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 Performing
Arts Evening
St Edmund’s Catholic School, Portsmouth is fundraising for Specialist
School Status. There will be a Performing Arts Evening at
the School on Wednesday 22nd June from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Tickets are available
from 6th June and cost £2.50 per ticket or £5.00 for a family
ticket (4 people).
St
Anne’s Catholic School, Southampton
The Admissions Information Evening takes place on Wednesday 13th July
at 7.30pm. Parents with daughters in Year 5 are invited to meet senior
staff and hear about admission to St Anne’s in September 2006. For
further information please ring 02380 328200.
Portchester
Voluntary Care
This group has co-ordinators who receive requests by telephone for help
with transport. They then find a suitable volunteer who will provide transport
and if necessary, an escort, to Health Centres, Hospitals, Dentists etc.
Donations are appreciated and can be placed in an envelope provided by
the driver who will return it to the treasurer. Volunteer drivers can,
if they wish, claim expenses. If you feel this service might be of help
to you or if you would like to volunteer to be a driver or escort, please
telephone 023 9232 1788.
A Day with Mary Pilgrimages 2005
Details of pilgrimages to Fatima, Rome, La Verna, other early Franciscan
sites, Bolsena and Assisi are on the notice boards in our churches.
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Parish Pilgrimage to Jordan
Fr Paul Townsend will be leading a Pilgrimage to Jordan including
the five Vatican Designated Holy Sites from Saturday 28th October
until Saturday 4th November 2006. The cost will be £924.00
for the eight day visit with an optional extension to Sinai for
a further four days at a cost of £264.00 (single room supplement
for the eight day trip is £98.00 and £140.00 per person
with the extension to Sinai.)
Booklets
containing full details and booking forms are available at the back
of our churches and should be returned with deposit and travel insurance
payment to the Parish office as soon as possible. Places will
go extremely quickly so early booking is recommended.
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Plant
Sale
Thank you to all those who supported the recent plant sales at St Philip
Howard Church. £230.00 was raised for the Sri Lankan Classroom Appeal.
If anyone has any spare 3” flower pots for planting up next year’s
plants, I would be very grateful (I have plenty of larger pots). Please
leave pots at St Philip Howard Church or call me, Frankie Lane on 01329
310785, and I will collect them.
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.
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THE UNION
Thought for the Week
‘Let us set ourselves to know the Lord’
This is the call and
challenge set before us today by the prophet Hosea. These words were originally
said by Hosea to reawaken the faith of God’s people to draw them
to convert their hearts anew to the Lord. These are words no less challenging
and meaningful for us today as we constantly seek to further our relationship
with God: to love and grow in knowledge of the One who loves us so immensely.
The Fareham Faith
Festival has been an opportunity to be prophetic to awaken the wider community
of Fareham to seek God anew in their lives, and come to the knowledge
that there are still people out there who actively try to follow Christ
today. For all of us Christian people in Fareham it has been a challenge
to stand together to witness to our faith in Christ.
So, let us continue
to set ourselves to know the Lord deeper and be ever up to face the challenge
that following Christ brings us today.
Father
Andrew Chandler
Ann Cross
RIP
Please pray for the repose of Ann Cross who died recently, Please also
remember all her family and friends in your prayers.
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Growing
in Faith Together – GIFT
The next in this series of talks takes place on Wednesday
8th June at St Jude’s School.
Right
Reverend Thomas Burns, Bishop in Ordinary to HM Forces will be
speaking about Mission to the Forces.
Coffee/tea
will be available at 7.00pm and the talk begins at 7.30pm. All
are welcome.
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Vacancies
at Oaklands Catholic School
Required for September 2005:
Part-time Teacher of Art for Lower School
(2 ½ days)
Teacher
of Science
If you are interested in the above, please contact immediately, Chris
Whitfield, Headteacher on 02392 248043 or fax immediately CV and references
on 02392 248061.
Are you
interested in changing schools and going to Oaklands to teach? Vacancies
arise across the curriculum every year and therefore they would like to
meet you.
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.
