“Open new horizons for spreading Joy”.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF ST PAUL
CALENDAR 2018
MSSP International Addresses MALTA 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 MSSP Oratory St Julian's Street Birkirkara BKR 2806 Tel: (0011 356) 21 44 1 917 Website: oratorjumssp.org Email: ortory@mssp.org,mt CAM - Mission Animation Centre 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 Paul’s Missionary College 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 Mons G De Piro Street Zebbug Gozo ZBB 1042 Tel: (0011 356)21 551 159 email: darstellamaris@mssp.org.mt
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
Parroquia Beata Teresa de Calcuta Parroquia Santa Catalina Casilla 858 Arequipa Tel: (0011 51) 54 45 7948 email: santacatalina@paulistmissionaries.org Parroquia San Pedro Aplao Arequipa Tel: (0011 51)54 47 1028 email: aplao@paulistmissionaries.org Aldea Sagrada Familia (Av. Ramon Castilla 1408, Alto Cayma) Casilla 1028 Arequipa. Tel: (0011 51)54 45 8755
CANADA
PHILIPPINES MSSP House 9C,13th Street, 1112 New Manila, Quezon City Tel/Fax: (0011 63)2 819 9071 email: msspmanila@paulistmissionaries.org
St Paul the Apostle Parish 3224, Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario, M6P,2A3 Tel: (0011 1)416 767 7054 Fax: (0011 1)416 604 4502 email: toronto@paulistmissionaries.org
PAKISTAN
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
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
St Catherine of Alexandria Parish Purok Bisig Brgy. Pagalanggang Dinalupihan 2110 Bataan Tel: (001163)9165 526 846 email: msspbataan@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
PERU Centro de Formacion Jose De Piro (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 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 Parroquia Santa Cruz La Tomilla Casilla 1290, Arequipa Tel: (0011 51)54 57 141 Fax: (0011 51)54 57 826 email: latomilla@paulistmissionaries.org Parroquia San Pablo Apostol 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
CUBA Parroquia Nuestra Senora de Carmen MSSP Community Juan Bruno Zayas, 198 Manicaragua, Vila Clara Cuba
JANUARY 2018 “When God touches the heart of a young man or woman, they become capable of doing tremendous things” (Pope Francis)
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MARY, MOTHER OF GOD Octave of Christmas
7 The Epiphany
8 The Baptism of the Lord
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2 Sts Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen
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25 The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle Patron of our Society
13 St Hilary
1981: The MSSP mission in Pakistan begins
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1959-1992: The 1st MSSP mission in Canada
1999: The MSSP mission in the Phillippines begins
St Frances de Sales
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St Anthony
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Holy Name of Jesus
Beginning of Ordinary Time
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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20 St Fabian, St Sebastian
26 AUSTRALIA DAY
27 Sts Timothy and Titus, St Angela Merici
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St John Bosco
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FEBRUARY 2018 Going on Mission 15 … “I was thinking I was going to save the world…when we visited the Missionaries of Charity … I felt an unexplained joy amongst the abandoned and forgotten people … It was here that I realised I was not called to save but to serve.” (Mission 15 reflection by Asalemo)
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2 The Presentation of the Lord
4 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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10 St Scholastica
15 1999: The 2nd MSSP mission begins in Toronto, Canada
16 2017: The MSSP mission in Cuba begins
22 The Chair of St Peter The Apostle
St Peter Damian
1st Sunday of Lent
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14 Ash Wednesday Day of Fast and Abstinence
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St Blaise, St Ansgar
St Jerome Emiliani St Josephine Bakhita
St Paul Miki & Companions
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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17 The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
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St Polycarp
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2nd Sunday of Lent
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MARCH 2018
My experience in working with the MSSP in both Manila and Bataan was one filled with unity, love and support. Even though we were all coming from different parts of the world, there was no division or segregation among us. Everyone wanted to get to know us and our story. ….If I needed to share the pain and tears, they were there. Never once judging me or telling me how to feel and react. The spiritual guidance that they shared with us will not be forgotten. (Mission 13 reflection by Sheryn)
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7 Sts Perpetua & Felicity
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ST John of God
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St Frances of Rome
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4th Sunday in Lent
St Patrick
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St Joseph 5th Sunday in Lent
25 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Monday of Holy Week
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St Turibus of Mogrovejo
Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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27 Tuesday of Holy Week
28 Wednesday of Holy Week
29 Holy Thursday
30 Good Friday Day of Fast and Abstinence
31 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil
APRIL 2018 “..young people, the Church needs your energies, your enthusiasm, your youthful ideas in order to make the Gospel of Life penetrate the fabric of society, transforming people's hearts…” (Pope John Paul II)
