ST JOSEPHS PARISH - WARRNAMBOOL

Parish Office: 5562 223 1 Fax: 5562 223 0 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) Peter Morgan (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)

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Vincent de Paul Appeal
This collection in aid of the work of the St Josephs Conference of the St Vincent de Paul Welfare Group will be conducted at Masses this weekend (13th/14th July). All monies placed on the second collection (other than Planned Giving Envelopes) will be for the purposes of the St. Vincent de Paul Appeal. Thank you for your support. Thursday Mass: Mass will be celebrated this Thursday at 5.45pm to enable parishioners, who desire to attend a weekday Mass, but due to commitments cannot attend our regular Masses. 60th Anniversary of Priesthood: Father Michael OToole and parishioners of St Marys, Colac extend an invitation to all to join them in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Priesthood of Father Robert Markey. Mass at 11.00am on Sunday 21st July. You are invited to stay for a light luncheon and catch up with Father Bob. Marriage Encounter Weekend: The weekend of 9-11 August is a time for you and your spouse to be together, to rediscover each other and focus on your relationship in a very positive way. Forget lifes tensions and interruptions and rekindle the closeness, intimacy, and love that brought you together. Your Marriage deserves that kind of attention. It is based around Catholic values but couples of all faiths are welcome. Accommodation and meals provided. Further information: (9733 0997) Combined Churches Screening: The film October Baby at Kings College on Friday, 19th July at 7.30pm. Entry by donation. Supper provided. Movement Towards Justice: A Group, established in Ballarat to support people who have been affected due to Church personnel abuse, is inviting contributions to a Quilt of Hope. If you wish to participate in this creation please contact the Parish Office. See Notice Board for more information. St Anns College Old Collegians Annual Gathering: Raffertys Tavern on Friday, 26th July at 12noon. Aniar: Local Celtic Band Aniar are launching their new CD today (Sunday) from 2.00pm to 4.30pm at the Anglican Church (Henna St). All welcome. Environmental Audit: Your ideas are needed to assist our Parish lighten the environmental footprint and use our resources sustainably. Contact Parish Office. Meetings: Wednesday: Pastoral Leadership Team at 7.30pm

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

WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist) Thursday: 5.45pm (Eucharist) Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation)

Office Hours: Leanne McElgunn (secretary) returns from Annual Leave this week. Normal Office Hours resumes again this Wednesday. We thank Fran Pattison for keeping the Office warm while Leanne has been away. Thank you Fran. Deaths: Betty Rice (Ballarat), Mark OGrady Anniversaries: We remember in Prayer: John OKeefe and Thomas OKeefe, Alice May Rowan, Jack Watson, Annie Sadler, Agnes Forbes Baptism Preparation: Next Information Evening: Wednesday, 14th August St Josephs Pipe Organ Scholarship: Our students are giving a short concert at 5.30pm this evening (Saturday, 13th July) prior to the Vigil Mass. Taize Service: Friday, 26th July in St Josephs Church at 8.00pm. All welcome. Hospitality (Cuppa): Family Group Hospitality next Sunday after the 10.30am Mass. PowerPoint Presentation: The Focus this week: Who is my neighbour? Praying the Rosary: Pat Egans home, 5 Mountain Ash Drive at 2pm Collections: Counters: Presbytery: $1,349.00 Parish: $2,439.50 This week: Team 4: Gerald Shanley (5562 5992) Next week: Team 5: Peter Stacey (5562 1469)