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FR DAVID WRITES
November is the month of the Holy Souls. We had some beautiful celebrations this last week to mark All Saints and All Souls. Our prayers for the Holy Souls continue throughout the month and our Book of Remembrance will remain in place next to the Paschal Candle in church. There are some further commemorations in the parish, deanery and diocese. The dates are outlined below. We wish you all every blessing for the week ahead.
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FR DAVID WRITES
I hope everyone had a happy half-term! This week is the beginning of November, the month of the Holy Souls. Tuesday is the great solemnity of All Saints, a holy day of obligation (yes, they do still exist!) Wednesday is All Souls’ Day, the commemoration of all the faithful departed. On both days, there are three Masses here at 8am, 10am and 7.30pm. The evening Mass on Wednesday is our special Mass for our departed loved ones. Do please come along and light a candle during Mass for those who have died. If you haven’t done so already, please send in the names of the deceased to go in our Book of Remembrance. Have a good week.
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Last Tuesday, 11 October, the Feast of St John XXIII, marked the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), often known as Vatican II. Vatican II was the twenty-first ecumenical council in the history of the Church. Pope John said its aim was to promote renewal in the Church, to make progress towards Christian unity, and to make a contribution to addressing world issues such as the development of peoples and evangelisation. During the Great Jubilee at the start of the new century, John Paul II said: ‘With the passing of the years, the documents of the Council have lost nothing of their value or brilliance. I feel more than ever in duty bound to point to the Council as the great grace bestowed on the Church in the twentieth century: there we find a sure compass by which to take our bearings in the century now beginning.’ Now, the Church looks to the next Jubilee or ‘Holy Year’ which will be celebrated universally in 2025.
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HALF TERM
This coming week is half-term. We wish everyone a happy half-term break and look forward to seeing everyone back at school after the holiday.
SICK AND RETIRED PRIESTS COLLECTION
This important collection be taken at all Masses on 5/6 November. Gift Aid envelopes will be available next weekend.
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FR DAVID WRITES
The autumn term is pressing on at what seems like an alarming rate! This month of October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Please don’t forget that this week on Wednesday and Saturday we have the secondary school transfer sessions for form signing (please see information below). Well done and thank you to all who participated in CAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day. The collection will be taken up at all Masses this weekend—thank you in advance for your generosity. Sending you all every blessing for the week ahead.