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)

Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 1.00pm; 1.30pm - 4.00pm

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS:
WEEK-END LITURGIES:

WEEK-DAY 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)
Wednesday to Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist)
Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation)

Deaths: Peter Morris (Geelong), Dorothy Thomas, John Bakker (Colac)

Anniversaries:Bridget Frazer, Leon Murphy, Nell Fotheringham, Mary & Jack Lyons
Baptism: Isabelle Crothers is welcomed into Gods Family this weekend.
Consultors: Fr John will be in Ballarat on Tuesday for the Consultors meeting
Hospitality: Parish Family Groups will be hosting a cuppa after all Masses next
weekend. Everyone is welcome.
Childrens Liturgy: 1st Sunday of the month at 6.00pm Mass
New Office & Refurbishment: As you will have noticed a fence has been erected
around the construction area. Church activities will continue as normal although there
will be limited parking. Parish parking will also be available off Fairy Street via the
laneway next to Darrian Office Supplies. A temporary office is currently located at
the western end of the car park. We ask for your patience and understanding during
the process as there will be some inconvenience.
The new Stewardship Program has now begun. Our weekly tallies will now be
printed monthly to account for parishioners who have pledged by Direct Debit or
Credit Card. This will give a truer reflection of monies received.
Counters: This week: Team 8: Stan Carroll (5562 7658)
Next week: Team 9: Barry Walsh (5562 4568)

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Organ Spectacular: 26th September, 7.30pm
Music for all Ages
Martin Setchell, international pipe organist based in
Christchurch NZ, will ply his skills on our historic Pipe
Organ. Martin has delighted audiences the world over with his spirited playing, lively
personality and entertaining repertoire. Money raised is for St Joseph's Junior Pipe
Organ Scholarship. The aim in establishing the Junior Scholarship is to provide
pipe organists into the future so that our pipe organ will continue to contribute to our
liturgies. Tickets $20.00/Con $15.00 (supper included) are available from the Parish
Office or at the door. All welcome (see board for more information).
Online Diocesan Training: Thank you for your response to Bishop Paul Birds
correspondence in regards to completing the online training course to be
distributed by the Diocesan Professional Standards office. The training aims to
ensure that all those who work with children and persons in positions of
responsibility in our parishes have read and understand the documents.
The Ballarat Clergy Support Fund: The collection has raised $1,481.00 to date.
The Ballarat Clergy support Fund relies on your generosity to enable it to continue
supporting our sick and retired priests. You are still able to contribute, by using the
special envelope provided, or in an envelope marked Ballarat Clergy Support
Fund.
Laudato Si: This is the second encyclical of Pope Francis - the subtitle Care for
our Common Home. In the encyclical Pope Francis laments environmental
degradation and global warming and calls all people of the world to take swift and
unified global action. The encyclical has been printed in hard copy and a number of
copies are available from the Parish Office at $10 each.
Liturgy of Lament & Hope: A liturgy will be held at St Patricks Cathedral,
Ballarat, at 2.00pm, Sunday November 1st. This is being arranged in the context of
the hearings of the Royal Commission relating to child abuse. The liturgy will offer
people an occasion to lament the wrongs that have occurred in our Church, to ask
forgiveness, and to pray for healing for all involved. A cuppa will follow.
Social Justice Sunday: Next Sunday 27th September. For those whove come
across the seas. Justice for refugees and asylum seekers. The Australian Catholic
Bishops Conference have released a statement which will be available next weekend.
Prayers: Jim McCarthy has asked for prayers for two of Don Bosco Salesian priests
who were recently killed in a car accident (Bangalore, India).