Gift Aid
There are envelopes to be collected after Mass. These are for everyone who belongs to the Gift Aid Scheme, either by Standing Order or Sunday envelopes.

APF Mill Hill
The Annual Mission Mass for 2008 takes place on Wednesday 16th July at St John’s Cathedral, Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth on Wednesday 16th July at 7.30pm. This will be offered for all members by Father Frank Thompson MHM and will be followed by a short film – Kusatsu Japan – and tea and biscuits. All are welcome.

St Anne’s Catholic School, Carlton Road Southampton
St Anne’s Catholic School Admissions Information Evening for entrance to Year 7 in September 2009, will be held on Tuesday 24th June 2008 at 6.30pm. Parents with daughters in Year 5 considering applying for admission to St Anne’s are invited to the Information Evening in the School Hall. Parking: Bedford Place public car park.

Garden Open for the British Red Cross
Chris and Frankie Lane are opening their garden in aid of the British Red Cross on Saturday and Sunday 12th and 13th July from 2.00pm to 6.00pm. Both the front and back gardens have won silver medals in the Fareham in Bloom competition in recent years. Come and spend a pleasant hour or more sitting in the garden surrounded by lots of lovely flowers. Home-made cakes and tea/coffee will be served and plants will be on sale. The garden is at 50 Hill Park Road, Fareham. An entrance fee of £1.50 is charged and accompanied children are free.

St Philip Howard Pre-School – IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!
This year St Philip Howard Pre-School is celebrating its 21st Birthday! The Pre-School has highly qualified and dedicated staff, some of whom have been there since the Pre-School started. Watch out for forthcoming 21st birthday events over the next few months. If any parents are interested in a place for their child at the Pre-School, please telephone Veronica on 07814 870561 or email, alternatively why not drop in and see us and what we do!

A Prayer of St Thomas More
Give us Lord, a humble, quiet, peaceable, patient, tender and charitable mind, and in all our thoughts, words and deeds a taste of the Holy Spirit. Give us, Lord, a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, a love of you. Take from us all lukewarmness in meditation, dullness in prayer. Give us fervour and delight in thinking of you and your grace, your tender compassion towards us. The things that we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labour for. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

THE UNION

Thought for the Week
Jesus’ words in the gospel are particularised in the life of Jeremiah. Because he was faithful in proclaiming God’s word (he was persecuted, imprisoned and threatened with death), Jeremiah was protected and sustained by God.

Jesus tells the Twelve (and us) that acknowledging him and doing his work will not be easy. This mission ought not be undertaken lightly because there will be opposition. Neither, however, ought the mission be undertaken with trepidation, because God does not abandon us. Forces will oppose this mission, but a promise of divine care will sustain us. Faithful disciples will be named in eternity.
From Living Liturgy

Stewardship
The Stewardship Steering Group will meet this Sunday at 12.00 noon in St Jude’s School.

First Holy Communion
Thanks to all those who helped to make the First Holy Communion Mass last weekend such a wonderful occasion.

Retreat Day
On Saturday 5th July from 10.00am to 3.00pm a Retreat Day has been organised by Gosport Parish and is open to the Pastoral Area. Centering Prayer and Contemplation in Today’s World – will be led by Fr David Adams at Park Place Pastoral Centre. Donation of £9.00 – bring your own lunch. Contact Doug at Gosport Parish Office on 023 9258 0119.

Medjugorje Day of Prayer
A day of prayer on Saturday 12th July for anyone interested in the apparitions that have been taking place in this small Bosnian village for the past 25 years, will be led by Fr John Edwards SJ, 9.30am to 5.00pm. Talks, rosary, Mass, Confessions – cost £11.00. Venue - Heath Lodge, Trampers Lane, North Boarhunt, PO17 6DH. Pre-booking is essential. Call Yvette or Larry on 01329 832781 for further information or to book.

Parish Ecology Group
Come and discover the way hovercraft are used to help those in need. There will be a talk by Brian Russell on Hovercraft for Humanitarian Purposes. It starts at 7.30pm in the Sacred Heart Hall on Friday 27th June 2008. All are welcome.

Book of Remembrance
If anyone would care to send their own prayer card, religious picture, poem etc. to be added to the Book of Remembrance (November), please place it into an envelope not folded and leave it in the Parish Office for collection. Closing date: end of June. Please note, no item sent in can be returned. Please mark your envelopes – ‘Garden of Remembrance’.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Please note that there will be no Adoration between 7.00 and 8.00pm on Friday 27th June 2008 as there will be an organ lesson taking place in the Sacred Heart church.

