Request for Year Six Graduation Mass Photos

Monday is the final day that we will be accepting photos for the Graduation Mass presentation slideshow. We are looking for approximately 12-14 photos in total. Among those photos, or in addition to, we would also like you to provide us with a photo of your child in Kindergarten and Year Six, to contribute to a display at the Graduation Mass. Feel free to email them directly to me or save them to a USB. Thank you for your time and assistance!

Class Mass Dates

Please note in your diaries the following Mass dates:

• Year 2/3/4 Class Mass – 29^th November

(now a Liturgy of the Word due to priest unavailability)

• Year 6 Graduation Mass – 13^th December

We welcome everyone to attend these very special events at St Joseph’s Church.

Prayer For Peace in the Middle East

Lord Jesus Christ,

The Holy Land is once again struck by violence, hatred, and death. Lord, look with mercy upon the land that was your earthly home.

Receive the deceased into your presence. Comfort those who mourn, are wounded, or forced to flee. Be close to all who are full of fear and despair.

You are our peace and the light of the nations, put an end to the spiral of terror and suffering in the Holy Land and in the whole Middle East.

Let peace and justice flourish at the holy sites. You are our refuge. Let the people be safe in your Love.

Have mercy on us and on our time. Amen.

www.aidtochurch.org

Year Six Graduation Mass

School Christmas Food Drive - Grenfell Food Hall

Our Christmas Food Drive is off to a great start!

Thanks for your support in this and all our school fundraising projects.

Below is a list of the categories/ items we will be collecting over the next two weeks to donate to the Grenfell Food Hall. Please check all item expiry dates extend into 2024.

If you have any questions, please let us know. We thank you in advance for your support!

Sunday Gospel Reflection (November 26)

Gospel             Matthew 25:31-46, Matthew 22:34-40

So many Catholic schools are applauded for their commitment to the principles, values and works of charity and social justice. However, connecting charitable works with discipleship, living out our Catholic faith in imitation of Jesus or, as the parable suggests identifying Jesus himself with the poor, naked, sick and imprisoned, is just as important. In our experience, a parable catches us unaware and draws us into the narrative just as we realise we’ve passed judgement on ourselves. For, unlike the sheep or the goats,weI can only reply, “I knew it was you Lord and still I did little to help!” Of course, the “least” can suddenly become ourselves, our wives or husbands, sons or daughters, colleagues or students, family and friends, neighbours or parishioners. In loving service of them, in our painful accompaniment of them, we become one with the crucified but risen body of Christ.

God our Father,

May we be blessed as we come to know Christ

in our own and others’ hunger and thirst, nakedness, illness or homelessness.

We ask this through the Son of Man, who comes in glory.

Amen.

Source: Formed in Prayer, CSYMI (Adapted)

Student Prayer of the Week

Yours in Faith,

Danielle McFarlane

Religious Education Coordinator

Parish News

Sunday 8 am

St Joseph’s Church, Grenfell

Please note that a Mass will be held on the second and fourth Sunday of each month. There is a Celebration of the Word with Holy Communion, not a Mass, on the first and third (and any fifth) Sunday of each month. Everyone is welcome to attend!

If you wish to visit St Joseph’s Church, it is open daily from 10.00am – 4.00pm and following Mass on Sundays.

Welcome Deacon Mark Ha

Dear Parishioners,

Greetings in the spirit of joy and fellowship. I trust this message finds you in good health.

I have returned from a restorative holiday, invigorated and eager to continue our sacred ministry in the Young Mission.

I wish to express my deepest gratitude to Fr Allen Crowe and Fr Dom from Galong Monastery for their invaluable support during my absence. Their presence was a true blessing.

I am delighted to share that we are welcoming a new member to our team. Thanks to the generous support of the Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn, Deacon Mark Ha will be joining our Young Mission on November 18th for a few months for pastoral experience. As he becomes part of our community, he will have the opportunity to introduce himself to all of you.

Let us unite with steadfast devotion to nurture our Young Mission. Together, let us hold Deacon Mark Ha in our prayers as he embarks on this new chapter of service.

As we approach the Advent and Christmas season, I invite you to consider becoming a cherished part of our parishioners' family by supporting our ministry with the gifts you have been blessed with.

Please approach the Parish Office to leave your name if you are interested in helping in any of the ministries.

May abundant blessings be upon you all.

In faith and gratitude,

Fr. Jiss

Christmas Timetable Mass Times

Saturday 23rd Dec:     - Young Vigil               - 6.00pm

(Weekend Masses)     - Boorowa Vigil           - 6.00pm

- Grenfell Vigil             - 6.00pm

Sunday 24th Dec:       - Young Mass              - 10.00am