It seems that no sooner do we leave Christmas behind us then lent looms up in front of us. To once again help us on our journey St Josephs will be hosting a series of Lenten Talks. An inspiring list of speakers have been lined up with more details to follow.

Meanwhile please make a note of the dates – February 26th, March 11th & March 26th. All talks will commence at 7:00pm and finish at 8:00pm.

Please do join on the following days –

Saturday – 10:30am – St. Josephs

Sunday – 5:30pm – Notre Dame

Monday – 11:30am – OLSS

Wednesday – 7:00pm – St. Josephs

Fridays – 7:30pm – Centre for Peace

The prayer can slow us down, calm our hearts and enable us to rest in God’s presence.

We are looking for a parishioner who could kindly give up some time to help with the Missio Red boxes.

If you could help then please do contact the Parish Office for more information at office@catholic.org.gg.

Thank you so much.

Thank you to all parishioners for your generous support for CAFOD and for your donation of £1,140.00 which we received on the 23rd December 2025.

Thank you so much for being there for our global family.

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group will be meeting on Monday 12th January from 7:30pm-9:00pm in St Josephs Parish Room.

Tea/Coffee available from 7:00pm.

Everyone is welcome! For more information contact Frank on 07781 108394.

The UCM will be meeting on Tuesday 13th January at 7:00pm in St Josephs Parish Room.

It will be a Knit and a Natter. There will also be a raffle. New members are most welcome.

Coffee Morning:

Coffee Morning on Wednesday 14th January in St Josephs Parish Room and on every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Drop in any time between 9:30am-11:30am. Everyone is welcome.

Let It Be:

A 5 session video series about Mary starting on Wednesday 14th January. This Catholic faith exploration (CaFE) course on how Mary helps us to be filled with God will be shown in the St Yves Room at St Joseph’s from 11:00am-12:00am on the coffee morning days (2nd and 4th Wednesdays). Come and have a cup of tea/coffee first at the coffee morning or just come along at 11:00am for the video sessions. Everyone is welcome!

The Guernsey Godly Play Network will meet on Thursday 15th January at 7:30pm-9:00pm at Our Lady Star of the Sea. We will be sharing a story called The Circle of the Church Year, and also exploring the resources in the new Godly Play room. All very welcome, whether you’re new to Godly Play or already use it. We’ll have a full session to explore the story and then a chance to have a chat to ask questions, hear what people have been trying etc.

To all church volunteers changes have been made to the Disclosure and Barring Services Update Service (DBS), to which many volunteers already subscribe. To keep DBS Certificates up to date the Update Service are sending e-mails to volunteers 30 days before their certificates are due for renewal, dates are based on your joining date. This e-mail will ask volunteers to access their Update Service Account and confirm. In preparation for this change DBS advises volunteers to check that the e-mail address attached to their subscription is the correct e-mail address. For those who confirm, this request will be repeated annually. If no confirmation is made, their volunteer subscription will automatically be cancelled. Volunteers who do not renew their subscription will not be able to keep their DBS certificate(s) up to date and organisations will not be able to check them. They will need to reapply for a DBS as per a new applicant if they need one in the future. It is the policy of the Catholic Church to renew DBS checks every 3 years, this is a separate requirement to that of the DBS in renewing the Update Service subscription on an annual basis. Please do check your e-mails as they may automatically go into your Junk or Scam mailbox, your DBS Certificate is personal to you, so if you have a query you can ring the DBS on 0300 020 0190 or enquires to www.gov.uk. Click for Update Service. Thank you.

The 10:30am Mass at St. Josephs is seeking new welcomers if you do have any spare time and would like to help please contact Frank & Margaret Cusack on 07781 423548.