somewhere? Does anyone have any clues? Let
John or Joan know.
Support lifeline.org.au
13 11 14 BeyondBlue.org.au 1300 22 46 36
Defence Family Helpline 1800 624 608
Open Arms 1800 011 046
SANE Helpline 1800 18 SANE (7263)
Domestic Violence 1800 RESPECT (737 732)
Vic Statewide Suicide helpline 1300 651 251
Mensline Australia 1300 789 978
Drug info. to your mobile phone 0439 TELL ME
CrimeStoppers 1800 333 000
Suicide Helpline Victoria 1300 651 251
parentsbeyondbreakup.com 1800 853 437
Where homeless people might go for help ...
* Ozanam House in North Melbourne
* Mary House of Welcome in Fitzroy
* Jesuit Social Services in Richmond
* Margaret Oats Van, corner of Smith and Stanley Streets (near
Safeway) in Collingwood.
For further information on where people can get free meals
contact Joan in the office on 9481 7333.
At Our Lady of the Southern Cross,
we hold the care, safety and wellbeing of children and young
people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our
parish.
We acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional land of
the Wurundjeri people and offer our respects to the elders past,
present and future. We recognise and respect the cultural
heritage of this land.
Parish of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
St John the Baptist, Clifton Hill -
St Joseph's, Collingwood
Palm Sunday B 2024
March 23-24
For kids
Audio Gospel Reflections -
Fr Frank Moloney SDB
Also on
Apple Podcasts
Sunday Cinema Online Viewing
for this Week's Liturgy
[Updated March 22]
LReflection on Palm Sunday
The event of today is for two reasons. The first is to honour
Christ the king as he enters the royal city to assume his
throne. This is why we sing: “Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to the
son of David, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
The second reason is, in order to express our solidarity with
Christ as he begins His most difficult journey that will
ultimately bring us salvation. So, as we sing hosanna today, we
must ask God for the grace to remain faithful to him till the
end. However, the sad news is that many of those who sing
hosanna today might be the same people to soon shout “crucify
him, crucify him” on Good Friday. What actually happened in this
event simply reflect the way we live our lives most of the
times. They also reflect how unfaithful we can be at times in
our relationship with Christ. Today we are for Christ,
tomorrow we are against him. Christ is our friend when we are in
difficulty, but our enemy when things are working well for us.
It also shows how we relate with one another. Today we are
friends and tomorrow we are cunning enemies. Brothers and
sisters, we can do better if only we can learn humility and
patience from Christ the son of David that we honour today. We
can do better if only we are ready to offer all for the good of
our neighbours as Christ is about to do this week for our good.
It is important therefore, that we ask God for the grace to
remain steadfast to him and to our brothers and sisters at all
moments of our lives. As we show solidarity to Christ today, let
us also extend it to others. This is because in others there is
both Christ the humble king, and Christ the suffering servant of
God. This is also because this is the most practical way of
expressing our solidarity with Christ. The Prophet foretold: “He
will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing
and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time
on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish
this…” (Isaiah 9, 7). Fr Nuku
"A must read" ...
St John’s Church is now open
12-1pm weekdays to offer “time for
quiet and reflection” to the general public.
Sacrament of
Reconciliation
is being offered on
Fridays during Lent from 7-8pm
in St John’s Church.
We
thank Marita Richardson
for her guidance as Principal at St Joseph’s Primary for this
past term and wish her well for her future endeavour.
The Parish warmly welcomes our
new Principal of St Joseph’s
Primary School, Mr Anthony McCluskey and he joins us from being
a principal at St Mary MacKillop Primary School in Keilor
Downs.
Helpers needed for Easter:
please fill in the missing places on the list of Easter helpers.
Everyone has a role to play. Your part is appreciated.
Special Functions
WEDDING: Congratulations to
Annabelle Sidonie and Nicholas Tzevakos on their recently held
wedding. We wish them well in their new life together. BAPTISMS:
Audrey Helen Lacey and Kira May LaRussa are being baptised today
(Sunday). These two children are to be welcomed into the Church.
Special thank-you
Many thanks to Clotilde Berryman and Julia Manickam for their
wonderful organisation of our special St Patrick’s Day Mass last
Sunday (plus pizzas to share afterwards). It was great to see so
many young people attending.
There are several avenues in which
Mass can be viewed.There are several avenues in which
Mass can be viewed.
1. EWTN
provides Masses every day at 8am and many other quality
programs about the Catholic faith. the EWTN App can be
downloaded to your phone or iPad. It has continuous live
streaming of programs. These include news, interviews,
children's and teenager's programs and more. Access the EWTN
schedule at
https://www.ewtn.com/tv/
schedule/asia-pacific
or on the EWTN App go to "Program Schedules" then "Pacific
Rim".
2. Dailystreaming of
Masses at St
Patrick's Cathedral
The 11am Sunday Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral will continue
to be televised free to air on C31
(often listed as Channel 44
on digital TVs) 3. Mass for You at Home 6.00-6.30am Sundays or catch up
on
10 PlayFreeview [need to sign up!]
Returned to the Father
Condolences:
We pray for the families and souls of
those who have departed recently: Anniversaries:
John Cronin,
Maria Papasergi,
Fr Ernie Smith,
Fr John Brosnan,
Del Medico family. We remember ...
Prayers for healing:
Lorena Ferri,
Tony Addamo,
Teresa Boetti,
Cecily Hollingworth,
Pat Hearity,
Mario Misurelli
Please let us know if the office can help in any way.