All most welcome. Please let Tom Saddington know if you’re planning to come for the meal:

Sunday 20th February

9pm in the youth room at St. Joseph’s
and the 3rd Sunday of every month.

Come early for a meal in the Hall from 7:45pm (after 6:30pm Mass). All welcome.

11th March supporting Just Children Foundation, Zimbabwe. Roll, soup, hot drink, fruit.

The minutes of the November meeting can now be viewed on the church noticeboards and below.

The next meeting will take place on 8th February 2011. Items you maywish discussed please send to ‘TheSecretary, GPC’ c/o Ampthill House.

GUERNSEY PASTORAL COUNCIL

In Fide et Lenitate

Minutes of the meeting of Tuesday 9th November 2010

Present: Fr Michael, Fr Stan, Fr Kevin, Simon Harvey, Patrick Harland, Dave Sullivan, Darren Stephens, Candice McGeoch, Angela Greening, Eileen Baird

Due to the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Secretary was asked to take the meeting.

1. The meeting opened with a reading from St Paul by Patrick Harland
2. Apologies for absence were received from: Eamonn Finnerty.
   Christina Merrien, Deirdre Dalton, Helen Foxen
3. The minutes of the last meeting were approved and signed.
4. Matters arising and Action plan: Mary Cahill has offered to come over from Jersey and speak with those involved with youth to explain what her job entails and will also bring a job description. Dates to be arranged and Tom Saddington will co-ordinate with her.
   Nicky Stevens will be contacted to arrange a day of recollection for GPC. Members asked to avoid half term week in February and favoured Friday night/ Saturday morning meeting.
   A course for music liturgy will be arranged.
   The family Christmas lunch has been organised for 12th December with entertainment. It will be from 2.30p.m. till 4.30p.m.
   The annual Parish lunch will be on 19th December at Duke of Richmond. Prices will be the same as last year.
5. Correspondence: A letter has been received about talking before mass. This was discussed and decided that for some people it is the only chance to speak with someone from one week to the next and as long as there was silence before the beginning of mass it did not prove to be a big problem.
6. Christmas schedule: Fr Michael produced a list of times of services for the Christmas period.
   Advent service : First Sunday of Advent,
   Service of Reconciliation: 17th December,
   Vigil masses on Christmas Eve: OLSS and ND :7pm SJ: 11.30p.m.,
   Christmas Day: OLSS 9.30a.m., SJ: 8.30a.m., 10.30a.m.
   No Vigil Mass on Christmas night.
   Sunday (Boxing Day): ND 9a.m., OLSS 9.30a.m., SJ: 8a.m., 10.30a.m., 6.30p.m.
7. Areas to Implement: Adult catechesis —- possibly studying the gospel of the year. A course on the new missal. This has been delayed again, but Fr Michael felt that as soon as any information comes it will be passed on to the people. These will be discussed in detail at the next meeting.
8. Youth Room: It was felt that a Skype ‘link up’ be set up in that room so that the parish could take part in talks of importance in the diocese.
9. AOB: Candice will circulate information re a dinner. The Secretary will circulate dates for the visit of Nicky Stevens.
10. Date of next meeting: 11th January 2011
11. Person to lead the prayer at next meeting: Simon Harvey

Les Cotils Christian Centre

Speaker: Sarah Griffith

Due to the generosity of those who gave raffle prizes and those who bought tickets we can send £310 to CAFOD’s Haiti Appeal.

Please bring your instruments to play us a tune, your voices to sing us a song or recite a poem and a plate of food for the buffet.

There will be a raffle to raise money for those suffering in Haiti for which prizes will be welcomed. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Hall, in aid of our Diocesan Priests Retirement Fund.