IMPORTANT INFORMATION!
Please note: For your safety, the tiles at the main entrance of the church have been treated this week with an Anti-Slip treatment.

Billets for WYD Pilgrims  If you offered last year to help us by hosting Pilgrims in July (10/11/12/13 approx dates) you should have received a letter and a form to complete and return to us as soon as possible.  If you didn’t get a letter or your circumstances have changed and you wish to put your name forward then please contact the office as soon as possible 480 7357 or mail us at st-mary@xtra.co.nz we are now at a stage where we need to start to ‘firm things up’.   If you haven’t yet returned your form please do so this week - Thank you

WEEKEND MINISTRIES, DO YOU WANT TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN OUR PARISH?
A SINCERE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS!  However, there are several areas in which we need more people power! 
Computer/Projector Operator: for the 5.30pm Vigil Mass - training to take place next week!
Altar Servers: for the 5.30pm Saturday Vigil, 8.30am and 5.00pm Sunday Masses– training will take place later this month.  You must have made your First Holy Communion, there is no upper age limit, in fact older youth would be most welcome.  Younger children must check with their parents before volunteering.
Ministers of the Word: we have a need for readers at our 5.30 Saturday Vigil Mass and the 5.00pm Sunday Mass. Training and formation is scheduled for 13th and 20th May sessions commence at 7.30pm
If you would like to volunteer for any of the above (please call the office on 480 7357), or you are a current minister it is vitally important that you are here in good time, so that everything is in place  and we are ready to start 5 minutes  before Mass commences.  This is especially important so that Father doesn’t have to rush around finding people to help at the last minute, and it will be extremely
important when Fr Ivan is able to return to Northcote.
Mass Coordinators—30 mins. before Mass   Ministers of Communion - 20 mins. before Mass (if your are No. 1 or 2) other ministers 10 mins. before Mass.  Altar Servers - 20 minutes before Mass Computer Projectionists - 20 mins. before Mass  Ministers of the Word - 10 mins. before Mass.
If there is any other areas in your parish in which you might like to become involved we would love to her from you!  See opposite page for some suggestions

ST MARY’S WEB SITE! We are looking for a volunteer to improve and up-date our Webpage, someone with flare and imagination and a passion for webpages!!  You would need to be to up-date the page each week and come up with ’exciting ideas’ that would make people want to ’visit us’!  If you think this ministry is for you, then please contact Fr Craig 480 7357.

Mainly Music Are still  looking for help! 9.30am on a Friday various jobs from operating the laptop to holding a baby to just being there! Call 480 7357

MUSICIANS & SINGERS We are always looking for competent pianists, musician and singers to lead our congregation in our liturgies and Masses.  You don’t have to be a soloist, just have a love of music and the liturgy. We would welcome you all - another pianist would be great!  If you feel this is a ministry to which you could contribute - please call 480 7357.

CHURCH CLEANING We need someone to coordinate the Roster and families to take a turn twice a year on. We have commercial cleaners to clean the body of the church so it is just the sacristies, the sanctuary  and polishing a few door handles!  Please call the office 480 7357 if you can help.

PENTECOST SUNDAY - NEXT SUNDAY 11TH MAY It has become a tradition at St Mary’s that on Pentecost Sunday we invite parishioners to wear their National Dress and ask them to offer a Prayer of Intercession in their own natural language (i.e. Maori, Korean, Polish, Tagalog, Samoan, Tongan etc. etc.)  We require seven people for each Mass, the prayer subject will be given to you, the prayer is announced in English.  If you would like to be involved at the particular Mass you attend, then please call the office (480 7357) for further instructions no later than Wednesday 9th May.  It is also a tradition that we proclaim the first reading (Acts 2: 1-11) in different  languages (at the 10.30am Mass only ) so if you have a bible in your own natural language we invite you to join others and proclaim this reading together.  Again, please call the office 480 7357, no later than Wednesday next week for further instructions.  PLEASE help us to keep this special tradition at St Mary’s parish, your parish, going.