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Page 2 – www.sandpiper.org.au From the Administrator’s desk April 2011 Vision of the Sandhurst Diocese: That every person’s heart be inflamed by the love of God Pastoral Principles that we share: We, the people of Sandhurst, will bring to life our vision through the application of the following principles that we will observe when we gather: Faith and tradition will be the bedrock for all interactions and will be acknowledged when we come together. Love of God made present in Jesus Christ and led by the power of the Holy Spirit will be the motivating and guiding force in our work and celebrations. Aspiring to inflame with the love of God all those with whom we come into contact. Mutual respect for each other by listening, sharing and supporting one another at diocesan, parish and individual levels. Exploring together ways to sustain and invigorate our diocese at every level so that our Church is vibrant and flourishing in every area. FLAME will be the channel through which our Diocesan Vision becomes evident to those we meet. Chancery CONTACTS: Chancery and Diocesan Ministry: 174 McCrae Street (PO Box 201) Bendigo Vic 3552. Ph: (03) 5441 2544, Fax: (03) 5441 8278, Website: www.sandhurst.catholic.org.au Diocesan Administrator: Monsignor Frank Marriott Diocesan Administrator’s Secretary: Carmel Fitt, chancery@sand.catholic.org.au Director of Liturgy: Denise Braddon, liturgy@sand.catholic.org.au Adult Faith Education Coordinator: Lyn Breen, adultfaith@sand.catholic.org.au Marriage Tribunal: Judy Browne, tribunal@sand.catholic.org.au Youth Ministry Worker: Tim Lougoon, tim. lougoon@chancery.org.au, website: www.sym.org.au/ Business Manager: Cameron Fraser, cameron.fraser@chancery.org.au Personal Assistant to Business Manager: Sally Holmes SANDPIPER CONTACTS: SandPiper Vision Statement: SandPiper aims to develop a sense of community, linking faith and life through dialogue. The Board: Geoff Holland (Chair), Fr Joe Taylor (Vice Chair), Margaret Brodie, Audrey Brown, John Howley The Editorial Team: Fr Joe Taylor, Sr Cecilia Merrigan, Kate Murray, Peter Murray and Mary Pianta. Editor: Damian Griffin. Address: The SandPiper, C/- The Chancery, PO Box 201, Bendigo, 3552. Email: editor@sandpiper.org.au Phone: (03) 5442 8531 Fax: (03) 5441 8278 Advertising: Email advertising@sandpiper.org.au for an advertising pack, or call the editor for further information. Subscriptions: Margaret Brodie, tambrodi@mcmedia.com.au Disclaimer: SandPiper is a free newspaper published monthly (except January) by the Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst It is distributed through all Sandhurst Diocese Catholic schools and parishes. The views expressed in published articles are not necessarily those of the Diocese. Every advertisement is subject to diocesan approval SandPiper may refuse to accept ads for publication. SandPiper accepts no responsibility or liability in relation to any loss due to the failure of an advertisement to appear or if it appears in a form which is not in accordance with the instructions received by SandPiper. RCIA catechumens, candidates and sponsors from St Terese’s Parish, Kennington, were among those to join at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, on March 13. Easter is our time to get involved Index News...1, 3-8, 10, 12-13, 19-20 Liturgy.................................9 From the Archives ...........12 Justice News...............14-15 Crossword.........................16 Featured Reader...............16 Sand Pit.............................18 Deadline Monsignor Frank Marriott Administrator of the Sandhurst Diocese April’s SandPiper covers Easter 2011. Easter is a grand and wonderful time in parish life. Even the most cynical and hardhearted are known to be moved by our liturgy during the Sacred Tridiuum. It’s never been easy to attend the events of Holy Thursday – ask Judas. Good Friday – where were the majority of the disciples, let alone Easter Sunday. On that day the women led the men to the tomb. Sounds familiar, but the Good News is that all were changed. Encourage your family members to get involved with the Easter ceremonies! The deadline for submissions for the next issue of SandPiper is the 15th of this month. Please email stories and photos to editor@sandpiper.com.au or call (03) 5442 8531. Following last year’s experience, the Mass to bless the Holy Oils will be celebrated on the Thursday before Holy Week at Sacred Heart Cathedral. This year the date is April 14 – and the Mass will be at 6pm. During the Mass, the people, religious and laity are asked to renew their commitment to Jesus. This is often a stirring moment. Bishop Hilton Deakin, retired Auxiliary Bishop from Melbourne, will lead our congregation. Diocesan Administrators cannot perform this ceremony. Please make all the catechumens and candidates wishing Communion with us this Easter welcome. We celebrated the Rite of Election with other ceremonies on March 13. It was an inspiring sight. Gratitude and thanks from the diocese to all leaders and sponsors who make the RCIA programme work. May it prosper amongst us. Next month I hope to introduce a new look Church of the Month This is St John’s Euroa. Mass is celebrated here on Saturdays at 6pm, and Sundays at 8.30am. at our seminarians – both at home and abroad. Life in the seminary is busy. I celebrated evening prayer on Wednesday, March 23, with the students and staff of Corpus Christi College. We prayed especially for Bishop Grech. Four students will be on Parish Pastoral Placements in second semester and are spending part of Holy Week with those parishes. This year Wodonga, Benalla, Tatura/Kyabram and St Kilian’s. Please make these young men feel at home. The paper continues to pile up. The provincial meetings multiply. The request for assistance continues. These are measured. Project Compassion is for Lent. Past support has been extraordinary. The Diocese sent off $54,000 to the flooded Dioceses in Queensland. A most commendable response. All in all, our Lent has mirrored much of the weekday/Sunday readings. May Easter record many Alleluias in your hearts and homes! Faces of the Diocese Sisters Mercedes and Trinity from St Peter’s Primary School get in the spirit of ‘Be green on 17’ by dressing up for a good cause. – Story Page 19
