The Guernsey Catenians will be celebrating the Stations of the Cross on Saturday 24th May at Les Vauxbelets. Members of the parish are most welcome to join in this annual event and can meet Brothers outside the old clockmaker’s shop at 10:30am. Stations will be led by Deacon Mark and should last about 45 minutes. Prayers will be offered at the Brothers’ cemetery after this. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Iain Kilpatrick on 07781421813.

Rosary for the beatification of Edel Quinn (Legion of Mary) will take place this Sunday 25th May at 2:00pm at St Joseph’s Church.

The Life in the Spirit seminars continue on Monday 26th May with week 3 – ‘New life’.

This will be in St Joseph’s Parish Room starting at 7:30pm with a light supper available at 7:00pm.

Following the seminar there will be ‘Adoration’ in the church from 8:45pm – 9:15pm.

Everyone is welcome to come to ‘Adoration’ whether or not you are attending the seminars.

The next coffee morning will be on Wednesday 28th May and on every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

Drop in any time between 9:30am-11:30am for coffee, cake and a chat.

Everyone is welcome!

Bishop Philip has asked that we have a proper confessional that fulfils Safeguarding requirements and is a permanent and place for the Sacrament. It is difficult to know where to place this, but one idea is to use the room opposite the Sacristy. This would involve putting an extra door for access for the penitent. I hope to have a plan of this soon so you can air your views. If you have any other ideas about where a permanent confessional could be placed please let me know.

Thank you – Canon Chris

Thank you to everyone who came to the Parish Befrienders Spring Tea Party last Sunday and contributed to a very happy afternoon enabling old friends, many of whom are housebound, to meet up and enjoy each others company as well as a delicious tea. As always this tea party was made possible through the support of volunteers. There were close to 20 this time, so too many to name but special thanks must go to one, Audrey, who had responsibility to organise the venue, gather refreshments and lead the team of servers which she did with her usual skill and charm. We would also like to thank the members of the choir of St Mary and St Michael school who came in to sing for us so delightfully.

Le Platon Lottery results for the April draw –

1st – 46 – £100

2nd – 25 – £5

3rd – 5 – £25

Only one Priest is available from 12th May – 19th May therefore the holiday Mass schedule will apply.  We are also covering Alderney for May in an emergency.

Mass Times for the Weekend 17th/18th May

Our Lady Star of the Sea – 6:00pm (First Mass of Sunday)

St Josephs – 8:00am

St Josephs – 10:30am

Notre Dame Du Rosaire – 6:00pm

“Our Mother Mary always wants to walk with us, be close, help us with her intercession and love. So I would like to pray together with you. Let us pray together for this new mission, for the whole church, for peace in the world, and let us ask Mary, our Mother, for this special grace.” (Pope Leo XIV)

The Life in the Spirit Seminars continue with week 2 on Monday 19th May.

A light supper is available at 7:00pm and the seminar starts at 7:30pm in Joseph’s Parish Room.

The theme this week is ‘Salvation’ and what Jesus has done for us.

It’s not too late to join in so if you missed last week – don’t worry you can still come along. Everyone is welcome!