Sacraments Update
Webmaster • September 26, 2020
FIRST COMMUNIONS 2021 – For obvious reasons there is uncertainty regarding which groups will be allowed to meet as the winter draws on. Therefore, with the kind permission of the Headmaster, preparation for First Holy Communion will take place in the school. It will start in the Spring term and application forms will be available in school and in the church in due course. There will be a parish based group for those who do not attend St Augustine’s school.
CONFIRMATION 2021 – Preparation for this Sacrament will not commence until after Christmas.
BAPTISMS & WEDDINGS – Please contact me by email or telephone to make an appointment.
This programme will commence in the New Year. Application forms are available at the back of the church. Please ensure a copy of the child’s baptismal certificate is attached to the form if they were not baptised in this parish. Completed forms should be posted through the presbytery letterbox. Any child in Year 3 and above who lives in the parish and attends Mass is eligible for First Holy Communion. Those who live outside the parish must obtain the permission of their own parish priest before applying.
The preparation for this Sacrament (for those already registered) will continue on Tuesdays, November 4th , 11th & 18th from 7pm – 8.30pm in the Meeting Room at the back of the church. The Confirmation Mass will be on Sunday, 23rd November at 11am.
Please donate to our Family Fast Day parish collection this weekend to share God’s abundant gifts with our global neighbours as they find lasting solutions to poverty and climate challenges. Your generosity offers “signs of hope” in this Jubilee Year, helping build more water tanks in communities like Waré’s in Ethiopia where women have to walk for hours to get water. Use the CAFOD envelope in church, donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope or call 0303 303 3030. You can also text CAFOD to 70560 to donate £10.
Youth Gather is a weekend of faith, fun and friendship – with speakers, workshops, prayer and outdoor activities, meeting friends old and new, and all while sharing in and celebrating our Catholic faith. There will be coaches offering transport from around the Diocese included in the cost, as well as all meals, cabin accommodation and activities. This event is for year 9 and above. Apply now at www.bcys.net/events
WE WELCOME this Sunday H E Archbishop Emilio Nappa, Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, who will be celebrating the 11 o’clock Mass.
This week there will be the annual collection for Peter’s Pence which helps to defray the personal and charitable expenses of the Holy Father.