NOVEMBER DEAD LISTS:
Please take an envelope and a list for the names of your departed loved ones and post Presbytery letter box.

“MOTHERS” PRAYER GROUP:
We meet every Wednesday at 8 pm in the Small Hall for about 30 minutes. All mothers/women are welcome to join.

PAPER SHOP VOLUNTEERS:
Urgently required for Sunday Mornings  Please call Cecilia on 0208 3619408 after 4pm for further details.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2014:
Parents meet on Tuesday at 8pm.  Children’s session Saturday at 10am &  Family Mass will be on Sunday at 11.15am.

ALL SAINTS:
Friday is the Feast of All Saints and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses will be celebrated at 8 am, 10 am & 7.30 pm.

ALL SOULS:
The Feast of All Souls is Saturday, 2nd November.  The Book of the Dead will be put on the Sanctuary during the 10 am Mass and will remain there during the course of November.

LAY MINISTERS ROTA:
If you have not received your rota via email, please take a copy from the Paper Shop.  Many thanks.

NOVEMBER DEAD LISTS:
Please take an envelope and a list for the names of your departed loved ones from the back of the Church today.  Envelopes can be posted through the Presbytery letter box.

“MOTHERS” PRAYER GROUP:
We meet every Wednesday at 8 pm in the Small Hall for about 30 minutes. All mothers/women are welcome to join.

SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSFER - PRIEST FORMS:
Today is the last opportunity for parents who completed the Secondary School self-assessment form to sign up for an appointment with the priests.  Please visit the Paper Shop after Mass today in order to do so.  The appointments all take place tomorrow evening, Monday 21st October. 
At the meeting you will be asked to complete a Diocesan Reference Form as well as the school form.  Thank you.

AFTERNOON TEA MEETING:

There will be a meeting for the Volunteers on Thursday 24th October at 7.30 pm in the Parish Office.

LAY MINISTERS ROTA:
If you have not received your rota via email, please take a copy from the Paper Shop.  Many thanks.

NOVEMBER DEAD LISTS:
Please take an envelope and a list for the names of your departed loved ones from the back of the Church today.  Envelopes can be posted through the Presbytery letter box.

SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSFER - PRIEST FORMS:
Parents who completed the Secondary School self-assessment form are asked to sign up for an appointment on Monday 21st October.  The sheets are in the Paper Shop after Mass today.

OCTOBER BAPTISM COURSE:
The second part of the Course takes place in the Small Hall on Monday, 14th October at 7.30 pm.

PARISH FUND RAISING LUNCH:

A Very big thank you to Cecilia, Clyde and their team for the wonderful lunch last Sunday. Thanks also to all those who supported the event and made donations.  A total of £1,513 was raised towards the fencing around the Parish Hall.

RCIA COURSE:
The RCIA course begins on Sunday 20th October at 11.15 am in the Upstairs Office.  Please meet in the lobby of the Parish Hall near the Paper Shop.

SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSFER - PRIEST FORMS:
Parents who completed the Secondary School self-assessment form are asked to sign up for an appointment on Monday 21st October.  The sheets are in the Paper Shop after Mass today.

HERMIONE ( MIMI) WORTH RIP:
The funeral of Mimi Worth will take place here on Wednesday 9th October at 10 am.  Parishioners are warmly invited to attend.

OCTOBER BAPTISM COURSE:
Please come to the Parish Hall between 7 – 8 pm on Monday 7th October to complete your application form.  The second part of the Course takes place in the Small Hall on Monday 14th at 7.30 pm.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
:
The Scout Group would like to thank everyone who supported the Macmillan Coffee Morning last weekend.  A total of £692.76, which included money raised from a previous coffee morning, was raised for this worthwhile cause.

LETTER FROM ARCHBISHOP VINCENT NICHOLS – GROWING IN FAITH:
I write to thank you for your support for our ‘Growing in Faith’ campaign.
I am grateful to everyone in your Parish for the attention you have given to this initiative, for the work and prayer with which you are supporting it and, to many of you, for your financial contributions which have been generous indeed.  Growing in Faith is vital because it focusses on our future, giving us some specific foundations for that future, both in our Parishes and throughout the Diocese of Westminster.  Our faith will flourish within parishes which are sound, with ministry of Priests who are well prepared and cared for, and with the witness of practical charity to those in need. These are the foundations of faith we are seeking to strengthen through Growing in Faith.  As you leave Mass today you find a newsletter giving detailed information about Growing in Faith thus far. There is so much more to be done as we are now, as a Diocese, at the half-way stage of the campaign.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2014:
This year’s course begins with the first series of meetings:
Parents on Tuesday 1st October at 8 pm in the Big Hall, children on Saturday 5th at 10 am, also in the Big Hall, and Mass for the whole family at 11.15 on Sunday 6th October.

