Good
News Travelling Library The next visit to Portchester of the Good News Library will be on
Thursday 23rd September at 22 Castle Street, from 7.00 – 8.30pm.
There are Christian books, cassettes, CDs and videos to borrow and also
Christian cards for sale.
Cook required
There
is a vacancy at Bishop’s House for a Cook. The hours of work are
Tuesday to Friday 10.00am to 3.00pm, hourly rate negotiable. The successful
applicant will need to provide meals for the household and guests as required
and to leave food prepared for days not covered by the above terms of
employment. For an application form or further information regarding the
post, please contact Mrs. Mary Swaffield at: St Edmund House, Edinburgh
Road, Portsmouth. PO1 3QA – tel. 023 9282 3567 or e-mail: mswaffield@prcdtr-finance.org.uk.
Parish
Pilgrimage - ‘In the Steps of St Paul’
Please note that if, for any reason, you have to cancel your place on
the Parish Pilgrimage, you must notify the Parish Office as well
as sending written notification to Maranatha Tours. Coach to/from Fareham/Heathrow – An Executive Coach (with
WC/drinks etc.) has now been booked for the outward and return journeys
from Fareham and Heathrow Airport. Collection points will be at the Sacred
Heart Church in Fareham and Our Lady of Walsingham Church, Portchester
– times will be advised nearer the departure date. The cost for
the return journey will be £18.50 per person. Please fill in the
attached tear-off slip and return it to the Parish Office with
your payment by Friday 24th September. Please note that cheques
for the coach journey should be made out to the parish (PRCDTR Fareham
Sacred Heart) and not to Maranatha Tours.
I/We will require
(insert no.) places on the Pilgrimage coach from Fareham/Heathrow.
(£18.50 p.p.)
Name
Tel.
no
Collection
point – please tick as required:
Fareham (Sacred Heart)
Portchester
Amount
enclosed
Clergy
Revue - Jersey This year’s Clergy Revue will be held at Fort Regent,
St Helier, Jersey on Friday 15th October at 7.30pm. The Variety Show provides
great entertainment by clergy…its fame and fortune go before it.
There are relatively cheap flights leaving from Southampton airport with
Flybe and British Airways. Tickets for the show are priced
at £7.50 and £5.00 and are available through CAFOD in Jersey,
please telephone Sr. Hilary Brown on 01534 732583. Please see the poster
on the notice board for further details and names of clergy taking part.
PEG The Parish Ecology Group meets on Friday of this week for their first
anniversary. Mass will be celebrated at 7.30pm at Sacred Heart Church
and will be followed by refreshments.
Macmillan
Coffee Morning
CUPPA
COFFEE? YES!
Macmillan Cancer Relief World’s Biggest Coffee Morning:
Friday 24th September at 22 Magpie Close, Fareham 10.00am
to 12.00 noon. Home-made cakes, bring ‘n’ buy,
raffle and entertainment. More information from Elizabeth Evans
01329 231448. All welcome…… kettle’s boiling!
Are
You New?
Are you new to this parish? If you have recently moved to this area, please
fill in one of the 'Are you new?' forms to be found at the entrance to
the church and return this to Father Chris or to the Parish Office. Alternatively
complete our online form.
THE UNION Thought for the Week
The point of the remarks that Jesus makes in today’s Gospel, should
cut deeply into each one of us ~ worldly people are more willing to sacrifice
for worldly rewards than Christians are for heavenly rewards. This is
true in so many, many cases. We need to ask ourselves, “Are we
less willing to sacrifice for a heavenly reward than we are for a worldly
reward?”, and “Are we less willing to sacrifice for
the spread of the Gospel than we are for our own worldly advancement?”
If we are, then we will want to pray the following prayer with special
devotion:
“Lord, open
our ears to your word even when we’d rather not listen to it
because it challenges us more than we want to be challenged.
Lord, open our minds to your word even when we’d rather not think
about it;
because it disturbs us more than we want to be disturbed.
Lord, help us put your word into practice even when we’d rather
not act on it,
because it means changing what we’d rather not change.
