Friends,

Three things flow from the resurrection of Jesus Christ; three things that matter. In his resurrection, Jesus recognises us personally; he invites us to peace; and he sends us out.

The very first word Jesus spoke following his resurrection was a name: Mary. He saw his friend, and although she could not yet recognise him, he called her by name.

Similarly, Jesus personally recognised his friends, to whom he appeared. There was something intimate, and tender, and hospitable about the risen Lord. He draws us into his own resurrected life.

The Lord is risen! The central message of our faith is that God loved us so much that He sent His only Son to save us by His life, passion, death and resurrection. It’s all about a God who loves us tremendously, and whose love goes beyond our earthly life forevermore!

There is life beyond the tomb. Are we too focused on the 'tombs' of our lives? Do we keep going back, do we keep mourning and do we keep despising our miseries and misfortunes? Can we not let go of our 'tombs' and rise up, and become better persons? We must believe, and keep on believing, that there is hope for a fresh start, new beginning and new directions.

As part of our commitment to the Safety of Children and Vulnerable people in our parish, it is a requirement of the Archdiocese for all parish clergy and parish staff yearly, and volunteer’s every three years, to complete online training and resigning of the Code of Conduct.

To make this easier for all we are hosting a group training session at the parish on:
When: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Holy Spirit Parish Community Centre
120 Oban Road
Ringwood North
VIC  3134
RSVP: Friday 26th May 2023 to Jacinta Bibby

This session will be run by Brech Burgess, our Eastern Region Co-ordinator

When registering we will require your name, email address and current working with children card number.  If you know of anyone wanting to join a parish ministry please share this invitation to training with them.

If you have any questions, please contact Jacinta Bibby.

We are excited to invite submissions for our inaugural art exhibition themed ‘Soul Inspired'. All art forms are welcome such as painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, pottery, sculpture, woodwork, needlework, to name a few.

The idea for this exhibition was to give artists of all ages and abilities an opportunity to exhibit their work as a means of diversion and healing for our communities after lockdowns, and to celebrate the courage of artists. The courage to take an idea or concept from your mind and to convey that to an actual work is immense, and we need to celebrate that courage.

We offer this exhibition as a celebration of these courageous artists, for your enjoyment, and in the hope that it will inspire our visitors to try the art form they have thought about and never quite had the courage to commit to.

Note:

• submissions are required by Tuesday 30th August.
• you do not have to be a parishioner to make a submission.

Refer Spirit Inspired: An Exhibition Celebrating Life for more details.

Alpha is an opportunity to explore the BIG questions of life in a friendly, open and informal environment.

Alpha is for anyone who’s curious. You don’t have to be Catholic or Christian to attend.

Intrigued? … You're invited to our next Alpha online conducted via Zoom from Sunday July 31st to September 18th (all withing School Term 3).  The programme is an eight week course and will be held each Sunday night 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

The initial session is titled "Is there more to life than this?". Each week consists of an Alpha video and a small group conversation where you can share your thoughts.  If you've not used Zoom before we can help.

There's no cost. What have you got to lose? Find out more and register here: Alpha.

Refer Fr. Kevin Mogg - Funeral page.

THE GREAT ART EXHIBTION 2022 IS HEADING OUR WAY and

YOU ARE TO BE THE CREATORS!

An Art Exhibition to celebrate 50 years of Holy Spirit Parish and our community.

This art exhibition does not pretend to be anything more than a way to “lift” us all. This is a chance for novices to have some fun and for artists to display their talents.

On the occasion of Pentecost, Archbishop Comensoli has written a Pastoral Letter entitled, "Take the Way of the Gospel", which invites the Church in Melbourne into a conversation on how we might come together and discern our common mission for the years ahead.

Parish Pastoral Council: Its role is to advocate this Parish's mission to live and communicate the love and values of Christ throughout our community. The PPC is a group of ordinary people across this Holy Spirit Community that arise together as a passionate and purposeful team that support this Parish’s future direction.

Who can be a member?
Anyone in our Holy Spirit Community can become a member. The PPC must be a diverse team representing many different activities in our Parish, coming together to share ideas.

Please consider nominating a fellow parishioner or even yourself by completeing and submitting the nomination form by 14th December 2020

The attached introduces the Holy Spirit Parish Child Safeguarding Committee 2020. At Holy Spirit Child Safeguarding is a priority for all of us. When we can gather together we will introduce the committee at our parish masses in person.

Thank you to those who have joined the committee and everyone for their commitment to Child Safeguarding.

See the committee here.