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 closed as of Friday 20 June 2025
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

July 6 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Although the gospel is a report of ministerial commissioning, it contains elements of discipleship in general. Most obvious is the disciples’ dependence on Jesus. They are not independent missionaries; they are followers. Furthermore, there is a communal dimension of discipleship. While there is certainly a personal relationship between Jesus and each disciple, discipleship itself is not a singular privilege that one hugs to oneself to the exclusion of others.

Disciples minister to the needs of others, whatever those needs may be and with whatever abilities the disciple may possess. There are various kinds of healing: a friendly smile, a word of gratitude, a soothing touch. We can teach the lessons of life in classrooms, in playrooms, in kitchens, in boardrooms. There are many ways that we can cast out the demons that hold our world by the throat; demons of poverty and oppression, demons of addiction and slavery, demons of disdain and neglect, demons of hatred and violence. If they are not cast out by us, then by whom?

The life of discipleship is not an unmixed blessing. Because disciples are marked by the sign of the cross, they must expect suffering. Because they do not live according to the standards of the world, disciples will be judged as fools. Some of them will be subjected to even greater suffering. Still, the disciple proclaims that true fulfilment is only found in God! In reality, it is the world that is upside down, not the life of discipleship. And it is the cross that sets things right.© Dianne Bergant CSA

There is a disconcerting tendency among some Catholics and other Christians to claim persecution if they encounter any resistance to their faith. Let’s be clear. Critique, dispute, even dislike of our faith by another is not persecution. Not getting our way is not oppression. The martyrs who were killed were persecuted. African Americans enslaved, lynched and treated for centuries as subhuman – even by ‘good Catholics’ – can rightly claim oppression and demand change. But overall, there is no war on Christianity in the United States.

Still, the urge to respond to the slightest rejection with resentment, bitterness and hostility is strong. Though he sent his disciples out ‘like lambs among wolves’, Jesus never promised that the wolves would change. Conversion of hearts is the work of the Spirit, not ours.

Our mission as disciples always begins by saying one thing to everyone, whether or not they agree with us and the Gospel we bear: ‘Peace to this household’. Even before we know who we are speaking to or their response, we bless them with peace by our words and our deeds. The Gospel will never be heard by force or false claims of victimisation but only by peace. Our mission is not to change people’s minds but to be Christ’s presence of peace, a visible sign of God’s reign in a world too quick to react like wolves. © GIA Publications

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday - 6 July 2025

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday Mass Sunday 6 July 2025, 11.00am St Patrick’s Cathedral, 1 Cathedral Place, East Melbourne and NAIDOC Week Mass Sunday 13 July 2025, 11.00am St Francis’ Church, 326 Lonsdale St, Melbourne. This year’s NAIDOC Week theme of ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy’ this directs us to celebrating not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead,empowered by the strength of our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy of our ancestors. Further information on NAIDOC Week can be found at: https://www.naidoc.org.au

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ACBC Social Justice Statement 2024-25

The Australian Pastoral Musicians Network and the National Liturgical Council are delighted to invite you to our 2025 National Liturgy and Music Conference.

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