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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday in Ordinary Time, and a day of prayer for young people in the Church. Next weekend will be the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of Year A. Please join us in the hall today for our Christmas Market after all Masses - thank you to Janet and all our kind volunteers. Please also see the message below from Sister Margo who has kindly agreed to help us with our ministry to sick and housebound parishioners as our coordinator: all messages can be delivered to Sister Margo at either Mass or through the parish office. We are very grateful to Sr Margo for her help and ministry. May God bless you all this week. 

FR DAVID WRITES
We are already well through November, and next weekend we will celebrate the last Sunday in Ordinary Time: the solemnity of Christ the King. For now, let us keep praying for the souls of the faithful departed. Today, the 33rd Sunday, is also a day of prayer for the poor, and we will take a collection for the sick and retired priests of the diocese. Thank you to everyone who has already brought Christmas gifts for the Catholic Children’s Society, and to everyone who prayed for me and my young charges from St Dominic’s Sixth Form College on our wonderful pilgrimage in Rome last week. Finally, next Saturday is the seventeenth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood - please join me in giving prayerful thanks. May God bless you all.

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Steve Coleman was a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes from even before the church was built. With permission from his son, Peter Coleman, here are his memoirs of the founding of the parish and local life in the first half of the 20th century.

Steve Coleman (right, holding the book) at the blessing for the building of the new church, watching his shoes disappear into the mud!

There's a great deal more excellent material, including videos, at the parent website, Catholics Come Home.

You wouldn't believe the number of different roles that need to be filled to keep a parish going. We are always glad to have extra help; just scroll down to see if there is anything you can do.

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Those who are unwell, including:
Patricia Dellevoet, Helen McGrath, Tom Gilligan, Mary Fahey, John Cooke, Giuliano Cardosi, Nora Mitchell, Mary Gilbride, Ronnie Lynch, Callum Stone, Veronica Keville, Angela Mangan, Marie Coutinho, Andrea Jordan, Ifte Alam, Nadim Alam, Sheila Casey, Emma Lake, Guido Fichera, James Brady, Theresa Dillon, Lawrence Robinson, Luisa Busandri, Martin Donoghue, Lucy Jones, Megan O’Brien, Alison Hughes, Silveria Vieira Papel, Joe Heaney, Rubina Dean, Runa Da Costa, David Woodhead, Kay Heery, Modesto Tondelli, Gerry Linane.

All those who have died recently, including:
Pat Hunt, John Cahill, Nadege Bastide, Douglas Williams, Thomas O’Donnell, Marie Frkova, Netty Rodriguez, Maria Abdo and Michael Costello.