The Southwark Brethren is along standing charity which helps sick and retired Priests who are in need. We thank you for your generosity in the past and ask for your help again this year. Please send donations to: Reverend Paul Hough, St. Elpheges Presbytery, 120 Stafford Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9AY. Last year we were able to give £1,000 each to thirty Priests in the Diocese of Southwark and Arundel and Brighton.

NEXT SUNDAY, 13 July, promises to be a watery one!

(1) Next week is Sea Sunday, when the Church remembers all those who live and work at sea. The Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) is the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church in Great Britain. The Apostleship of the Sea reaches out to seafarers that visit our ports each year, offering pastoral and practical support and care. AOS is wholly dependent on voluntary donations to continue its work.

There will be a retiring collection on Sea Sunday for the work of AOS – so please give generously next Sunday, their ministry cannot continue without you.

(2) We are going to welcome a new member of our Parish community in Westgate. The Sacrament of Baptism of DAVID SERRANO, who is only seven weeks old, will be celebrated during the 10 am Mass next Sunday. Please remember his parents and two older brothers.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. The charity LIFE is looking for volunteer counsellors. LIFE offers an excellent pregnancy counselling and care service. Full Counselling training given, or if you have Counselling skills please come and help us. Phone Agness Rees 07515 578 598, or email: agnesrees@lifecharity.org.uk.

SVP IN WESTGATE. They are looking for new members, especially the male variety. If you can spare a couple of evenings a month then please contact Eunice O’Neill on 832774.

MASS ATTENDANCES

12 Sunday of Ordinary Time

Saturday (28 June) 5.30pm 50

Sunday (29 June) 10 am 106

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Confessions on Saturdays from approx. 10.30am until 11am and 4.45pm until 5.15pm. Other times by appointment.

HOLY COMMUNION: We warmly welcome all non-Catholic to our services. It is not permitted, however, to receive Holy Communion until a person is received into full membership of the Catholic Church. If you would like to know more about this, please contact Fr. John.

Next weekend is a very important time for the Parish as we celebrate the feast of ST. MILDRED of THANET which falls on Sunday, 13 July. We shall celebrate this feast at the 9.30 am Mass on Saturday, 12 July, before we have the Summer Fête. Why not come and ask the prayers of this special Saint to bring success to the event that day.

DEANERY MASS IN HONOUR OF SAINT MILDRED There will be a special Deanery Mass in the Anglican church of St. Mary the Virgin, Minster on Sunday, 13 July, at 3pm. Celebrant: Dom Mark Savage, OSB. There will be Tea in the Old School afterwards.

SUMMER FÊTE. SATURDAY, 12 JULY The very last minute items for the Fete are perishable foods and fruits, plus plants. Plants and other last minute items can be left by the door to the hall. Other items bring in during the week after daily Mass, see the Mass schedule on this newsletter. Alternatively you can bring them to Countess Mountbatten Court on Thursday evening, ring the number 22. Or again to Countess Moountbatten Court to the Lounge, follow signs, on Friday afternoon from about 3 pm till 8 pm. A reminder: If you have put your name down to run a stall, or you want to help in any other way, there will be two opportunities to get acquainted as to where your stall will be sited, and what you need to do in preparation for the event. So, today, Saturday (5th) after the 5.30pm Mass Phil will be in the Hall with a layout of the gardens and times, etc. On Sunday (6th) Christine Wiltshire will see stall holders who attend the 10am Mass.

EARLY WARNING! Following a visit from the Southwark Diocesan Property Surveyor last week we are pleased to say that he was very impressed with the condition of the building, the excellent disabled facilities, etc. He did, however, suggest that it was best practice to have an emergency evacuation exercise. It is therefore planned to have an ‘evacuation’ at the 5.30 pm Mass on Saturday, 2 August. More details next week.

ROSARY GROUP. Is Our Blessed Lady calling you to a deeper commitment to prayer? Information call Eileen McNiff on 299334.

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