ST JOSEPHS PARISH - WARRNAMBOOL
Parish Office: 5562 2231 Fax: 5562 2230
E-mail:
[email protected]Diocesan website: www.ballarat.catholic.org.au
PARISH STAFF:
Fr John Fitzgerald (Parish Priest)
Barry Wolff (Business Manager)
Leanne McElgunn (Secretary)
Brian Shanahan (Gardening/Maintenance)
Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 12.30pm; 1.30pm - 4.00pm
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS:
WEEK-END LITURGIES:
Michael Gray (St Josephs School)
Peter Morgan (Emmanuel College)
Sunday: 8.30am - 10.30am - 6.00pm
Purnim: 11.00am (Eucharist on 2nd and 4th Sundays)
(Assembly of Word with Communion on 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays)
WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Wednesday & Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist)
Thursday: 10.00am (Eucharist) at SJOG Chapel (All welcome)
Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation)
Deaths: Dorothy Shalders (Fr Peter Hudsons sister)
Anniversaries: We remember in prayer: Jean Wilkinson, Leo Howard, Eugene
OHagan (N Ireland), Walter McDowall
Baptism: Mary Fitzgerald is being welcomed into Gods Family this weekend.
Wedding: We congratulate and ask Gods blessings upon Justin OKeefe and Jessica
Waite who will be married at St Josephs this coming Friday.
Hospitality: An invitation is extended to everyone to stay for a cuppa following
Masses this weekend, being hosted by our Parish Family Group.
Emmanuel College: The Opening School Mass, this Wednesday at 10.00am, being
celebrated by the Vicar-General, Fr Justin Driscoll.
Childrens Liturgy: Next Sunday at 6.00pm Mass
World Day of Prayer: Prayer focus this year is on The Bahamas. Friday, 6th March
10.30am at New Life Christian Church, 41 Bromfield St. All welcome.
Collections:
Counters:
Presbytery: $1,234.00
Parish: $1,529.00
Thank you for your support
This week: Team 11: Veronica Anderson (5562 4859)
Next week Team 1: Peter Lawlor (5562 1470)
First Sunday of Lent
SEASON of LENT
The Season of Lent is a time of prayer, self-denial and for helping others. In this way
the whole Church prepares for the Great Feast of Easter.
Please take home a Project Compassion Box or Envelope today
Stations of the Cross: All Fridays in Lent: 7.30pm (St Josephs Church)
Communal Celebration of Gods Mercy: Tuesday, 31st March at 7.30pm
Easter Triduum: Mass of the Lords Supper (Holy Thursday) at 7.00pm
Good Friday Ceremonies at 3.00pm
Easter Vigil at 7.00pm
Project Compassion: Week 1: The focus this week is on Fiji. Married couple Eric
and Ma had an unprofitable farm and limited diet before they engaged in training at
the Tutu Rural Training Centre, supported by Caritas Australia. Now they have a
successful farm, a sustainable income and food for life.
Donations to Project Compassion helps people in isolated areas of Fiji gain the
skills they need to build healthy families and grow food for life.
The Quilt of Hope: This is a remarkable work completed by a Ballarat group:
Moving Towards Justice Inc. It aims to garner support for survivors of church related
child sexual abuse and symbolises the piecing together of shattered lives. The Quilt
has given rise to interest far & wide: in church communities as well as shopping
malls and other public venues. It will be displayed at Parliament House and given
prominence in the Museum of Australian Democracy at the Eureka Centre.
On Sunday, 1st March the Quilt will be displayed at St Josephs Church and we
welcome this opportunity to invite you to come & reflect in hope. By acting together
we might share compassion and healing with those who have suffered.
New Life: Last weekend Kate Foster commenced her formal journey on her way to
joining us around the Eucharistic Table at Easter. Yesterday her sponsor Geraldine
Ryan, and members of the RCIA Team gathered with Kate and others from
throughout the Diocese at St Patricks Cathedral (Ballarat) for the Rite of Election
and to meet with Bishop Paul Bird.
Southern Zone: Priests and Pastoral Associates of the Zone meet this Tuesday.
Rotary Peace Concert: 5th March at the Lighthouse Theatre. All songs focus on
peace. For tickets please contact Joe Baptiste (5561 7008). $35 & $30 conc.
Meetings: Wednesday: Finance Committee at 12noon