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1 Easter Sunday
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2nd Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday
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2009: The MSSP International Formation House opens in Manila
5th Sunday of Easter
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14 1948: Fr Michael Callus the first MSSP to become Superior General
St Martin I
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7 Easter Saturday
Easter Friday
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St Bernadette
21 St Anselm
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24 St Fidelis of Sigmaringen
4th Sunday of Easter
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Easter Thursday
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St Stanislaus
15 3rd Sunday of Easter
4 Easter Wednesday
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25 ANZAC DAY
26 St Mark Evangelist
27 St Louis Grignion de Montfort Notes:
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MAY 2018 “One of my favourite highlights was watching the team grow stronger. Every day we would come out of our shells more and more. As a team our faith has grown stronger, bringing us all closer to God. It was good to turn to the person next to you and comfortably talk about God.” (Mission 17 reflection by Christopher)
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St Joseph The Worker
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13 The Ascension of the Lord
20 Pentecost Sunday
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12 Sts Nereus & Achilleus, St Pancras
St George Preca
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St John I
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St Matthias, Apostle
Ordinary Time resumes
FRIDAY
St Philip & James, Apostles
St Athanasius
1898: Joseph De Piro aged 21 decides to study for the priesthood
6th Sunday of Easter
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Our Lady, Help of Christians, Patron of Australia
St Rita Of Cascia
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St Bede the Venerable
St Phillip Neri
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The Most Holy Trinity
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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JUNE 2018 “To see and experience all this (the confronting and hopeful) helped me to discover my purpose in life and that is to be a person who serves others, especially the “poorest of poor.” God has provided me with abundant blessings and I hope that I will be able to share these with others who need it the most. This is what I plan to do from now on!” (Mission 15 reflection by Taryn)
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Body and Blood of Christ
10 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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St Boniface
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8 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
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9 Immaculate Heart of Mary
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St Anthony of Padua
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1927-1975: Br Joseph Caruana MSSP in mission in Ethiopia St Aloysius Gonzaga
St Romuald
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St Norbert
St Barnabas, Apostle
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Sts Marcellinus & Peter
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Sts John Fisher & Thomas more
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1910: Foundation of the Missionary Society of St Paul The Birth of St John the Baptist
St Cyril of Alexandria
St Irenaeus
Sts Peter & Paul, Apostles
The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
JULY 2018 “Our mission was not long enough to change the world, but it was long enough to form a special bond with the people we worked with – fellow missionaries and locals alike. No amount of money will help the orphan child I spent a morning playing with, but a loving parent will. I did not build a hospital for the youth that we worked with, but I learnt more than I ever could have imagined by journeying with them.” (Mission 13 reflection by Tristan)
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3 St Thomas, Apostle
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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4 St Elizabeth of Portugal
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St Anthony Zaccaria
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24 St Sharbel Makhluf
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25 St James Apostle
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Sts Joachim & Anne
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21 St Lawrence of Brindisi
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF ST. PAUL 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
14 St Camillus de Lellis
St Apollinaris
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Bl Peter To Rot
St Henry
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St Maria Goretti
St Benedict
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AUGUST 2018 “Like the young Mary, you can allow your life to become a means for making the world a better place. Jesus is calling you to leave your mark in life, your mark on history, both your own and that of so many others.” (Pope Francis)
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St Alphonsus Liguori
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St John Mary Vianney
St Dominic
St Peter Faber
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1968: The MSSP mission in Peru begins
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Transfiguration of the Lord
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
20 St Bernard
26 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
14 St Maximilian Mary Kolbe
19 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St Sixtus ll & Companions, St Cajetan
