Mary Mother of the Church
Catholic Parish Ivanhoe
Calendar, Special Notices, & Forthcoming Events
PARISH WEEKLY CALENDAR
Saturday 31 July (St. Ignatius Loyola)
10.30am Reconciliation at Mother of God
5.30pm Reconciliation at St. Bernadette’s
6.00pm Mass at St. Bernadette’s
Sunday 1 August (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
9.00am Mass at Mother of God
10.00am Catechist Class for Confirmation at MOG
10.30am Mass at Mother of God
Monday 2 August (Feria)
11.00am Funeral for Marisa Rey
(Invitation only due to Covid restrictions)
7.30pm Baptism Preparation
Tuesday 3 August (St. Dominic)
9.15am Mass at Mother of God
4.15pm Meditation Group
Wednesday 4 August (St. John Vianney)
9.15am Mass at St. Bernadette’s
Thursday 5 August (Feria)
9.15am Mass at Mother of God
9.45am Liturgy Group
Friday 6 August (The Transfiguration)
9.15am Mass at St Bernadette’s
(Adoration & Benediction cancelled due to Funeral at 10.30am.
10.30am Funeral Mass for Bernard Delaney (Invitation only due to Covid restrictions)
7.30pm Men’s Group cancelled due to Covid restrictions - we hope to meet in
September
Saturday 7 August (Feria)
10.30am Reconciliation at Mother of God
5.30pm Reconciliation at St. Bernadette’s
6.00pm Mass at St. Bernadette’s
Sunday 8 August (St. Mary of the Cross Mackillop)
9.00am Mass at Mother of God
10.00am Catechist Class for Confirmation at MOG
10.30am Mass at Mother of God
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Parish Climate Action Group
Pope Francis in Laudato Si’ quotes Benedict XVI in calling for an “ecological conversion”: “The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast.”
“For this reason,” Pope Francis adds, “the ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion. It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment. Others are passive; they choose not to change their habits... So what they all need is an ‘ecological conversion’, whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them. Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.”
Refer to the article by Roland Ashby:
‘Ecological conversion’ needed to avoid climate disaster — Living Water (thelivingwater.com.au)
Tip for this week: PRAY "as if there was no tomorrow" for a conversion to water the internal desert of your heart and the heart of Australia so we learn how to love God in creation with our whole heart, our whole soul and our whole strength, and to love our neighbour, including those in future generations, as ourselves.