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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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Mamma Margherita Fellowship
Yvette MacLeod
Mr Sean – “soldier of love”

What an afternoon we enjoyed this month!  Not only were we able to welcome regular club members we also welcomed old parish friends who were able to come to the club for the first time. We heard the most thought-provoking talk by Mark and Teresa Chatterton who also showed an

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Diversity & Culture
Martin Wood
Start of the Cricket Season

After a week of rain and showers we were blessed by a dry evening on Wednesday 29 May 2024 and a first friendly match for the OLSD Cricket Team against EASAMS Cricket Club.  We managed to field a full 11 including long-standing players, friends and relatives, young and not-so-young!  The

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Confirmation
Guillaume Thompson
Confirmation Retreat on ‘Forgiveness’

On Saturday, the 18 May was the 11th confirmation session for this year’s candidates and was also their second day retreat as a group.   This theme of the retreat was ‘Forgiveness’ and more importantly the forgiveness and grace that Christ gives us in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.   The sessions

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