St David's Parish

• Free Sausage Sizzle

Date - Sunday, 28th November
Time - After the 10.30am Mass
Venue - St David's Church

Come along and meet and chat to your fellow parishioners and enjoy a morning tea/coffee as well. See you there! Also cordial for the children.

• Commentators Required Urgently

DO YOU ATTEND SUNDAY 8AM MASS? - Yes! Then this message is for you!

You are urgently requested to contact Denise and have your name added to the COMMENTATOR ROSTER. Currently there is NO-ONE on roster for this Mass. Please consider helping in this important ministry. If you need training, this can be arranged. Phone Denise 8264 4694 or see Father after Mass.

• Mass at ACH Nursing Home

Date - Wednesday, 17th November
Time - 11am
Venue - ACH Nursing Home, 7 Sirius Ave, Hope Valley

All are welcome to join with the residents and Fr David.

• Anointing Of The Sick Mass

Date - Saturday, 4th December
Time - 5.30pm Mass
Venue - St David's Church

If you require transport for this Mass please phone June Tucker at the Parish Office.

• Rosters

New Rosters for Ministers (from Dec 2010 through to March 2011), and Morning Tea Host Families (12 month roster) will be collated next week. If you wish to be added to a roster, or enquire about any of these ministries, please contact Denise at the Office any day except Tuesday. There will be a ‘SPECIAL’ Roster for Christmas Day and for the 5.30pm Sunday Masses during January.

• Planned Giving Envelopes

They are ready to be picked up from the foyers. If your set is not there, please write your name on the sheet provided and they will be place there next weekend. If you wish to join the Planned Giving please place your name and address on the sheet. Thank you.

• Panda Bars For Sale! Heavily Discounted "Tool Boxes"!

Got your attention! In place of your normal Christmas gift you may consider supporting our Panda Bear & tool box program. How does it work? Simply make a tax-deductible donation of $15 to buy a tool box or $20 to buy a Panda Bear (soft toy that is, not a real one). You will receive a special Christmas Card to give to someone explaining what you have done on their behalf. Your gift of a tool box to a young person studying to be a mechanic in one of our technical colleges, cared for by the Oblates in Indonesia, will help them complete their training. After finishing their studies the student will be given the 82 piece special car kit tool box to help them find work. Your gift of a Panda Bear will help to purchase soft toys and equipment that will bring joy into the lives of infants and young children in a Chinese orphanage supported by the Oblates. How do I order the gift cards? See Denise at the Office any day except Tuesday or they can be purchased from the Piety Stall. Goats & chooks may be ordered on line: mami@oblates.com.au or www.oblates.com.au/mami

• RCIA - Rite Of Welcome

On Sunday 21st November at the 10.30am Mass in St David’s, four people will take a step on their faith journey.

One young man and a woman have taken the decision to be baptised, confirmed and to receive the Eucharist, another, although baptised in another Christian community now wishes to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. A fourth person is a young woman who, although baptised a Catholic, now wishes to complete her initiation by being Confirmed and receiving the Eucharist.

The decisions taken by these people have not been taken lightly. They have all begun to deepen their understanding of faith and the Catholic Church and are now ready to take the first official step toward full communion with Christ and His Church. We support them in their journey and ask that you remember each of them in your prayers.

• Available From The Piety Stall

Columban Calendars $7 each and Vinnies Christmas Cards $5 a pack of ten cards.

• Mass for the Repose of the Holy Souls

During the month of November, Tuesday & Saturday morning Masses will be offered up for the repose of the Holy Souls from our November Offerings. Names of people will be on the lists behind Father’s Chair in the Sacristy. Envelopes for these Masses are available from the Foyers of St David’s and Our Lady of Hope or from your Planned Giving Envelope Set.

• Oblates World Youth Day Pilgrimage

Sign up for the time of your life! Oblate World Youth Day Pilgrimage to France, Spain and Italy. If your between 18 – 35, registration is now open for the Oblate WYD Pilgrimage 2011.

Departing on 5 August, this 24 day pilgrimage will include:

- a journey into the French heartland of St Eugene de Mazenod
- visits to Lourdes and Avila
- an Oblate youth encounter in Southern Spain
- an unforgettable World Youth Day week in Madrid
- a final stop exploring Rome and the Vatican City

To register and find out more about this exciting experience, visit www.oblateyouth.com

For enquiries please contact Fr Christian Fini 0408995483. Under one year until take off – sign up now to secure your spot!

• Flowers And Greenery For The Church

If you want to leave flowers etc for the arrangements in the church, please leave them in the bucket of water in the small foyer of the church, Vizard Rd side on Fridays. If you wish to donate money for flowers, please place in an envelope marked 'Flower Money' and place it on the collection plate. Thank you.