CONFIRMATION 2017:
Candidates are reminded of their meeting on Saturday 11th March at 4.50pm. Please bring your Sponsor’s name and your choosen Confirmation name to this meeting.
CAFOD Lent Fast Day Appeal:
CAFOD has been standing alongside poor communities working with them to end poverty and injustice across the world. Lent Fast Day is on Friday 10th March when you could consider giving up a meal. Please take a Fast Day envelope this weekend and return it with your donation on 11th/12th March, or make a pledge to give regularly. If you are a UK taxpayer, please Gift Aid your donation so that CAFOD can claim an extra 25% at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your continued support and generosity.
MARCH BAPTISM COURSE:
If you would like to have your child baptised please come to the Parish Centre on Monday 6th March between 7 – 8 pm to complete an application form. The second part of the course follows on Monday 13th March.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
For the Papershop on Saturday evening from 6.15 pm and Sunday from 8.15 am. Coffee morning Volunteers needed on Sunday mornings from 8.15 am. Please contact the Parish Office for further details.
CECILIA & CLYDE WEBB:
Cecilia and Clyde will be stepping down this summer after many years of organising the Sunday morning refreshment and Paper Shop rotas. We thank them for all their hard work and dedication over the years. We will be looking for new volunteers to take on this important role: please call the office for more information.
LENT 2017:
Lent offers us an opportunity to deepen the meaning and value of our Christian lives, and encourages us to rediscover the mercy of God so that we, in turn, become more merciful towards our brothers and sisters. In the Lenten period the Church makes it her duty to propose some specific tasks that accompany the faithful in this process of interior renewal: these are prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
LENTEN ALMS COLLECTION:
This year the Cardinal has asked that the Lenten Alms collection be directed to the Cardinal’s Appeal Fund. Funds raised will go towards Parishes or groups in their work to further the mission of the Church: to serve the evangelisation of the youth, to develop marriage and family life projects and to assist those on the margins. There will be a collection on the weekend of 18th/19th March.
DEVOTIONS FOR LENT:
STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
Every Friday after the 10 am Mass and at 7.30 pm. We are looking for volunteers or groups to lead the Friday evening Stations of the Cross. Please sign the list in the Church Porch if you are able to help.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
Monday – Friday 6.45 am – 7.45 am.
1st, 3rd & 4th Sunday during Lent from 1.30 pm – 5.30 pm. Please sign the list in the Porch if you are able to watch during the exposition on Sundays.
LENTEN COLLECTION FOR THE HOMELESS:
We will be collecting tins and toiletries during Lent for Barnet Homeless Action. Please leave any donations in the box at the back of the Church – thank you.
COFFEE MORNING AND SALE:
In aid of the North London Hospice will be held at 12, Betstyle Road on Wednesday 8th March from 10 am – 12 noon. Do come along for a chat, a cup of coffee and a bargain.