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) Tuesday to Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist) Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation)
Deaths: Mary Hulin, Doreen Forbes (Bungaree), Anthony Carlin (Terang), Sr
Gerardus (Thistlethwaite) CSB, Joan Sinnott, Margaret Madden Anniversaries: Bill Sage, Molly & Jim Kelson, William Primmer, John OKeefe, Thomas OKeefe, Daniel Flynn, Isabel Flynn, Michael & Loreto Melican, Ron Warburton, Glenda Van Rooy Baptism: We welcome into Gods family Jasper Fedley and Levi & Noah Barker Thanksgiving Program: Receipts, along with envelopes for the next few weeks, are available in the Gathering Space. Any query please contact Leanne (Parish Office) Migrant & Refugee Sunday: 30th August: Theme this year, Church without frontiers, Mother to all. Further details to come. Gender & Domestic Violence Action Group: Meeting, Monday 10th August, 7.30pm. See Gathering Space for more details Childrens Liturgy: Today at 6.00pm Mass Meetings: Tuesday: Liturgy Committee at 5.30pm Collections: Presbytery: $1,390.00 Parish: $2,093.00 Thank you for your support Counters:
This week: Team 1: Peter Lawlor (5562 1470)
Next week Team 2: Mary McNamara (5562 4630)
Our Stewardship Program continues this week as we focus on
how our Parish Community values Engagement. Parishioners: Leanne McElgunn (8.30am), Lina Ogu (10.30am), Jo Pangrazio (6.00pm) & Michael Gray (Purnim 11.00am) will speak at Masses today and will share with us the importance of our parish in their lives. They will discuss their own experiences and encourage us to be actively involved in parish by joining and participating in various groups and ministries. We thank them for sharing their story.
Parish Information Meeting
Parishioners are reminded of our Parish Information Meeting this Wednesday at 7.30pm in the Gathering Space. This Information Meeting is the key meeting of our program. We will gather as a parish community to celebrate our achievements and plan for the future. A cuppa will also be available. If you have not already accepted, please complete the RSVP cards available at Mass today. Visiting Celebrant: Next Sunday Fr Justin Driscoll VG will be the celebrant for our Parish Stewardship Program & Fr John will celebrate the Masses at the Cathedral
Liturgy Formation for the Region
Sunday 9th August at OLHC Warrnambool, 12noon Participants can participate in two of the four Workshops being offered: Sunday Assembly of Word & Communion: Presenter - Bishop Paul Bird Ministers of Communion: Presenter - Fr Justin Driscoll Music in Liturgy: Presenter - Dr Susan Crowe Scripture in Liturgy: Presenter - Sr Jacinta Rice Please register for the workshops at Parish Office (5562 2231)
1st Eucharist - Rite of Presentation
Children: Most Loving God, you call each of us here around the altar, the table of the Lord, to share in the Body and Blood of Christ and to be filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Through this Sacred Meal, give us the strength to be a sign of your love in the world. Be with us and all those who will help us prepare for this most important Sacrament. This prayer we make through Christ, our Lord. Amen.