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welcome FROM FATHER PATRICK toohey - parish priest
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e know you are most welcome as a visitor to our website. I trust you find what you are looking for. We all seek meaning in our lives. For the parishioners of Embleton, Jesus and his message of loving God and loving others gives all of us that meaning. I hope this website inspires you to come to visit us to be on site to meet parishioners of the parish and myself for a chat and a hello. And to get involved in our new Mission. If you have any questions, then please sent us an email and I will get back to you in reply.
May the Lord bless you and keep you and love you forever. Warm regards. Fr. Patrick
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new Parish Mission
Love God, Love Others & Make Disciples
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an ecclesial renewal which cannot be deferred
27. I dream of a “missionary option”, that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channelled for the e
Evangellii Gaudium (2013) Pope Francis
vangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation. The renewal of structures demanded by pastoral conversion can only be understood in this light: as part of an effort to make them more mission-oriented, to make ordinary pastoral activity on every level more inclusive and open, to inspire in pastoral workers a constant desire to go forth and in this way to elicit a positive response from all those whom Jesus summons to friendship with himself. As John Paul II once said to the Bishops of Oceania: “All renewal in the Church must have mission as its goal if it is not to fall prey to a kind of ecclesial introversion”.
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NEW EVANGELIsING TEAM - "NET"
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Our new Parish Mission Statement is:
Love God, Love Others, Make disciples.
This combines the "Greatest Commandment" Mark 12:28-34 & the "Great Commission" Matthew 28:20 given by Jesus to his disciples, and everyone of us.
Join us
So our Mission has been given directly to us by Jesus. We are asking all parishioners to join us on this Missionary & Evangelizing journey, by action and prayer.
Today only 10% of Australian Catholics attend the weekly Mass. In 20 years 5% will attend.
The National Centre for Pastoral Research Report on the 2016 Catholic Census concluded, re Mass attendance:
"the moment is more critical and urgent than ever before in Australia’s history....... it would appear that an extraordinary event or events would need to occur before we witness a reversal–or even a plateau –of the declining attendance trends." That was 6 years ago. It's much worse now.
Jesus tell us what the "extraordinary event" needed is. He says we have to:"MAKE DISCIPLES"
How do we do that? Simple. We have to make our parish and ourselves "Missionary & Evangelising". That is the number one theme of the Plenary Council. And the last 4 Popes have called for a "New Evangelisation".
Everything we do in our parish should be focussed on this mission.
To begin we are calling for people to join our New Evangelising Team (NET).
Join our NET by clicking this image:
Become a "Fisher of Men" - Mark 1:16-18
And pray for our new Mission.
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giving
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TO "MAKE DISCIPLES" EVERY PARISHIONER NEEDS TO SUPPORT OUR PARISH
Every parishioner needs to make a sacrifice. Some churches ask members to Tithe ie give 10% of family income.
Most of the families at Holy Trinity give less than 1%. Some give nothing.
Please consider giving at least 2.5% or more ie 1/40th. eg if family income is $50,000, give $1250/year = $25/week, $110/month.Holy Trinity need funds to answer Jesus's call to be "Fishers of Men". Jesus asked the rich young man to give everything. 1/40th is not much of a sacrifice. Sacrificial Giving means an actual sacrifice.
We are asking every parishioner and family to pledge to give at least 1/40th from now on. We understand if some cannot. For most families it means at
4-5 times as much as they are giving now. For some, much more. We are blessed with the gift of Faith handed down to us by Jesus, the Apostles and Saints, many of whom gave everything, including their lives. Jesus tells the parable of the servant to whom the Master entrusted 1 talent, and he buried it in the gound and gave it back when the Master returned.
Our Australian Church isn't even giving back to Jesus the faith we have received. We are losing baptised Catholics every day. Jesus says the Master was very angry with his servant who lost nothing but made nothing.
Let's use our "Talents" and give, to: MAKE DISCIPLES
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donor box - our new online giving platform
Holy Trinity is now offering parishioners the ease and certainty of giving using the World's best online giving platform, Donor Box. Advantages are:
- You don't have to use envelopes
- Cash and cheques no longer are needed
- You can make xtra donations, and also edit your regular giving with ease
- It saves time counting and allocating donations
- Pay by credit or debit card
- You can see a history of all your giving
- You can pay by credit or debit card
- Donorbox is used by Word on Fire - the online Faith Resource led by Bishop Robert Barron, the most followed Catholic in the World, after Pope Francis
- It is also used by Parousia Media, Australia's biggest Catholic online faith resource company
- Use our QR code for easy payment or use the donation form
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Formed - new faith resource for all parishioners
Holy Trinity now has access to "Formed", provided by the Augustine Institute USA. Formed has thousands of Faith Programs, Catholic movies, children's programs, Bible studies, documentaries, audio dramas, online books & more.
All are available free of charge to parishioners & your families. Click the image below to Sign Up or for more details.
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WE NEED YOUR HELP
We need volunteers for setting up the weekly schedule on the computer, data entry, photography of the church and parishioners,maintaining our new website, preparing rosters, liturgy coordination, reading the Lenten program, editing the bulletins, organizing Saturday evening tea. Please contact Fr Patrick if you are able to help.
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New Database - to communicate with you better
Holy Trinity has had no usable database to manage parish records, parishioner contact details, giving, communication. We now have the World's best Catholic Database. Flocknote. Made by Catholics for Catholic parishes. Used by over 10,000 parishes world wide. Use this link to add your contact details so we can keep you up to date with everything happening as we work together to do Jesus's " Great Commission" - MAKE DISCIPLES.
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