ST JOSEPHS PARISH - WARRNAMBOOL

Parish Office: 5562 2231 Fax: 5562 2230 E-mail: warrnambool@ballarat.catholic.org.au Parish website: www.stjosephswarrnambool.org 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)

4th Sunday of Easter

WELCOME ENJOY CELEBRATE
Many visitors make their way to Warrnambool this week for the famous three day Racing Carnival. We trust everyone has a safe and enjoyable time. We especially welcome our visitors to our Racing Mass this morning.

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

WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Monday: 1.00pm (Requiem Mass: Noreen McCarthy RIP) Wednesday & Thursday: 9.30am (Eucharist) Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist) Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation) N.B: A funeral normally takes the place of the weekday liturgy

Deaths: Noreen McCarthy, Stephen (Jack) Kelson Anniversaries: Frank Healey, Margaret Mary Primmer, Gerry Ryan, Ian McKenzie, Bob Fraser, Desmond Johnson, Val Sandow, Michael Butler Office Hours: This week the Office will be closed on Tuesday and Thursday. Project Compassion: Receipts are now available for those who requested them. Praying the Rosary: Mercy Place (Hopetoun Rd) at 4.00pm Confirmation: The formal preparation for this Sacrament begins this week. Please keep these children and their parents in your prayers. Collections: Counters: Presbytery: $1,519.00 Parish: $1,195.50 Thank you for your support This week: Team 10: Barry Walsh (5562 4568) Next week: Team 11: John Monigatti (5562 9537)

St Josephs Maytime Fair: Today (Sunday) from 10.00am till 2.00pm. Your support is very much valued, so please support our parish school and enjoy terrific food, fun rides and a wide variety of entertainment and activities. History of St Josephs: Do you have any old photos of Parish buildings etc or articles pre-1900? Would you kindly loan them to the Parish Office to be collated into a history of St Josephs Parish. Also if you are able to help in collating the memorabilia please leave your name with Leanne (Parish Office). Christian Meditation: This workshop will teach participants an ancient practice of contemplative prayer exploring its Christian roots and showing how this prayer is helpful for those seeking a deeper experience of the Divine. Saturday 19th May, 10am-3pm, Christ Church Warrnambool. Cost $10. Presenter: Ruth Fowler Good Shepherd Sunday: Over the past few weeks a number of parishioners have gathered on Saturday mornings to make a sheep. You may notice on the Church lawns this morning the fruit of their work. Our thanks to Merran Koren whose initiative it was to bring parishioners together for this community project. Well done. Mothers Day Concert: Sunday 13th May at 2.30pm (St Josephs Church) Meetings: Wednesday: HNILS (Gathering Space) at 12.00pm