Portchester
Gala
This year’s Gala takes place on Saturday 18th June. The Gala
Procession leaves from Portchester Community Centre, Westlands Grove at
11.30am and should arrive at the Castle, via Central Road, Cornaway Lane,
White Hart Lane and Castle Street, at approximately 12.30pm. If anyone
has a lorry that could be used in the parade, please contact 023 9220
1629. There will be a funfair on Friday and Saturday.
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.
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
Bible School
www.catholic-bible-school.org
Spiritual Direction Course (commencing in October 2005). There
will be a taster evening on Monday 13th June at 7.30pm to enable you to
find out more and meet the team – no commitment.
Thanksgiving
Mass – Wednesday 15th June at 7.30pm, followed by refreshments
in Nutbourne House.
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.
The Story
Telling Genius of Jesus – Saturday 2nd July from 10.00am to
3.00pm – David Wells, a highly sought after and dynamic international
speaker and Director of Adult Formation in Plymouth Diocese – prior
booking is essential.
All of
these take place at the Bible School at Nutbourne House, Farm Lane, Nutbourne,
near Chichester.
St
Jude's RC Primary School
Current newsletter here
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| 4th/5th
June 2005
10th Sunday of the Year
The
Year of St Matthew |
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 Father
John Doran
This weekend we welcome Father John, former Parish Priest of Portchester,
as he celebrates the 40th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Priesthood.
Trip
to Sri Lanka
Enclosed with last week’s newsletter was an account of Pauline Jackson’s
recent visit to Sri Lanka to see, first hand, how the money raised during
the Lent Appeal was being spent. In addition to the Montessori School
and the Catholic Orphanage, it was also decided to fund Charminda to build
the foundations of his house – the tsunami took his wife, two children,
home and tuk tuk. He is so grateful and full of thanks.
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.
First
Holy Communion – 11th & 18th June 2005
Please pray for the young people of our Parish who are receiving Holy
Communion this month, for the first time:
Grace Baggott, Hannah Balfour, Alex Black, Gabrielle Bristow, Lauren Brown,
Emily David, Kerrie-Anne Dowdell, Caroline Duff, Ciaran Edwards, Caitlin
Edwards, David Edwards, Daniel Gillmore, Molly Hamilton, Kirsten Howard-Bailey,
Laura Jane Lee, Beth Lindsay, Edward Michael Lloyd, Christopher Michael
Lowman, Danny McGonagle, Holly Rose Martorana, Kealan Moore, Darragh Morris,
George W. B. Mulvany-Dear, Stuart Nixon, Martha Rose North, Natasha Syred-Paul,
Hannah Rose Ralphson, Lewis Rollins, Dominic Royston, Cameron Smith, Dawn
Smith, Daniel Tinney, Harriet Frances Wall, Caitlin White, William Whiting,
Courteney Williams, Sophie Phillippa Woodward, George Lawson Woodward.
St
Dominic’s Priory
At St Dominic’s Priory, Shirley Holms Road, Lymington, there will
be a Fanning the Flame Summer Camp from 8th to 12th August – a packed
streamed programme for 10 – 20 year olds – daily Eucharist,
prayer, talks, drama, workshops, discussions, art and so much more. The
aim of the Camp is to provide an environment where participants can grow
in their faith. The cost is £60.00 per young person with a £10.00
deposit to be paid when booking (Donation from Adult Helpers). The fee
covers the renting of the field, marquees, toilets and showers, Speakers’
fees and payment to St Dominic’s for the use of the Priory and food.
Booking forms are available in the church porch.
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.
Douai
Abbey Pastoral Programme
Events in June:
‘Come to the Quiet’ – Monday 6th June to Friday
10th June – a silent individually guided retreat.
Training
Course for Ministers of the Eucharist – Gervase Holdaway OSB
– Mondays 6, 13th, 20th and 27th June at 7.45pm.
Healing
Grief – Nicholas Broadbridge OSB – Friday 17th
June to Sunday 19th June.
To God
through Music – Gervase Holdaway OSB Friday 24th June
to Sunday 26th June.
Full details of these
courses are on the notice board.
Finance
Thank you for your generosity in giving.
Offertory Collection - £1619.98
SVP - £179.60
Forthcoming
Collections
Peter’s Pence – 26th June
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
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