Mass attendances last Sunday were 659.
Sunday 13/1/13	The Baptism of the Lord (C) 6pm – Alice Sullivan (John & Linda Samuels) 9.15am – People of the Parish 11am –Cathleen Benson RIP First Anniversary (Mr & Mrs Benson)
Monday 14/1/13	Feria 9.30am – Teresa Linehan
Tuesday 15/1/13	Feria 9.30am – Ann & Peter Ruggiero
Wednesday 16/1/13	Feria 9.30am – Bridie Buckley and Family
Thursday 17/1/13	St Anthony, Abbott 9.30am – Josephine & Seamus McMorrow
Friday 18/1/13	Feria 9.30am – Patrick O’Connor RIP (Scott Family)
Sunday 20/1/13	Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 6pm – Betty & Tom Cotter 9.15am – Dolores & John Ash 11am  - Welfare of Margaret Walsh (Mr & Mrs Benson)

Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord and Christmas season officially ends.

Today (Sunday) we welcome our uniformed groups to the 11 am Mass.

Second Collection today for the Maintenance and Refurbishment Fund.

Retiring Collection for SPUC (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children).

This afternoon (3pm) Petts Wood Festival Chorus begins its sixth year and will start rehearsing Faure’s Requiem, to be performed here on March 24^th.  Please come along if you would like to take part.  Singing in a choir is great fun but commitment is expected.  Membership is open to all our Petts Wood churches plus the parishes of our Catholic Deanery.

Monday:

Finance Committee.  Presbytery at 10.30am.

Week of Accompanied Prayer, planning session.  Meeting room 8pm.

Tuesday:

Project Board.  Meeting room at 8pm.

Petts Wood Churches Together meeting.  Friends Meeting House - 7.30pm.

Wednesday:

Mass with St James’ School in church.  9.30am (Christian Unity).

LiveSimply meeting, 7.45pm in hall.

Baptism Preparation (for parents who have been invited) 8.15pm in meeting room.

Next weekend:

Traidcraft goods on sale after all three Masses.  Sale items and favourites - please support.

"WEEK OF ACCOMPANIED PRAYER”- WAP

Sunday 3rd March to Saturday 9th March 2013

Did you take home a flyer with full details of the Week from the porch last week? If not, please pick one up today.

Please do consider participating in this opportunity to grow in your prayer life.  A team of experienced Prayer Guides/Companions is coming to support and encourage participants.  All that is needed for this week-long Lenten retreat in daily life is to spend a period of time each day in prayer, and then reflect with your Prayer Guide in complete confidence at your agreed time daily, here at St James. 

This is an inter-church event, so all are invited to a Taster Session next Sunday 20th January, 3 - 4 pm at Christ Church URC, Tudor Way. 

Do you find yourself wanting a deeper personal relationship with God? 

Do you sometimes find it difficult to pray? 

Would you like to discover more about different ways of praying?

If so, this Week could be for you. "

From April 22^nd-30^th Archbishop Peter is leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Full details on the diocesan website. A lady from St Joseph’s would like to share (its cheaper) – details on porch board.

Fr Bryan