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Jesus asked "What are you looking for?"
They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
He said to them, "Come and see." (John 1:38-39)

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Liturgical Rosters

Rosters for Liturgical Ministers for February, March and April, at St Jospeh's are now available on the Liturgy page.
There is no roster for Easter Saturday Vigil as there will be a special roster for that event.
Thanks to Lyn Purssell for the rostering.

Comments (0) 28.01.2012.

News from Jenny in Tanzania

Hello Fr Graham an all St Joseph's Parish

I hope all had a happy and blessed Christmas and New Year.

Just a short update on life in Tanzania. It is almost 3 months, and I have settled in really well. Life has had its ups and downs. For just over 4 weeks I had a stomach bug that kept me feeling unwell, but not really sick. Thankfully that has passed, and I am back to normal now. Life didn't slow down over Christmas. As this is mostly a Muslim country, Christmas is not that big, and people don't slow down, with the exception of the usual public holidays. I was actually very busy over the Christmas week, catching up on heaps of work that I had expected to have done before then. School starts on the 9th January but the teachers cam back to work last Monday (2nd). It has been very exciting getting our classrooms ready for the new school year. The teachers, both local women, are some of my ups, and they have made their rooms look fantastic. The school has two classes, Chekechea which takes children 3 and 4 years old, and Pre-Primary which takes children 5 and 6 years old. Pre-Primary is a pre-requisite for entering Primary School, and believe it or not, the children must sit an entrance exam to gain entry into Primary School. Standards are high here in Tanzania - but achievement levels do not match their standards.

Also part of my role as Education Manager here is supervision of tuition, Community English and Mamas' English. Tuition here is almost compulsory, and most children go to tuition classes after school every school day. Kesho Leo, our project, also offers tuition to the children of the "Mamas" who live on the project, and also to the local children. They come in the afternoon for 1 hour tuition, and some of them come to us after they have been to tuition at their local school. After tuition, they go home and do their homework. Some of them really work hard. We also offer English lessons to people from the local community, and provide the Mamas on the project English lessons as well. At the moment one of our tuition teachers is on maternity leave, and we have one of the school teachers filling in, but she is not able to do English lessons as her English is not good enough, so I will be filling in for the next couple of months. Boy will it be busy!

I am sitting here in our outdoor community area that has lounge chairs under a banana leaf thatched roof, and it has just started raining. So far the weather here has been generally mild with only a few really hot days, so walking everywhere has not been too bad. The walk to the project from where I live is about 20 minutes each way. Some days I go back and forth two or three times, so I am doing plenty of walking. Unfortunately the middle of most days gets hot and the walk is not so much fun - I miss my car, but I couldn't have it here as the roads are dirt and in very bad condition. When it rains, the soil becomes very muddy and slippery. Walking on the muddy roads has its hazards, because as well as being slippery, the mud sticks to your shoes and you tend to bring half the road or paddock back with you attached to your shoes. I am not looking forward to the rainy season from late March when mud is part of life. Our home village is all dirt paths so our rooms and shoes and even clothes end up really muddy.
I have a pair of boots so hope that will keep me reasonably clean.

God bless,
Jenny

Comments (0) 07.01.2012.

Who will we follow in 2012?

Gospel Reading for the Wednesday before Epiphany (John 1:35-42):

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!"
The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, "What are you looking for?"
They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.
One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Anointed).
He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter ).
(NRSV)

Comments (0) 03.01.2012.

Christmas Liturgies

St Joseph's Catholic Parish Celebrates Christmas with three Masses:

The first is Christmas Eve: 24th December, Saturday evening Vigil at 6.00 pm.
This Mass will be held at St John's College Multipurpose Centre, Perwillowen Road, Nambour.
(Please note change of time and venue this year.)
This Mass is a family Mass at which we invite the children to take part dressed in nativity costumes.

There will be a bus leaving St Josephs Church at 5.30pm Christmas eve for the aged and frail who wish to attend this Mass at St Johns College.

Then at 11.30pm Christmas Carols will begin until Midnight Mass at St Joseph's Church.

On Christmas Day, Sunday,25th December, Mass will be at 8.00 am. only.

Mass times for neighbouring Parishes are as follows:

Noosa District Parish:
Christmas Eve:
5pm Childrens Mass Sunshine Beach
5pm Vigil Mass Tewantin
5.30pm Vigil Mass Cooroy
7pm Vigil Mass Sunshine Beach
7.30pm Vigil Mass Tewantin
7.30pm Vigil Mass Pomona

Sunday 25th December
Christmas Day
7am Mass Tewantin
8am Mass Pomona
8.30am Mass Sunshine Beach
10am Mass Tewantin
Tewantin 5 Moorindal St
Sunshine Beach Ben Lexcen Dve Sunshine Beach
Pomona 1 Church St
Cooroy 63 Maple St

Stells Maris Parish Maroochydore, Coolum, Buderim & Sippy Downs
Christmas Eve Vigil Saturday 24th December
5.00pm St Peters, Elizabeth St, Coolum
5.00pm 37 Baden Powell St, Maroochydore 5.30pm Sippy Downs (Outdoors-bring chairs) St Catherines, 58 Sippy Downs Dr, Sippy Downs
7.00pm Coolum
7.00pm Maroochydore
7.30pm Buderim St Marys, 24 King St, Buderim
Midnight Maroochydore

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December
6.30am Maroochydore
7.30am Coolum
8.00am Buderim
8.00am Maroochydore
9.00am Coolum
9.30am Maroochydore
6.00pm Maroochydore

Merry Christmas!

18.12.2011.

Social Networking Protocol

The Catholic Church in Australia through its bishops has developed a protocol for the use of the social media for all who work in the Church. It is worth considering.
Download a copy on this link: Social Media Protocol of the Catholic Church in Australia

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