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
Don’t forget to bring your Project
Compassion envelopes back on Saturday at our Easter Vigil. 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.
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Defence Family Helpline 1800 624 608
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SANE Helpline 1800 18 SANE (7263)
Domestic Violence 1800 RESPECT (737 732)
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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
Easter B 2024
March 30-31
For kids
Audio Gospel Reflections -
Fr Frank Moloney SDB
Also on
Apple Podcasts
Sunday Cinema Online Viewing
for this Week's Liturgy
[Updated March 29]
Jesus is alive !!
In his latest message (on 25 March 2024)
to young people on the fifth anniversary of the Post Apostolic
Exhortation Christus Vivit, Pope Francis reiterates the truth
that “Christ is alive” and that Jesus wants them to be alive. He
also reminds them that Christ loves them with an infinite love.
Pope Francis’ message echoes the words of the ‘angel of the
Lord’, as in the Gospel according to Matthew (or the ‘young man
in a white robe’ in Mark’s Gospel or the ‘two men in brilliant
clothes’ in Luke’s Gospel), to the women who went to visit
Jesus’ tomb at dawn on the first day of the week: “He is not
here, for he has risen, as he said he would.” Although initially
the women did not see the risen Lord, they were commissioned to
tell the other disciples that he is alive.
The Gospels also reveal that the risen Lord appeared to those
who loved him and sought him. He made them experience his
infinite love for them and his closeness in ‘an empty tomb’
(just with linen cloths), through his words, by calling them by
name, by walking with them, by breaking the bread with them, and
by preparing and having breakfast with them. It is precisely
because of these experiences with the Lord that the disciples of
Jesus – men and women who were neither powerful nor influential
– were ready to risk their life for their belief in a Risen
Lord! We should be grateful to the early Christians for sharing
their personal experience of the Risen Lord and the truth that
Christ is alive. If not for them, we wouldn’t be hopefilled
people! Because they shared their experience, they are still
alive in our memories. Hence, while Easter reminds us of the
Lord’s triumph over human power, evil and death, it also
invites us to share our experience of the Risen Lord. If we
have experienced the love and mercy of our Lord, let us like the
beloved disciples of Jesus share our faith experience with
others and fill their lives with hope. I wish you all a Blessed
Easter! Fr Cassius Correya
"A must read" ...
St John’s
Church is now open 12-1pm
weekdays to offer “time for quiet and reflection” to the general
public.
Holy Hour:
Adoration and Prayer for Vocations.
Friday 5th April 6pm-7pm
at St John’s. Prayer for personal discernment and praying for
others who are discerning their way in life. All welcome.
Put
Sunday, 21st April
in your diary. The parish has the pleasure of witnessing the
formal
installation of our Parish
Priest, Fr Cassius Correya. With
Bishop Terry Curtin presiding. We need a ‘full house’ please.
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.
The Parish is offering
mass intentions
to those parishioners who may have a
special occasion
to celebrate. Please email Joan at
office@OLSC.org.au if
you would like a mass intention said.
Special Functions
BIRTHDAY: A wonderfully enthusiastic happy birthday to young
Xavier Berryman
for Friday, 5th April. We hope you have a great day mate. Another
adventure-filled year awaits you.
Welcome it with great fanfare! Happy birthday!
Special thank-you * Many thanks to the TEAM who
made our church at St John’s beautiful in readiness for
Easter celebrations.
They gave up their Saturday to help clean our beautiful place of
worship.
* A big thank you is again extended to Kartaway via
Barry Whelan and Madeline Kift
for their organisation of big skips for both St Joseph’s and the
Salesians. Their generosity is much appreciated. Thanks !!
Pope Francis says ...
Pope Francis in his 2024 Lenten message began with 'when our God
reveals himself his message is always one of freedom'. On the
first Sunday in Lent, we were reminded that Jesus, 'was led into
the desert by the Spirit in order to be tempted in freedom'. The
Easter journey is like the place of the desert where our
freedom can mature. Jesus’ death and resurrection have freed us.
Jesuit and Ignatian Spirituality Australia
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:
Jose Luis Mira-Navarro We remember ...
Prayers for healing:
Lorena Ferri,
Tony Addamo,
Teresa Boetti,
Cecily Hollingworth,
Mario Misurelli.
Please let us know if the office can help in any way.