Notices

Toddler Group

Could anyone who has expressed an interest in volunteering to help run the toddler group for next September please email Geraldine Kerrigan with your details so that she can draw up a rota. If anyone who hasn’t volunteered so far but would like to do so she would love to hear from you. Her contact details are geraldinekerrigan@gmail.com.

Confirmation Year 2 Dates

CONFIRMATION 2016 (SECOND YEAR)

 2nd September – Parent and Candidate Session

9th September – Session 1

7th October – Session 2

4th November – Session 3

RESIDENTIAL RETREAT: FRIDAY 13 – SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2015

2nd December – Session 4

20th January – Session 5

24th February – Session 6

16th March – Session 7

20th April – Session 8

11th May – Session 9

Please Note: All sessions take place in the Parish Hall from 19.30-21.00.

All sessions (including the retreat) are mandatory.

The 200 Club

The 200 Club begins again in March and if anyone is interested in joining this year, please contact either Sally on 07782 361 408 or Katharine on 07503 182 450 or alternatively, pop £12 in an envelope with your name and contact details and drop it in the Parish Office.

Prizes are drawn monthly and it could be you, but you have to be in it to win it!

New Sunday Evening Mass Time

Please note from Sunday 4th January our Sunday evening 7pm Mass will change permanently to 6pm.

LIVE SIMPLY

Live Simply

 

Suggestions taken from the Live Simply Guide chosen by those present at the first meeting on the 1st December,

they will be discussed at the second meeting on 14th January 2015.

 

  1. Outdoor space. Seed bank, cuttings, planting trees, schools link.
  2. Growing flowers not buying, parishioners grow flowers for alter.
  3. Feast of St Francis – Poor Clare harvest, animal.

Social group – Rich man/poor man

Supporting Poor Clares 8th February – second hand clothes, schools – recycle jam jars for homemade jam, , greeting cards

  1. Climate change quiz
  2. Supporting local furniture re-use organisation – sign posting

Tools for self-reliance – promoting for parish to share

Outdoor mass

Sharing of equipment – parish sharing of resources through drop and collect eg buggies, prams etc

  1. Cafod World Gifts (First Holy Communion)

Spiritan projects – speak to Father Mark for suggestions

 

Already in our Parish

  1. Fair trade
  2. Bicycle and buggy park – awareness increase

Hosted shelter at church for first time with Father Mark’s agreement.  Regular volunteers – couldn’t offer hall

Harvest festival  – Poor Clares

Foodbank – raising food

Volunteers for (Saturday workers)

Parish Quiz Night

Come and join in on the fun! Saturday 29th November from 7pm in our parish hall.

Tables of 8, can be made up on the night.

Our very own quiz master….Mr Mick Wynne!

Licensed bar and Ploughman’s supper only £10 per person.

 

Mission Sunday – Father Mark’s Journey

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Parent & Toddler Group

WE NEED YOUR HELP! – The Parent & Toddler Group is voluntarily run by parents. We are in need of people (maybe you already attend) to help Celine set up and clear away at each session, maybe on a rota system. We are also in need of people who are free (might suit a retired parishioner) to help in the kitchen. If you are able to give some of your time please make yourself known at the parish office.

 

PARISH WORK DAY

 

Saturday 4th October, we have our parish work day between 10am – 1pm. Can you help for an hour or more? The following jobs need doing: weeding, a general tidy of the grounds, painting step nosings, repairing drainpipe, win-dow cleaning, centre kitchen cupboard’s clean and sort out, store-room sort out and general church cleaning.

PARISH AGM

Please do try and come along to the parish AGM, Tuesday 16th September 8pm in the parish centre