A Thanksgiving for the Centenary of St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School

"Calling all former pupils, staff and friends of St. MIchael's!  We are celebrating our Centenary on Sunday 28th September 2008 and would like to invite you to join us at the school from 2pm onwards, commencing with a Mass of Thanksgiving."

Anyone wishing to attend is asked to contact the school on 020 8446 2256 so that they can plan effectively for the day.  A programme of events will be on the school website on www.st-michael's.barnet.sch.uk.

See you there!

The minutes of the Parish Council meeting of 19 May 2008 are now online here.

To follow the adventures of Fr Damian and parishioner Elizabeth Coleman, plus many more young people from the diocese of Westminster, at World Youth Day down under, bookmark the World Youth Day blog.

If you're unfamiliar with textspeak, that's 'Why faith?' not a word in Welsh. Here's the rest of the story:

The creators of a pioneering evangelistic website for children, www.yfaith.co.uk,  have high hopes that it will help support and form a new generation of confident, grass roots, faith-filled evangelisers.

The new site is designed to cater for 10 – 13 year olds who have questions to ask and want to learn more about their journey of faith. It features more than 20 interactive pages covering music and film, ‘Girls only’ and  ‘Boys only’ sections, book reviews, the Bible and a questions area. ‘

Since we have two representatives of the parish, Fr Damian and Elizabeth Coleman, going to the World Youth Day in Sydney in, now, a matter of a few days, we should pay particular attention to this story.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The upcoming World Youth Day will be a new Pentecost, Benedict XVI says. And he is asking the whole Church to participate, at least spiritually, if not physically.

The Pope made this invitation today before he prayed the midday Angelus with crowds gathered at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He emphasized the importance of Catholics worldwide joining in prayer for the July 15-20 event, to be held in Sydney, Australia.

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