ST MONICA'S PARISH MOONEE PONDS

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ST. MONICA'S CATHOLIC PARISH

Moonee Ponds

St. Monica's Parish (Moonee Ponds) and St. Vincent de Paul Parish (Strathmore) are walking together and working together.

JUBILEE 2025
PILGRIMS OF HOPE

"Both ... and"
is a grammatical structure in English used to emphasize that something is true for two things, people, or situations simultaneously. It strengthens the "and" relationship, indicating that both are involved or applicable.

JUBILEE 2025
PILGRIMS OF HOPE

An Update ... as some Parishioners have been asking ...

As the P.P. appointments are currently vacant at St Monica's Moonee Ponds and St Vincent de Paul Strathmore Parishes, this is what happens next:

The Archbishop has made it clear that he is advertising both Parish vacancies in the usual way
Parish Profiles for Strathmore and Moonee Ponds as well as Parish Social Profiles for Moonee Ponds and Strathmore have been prepared and publicised throughout the Archdiocese
Priests have been invited to apply
Applications are to be submitted by Friday 20 June 2025 to the Personnel Advisory Board
The Personnel Advisory Board reviews all applications, then it makes its recommendations to the Archbishop
The Archbishop will then choose whom he will formerly appoint as the next Parish Priest to both Parishes

June 15 -Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Both the first reading and the psalm response celebrate the marvels of creation and the marvelous creator who brought them into being. Proverbs states that God created all of these things through Wisdom. While later theology will identify Wisdom with both the Word of God, the second person of the Trinity, and the Holy Spirit, the third person, the reading itself does not suggest this.

Paul credits God with our justification through faith. Justification or salvation is accomplished by God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The love of God is poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Paul does not clearly state that the love of God that we receive through the Holy Spirit sanctifies us, but one could certainly understand it in this way.

John’s theology resembles very closely that of Paul. In it, Jesus reveals the intimate connection between himself and the Father as well as himself and the Spirit. The Spirit continues the mission of Jesus, neither adding anything to his teaching nor omitting anything from it.

While this is a feast that glorifies the central mystery of our faith, a mystery that is based on the way the three divine persons relate to each other, the readings all address ways that God relates to us. If we concentrate, as the texts for today suggest that we do, on all of the ways that our Triune God has blessed us, we may be more inclined to cry out with the psalmist: ‘O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!’ © Dianne Bergant CSA

Try to count how many times we invoke the Trinity at Mass. We not only speak but also sign ourselves in the name of the Trinity. In the priest’s greeting, we remember our participation in the life of the Trinity: ‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.’ The Gloria praises the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit. And every collect (opening prayer) concludes with ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.’ And that’s just the introductory rites!

At the end of Mass, after bowing down for the blessing, we are blessed again with the Sign of the Cross over our bodies. This bowing is a sign of humility, not shame; of receptivity, not unworthiness. As crowns and kisses are placed upon bowed heads, so too do we receive the Trinity’s full-bodied embrace when we stoop to serve. Swept into the love of Father, Son and Spirit, we bow as a sign of that love and service. In their name and by their sign, we are crowned with glory – from head to gut and shoulder to shoulder – not to be praised but to be good stewards of God’s handiwork.© GIA Publications

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Moonee Ponds Police Station

ARCHDIOCESAN CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION Sunday 22 June 2025 Begins after 11.00am Mass

at St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne Concluding at Federation Square

Light into the City: Archbishop’s letter outlines vision for Cathedral precinct (2025)

Our Parish Social Gathering this week: Thanks to all who assisted with this Parish initiative for the good of all. Those of us who gathered enjoyed each other’s company and the occasion once again.

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