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MSC Melbourne Community, moving to year’s end

The community gathered last Friday for the last meeting for 2024.  Most of us will be gathering for the special Blessed and Gifted retreat next month at the Community of the Holy Name Spirituality Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham (a community of Anglican Sisters).

Hoa has started a pastoral placement at Monivae, Trieu in Box Hill parish.

Four birthdays to be celebrated, Bartha, PP of Moonah who was not with us, Daniel and Long. They shared the birthday cake with our confrere who is with us at Cuskelly House for these months, Chris McPhee. And blowing out the candles.

Photos by Hoa,

MSC Victoria/Tasmania 2024 opening gathering.

The Community has 18 members, 16 in Melbourne, 1 in Hamilton, 1 in Hobart.

A reminder of who’s who!

Blackburn: Dominic Gleeson, new Community Leader; Khoi Nguyen, Novice Master; Mark Hanns, Student Director, Alo Lamere, PP St Thomas parish; professed students: Trieu Nguen, Daniel Magadia, Hoa Quoc Tran, Vincent Phong Phan; novices (from March 15^th, Van Long Tran, Nang Dinh Vu.

Kew: Paul Castley, Peter Malone, Philip Malone

Northcote, Little Sisters of the Poor, Michael Sims

St Thomas, Community Retirement Village, Forest Hill, Brian Gallagher

Mont Albert: Frank Andersen

Hamilton, resident at Monivae, Ted McCormack (absent)

Moonah, parish priest, Parthalomai Panlyadimai (Bartha) (absent)

Peter Curry moved last week to St Mary's Towers after 23 years

The community gathered at Cuskelly House on March 1^st, time for prayer and reflection, a renewal of vows to begin 2024 (with Krish Mathavan visiting for sessions at Heart of Life),

our meal, and the students going to the opening Mass for the year

at YTU,

The Yarra Theological Union.

At YTU,  Hoa, Daniel, Vincent, Geralyn (Gigi) Anderson, Blackburn parishioner, Communications manager, Heart of Life Centre.  (Absent, Trieu, sick)

Thanks to Hoa for photos.

Two weeks to the Referendum, the Kew Community, MSC Melbourne Community

At the poster at our letter box: the young and the old, Daniel Magadia, Paul Castley, Philip Malone, Vincent Pham, Peter Curry, Peter Malone. Hoa behind the camera.  Supporting Yes.

And, on the occasion of Paul Castley’s 88^th birthday, the over 80s support Yes: Michael Sims, Brian Gallagher, Paul Castley, Peter Malone, Philip Malone.

And a concession to the younger, with Mark Hanns. And Daniel behind the camera.  

Remembering our Chapter voted in Support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.