Missionary Society of St Paul CALENDAR 2016 "Be merciful just as your Father is merciful" (Lk, 6:36)
MSSP International Addresses ITALY MSSP Generalate Via Castel Guelfo, 41/A Vitinia - 00127 Roma Tel: (0011 39)06 5237 3113 Fax: (0011 39)06 5237 0909 email: mssproma@mssp.it
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St Julian's Street Birkirkara BKR 2806 Tel: (0011 356) 21 44 1 917 Website: oratorjumssp.org Email: ortory@mssp.org,mt
3224, Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario, M6P,2A3 Tel: (0011 1)416 767 7054 Fax: (0011 1)416 604 4502 email: toronto@paulistmissionaries.org
St Joseph’s Home St Joseph’s High Road Sta Venera SVR 1010 Tel: (0011 356)21 446 435 email: cam@mssp.org.mt
St Agatha’s Motherhouse Rabat RBT 2020 Tel: (0011 356)21459 222/ 21 454 503 21 454 818 Fax: (0011 356)21 450 196 email: stagatha@mssp.org.mt l
MSSP Formation Community “Dar G De Piro”, Triq il-Bir Sta Venera SVR 1541 Tel & Fax: (0011 356)21 490 767 email: dargdepiro@mssp.org.mt l
St Joseph’s Home St Joseph’s High Road Sta Venera SVR 1010 Tel: (0011 356)21 245 046/ 21 231 252 email: stjosephhome@mssp.org.mt
Parroquia Santa Catalina Casilla 858 Arequipa Tel: (0011 51) 54 45 7948 email: santacatalina@paulistmissionaries.org
(Calle Federico Monasterio, 455 Magdalena del Mar) Apartado 2395 Correo Central, Lima, 1 , Tel/Fax: (0011 51)1 263 ,3792 email: lima@paulistmissionaries.org
Parroquia San Pedro Aplao Arequipa Tel: (0011 51)54 47 1028 email: aplao@paulistmissionaries.org
Aldea Sagrada Familia Emanuele Vitale Street Rabat RBT 2020 Tel: (0011 356)21 459 536 Fax: (0011 356)21 453 410 email: spmc@mssp.org.mt
Dar Stella Maris
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PERU Centro de Formacion Jose De Piro
CAM - Mission Animation Centre
St Paul’s Missionary College St Paul the Apostle Parish
Parroquia Beata Teresa de Calcuta
MSSP Oratory
Mons G De Piro Street Zebbug Gozo ZBB 1042 Tel: (0011 356)21 551 159 email: darstellamaris@mssp.org.mt
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Parroquia Virgen del Buen Remedio & San Pablo Apostol (Calle Santa Paula, 489 3era Etapa de Pando) Apartado 2395 Correo Central, Lima, 1 Tel: (1100 51)1 564 1030
(Av. Ramon Castilla 1408, Alto Cayma) Casilla 1028 Arequipa. Tel: (0011 51)54 45 8755
PHILIPPINES
Parroquia Santa Cruz La Tomilla Casilla 1290, Arequipa Tel: (0011 51)54 57 141 Fax: (0011 51)54 57 826 email: latomilla@paulistmissionaries.org
MSSP House 9C,13th Street, 1112 New Manila, Quezon City Tel/Fax: (0011 63)2 724 8281 email: msspmanila@paulistmissionaries.org
Parroquia San Pablo Apostol De Piro Formation House- Yuhannabad PO Box 10247 New Garden Town Post Office Lahore 54600 Tel: (0011 92) 324 4679 725 email: lahore@paulistmissionaries.org
Conversion of St Paul Parish Glaxo Town Ferozepur Road (PO Box 10247 New Garden Town Post Office) Lahore 54600 Tel: (0011 92) 301 4881 901 Email: convstpaul@paulistmissionaries.org
Buenos Aires Casilla 338, Arequipa Tel: (0011 51)54 44 3152 email: buenosaires@paulistmissionaries.org
Parroquia Santissima Cruz Acequia Alta Casilla 2720 Arequipa Tel: (0011 51)54 45 7109 email: acequiaalta@paulistmissionaries.org
International Formation House 9C,13th Street, 1112 New Manila, Quezon City Tel: (0011 63)2 727 1894 Fax: (0011 63) 2724 8281 email: ihf@paulistmissionaries.org
St Catherine of Alexandria Parish Purok Bisig Brgy. Pagalanggang Dinalupihan 2110 Bataan Tel: (001163)9165 526 846 email: msspbataan@paulistmissionaries.org
JANUARY 2016
“We need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy. It is a wellspring of joy,serenity, and peace. … Mercy: the ultimate and supreme act by which God comes to meet us. Mercy: the fundamental law that dwells in the heart of every person who looks sincerely into the eyes of his brothers and sisters on the path of life. Mercy: the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness.” (Misericordiae Vultus 2.)
