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Thank you for your offering last week of £1169.93. Mass attendances were 608. |
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Sunday 26/7/15 |
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
6pm Saturday People of the Parish
9.15am For the full recovery of 11 year old Molly Weston (G Price)
11.00am Christine – recovery (E Bryant)
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Monday 27/7/15
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Feria
9.30am First Holy Communicants (CWL)
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Tuesday 28/7/15 |
Feria
9.30am Pat Harrington RIP (Betts Family)
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Wednesday 29/7/15 |
St Martha
9.30am Irene Ward on her 90th Birthday (Valerie Somerset)
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Thursday 30/7/15 |
Feria/St Peter Chrysologus
9.30am In Loving Memory of Moira Lyons (Gaynor Whitley)
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Friday 31/7/15 |
St Ignatius of Loyola
9.30am Alfredo Cotta RIP (Cotta Family)
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Sunday 2/8/15 |
Eighteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time 6.00pm. Pat & Lily Foy RIP (E Melling)
9.15am People of the Parish
11.00am Eileen Wood (Leish O’Sullivan)
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Monday 3/8/15 |
Feria
9.30am Maurice Cantopher RIP (Patricia Cantopher)
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Tuesday 4/8/15 |
St John Vianney
9.30am Fr Sergio Mascarenhas RIP (Cotta Family)
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Wednesday 5/8/15 |
Feria
9.30am Norman Faria RIP (Jeanne Craen)
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Thursday 6/8/15 |
The Transfiguration of The Lord
9.30am Mary Casartelli
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Friday 7/8/15 |
Feria/ St Sixtus II, Pope
9.30am Jimmie & Mary O’Connor
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Sunday 9/8/15 |
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
6.00pm People of the Parish
9.15am Tom Brosnan (Geraldine Carter and Jean Brosnan)
11.00am Fausto Suzzara RIP (Denise Suzzara)
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Monday 10/8/15 |
St Lawrence
9.30am Anthony Olivelle RIP (Manel Olivelle)
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Tuesday 11/8/15 |
St Clare
9.30am Private Intention (N Gower)
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Wednesday 12/8/15 |
Feria/St Jane Frances de Chantal
9.30am Anthony, Lisa & Family (N Gower)
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Thursday 13/8/15 |
Feria/St Pontian & St Hippolytus
9.30am Mrs Sheila Simon RIP (Pauline Fabbricatore)
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Friday 14/8/15 |
St Maximilian Mary Kolbe
9.30am Myriam Stanley RIP (P Fabbricatore)
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Sunday 16/8/15 |
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
6.00pm Peter Keen RIP (St James’ School PTA)
9.15am Maria Noemi Ramirez RIP (Dixon Family)
11.00am People of the Parish
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Monday 17/8/15 |
Feria
9.30am Sr Clare Halpil (Sr Ursula Hyland)
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Tuesday 18/8/15 |
Feria
9.30am Sr Helen Gallagher (Sr Ursula Hyland)
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Wednesday 19/8/15 |
Feria/St John Eudes
9.30am Sr Dolores Nicholl (Sr Ursula Hyland)
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Thursday 20/8/15 |
St Bernard
9.30am Myriam J Stanley RIP (Margaret Alford)
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Friday 21/8/15 |
St Pius X, Pope
9.30am Holy Souls (M Alford)
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Sunday 23/8/15 |
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
6.00pm In Loving Memory of Alex Canning (Canning Family)
9.15am People of the Parish
11.00am Members of the CWL
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Monday 24/8/15 |
St Bartholomew
9.30am Members of the Girlguiding Association
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Tuesday 25/8/15 |
Feria/St Louis
9.30am Members of the Scouts Association
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Wednesday 26/8/15 |
Feria
9.30am Members of the Knights of St Columba
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Thursday 27/8/15 |
St Monica
9.30am Members of Justice and Peace
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Friday 28/8/15 |
St Augustine
9.30am Members of the Catenians
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Sunday 30/8/15 |
Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
6.00pm Bill Lovell RIP (M Clark)
9.15am Youth of the Parish
11.00am People Of The Parish
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Monday 31/8/15 |
Feria/St Aidan
9.30am Fr David Camilleri (CWL)
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Tuesday 1/9/15 |
Feria
9.30am The Children’s Liturgy Group
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Wednesday 2/9/15 |
Feria
9.30am David Forde RIP (Forde Family)
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Thursday 3/9/15 |
St Gregory the Great
9.30am Kathleen O’Connor (RIP)
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Friday 4/9/15 |
Feria/St Cuthbert
9.30am Parents and Children of St James’ School
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Sunday 6/9/15 |
Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
6.00pm People of the Parish
9.15am Bridget & Paul Wiggins
11.00am Mary Casartelli
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Fr David writes......
