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Thank you for your offering last week of £1218.64 and £598.60 for Ecclesiastical Education. Mass attendances were 680. |
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Sunday 3/5/15 |
Fifth Sunday of Easter
6pm Saturday Rucciero Family
9.15am People of the Parish
11.00am Mrs Joan Crosland RIP (Crosland Family)
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Monday 4/5/15
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The English Martyrs
9.30am Peter Keen RIP (Ford Family)
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Tuesday 5/5/15 |
Feria
9.30am Elaine Slattery
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Wednesday 6/5/15 |
Feria
9.30am George Chavannes RIP (Edna Chavannes)
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Thursday 7/5/15 |
Feria
9.30pm Welfare of Mary Casartelli
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Friday 8/5/15 |
Feria
9.30am Mary Kelly’s Intentions (M Howell)
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Saturday 9/5/15 |
6pm Vigil Mass
People of the Parish
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Sunday 10/5/15 |
Sixth Sunday of Easter
9.15am Anna Vassallo RIP (Vicky Terry)
11.00am Carmen Novaes Suzzara RIP (Denise Suzzara)
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Confessions heard Saturday 5.00pm-5.45pm or by appointment. |
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Fr. David writes......
Hello again! I wish to thank you for your warm welcome to the parish. It has been an eventful couple of weeks for me juggling between settling down in the presbytery and initiating some ministry within the parish. I’ve had excellent support mainly from our parish secretaries Suzanne and Paula. I would like to thank them publicly for their patience with me. I am enjoying meeting some of you and also meeting some of the different groups within the parish. It is very evident for me that the parish is a very active parish and very obvious that you have a strong sense of belonging and ownership of the parish. This is excellent. As parish priests, I am aware that we are here for a period of time. As you have experienced we can come and go. (I am not suggesting that I am going very quickly just to make that clear). Yet you as parishioners are the ones that truly know your needs. You are the ones that remain. Hopefully I will also in time feel a true sense of belonging here amongst you. I have no doubt that it will happen. I have also had the opportunity to celebrate my first mass at St James Catholic School this week for year 4 and met Mrs Bosher and the staff. I am impressed. I would like to invite anyone who feels the need to see me personally, to either email me for an appointment or call the parish office. I am very happy to meet you. I am also hoping to meet all the diverse groups and organisations in the parish. Thank you once more for your support and let keep each other in our thoughts and prayers. Blessings to all.
Second Collection
Will be held next weekend for the Maintenance Fund.
Fr Tom Cooper writes.....
My Dear Friends of St James the Great Church and School. Safely stowed in my place near Cahore Point in Co Wexford I want to thank you all for ever so many reasons. The first is for your welcome when I arrived almost (only!) a year ago. Secondly, I assure you that your acceptance and responsiveness to what I said and did has you imprinted in my mind and heart. I will not forget you.
And finally, a thousand thanks for your understanding and the lovely 'send-off' of two weekends ago. I had a nice, easy journey and ferry-crossing (still unpacking). I hope we'll meet again.
With love and prayers,
Very Sincerely.
Fr Tom xx
Parish Office – change of opening times
Please note that the Parish Office will now be open Monday – Thursday 9.00am – 2.00pm and that it will be closed on Friday.
GIFT AID box no.292 – URGENT REQUEST
Please check your Gift Aid envelope and if it is number 292 would you please contact Geoff Ford at gift.aid@stjamespettswood.org as soon as possible. Many thanks.
Also, would those in the Gift Aid Scheme collect their new boxes of envelopes if you haven’t already done so. If you no longer require the envelopes please let Geoff know at gift.aid@stjamespettswood.org so that they be reallocated for the current year.
Also please speak to Geoff if you cannot find your box of envelopes.
Reminders - Church Cleaning!
Saturday 9th May: Year 7 Parents
Saturday 16th May: Year 8 Parents
First Holy Communion 2015
Upcoming Sessions 4.30pm-5.45pm
Saturday 9th May: Children only
Saturday 16th May: Children & Parent Session
Confirmation 2015
This weekend our Confirmation Candidates are on a retreat in Whitstable preparing for their Confirmation which takes place here next month. Please keep them all in your prayers.
The next meeting here at the church will be the rehearsal on Sunday 10th May 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Candidates are to attend along with their sponsors.
Holy Baptism
This weekend we welcome Rory Fulton, his parents Sarah and John and Godparents Jo and Jackie.
Diocesan Day for Catechists
The annual day for Catechists this year is on Saturday 27th June, at St George’s Cathedral, starting at 11.00am and ending with Mass at 4.00pm. All catechists including those involved with the Children’s Liturgy are requested to attend. Could all catechists please contact the Parish Office so that numbers can be co-ordinated and relevant booking forms be sent back to the Diocese. Many thanks.
Parish Social Evening
The Social Centre will be open after Mass next Saturday evening 9th May. All are welcome to come along for a drink or two.
Traidcraft Stall
Many thanks for your support last weekend – receipts were £228.56.
St George’s Social Evening
The Knights of St Columba would like to thank everyone who supported their event last Saturday. Total amount raised was £400 all profits of which will be donated towards the Maintenance Fund.
Appeal from Knights of St. Columba
Please continue to bring in your used postage stamps. If they are on postcards, it is fine to donate the postcard as well. Many thanks for your continued support.
Plant sale
(Flowers and veg) in aid of Zambuko House on 6th & 7th June. If you are tidying the garden and have any unwanted plants please do not discard but find them a new home at the sale. Gardening enthusiasts please pot on any excess seedlings and cuttings. Thank you. J&P Group
St James Fun Run
This year’s St James 5K Fun Run and parish Garden event will be held on Sunday 14th June. This is one for every member of the parish and friends. If running or walking is not your thing then come to the garden to relax with a burger, tea and cake or your own picnic and celebrate the return of the runners. More details about run entry and the garden event will be given next week.
CAFOD Appeal
CAFOD has launched a £3 million emergency appeal following the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday.
Thousands of people in this already impoverished country have been killed and many thousands more are now in urgent need of food, water, shelter and emergency supplies. The UN estimates that 8 million people (a quarter of the population) are affected. CAFOD is responding with Caritas Nepal and the Church and we have deployed a team to provide specialist support. We are particularly concerned for communities in remote areas that have not yet been reached and need to be ready to act quickly when access becomes possible. Support will also be needed for the long term - long after the television cameras have left - to enable communities to rebuild their lives and plan for the future.
Please Pray for these affected and donate to our appeal, either in today’s retiring collection, online at CAFOD.org.uk/Nepal, or by telephone 0500 85 88 85