Can you offer a current John Fisher boy a work placement?  Every year our year 10 boys spend two weeks out during the summer term gaining valuable experience in the work place. However, competition for places is fierce due to the high number of applicants from students around the borough, as well as companies now limiting their placements due to the current economic climate.  If you think you can offer a placement to one of our current students then please contact Mr Miller ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more details.

Parish Choir:   Rehearsals continue every Sunday  following the 10.30 am Mass. New members always welcome.  Contact Dominic 07802 971571.

Parish Women's Group :  Next meeting in the Bar Lounge on Wednesday 8th February at 7.30pm.

Pre –Confirmation Preparation:   Could I invite all those in year 9 to send in the Pre Confirmation Application Form, which is now in the porch, or on the parish website, www.sacred-heart.co.uk  to reach  the Parish Office by Sunday 19th February, if you wish to join the pre-confirmation classes starting on the Sunday  26th February for 5 consecutive Sundays during Lent at 7 pm. The applicants will go forward to receive their Confirmation in the Summer of  2013.

Reader’s Day:   Barbara Hopper, Diocesan Liturgy Coordinator, will lead the day for Readers on Saturday 17th March. in the Old Hall. There are two sessions, to which those who are Readers can choose to sign up to: 9 am –12.30 pm  or 1.45 pm—5.30 pm. The day will be both practical and informative.

Calling all pilgrims!    Please join us on a Christian walking holiday this Holy Week to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. The pilgrimage runs March 30th-April 8th, with walks to suit every ability. To join the fellowship visit:  www.northerncross.co.uk

Lourdes Live – a concert at Worth in aid of A&B Lourdes Sick Fund: On Sunday March 25 professional and amateur musicians from the diocese will be coming together at Worth to perform a varied programme of vocal and instrumental music to raise funds urgently needed to continue taking our sick and disabled to Lourdes.   The concert, which will be opened by Bishop Kieran, will include a short address delivered by Adam Simon, A&B Lourdes Pilgrimage Director, and his eminence Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor will be in attendance. This is an all-ticket event.  Tickets cost £12 for adults and £6 for children.  Contact Sally Nicholls on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

2nd Collection:  . Second collection today towards the Catholic Education Service.  The Catholic Education Service (CES) promotes and supports Catholic Education in England and Wales. It does so on behalf of the Bishops’ Conference and in partnership with the 22 diocesan education services.

R.I.P.   Please remember in your prayers the soul of Anthony Scott Thomas, who after a long illness died peacefully on Wednesday. Our deepest sympathy to Anna, his wife and to his parents Eileen and Barry. Scott’s Requiem Mass is on Monday 13th February at 12.30 pm. May he rest in peace.

Snooker Table:  Does anybody have a pool table either for sale or to donate ? At the recent meeting of the Club Committee, it was decided to restore the upper room above the Club  into a Pool Room, as it is rarely used in its present form by the parish.

Notice Board:   A new notice board has been installed in the porch, next to the entrance to the Sacristy,  to be used to advertise parish and non parochial social events taking place in the Hall. A full price list of charges for hiring the Hall is also on view. Those who are registered with the Parish  and regularly attend the Mass here,  (3 Sundays out of 4,) receive a 20% reduction.

Our Lady of Lourdes:  Saturday is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, marking the date of the first apparition to St Bernadette in 1858.  It’s  also World Day of Prayer for the Sick. Mass at 10 am.

Social Planning Meeting  To help plan the next Parish Social event, there will be a meeting for anyone interested in making suggestions and helping on Monday 5th March at 8 pm in the Parish Office.  Open to anyone to attend.

 Items for next weeks newsletter to reach the parish office before 6 pm on Thursdays