Eucharist, the Bread of Life
Divine Mercy talk, 6th August

All are invited to the next talk about the Divine Mercy spirituality by a Dominican Priest, Fr Kevin Toomey on 1st Friday, 6th August commencing with the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St Dominic’s Church at 10.50 am. Divine Mercy prayers, consecration prayers, prayer for healing, and the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be said for the healing and the needs of families, young people, children, the Church, all Clergy, Australia, and the world.

Sister Faustina wrote: "It is enough for me to know that I am loved and that I love. Pure love enables me to know God and understand many mysteries" (St Faustina’s Diary, 293).

We meet regularly on other Fridays after the restrictions are lifted from 11 am to 11.50am for Divine Mercy prayers including the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy and Rosary to intercede for matters that are crucial for our families, the young people, for Australia, the world and the Church.

New members are welcome.

Enquiries: Sr Mary Kim 0470 450 098 or Eva 0412 035 685.

INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
COMING TO ST DOMINIC’S


An exhibition of work by a Korean-born artist and Dominican priest, Fr Kim En Joong, O.P., is travelling Australia, and will be on display in St Dominic’s on Sat 25 and Sun 26 September, as part of our celebration of the 800th anniversary of our patron’s death.

Fr Kim was born in Korea in 1940, during the Japanese occupation.  During the Korean War he served in the South Korean military; at war’s end, he began teaching art in the minor seminary on Seoul, and so discovered the Faith.  He was baptised in 1967, went to Switzerland to study, and joined the Dominicans.  He was ordained priest in 1974.

Fr Kim’s passion is for light and colour.  He paints in the abstract style but regards his paintings as inherently religious.

“The act of painting itself,” he writes, “is like a prayer, another way of connecting to God and of expressing the God I see around me everywhere. Art is an act of adoration, a submission to beauty and an act of love.”
“As a form of art, as painting, it is re-creation of nature, and is an act of representing reality in colour. I never give a name to any of my work.”Fr Kim sometimes paints on canvas but loves especially to work with glass. Glass, he says, “brings colour to light: it brings in light and it shines light out of the void of darkness and of nothingness… It allows all to participate in the divine unfolding mystery…”

One of Fr Kim’s works adorns this page.  Don’t miss the exhibition in September!

  –  Fr Peter & Fr Martin
Contact us:
816 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell, 3124
Tel: (03) 9912 6870
Email:  secretary@stdominics.org.au

Parish Priest: Fr Peter Toan Nguyen, OP
Assistant Priest: Fr Martin Wallace OP
Pastoral Associate: Damiana Alvares
Secretary: Anne Callahan
Business Manager: Adrian Wayland

or just fill in the Contact Form (click here.)

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Click  here to go to the Book of  Remembrance for the names of the deceased of the parish for this month. Please remember them in your prayers.

Church closed during lock-down

We regret that during the snap lock-down from 16 - 27 July (inclusive) the church will be closed.  We are unable to offer the sacraments except in case of an emergency.

In case of an emergency or "end-of-life" situation, please call the Priory on 99126880 and choose extension 5 for the first available friar.
ST DOMINIC'S MASS TIMES
(once lock-down is lifted)
We have introduced a QR Code for recording your presence in case contact tracing becomes necessary.
You will need to use a smartphone to register in at the door as you enter. If you don't have a smartphone, an usher will help you.
All information is deleted after 28 days.

SUNDAY MASSES
at 6pm Sat. (vigil), 8am, 9.30am, 11am and 6pm.

WEEKDAYS
Mass at 6.45am and 12 noon, Monday - Friday
Mass at 9.00am Saturday and Public Holidays


CONFESSION (RECONCILIATION)
Wednesday - Friday 11.30 - 11.55 am in the Parish Centre
Saturday  4pm - 5pm in the Parish Centre

DIVINE MERCY PRAYER GROUP

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Divine Mercy Prayer group will meet every Friday (except Good Friday) at 11am before Mass in the church.  The prayers will be  offered for  the Church, families, young people, and the world. No need to book. You will have to register electronically at the door by scanning the QR code. All are  welcome. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We,the parishioners of St Dominic's,
acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation,
the Traditional Owners who have walked upon
and cared for this land for thousands of years.
We acknowledge the continued deep spiritual attachment
and relationship of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
to this country
and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of reconciliation.
A CHILD-SAFE PARISH
At St Dominic's we hold the care, safety and well-being of children and young people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our parish. 
This commitment is drawn from and inherent to the teaching and mission of Jesus Christ,
​with love, justice and the sanctity of each human person at the heart of the Gospel.