Mission News
Mr Luke McMahon
The Chaplain’s Corner
Reflection 19 November: Friday, Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time.
The First Book of Maccabees recounts the rededication of the Temple after Judas Maccabeus recaptured it from the king who had desecrated it. The celebration of the rededication went on for eight days during which the oil lamps continued to burn miraculously. This is the historic origin of the feast of Hanukah, the Feast of Lights. It is a celebration of reconsecration.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus is cleansing the Temple. It had become highly commercialised with people exchanging various foreign currencies for the temple shekel, all for a fee. It is like Bingo of years ago dominating parish life.
Jesus also says that the temple was turned into a den of thieves. The people of His time had used the temple, the sacred symbol of all Judaism was called to be, as a den or hideout from God’s wrath.
God sees not only how we pray but how we live. It is possible for a person to say many prayers but live a life of disobedience. The worst case occurs when someone doesn’t even realise it. There develops a huge gulf between one’s devotional life and daily life. Even though people may disconnect the two, God doesn’t.
Every year, Advent can be a time for our reconsecration, for our cleansing the Temple of our spiritual life and daily life. We all need a periodic cleansing. The greatest church, left untended, will have cobwebs, dusty pews, roof leaks, broken windows, dirty walls, cracked tiles, worn rugs and warped doors. If these things can happen to a building, consider what can happen to our soul, our spiritual life, if left untended.
A church needs constant maintenance to prevent deterioration. Our prayer life needs constant maintenance as well. Advent is a good time to develop a plan for cleansing, reconsecration and rededication.
Mary, our Good Mother, pray for us.
St. Marcellin Champagnat, pray for us.
St. Mary of the Cross, pray for us.
And may we always remember to pray for one another.
MATES Awards and Game Changers Certificates
Awards presented at Assembly on Wednesday 10 November.
Bronze MATES Award 20+ hours
Silver 40+ hours
Gold 60+ hours
Gold Plus 80+ hours
Gold Marist 100+ hours
| NAME | YEAR | MATES Award | Game Changer |
| Llewie Carrigan | 7 | Bronze |
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| Joshua Gannon | 7 |
| Game Changers |
| Francis Heenan | 7 |
| Game Changers |
| Ruben Smythe | 7 |
| Game Changers |
| Daniel Wuol | 7 |
| Game Changers |
| Ted Canning | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| Nick de Araujo | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| Remi de Nino | 8 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Hudson Engstrom | 8 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Michael Foxon | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| Owen Hair | 8 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Jacob Henselien | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| George Kettle | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| Hamish Locke | 8 | Silver |
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| Harrison Lunn | 8 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Benjamin Mead | 8 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Conor Morahan | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| Ciaran O'Sullivan | 8 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| William Spencer | 8 |
| Game Changers |
| Maximillian Bathersby | 9 | Bronze |
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| Ashley Kani | 9 | Bronze |
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| Jack Lowe | 9 | Gold Plus |
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| Archie Bathe | 10 | Silver | Game Changers |
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| Darcy Carroll | 10 | Bronze |
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| Ryan Cooper | 10 |
| Game Changers |
| Zeke Esler | 10 | Bronze |
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| Michael Garske | 10 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Olly Gordon | 10 | Gold |
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| Matthew O'Keeffe | 10 | Gold |
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| Archie Ryan | 10 | Bronze |
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| Sam Waters | 10 |
| Game Changers |
| Sam Allpass | 11 | Gold | Game Changers |
| Fletcher Artho | 11 | Gold |
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| Angus Bathe | 11 | Gold Marist |
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| Wil Canning | 11 | Gold | Game Changers |
| Jack Christensen | 11 |
| Game Changers |
| Douglas Cowlishaw | 11 | Bronze |
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| Andrew Crook | 11 | Bronze |
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| Jack Cuddihy | 11 | Bronze |
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| Thomas Dempsey | 11 | Silver | Game Changers |
| Lachlan Ford | 11 | Bronze |
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| Spencer Hollett | 11 | Bronze |
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| Liam Maccormick | 11 | Bronze |
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| Patrick Mahony | 11 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Harry Masel | 11 | Silver | Game Changers |
| Jett McDonald | 11 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Finn McDougall | 11 | Silver | Game Changers |
| Samuel Mead | 11 | Gold Plus | Game Changers |
| Baxter Melrose | 11 |
| Game Changers |
| Sam Miller | 11 | Bronze |
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| Jack Morrison | 11 | Bronze |
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| Luke Nisbett | 11 | Silver |
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| Aidan O'Connell | 11 | Bronze |
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| Sam Patterson | 11 | Bronze |
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| Joshua Pegg | 11 | Silver |
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| Louis Rainbird | 11 | Silver |
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| Thomas Reed | 11 | Bronze | Game Changers |
| Tomas Ruiz | 11 | Gold Plus |
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| Sam Schmidhauser | 11 | Bronze |
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| Spencer Sharman | 11 | Gold Plus | Game Changers |
| Patrick Tierney | 11 | Silver |
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| Ethen Tsiamalili | 11 | Silver | Game Changers |
| Ben Warren | 11 | Bronze |
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| Luka Wilde | 11 | Gold | Game Changers |
Prayers
We pray for all in our community who are sick or suffering.
- Julie Ward (staff member)
- Megan Wandell’s mother (staff member)
We pray for those called home to heaven, especially
- Corey Lucas (staff member) Grandmother
We pray with joy on the safe arrival of Alison Braidwood’s daughter
May our loving God, with Mary and Champagnat, walk with all members of the Marist family. Amen