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Delve Deeper into the Sunday Scripture Readings:

DELVE DEEPER INTO THE SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: with world-renowned Scripture scholar Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB and his wonderful reflections on the Sunday Scriptures. These easy-to-follow reflections are suitable for individual or private reflection, families praying together or breaking open the Word in prayer groups. Go to The Wednesday Word at www.wednesdayword.org

9th August 2024

Wishing you all the joy and renewed energy that this holiday season may be reviving and beneficial to you.

Many, especially those who were involved in education were in real need of this.

The two remarkable Great Feasts of August. We have just celebrated the Feast of the Transfiguration and this week on Thursday we will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Lady into Heaven. When I was growing up this was very well celebrated and was a part of a great event. The importance of the celebrations is their focus upon the splendour of Our Divine Majesty, The Infinite Goodness of God. One day His glory will be revealed and our work will be done.

Grace and peace.

2025 – A Year of Jubilee

The Holy Father has named 2025 as a year of Jubilee, something which happens every 25 years. “Jubilee” is the name given to a particular year. A time to re-establish a proper relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation. The theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”, and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis. To prepare spiritually for the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis has asked Catholics to focus on two key elements: a) To study the key documents from the Second Vatican Council, held between 1962-1965 which can be viewed on: https://uscatholic.org/articles/201209/major-documents-of-vatican-ii/ b) To focus on prayer. The Jubilee of Hope will begin in December 2024 with Pope Francis opening the “holy door” in St. Peter’s Basilica, offering the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics the possibility of obtaining a plenary indulgence and a year of special graces.

Table Sale St George’s

We urgently need quality items for our table sale, new and nearly new. This table sale raises significant amounts to our monthly charity and also to assist in Youth Activities throughout the year. Please leave bags marked table sale at the back of St George’s church. If you would like something collected please text Sandra on 07791627368 or email [email protected]. Thank you.

Pantomime Planning

CTK/St Joachim’s Parish is planning a Pantomime for the end of January 2025 and they have asked if any of our parishioners would like to join in as cast/backstage crew etc. If you are interested in finding out more please pass your name and contact details to Sandra ([email protected]) in the first instance. A meeting will be held in September if enough interest is generated.

Charity Breakfast in September

Charity Breakfast at St George’s – after Mass. Sunday 29th September. Bring your friends and family all are welcome. This month we are raising money for “You Raise Me Up Café”. We will not have a charity breakfast in August but normal service will resume in September.

Becoming a Moderated Parish

BECOMING A MODERATED PARISH: Please take and read a copy of the Letter from Fr Kevin Dring (Dean), at the back of Church. This gives an overview of the process we are on, as a Deanery of 8 parishes, to become a single Moderated Parish in November-December. It also outlines how YOU can be part of the process. We will all need to work closely together, clergy and laity. Understandably there will be concerns and questions about what will happen, but together we can approach the challenges positively and find solutions that support everybody in the best way.

2nd August 2024

“It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

Not my brother, not my sister. But it’s me, O Lord,

Standing in the need of prayer.

Many years ago in the earlier days of my ministry, we were invited by the diocese to embark on a journey, the focus for the journey being “renew”. For the Jubilee Celebration Mass at St Wilfrid’s, just before the commencement of mass, an old photograph of my mum and dad was followed by a photograph of an oak tree with me standing under it. When the renew programme was introduced I had not long been at the parish, but I had planted potatoes which produced a very good crop that was quickly taken up by customers. Not so fortunate for the renew process. Some parishioners embraced it, and some put in a large amount of work to produce fruit for the harvest, and I have not seen any oak tress in the diocese like the one at St Pauls.

We are now on a new journey, very important to our lives and our communities. Fr Kevin has given us a very important introduction to attach to our newsletter this week, which has a most important bearing on our future. We must give it our very best effort. Here at St George’s and St Wilfrid’s a lot of preliminary work has taken place. At St George’s, Martin Falkner, over the Sundays of August will present us with early offshoots and I will follow them at St Wilfrid’s, which we pray will develop and grow. The welcome introduction prepared by Stephen is a very tangible, purposeful development that will, with the help of God, bear fruit; fruit that will last.

2025 – A Year of Jubilee

2025 – A YEAR OF JUBILEE The Holy Father has named 2025 as a year of Jubilee, something which happens every 25 years. “Jubilee” is the name given to a particular year. A time to re-establish a proper relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation. The theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”, and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis. To prepare spiritually for the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis has asked Catholics to focus on two key elements: a) To study the key documents from the Second Vatican Council, held between 1962-1965 which can be viewed on: https://uscatholic.org/articles/201209/major-documents-of-vatican-ii/ b) To focus on prayer. The Jubilee of Hope will begin in December 2024 with Pope Francis opening the “holy door” in St. Peter’s Basilica, offering the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics the possibility of obtaining a plenary indulgence and a year of special graces.