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 Joseph’s 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: Tuesday: 10.00am (Eucharist)

Christmas Mass Times (see opposite page)

Deaths: Brian Parsons, Mark Kelson

Anniversaries: We remember: Mary Mugavin (Purnim), Lyn Van Rooy, John (Jock)

McDonald, Tottie O’Brien, Damian McCann, P.J. McCann, Shauna O’Neill, Norman

Rowe

Baptism: We welcome Connor Henriksen and Jack, Georgie & Oscar Lee into God’s

Family this weekend.

Did you Know? St Joseph’s now has a Facebook page. Type in ‘St Joseph’s

Warrnambool’ into the search bar on Facebook and you’ll find us there. You will find

information about current and upcoming events, contact other parishioners, post

photos, leave comments, support parish activities and share ideas. This is another way

we hope to reach out to our community and beyond. If interested in assisting in the

development of the site please contact the Parish via the Facebook page: https://

www.facebook.com/stjosephswarrnambool.

Collections: Presbytery: $952.00 Parish: $1,486.25

Thank you for your support

Counters: This week: Team 2: Mary McNamara (5562 4630)

Next week: Team 3: Tom Arundell ( 5561 2109)

ST JOSEPH’S PARISH - WARRNAMBOOL Parish Office: 5562 2231 Fax: 5562 2230

E-mail: warrnambool@ballarat.catholic.org.au

Diocesan website: www.ballarat.catholic.org.au

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Advent has a two-fold purpose:

* to prepare for Christmas when Christ’s birth is remembered

* to await Christ’s second coming at the end of time

Thanks to the many who, during, Advent have contributed to the

work of the St Vincent de Paul Society and to the support of

Refugees. You may still donate to these worthy causes. See

envelopes in Gathering Space.

Christmas Mass Times

24th December (Wednesday) 5.00pm at St Joseph’s School (All welcome)

7.00pm & 9.00pm (St Joseph’s Church)

8.00pm Purnim (Assembly of Word with Communion)

25th December (Thursday)

9.30am St Joseph’s Church

Christmas Mass Ministries: Please consider being a liturgical minister at one of the

Christmas Masses. List available (Gathering Space) or phone Parish Office.

The Annual Christmas Appeal: This Appeal will be taken up at all Masses today.

The Christmas Appeal is one way by which the Diocese can respond to the many

communities around the world who turn to us for assistance. Our response is an

indication of our solidarity with people in need. See Gathering Space where this

Appeal was shared last year.

Christmas Day Meal: Christmas is a time for sharing with family & friends but for

many this is not possible. You are welcome to share a luncheon on Christmas Day

(St Joseph’s Hall). If interested, please contact Lorri (0400 585 554) or Centacare

(5559 3000).

Making a Scene at Christmas: Thank you to all who contributed last week - those

who lent their cribs and the many volunteers. Thank you also to all who visited the

Exhibition, it was a great success with about 2,000 people enjoying the experience.

We thank Fr Andrew Hayes, Fiona Tonkin and Keith Linard for sharing their

collections with us. See Diocesan E-News article www.ballarat.catholic.org.au