WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY: No one forgets those they love, those who have shared joys and sorrows. Nor do we cease to value anything we have made or been part of. O God, you are my rock, my safety, my strength. Help me to trust your loving presence and the value you see in me.

First Reading:
Isaiah 49: 14 – 15

14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER:  Friday 4 March, 10am at St Joseph’s Church.  An ecumenical service prepared by the women of Chile.

ROSTERS:  for March are now available.  Please check to see if there is one for your family.  Thank you.

CUP OF TEA:  Next Sunday after Mass and also a sausage sizzle.

FIRST RECONCILIATION:  Preparation for First Reconciliation will begin at 6.55pm on Wed March 2nd in St Joseph’s Hall.  Meetings will continue on the following Wednesday evenings with the celebration of the Sacrament being held on Friday 1st April.  Enrolment forms are available in the church porch.  Any queries, please contact the Parish Office ph 7534419

VISION FOR DOVE:  We are praying in the Vision for Dove NP.  Come & join us at Theresa’s home 127c Brooklands Rd, New Plymouth at 9.15am, Monday 28th February.  If you want to know more please contact:  Theresa – 753 4286, Kath – 753 5528 or Mary-Rose – 758 5414

DOVE CATHOLIC FELLOWHIP FOR WOMEN:   is having a Training & Equipping Day – Equipping Women for a Deeper Prayer Life (First steps to Intercession) on 12th March at Hawera, St Joseph’s Parish 10am-3.30pm. Presenters: Jane O’Connell and Sue Gullery.  Registration $20.00.

LENT 2011:  In response to the Lenten imperative to ‘change your heart’, the communities of the North Taranaki Pastoral area are invited to participate in a series of Social Justice Forum to run throughout Lent.  These forum are a reflective journeying through Taranaki history and how that history informs Maori/Pakeha relationships, in the light of Catholic Social teaching.  Each week a different topic will be unpacked, discussed and reflected on.  We have been blessed with guest speakers of considerable mana in their field.  The invitation to participate is extended to all. You are both welcome and wished for.

Dates:  Wed 16, 23, 30 March and 6, 13 April.  At St Joseph’s Church from  7-9pm.  Contact Cushla Low ph 759 8258 for more information

FUNDING GRANTS:  The Diocese of Palmerston North, in conjunction with the Catholic Charities Foundation of Palmerston North, the Tindall Foundation and Catholic Social Services, seek applications for funding for qualifying grants to organisations within the Diocese.  Application forms and criteria are available from the Parish Office.  For more information see the noticeboard.
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WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY:  The holiness of God ensures the sacredness of God’s creation.  To respect creation is to honour the holiness of God.  To love and to share, to use my gifts generously for the good of others, to be as inclusive as possible in my forgiveness and tolerance, is to walk the road to perfection.

First Reading:
Leviticus 19: 1 – 2, 17 – 18

1     And the LORD said to Moses,
2     ”Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.
17     ”You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.

18     You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
16     Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
17     If any one destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that temple you are.
18     Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
19     For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
20     and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
21     So let no one boast of men. For all things are yours,
22     whether Paul or Apol’los or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours;
23     and you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER:  Friday 4 March, 10am at St Joseph’s Church.  An ecumenical service prepared by the women of Chile.

CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE:  General meeting Thurs 17 Feb after 12.05 Mass at St Joseph’s.  Bring your lunch

FIRST RECONCILIATION:  Preparation for First Reconciliation will begin at 6.55pm on Wed March 2nd in St Joseph’s Hall.  Meetings will continue on the following Wednesday evenings with the celebration of the Sacrament being held on Friday 1st April.  Enrolment forms are available in the church porch.  Any queries, please contact the Parish Office ph 7534419

JESUS 4 REAL:  Teen Camps.  Years 11-13:  Apr 27—May 1 and Years 9-10: Oct 12-Oct 16.  For more information please see the noticeboard.

VISION FOR DOVE:  We are praying in the Vision for Dove NP.  Come & join us at Theresa’s home 127c Brooklands Rd, New Plymouth at 9.15am, Monday 28th February.  If you want to know more please contact:  Theresa – 753 4286, Kath – 753 5528 or Mary-Rose – 758 5414

LENT 2011:  In response to the Lenten imperative to ‘change your heart’, the communities of the North Taranaki Pastoral area are invited to participate in a series of Social Justice Forum to run throughout Lent.  These forum are a reflective journeying through Taranaki history and how that history informs Maori/Pakeha relationships, in the light of Catholic Social teaching.  Each week a different topic will be unpacked, discussed and reflected on.  We have been blessed with guest speakers of considerable mana in their field.  The invitation to participate is extended to all. You are both welcome and wished for.
Dates:  Wed 16, 23, 30 March and 6, 13 April.  At St Joseph’s Parish Hall from 7-9pm.  Contact Cushla Low ph 759 8258 for more information

ICONOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS:  Learn to write your own icon.  12 sessions beginning 3rd March in Auckland.  For a Registration form and course outline contact Jenny Trolove 021 0219 9091, info@sacredart.co.nz and see the noticeboard.  Costs:  $750
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