Meeting For First Holy Communion Parents
All forms for the First Holy Communion course 2024-2025 are due this weekend. The enrolment Mass is on Sunday 10th November at 9:30am. There will be a meeting for parents on Tuesday 12th November at 7:30pm in the Church Hall.
Church Cleaning
Thank you to those who came last Saturday morning to help clean the church. We’ve made a good start and over the next few Saturdays church cleaning will take place after the 10am Mass. All are welcome to come and help. A rota will be established when the church is at a good general level of cleanliness.
New Weekday Mass Time
From Monday 21st October the morning Mass from Monday to Friday will be at 9.30am. Mass on Saturday mornings will remain at the same time of 10am. Weekend Mass times remain unchanged.
Adoration & Benediction
On all Fridays starting from Friday 25th October there will be a period of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after the 9.30am Mass until Benediction at Noon.
Justice & Peace Group Meeting
The next St Mary’s Justice & Peace Group meeting is on Sunday 27 Oct at 12.00 in the Angelus Room.
Readers Rota
We’re looking for readers to join the weekly rota for 2025. We welcome parents and children who would like to share in proclaiming God’s word at the 9.30 Family Mass. Please contact Clodagh Woodall (clodagh.woodall@gmail.com) if you feel you can aid our Liturgical worship in this way.
Children’s Liturgy
The Children’s Liturgy continues to run in the Angelus room every Sunday during the 9.30 Mass. All children that are participating begin Mass in the church with their families, and then Fr Paul or Fr Frazer will bless the Bible for the children to take to liturgy group and they will then go to the Angelus room, there continues to be a rota of parents leading the liturgy and we welcome more volunteers. A DBS check will be required.
Assisted Dying Bill
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, has asked Catholics to be fully engaged in the debate on Assisted Dying and to write to their MPs to oppose assisted suicide being rushed into law.