WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY: A worthwhile prayer exercise at times is to imagine God turning to face me—what is the countenance I see written on God’s face? For some, God blesses the person he faces! God clearly cares for the entire world and “all peoples” desiring the earth's harvest of rich blessings to be shared equitably between all and salvation itself to come to all. Yet, some Catholics have trouble believing in god being with and blessing various other Catholics, let alone non-believers!

First Reading:
Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7.

1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
6 "And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath, and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant --
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

ST PHILOMENA'S STUDY GROUP: Next meeting is Tues August 19th at 1.30pm in the school staff room. The subject will be Today’s readings and Gospel. For further information ph Ian McGill 753 3513

ROSTERS: Rosters for Aug & Sept are now available. Please see if there is one for your family. Thank you.

CUP OF TEA: There will be a cup of tea after Mass on Sunday Sept 7. To be served by the Raisin Family Group.

CATHOLIC ENGAGED ENCOUNTER: Brochures advertising Catholic Engaged Encounter weekends are available in the church porch.

HEARTS AFLAME SUMMER SCHOOL: To be held in Christchurch 9—18th Jan 2009. For adults aged 18—35. Brochures in church porch.

ST PIUS X SCHOOL NEWS: I would like to thank parishioners for my warm welcome as the new Principal at St Pius X. I feel privileged to be leading our parish school and thank you, the parish community, for your constant support. We know our school is fortunate to have the positive involvement and support that you offer us and it is very much appreciated and valued.

At present I am in the process of updating our roll and planning for future years. If you know of families that are considering sending their children to our school in the next few years please encourage them to contact me. We do have vacancies for catholic children at present, and to secure a place, prospective parents need to enroll their children at their earliest convenience. School visits are encouraged and families are very welcome to make an appointment to meet with me to talk about what we offer at St Pius X. Our school phone number is 753 4257 and my email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Kind regards
Trish Walsh
Principal