To celebrate Fr John’s 75th birthday, we’re having a shared lunch in the hall at 12pm on Sunday 20th January. All are very welcome. Please bring food to share. Please also write down what food you’re bringing on the sign-up sheet in the Church porch so that we know for catering purposes. If you are able to help with this …
A&B Lourdes Pilgrimage
Applications for the Youth Service Group in the A&B Lourdes Pilgrimage – aka ‘The Redshirts’ – will open soon. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis with 60 spaces available. Apply online at http://ABLourdes.org
Zimba Orphan Fund – Retiring Collection
The Zimba Orphan Fund supports the work of Orphans and Vulnerables Organisation (OVO), Zambia who use monies raised to carry out invaluable work to improve the plight of children orphaned through AIDS in Zambia.
Collections 5th/6th January 2019
Offertory Collection £735.12 Gift Aided Collection £174.86 Standing Orders £1016.00 (Weekly average) Total £1925.98 Retiring Collection £534.00 Third World and Charities Special Christmas CollectionFurther £280.00
Grandparents Meeting Wednesday 23/1/19
At 10.00am after mass in the Parish Room. We meet to pray for our families, to support one another in a changing world in confidence and to celebrate good news. We also enjoy nice refreshments and time to chat. There is no obligation to come to every session. Watch the newsletter for dates.
Children’s Liturgy
Children’s Liturgies take place in our Church Hall during the 10:30am Sunday Masses in term time. All children who are of primary school age are welcome to attend and sometimes we have older children who ask to help out too. They pray, listen to the Gospel, talk, draw, act, sing or put together a poster to deepen their understanding of …
Christmas Mass Times
December 24th 6:00pm 10:30pm Carols 11:00pm Mass December 25th 8:30am 10:30am
16th December 2018 Third Sunday of Advent 2018
Dear Friends, In response to John (a voice crying inthe wilderness); “Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight” (Luke3:4) and in today’s gospel we hear the response. Maybe some thought that’s agood idea and I will do it another day. But we are told, “all the people asked John, ‘What must we do?’” (Luke 3:10) So, …