* Today’s theme is: Listening to Jesus, finding rest in Him.

* On behalf of the parish and faithful I would like to congratulate John Mathew Bango and Eliza Benjemin tema and Mario Juma rizik and Antonieta Mathew Uku on their wedding day. May God bless you in this journey. We thank Ackolyte Mario for preparing for this great day. God bless you always.

* We are making benches for hall at Don Bosco VTC, for our Parish. For all those who sponsor one bench, their names will be printed on them. Please see the parish priest office for more details.

* The Parish Council members are completing their term of office. It is time to choose the new members. I request each center to choose two names and give to the parish priest after spending quality time in prayer. Let us pray for the gift of the spirit in this discernment process. The present council will continue till we elect the new members.

Qualities Needed for the Parish Council Members:

1. Fully aware of Church functions, respectable towards chruch authority.
2. Should be married in the Catholic Chruch
3. Should be able to read and write , and a good knowledge about Bible
4. Should have good moral character in the society and chruch.
5. Should promote unity and peace and dedicated in given responsibility.
6. Leadership qualities

*The registration for Holy Communion, Confirmation and Adult catechumens will begin from tomarrow in our parish and centres. All the parents and godparents please register the names of the children.

* Small Christian Communities: The Parish Priest request all the groups in the parish beginning with parish and local council members in the centres to come up with a plan to start again small christian communites in the parish. This is something very important and we have to restore.

* We thank the english choir for animate the adoration last week. Coming thursday the adoration service will be animate by Arabic choir at 4pm.

Funeral Masses:

*The family of late Gedia Pogo invite all families relative and friends for the mass on Friday 25/7/2025 at 12:pm for the repose soul of late sister mama khamisa gedia pogo in the house of Mr. Marcolla gedia pogo in hai bufra, near hai batra primary school all the faithful are invited, especially the choir.

*The family of late sabit Palpa invite all family, friends and relatives for the holy mass on Friday on 25072025 at 12pm for the repose soul of late sabit palpa in the house of late in hai calvaria near Azande community all the faithful are especially choir.

* The family of fr. Peter Hassan invite all families relatives, friends for thanksgiving mass for the son who became priest, peter Hassan. The holy eucharist will be on Wednesday 23/07/2025 at 12pm in hai Lokoloko near donkey jume juk , all the faithful are invited especially choir.

* The family John Mathew bango invite all family, friends and relative for thanks giving mass for blessed marriage in the church. The mass will be on Friday 25/07/25 at 12pm at hai calvario near south irena basic school. All the faithful are invited especially choir.

* The family of late Monica John (known by tona) invite families, friends and relatives for the holy mass for the repose soul of late Monica John on Friday 25.7.2025 at 1pm in the house of Mr Juma Suleman at hai bafra near Sacred Heart of Jesus center all the faithful are invited especially the choirs.

*The Parish Priest would like to thank the CMA for cleaning the church and hall this week. Next week the parish priest would like to request Salesian Cooperators and ADMA to help out in cleaning the church and hall on Saturday.

Aboona Reddy Papi Gade SDB

Parish Priest of St. Joseph the Worker

Sikka Hadid, Wau, Catholic Dioceses of Wau.