Above all, Lord, help us to realise that you never ask us to do anything
that you won’t bless us for beyond our wildest dreams.
You are never outdone in generosity. Amen.”
These changing times
are challenging and disturbing to many people in the Church today. On
this Home Mission Sunday, we are reminded that Bishop Crispian wants all
the people in his diocese to tell him what is important to them about
the Church, how best can we spread the Gospel, and what needs to be changed
and what needs to remain the same. To find out more on how he wants us
to do this, please come to a meeting on Thursday 23rd September at 7.30pm
in St. Jude’s School.
Father
Chris Whelan
John
Corcoran RIP Please pray for the repose of the soul of John Corcoran who died
recently. John’s funeral took place on Friday 10th September.
Francis Halkyard Please pray for the repose of the soul of Francis Halkyard
who died recently. Francis’ funeral will take place on Tuesday 21st
September at 9.30am at Sacred Heart Church.
Date
for your Diary - Race Night 16th October at St. Jude’s School. Come along and have
a flutter. Bring the kids! Bring a friend! More information to follow.
Growing
Together in Christ
Q. Are you
interested in the future of our Church?
A.
Then attend a meeting at St. Jude’s School at 7.30pm on
Thursday 23rd September!
This
is an important meeting for everyone!
Why do
they do it like that?
The second series of talks given by the Ministers on the traditions, worship
and special emphasis carried out by the various Christian Churches in
Fareham will be starting this Autumn. The first talk from 7.15 to 9.00pm
is on Tuesday 28th September 2004 at the Hill Park Fareham Baptist Church,
Gudge Heath Lane. You are invited to come along and find out more of their
traditions and liturgy. See notice board for more details.
Fareham
Faith Festival Update
Thousands are overwhelmed with cares and fears about security in life
and their own mortality. Putting us Christians into face-to-face with
these people could change their lives. The Faith Festival will run for
10 days, 28th May to 5th June next year. Already planned are event-packed
days which show the public that Christians are cheerful, friendly and
above all happy and fulfilled. Young and old will present and participate
in many aspects of church life, but in and around the Precinct –
welcoming with refreshment, dealing with inquiries and handing out literature.
There will be musical buskers and entertainers, sing-alongs, jazz and
rock bands, skateboarding flower workshops, break dancing, drama and of
course, prayer and praise. We have the London Gospel Choir to kick-off
our ‘long week’ and that is just the beginning. Reading this
some of you may be moved to make suggestions for events and offer your
services to help. Please contact the Parish Office and we will contact
you in due course. Please pray that this missionary Festival will spread
the Good News of Jesus in our Town.
Cake
Appeal
The next Lourdes Cake Stall will take place on Saturday 9th October after
the 6.00pm Mass at Our Lady of Walsingham Church and after the 9.00am
Mass on Sunday 10th October in the Sacred Heart Hall and following the
11.00am Mass in St. Philip Howard Hall. Donations of cakes, biscuits,
jams and plants would be very much appreciated and can be left in the
hall at the above times. All proceeds go to the Lourdes Fund which enables
the Parish to send young helpers to Lourdes. For further information please
call Pauline Jackson on 01329 236275 or Ann Corr on 01329 236575. Thank
you for your continuing support.
Sister
Frances Squires RIP
A Mass will be celebrated in memory of Sister Frances Squires RIP on Wednesday
29th September at 9.30am at the Sacred Heart Church. Sister Frances was
one of the first LSU Sisters to come to Fareham in 1982 to work alongside
the people of the Parish.
Prayer
Group
The Prayer Group will be meeting weekly beginning on Tuesday 21st September
at 86 Western Road, Fareham from 8.00pm to approximately 9.00pm.
Frankie
Moorhen
The sponsorship form from Sacred Heart Church cannot be found. If anyone
knows of its whereabouts, please notify the Parish Office. Those who sponsored
Frankie via this form are asked to telephone 01329 318451.