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FEBRUARY 2016 “In order to be capable of mercy, therefore, we must first of all dispose ourselves tolisten to the Word of God. This means rediscovering the value of silence in order tomeditate on the Word that comes to us. In this way, it will be possible to contemplate God’s mercy and adopt it as our lifestyle.” (MV 13.)
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MARCH 2016 “The season of Lent during this Jubilee Year should also be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God’s mercy. How many pages of Sacred Scripture are appropriate for meditation during the weeks of Lent to help us rediscover the merciful face of the Father!” (MV 17.)
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APRIL 2016 “While he was instituting the Eucharist as an everlasting memorial of himself and his paschal sacrifice, he symbolically placed this supreme act of revelation in the light of his mercy. Within the very same context of mercy, Jesus entered upon his passion and death, conscious of the great mystery of love that he would consummate on the Cross.” (MV 7.)
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MAY 2016 “Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life. All of her pastoral activity should be caught up in the tenderness she makes present to believers; nothing in her preaching and in her witness to the world can be lacking in mercy.” (MV 10.)
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JUNE 2016 “Wherever the Church is present, the mercy of the Father must be evident. In our parishes, communities, associations and movements, in a word, wherever there are Christians, everyone should find an oasis of mercy.” (MV 12.)
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JULY 2016 “Pardoning offences becomes the clearest expression of merciful love, and for us Christians it is an imperative from which we cannot excuse ourselves. At times how hard it seems to forgive! And yet pardon is the instrument placed into our fragile hands to attain serenity of heart. To let go of anger, wrath, violence, and revenge are necessary conditions to living joyfully.” (MV 9.)
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AUGUST 2016 “Chosen to be the Mother of the Son of God, Mary, from the outset, was prepared by the love of God to be the Ark of the Covenant between God and man. She treasured divine mercy in her heart in perfect harmony with her Son Jesus. … Mary attests that the mercy of the Son of God knows no bounds and extends to everyone, without exception.” (MV 24.)
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SEPTEMBER 2016 “Mercy is the best thing we can feel: it changes the world. A little mercy makes the world less cold and more just.” (Pope Francis) The Servant of God Joseph De Piro
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OCTOBER 2016 “Let us rediscover these corporal works of mercy: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, heal the sick, visit the imprisoned, and bury the dead.” (MV 15.)
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NOVEMBER 2016 “And let us not forget the spiritual works of mercy: to counsel the doubtful, instruct the ignorant, admonish sinners, comfort the afflicted, forgive offences, bear patiently those who do us ill, and pray for the living and the dead.” (MV 15.)
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DECEMBER 2016 “It is by God’s mercy we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.” (Pope Francis)
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MSSP Houses Australian Addresses PROVINCIAL HOUSE 477 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052 Tel: (03) 9387 7433 Fax: (03) 9380 6625 email: parkville@paulistmissionaries.org MASS TIMES: MALTESE St Paul's, West Sunshine – 1st Friday – 7.00pm Resurrection, St Albans – 1st Friday – 7.00pm St Paul's Chapel, Parkville – Saturday – 6.00pm St Paul's, Kealba – Sunday – 8.00am St Joseph's, North Reservoir – 1st Saturday – 6.00pm St Joseph's, Springvale – 1st Saturday – 4.45pm St Luke's, Lalor – 2nd Saturday – 5.15pm St Francis of Assisi, Mill Park – 3rd Saturday – 4.00pm St Thomas More, Hadfield – 4th Saturday – 6.00pm
MSSP MALTESE CHAPLAINCY 175 Walters Road, Blacktown NSW 2148 PO Box 704, Blacktown NSW 2148 Tel: (02) 9622 5850 Fax: (02) 9621 5100 email: blacktown@paulistmissionaries.org
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MASS TIMES: Weekdays (Except Monday): 9.00am Saturday Vigil Mass: 6.00pm Sunday: 8.30am, 10.30am, 5.00pm (Winter), 6.00pm (Summer).
First Friday: 9.15am, 7.00pm Saturday: 8.00am
PLEASE HELP OUR MISSION
Saturday Vigil Mass: 6.30pm
The Missionary Society of St Paul was founded in 1910 by Joseph De Piro. 100 years later its priests and brothers continue to live out their mission by responding to the particular needs of the local church wherever they are inserted.
