Last Thursday was the most recent meeting of the Mamma Margherita Fellowship. In spite of the 30°C plus temperatures that afternoon, 28 of our regulars were in attendance. With bottles of cooled water on hand we all had a whist drive, guided and led by Maureen Buckley. Afterwards, and in...
June’s Mamma Margherita Fellowship get-together was on Thursday 11th June 2026. After paying subs and greeting, Ian welcomed everyone and introduced two very good and informative people from Leightons Audiology Department, Fleet. They talked to us about the importance of having hearing test with the aim of helping us to keep our practical...
Forty-Four intrepid parishioners made the journey to the Isle of Wight on 4th June 2026. Unfortunately as it was such an early start and a long day, Father Anthony wasn’t able to join us this year. However, we set off with the words of the Gospel and his prayers in...
Salesian Spirituality was the theme of our May Mamma Margherita Fellowship meeting when 48 members came to listen to Father David O’Malley’s talk. Parishioners will hear more on the theme throughout the year from Father Anthony but we were blessed to hear Father David give us an in-depth understanding and...
On Thursday at the Mamma Margherita Fellowship meeting we were led in an entertaining game of Graham Dorey’s version of ‘Countdown’ with Ron Cooper assisting with the numbers. In a close run match, with plenty of seven-letter words two teams tied for first place. Following tea and coffee and home-made...
Our Mamma Margherita Fellowship Spring outing was a trip to the Gallery Restaurant at Farnborough College of Technology. As a training restaurant, the Gallery Restaurant, is staffed entirely by catering and hospitality students, who are supervised by final year students and two members of the teaching staff. We were not...
Flowers were the theme for this March’s Mamma Margherita Fellowship meeting. Thank you to Jane Fensome who brought flowerpots, daffodils, ribbons, wire, sticky tape and lots of other bits and bobs. Patiently and slowly, step by step, she showed us how to make a beautiful flower arrangement. Everyone in the group...
The leaden February skies and persistent drizzle didn’t deter 50 of the older members of our parish family from gathering together to begin our February Mamma Margherita Fellowship meeting by celebrating the feast of our Lady of Lourdes with Father Anthony. Our Mass gave us time, individually, to join our...
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...
The Mamma Margherita Fellowship Core Group were very pleased to welcome members and friends to the December monthly meeting which was held at the Parish Hall. The day was full of joy and festive feelings. It was highlighted by the lovely singing of the choir from Saint Bernadette’s School. Afternoon...
