Your invitation to join us:

Monday March 11th at 7.30pm

Mona Vale Memorial Hall,

1606 Pitttwater Road, Mona Vale

Shane Phillips CEO Tribal Warrior explains the Tribal Warrior Mentor Program which focuses on simple life skills, teaching & mentoring.

This program is supported by the Augustinian Volunteers.

Friends of St. Augustine will be holding their 5th National Congress from 11th-14th  April this year.

We are delighted to announce that our two keynote speakers are Bishop Eugene Hurley, Bishop of Darwin and Lorraine Testa (asjm).  More information will be found on our promotional poster in the church.

Don't miss this great opportunity to hear the Augustinian message at first hand.

For application forms and further information please contact your local leader.  Sue Mackey 0409 392 662

In conjunction with the Augustinian Lay Congress being held in Brisbane, Friends of St Augustine are holding a raffle to be drawn at the Congress. All proceeds will go to the Augustinian Seminary Brookvale. The prize is a return ticket from one major city of your choice in Australia. The cost of each ticket is $5. Tickets are available from “Friends” at the door of the church this weekend or Sue Mackey 0409 392 662.

WILL YOU BE ATTENDING? IF SO PLEASE REPLY TO ONE OF THE CONTACTS LISTED BELOW

 FRIENDS OF ST. AUGUSTINE previously known as Augustinian Friends, will be holding a Seminar Day at the Parish Centre Manly Vale on Sunday 4^th November. This is an all day event and will commence at 10.30 am and conclude at 4.30 pm. The topic is “BEING THE BODY OF CHRIST FOR THE WORLD TODAY”.

A JOURNEY IN FAITH

WALKING WITH AUGUSTINE

AUGUSTINIAN FRIENDS invite you to join them on Wednesday 29^th August to commemorate the feast of St Augustine and St Monica. We will celebrate Mass in the Parish Centre at 7.30 pm. After Mass we will follow the “Faith Journey” of Br Jepser Bermudez, OSA. Br Jepser will receive the Solemn Profession of Religious Vows on Sunday 26^th August. In the coming year he will prepare for ordination to Deaconate and Priesthood.

Wednesday 27^th June 10 am until 2.30 pm

You are invited to attend a day of prayer and sharing as Augustinian Laity to support the 3^rd International Congress for Augustinian Laity, being held in Rome in July.

Fr Paul Maloney will celebrate Mass at SK and commence the day at 10 am, followed by prayer and reflections. Bring your own lunch, tea and coffee supplied. Contact Sue Mackey 9982 6357 or Margaret Burke 9452 1179.

EVERYONE WELCOME.

Theme: Justice Ministries for Volunteers

Your copy is available this week of the latest Parish J&P Bulletin, featuring the ministry of our own volunteers and that of a group of Catholic volunteers in Vietnam. This Bulletin introduces the exciting new Augustinian Volunteers’ Ministry with Aboriginal young people in Sydney. Augustinians intend to fund this ministry of the Augustinian Volunteers through a central trust fund. If this is a ministry you would like to support, please see details in the Bulletin.

This year again the Augustinians in Australian have sponsored a program for lay volunteers, that began in our own community in North Harbour, with the arrival of a number of young local and interstate participants for a three week intensive experience of studies, training , prayer and reflections organised and lead by our Augustinian Justice and Peace Officer, Mr. Paul Wilson and Fr. Paul Maloney O.S.A.

We pray for the success of the program that all involved may be richly rewarded and we warmly welcome them in our midst.

Who are the Augustinian Volunteers?

Augustinian Volunteers are young (and not so young) adults who commit to work at the margins of society in ministries alongside The Augustinians. Volunteers work at least one day per week for a period of 12 months.

Copies of the latest copy of the Augustinian magazine ‘Amici’ are available at the back of the church.

“BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT WALLS”

The 2011-2012 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is the permanent assembly of the bishops of our nation and the body through which they act together in carrying out the Church’s mission at a national level. Their Social Justice Statement for 2011 is “Building Bridges, Not Walls: Prisons and the Justice System”.

AUGUSTINIAN FRIENDS will visit St. Mary MacKillop’s Museum and Chapel at North Sydney on the 13th of July.

Last October Australians were granted their first Saint in Mother Mary MacKillop. We have all heard so much about her beginnings, her teaching and her life, and she has become part of our life of prayer too.

On the 13th July, AUGUSTINIAN FRIENDS will visit the Museum and Chapel of St. Mary MacKillop at North Sydney. The tour of the Museum will commence at 10am with lunch served at 11.30 to be followed by Mass at 1pm in the Chapel.

The cost of the day is $20.00.

We are very happy for anyone interested to come along and join our fellow Augustinian Friends on this occasion. Please join us and call Sue Mackey on 9982 6357 or 0409 392 662 to make a booking.

Augustinian Friends invites you to come and hear Fr. Tony Banks speak to Friends of North Harbour on St. Augustine and where he is in Vietnam and Asia Pacific today.

This will be held on Thursday 31 March in the Parish Centre, Manly Vale. Mass will be celebrated at 7.30pm.

Supper provided.

Please contact: Sue Mackey 9982 6357 or Marg Burke 9452 1179.

Augustinian Friends is an association for people in Australia who seek participation in spirituality and in particular Augustinian spirituality with a desire to formalise their connection with the Augustinian world family.

In our busy world many people feel disconnected from their community and from each other. St Augustine of Hippo promoted personal and communal spirituality. He asks us to be attentive to our hearts where God dwells and to our community; by being of service to each other so as to contribute to the creation of a better society.

Augustine's spirituality has been a great medicine for people since the 4th Century and we believe it is still relevant to the needs of today. It is because of his spirituality and in response to our modern needs that Augustinian Friends was formed.

Who Was St Augustine?

Augustinian spirituality reflects the life story of Augustine and his experience of conversion. As a young man Augustine was restless and without direction. He pursued a long and painful search for truth that he hoped would provide him with rest. In his conversion at the age of thirty-three he felt his innermost heart lovingly spoken to by the Word of God. It was then he wrote 'our hearts are restless until they rest in you'.

What do Augustinian Friends do?

Augustinian Friends - Seeking God Together receive Amici a quarterly Newsletter and a Prayer Resource Guide.

Gatherings, as a community, are based on friendship, hospitality and prayer with discussions of Saint Augustine's writings and celebrations of Augustinian Feast Days.

Other opportunities include adult faith formation, local, national and international gatherings and community/charity work.

If you are interested and would like to find out more about Augustinian Friends please contact Sue Mackey on 9982-6357 or 0409 392 662 or e-mail the chaplain, Fr Paul Maloney O.S.A. - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .