HOLY FAMILY PARISH NEWSLETTER
Sunday 27th September
26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
CAFOD Harvest Fast day and second collection: This Friday 2nd Oct, will be harvest Family Fast, special appeal and Second Collection today. NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A MISSIONER
QUIZ NIGHT: Our parish quiz night last week raised £349. Thank you so much to all of you for your support.
CARITAS COFFEE MORNING & DEVELOPMENT DRAW: Sunday, after Mass. The September Development Draw will be made at Sunday’s coffee morning.
GOSPEL JOY DISCUSSION GROUP: Monday, 2-3pm. ‘What do you believe?’
CLEANING &GARDENING GROUPS: Tuesday, after Mass. All invited to support.
WEEKLY COFFEE MORNING: Friday, after Mass. All welcome.
MAINTENANCE DAY: Saturday 3 October, 11am-2pm. Our next maintenance day will take place at the start of October. These are important days in the parish calendar, and all your support is greatly appreciated.
DATE FOR THE DIARY: Friday 16 October. Our next parish social will be our Race Night next month.
PIETY STALL: A temporary helper is needed for the piety stall. Please see Pauline for more details.
CHILDRENS’ LITURGY: It is hoped to restart the children's liturgy group in the next few weeks. For this to be successful, it needs adult volunteers. Please register initial interest with Fr. Peter or Pauline. An opportunity for discussion will be arranged shortly.
CORNERSTONE COLLECTIONS: The Cornerstone manager has provided a poster which is displayed in the 'Cornerstone Corner'. This gives details of how your generous donations continue to be put to good use.
RCIA: Introduction to the Catholic faith for adults commences 29th September 6.30pm for 7pm: see Fr Peter for further details.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME: Please be aware that the children’s Sacramental Programme for this year will commence in October and continue through to May.
Hymns: 880 643 804 367 355
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Friday: 9.20- 9.45am
Saturday: 6pm - 6.20pm and at call
COLLECTIONS
19/20Sep: £437.30
Thank you as always for your generosity.
This week, Team A.
STEWARDS (26/27SEP)
Saturday J Sweeney, J Whatmough, B Whatmough
Sunday: D Hibbert, C Timoney, B Rogers
STAY CONNECTED
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see John Hesketh for details or posts.
Contact Pauline (07841712971) to join the parish WhatsApp group.
THE WORLD THIS WEEK
The recent boom in adolescent and adult baptisms, France where Mass attendance is still on a downhill slide, is clearly a topic Pope Leo wants to hear more about. “In two years, the number of adult baptisms in France has almost doubled, and the number of adolescent baptisms has multiplied by five in three years,” according to Fr Maximilien de la Martinière, secretary general of the provincial council. Although Easter baptisms are also up elsewhere in Europe, many have been surprised to see it in secularised France. The consultation process has found that many of the new converts had little or no link to Catholic culture. Their profiles are varied, but there is often a very strong quest for meaning and a search for community. The initial study of 1,450 catechumens from 60 dioceses has found that 40 per cent were prompted by “trials that lead to life’s existential questions”. Social media did not appear to have played much of a role. “The challenge lies in what happens after Baptism,” Fr de la Martinière said. Many new Catholics find their parishes have few courses for further study. “We can no longer remain in a system where only one or two parishioners accompany catechumens. The system must be rethought, and this mission must be shared by the entire community,” he said. One proposal is for groups of the newly baptised to continue meeting for a year, to deepen their relationship with the Church.