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 - 12.30pm; 1.30pm - 4.00pm

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: Michael Gray (St Josephs School)
Peter Morgan (Emmanuel College)

WEEK-END LITURGIES: 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)

WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Wednesday & Friday: 10.00am (Assembly of Word & Comm)


Anniversaries: We remember in Prayer: James Wilkinson, Rita & Wal Tuck

Meetings: Tuesday: Liturgy Committee at 5.30pm

Bereavement Support Group: Monday 2nd June, 4.00pm in Gathering Space

World Communications Day: (25th May). To celebrate this occasion the Australian
Catholic Bishops Conference has created a digital storytelling project Stirring Hearts
comprising 12 digital stories on YouTube videos. Each story is unique, blessed and
often times a challenging story of life and faith. These stories can be found at
www.stirringhearts.org.au

Centenary Celebrations: The Good Samaritan Sisters are celebrating the milestone
in Port Fairy this Tuesday. Bishop Paul Bird will preside at 10.00am Mass followed
by morning tea and historical exhibition in St Pats Hall. All welcome

Assist a Student: This program is supported by St Vincent de Paul Society. It costs
$70 to assist one student for one year. Further information in Gathering Space or
contact Gerald Madden (0429 606 204)

E-Conference: St Josephs Hall (11th June) 10.00am - 3.00pm. Focus: Pope Francis
Modelling the Ministry of Peter. All welcome. Contact Parish Office.

Collections: Presbytery: $1,142.00 Parish: $1,653.65 Thank you for your support

Counters: This week: Team 5: Peter Stacey (5562 1469)
Next week: Team 6: Barry Wolff (5562 7913)
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
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

COMMITMENT of PARENTS re CONFIRMATION
Celebrant: Will you continue to nourish your own faith by regularly hearing
and reflecting on the Word of God, receiving his body and blood and living
out the values of the Gospel?
Parents: We will
Celebrant: Will you endeavour to inspire your child to live the Christian life
through word and example?
Parents: We will
Celebrant: Will you support and assist your child in the growth and practice
of the faith?
Parents: We will
Celebrant: May almighty God bless you in this most important task.

Prof Caroline Taylor re Workshop on Child Sexual Abuse
What has happened has left many of us with feelings of despair and confusion,
feelings that impact on our emotions and our faith. How do we channel these feelings
into positive actions that empower rather than defeat? Prof Caroline Taylor is giving
a workshop at 11.00am Wednesday 28th May in St Josephs Hall around these issues
Professor Taylor is also giving a Seminar for the SouthWest Victorian Branch of
Australian Psychologists this Tuesday, 6.30pm at Southwest TAFE. Registration is
essential. More information in Gathering Space.


Asylum Seekers: We have been involved in many ways with asylum seekers. Some
of us have detention centres close to home. We have worked hard to ensure that
asylum seekers receive proper pastoral care and human assistance. We now make this
urgent plea for a respect for the rights of asylum seekers, not only in government
circles but in the Australian community more broadly. The current policy has about it
a cruelty that does no honour to our nation. (An extract from a Statement by the
Australian Catholic Bishops).
The Full Statement and a Statement from the National Council of Priests available
in Gathering Space.
Also available is the brochure I was a stranger and you welcomed me: What the
Catholic Church teaches on Asylum and Migration.