Two vacancies are being advertised at The John Fisher School, Purely. Both appointments are for January 2023.
A part-time cleaner and a part-time chaplain. See here for details. Applications may now be made, online only, for First Holy Communions next year. The Application Form may be found here.
Further information will follow. Please keep an eye on the Newsletter. All parishioners are warmly invited to our 2022 AGM in the Parish Hall.
Please do come along! Our theme this year, building on the work of the Synod, will be community and participation. We hope that this will be an excellent ‘jumping in’ opportunity if you are new or relatively new to the parish. For others, we hope it will be a chance to re-establish bonds. There will be some talking as well as food and drink: it’s a social occasion! We are planning to have ambassadors from the various Parish activities, to discuss all we do and to plan for more. The Agenda may be found here, and the Group Reports booklet here. The Minutes of the last AGM in 2017, to be approved on the night, may be found here. Minutes of recent PPC Meetings may be found here. More about the PPC may be found here.
The Parish Office maintains a folder in the main porch which contains up to date details of all school open days and job opportunities.
 In September and October this year, the relics of St Bernadette will journey on pilgrimage to England, Scotland, and Wales for the very first time. This very special once in a lifetime event will provide an opportunity for people of all ages and backgrounds to experience the special gifts and charisms of Lourdes, in a church or cathedral near them. Read more>>> The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have released a statement [on 19 July] titled Seeking Our Hearts’ Desire offering their initial reflections on the National Synthesis document.
This in turn was the fruit of a discernment process in which the National Synthesis Team reflected on hundreds of pages of Synod reports received from the dioceses of England and Wales as well as Catholic organisations and individuals. They collated the material to give a picture of the synodal process in England and Wales. Read more >>>> The National Synthesis – reflects on Synod reports received by the national synthesis team, discerning the main themes that have emerged from the listening conversations, and collating them together to give a picture of the synodal process in England and Wales.
The Catholic Church in England and Wales has been..... Read more >>>
The Diocesan Syntheses, the ‘local’ part of the Synodal process, were submitted to the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales on the Friday before Holy Week as part of the two-year process requested by Pope Francis for the Catholic Church.  From left to right: Dr. Mark Nash, Rev. Canon Christopher Thomas, Miss Kate Wilkinson, Sr. Elaine Penrice fsp, Mr. Dominic Belli, Miss Sarah Adams, Rev. Jan Nowotnik, Dr. Austen Ivereigh and Dr. Mary McCaughey Now, having received each document from the dioceses, along with submissions from national Catholic organisations and other bodies, a National Synthesis Team has started work discerning and drafting the national synthesis for England and Wales that will be sent to the Synod Office in Rome by 15 August 2022. Read more>>>
 Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Denis Paul, who died at Coloma Court at 08.25 on 24 March 2022.
Father Denis will be remembered by many at St. Bart’s as a priest who warmly and generously gave of his retirement to assist our parish during periods when our parish clergy were away on their annual holidays. May he rest in peace and rise in glory Rosemary Clark, Director, writes:
"We sing at the 11:30 Mass, usually on the 4th Sunday of the month. The aim of the Hymn Choir is to lead and encourage the congregation in the singing of the Mass. We sing well known hymns and the English Chant Mass, (this is the Mass that is in the Parish Mass Books that the Bishops wanted everybody to learn and use). We also join with the Plainchant Choir to sing on Palm Sunday. We are a small group of singers and will be very pleased for new members to join us. We do not hold practices, just come up to the gallery about 10 minutes before Mass starts. EVERYONE IS WELCOME." |
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