Thank you to everyone, members of the Parish and the staff and students of Blanchelande College who helped to give our older parishioners a very happy afternoon last Saturday. The welcome given by staff and students created a relaxed atmosphere in which people could enjoy the company of old friends they may not have seen since the last tea party and also an opportunity to meet with our priests. As well as a delicious tea the entertainment provided by the children with the dress rehearsal of their production of the musical ‘Oliver’ was a special delight. It was brilliant and with such talent on display left such a good feeling of Hope in the future, so fitting and needed in this ‘Year of Hope’.