Safeguarding
Safeguarding for all: The care and safeguarding of those in our community is something we all need to be aware of, and the Diocese provide safeguarding sessions tailored for those who volunteer in each of our Parishes. We are planning to hold such a session for all Our Lady’s volunteers after Easter (SFX are holding their session over at Belmont in March). We’d like to have all Our Lady's volunteers get together to share good practice and look specifically at our own issues (this would include Eucharistic Ministers, Children’s Liturgy & Catechists, andYouth group workers, for example), so if this is you please watch this space for further details of the session for Our Lady’s - or email us on OLQMSafeguardingRep@Outlook.com if you’d like any further information, or want to put your name down in advance, thank you!
The draw will be made on Easter Sunday.
The next SVP Youth group meeting for teens, in Years 7-11, is on March 29th after 10am Mass in the hall. We will be doing our final planning for the Children’s Stations of the Cross and we need readers and helper. The session will finish at 12:30pm.
On Saturday 21st March at 7.00pm in the parish hall we will be holding our parish quiz night. Entry is £10.00 per person (£5 for children) with teams of up to six players. The price also includes a delicious cold supper. Tickets available after Mass. Come along, have a great evening and enjoy each other’s company.
Every Friday Evening at 7.00pm during Lent we will be saying the Stations of the Cross in remembrance of Our Lords passion and death. This is an excellent Lenten devotion and a chance to reflect on what Christ suffered for our salvation.
Sunday 29th March: Passion (Palm) Sunday 10.00 Mass: Please gather outside near the entrance of the church for the blessing of palms Monday 30th March 7.00pm: Joint Reconciliation Service with St Francis Xavier at Our Lady’s Wednesday 1st April 7.00pm: Reconciliation Service at Belmont Abbey Thursday 2nd April: Maundy Thursday 10.00am: Mass for the Kerala community 7.30pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper with watching before the altar of repose until 10.00pm. Friday 3rd April: Good Friday 10.00am: Stations of the Cross for both adults and children 3.00pm: Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion. Saturday 4th April: Holy Saturday 12.00pm: Polish Blessing of food 12.30pm Preparing the church for Easter. 3.00pm: Mass for the Kerala community 7.30pm: Easter Vigil Sunday 5th April: Solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection 10.00am: Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord 6.30pm: Mass of Easter
Applications for the First Holy Communion Preparation Course is now closed and we cannot accept any further names at this time. Those who have already been in contact and expressed a desire to receive Our Blessed Lord for the first time in Holy Communion will be contacted in the next few days.
A date for Confirmations has now been agreed with Archbishop Mark for Wednesday 17th June at St Francis Xavier, Broad Street . Anyone who would like their child to receive this Sacrament of the Church please contact your parish priest. Please include the full name and contact details of the young person seeking confirmation, also include their date of birth and the school they are currently attending. Registration details should be received no later than January 1st, 2026. Preparation classes will begin in the New Year. Further details to follow
Here at Our Lady’s, and we are inviting years 7-11 to come join this group. Our motto is Love in Action ! The first meeting will be on Sunday 28th after 10am Mass in the parish Hall. The session will finish at 12:30pm. These sessions will be once a month, and its purpose is to serve our parish and community while learning about our faith in the process. If you know anyone aged between 7-11 who would be interested, then please come along. If there are any adults who can help either volunteers or support in other ways, please let me know. Any questions call me on 07792540333. Annie Ridgway.
If you would like a Mass to be said for your intention, there are envelopes available at the back of church for you to use. Holy Mass makes present the mystery of the Lord’s death and resurrection. There is no greater prayer than the Mass, since it is the most perfect offering we can make to God. In offering Mass for a specific intention, we are asking that the fruits of Christ’s redemptive power may be applied to the requested intention. The offering you make also helps support the clergy. I will try my best to accommodate your request however, if the date given is not available, the nearest possible date will be given. Please give a contact number so that I can ring you if need be.
O God, who in your providential design willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom you set over the other Apostles, look with favour, we pray, on Leo our Pope and grant that he, whom you have made Peter's successor, may be for your people a visible source and foundation of unity in faith and of communion.