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) 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)

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

SEASON of LENT
Lent commences this Wednesday with Mass and the Distribution of Ash. Mass Times: Ash Wednesday: 10.00am & 6.00pm The Season of Lent is a time of prayer, self-denial and for helping others. In this way the whole Church prepares for the Feast of Easter. # Ash Wednesday is a day of fast & abstinence # Please take home a Project Compassion Box or Envelope today Stations of the Cross: All Fridays in Lent: 7.30pm (St Josephs Church) Sacrament of Anointing: Thursday 3rd April at 2.00pm Mass of the Oils: Monday, 14th April at (St Patricks Cathedral, Ballarat) Communal Celebration of Gods Mercy: Tuesday, 15th April at 7.30pm Easter Triduum: 17th - 19th April (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil) Easter Vigil: Time to be decided

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

WEEK-DAY LITURGIES: Tuesday & Friday: 10.00am (Eucharist) Ash Wednesday: 10.00am & 6.00pm (Eucharist & Ash) Friday: 10.30am (Reconciliation)

Deaths: Kevin Delaney (Camperdown), Frank Fitzgerald (Melb) Anniversaries: We remember in Prayer: Mary, Tommy & Will Austen, Pat Stacey, Eileen Arnold, Walter McDowall, Kathleen Irvin, Phoebe Trusler, Gavin Kelly Baptism: We welcome into Gods Family: Marlee Nevill, Hendrix OKeefe, Evie Bushell, Grace DeMartin, Tyla Eagle, Georgie Milroy & Jaylah Diteodoro World Day of Prayer: Friday, 7th March at 1.30pm (St Josephs). All welcome St Josephs School Fair (30th March): Donations of jams, preserves, pickles, sauces, chutney much appreciated. Leave at school. Prefer the garden to the kitchen? Jacinta is looking for bulbs, potted plants & cuttings which she will collect (5562 8244) National Day of Prayer & Fasting: Parliament House (today) 10am to 4.00 pm. You are invited to pray for renewal of faith in Australia and throughout the world. Meetings: Wednesday: Finance Meeting at 12noon Powerpoint Presentation: The focus this week is based on the Gospel St John of God Auxiliary: Invitation to see movie The Monuments Men followed by morning tea. Capitol Theatre: 10.00am Wednesday, 5 March. Tickets (5562 7512) Collections: Presbytery: $1,542.00 Parish: $1,815.00 Thank you for your support Counters: This week: Team 4: Gerald Shanley (5562 2109) Next week: Team 5: Peter Stacey (5562 1469)

REGIONAL WORKSHOPS re CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

Prof Caroline Taylor AM will conduct a workshop on Child Sexual Abuse at St Josephs (Gathering Space) this Thursday, 6th March at 10.00am, repeated at 7.30pm. All welcome. The workshop is designed to help create community awareness around the prevalence of child sexual abuse and its impact on victims. It will highlight how we as a community can encourage safe disclosure and provide support that both empowers victims and the community. The workshop is being sponsored by the Foundation of the Ballarat Diocese. The Foundation was established to enable the Ballarat Diocese to continue to fund its religious, charitable and educational responsibilities utilising the interest from donations and bequests. Presenter: Prof S. Caroline Taylor AM is an awarded researcher & advocate and recognised as one of Australias leading experts in the field of childhood sexual abuse. Her organization is called the Children of Phoenix. Mercy Place: Are you able to help in taking communion to the residents on a Sunday? Please contact Felicity Barker, Pastoral Care Associate (5564 2800) Diocesan E-News: The article Farewell to some Religious Communities features the Christian Brothers Farewell from Wbool. Go to www.ballarat.catholic.org.au select Diocesan News and then E-News.