SATURDAY CLUB:
The October Meeting is on Saturday 5th from 3 pm – 5 pm in the Big Hall.

PARISH LUNCH:
Just three tickets remain for the Parish Lunch on the 6th October.  There will be no coffee morning that day.

FR. VINCENT:
If you would still like to contribute to Fr Vincent’s leaving collection please place your donation in an envelope and post it through the Presbytery letter box – thank you.

PARISH FUNDRAISING LUNCH:
Tickets will be on sale from this weekend after all Masses. There are only a few remaining!  The Lunch will be raising funds for new fencing around the Parish Hall, and takes place on Sunday 6th October at 1.15 pm.  Tickets are £20, and include a three course buffet lunch and wine.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2014:
Parents who have got an appointment with the priests are reminded that they all take place tomorrow evening, Monday 23rd September.

THE ORDINARIATE:
At Masses this weekend we receive a letter from Monsignor Keith Newton, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, about the contribution that the Ordinariate is making to the life and work of the Catholic Church in this country. The Ordinariate is the structure under which former Anglicans who wish to enter the full communion of the Catholic Church, bringing with them some of the traditions and beauty of the Anglican heritage in which they were nurtured, may do so.

FR. VINCENT:
There will be a collection this weekend for Fr. Vincent to thank him for all his hard work whilst he was with us.  He will not now be returning on Saturday 28th September but on a day yet to be decided.

PARISH FUNDRAISING LUNCH:

Tickets will be on sale from this weekend after all Masses.  The Lunch will be raising funds for new fencing around the Parish Hall, and takes place on Sunday 6th October at 1.15 pm.  Tickets will cost £20, and include a three course buffet lunch and wine.

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING:
Monday 16th September at 8.15 pm in the Small Hall.

PAPER SHOP ROTA:

Volunteers please collect your new rotas from the Paper Shop thank you.

SUNDAY MORNING REFRESHMENT VOLUNTEERS:

Please collect your new rota from the Paper Shop.

FR. VINCENT:
There will be a collection next weekend for Fr. Vincent to thank him for all his hard work whilst he was with us.  We shall be inviting Fr. Vincent back on Saturday 28th September to celebrate the 6.30 pm Mass, after which there will be a presentation and refreshments in the Parish Hall.  You are all invited to join him to say your fond farewells

PARISH FUNDRAISING LUNCH:
Tickets will be on sale from this weekend after all Masses.  The Lunch will be raising funds for new fencing around the Parish Hall, and takes place on Sunday 6th October at 1.15 pm.  Tickets will cost £20, and include a three course buffet lunch and wine.

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING:

Monday 16th September at 8.15 pm in the Small Hall.

PAPER SHOP ROTA:
Volunteers please collect your new rotas from the Paper Shop thank you.

SUNDAY MORNING REFRESHMENT VOLUNTEERS:
Please collect your new rota from the Paper Shop.

FR. MARTIN:
We welcome Fr Martin Tate who will be our New Assistant Priest and is joining us from this weekend.  Fr Martin will introduce himself at all Masses. Fr Martin was ordained in July and this is his first appointment.

FR VINCENT:
Fr Vincent’s last weekend with us will be this weekend Saturday 31st August/Sunday 1st September.
We would like to thank Fr Vincent for all his hard work during his time with us and wish him every blessing for his  ministry in his new appointment at the combined Parishes of Welwyn Garden City. We will be inviting Fr Vincent back to thank him and the date will be confirmed next weekend. Please remember Fr Vincent in your prayers.

PARISH FUNDRAISING LUNCH:
Tickets will be on sale from this weekend after Masses.  The Lunch will be raising funds for new fencing around the Parish Hall, and takes place on Sunday 6th October at 1.15 pm.  Tickets will cost £20, and include a three course buffet lunch and wine.

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY:
Because of the Bank Holiday on Monday 26th August, the church will close after the 10 am Mass.  Mass times are as normal on that day.

PARISH OFFICE:
Please note the Parish Office will be open on Tuesday 10.30 am – 1 pm, Wednesday and Friday 9 am – 1 pm.

FR. VINCENT:
Fr. Vincent’s last weekend with us will be on Saturday 31st August/Sunday 1st September, and this will also be Fr. Martin’s first weekend.