AILEEN ADAMS RIP:
The reception of the body will take place this evening at 7.45 pm and the Requiem will follow tomorrow, Monday 9th January at 10 am. Please note that parking restrictions have been lifted in Bowes Road, Ravenscraig, Betstyle and Brookdale for the day.
GIUSEPPINA GATTO RIP:
The Requiem Mass takes place on Wednesday 11th January at 10 am. Parking restrictions have been lifted for this day also.
MARIA TORRINO RIP:
The Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday 18th January at 10 am.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2017:
Parents are reminded of their meeting on Tuesday 10th January at 8 pm in the Parish Hall. The children’s session is on Saturday at 10 am and Mass for the whole family is on Sunday 15th at 11.15 am.
OFFERTORY COUNTERS ROTA:
Volunteers are asked to collect their new rotas from the Paper Shop – thank you.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY ROTA:
If you have not received your rota by email, there are a few in the shop. Thank you.
DONATIONS TO THE HOMELESS:
Thank you all for your generous donations over Advent of toiletries, tins and gloves etc. We will collect these items again for Lent but please do not leave any items at the back of the Church until Lent begins – thank you.
CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY (WESTMINSTER):
The collection at the Crib will finish this weekend. Your gift gives children and families, who have found themselves in domestic, relationship and personal crisis, a helping hand throughout the year. Thank you.
PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA AND SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA:
Celebrate the Centenary Year of the Apparitions by joining Fr. Luis Tomas of the Consolata Missions, Finchley, on 14th – 20th September 2017. Four nights in Fatima and two in Santiago de Compostela, £679. For further details, contact Tony O’Byrne on 020 8361 1300.
JANUARY SALE:
The January sale will take place in the Parish Hall on the weekend of the 21st/22nd January. All money raised will go towards the sound system for the Parish Hall. This will be particularly useful when we have services relayed from the church. Offers of gifts, raffle prizes, DVDs, CDs, toiletries etc. will be most welcome. Cakes on the day will be a big help. Items for sale may be left in the Parish Office during opening times or in the Paper Shop during weekend Mass times. Do please come along for a bargain and support the sale.
Thank you, Janet Butterworth
SACRAMENT OF SICK – WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL:
The annual Mass in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes will take place in the Cathedral on Saturday 11th February at 2 pm. The Sacrament of the Sick will be administered during the Mass by the bishops and priests.
If you would like to attend and would like a space reserved for a wheelchair or companion please let the Parish Office know by 29th January.
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