Keen 2B Green Fun Day
An excellent day out for everyone with TV’s Chris Packham on Sunday 12th June from 10.00am to 4.00pm at Bursledon Brickworks, Swanwick – live entertainment and activities for all including wildlife and organic gardening, healthy eating tips, energy efficiency grants, composting, food tasting and racing in the solar car challenge. Adults £3.00 accompanied children £1.00.

Blessed Margaret Pole, 1473-1541
There will be a concert in celebration of the life of Bl. Margaret Pole on her feast day, 28th May, at St Thomas a Becket Church, Warblington at 7.30pm. Margaret was daughter of the Duke of Clarence, niece of King Edward IV and King Richard III. She married Sir Reginald Pole in 1491 and had five children, one of whom became a Cardinal. He wrote against Henry VIII’s presumptions to spiritual supremacy and the King decided to crush the family. Two of Margaret’s sons were executed in 1538 for the crime of being the brothers of the Cardinal. In her later years Margaret lived at Warblington Castle. She was falsely charged with plotting revolution and was beheaded in 1541. Music of that period will be played at the concert with the Wyndcliffe Voices and the Lazy Lane Mynstrels who will be directed by Philip Drew. The delightful church on the harbour’s edge between Havant and Emsworth, was where Margaret was arrested and taken to the Tower via Midhurst. Tickets for the concert cost £5.00 and all proceeds will go towards the church restoration fund. Reservation is advisable by telephoning 023 9248 4000 or 023 9245 3357.

Park Place Pastoral Centre
Dreamwork 2 – led by Stephen Weaver on Saturday 9th July 10.00am to 4.00pm – cost £15.00 – coffee/tea provided but please bring a packed lunch. Stephen Weaver is a psychotherapist and Retreat giver. “A dream unexamined is like a letter unopened,” says the Talmud. If a dream is like a letter, then it is God who sends it so as to deepen the relationship he has with us. Dreamwork is the process by which we open the letter, read it and find ways to respond to it. This day weeks to apply the insights of modern psychology to this ancient tradition.

Calligraphy, Illumination and Book Binding led by Sue Drew and Franciscan Sisters on 14th – 17th July from Thursday 5.30pm until Sunday after lunch. Cost is £150.00 (ensuite) residential, full board. Non Residents should inquire nearer the time. Telephone Park Place on 01329 833043 for details.

THE UNION
Thought for the Week
The Holy Trinity is an impossible catechetical concept to understand; it is a mystery. Humanity has pondered about the Trinity for the last 2000 years and has come no closer to an understanding of this concept. But in celebrating the feast of the Holy Trinity we can celebrate a living reality of a God who is actually part of our lives. The one God of scriptures is revealed in the various different ways that He acts towards us. He acts as a loving parent, as a saving Son and as a unifying, enlightening, strengthening Holy Spirit.

The unifying act between Father and Son is love. Everything that belongs to the Father he entrusts to the Son, and everything the Son has received, he returns to the Father. This all embracing love, which personalises the relationship between the Father and Son, is a divine Person, the Holy Spirit, who is coequal with the Father and Son.

As a community we need to foster and build up a similar trinity of communion and love that encircles all that we do and all that we are. We are truly ourselves only when we are truly joined with one another by this circle of love, grace and fellowship. This is what makes us ‘Church’.

Langford Vincent

Diane Hammersley RIP
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Diane Hammersley who died recently. Please also remember John and all Diane’s family and friends in your prayers.

Latin Mass Society
The quarterly sung Latin Mass will be celebrated in St Peter’s Church, Bugle Street, Winchester on Sunday 5th June at 12.15pm. If you have never heard a Latin Mass before, why not come along?

Day of Prayer & Pilgrimage at Quarr Abbey
The Apostleship of the Sea pilgrimage to Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, to pray for seafarers and hear something of the work of the Apostleship of the Sea, takes place on Saturday 2nd July. It begins with prayer with the monks at 12.30pm followed by Mass in the Monastery at 3.00pm. Bring a packed lunch if you wish or refreshments can be purchased. Parish groups and individuals of any age are welcome. For further information please contact John Green at Apostleship of the Sea on 020 7588 8285.

