Today we welcome KATIE GRACE SCOTCHER into the Church as she receives the Sacrament of Baptism, during the 10.00 am Mass. Please pray for her parents and family.

THE LINE RANGERS who have been made homeless since the closure of the Westgate Pavillion and are a LINE DANCING TUITlON GROUP are going to use the Church Hall for a period on Tuesday evenings, beginning 6th July. I do hope this will meet with your approval.

JOAN MARY WRIGHT who reached her 100th Birthday just a month ago, so was able to share her Centenary with that of the parish. She received a Papal Blessing and Archbishop Peter made time to visit her give her the Blessing on his visit two weeks ago. Joan died peacefully last Sunday afternoon. Her Funeral Mass will be on Wednesday, 21st July, in St. Peter’s Church at 11.00 am. May she rest in peace.

NEXT WEEK IS SEA SUNDAY, when the Church remembers all those who live and work at sea. This year is also ‘The Year of the Seafarer’, and so is a very important year for Apostleship of the Sea and seafarers.

Seafarers are commonly recruited from poorer countries where wages are lower. Seafarers work in difficult and often dangerous conditions suffering from loneliness, spiritual deprivation and even exploitation as they transport the goods we use and consume every day.

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; it takes the love of Christ to seafarers in the name of the Church, recognising them as our brothers and sisters in need.

Sea Sunday is your chance to help AoS make a real difference to the lives of seafarers. Everything AoS does is on behalf of Britain’s Catholic community, but it receives no statutory funding from either the Church or the government. The parish will take up a second collection on Sea Sunday for the work of AoS – so please give generously next Sunday, their ministry cannot continue without you.

TODAY’S SECOND collection is to raise money which will be used to send Alice as our parish’s representative to the special Youth Day during the Pope’s upcoming visit to the UK in September. She needs additional security documentation as well as the fee which covers the day. Alice, as you know, is not only an Altar Servers she is also a Reader.

DIARY DATES:

■S.V.P. MEETING – Friday, 9 July, at Exbury, Sea Road, 7 pm. The SVP always needs new members willing to give up a few evenings each year to help the less fortunate of Westgate. Contact Sr. Helen to find out more.

■CENTENARY DAY ANALYSIS – Next Sunday, 11 July after the 10 am Mass. A final look at last month’s celebration day.

■NEWSTEAD SINGERS – Sunday, 11 July at 4 pm will give a Concert at St. Saviour’s Church, Westgate. Tickets £3 at the door.

■UCM MEETING – The next meeting of the Union of Catholic Mothers will be on Wednesday, 14 July at 7.30 pm in the Church Hall.

■ST. MILDRED’S DEANERY MASS – Sunday, 18th July at 3 pm in the Anglican Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Minster. Refreshments afterwards.

■GRIEF IN LOSS - HOPE IN CHRIST – 23rd to 25th July at Minster Abbey. A Workshop/Retreat for those suffering from the pain of loss. Call 01303 870248 for information.

■DIOCESAN DAY OF RENEWAL – Saturday, 9 October starting at 9.30 am in St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark. See poster in porch.

MASS ATTENDANCES

TWELFTH SUNDAY

Saturday (26 June) 5.30 pm 48

Sunday (27 June) 10 am 110

PARISH INCOME

Weekend of 26 & 27 June

Offertory Saturday £138.20

Sunday £204.89

TUESDAY, 29th JUNE (Ss Peter & Paul)

Offertory £67.00

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.

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