St John Kemble Deanery Mass

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.

As part of our fund raising efforts we will be holding a jumble sale in the parish hall on Saturday 18 th October starting at 1.30pm. If you have any good quality jumble that you can contribute please leave it in the church narthex after any of the Masses or in the area outside the parish room. There will also be a cake stall so if there are any bakers out there your offerings will be greatly received. Help is also needed so if you can spare a few hours all help, no matter how small is again gratefully received. Thank you!

On Saturday 11th October at 7.00pm in the parish hall we will be holding our parish quiz night. Entry is £8.00 per person (£5 for children) with teams of up to six players. The price also includes a delicious cold supper. Please come along, have a great evening and enjoy each other’s company.

On Friday 26 th September we are hosting a McMillan Coffee Morning, starting at 11am in the parish hall to raise funds for cancer research. All are most welcome to come and enjoy a cuppa and a slice of cake. Donations are always welcome.

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.

Sunday 24th August – time tba John Kemble Pilgrimage - St. Mary the Virgin, Welsh Newton Sunday 14th September at 3.00pm Ecumenical Vespers at Tintern Abbey on the Feast of the Holy Cross. Preacher: Abbot Brendan, with singing led by the monks of Belmont and Newport Cathedral Download details here

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.

WOW (Widow or Widowers) group Since 2022 we have steadily grown in numbers and now there are almost twenty of us, aged from 65 to 80+. We meet in the Belmont parish centre on the first Tuesday of the month at 11 O'clock, share a cuppa, cake and friendly chat. We also have some sort of activity, in March it was pancakes (as the meeting fell on shrove Tuesday) supplied by the kitchen at Belmont Abbey, and a quiz. Last month we had a game of “Bird Bingo” which was enjoyed by all. We go for the occasional meal out, the Cider Orchard Restaurant at the college being a particular favourite. In the summer months we have been on outings to local National Trust Properties. We go to parish events as a group meaning there is always someone you know to sit with. As a group we help with the Annual Summer Fete either as stall holders, washer ups or car park attendants. Although based at Belmont Abbey, the group is open to any widow or widowers not just parishioners, several of our members are non-catholic. That said, we always start the meeting with our WOW Prayer,where we particularly remember our loved ones’ anniversaries. New to this year I have also started to do a newsletter for the group. Anyone interested can just turn up on the meeting day or in any further info is required my email is: juliemirfin@btinternet.com . March 25 Newsletter

26th September – MacMillan Coffee Morning. 11th October – Parish Quiz. 18th October – Jumble Sale. 15th November – Christmas Fayre. 7th December – Christmas Lunch, bring a dish to share plus raffle. To be arranged, Bingo, Children’s Film Night, Children’s Quiz.