Catholic Bible School
www.catholic-bible-school.org
There is an Open Day at the Bible School on Saturday 18th June from 2.00 – 4.30pm. There will be lots to do and lots of fun for everyone, including games, bottle tombola, raffles, plants, cakes, jams, bric-a-brac and refreshments. Donations of items for the stalls would be most welcome. All takes place at the Bible School at Nutbourne House, Farm Lane, Nutbourne, near Chichester.

Something to think about!!
Hatred does more damage to the person in which it is stored than to the person on which it is poured. (from the Catholic Bible School web site).

St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough
On Saturday 28th May there will be a Day with Mary beginning at 10.00am with the Procession of Our Lady, Angelus, Crowning and Sung Litany of Loreto. Mass will be celebrated at 11.15am and the day will end after a Sermon on Our Lady which begins at 4.10pm. Details are on the notice board.

21st/22nd May 2005 The Most Holy Trinity The Year of St Matthew

Parish Diary Meeting
Please note that the Parish Diary Planning Meeting scheduled for 21st June at 7.30pm in the Sacred Heart Hall has been cancelled. All invited Programme Co-ordinators should have received a letter detailing the alternative arrangements for this year. If there are any queries, please contact Michele or Joan in the Parish Office.

The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
“Let us beseech the Lord to reawaken in us the joy at his presence and that we may once more adore him. Without adoration, there is no transformation of the world.” (Pope Benedict XVI) Contacts:
Fareham - Lily Peach on 077 678 98885, Portchester - Veronica Reeves on 023 9237 2864 or Rose Andrews on 023 9238 8494.

Plant Sale
There will be a Plant Sale this Sunday 22nd May following the 11.00am Mass at St Philip Howard Church.

Used Postage Stamps
Thank you to everyone who has contributed used postage stamps. These have been sent to the Scout Association to raise funds for the Trust that provides holiday homes for handicapped Scouts (boys and girls). Please do continue to put the stamps in the tin in the porch.

Scouts AGM
The AGM of the 15th Fareham Scouts Group takes place on Monday 23rd May at St Philip Howard Hall at 7.30pm. The presence of a representative from each family who have a child in Beavers, Cubs or Scouts is requested. Please make an effort to attend.

Parish Ecology Group Art Competition
Why not design a poster to help us think of ways to help our Parish to cut pollution and save waste? See the poster in the porch for details.

Catholic Papers
The success of the “John Paul – a Life Remembered” magazine (of which there are still a few copies available) also resulted in numbers of extra copies of our Catholic papers being snapped up. If you do not at present take a Catholic paper, or perhaps you have it on order from a newsagent, please consider having one each week through the Parish. The church receives a small discount, so, the larger the demand, the greater the benefit to our church.

Christian Ecology Link
Come and hear Edward Echlin, author of Christian Ecology books, at 7.30pm on Friday 27th May at Sacred Heart Church. Edward will be in The Well at 2.00pm to sign copies of his most recent book the ‘Cosmic Circle’.

Day of Prayer & Pilgrimage at Quarr Abbey
The Apostleship of the Sea pilgrimage to Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight, to pray for seafarers and hear something of the work of the Apostleship of the Sea, takes place on Saturday 2nd July. It begins with prayer with the monks at 12.30pm followed by Mass in the Monastery at 3.00pm. Bring a packed lunch if you wish or refreshments can be purchased. Parish groups and individuals of any age are welcome. For further information please contact John Green at Apostleship of the Sea on 020 7588 8285.

APF
The Annual APF/Mill Hill Get-Together takes place at St Joseph’s College, Mill Hill on Sunday 5th June from 1.00 to 5.00pm. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 2.30pm. There will be tea and soft drinks available on arrival and tea and refreshments will be served after Mass. All APF members together with their families and friends are welcome.

Date for your Diary
There will be a lunchtime Quiz at Our Lady of Walsingham Church this Sunday, 22nd May, beginning at 12 noon – children under 12 years of age, 50p. Adults £2.50. There will be an American Lunch – please bring a dish, savoury/sweet and bring your own wine.

Finance
Thank you for your generosity in giving.
Offertory Collection - £1799.40

Forthcoming Collections
SVP – 29th May

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.

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

Fr Chris Whelan