Bible
Group The next meeting will be on Thursday morning, 23rd September
at 10.15am for 10.30am at 86 Western Road, Fareham, reading: Genesis 1:24
– 2:25 over the next few sessions. All are welcome.
St
Jude's RC Primary School
Current newsletter here
19th
September 2004
25th Sunday of the Year
The
Year of St Luke
Home
Mission Sunday This Sunday we pray for the spread of the Gospel in England and Wales.
A collection will be taken to support the work of CASE, the Catholic Agency
to Support Evangelisation, which the bishops launched at Easter to support
and resource individuals, parishes and communities to share the Good News
of God’s love.
Churches
Together in Portchester
Are there any artists out there? Portchester Churches Together are looking
for a design for the front of their Christmas card, A5 size. Please send
your design into the Parish Office by the end of September, thank you.
The
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
If
you are able to help with Adoration in Fareham please contact Lily Peach
on 077 678 98885, or to help with Adoration at Portchester, please contact
Veronica Reeves on 023 9237 2864 or Rose Andrews on 023 9238 8494.
Dinner
with a Difference
Dinner and live entertainment at the Hampshire Rose Bowl on 16th October
2004 from 7.00pm to 12.30. This is a fund raising event for the extension
of St. Margaret Mary Church at Park Gate. Bishop Crispian and Mark and
Fiona Hoban will be attending. Tickets cost £40.00 per person from
01489 575375.
Our
Lady of Walsingham, Portchester
50th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday
25th September 2004
Mass of Thanksgiving - 6.00pm
Sunday
26th September 2004
Celebration Lunch
1.00pm at the church.
Friday 24th
September is the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham
St. Edmund’s
Catholic School, Portsmouth
The Governors are seeking to appoint the following:
Teaching
Assistant to support pupils with special educational needs. Scale ½
25 hours per week 40 weeks per year. The successful applicant will be
a MIDAS driver or be willing to train.
Caretaker
Scale ½ starting rate point 7 (5.70ph) 37.5 hours pw. The post
holder will be required to work under the supervision of the Site Manager
with regard to the security, cleanliness and upkeep of the School site.
Experience in general maintenance and building work would be advantageous.
This post is on a term time only contract. Any requirement over and above
the term time contract will be paid at an agreed rate. Please contact
the School for information on 023 9282 3766. Closing date for return of
completed applications is 27th September 2004.
School
Celebrations
St.
Mary’s School, Gosport, Centenary
Reunion at the school in Norman Road on Saturday 25th September
from 7.30pm to 10.00pm. This will be a wonderful opportunity
to catch up with old friends and have a get-together and see
around the school. You are invited to pay £2.00 per person
to cover the cost of refreshments etc.
Daley’s
School, St. Teresa’s and Oaklands (Leavers up to 1984)
– Reunion
Sunday 3rd October at Havant Leisure Centre Cafeteria with bar:
1.30pm to 6.00pm: Cost £4.00 which includes light refreshments
and unlimited coffee. Past pupils of other local schools who
were friends of the above are also welcome! Hot food available
on request at reasonable prices, bar available for all. For
more details see the poster in the church porch.
St.
Anne’s Convent School, Southampton
Did you or a member of your family attend St. Anne’s Convent
School in Southampton? You are all invited to The Guildhall
on Friday 15th October where Mass will be celebrated at 12.00
noon by Bishop Crispian in honour of the Centenary of St. Anne’s
1904 – 2004. Please write to St. Anne’s at Rockstone
Place, Southampton, SO15 2WZ to request a free ticket and indicate
whether you are a past pupil, past member of staff, past Governor,
a past parent or relative or a friend of St. Anne’s. Mark
your envelope “Centenary Mass”.
Finance
Thank you for your generosity in giving. Offertory Collection - £1721.00
Racial
Justice - £384.50
Forthcoming
Collections 19th September - Home Mission Sunday 26th September - Cathedral
Interested
in Becoming a Catholic?
A series of meetings and talks takes place each year for those interested
in becoming a member of our Church. If you would like to know more, please
contact Father Chris, or complete the online
form
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