Monday 12 January

• St Vincent de Paul Society 6:45 pm Parish Home (Newcomers welcome)
• Legion of Mary, 1.00pm at SCC presbytery

Tuesday  13 January

• Adoration: St Peter Chanel's 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm 

Wednesday 14 January

• Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour with Benediction at 6:00 p.m. SCC

Thursday 15 January Prayer Group after 10:00 am mass SPC

THE PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION is held after the 9.30 am Mass, in the Meeting Room at St Christopher’s Presbytery (55 Franklin Street, Forrest).  Kids of all ages most welcome.  Regular attendance at the School is highly recommended for children preparing for the Sacraments and general classes. Please ring the Parish Office on 6295 9555 to register.

ALTAR SERVERS IN THE PARISH

Via local Catholic Schools, we are contacting Catholic students in Yrs 4 to 8 who reside in the parish to consider the possibility of being an Altar Server. If your child resides outside the parish but regularly attends Sunday Mass at either St Christopher’s or St Peter Chanel’s, please contact the Parish Office for details regarding training later this month.

‘BREAK OPEN THE WORD’: Copies are available in the sacristy of both Churches for readers to borrow in the week prior to their rostered reading. Please take only the copy for your rostered Mass and return it prior to the Mass at which you will be reading, so that the next reader can also borrow it.

FIRST FRIDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Following the 12.15 pm Mass on the first Friday of each month there will be a period of Eucharistic Adoration, concluding with  Benediction at 1.30 pm. You would be most welcome to come for some or all of the 45 minutes of Adoration.  Prayers are particularly requested for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life and in preparation for the 2008 Sydney World Youth Day. Adoration before the exposed Blessed Sacrament concluding with Benediction is also held in the parish every Tuesday 4.45 – 5.45 pm at St Peter Chanel’s, Yarralumla.  Adoration is a consequence of and leads to our gathering at the Eucharist or the Mass, especially the Sunday Mass, ‘the source and summit’ of all our endeavours.

ANOINTING MASS: The first Thursday of the month 10.00 am Mass at St Peter Chanel’s includes the celebration of the anointing of the sick.  The frail, aged or infirm are encouraged to consider receiving this Sacrament of healing and support. Afterwards, and after every Thursday 10.00 am Mass at St Peter Chanel’s, there is a cuppa in the Meeting Room.

TRANSPORT TO MASS: If you, or someone you know, need transport to Mass (either temporary of long term) please contact the Parish Office on 6295 9555. We are presently reviewing our current system in response to information received on the Commitment Sheets.

PARKING AT ST PETER CHANEL’S: For the safety of all and the convenience of local residents, and especially with the restrictions created by the building refurbishments, that, other than for off-street parking in Weston Street, we are asking that parishioners park in the blacktop/grassed area at the back of the Church, off Loch Street.  Your cooperation is appreciated.

The web page for Fr Frank’s Missions is www.frfrankmission.org.au. Contact details are Michael Ryan: 6295 2249; Pamela Slocum: 62391955; & Stephen Cusack: 62957708.

Haydon Centre Redevelopment contact Paul Dyer on 6286 8112, PO Box 7002, Farrer ACT 2607 or pauldyer@cogent.com.au.

Holy Communion in the Home: If you know of anyone in the Parish who is ill or housebound and would like to receive Holy Communion in their home please contact Fr Francis or Cath on 6295 9555.