Ecumenical Pilgrimage from Lihou to St. Appoline’s on Saturday 12th September, meeting time is 2:00pm and the walk starts at 2.15pm.

If you would like to join please contact Pierre Paul – Tel: 01481 236636 / E-mail: paulfamily@guernsey.net

Posters are also up in all three churches for more information.

Parish Office:

The Parish office will be closed for two weeks from Monday 17th August and reopens on Tuesday 1st September.

Newsletter:

We will be doing a double newsletter to cover weekends 22nd/23rd August and 29th/30th August.

Any newsletter entries will need to be in by Thursday 20th August by sending to office@catholic.org.gg.

The Parish are still looking for somebody to take over the Missio Red Boxes, please if you can spare sometime to help with this we would be so grateful.

A Missio Rep will give full training. Please contact the Parish Office by email – office@catholic.org.gg.

Blanchelande College Open Morning on Saturday 26th September from 10:00am – 12:30pm. Come and visit Guernsey’s Catholic independent school for boys and girls from age 2 to 18. The Principal Mrs Alexa Yeoman will give a brief presentation at 10:00am followed by guided tours. Prospective families and parishioners are most welcome. For enquiries please contact Sonia Hollowell (Registrar) – Tel: 232744 / E-mail: hollowells@blanchelande.sch.gg

As from September you will be aware sadly Father Inna Is moving.

We are now able to announce to you that we will be welcoming Fr. Marcin Drabik from St. Bernard’s and St. Michael’s Waterside with Our Lady of the Assumption Lyndhurst as Parish Priest and Coordinating Pastor/Dean.

Please keep them both in your prayers.

As you know dear brothers and sisters, this is the time of year when our Bishop calls his priests to discuss parish moves and new appointments. Over the past few days, I have found it very difficult to keep going after hearing the news. I received a call from the Bishop – he told me that he has received many letters and many emails from our parishioners which clearly shows your love and affection for me. For this I am most grateful to all of you. However, I have some sad news to share; the Bishop has asked me to move to the mainland. I have always been so close to all of you but it is difficult for me to separate myself from you. The day I found out that I had to move away from here was one of the hardest days for me to accept. Every second of my life in Guernsey has been a blessing and I have truly, truly enjoyed my time here. I do not know how much I have achieved during these years, but I can tell you all without a moment’s hesitation, that you have made me feel completely at home with all of you. You have made me smile every day; you have made me laugh countless times and today you are making me cry. Where ever I may be I will always remember you. You are among the most wonderful people that I have ever met in my entire life. As planned, I will be going to India for my holiday. I will return to Guernsey at the end of July and the Bishop has asked me to take up my new appointment some time in September. I do not want to say any more at this moment because I know I will cry. Father Inna