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First Holy Communion 2011
This is the last week for registering your child for First Communions 2011. The Registration form is now in the porch and online http://www.sacred-heart.co.uk/sacraments Please return with £20 fee by (today) Sunday 5th September. The first Parents meeting is on Wednesday 22nd September at 7 pm in the Old Hall.
Retirement
After 40 years of dedication to Church Organ Music and the Parish in general, Peter Barraclough has written to say that he and his brother Mark, who leads the psalm at the 6 pm Mass every Saturday, will retire on 31st December 2010. A suitable service of thanksgiving plus celebration will take place on Friday 17th December at 7.30 pm. More details to follow.
Spanish Night/ Christmas Fayre
There will be a meeting on Tuesday 14th September at 7.30 in the Presbytery open to anyone who may be interested to help organise a “Spanish Night” for sometime in October/November. Spanish Food, music and dance will be the overall theme.
At this meeting, the forthcoming Christmas Fayre (Sunday, 5th December 2010 will also be discussed.
Altar Servers
On Saturday 6th October from 10 am – 12 noon, there will be an Altar Server Seminar for ALL the Altar Servers currently serving at Mass here at Sacred Heart. The Seminar will be led by Peter Lovat.
Baptism
Leyah Maria Bello will be Baptised next Sunday here at Sacred Heart
Lourdes Pilgrimage- May 2011
The Parish pilgrimage to Lourdes by air, is being organised from May 23rd -27th 2011 at an estimated cost of £500. (5 days). Please book the dates in your diary and await further information.
If you have been CRB checked with the Diocese and would like to help with the initiation of a Parish Youth Group to meet on a Friday evening on a monthly basis or so, you are invited to come to a planning meeting in the Old Hall on Saturday, 2nd October at 11.30 am where practical ideas will be shared and discussed. (Please note the change of date).
Could all those intending to attend Hyde Park or/ and Birmingham, please come to a Forum meeting with Eliz Wood in the Old Hall this Thursday 9th September for 8 pm. Apologise for the short notice.
Your prayers are requested for the following who are ill or infirm: Stan Roberts, Gloria Innocent, Pat Knight, Eddie Rowan, Kathleen Saunders, Helen Keogh, Daisy Patricia Hill, Connie Cronin, Pat Cheriton, Christopher Browne, Peter English, Sally Creton, Krista Thompson, Jane Hill, Kathleen Watts, Rosemary Whale, Polly Hall, Pat Murray, Sheila McCarthy , Michael Labonte, Patrick Fuller.& Christy Kelly.
The Tea & Coffee after the 10.30am Mass is in the Centenary Hall today.
New Eucharistic Ministers
Could all those who agreed to be new Eucharistic Ministers please come to the two morning seminars, on Saturday 11th September and again on Saturday 25th September starting at 10.30 am.
Eucharistic Ministers - Day of Recollection
We offer a choice of two dates for you to go on a day’s Recollection – Sunday 3rd or 10th October at St Cuthmans, Coolham, Sussex. Sr Margaret O’Shea from the Poor Servants of the Mother of God is the invited guest speaker for both Sundays and is renowned within and outside the diocese for her eloquence and focused teaching. Lunch and Mass will be available in Coolham on both Sundays. This invitation is also extended to the soon –to- be newly commissioned Eucharistic Ministers. Sign up to whatever date suits you. Sheets in the porch.
Cafod Dinner – Friday 15th October. Details to follow.
We are a friendly parish catechetical group who are here to explore our faith. We cater particularly for adults who want to find out more about the Catholic faith – perhaps with a view to being received into the church. Also for baptised Catholics who would like to take their faith further – maybe to Confirmation. We have an introductory evening on the Wednesday, 22nd September at 8pm in the Bar Lounge of the Centenary Hall. Why not come along to see what it’s all about? All very welcome.
The presence of a Nursery in the Centenary Hall is proving to be a little contentious. In order to solve the issue, today you have been given a washer as you came into Mass with a sheet of paper outlining the fundamental arguments FOR (yes) and AGAINST (no) the proposal. Place the washer into the relevant box marked “Yes” / “No” in the porch as you leave. I will have the final result by Sunday at 6.00 pm.
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