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Next weekend we will celebrate the solemnity of All Saints, which is traditionally kept on 1 November. In England and Wales, if a holy day falls on a Saturday it is moved to the Sunday. This means that all Masses next weekend - the vigils and the Sunday Masses - will be for All Saints. All Souls’ Day will be celebrated on Monday 3 Nov. Our special Parish Requiem Mass will be on Monday 3 November at 7pm (there will also be 10am Mass that day). This week we witnessed the historic state visit by the King and Queen to the Holy See, where they were received by Pope Leo. Let us keep the new Pope in our prayers in his work of service to Christian unity.

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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.

Tucked away in the attic of the presbytery we found, when looking for material about the church's history, a couple of boxes full of old books, minutes, bills and letters. We haven't had a chance to go through them systematically as yet, but what we did find were lots of fascinating old photos, some of which we've uploaded to the website, with more to come.

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Those who are unwell, including:  
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 and Pat Hunt.
  
All those who have died recently, including:
Janet Kao, Cosmo Cofone, Anthony Cernis, Douglas Williams, Lalitha Rajendram, Martin and Mary Bourke.