21 St Pius X
27 St Monica
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patroness of our Society Holy Day
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29 The Beheading of St John the Baptist
St Lawrence
St Clare
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St Stephen Of Hungary
22 The Queenship of Mary
28 St Augustine
St Mary of the Cross, Virgin (Mary Mackillop)
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St Bartholomew, Apostle
St Rose Of Lima
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St Louis, St Joseph Calasanz Notes:
SEPTEMBER 2018 “It is of great merit and dear to the heart of Christ for the youth to have a Fatherly hand to guide and nurture their faith and moral life on their life's journey….for this reason the MSSP will embrace this important ministry in the Lord's vineyard.” (Joseph De Piro, cf. Original MSSP Rule 1924)
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The Servant of God Joseph De Piro
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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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12 Holy Name of Mary
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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1933: Death of Joseph De Piro Founder of the MSSP
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8 The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Gregory the Great
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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St John Chrysostom
20 St Andrew Kim Tae-Gon and Companions
St Januarius
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26 Sts Cosmas & Damian
27 St Vincent De Paul
14 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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15 Our Lady of Sorrows
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St Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist
28 St Laurence Rulz & Companions
29 Sts Michael, Gabriel & Raphael Archangels
OCTOBER 2018 “While the people we met may not have owned much in terms of possessions, their wealth in faith and joy in the face of their struggles, made them truly rich. Through the expression of their faith, in spite of their poverty, I have been blessed with a deeper faith, a clearer understanding and greater appreciation of what is truly important in my life.”(Mission 15 reflection by Justin)
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St Therese of the Child Jesus
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St John XXIII
17 St Ignatius of Antioch
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Sts John Brebeuf & Isaac Jogues & Companions St Paul of the Cross
St Luke, Evangelist
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St Anthony Claret
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St Francis of Assisi
St John of Capistrano
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Sts Denis & Companions, St John Leonardi
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mission Sunday
2 The Guardian Angels
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
WEDNESDAY
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NOVEMBER 2018 “The Mission 17 trip opened my eyes to the constant struggle to survive for those living in impoverished conditions. However, I learnt that it is during these struggles that God is most prominent. I learnt that God is present especially in the most bleak of situations – that He is able to bring people together for a common cause. There is hope where we search for it and God is always present in hope.” (Mission 17 reflection by Diana)
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1877: Birth of Joseph De Piro Founder of the MSSP All Souls
All Saints
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Christ the King
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St Josaphat
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
St Martin de Porres
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16 St Margaret Of Scotland St Gertrude
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17 St Elizabeth of Hungary
23 St Columban, St Clement
St Cecilia
St Leo the Great
30 St Andrew, Apostle
24 St Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions Notes:
DECEMBER 2018 “Young people are the hope of mission. The person of Jesus Christ and the Good News he proclaimed continues to attract many young people. They seek ways to put themselves with courage and enthusiasm at the service of humanity” (Pope Frances, Mission Sunday 2017)
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St Nicholas
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St Damasus I
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14 St John of the Cross
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8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St Ambrose
3rd Sunday of Advent
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St John Damascene
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2nd Sunday of Advent
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St Sylvester I
St Francis Xavier
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St Peter Canisius
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25 Christmas Day HolyCanisius Day St Peter
26 St Stephen, The First Martyr
27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist
The Holy Innocents
St Thomas Becket
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 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 – 5.00pm St Francis of Assisi, Mill Park – 3rd Saturday – 4.00pm St Thomas More, Hadfield – 4th Saturday – 6.00pm
MSSP MALTESE CHAPLAINCY St Francis Chapel 175 Walters Road, Blacktown NSW 2148 PO Box 704, Blacktown NSW 2148 Tel: (02) 9622 5850
ST BERNADETTE’S PARISH 59B Westmoreland Road, North Sunshine VIC 3020 Tel: (03) 9311 2977 Fax: (03) 9311 7146 web: http://www.stbernns.org.au/ email: stbernns@stbernns.org.au MASS TIMES: Weekday: Monday to Friday: 9.15am
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.
