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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
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"Both ... and"
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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

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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 


Melbourne Catholic
Digest - July 2025

Bishops publish new document on Charisms


Prayer:
Useful Links

Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI


Proclaim

2025 Australian Catholic Youth Festival

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Melbourne Catholic

Majellan Magazine

Festa Della Divina Pastora Di Piminoro (RC) @ SM

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The Jubilee Prayer in various languages, you might like to find yours ...


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.


Ride Smart - E-bike Important Information from

Moonee Ponds Police Station

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

MASS TIMETABLE AND OFFICE HOURS 

St. Monica's Parish (Moonee Ponds)

MASS SCHEDULE

SUNDAY
  • 8.30 am (in English & Italian)
  • 10.30 am and 5.30 pm
TUESDAY - FRIDAY
  • 9.15 am​
SATURDAY
  • 8.00 am

RECONCILIATION

  • ​​Saturday 8.30 am​​​​

St. Vincent de Paul Parish (Strathmore)

MASS SCHEDULE

SUNDAY
  • 9.30 am​

TUESDAY - FRIDAY
  • 10.00 am​
SATURDAY
  • 6.00 pm (Vigil for Sunday)

RECONCILIATION

  • Saturday ​​5.30 pm​​

PARISH OFFICE HOURS
22 Robinson Street Moonee Ponds

Tuesday to Friday​ (9.00 am - 3.30pm)


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Every Second Sunday of the Month
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QUICK LINKS

  • St. Monica's Primary School
  • Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
  • Archdiocese Directory of Services
  • Plenary Council
  • La Sante Sede (The Holy See)
  • Vatican News
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  • Catholic Social Teaching
  • Australia's First Saint's final resting place
  • Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association, serving Catholic Education through faith-filled leadership
  • St. Vincent de Paul Primary School
  • St Monica's final resting place
  • St Vincent de Paul's final resting place
  • Edmund Rice's final resting place
  • Catherine McAuley's final resting place
  • Mary Aikenhead's final resting place
  • Daughters of Charity, Australia
  • Christian Brothers, Oceania Province
  • Sisters of Mercy, of Australia and Papua New Guinea
  • City of Moonee Valley

Church

820 Mt Alexander Road
Moonee Ponds
​VIC, 3039

Parish Office

22 Robinson Street,
Moonee Ponds, ​
​VIC, 3039

Symons Centre

822 Mt Alexander Road
​ Moonee Ponds,

​VIC, 3039

St Monica's Primary

20 Robinson Street,
Moonee Ponds,
VIC, 3039

Parish of St Monica
Church:

820 Mt Alexander Rd
MOONEE PONDS   VIC   3039

​Office: 
Phone: +61 3 9370 5035

email: [email protected]

Parish of St Vincent de Paul
​Church:

2 The Crossway
STRATHMORE   VIC   3041

Office:
Phone: +61 3
9370 5035
​email​: strathmore@cam.org.au
Parish of St Vincent de Paul & St Monica
Main Reception Office:
22 Robinson Street
MOONEE PONDS   VIC   3039




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​Office Hours
Tuesday to Friday
9 am - 3.30 pm
The Parishes of St Vincent de Paul, Strathmore and St Monica, Moonee Ponds are committed to the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and vulnerable adults.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People as the traditional custodians of this land and pay respects to their Elders. 
We acknowledge that this land continues to be sacred to them.
​We acknowledge and thank Mr. Paul Danaher for his incredible photography of our church stained glass windows. 
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