Parish Bulletin
PARISH NEWS
Christmas Good News!
Australian Christmas is unique. Instead of snow we have sunshine; instead of sleighs and snowballs our Christmas season is more likely to involve surfboards or cricket. Shopping malls and TV ads inundate us with reindeer and Santas and tinsel, inviting us in to spend big on their products and services. It is certainly good news for the retail industry but what about for all of us?
Christians too are part of Aussie culture. We engage in commercial Christmas and anticipate the great family events that happen too. But we also have Advent season which takes us on an eager, reflective journey towards commemoration of the first Christmas so long ago and far away. In the gospel for this the third Sunday of Advent (Mt 11:2-11), Jesus highlights the reason for the season – the Good News (which is himself) for the poor, sight for the blind, hearing for the deaf, cure of the lame and lepers and raising of the dead.
He is Good News for us too and Jesus’ challenges us to bring Good News to others through our generosity, openness and preparedness to reach out of our comfort zone. How will our Christian Christmas differ from the secular one? How will our light shine beyond our church congregations to the wider world who haven’t really heard the Good News? Can we do more for those in our towns, our nation and beyond, those without family, those who are dispossessed or dislocated, the poor, the grieving, and the discouraged for whom this will not be a happy time of celebration?
As we eagerly anticipate his coming, we should look, not only beyond the tinsel and sleigh bells, but also beyond the wondrous Bethlehem story itself to the core of the Good News Jesus brings and how we are to shout the Good News to the world.
Deacon Mark Kelly
CONGRATULATIONS
2023 SACRAMENT DATES - RECONCILIATION |
| Reconciliation Combined Parent Information Meeting: Drouin: Wednesday 8th February Warragul: Thursday 9th February 7pM |
| Parent/Child Workshop 1: Drouin: Wednesday 1st March 7pm Warragul: Thursday 2nd March 4pm & 7pm |
Parent/Child Workshop 2: Drouin: Wednesday 15th March 7pm Warragul: Thursday 16th March 4pm & 7pm |
| SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Drouin: Wednesday 29th March, 7pm Warragul: Thursday 30th March, 7pm |
Commitment Masses: Drouin: 19th & 26th February 10.30am Warragul:18th & 19th February 7pm & 9am |
PARISH SACRAMENT ENQUIRIES
Sacrament Enquiries: Mrs Therese Meggetto
Mobile: 0439 306 642 Email: Warragul.sacraments@cdsale.org.au
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMETABLE
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SATURDAY 24 DECEMBER 2022 7.00pm - Marist Sion Hall Warragul (Carols 6.30pm) 9.00pm - St. Joseph’s Church Warragul (Bell ringing 8.30pm – 8.50pm) |
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SUNDAY 25TH DECEMBER 2022 9.00am - St. Ignatius Church Neerim South 9.00am - St. Joseph’s Church Warragul 10.30am - St. Ita’s Church Drouin |
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2ND RITE OF RECONCILIATION BEFORE CHRISTMAS As well as regular times there is to be a communal service for Reconciliation at St. Ita’s Church on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 7.30pm. All parishioners are welcome. |
