The Holy Spirit Prayer Group will be meeting on Monday 4th August from 7:30pm-9:00pm in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

Tea/Coffee available from 7:00pm.

Everyone is welcome.

Just a gentle reminder to check the readers rota; if you can’t read on your assigned day please contact another reader to see if they can swap.

We are so grateful to all of you who fulfil this most important ministry. Thank you.

The Parish Befrienders are having a Summer Tea Party for housebound or elderly parishioners on Thursday 21st August at 3:00pm-4:30pm at Les Cotils.

If you or someone you know would like to come, please contact Meg on 252401 or Angela 07781 112 221 or the Parish Office.

Transport can be arranged.

The Friends of Romania are urgently seeking children’s clothing in new or good second-hand condition.

The age group that is most needed is 2 to 15 years.

Please contact Patricia Holland – Tel: 255129.

It would be greatly appreciated if posters/notices were not placed on the notice board without first submitting them to the Parish Office for approval. Posters/notices that are approved are collected weekly from the Parish Office by the parishioner responsible for St. Joseph’s porch, who ensures that they are displayed on the noticeboard at the earliest opportunity. Thank you for your co-operation.

The collection this weekend will be to support the work of the Sisters of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent in Bethlehem. The Sisters run the Crèche in what is difficult circumstances due to the ongoing war. Their mission has expanded to try to meet the needs of vulnerable children whether abandoned or deprived of a family environment both within the institution itself and through the services of the Social Services department. They also provide care and support for young unmarried pregnant women. Please give what you can and also pray for the Sisters and the children. Many thanks, Angela. For further information there is a recent newsletter from the Sisters on the church noticeboards.

Canon Chris’ leaving Mass will take place on Sunday 14th September at the 10:30am Mass in St Joseph’s followed by teas and coffees in the hall.

There will be no 9:15am Mass that day to enable as many as possible to attend.

Thank you to all who attended the Mass of thanksgiving for the 30th anniversary of Canon Chris’s ordination. It was a wonderful occasion.

Special thanks to all those who so generously contributed to the liturgy, provided food and set up and served. It was all greatly appreciated.

Rosary for the Beatification of Edel Quinn (Legion of Mary) will take place on Sunday 27th July at 2:00pm in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group will be meeting on Monday 28th July from 7:30pm-9:00pm in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

Tea/Coffee available from 7:00pm.

This will be a normal Prayer Group meeting as there is no ‘Adoration’ this month.

Everyone is welcome!