FR DAVID WRITES
Welcome back to everyone after the summer holidays. This week is the start of term for many of our children, young people and parishioners who study or work in schools and colleges. We send you all our best wishes and prayers for the new term and the new academic year. We also welcome back, this morning, our choirs and musicians after their summer break.
PARISH CENTRE
The Parish Centre and the shop are now open again. In the Parish Centre, we have repaired the leaking roofs, repainted everywhere, fixed the cupboards in the kitchen, polished the floors and fixed the electrics. The hall and centre were in bad need of redecoration after many years and now everything is looking good for the centenary. Please God, the next project will be to do some much needed upgrades and redecoration inside the church itself. Thank you to everyone for continuing to support the parish financially which means we are able to keep on top of the never-ending list of repairs and renewals in such a big complex. Welcome back to parish and community groups who use these facilities.
EMPOWERING VULNERABLE CHILDREN (EVC) UGANDA - 3/4 SEPTEMBER
Welcome to Judi and Ted Fawcett from EVC making a special appeal this weekend. EVC works to provide a future through education to some of the poorest children in the world. Judi and Ted will speak briefly at all Masses this weekend. For further information about their work please look at their website at Home | EVC Uganda
THIS WEEKEND: THE RELICS OF ST BERNADETTE AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL
The veneration of the relics will start on Saturday 3 September at 1 pm and will last until Monday 5 September at 6 am. There is no need for advance booking. Visitors are invited to come at a time suitable for them and join the queue on the piazza for entry via the west door. Be advised that at peak times, especially before or after liturgies, we expect long queues. Please visit the special website: www.stbernadette.org.uk
PARISH OFFICE
Please note: the Office will be closed on Friday, September 9th.
BLESSED JOHN PAUL I
The Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Albino Luciani, was elected Pope John Paul I by the cardinals on 26 August 1978. Today (Sunday) he will be beatified by Pope Francis in Rome. We give thanks to God for his beatification as a blessing on the whole Church, and the witness of his holy life which culminated in his short but luminous pontificate.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION SIGN UP
Next weekend, the sign up process for First Confession and First Holy Communion in 2023 will open. Children must be Catholic, be in at least Year 3 at school, and come to Mass here each week. More information next weekend.
SCHOOL FORMS
Dates and time for signing secondary school forms will be published in the newsletter in due course. Please look out for this information.
FOOD BANK
Thank you to those who have continually supported the Food Bank collection—it is greatly appreciated. We continue to collect non perishable food for the foodbank. We need pasta, rice, tins and toiletries. All items can be left in the blue box at the back of church.
CAFOD: TACKLE THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
On Saturday 10 September at 10.30 am join the online meeting with Catherine Ogolla, CAFOD’s Country Representative for Kenya, Uganda & Eritrea, who will give a first-hand account of our work tackling the Food Crisis which is affecting over 20 million people. Contact Tony at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further details or book a place at https://cafod.org.uk/Volunteer/Online-talks
ORGAN STOPS—SAVING THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS
A documentary feature film about the crisis facing Britain’s pipe organs.
Thursday 15th September, 7:45pm
Our Lady & St George, London Road, Enfield Town, EN2 6DS
We are delighted to bring you this important film about the tragic loss of pipe organs from this country. James Dawson is an award-winning film maker with a love of pipe organs. To highlight the plight facing so many provincial pipe organs, he self-funded a documentary film, Organ Stops. The film premiered at Brooklyn Film Festival in New York City in June 2021, and was later shown at New Haven Doc Fest, Connecticut, in August. James Dawson and organ builder Martin Renshaw will present a live-screening of the film, after which there will be an opportunity for questions.