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Schools
Jo Wood
Diocesan Medal for Headteacher

On Friday 12 July 2024 a Mass was held at Farnborough Hill marking the retirement of Paula Dix, head of our two local Catholic schools – St Patrick’s and St Bernadette’s.     Paula has been associated with Catholic primary education in Farnborough for 31 years initially as the reception class

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Mamma Margherita Fellowship
Valerie Cooper
Flower Arranging Workshop

Thursday 11th July 2024 was our monthly meeting of the Mamma Margherita Senior Club. Ian welcomed members and thanked them for their generous donations at last month’s meeting for The Sean Devereux Trust. Jane Fensome, who has a wonderful talent for flower arranging, gave us a step-by-step workshop on how

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Diversity & Culture
Martin Wood
Cricket Victory by Two Runs

Cricket report – St Peter’s CofE church v OLSD – played at Frimley Lodge Park Thurs 11 July 2024 at 6,00pm   Coming into our fourth match of the season we had won one, lost one and our home match against St Peter’s was cancelled owing to rain.   We

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Confirmation
Guillaume Thompson
Confirmation Mass at Portsmouth Cathedral

On Saturday 8th June 2024, 39 youngsters from our parish of OLSD and 17 from the parish of Fleet and Church Crookham of the North East Hampshire Pastoral Area received the Sacrament of Confirmation by Rt. Rev. Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth at St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth. The groups were

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First Holy Communion
Ann Paton
First Holy Communion

Over the past two weekends we have celebrated the First Holy Communion of 46 of our young parishioners.  Sunday 9th June, 12 noon – first group Sunday 16th June, 12 noon – second group This is a profound moment in the spiritual journey of our children as they receive the

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Fabric
Steve Macey
Church Maintenance Update

This week saw the start of work on the external painting of the Church.  Ashley Rees and his team will be painting and staining the window frames and soffits and will replace any rotten wood where necessary. This work, weather permitting, is expected to take two to three weeks and is part

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