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Update on Race Night - Friday 20th February
Eight races plus fish (or sausage) & chips supper plus a lot of fun in support of The Canon Zollo Fund and CAFOD - £7.50/person – tickets and information from either Chris Bartlam (01488 658540) or David Downie (07887- 627094) –both normally at the 11.00 Mass and Anne Thompson (07768564552) at the 8.30 Mass.
Is there anyone interested in sponsoring a race for £15?
St Vincent de Paul Collection – Thank You
To everyone who contributed so very generously to the appeal last Sunday. Because of your wonderful response we will be in a good position to help so many. A thank you letter from the Newbury St. Vincent De Paul Conference is displayed on the notice board at the back of the Church. Thank you once again.
First Communion Programme 2009
The next session for the First Communion children will be on Saturday 10th January from 10.00am until 12.00 noon in the Hall. The theme Mass will be at 11.00am on Sunday 11th January.
Pastoral Area meeting
Minutes from the 9th October meeting are on the notice board at the back of the church. They include feedback from World Youth Day, opportunities to deepen prayer life, discussions on strengthening links between our schools and parishes. If there are any pastoral issues you would like raised at the next meeting (8 January 2009), please let Fr Pat or Mark Healy know in advance.
Thank You
Can I thank you all for sharing in my 10th anniversary party of coming to this parish in 1998. I was truly humbled and delighted to share this occasion with you all, and completely surprised to receive a signed London Irish Rugby shirt. The only disappointment is that I was told that I couldn’t display it over the altar. But thank you to all who attended. It was a wonderful evening - Fr. Pat
Photographs from the evening are now on the website - click here
Calling all singers and instrumentalists!
The music group is looking for new members, both singers and instrumentalists, of any age. We are looking to swell the ranks of our choir and also incorporate more musicians (any instruments but especially violins, recorders, flutes and clarinets). We play at mass approximately once a month. Rehearsals take place an hour before mass and occasionally mid-week. Being in the music group is great fun and NOT an onerous time commitment, so why not come along. If anyone would like to find out more, or knows of anyone who would like to participate but is too shy to ask, please contact Mark Craig or Father Pat (01635 40167).
Rosary Group
Will meet on Tuesday 6th January at 2.00pm. Please note the change in the time. With the winter weather beginning to draw in, we thought we would try this new time. We're hoping this new time will give the opportunity to those who may not be able to come during the evening. However, as always everybody is welcome.
An appeal for SURVIVE MIVA
The retiring collection for SURVIVE – MIVA amounted to £558 – 03p.Thank you all very much for your great generosity.
Single/unattached/bereaved Catholics Group
We're a very friendly local group and meet regularly for meals and other activities. Sorry, we're sold out for this month's Murder Mystery evening, but are taking bookings for quiz and dinner at a local hotel in October. For details of this event, or for more information, ring 0118 9475782, or email
readingcatholicfriends@yahoo.co.uk Hope to see you soon!'
Lourdes Pilgrimage
A very successful pilgrimage to Lourdes has been completed. The prayers and intentions of the parish were prayed for each day.
Click here to view some photographs taken on the Pilgrimage.
A Big Thanks
The Pastoral Area Liturgy Advisory Group and the Celebration Planning Group would like to thank and congratulate the many people from our parishes, schools and religious orders whose hard work made such a success of the Area Celebration on Sunday at Douai. The flowers, the liturgy, the community displays, the drumming workshop and other activities show what can be done with the whole Area working together rather than as separate communities. Thanks also to the 500 or so people who joined in the Together Celebration and enjoyed a picnic lunch and activities in the Abbey grounds followed by Mass celebrated by Bishop Crispian with the Abbot of Douai. As Bishop Crispian said in his homily, we proclaim the Gospel to those who are looking at the Catholic Church from the outside by the way we live and work together among ourselves and in the locality. This is our baptismal responsibility. The Lord was with us on this Celebration Day. What next for the Area? The Pastoral Area Pastoral Council will have this question on the agenda for their next meeting.
Prayer Cards For Mass
By the various entrances to the Church there are prayer cards with an English translation and the main prayers of the Mass in Polish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Hopefully they will be of help. Please return them to the stands at the end of Mass. I am grateful for the help of Fr. Dominic Golding of St. James’s Church, Reading for providing the originals
Welcome To Our Parish Leaflet
Is available from the various entrances to the Church and lists the activities that are happening here. There is also a census page, would you please fill this in and drop it through the Presbytery door.
Rosary service at Our Lady of The Assumption Church Thatcham
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, a rosary service will be held at Our Lady of The Assumption church every Saturday at 11:30am, starting on January 12th 2008.
Change In Car Parking Arrangements
There is a change in car parking in Hawthorn Road (across the road from the Church, behind the Fire & Ambulance Station). This will now become Residents Parking Only from 8.00am until 6.00pm, and that means, we can no longer park there. We do have an obligation to be good neighbours and I would ask everybody to respect that.
Unfortunately there are still some parishioners, who do not have a residents parking sticker who are still parking there illegally. I would ask them to stop doing that.
St Joseph's Quiz Night was a huge success
£600 was raised from the quiz evening held recently. To see some photos from the evening and a list of raffle winners please click here
Launch of St. Joseph's Newbury Website - 18th May 2007
Welcome to our new site, we welcome any constructive criticism to content and look. If you have any suggestions for news or any other content we look forward to hearing from you.
Please email Anne Thompson
St. Joseph's School Newsletter
There is a new parish school newsletter available at all the entrances to the Church.
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Noticeboard
There is a noticeboard on the right hand side of the main door of the church it contains all the service times and intentions for the coming week and it is updated every Friday night.
West Berkshire Community Hospital
Fr. Pat is the Catholic Chaplain and if you know of anyone going into hospital and you would like him to visit, please inform parishpriest@stjosephsnewbury.org.uk