Last Sunday Mass Attendance

Last Sunday Mass Attendance – 639

Mass Intentions

This Sunday

(Sat)	6.00pm	Nora Forshaw welfare (M Morley)
	10.00am	Colin Smith RIP (M Smith)
	11.30am	People of the Parish

Daily Morning Prayer: Monday – Saturday at 9.10am

Weekday Masses: 9.30am unless otherwise stated

Mon	Feria	Teresa & John Lynch RIP (M Jackson)
Tue	Feria	James Daniall RIP (A Wheeler)
Wed	Feria	Cornelius O’Shea RIP (E Gibson)
Thu	Feria	Anthony Browne RIP (Chris & Doreen Hairs)
Fri	Feria	The McGrath Family welfare (M Morley)
Sat	Feria	Service of the Word & Holy Communion

NEXT SUNDAY 8^th MARCH – SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

(Sat)	6.00pm	Martha Kane RIP (C Gardner)
	10.00am	Gwyn & Mary Owen RIP (Owen Family)
	11.30am	Daphne Fisk RIP (B Bridle)

Confessions: Saturday at 6.50pm after the 6pm Mass and Monday 10.00am after the 9.30am Mass also by prior appointment or at call. Exposition: Monday 10.00-11.00am. (Please note these new times)

Welcome to Mass today.

Lent gives us all the chance to reflect on our lives in the light of the gospel. Do take advantage of what is on offer. The Lent Extra magazines (£1) are particularly good. I hope those of you who have signed on for the Lent course will enjoy it (do feel free to turn up even if you have not signed). Above all, do consider making your confession this Lent (times on front cover).

May Lent be a time of spiritual growth for us all, personally and as a parish community as we seek to follow Christ ever more closely, and enter into the mystery of his dying and rising at Easter (the ‘paschal mystery’).

We welcome (Sat) through Holy Baptism, Thomas Henry Smith (5 mths), his parents Malgorzata and Christopher, and godparents Tomasz, Anna and Ewa; and also Jasmine Burchell (17 mths), her parents Elizabeth and Paul, and godparents Rosalda and Ryan.

We welcome also Monica Conmee from CAFOD, who will speaking at each Mass this weekend. Next Friday (Mar 6^th) is CAFOD Lenten Family Fast Day with the 2^nd collection next Sunday (please take your envelope today). Thank you so much for your generosity last Sunday to the Cabrini Children’s Society (see front cover).

Each Sunday: Handel’s Messiah rehearsal 3.30-5.00pm (and every Sunday until the end of March. (Today – 1^st March rehearsal will be at St Francis Church, Willett Way). Performances: Sat 28^th and Sun 29^th March and will be in aid of Harris Hospice Care with St Christopher’s.

Mon 2^nd Mar: Faith, Hope and Love- Lent Course 2009 – Social Centre at 1.30-3.00pm (1^st of 5 sessions). The facilitator will be Fr Bryan Wells.

Wed 4^th Mar: Mass in School at 8.50am for years 3 and 4.

Thurs 5^th Mar: Pastoral and Advisory Team (PAT) – Presbytery at 8.00pm.

Parish Forum Tuesday 10^th March at 8.00pm in the Social Centre – to receive the accounts for 2008 and to reflect together on where we are as a parish. I do realize that some of you will wish to attend the Lent group at Christ Church. This clash was unavoidable!

Deanery Youth Leaders Follow-up Meeting Following the highly successful course held here for the Deanery last year, there will be a special follow-up evening here on Wednesday 25^th March at 8.15pm with Jonny Toryusen and Káren North from the Diocesan Youth Service. For all our leaders (even if you did not attend the original course). Please book this date.

Servers Training continues each Saturday morning at 10.30am. It is great to see so many new servers and any child who has made his/her First Communion is welcome to train as a server (contact Nick Babb).

Lenten materials Do look at and buy the various publications. There are all kinds of things to peruse/take/buy/borrow, including the CTS pamphlets (20p each).

Also, do take the A4 sheets on the Basics of Catholic Living (one per week during Lent- past weeks in carousel). Children in the Liturgy Group will be given a special Lenten calendar today – parents, do look at this each day with your children.

Parish Welcoming Booklet

We shall soon be publishing an attractive and comprehensive booklet detailing what goes on at St James, and who the contact people are. Please contact Chris Hairs if you run or are responsible for a parish activity (if you have not already done so) by March 13^th please – thank you.

Presentation of Money Gifts

We now bring up our gifts of money, together with the bread and wine, showing that we offer the whole of our lives to God -not just the ‘religious’ parts!

Stop Press!

All readers – morning of reflection at St Joseph’s, Bromley next Sat. Morning. I do hope as many of you as possible will go – apologies for short notice.

‘Father, through our observance of Lent, help us to understand the meaning of your Son’s death and resurrection, and teach us to reflect it in our lives.............’ (today’s opening prayer).

Fr Bryan.

Church and Social Centre Rotas

Wednesday Coffee		Church Cleaning 4^th March
J Keen	M Howell	S Barradell	J Keen	E Chavannes

Next Sunday 8^th March

Bar

Tellers

Coffee 10.00am

Coffee 11.30am

Paul Cosgrave

R Monaghan

A Barradell

L Bryan

G Somerville

C D’Arcy

T Lowe

Guides

V Places

D James

M Bryan

Readers

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

R Dudley

S Paris

P Murray

A Prifti

Parade Mass

Ministers of Holy Communion

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

P Kenny

J McKinlay

H Rothan

A Babb

B Babb

D Hairs

M Howell

M Kelly

M Morley

W Morley

P Murray

J Longhurst

N Longhurst

D O’Neill

P Powell

A Scripture

V Terry

Welcomers

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

E Muzzelle

M Howell

P Benson

W David

S David