April 2011 News www.sandpiper.org.au – Page 3 Donations Reward for had work welcome A generous response from the Diocese of Sandhurst for the Queensland Flood Appeal has raised $54,000, which has been distributed to the dioceses of Rockhampton, Brisbane and Toowoomba. Bishop of Toowoomba William Morris has written to thank the people of the Sandhurst Diocese for their donation of $18,000, which he said was placed in a disaster fund. “It is with gratitude that I convey my thanks to all the parishes and communities of Sandhurst,” he wrote. “I have been able to give these monies to many families particularly in the Grantham area where the people are suffering so much grief, many of them not only losing their families but their homes well. “I have visited many of the other communities affected by the floods and we are working at a grass roots level with those who are so much in need.” $5000 for Sandhurst Diocese A $5000 flood-relief donation from The Victorian Commandery of The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem has been gratefully received by the Sandhurst Diocese. The donation was made in February following the floods that his much of the state. In a letter dated February 28, Monsignor Anthony K. Toms, president of the Commandery of Victoria, said the money was for “the relief of persons seriously affected by the recent floods” and said that the Victorian Commandery was making similar donations to the Anglican and Catholic diocese of Brisbane, Ballarat and Bendigo/Sandhurst. The Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem was founded by the Blessed Gerard in the 12th century to care for lepers among the crusading armies and the local people. It has been in Australia for more than 25 years, and is known as a group making great progress in providing for the sick, handicapped and disadvantaged. To learn more about the order, visit www.st-lazarus.org.au Father Ted Harte blesses the new $2 million ‘Rosarium Centre’. ‘Rosarium Centre’ opens at Holy Rosary Monsignor Peter Jeffrey, School Board Chairperson Mr Mark Wilkin, Steve Hicks and St Luke’s parent and SSEB member Mr Anthony Brophy. By Jenni Kennedy Catholic Education Office In 2005, St Luke’s Catholic Primary School Shepparton began an enrolment of about 30 students. A number of preps started that year who are now, in 2011, the student leaders of the school. To acknowledge this important milestone Anthony Brophy from the Sandhurst School Education Board made a special presentation to principal Steve Hick’s on behalf of the parent community of St Luke’s at the recent Leadership Gathering held in Bendigo. “They started there with much trepidation, and I am sure the parents had even more trepidation than their children… for this was a new school,” Anthony said. Over the past seven years the student enrolment at St Luke’s has grown from 30 students to almost 180, during this time the students, staff and community of St Luke’s has flourished. “The little ones have gained so much, and this is thanks to a great many people but ultimately because of Steve Hicks and his prophetic leadership even in the midst of personal hardships during that time,” said Anthony. The parent community of St Luke’s wanted to publicly acknowledge among Steve’s peers the outstanding contribution he has made to St Luke’s School and in the future of their children. They acknowledged his passion, dedication and commitment to faith, to his staff, to parents, the parish and school communities and most importantly to their children. Monsignor Peter Jeffery who, incidentally, named the school, appointed the inaugural school board chairperson and appointed Steve as its first principal, made the official presentation together with school board chairman Mark Wilkin. A surprised Steve Hicks humbly accepted the award and thanked the parents of St Luke’s for trusting him with educating their children. By Jenni Kennedy Catholic Education Office bendigo – A new creative learning and information centre was officially opened and blessed at Holy Rosary Primary School, White Hills, on Wednesday, March 9. The Rosarium Centre was declared officially open by Federal member for Bendigo Mr Steve Gibbons MP and Father Ted Harte provided a blessing for the new facilities. Evening of Lenten Prayer and Song with Br. Michael Herry fms – Wednesday, April, 6, 7.30pm, Catholic College Bendigo, Barkly Street, Bendigo. Light supper provided. To rsvp or for more information, please call Alannah Darmody (03) 5445 9100. The Rosarium Creative Learning and Information Centre has provided a striking transformation to the streetscape of White Hills. The $2 million federally funded building has been designed by architect Glenn Eastwood and incorporate a library, multi-media room, music and creative arts spaces, a design studio for visual art, a kitchen, small group work areas and a room for parents to meet and gather. Lillian Grace Irwin 10th August, 1922 – 2nd December, 2010 The Irwin family would like to extend its thanks to all of those friends, extended family and colleagues who supported us during our time of sadness with the passing of our mother, grandmother and great grandmother Lillian Grace Irwin. Judy Cleary, Bernadette Sanders, Marg Levy, Elizabeth Kirkham (dec), Anthony Irwin, John Irwin and Leonie Irwin. Families Transforming the World 15-17 April 2011 Xavier College Melbourne visit www.sharethedream.org.au for more information
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