YOUTH MASS
St Francis Xavier Church
10.30 am on the First Sunday each month except January.
Children's Liturgy of the Word
CLOW runs during Mass regularly throughout the year.
It is facilitated by volunteers at Mass who take the Children out of the Assembly of the Church to hear the Word of God in a more child friendly fashion. The Children return to the Assembly at the offertory with a prayer they have prepared during this time.
Children in the Parish Sacramental Program are required to attend Children's Liturgy as part of their Sacramental preparation.
For further information contact Anna at the Parish house on 5275 4120.
Jubilee Justice Juniors This Group is currently in recess but if you are interested in reforming then please contact Len Monk at the Parish Office.
INTERESTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS?
WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD?
THEN JOIN THE JUBILEE JUSTICE JUNIORS!!!
Meets on the first Wednesday of each month 5pm - 6.15pm in the Ron Lowe Room at Corio. The group is open to all interested teenagers. A range of interesting Social topics are discussed as well as activities.
Some recent activities include Aboriginal heritage walk - Melbourne, Selling chutney to support refugees-Pako festa, Interactive games, quizzes ti learn about Climate change, Cruelty to animals week-display of parishioners and pet photos.
Please contact Len Monk on 5275 4120 for more information.
Come along and join in the activities and discussions. All welcome.
Thirdly - we have Young Vinnies who work for the poor and needy in the community. Activities include - Soup vans, Kids day out, Kids camp, Tutoring programs, Nursing Home visits.
Young Vinnies is open to anyone aged 17-30 years. You Yang Youth and Jubilee Justice Juniors are open to youth of secondary school age.
Youth Publishing Committee
We aim to meet certain publication needs of the Parish; to provide innovative opportunities for youth with writing and artistic abilities.
The YPC is the place to be - for teens to have their say on topics that are more interesting than the news. In our Group, we design, we write, we have fun, eat pizza, and of course have our say. If you like all of these things, come and join the YPC! It's fun and funky and it's run by teens.
To get started, we thought we might wander around the Church at Corio with a camera.
CLICK on the images below to enlarge!
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Memorial Garden - broken memories: a mosaic of a favourite teacher at St Francis Xavier School, the late Kath Parker.
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O for a window - the new St Francis Xavier circular window
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The Baptismal font has changed
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The altar hasn't altered.
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Picasso eat your heart out - the School library
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Open sesame - entrance hall to the Parish House
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In 2006 we have contributed to the teen page in Xavier Padua Express; designed birthday cards for monthly mass and other greeting cards; prepared one page each month for Parish Bulletin and help out folding the Xavier Padua Express.
Jubilee Justice Juniors
The following verse from Psalm 82:3-4 captures our hope: Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
PURPOSE Investigation, awareness raising, and advocacy on justice and environmental issues OPERATIONS 2006 issues: Selling Chutney at Pako Festa to support Asylum Seeker Temporary Protection Visa Holders, Help Amnesty BBQ, Walk to Williamstown with Message Stick, Mini-workshop on Nuclear Power, Button drive to fund rebuilding of Kindergarten destroyed by the tsunami in Thailand, discussion on Lebanon War and Church teaching on self defense; World Animal Week.
25 November 2006 - White Ribbon Day: to raise awareness that violence against women is unacceptable. White ribbons sold after all masses -$110 raised to support the compaign
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Youth Section 
