HOLY FAMILY PARISH NEWSLETTER
Sunday 22nd February
First Sunday of Lent
Next Social Event PICTURE AND TABLETOP SALE
14TH MARCH A CHANCE TO GET RID OF ANYTHING SALEABLE, refreshments available.Anybody wishing to ‘
Book a table (£5) please see Pauline. We were given a quantity of pictures to dispose of (worth something for the frames alone) and their is something for everyone.
CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY This Friday 27th February please take your envelopes today and fill them with your alms (money saved by fasting) and bring them back next Sunday.
CARITAS COFFEE MORNING: Sunday, after Mass. The February development fund draw will also be made here.
GOSPEL JOY DISCUSSION GROUP: Monday, 2-3pm. ’You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’
GARDENING GROUP: Tuesday & Saturday, after Mass. All welcome.
WEEKLY CAFOD COFFEE MORNING & STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Friday, after Mass. Stations of the cross 11am
BISHOP’S PASTORAL LETTER hard copies available at the back of Church.
CARITAS COLLECTIONS: These collections continue at the
back of church. Many thanks for your continued generosity.
The Food bank finds that demand far outstrips supply, tins,
dried goods toiletries, also THICK socks, thermal clothing
Jogging bottoms, waterproof jackets and trousers, jumpers,
new underwear.
THE WORLD THIS WEEK
In his inaugural homily, Archbishop Moth said that God calls us to “go out into the world of our own age, carrying with us the message of the gospel of peace” into “the public square”, where the “great questions of our time” call for its “light” to be shone upon them. “Let us ensure that the light of the gospel shines brightly in our parish communities, in our homes and our schools,” he urged. “At every opportunity, let us shed the light of the gospel on the world of our day, in our universities, our places of work.”
He referenced words in the second reading, from St Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy, “Fan into flame the gift of God… for God gave us a spirit not of fear, but of power and love and self-control”, which he recalled hearing at the episcopal ordination of Cardinal Basil Hume in 1976.
Archbishop Moth said, “God’s call to us is characterised by love, a love that reflects to all the love that we see in Christ. This is a love that is total self-giving, self-emptying to the point of the death that we see depicted so clearly in the great rood here, above the sanctuary. This is Christ-like service, that brings faith, love and hope to a world that, in our present age, cries out for hope.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Friday: 9.20- 9.45am
Saturday: 6pm to 6.20pm and at call
COLLECTIONS
14/15Feb: £355.10
Thank you as always for your generosity.
This week, Team C.
STEWARDS (21/22 FEB)
Saturday Sweeney, J Whatmough, B Whatmough
Sunday: D Hibbert, C Timoney, B Rogers
STAY CONNECTED
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