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Thank you for your offering last week of £1325.23 and £685.34 for St George’s Cathedral. Mass attendances were 853.
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Sunday 26/4/15 |
Fourth Sunday of Easter
6pm Saturday Caroline Price (Knights of St. Columba)
9.15am Nuala Kelly RIP (Margaret Kelly)
11.00am People of the Parish
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Monday 27/4/15
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Feria
10.00am Thanksgiving Mass for Anthony Olivelle (please note change of time)
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Tuesday 28/4/15 |
Feria/St Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr
9.30am Mai & Peggy Linehan
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Wednesday 29/4/15 |
St Catherine of Siena
9.05am Peter Keen RIP (CWL) Mass in St James School. (Please note change of time)
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Thursday 30/4/15 |
Feria/St Pius V, Pope
9.30pm Ranjana Chauhan
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Friday 1/5/15 |
Feria/St Joseph the Worker
9.30am Fr Victor Vella (Hazel Quins)
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Saturday 2/5/15 |
6pm Vigil Mass
Rucciero Family
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Sunday 3/5/15 |
Fifth Sunday of Easter
9.15am People of the Parish
11.00am Mrs Joan Crosland RIP (Crosland Family)
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Confessions heard Saturday 5.00pm-5.45pm or by appointment. |
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Fr David writes......
Hello! I come to you at St James the Great, Petts Wood very much aware that as a community you have gone through a lot of changes in a very short time. Transitions are never easy. They demand of us a lot of emotional energy. Letting go of the familiar is difficult. We need time to grieve. We need time to come in touch with the loss. Transition demands also a process. So It would be very imprudent of me to think that I can come to your community and expect that life would resume as if nothing actually had happened.. On the other hand, I must remember that I am in transition myself. Coming to a new place, a new community is like entering a culture. As a community you have a history and a story which makes you unique as a parish community. It demands a lot of sensitivity and listening on my part. In this way, transition demands a lot of patience on both parts. So I ask you please to have patience with me. I come with a lot of enthusiasm to get to know you and to minister with you in order to continue to build up the community. I also need lots of patience first and foremost towards myself in order to allow the process to enfold and not push it. So I ask you please to keep me in your prayers as I start this new ministry. Pray that God’s spirit would provide me with the gift of wisdom and pastoral sensitivity so that together with you, I can continue to explore and celebrate God’s presence in our midst and also to share this with others whom we encounter. So I am looking forward to get to know you and your families. Thank you for welcoming me in your midst and for praying for me. God bless.
Second Collection
Will be held this weekend for Ecclesiastical Education
Gift Aid
Please 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 Ford know by emailing gift.aid@stjamespettswood.org so that they can be reallocated for the current year.
Also please speak to Geoff if you cannot find your box of envelopes.
The tax-free personal allowance has been increased as from the current tax year to £10,600 (for those born 1938 and after). Speak to Geoff (in confidence) if you suspect this will mean that you will no longer pay tax or not enough tax to cover the recovery on your gift aid contributions. The parish are able to claim an additional 25% of your gift aid donations; so, for example, if your total donations during the year are £200 the parish is able to claim £50 from the tax man (tax you have already paid). Don’t forget that you must pay enough tax to cover the recovery on all your gift aid donations (to the parish, to CAFOD, to National Trust etc, etc).
Reminders - Church Cleaning!
Saturday 2nd May: Year 6 Parents
Saturday 9th May: Year 7 Parents
First Holy Communion 2015
Upcoming Sessions 4.30pm-5.45pm:
Saturday 9th May: Children only
Saturday 16th May: Children & Parent Session
Confirmation 2015
The next meeting here at the church will be on Sunday 26th April 7.00–8.30pm.
Holy Baptism
This weekend we welcome Rory Fulton, his parents Sarah and John and Godparents Jo and Jackie. We also welcome Ethan Nantais, his parents Heather and Antony and Godparents John and Jennifer.
Y5 Class Mass in St James School
Will take place this Wednesday at 9.05am on the theme of Our Lady & St Joseph.
Charity Cycle Ride
Flavio Iorio will be taking part in a 25 mile charity cycle ride from Hastings Old Town to Pevensey Castle on Sunday 26th April. This is in aid of Hastings Lifeboat, St Michael’s Hospice and Knights of St. Columba. If you would like to sponsor him you will find his sponsorship form in the church porch.
Petts Wood Catholic Women’s League
The next meeting of the CWL will be held on Monday 27th April at 8.00pm in the Social Centre. All ladies of the parish are warmly invited to attend.
Mass in Celebration of the Sacrament of Marriage
If you are celebrating your 1st, 10th, 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th+ wedding anniversary this year, and would like to attend the Mass in St George’s Cathedral on Saturday 21st June (afternoon), please fill in your details on the form on the table at the back of the church.
Traidcraft Stall
Will be held this weekend. Please browse our range, favourites and some new items. Suggestions always welcome.
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
The Southwark Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes will be take place on 21st – 28th August 2015. Cost will be £770 by air and £705 by train. If you are interested please contact Canon Edward Perara Tel: 020 8399 9500. More details are available from Poster in Church Porch
Common Objections to Catholicism
A series of talks addressing popular objection to and misconceptions about the Catholic faith, and how to answer them are being held at the Amigo Hall, St George’s Cathedral, London SE1 7HR. More details regarding the times, dates and subject matter are available on the poster in the Church Porch.
Find out more about CAFOD and how you can help
Would you like to learn more about the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development? Come to our Understanding CAFOD workshop Saturday 25th April, 11:30am – 3:30pm at St Stephen’s Catholic Church, Welling DA16 3QL. You will find out about CAFOD’s basis in scripture and Catholic social teaching, how we work overseas and choose our partners and how you can help by volunteering here in your own community. For more information or to book a place please contact CAFOD Southwark on 020 8466 9901 or southwark@cafod.org.uk
Foodbank
Just a reminder that there is a box at the back of the church for any donations to the Foodbank. This is for anyone who might want to contribute more regularly. The items are collected weekly.
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
Computers
If you have any window 7 computers not being used and would like to donate them to a worth while charity could you please contact Frank via parish.office@stjamespettswood.org. Thank you.