Race Night and BBQ
15th Fareham Scouts invite you to a Race Night and BBQ (food provided) on 28th June 2008. The event will be held at St Jude’s School commencing at 6.30pm. Ticket prices are – Adults £3.50; Children £2.50, Family ticket £10.00. They will be on sale after Mass closer to the date or contact Mark Moorhen on 01329 318451.

Parish Secretary Required for City Centre Parish, Southampton
Applications are invited from self-motivated, suitably qualified persons for this full-time position – Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm in the Parish Office.

This post is to facilitate the smooth day-to-day working of this busy City Centre Parish, to give assistance to the Parish clergy and to those in the Parish having pastoral or group responsibilities. It requires computer literacy, good communication and interpersonal skills. For application form and job description, please phone 023 8033 3589. Closing date: Tuesday 24th June. Salary: in the range of £17,000 to £20,000 according to ability and experience.

Pax Christi International Youth Camp
This takes place from 8th to 17th August 2008 at Pax Christi House, Florence, Italy. This is for young people aged 18 to 30 years and the cost is only £85.00 to include accommodation, food and all activities, but not travel to and from the camp. Full details are on the notice board.

St Jude's Catholic Primary School
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Welcome
If you have recently moved to this area, please fill in one of our “Are you new” forms to be found at the entrance to the church and return this to the parish office. Alternatively complete our
online form.

12th Sunday of the Year 21/22 June 2008 The Year of St Matthew Year A

41 Portland Street, Fareham
The Parish has commenced refurbishment works at 41 Portland Street which are expected to last twelve weeks. No-one is allowed on the site at No. 41 without the permission of the contractor (this is a Health and Safety requirement.) The contractors will need places for their vehicles and equipment, therefore, the church car park in Hartlands Road is not to be used by parishioners for the duration of the contract. No unauthorised person is to park either in the Presbytery driveway or the drive of No. 41 in any circumstances.
Father Joe

Parish Diary Meeting – Cancelled due to illness
Sacramental Programme Co-ordinators and Parish Group leaders are advised that the annual Parish Diary Meeting scheduled for Wednesday 25th June has unfortunately had to be cancelled due to illness. If you have not already sent in your programme for the coming year please do so as soon as possible.

Free to good home!!!
Upright piano – needs tuning and collecting. Call Steve or Janet on 023 9252 0833.

Altar Servers
Those Altar Servers who are due to receive their bronze or silver medals will be presented with them at 9.00am Mass next Sunday, 29th June.

First Friday Prayer
The last First Friday Prayer before the summer break will be on Friday 4th July at St Margaret Mary Church, Park Gate beginning with Rosary at 9.15am. Full details next week.

St Edmund’s School Uniform Shop
The School Uniform Shop is open in the school between Monday and Friday from 8.30am to 4.00pm throughout the year. Contact the shop on 023 9282 3766 ext 2617. It will also be open until 6.00pm on Thursday evenings until the end of term. During the summer holiday, it will be open from 10.00am to 3.00pm, except during the week of 11th August when it will be closed.

Help Stop Pro-Abortion Amendments Today
The government’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has received initial approval in the House of Commons and MPs have rejected attempts to reduce the time limit for some abortions. Pro-abortion MPs may now try to use the Bill as a vehicle to widen the abortion law, enabling even more abortions to take place. You can support the campaign against this by simply delivering some leaflets door-to-door in your street or locality. To order leaflets (free of charge) please contact Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, telephone: 020 7091 7091, email or write to SPUC 3 Whitacre Mews, Stannary Street, London, SE11 4AB. Some leaflets are available in the church porch.

Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel
This supports Israeli and Palestinian peace activists, provides protection by presence and advocates an end to the occupation. Ecumenical Accompaniers are required for three or four months’ service in 2009, based in the West Bank and Israel. The deadline for applications is 22nd August 2008. Applications packs are available from www.quaker.org.uk/eappi.

Ss Peter and Paul
Next Sunday, 29th June, we celebrate the Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul.

Malayalam Mass
The next Malayalam Mass takes place at Our Lady of Walsingham Church on Sunday 6th July beginning at 5.00pm.

Finance
Offertory Collection - £1653.96

Forthcoming Collections
29th June – Peter’s Pence

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 fill in the form and return it to Father Joe, or complete the online form

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