WELCOME TO OUR LITURGY:  A child playing in a park met an elderly woman who smiled at him, so he offered to share his lunch with her.  When he got home his mother asked whom he had met, and he replied “I think I met God and she was so old.”  The woman reached home and her husband asked “Who id you meet today?”  She said “I’m sure I met God, and he was so young.”  The Father reveals himself to those who open themselves to others.

First Reading:
Zechariah 9: 9-10.

9     Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass.
10     I will cut off the chariot from E’phraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

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CUP OF TEA:  will be served today, after Mass, by the Dombroski Family Group.

NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC:  Some headlines from the July 3-16 issue of NZ Catholic: NZ’s Fr “Chalky” Duggan becomes world’s oldest Marist priest…..Bishop and principals disagree on national standards…..Christchurch woman consecrated as a Bride of Christ….. Traumatised pupils get “natural disaster” support. On sale now

KNITTERS:  A group of New Plymouth ladies still knit for the babies at Family Life International, Auckland.  www.fli.org.nz  If you have any unwanted wool to spare we will happily use it;  a little or a lot.  Leave it at the church or with Sr Mary.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL:  Can you help!! Due to a keen demand for winter clothing, the St Vincent de Paul Opportunity Shop at Fitzroy is running low on stock. If you have any surplus articles of winter items the Opportunity Shop would be most grateful to receive them. Please have a good look to see what you can spare and drop them of at the shop between 10am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday

CARITAS– WINTER UPDATE:  The Winter Update is now available in the Church porch.

MASS STIPENDS:  Having a Mass offered by a priest for loved ones is a very Catholic tradition. You can help Missionaries by sending us your requests and we will arrange with a needy Missionary Bishop to have Masses offered by his priests for your intentions.    The customary stipend $10-00. See our website for the wonderful story of Fr Michael Useni. www.missionz.co.nz    It is a good way to connect with Missionaries and contribute to their daily needs. Send Mass Stipends to Missionz PO Box 12322, Thorndon Wellington 6144

PARISH SINGERS & MUSICIANS:   The National Pro-Life Songwriting Contest this Year will be held in Auckland.  Join us in promoting Respect for Life – by composing your own song!  Cash prizes plus tickets to 2012 “Parachute” Festival.  For more information see http://voiceforlife.bravehost.com/index.html

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE:  Committee meeting at 4pm on Thurs 7 July at the Cath Donohue Room.

MORRIS FAMILY GROUP:  Next meeting at Barry & Dot’s place 27 Somerset St, Sunday 10 July 1.30pm. A fortune to be made here.
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