EARTH POWER CONCERT

LET'S HAVE FUN TONIGHT!

CALLING ALL INTERESTED AND COOL PEOPLE IN MELBOURNE! THIS IS OUR LAST CALL TO REMIND YOU OF OUR CONCERT TONIGHT. DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE GATE AT $10.

SHARE YOUR FRIDAY NIGHT FUN WITH THE GREEN WORLD YOUTH DAY ORGANISERS BY SUPPORTING THEIR FUNDRAISER.

VENUE: HOLY EUCHARIST PARISH HALL, 1 A OLEANDER DRIVE, ST ALBANS

SEE YOU THERE!

THE EVENT IS CARBON NEUTRALISED BY AN ANGEL.
THANKS MARIA!

Green WYD backs earth hour

The Holy Eucharist, the host for the Green World Youth Day Program joins Earth Hour tomorrow at 8-9PM. YPD Australia also enlisted as part of the campaign.

We enjoin everybody to switch off their lights for an hour tomorrow.

Green WYD- a dream made possible

January 26, 2008, St. Albans. The Holy Eucharist Green World Youth Day Team came together to share dreams and plans for the World Youth Day program in July this year. Bro. Gerard Brady, a Christian Brother patiently accompanied the group in their day of reflection and planning.

Sr. Catherine Tay, a Chaplain of Victoria University generously welcomed the group to her community house. She told everyone to have a good time and help themselves to the food she prepared.

Most of those who came expressed the need to reflect and meditate upon the spiritual impact of the preparations. They also acknowledged the importance of offering a space for young people to take a closer look on the environment during the World Youth Day. With enthusiasm, they promised to do their best to make the stay of the Green World Youth Day participants possible.

The youngest of the groups urged everyone to become more pro-active in inviting parishioners to join the activity or to host young people to their houses.

After the day, everyone left with more work to do. They were quite tired but happy looking forward to what they will do.

Green World Youth Day Office Opens

No less than Bp. Christopher Prowse, the Bishop in-charge of the World Youth Day for Melbourne Archdiocese and its Western Regional Bishop blessed the Green World Youth Day Office.

Bp. Chris delightedly spoke with the local World Youth Day Team and personally blessed them in order to have a meaningful journey in the World Youth Day Preparations. The Parish Team had a good interaction with the Bishop and he encouraged them to sustain the energy and the good work.

YPD Volunteers arrive in Melbourne

Kins from the Philippines and Amrit from England arrived in Melbourne last October and November 2007 respectively to volunteer for the YPD (Young People for Development) Training Session in July 2008. The two YPD members will be in Australia for a year to help prepare for the said program dubbed as Green World Youth Day. They were warmly welcomed by Stefan Gigacz-YPD Australia and Fr. Peter Carrucan of the Holy Eucharist Parish.The Green World Youth Day Program will be held in St. Albans, a Western part of Melbourne. It will be officially co-sponsored by the Holy Eucharist Parish of St. Albans, a Catholic Church. Holy Eucharist commits the year 2008 for the youth and the greening of its church.

Holy Eucharist Launches Green Advent

"To renew the face of the earth..." is a reason Fr. Peter Carrucan, Parish Priest of the Holy Eucharist Parish in St. Albans envisioned to launch the Green Advent Program. He further explained that Advent is a time to 'vigilantly wait' and hope for new things to come. It is why, he exhorted his parishioners to make use of Advent as a time to know more and do something for the earth.The Green Advent is an introduction of the Greening of the Holy Eucharist Parish. The greening program enables a group of earth keepers to take up the project and to neutralize the carbon emission physically emitted by the Holy Eucharist Parish. It will eventually encourage parishioners to embrace eco-ethical living.On the first week of Advent, the film An Inconvenient Truth was shown. On the second Sunday, people were encouraged to Walk to Church. Those that took their cars along were asked to donate a dollar for the Green World Youth Day Program. The third week of Advent will focus on Planting. Native Grasses, flowers and trees. Families are encouraged to plant in their homes as a sign of thanksgiving for 2007. The last Sunday of Advent is a Greening Solidarity Day. People can share household greening practices through exhibits and/or handing out of leaflets.The Green Advent project is organized by the earthkeepers of the Holy Eucharist Parish.