ST PAUL’S MISSIONARY RETREAT CENTRE JOSEPH DE PIRO HOUSE
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: Wednesday: 6.00pm (Rosary / Mass) Saturday: 4.45pm, 6.15pm (Maltese) St Dominic's Hostel: Sunday 9.00am (English)
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ST JAMES THE APOSTLE PARISH
(A Joint Responsibilty with Focolare Movement) Norton's Lane, Wantirna South VIC 3152 Tel: (03) 9801 1763 Fax: (03) 9801 1802 email: saintpaul.rc@bigpond.com
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. 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, witness of faith and financial support. This partnership in mission, here in Australia and beyond, gives us strength and encouragement in our own witness. August 2018 will mark 70 years of our MSSP presence in Australia, working in union with the mission of the local Church. On 3 December 2017, the First Sunday of Advent, the Church in Australia will launch a Year of Youth with the theme “Open new horizons for spreading Joy: Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment.� This will lead up to the Synod of Bishops on Youth to be held in Rome in October 2018. We will be celebrating and reflecting on the significance of ministry to youth and the important part youth have, within the mission of the Church, in making known the joy of the Good News in both word and witness. This was close to our Founder's heart. Joseph De Piro understood the importance not only of nourishing and witnessing to our youth, but also to invite and encourage them in embracing their missionary vocation, which we all share in and through our baptism. Thus throughout the 70 years we have been in mission in Australia, an essential part of our ministry has been to walk with and nourish our youth, be it in our Parishes, Maltese Chaplaincy or the many Youth and Christian leadership groups we have been part of. One recent particular endeavour was the Mission immersion experience with our missionaries in the Philippines, in 2013, 2015 and in 2017. Through these profound experiences, young adults have had the opportunity to enter into their own vulnerability through the experience of the vulnerability of the poor and marginalized in Metro Manila and our Parish in Bataan Province, and so to discover God in their midst. Quite a few of the participants, after returning to Australia, have joined the Young Paulist group based at St James Parish. Here, they continue to grow in awareness of their mission through reflection and action in the local community. Mission 17
It is in this spirit that I present our 2018 MSSP Calendar to you. With this in mind and to assist you on your journey and mission, the monthly quote is both from our recent popes who call the young to embrace their mission as well as a selection of reflections from some of the young people who have been on the Mission immersion experiences. 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. Apart from the Mission-17 group going to the Philippines, accompanied by Fr Jude and Taryn (Young Paulist core leader), in February our Superior General Fr Mark Grima MSSP arrived for his
canonical visit of the members and our mission in Australia. He joined us in March as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of missionary priesthood of Frs Denis Carabott and Tarcisio Micallef. In late May, Fr Mark together with the General Council and the leaders of our Missions in Malta, Philippines, Pakistan, Peru and myself for a leaders' meeting at SPMC in Wantirna South, as part of our preparation for the General Chapter meeting to be held in Peru in mid-2018. In May Brs Alex and Giovann were ordained deacons in Philippines and soon after came to Sydney and Melbourne for two months of experience in our parishes and to meet our community. They returned to Philippines to finish their studies and will be ordained in Malta in May 2018. In June, after many years in mission in Australia, Fr Emmanuel Adami left our community to continue his mission with our community in Malta. He will be missed by many. Also after many years of ministry in Australia, Fr Claude Borg died on June 17th at the age of 91. He was in his 72nd year of Paulist Missionary life and 65th year of priesthood. In all those years he has served in Malta, Melbourne and Sydney. We wish to thank all those who cared for Fr Claude over the years. He will be Fr Emmanuel fondly remembered as an energetic, jovial and caring pastor by all who knew him and whose lives were touched by him. Fr Claude
February was a special month overseas. In the Philippines our 6 novices made their first profession. Our mission in Cuba was officially opened and, in Malta, Fr Alfred Cachia, who had been a part of our mission in Australia for many years, passed away. 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 Joy of our Lord's presence.