FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2017:
If your child will be in Year Three in September and you wish them to receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion next Spring, please take a yellow application form from the Sacristy today. You must sign for the form, which should be returned to the Presbytery by this Sunday, 17th July.
CONFIRMATION 2017:
If you would like to be Confirmed next year, please add your name to the list in the sacristy, and take a timetable. The course will begin in February.
The sign up sheet will remain open today after which we need to confirm numbers to send to the Bishop’s office. The young person wishing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation should sign for themselves.
PAPERSHOP AND SUNDAY MORNING REFRESHMENT ROTAS:
Volunteers are asked to collect their new rotas from the Paper shop.
MARY SUTTON:
A very big thank you to Mary as she retires from leading our Toddler Group each week. Mary has been helping run the group for several years now despite the fact that all her children have now reached secondary school age, and we thank her for all her hard work. The Toddler Group will reopen in September on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Term Time, between 9.15 am – 11.15 am.
GRAND ORGAN FESTIVAL
At Westminster Cathedral on Wednesday 20th July at 7.30 pm, and will be performed by our own Assistant Master of Music, Peter Stevens. Tickets are £12 (£10) and will be available on the door. Full details on the rest of the GOF series are available on our website:
www.westminstercathedralchoir.com
SEA SUNDAY:
A very big thankyou for your generosity last weekend. A total of £1,349 was donated for seafarers welfare. For further information please visit www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk
PARISH OFFICE:
Please note the Parish Office will be closed this week.
SCHOOL APPLICATION PRIEST REFERENCE FORMS:
If you have a child who should be starting either Primary or Secondary School in September 2017, you are now invited to complete a priest reference form, which you must obtain from the Sacristy after Mass. Primary forms are pink, and Secondary are green. Please sign the sheet to say you have taken a form. Please hand back the forms or post through the Presbytery letter box by this Sunday, 17th July.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CATECHISTS:
If you would be interested in becoming a catechist, or would like to know more about what is involved, please contact the Parish Office.
FR VINCENZO:
There will be a collection today to thank Fr Vincenzo for all his hard work whilst he has been here as our Assistant Priest. He is now going to return to Italy.
A SPECIAL KIND OF RETREAT…
A Foyer de Charité Retreat will be held at St. Joseph’s, Ashurst, in the New Forest near Southampton, from Sunday 2nd October (6 pm) – Saturday 8th October (2 pm). The theme is God’s Plan for the Fullness of Time, and the main preacher will be Mgr. Keith Barltrop. For further information or to book a place, contact Mgr. Barltrop: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 07879 953953; St. Mary of the Angels, Moorhouse Road, Bayswater, London W2 5DJ.