FR DAVID WRITES
October began on Thursday with the Feast of St Therese of Lisieux. As you know, October is the month of the Holy Rosary, and Wednesday this week is Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Please join us on weekday mornings (Monday - Friday) at 9.30am in church to pray the Rosary together. Why not also explore the Rosary on your own during this month? I hope you saw the wonderful pictures of Pope Leo in Lourdes last Sunday, where he joined thousands of the faithful, including the sick, in the torchlight Rosary Procession.
CAFOD FAST DAY COLLECTION
After all Masses today there will be a collection for CAFOD. Our support of CAFOD supports our global neighbours experiencing shortages of food and safe water, and enables the schooling of children. Thank you in advance for you generosity.
SCHOOL WELCOME MASS
Children and staff from our Primary School will join us at 10am Mass on Tuesday morning to celebrate the ‘Welcome Mass’ at this start of the new school year.
DIOCESAN SCHOOL CHAPLAINS
On Thursday 15 October, we will welcome school chaplains as part of their in-service training. They will join us for 10 am Mass. Please make them welcome.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION SIGN-UP DATES
Please attend one of the application evenings in the hall if you would like to enrol your child for First Holy Communion which starts in November. Children should be in year 3 (or above): Either Tuesday 6 October 7.30pm - 9pm or Tuesday 13 October 6pm - 7.30pm.
RCIA - JOURNEY IN FAITH
The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a group that meets from autumn to Easter, for adults who wish to enter into the full life of the Catholic Church. Please take a form from the back of church or speak to Fr Tom or Fr David for details.
BAPTISM APPLICATION COURSE
The next Baptism Course is Tuesday 6 October at 6.30pm in the Parish Centre.
CONFIRMATION
Parents with children in Year 9 and older should keep an eye on the newsletter for details about Confirmation, which will be published here in due course.
ADOREMUS
The National Eucharistic Congress will take place in London on Saturday 10 October. The day begins in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, before a Eucharistic Procession through London to Westminster Cathedral for Mass and an all night prayer vigil.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
On Saturday 10 October from 9.30am to 11am there is an open day for prospective nursery and reception class children. Families are welcome to bring their children to play, meet the staff, view the provision and ask questions. More information at: www.ololschool.enfield.sch.uk, or book a place by calling the school on 020 8361 0767
SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSFER
Schools forms will be seen next Saturday at 5pm in the Parish Centre. Parents should, in the first place, aim to attend at this time. For later applications or last minute changes, you will be able to visit the Parish Office. Parents should bring all appropriate paperwork, including if possible the Baptism Certificate, with information completed as fully as possible, for the priest to see. If you need a Baptism Certificate from here, please contact the Parish Office beforehand.
EMAIL SPAM/IMPERSONATION
Suspicious emails are a constant nuisance for everyone. As most of our emails are replies to enquiries, it is very unlikely we will email you unexpectedly. All emails from the parish office or the priests come from the official diocesan RCDOW email system, and never from ‘gmail’ or ‘hotmail’ style accounts. Please take care in opening spam, junk, or suspicious email and do not reply.
PARKING INFORMATION
Parking is free for a maximum of 4 hours in total per day. Beyond this, you will receive a fine for overstaying the time limit. The car park opens at 9am and closes max. 10pm.