Sometimes nourishment is provided from the least expectant source. A faith community gathers to be nourished. I think it is fair to say a faith community caters for our emotional, social and material needs as much as our spiritual needs. We all have our own personal motivations why we gather at St James’. I am really grateful when young couples say to me that coming to St James’ had been an opportunity for them to feel that they are not alone in raising their young children as St James’ somehow makes them feel supported and normal by people who can understand them because they are going through the same issues. Or else hearing the older generation telling me that they are grateful for St James’ as it is catering for their social needs as much as their spiritual ones, now that they have lost husbands or wives. That’s what a community should be doing. A community caters for the diverse needs of its members. If the members do not feel fed for one reason or another, they would not come. Full stop. As a community it is of the utmost importance to keep our eyes and ears opened in order to keep up to the date to the changing needs. We cannot keep on doing the same things just because they have always been done that way. A community’s needs changes according to the times and it needs to keep on being relevant in today’s world especially in the local context. This discernment is not always easily done. So our eyes and ears need to be opened to see not only the diverse needs but also to look for people who are ready to share some of their own resources with the larger community. Today’s gospel spoke to me of the providence of God for all of us. The community gathered today to listen to Jesus had to be fed not only spiritually by what Jesus was going to impart to them but also materially. Jesus is interested in the whole person. Body and soul. From the 5,000 men and more women and children, there was only a small boy who was ready to share the little that he had with the rest of the community. Only that was necessary for Jesus to feed the rest. Our little contribution is what is required and God will do the rest. Jesus makes provision for us as a community from within our community. That is providence. I would like to encourage all the members of St James’, especially those, who have not yet engaged at this point with the parish community, to share with us your expertise whatever it is. God will do the rest. As we are preparing to launch the Parish Pastoral Council, I wish that you would discern seriously about whether you are being called to contribute in the future of St James’ not only within the many groups that are already in existence, but maybe through new initiatives. Happy Holidays. Keep safe and enjoy yourselves.
Reminders - Church Cleaning!
Saturday 8th August – CWL
Saturday 15th August – Justice and Peace
Morning Prayer
Takes place Monday – Friday at 9.10am. All are welcome to attend.
Eucharistic Ministers
A meeting will take place on Tuesday 28th July, in parish meeting room for all Eucharistic Ministers who visit parishioners in their homes or at the hospital. Any new people interested in this ministry will be very welcome and trained by Fr David.
St James’ online fund-raising
Do you shop online? Did you know that every time you buy something you could be raising money for our parish?
Over 2,700 well known retailers including Amazon, M&S, Waitrose, Sainsburys, Tesco, House of Fraser, Vodafone, Virgin Atlantic and many more will donate a percentage of what you spend to St James’ when you shop with them via a dedicated fundraising website where the parish has registered as a good cause.
All you need to do is to visit the parish website and click on the home page link or simply click here. You register your details and start shopping. Set your preferred settings if you don’t want reminders from easyfundraising (but they often send you money off vouchers).
So whether you are buying your weekly grocery shop, insurance, travel, office supplies or a new mobile phone, buy via easyfundraising and raise money for St James’ Church.
Confirmation in 2016
If you would like to apply to take part in our parish programme for Confirmation, please cut out this box and complete the information requested below. Please then return the full slip to the Parish Office (281A Crescent Drive) by Sunday 13th September.
Please note the following:
1. Candidates must be in Year 9 or above.
2. There will be a weekend retreat and dates will be advised in due course.
3. All sessions will be on Monday evenings.
4. You must attend Mass every week so that you will be confirmed in a faith that you have already been committed to in your life.
We are interested in taking part in the Confirmation Preparation Course.
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Parents’ Names……………………………………
Home Address………………………………….
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Phone number……………………………………
Email address……………………………………
Young person’s name………………………………………
Date of Birth……………………………………….