Welcome to All Saints Parish
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All Saints Parish, King William Street Fitzroy, Victoria
Parish Priest: Rev. Dr Max Vodola
(03) 9419 4349 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Parish Secretary Office: 174 Brunswick Street Fitzroy
Open Wednesday and Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday Reflection
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
19th June 2016
The cross will be the destiny of Jesus, but not the end. It will be love to the end but not the end of his life among us. We are people always with a future. Alleluia people. Because of Jesus who is alive now. Do we really believe this?
One way is to ask how do you identify with him? What aspects of his life now appeal? What of Jesus makes sense for you?
There is a need to find the real Jesus. Often we hear people say ‘I am spiritual but not religious’. But the big truth of our faith is that God became one of us and took on skin and flesh. He got tired, he got upset, he wept; he laughed…all the things that we do. When we feel at our wits’ end in our lives, the risen Lord is the new beginning. We can feel like that often and in the middle of the darkness is the light. Each of us finds Jesus in our own lights and darkness, as his word reaches to us there.
Lord, in your light, we see light.
Sacraments
Baptisms
Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission…(Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 1213)
The sacrament of Baptism is offered at All Saints Parish every Sunday and the number of candidates being baptised in the one ceremony is a maximum of 5.
It is important to give at least a month's notice for the purpose of preparation. If you are seeking the sacrament of Baptism at All Saints please contact the Parish Office for more details and to begin the process on 9419 4349.
Weddings
The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament.
The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life (Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 1660-1661).
If you are seeking to have your wedding at All Saints Parish please give notice at least 6 months in advance. To lodge an enquiry and make bookings regarding marriages at All Saints Parish please call the Parish Office on 9419 4349 and we will provide you with details and an enquiry form for your completion.
Funerals
All the sacraments, and principally those of Christian initiation, have as their goal the last Passover of the child of God which, through death, leads him into the life of the Kingdom. Then what he confessed in faith and hope will be fulfilled: "I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come."(Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 1680)
Funerals for the recently deceased are available upon request. Please call the Parish Office for more information and to make a booking.
Anointing of the Sick
The Church believes and confesses that among the seven sacraments there is one especially intended to strengthen those who are being tried by illness, the Anointing of the Sick: This sacred anointing of the sick was instituted by Christ our Lord as a true and proper sacrament of the New Testament...
From ancient times in the liturgical traditions of both East and West, we have testimonies to the practice of anointings of the sick with blessed oil. Over the centuries the Anointing of the Sick was conferred more and more exclusively on those at the point of death. Because of this it received the name "Extreme Unction." Notwithstanding this evolution the liturgy has never failed to beg the Lord that the sick person may recover his health if it would be conducive to his salvation.(Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 1511-1512)
If you or a loved one are in need of the anointing due to severe or grave illness, please contact the Parish Office to make a time with Father to visit and administer the sacrament.