Wed 16th March Faith Dilemmas. Policing Our Community in Modern Day Britain by Detective Chief Inspector Joe Hackett of the Metropolitan Police.

Faith Matters series of lectures. 

Time and venue: 7.00pm at Westminster Cathedral Hall,  Ambrosden Avenue, SW1P.Advance booking recommended at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 020 7931 6078.

Wed 23rd March  Journalism – Can the News be Good? by Charles Moore, former editor of the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph.

Faith Matters series of lectures, details as above.

Wed 23rd March Credit Crunch and Custody:  Symbols of Social Dislocation

Justshare lecture by the Rt Revd Peter Selby, former Bishop of Worcester. 6.05 – 7.00pm at St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, EC2. contact 020 7248 5139,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.justshare.org.uk

Sat 26th March Romero and the Social Gospel: the challenge for us today

An ecumenical service to mark the 31st anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero including the 2011 Archbishop Romero Lecture 2011 by Central American Jesuit theologian Fr Juan Hernández Pico. 11.00am at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4JJ.

Visit www.romerotrust.org.uk for more information.

Working with people with learning disabilities

in partnership with Parishes and St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre 

BRING YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF ACTIVITIES

19 February 2011 NEW SOUTHGATE, 3pm-5pm

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall

Bowes Road, London N11

Contact: Libby Biberian 07960 226421

9 April 2011 NEW SOUTHGATE, 3pm-5pm

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall

Bowes Road, London N11

Contact: Libby Biberian 07960 226421

4 June 2011 NEW SOUTHGATE, 3pm-5pm

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall

Bowes Road, London N11

Contact: Libby Biberian 07960 226421

Parish Fair Trade Stall 

On the 2nd or 3rd Sunday every month

Our Fair Trade Stall is in the hall after Saturday 6.30pm & Sunday morning

Masses every month except August on the second Sunday of the month (in June it’s on the third Sunday). Profits go to Cafod unless stated otherwise.

From April 2010 the dates are:

April 10th/11th

May 8th/9th

June 19th/20th

July 10th/11th

September 11th/12th

October 9th/10th

November 13th/14th

December 11th/12th

January 8th/9th 2011

February 12th/13th 2011

March 12th/13th 2011

 Christmas Eve

10 am (not a Mass of Christmas)

6.30 pm Family Mass

11.30 pm Carols and Readings

before Midnight Mass

 

Christmas Day

8.30 am

9.45 am

11.15 am

12.30 pm

THERE WILL BE NO EVENING MASS

 

Sunday 26th December

8.30 am

9.45 am

11.15 am

12.30 pm

THERE WILL BE NO EVENING MASS

LENT BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th  WITH ASH WEDNESDAY

Lent was originally the season of preparation for Easter.  The traditional ways of preparation were fasting, praying and almsgiving.  Prayer gives time to God, fasting diminishes selfishness and almsgiving helps others.

Jesus spent forty days in the desert preparing for his work, whilst the Israelites spent forty years in the desert preparing for the Promised Land.

We spend forty days of Lent preparing to celebrate the great events of our faith: the Suffering, Death and Resurrection of Christ.

ASH WEDNESDAY MASS TIMES:

8 am, 10 am and 7.30 pm.

HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW WE MIGHT PREPARE OURSELVES FOR EASTER