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First Holy Communion
Deacon Maynard
Session Eight – The Fruit of the Vine

On 16 April 2024 at 4:45 PM, the children of OLSD were gathered to further their preparations for their First Holy Communion. The session started with the children reciting the Hail Mary prayer to get them in the correct mood before continuing on. The children continued with their “I belong”

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Parish
Martin Wood
Interim PPC Meeting

The Interim Pastoral Pastoral Council held its first full working meeting on Thursday 18 April 2024.  We start with prayer, and the meeting directly follows Adoration to help us be guided by the Lord.   Here are some highlights: A small subgroup has been set up to draw up a parish

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Confirmation
Guillaume Thompson
Session Seven – Why Did Jesus Die?

The focus of this week’s session was “Why did Jesus die?”  During the session we looked at Christ’s ultimate sacrifice for our salvation, and why God sacrificed himself for us.  Before the session began the candidates placed their phones in the box by the doorway. At the start of the session

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Mamma Margherita Fellowship
Valerie Cooper
Anointing & Holy Land Talk

This Thursday, the second of the month, was our Mamma Margherita Club meeting. First a Mass with anointing at 2.00 pm. Thank you Father Anthony and thank you Mary for reading. I had never been to an Anointing Mass – what a marvellous experience. Then into the church hall, dues

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Parish
Christy Del Fresno
Oasis April Meeting

Oasis Breakfast was a lovely ladies’ gathering last Saturday, April 6th. It took place in the hall of Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Dominic Parish, and other local parishes’ ladies joined. We listened to music, asked for our prayer intentions, and enjoyed a delicious breakfast prepared by the Oasis

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Easter
Fr Anthony Clifford Lobo SDB
Easter Vigil Reception

Christiane Maria e José Del Fresno (Christy) was received into full communion with the church and confirmed at the Easter Vigil on Saturday 30th March by Fr Anthony. Christy has been attending weekly RCIA sessions since last September and has quickly become a familiar face in the parish helping with

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