The 28/ 29 Celsius heat of Thursday 19th June saw 46 members of our Senior Fellowship and two guests embark on our first summer outing. We gathered at OLSD for our (deluxe) coach journey to Runnymede Boat House to board our boat for a leisurely cruise towards Windsor.  Unfortunately, the...

Thursday 12th June we had  our monthly Mamma Margherita meeting. We meet in the hall at 2pm.  Once subs had been paid, and greetings made, I opened the meeting with the sad news that Hazel Giles died suddenly a few days after our May meeting.  Hazel was a regular at our...

80 Years since Victory in Europe Day Senior Parishioners Remember… Below are some of our senior parishioners’ moving memories of being evacuated and the end of the war.  The idea of inviting them to share their memories truly came from the Holy Spirit and a chance conversation over coffee.  I...

Mamma Margherita Fellowship members have been responding to the call from Stella Maris Charity for seafarers for warm woolly hats. The photo is of some of our core group having fun modelling the latest batch of hats knitted by Mary Burgess. Following the receipt of our first batch of hats...

On 10th April, we met in the hall for our monthly Mamma Margherita meeting. David from Cyberbobby, part of the Blue Lamp Trust came to speak to us to keep us up to date with the latest preventative measures for keeping us safe on the internet. We welcomed Mary Burgess...

On Thursday 13th March 2025, the Mamma Margherita Fellowship hosted three outreach members of Samaritans, who explained the origin of this organisation and work they do. Samaritans was started in 1953 by Chad Varah, an Anglican priest in London who had been deeply affected by the death by suicide of...

On Thursday, 13th February 2025 our Mamma Margherita Fellowship met for Mass with Anointing at 2.00pm in the Church. All those who came to our February meeting offer huge, huge thanks to Father Anthony for such a beautiful Mass with which we began our meeting. All who celebrated together and...

It was a pleasure to welcome guests Margaret, Diane, Anne, Carole and Brian to our first meeting of 2025. We look forward to them becoming regular members. It was also a great pleasure to welcome back members who hadn’t been able to attend for some time due to illness. We...

Thursday afternoon, 12th December 2024, was our Mamma Margherita Fellowship’s Christmas meeting in the hall.  It was wonderful to see so many people and the ones that could not come were sadly missed.  A glass of bubbly, a beautiful donated  homemade Christmas cake, mince pies, brandy butter and Christmas biscuits we...

Mamma Margherita Thursday Fellowship celebrates its first birthday on Thursday 14 November 2024.  The Mamma Margherita Fellowship is a parish social activity for the retired.  You can read more here. The group met for the first time last November with 18 potential members present and have had a regular attendance...