Masses this weekend
| Sat. 6.15pm | Peter Butler RIP |
| Sun 10.30 | Anthony McLoughlin RIP (anniv) |
| Mon. 9.30am | Luzelle Pamplona RIP |
| Tues. 9.30 | No mass |
| Wed. | No mass |
| Thurs. | No mass |
| Fri. 9.00am | Adoration |
| Sat. 9.30am | Geraldine Parvitt RIP |
Masses next weekend
| Sat. 6.15pm | Deceased friends & relatives of the Webb Family RIP (fm) Deceased members of EG Catenian Circle RIP |
| Sun. 10:30am | Peter Kelleher RIP |
Reconciliation (Confession)
| East Grinstead | 10:00am – 10:30am, 5:30pm – 6:00pm |
| Lingfield: | 8:15am – 8:45am |
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.
TODAY – a First Sunday in the month – Children stay in during mass and our First Holy Communion Children are enrolled.
2ND COLLECTION TODAY – for the retired Priests’ Fund. This can be gift-aided using our diocesan envelopes. Thank you.
BAPTISM TODAY – 12.30 OLSP. Eliana Poppy Chariaris.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY – next Sunday.
2ND COLLECTION NEXT WEEK – Haiti emergency appeal.
PARISH 100 CLUB – Congratulations to winners in the October draw: 1st, £50, no 26, Mrs Greenacre; 2nd, £25, no 85, Mr Curran; 3rd, £15, no 75, Mr 7 Mrs Mulhearn.
Angel Tree – a charity providing gifts to the children of prisoners hoping to lessen the devastation experienced as a result of parental absence by not only helping families to connect and build relationships, but by providing children with much needed joy. If you make a donation please contact Valerie Maynard who works with the local Prison Fellowship and Martells to provide gifts at Lewes Prison. Tel: 01342 326896.
S.V.P. members – wish to Thank parishioners at OL&SP and St Bernards for their generous donations to the 2nd collection in September £802.04 has been shared between the 2 conferences.
DAY OF REFLECTION – All are welcome to a Day of Reflection at Worth Abbey on Saturday 5th November: 8.30am-2.30pm, with speakers Bishop Richard Moth and Brendan Cleary. The day will open with Mass at 9am. Please see details on the table at the back of Church.
Love-in-a-Box – leaflets are now available in both churches. Please take one and read carefully. Please return completed shoeboxes (full of goodies) for children in Moldavia by Sunday 6 November. Sue Joy is the contact for OLSP. EG 835190 and Enrique Valles for St Bernard’s EG 832568.
ST BERNARD’S SVP – will be holding a cake sale in St. Bernard’s hall after the Sunday 9am Mass on 6th November. The proceeds are for the SVP’s Sudan baby-feeding project.
Catholic Women’s League – Wednesday 9th November 2:30 for 2:45pm in the parish hall.Following business we will have a workshop on how to make a Christmas ring demonstrated by Bozena Parfitt.
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP – Please note, in East Grinstead there will be NO MEETING on Thursday 10thNovember. Meetings will resume on Thursday 17th November. At Worth Abbey there will be a meeting as usual on Wednesday 11th November from 8.00 pm in the Chapel of The Blessed Sacrament.
Fairtrade Quiz – Please book now for this event at 7.30pm on Friday 11 November at Imberhorne Upper School. This is a fundraiser for the town’s Fairtrade Group. Tickets: £8 each or £60 per table of 8. The ticket includes food. There will be a raffle, music and a Fairtrade stall. Further details from Sue Joy. Tel: EG 835190 or email [email protected]
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER – Following the Service of Remembrance at the Lingfield War Memorial at 10.45am on Sunday, 13th November, Mulled Wine will be served in St Bernard’s Church Hall – to which all will be invited as usual.
OUR LADY & ST PETERS LUNCH CLUB – meet on Wednesday 16th November. Fr Steven will say an anointing Mass at 11.30 am followed by Lunch at 12.30 pm. Reminder we have our Raffle this month.
Please ring Ivy(323240) Jean(311295) or your driver if unable to attend. Our Lunch Club has been chosen by Waitrose as one of their charities for this month. If you shop in store please remember us when placing your green token.
The year of Mercy – will draw to a close on November 20th. To mark this time and to celebrate 3 years of weekly Adoration at OLSP parish, we will have a special Mass on Friday 18th November at 9am. This will be followed by the usual period of Adoration until 1pm. It would be wonderful if we had many more Adorers on this day as we did during “12 hours for the Lord” in March. Everyone is welcome.
Parish Magazine – Our next issue is planned for before Christmas, so we need contributions by the 20th of November: from members of any of the parish organizations, societies, clubs, etc., from any other church, charitable, or ecological, etc., organizations, or, indeed any other articles or poems that may interest members of the parish. Submissions can, as usual, be left at the back of the church, addressed to Klara King, or, preferably, emailed to me at [email protected]
ST PETER’S SCHOOL – If your child was born between 1st Sept. 2012 – 31st August 2013, you are now in the process of making a big decision about their primary school. The school will be hosting information meetings for parents to hear about the school and tour around the site. You are warmly invited to attend on either –
Wednesday 30th Nov. 2016 9.30am – 10.30am
Friday 6th January 2017 9.30am – 10.30am
Please contact the School Office (01342 321985) to book a place.
CHARITY JAZZ EVENING – featuring the Phillip Dodd Quartet – 3rd December from 7.30 until 10.30 at The Auditorium, Notre Dame School, Lingfield. Evening is in support of the baby feeding programme in the Sudan and education sponsorships in the Holy Land.
Tickets are £15 each including fish and chip supper with a raffle and licensed bar and are available from:
Sally Martin Tel: 01342 832283 or Angeline Rosner Tel: 01342 832665/078893 323431 or Email: [email protected]
PARISH CHRISTMAS LUNCH: change of date – Please note that the date for the Parish Christmas lunch has been changed from Sunday 4th December to Sunday 11th December.
EG Foodbank – requires the following please: nappies size 4,5 &6, shower, gel, washing up liquid, small and medium sized packs of washing powder, surface cleaner, toilet rolls – 2 pack and 4 packs, and kitchen rolls. Please leave donated items at Jubilee Community Centre in Charlwood Road or bring to Church and leave in the box near the main door.
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 – urgently require medium sized jogging bottoms and Trainers size 9 &10.
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