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Parish
Paul Bryanhill
Annual Parish Meeting

On Sunday 15th February 2026, straight after the 10.30am Mass, we held our annual parish meeting in the Hall.  The meeting was introduced by Paul Bryanhill, Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council. Paul Swallow, Chair of the Finance Committee presented the year’s accounts and gave a short finance report before

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Parish
Jo Wood
Lenten Soup Lunch & CAFOD Fast Day

Our first Lenten Soup Lunch (pictured) was held in the Hall on Friday 20th February 2026.  We enjoyed homemade soup (leek and potato) freshly cooked by Martin Wood.  A simple but very tasty lunch in good company and with donations to CAFOD. During Lent we are asked to help those

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Formation
Jo Wood
PPC Formation Morning

The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) met together for a morning of formation on Saturday 31st January 2026.  We were very fortunate to have Fr Tony Fernandes (known to us all as ‘Fr T’) with us and he spoke beautifully and inspiringly about the Salesian charism.   The Parish Pastoral Council is

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Mamma Margherita Fellowship
Mary Burgess
Clarinet Quartet

On the 8th January 2026 we met in the hall and over 50 of our members braved the inclement weather to come and listen to a music recital by ‘Clarinet Jam’. The recently formed clarinet quartet included parish member Jo Wood and three friends, Anne Simon and Andrew who play

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Christmas
Fr Anthony Clifford Lobo SDB
Fr Anthony’s Christmas Message

Dear Parishioners, As we approach the solemnity of Christmas in this Jubilee Year of our parish, our hearts are lifted in gratitude and wonder. Guided by our Jubilee theme of Angels, we are reminded that God never stops reaching out to His people. Through His messengers—heaven touching earth—hope is proclaimed,

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Christmas
Elizabeth Rose
Christmas Parties

On the morning of Saturday 13th December 2025 a group of our younger children (up to 8 years) enjoyed a brilliant Christmas party in the church hall. They were very excited to be visited by one of Father Christmas’s elves, Tinsel, who led lots of fun games and dancing. There

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