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WELCOME BACK all students, teachers and families to a new school year. Hopefully everyone had a safe, enjoyable holiday season. May the new school year be filled with God’s grace and blessings.
CALLING ALL CURSILLISTAS in our Parishes to attend the Secretariat meeting THIS Sat 4th Feb at 11am in the Blue Room. This meeting is open to all those who have made a Cursillo! Please BYO lunch and something to share.Meeting begins with spiritual reflection and we’d love to see as many of you as possible there to rekindle friendships. Irene & Bruce Arnold on 6953 3673 or 0428 533 673.
CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD - is a catechetical approach that honours the spirituality of children. Drawing on the Montessori principles of education the atrium provides a quiet space where children come to encounter Jesus the Good Shepherd who knows them and calls them by name. Presented with a series of meditations and concrete materials children are given the opportunity to deepen their reflection through self-chosen art response such as drawing, painting, tracing and hand-works. The atrium caters for children aged 3-12 years. Sessions will be recommencing soon. For more information please contact Victoria Kirley 0418 273 361.
PRAYER FOR THE ELECTION OF A BISHOP
O God, eternal shepherd, who govern Your flock with unfailing care, grant in Your boundless fatherly love a Bishop for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga who will please You by his holiness and to us show watchful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever, Amen.
LEGION OF MARY has now resumed Tuesdays in the Blue Room at 6.30pm. All interested parishioners are invited. Contact Fr Tony 69532099
PALMS ENCOUNTERS: An experience to share this Easter and beyond. A Palms Encounter is an intimate, immersive, inter cultural experience providing insights that challenge perceptions and deepen understanding. Palms long-term volunteers guide the Encounterwith our Catholic Communities in East Timor. Register now for our 2 – 14 April Encounter and receive $400 off a 2nd ticket. Call Roger on 02 9560 5333 or go to www.palms.org.au/Encounters for more.
Real encounter, real people, real exchange, real life
CENTENARY OF FATIMA 1917-2017
2017 marks the centenary of the greatest supernatural event in recent centuries. In 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in the Portuguese village of Fatima, bringing to the world a Message of conversion and mercy. She authenticated the Message with the spectacular “miracle of the sun,” that was witnessed by over 70,000 people. Mary appeared under the title “The Lady of the Rosary” and she requested that this prayer be prayed often for personal purification, reparation for the sins of mankind and for world peace. To coincide with this important anniversary the Rosary will be prayed in the parish before or after weekday Masses for the rest of this year. Please see the sidebar for times and days. Please go to www.ewtn.com/fatima for more information.
LITURGY ROSTER VOLUNTEERS if anybody would like to add their name to the roster for Reading, Offertory or Commentating, please let Tammy in the office know.