ST JOSEPHS PARISH - WARRNAMBOOL

Parish Office: 5562 2231 Fax: 5562 2230 E-mail: warrnambool@ballarat.catholic.org.au 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) Michael Gray (St Josephs School) Philip Morison (Emmanuel College) 6.30pm (Vigil); 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)

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY
Today is Social Justice Sunday. The Australian Catholic Bishops have published a Justice Statement titled: The Gift of Family in Difficult Times: The social and economic challenges facing families today. The Statement challenges us to look more critically at the social and economic pressures on families and to strive for a healthier work-life balance and have special concern for families who are most vulnerable. For an electronic version see www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au or contact the Parish Office for a copy. Creating Peaceful Families in a Violent World: You are invited by the Warrnambool Region Social Justice Group to hear a presentation by Simon Reeves, Pace e Bene Australia Peace Associate/Social Worker/Youth Worker, in response to the Australian Catholic Bishops 2012 Social Justice Statement. Venue: St Josephs Gathering Space this evening (Sunday): 7.30pm-9.30pm. Donation appreciated.

Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00am - 12:30pm; 1:30pm - 4:00pm SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: WEEK-END LITURGIES:

WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Tuesday: 10.00am (St Johns Hospital Chapel) Wednesday: 10.00am (Requiem Mass: Violet Emms RIP) Wednesday: 7.30pm (Memorial Mass at OLHC re Fr Claridge) Thursday: 2.00pm (Eucharist plus Anointing of the Sick) Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist) Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation) N.B: A funeral normally takes the place of the weekday liturgy

Memorial Mass: Fr Peter Claridge RIP

Fr Claridges Requiem Mass was last Tuesday in Warracknabeal. As Fr Claridge was well-known in this region, having ministered in East Warrnambool, Koroit, Timboon and also as an Assistant Priest here at St Josephs, we thought it appropriate to give parishioners an opportunity to remember Fr Peter at Mass. Venue: OLHC, East Warrnambool - Time: 7.30pm - This Wednesday, 3rd October. All welcome. St Josephs Pipe Organ Scholarship 2013: Applications are now invited from those who would like to further their musical skills and contribute to our liturgies. Application Forms & further information are available from the Parish Office. Young Peoples Mary MacKillop Pilgrimage: Are you interested in a Mary MacKillop pilgrimage (18-35 yrs)? Find out more about our first saint and travel with like-minded people: 19-21 October. For further details: macyac@sosj.org.au Women at the Well: Dinner on 25th October at 6.30pm (Warrnambool Bowls Club, Timor St) Guest Speaker: Sr Berenice Kerr RSM (Community Leader of the Sisters of Mercy in Western Victoria). Topic: Women of Mercy. Cost $35. Further enquiries Pat Starkie (5562 7200) National eConference: Wednesday, 10th October. Theme: Vatican 11 - An Event of Grace. Speakers: Bishop Michael Putney and Sr Maryanne Confoy RSC. Contact Parish Office if interested. More details next weekend. Meetings: Thursday: Liturgy Committee at 5.30pm

Deaths: Robert Smith, Violet Emms, Kate Delahenty (Stanhope) Anniversaries: Ivan Ramirez, Harriet Conheady, Bert Mugavin (Purnim), Daniel Kelly, Jean Kelson, Pte Graham Warburton (KIA), John (Joe) Morgan, Eileen Hilliard James Hall, Margaret May Butler Sacrament of Anointing: This Thursday, 4th October at 2.00pm. Baptism Preparation: Next meeting is Wednesday, 10th October at 7.30pm. Bereavement Group Meeting: 15th October at 4.30pm (Gathering Space) Praying the Rosary: Lyndoch Hostel Chapel at 1.30pm Collections: Presbytery: $1,122.00 Parish: $2,500.50 Ballarat Clergy Support Fund: $3,774.70 Thank you for your support This week: Team 8: Pat Blackney (5562 7189) Next week: Team 9: Stan Carroll (5562 7658)

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