Newsletter 19th June 2016

NEWSLETTER 19TH JUNE 2016

Masses this weekend

Masses next weekend

Reconciliation (Confession)

SICK/HOUSEBOUND VISITS – requests for visits and for Holy Communion in the Lingfield area – contact Deacon Ted.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT – “Exposition takes place every Friday morning at Our Lady & St Peter’s between 09:00-1:00pm. Come let us adore Him.”

REFRESHMENTS – Everybody is cordially invited for refreshments after Sunday Mass at both St Bernard’s and Our Lady & St Peter’s churches.

WILLS & BEQUESTS – The Parish has benefited greatly in the past from the thoughtfulness of parishioners who have nominated the parish to receive funds from their estate. Please consider it.

GIFT AID OFFERINGS/DONATIONS – can be taken out at anytime throughout the year. It is a valuable source of additional income for the parish with no extra cost to the parishioners.

1ST HOLY COMMUNION AT LINGFIELD 9AM TODAY

2ND COLLECTION TODAY   – Day for Life.  Thank you.

1ST HOLY COMMUNION (2)  –  Next Saturday 11am OLSP.

SPECIAL COLLECTION  NEXT SUNDAY  –  Peter’s Pence.

MISSIO RED BOXES  –  Please will OL&StP red box holders bring their boxes to church for mid-year counting. Please deliver them to the sacristy, don’t leave them elsewhere. If your box is normally counted at home, this will happen as usual, or if you would like to have it collected, just ring Chris and Margaret on 327002. Thank you.

“CRAWLEY SVP – are delighted to announce that a St. Vincents Community Shop is soon to open in Broadfield.  We hope that this venture will benefit parishioners in Crawley and our Deanery parishes.  The shop is expected to open in June.  Lots of donations of clothes, furniture etc. and volunteers are needed and will be gratefully received.  For further information you can call us on our SVP mobile: 07500 484058.  East Grinstead SVP contact is:  Peter Wells 07851 938727 and Lingfield SVP contact is Austin Bowers 07803 900125.”  Thank you.

TRADECRAFT  SALE  –  We will be holding the next Traidcraft Sale after mass on the weekend of 25th/26th June. Any special enquiries to Mike and Tina Causton tel;311435 or [email protected] or Margaret & Chris Vasey tel;834436 or [email protected].

SLEEP OUT – The Street Collection and 26th annual Sleep Out to raise money for local homeless charities will be overnight on Saturday 25 June in aid of Crawley Open House, The Easter Team and Worthing Churches Homeless Project.  Anyone wishing to take part please contact Sue Joy EG 835190.  From this weekend we ask for your generous sponsorship – please see Patrick Kiley at 6.15pm Mass, Enrique Valles at 9am Mass and Liam Cherry/Nick Castiglione at 10.30am Mass. Thank you.

3RD ANNIVERSARY FEAST  FOR  2 LOCAL CHARITIES  –  You are welcome to come and join in the celebrations for    East Grinstead Foodbank and East Grinstead Street Pastors.  Taking place on Monday 27th June at TARANA, LINGFIELD  6.30pm for 7pm start.  INDIAN AND THAI CUISINE –  £16 per person.  £8 will go towards the 2 Charities.  To book your place please phone 01342 832222.  With thanks to support  from  Barclays   and Tarana.

FOREST ROW ORCHESTRA –  SUMMER CONCERT  –  Conductor Roland Millar.  Saturday 2 July 2016 at 11.00 a.m  Moat United Reformed Church, Moat Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1ET.  Adults £6.00  Children £1.00.  Refreshments will be served in the interval.  The proceeds of this concert will go towards the local Sleep Out charities.

ST.  PETER’S GOVERNORS  –  The Governors of St. Peter’s have produced a newsletter of their activities, now available on the school website under ‘Governors’.  In addition to explaining what they are doing this year, they are requesting that parents (and past parents!) help to contribute to the cost of school projects.  By law, we as parents and catholic community, have to find 10% of all school project costs.  Please consider paying what you can to support the much needed school improvements that will support our goal of becoming an ‘Outstanding’ school at the next OFSTED inspection.  The Governors are also holding an informal coffee drop in at the school hall from 09:20 to 10:00 on Thursday 7th July at the school.  Come with your ideas and suggestion and just to meet us!

PARISH SUMMER LUNCH  –  SUNDAY 10TH JULY – at St. Bernard’s Church Hall, gathering from 12.30pm for lunch at 1.00 pm.  All arrangements will be as for the previous lunches: soft drinks will be provided but please bring your own alcoholic drinks; pre-booking is not required – just come along if you wish; there is no charge but there will be a voluntary donations basket.  Everyone is welcome – from all corners of the parish.

CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP – (East Grinstead) due to members’ holidays there will be a short break in the meetings.  The next meeting will be on Monday 11th July 7.30 – 8.30pm in the Parish Centre.  For  further information, please contact Gabrielle Joyce 326118.

PARISH LUNCHES  –  The Parish Lunches have been taking place over the past 10 years and have numbered approximately 35 with between 70  –  95 parishioners attending each one.  They have been very successful and have brought together people from all areas of the parish.  However the present team are not getting any younger and although we have some new younger members on the team, we are looking for more new faces who would be willing to take over from the present team in due course.  If you feel you would like to help in the preparation and serving of these lunches or would like more information on what is involved, please contact Geraldine Rider (835110/832283).  Many thanks.

PARISH  MAGAZINE  – We are planning to have an issue of the Magazine before the school holidays – that is, early July – so we will need contributions by the end of June. News from parish organizations, societies, clubs, etc., articles related in some way to the history of our parish or to the church in general, descriptions of pilgrimages, etc., as well as other contributions, poems, etc. are all very welcome.   Also, please be sure to let me know if any of the entries for Parish Organizations on the inside back cover need to be changed (names, telephone numbers, times or places of meetings). If a group has a presence online (webpage, Facebook, twitter…), then you may wish to give a link to that there as well.   Submissions can be emailed to me at [email protected]   Alternatively, contributions can be addressed to Klara King and left on the table at the back of the church.

CRAWLEY OPEN HOUSE – is desperately short of blankets, sleeping bags and flasks to give to homeless people who turn up at the door when it is full. Toilet rolls, UHT milk, sugar and tinned meat are particularly required at present but any tinned and packet food is welcome plus tea and coffee.  Please leave donated items at the back of the church at Our Lady and St Peter’s and at St Bernard’s.  Larger items, including duvets and clothes to be taken to OLSP, or taken directly to COH near Three Bridges in Crawley. Tel: 01293 447702. Alternatively, if you prefer, please leave a cash contribution in the basket and the SVP will purchase items on your behalf. Thank you.

GATWICK DETAINEES WELFARE GROUP – needs men’s shoes, trainers, jeans and sweatshirts jogging trousers (medium and large sizes please) as well as toiletries.