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)

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Advent has a two-fold purpose: * to prepare for Christmas when Christs birth is remembered * to await Christs second coming at the end of time

Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 12.30pm; 1.30pm - 4.00pm SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: WEEK-END LITURGIES:

Christmas Masses
Christmas Vigil (Tuesday, 24th December) 5.00pm (St Josephs School Assembly Hall) 7.00pm & 9.00pm (St Josephs) 8.00pm (Purnim)
NB: The children are invited to dress as a character from the Christmas scene for the 5.00pm Vigil Mass at the school.

WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Christmas Mass Times (see opposite page) Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist) Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation)

Deaths: Anniversaries: We remember in Prayer: Lyn Van Rooy, John (Jock) McDonald, Bill Murrihy, Helen Buckley, Mary Mugavin (Purnim), Mary Conheady, Damian McCann, P.J. McCann, S. ONeill, Des Munday, Norman Rowe Visual Technology: The screens on the Sanctuary have now been installed and will be used this weekend before and after Mass. Early next year screens will also be attached to some of the pillars. Simpson Church: 50th Anniversary celebrations on Sunday 13th July 2014. Mass followed by lunch. Further details: contact Des (5594 3316) Centacare: further information re the programs for 2014: Contact ( 5561 5922) Thanks to the many who have contributed during this Advent Season: * to the support of the refugees * left donations under the Jesse Tree Collections: Counters: Presbytery: $1,474.00 Parish: $1,791.50 Thank you for your support This week: Team 5: Peter Stacey (5562 1469) Next week: Team 6: Barry Wolff (5562 7913)

Christmas Day (Wednesday, 25th December): 9.30am (St Josephs) Bishop Paul Birds Pastoral Letter: The 2013 Christmas Pastoral
Letter is available this weekend. Please take home a copy.

Christmas Lunch
Christmas is a day for sharing with family and friends but for many that is not possible. You are welcome to share a luncheon on Christmas Day (St Josephs Hall) from 12 noon onwards. RSVP Lorri (0400 585 554). See Notice Board further details

HOPE PEACE JOY LOVE