Newsletter

whose anniversaries occur around this time: Samuel & George McLaughlin, Elizabeth Carty, Joy Vening, Desmond Carter, Maureen Fitzgerald, Patrick George McMahon (k/a Paddy), Marian Eastens

Please note there will be no Monday mass at St Joseph’s wef 14th October 2019.

The Parish Financial Accounts have now been prepared for the last Financial Year & copies are available at the back of both Churches for you to take away if you wish. If you have any questions regarding the reports please contact Mike Barrett our Parish Treasurer & Chair of the Finance Committee.

We raised the fantastic sum of £444.52. Thank you for your generosity. This means that poor families around the world will receive life-changing support!

Rotas are now available at the back of the church. We are in desperate need of new volunteers at St Joseph’s. If you would like to help please contact Germana on 01626 367276

We will be taking names and contact details at masses next weekend. We will be giving a brief talk at the end of masses at St Joseph’s and St Gregory’s about how the 50/50 Club will raise money for our parish.

His Holiness, Pope Francis, has declared this month a special month of prayer and action.

Next Sunday is World Mission Sunday, when the Holy Father invites all Catholics to contribute to a special collection for Missio, his charity for world mission. Please support Missio in helping missionaries to work alongside communities throughout the world that are poor or in need, regardless of their background or belief. Join in on this special day, that units Catholics all over the world in prayer and celebration of our Church’s mission to share God’s love with all creation – ‘Together we are Mission’. You will be able to Gift Aid your donations by using envelopes provided by Missio. For more information, visit www.missio.org.uk. Thank you.

We meet every Thursday at 7.30pm in the small hall at St Joseph’s. All are most welcome.

Today we celebrate a momentous day in the history of the Catholic Church in England, the canonisation Cardinal John Henry Newman, the first English saint since the saints of the Reformation period. You are invited to join in a novena, nine days of prayerful preparation. Copies of the novena are available from the back of the Church. At its simplest, the novena consists of saying a decade of the rosary each day, and the following prayer: ‘O God our Heavenly Father, we offer You heartfelt thanks for the life and holiness of John Henry Newman. In him You give us an inspiring example of priest and teacher, heroic and humble in his labour for the salvation of souls and the pursuit of holiness. Through his intercession we ask You to lead us by the kindly light of the Holy Spirit, and so grant us peace and joy, in the one fold of the Redeemer. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.’

Parish Evangelisation Team Wednesday 16th October at 7.30. The Meeting begins in the Church with Adoration. Theme: St John Henry Newman. All Welcome.

We will be starting this programme on 22nd October 2019 at 7.30pm in the Church Hall. Those who want to be baptised on Holy Saturday should enrol with Fr Victor or Deacon Tim.

We will be starting our Parish Youth Club on 13th November 2019. More details to follow soon …..

We are proposing a trip to Clark’s Village, Street, for discount Christmas Shopping, on 23rd November. We propose leaving St Joseph’s at 8am, arriving at Street by 10am and returning at 2.30pm. The cost would be £15pp (normally £20 with the coach companies!). Please indicate your interest on the list at the back of the church asap as spaces are limited. For further information please contact Tony Scagell on 01626 361694.