Sunday: 8.30am, 9.45am (Polish), 11.00am, 7.00pm
St Bernadette's Community Centre – Sunday: 10.00am
Today the call to evangelise is as urgent as it ever was and we would like you to participate in our mission.
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MASS TIMES: MALTESE Sunday: 10.00am
330 Derrimut Road, Hoppers Crossing North VIC 3029 Tel: (03) 9748 6800 Fax: (03) 9748 9791 e-mail: parish@stjamesapostlehcn.com.au
Wednesday: 9.15am, 7.00pm
MASS TIMES: Saturday: 4.45pm, 6.15pm (Maltese) Sunday: 7.00am (Maltese) St Dominic's Hostel: Sunday 9.00am (English)
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ST JAMES THE APOSTLE PARISH
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Please help our mission through your prayers, your personal involvement and your moral and material support. Leave a legacy of goodness after your death. Remember us in your WILL. Talk to your Solicitor or Trustee of how you can include our mission as beneficiary of your estate.
A clause like this will be sufficient: “I give, devise and bequeath to the Missionary Society of St Paul, 477 Royal Parade, Parkville Victoria, the sum of $.......... for the use of the said Society.”
Dear Friends and Benefactors, I do hope you are well and that this year, now coming to an end, has been one marked with encounter and enrichment with the Lord. Once again, on behalf of my Paulist brothers here in Australia and overseas, I wish to thank you for your love and friendship, collaboration in ministry, prayers, financial support and witness of faith. This partnership in mission, here in Australia and beyond, gives us strength and encouragement in our own witness. As you read this, the whole Church is about to begin, or has recently begun, the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, starting on 8 December 2015, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. We celebrate God’s Mercy which is greater than sin and our human brokenness. The Holy Year will conclude on 20 November 2016, the Feast of Christ the King, when we celebrate the promise that His Mercy will reign supreme. The Year of Mercy has been proclaimed by Pope Francis (cf Misericordiae Vultus) so that, reflecting on God’s Mercy made living and visible in Jesus, we can become “a more effective sign of the Father’s action in our lives” (MV2). Thus, the motto of the Jubilee Year is “Merciful like the Father” (cf Lk 6:36). This Year has been called so that all members of the Church can live and be witness to God’s mercy in a world often deprived of it.
I was privileged to meet the group in Manila and join them on their retreat where I could see that, once again, it had been both a challenging and enriching experiencefor them and all involved. Some have joined the Young Paulist group centred at St James Parish. They continue to grow in their missionary charism through reflection and action in the local community. At the end of August we were blessed with the arrival of a new member to ourAustralian community. Fr Lonnie Borg has joined us in our ongoing mission to be signs and sources of the Love and mercy of our Lord in our community life and ourdifferent ministries. Fr Lonnie has spent twelve years in our mission in Pakistan,where, as a student, I met him for the first time. He then spent seventeen years in our mission in the Philippines where we shared the first four years. I am glad that we will be working together again. I am sure his many years of experience and his ongoing witness will benefit us all and, in turn, continue to help him in his own growth. In Peru Br Carlos Pacherres was ordained a deacon earlier in April and a priest on 6 November. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, seven pre-novices accompanied by Fr Stephen, from Peru, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam and Malta have gathered as they continue to discern their vocational journey. God-willing, some will take the next step and commence an international Novitiate in Manila early in the new year. They will be accompanied by Fr Martin Galea who was with us for a few weeks in October. I ask you to keep them all in your prayers.
It is in this spirit of rediscovering, embracing and sharing the mercy of God with others in this Jubilee Year, that I present to you our Paulist Missionary Calendar for 2016. Each month has a quote from Pope Francis to encourage our reflection and our living of God’s Mercy. I also encourage you to read and reflect on Misericordiae Vultus (Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy). Together with the Calendar, I would like to share with you some important events of the past year for us Paulists here in Australia and overseas. In January, a second group of young adults, accompanied by Fr Jude and our Mission liaison Sheryn,went to the Philippines for a two-week mission immersion experience, Mission 15, with our MSSP brothers in Manila and our parish in Dinalupihan. Some were blessed with the opportunity to join an estimated six million Philippinos at the Papal Mass during Pope Francis’ visit.
Lastly, on behalf of my Paulist Missionary brothers I pray that you and all your loved ones have a Blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with the experience of His mercy. May it be a source of inspiration in your ongoing mission to share that mercy with all those you may encounter. Your brother in Christ and mission,
Fr Ivano Burdian MSSP Provincial Superior