SPIRITUALITY PROGRAMME

Once a month there is a seminar or workshop on some aspect of spirituality. The gathering is usually on the third Thursday of each month.  Full details are on a separate flyer which you can find on this website under Living Well Centre.

WORSHIP

Praying for the Parish

Everyone is invited to join in prayers for the parish on the First Sunday of every month; 9.30am to 9.45am. Gather in the McBean Vestry. An opportunity to pray for specific needs, to give thanks for blessings received and to hold all who come to worship in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Lent, Holy Week and Easter

6 February Ash Wednesday

10am and 7.30pm Liturgy includes the Imposition of Ashes

16 March Palm Sunday

10am Gather in the Fitzroy Gardens for Palm Procession to Church.

20 March Maundy Thursday

8pm Liturgy, includes the Washing of Feet, the Institution of the Lord’s Supper, and Stripping of the Altar.

21 March Good Friday

10am Way of the Cross Procession with other Melbourne City Churches. Commences at St Francis’ Lonsdale Street.

2pm Liturgy, includes dramatic reading of the Passion of Christ, Prayer for the world with Christ on the Cross, Devotions at the foot of the cross, Holy Communion.

23 March Easter Day

6am Liturgy, including Vigil Readings, Lighting of the New Fire and Festal Eucharist of the Resurrection. Followed by breakfast together.

10am Sung Eucharist for the Resurrection of Christ.

11 May Pentecost Sunday

10am Festival Eucharist for the Holy Spirit

18 May Trinity Sunday – The Festival of our Title.

10am Festival Eucharist followed by lunch together. Preacher: Associate Professor Anne Hunt, OAM, Rector of the Australian Catholic University's campus at Ballarat.  Her area of passion is the mystery of the Trinity, and she has published three books on the subject, as well as several articles.

PARISH QUIET DAY

This year we have a quiet day on Saturday 8th November, celebrating All Saints' Day.  We will be visiting the new Mary McKillop Heritage Centre on Albert Street East Melbourne.  Our reflection day will be led by Sr Lynette Young RSJ and will help us hear something of Mary McKillop's story and ministry.

Christmas

21 December

6pm Service of Carols and Christmas to prepare for Christmas.

24 December

11.30pm Midnight Mass for Christmas

25 December

10am Festival Eucharist for Christmas Day

DISCUSSION GROUPS

Journey to Easter

The Archbishop has launched a program called Prayer4Melbourne.  Part of it is a series of discussions for Lent based on the Sunday Gospel readings.  We have opublished the program in abooklet for you to use at home during Lent.  It will also be the focus of our series of discussion groups.

Wednesdays 11am and 7.30pm

February 6, 13, 20 and 27.  March 5, 12 and 19

EAST MELBOURNE FESTA

This community event is set for 13 April.  It is a wonderful day for all the groups of the local community.  We make our contribution to the festivities of the day by providing our sausage sizzle lunch for everyone.

NAIDOC WEEK

Every year we do something to keep us focussed on issues of our indigenous brothers and sisters. This is the week designated by the Commonwealth as a time of observance. We will have a dinner on Saturday 2 August with a visiting speaker.  Our worship on Sunday 27 July will also have a visiting preacher, as well as indigenous music.

MUSICAL RECITALS

We are planning a series of recitals throughout the year, featuring a variety of musicians and groups.  Each Sunday concert commences at 2pm.

SAUSAGE SIZZLES

The parish has a long tradition of providing a sausage sizzle on Clarendon Street on the Fridays and Saturdays when there is AFL football at the MCG. This is the 13^th year of this project. Money raised is used for specific outreach and mission projects as well as parish needs. In the first ten years $125,000.00 was raised and distributed.  It begins this year on 29 March and finsishes on Grand Final day, 27 September.

VESTRY

The Vestry is the elected body with responsibility, with the Vicar, for the oversight of our worship and other programmes throughout the year. This year their meeting dates are 15 January, 19 February, 18 March, 15 April, 20 May, 17 June, 15 July, 19 August, 16 September, 21 October, 18 November.

The Annual General Meeting of the congregation will be on Sunday 23^th November after the 10am service.