The Catholic Parishes of the New Forest Pastoral Area
Our Lady of Mercy & St Joseph,
Lymington with St Anne’s, Brockenhurst
132 High Street, Lymington SO41 9AQ Tel: 01590 676696 Email:
lymbrock@sky.com
Our Lady of Lourdes, New Milton
with St Francis of Assisi, Milford-on-Sea
15 Mount Avenue, New
Milton BH25 6NT Tel: 01425 614968 Email:
gvervenne@aol.com
Clergy of the Pastoral Area: Fr J McGrath, Fr G Vervenne, Rev S Morgan, Rev M Welch
For all Sunday and Holy Day
Masses in the
New Forest
(Brockenhurst, Lymington, Milford-on-Sea, New Milton, Sway)
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NEWSLETTERS
Brockenhurst Lymington Milford New Milton
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
17th/18th JULY 2010
Saturday 17th July at 6.30pm (Vigil Mass) - Special Intention
Sunday 18th July at 11.00am Parish Mass - Joseph & Flora Weld RIPPlease pray for the sick and housebound of our Parish
Anniversaries occurring at this time: Mary Grant
Usual weekday Mass at 9.30 am on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Additional Masses at 9.30 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.*** LIVING OUR FAITH ***
You may have heard that our parish share of the funds is in excess of £80,000. Since this money was raised for the unique purpose of improving our church, an Impact Committee has now been formed by Fr Jamie and will be responsible for advising how the parish element of monies raised should be disbursed. The Impact Group will consist of Fr Danny (as incoming parish priest), Clare Bassett, Alistair Wilson and Nick Philbee who together will advise and suggest proposals with the existing Finance Committee. My thanks to you all as we completed a very successful campaign.
Fr Jamie
PAPAL VISIT: There will be two public venues open to us if you want to attend the Pope’s celebration visit to England. The first event will be a prayer vigil to be held in Hyde Park on Saturday 18th September beginning in the afternoon and ending around 9.00 pm. Our Pastoral Area (Brockenhurst, Lymington, Milford, New Milton) has been allocated 100 places for this event, costing £10 each. The second is the Mass for the Beatification of Cardinal Newman in Cofton Park, Birmingham. We have been allocated 70 places for this on Sunday 19th September. Travel for this event is by coach, costing £25 per person. If you want to attend, please sign up for the appropriate venue as soon as possible.
CHURCHES TOGETHER
Prayer & Praise: 19th July, 7.00 pm, St Thomas Hall led by the MethodistsCarers’ Café: 20th July, 10.00 am to 12 Noon - Open Door Café at the URC
‘WEDNESDAY WORD’: Wednesdays at 10.15 am in the Church Rooms for about an hour – tea/coffee and a friendly chat.
ANNUAL MISSION MASS: Promoters, red box holders, members and anybody interested in 'Mission' are invited to celebrate the annual Mission Mass at 7.30pm on 21st July (Christ the King Parish Hall, Bittern Rd, Southampton). After Mass, there will be a 20 minute documentary film on the support given to the Parkari Kohli people in Pakistan.
DIVINE MERCY: 22nd July, 7.30pm, St Dominic’s Priory. Come and pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by some reflections on the Catholic Faith and Compline.
Go to the PARISH BLOG at www.lymrcchurch.blogspot.com to see what's been happening in the Parish
FR JAMIE’S FAREWELL PARTY: 23rd July from 6.30pm to 10pm at the Community Centre. Everyone is invited, including children. If you have not done so already, please bring your envelopes for Fr Jamie’s gift by Sunday 18th July.
WALK the WORLD: Join us at 10.00 am on Saturday 28th August at the Immaculate Conception, Bells Lane, Stubbington for ‘Walk the World’ - an 8 mile sponsored walk around Stubbington and the Lee on Solent area to raise funds for World Youth Day and CAFOD. For more information and to register your place by 16th August, contact Dave Hill at the Department of Pastoral Formation on 01329 835583. Sponsorship forms can be downloaded from http://cafodportsmouth.wordpress.com
‘WAYS OF PRAYING’ WORKSHOP: 11th September, 10.00 am to 3.30 pm, Methodist Church Hall, Avenue Road, Brockenhurst. The focus will be on Hildegard of Bingen who was a scientist, healer, artist, singer and composer, abbess and advisor to the hierarchy. She had a particular feel for the natural world, so part of the day will look at a spirituality of the environment. There will be two presentations, time for prayer and some discussion. Mary Dunn will facilitate the day. Please bring a packed lunch. To book, please phone 01590 622301.
BASICS BANK: In June, we helped 46 families who, through no fault of their own, could not afford to buy food and other essentials and were referred to us by social work agencies. Basics Bank depends on gifts – the shelves are empty so we have to buy over £200 worth of goods every week. It would be wonderful if you could put some tins of food or household essentials in the blue box just inside the church porch.
BRACELETS & ROSARIES for sale on Sunday after Mass in the Parish Rooms. All proceeds to Immaculate Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries who work with vulnerable children in the Philippines. Enquiries: 01590 678525.
USEFUL INFORMATION
• www.nationalgrandparentspilgrimage.com
• Parenting courses: email kbabei@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk or Telephone 01329 835583
BASICS BANK: In June, we helped 46 families who, through no fault of their own, could not afford to buy food and other essentials and were referred to us by social work agencies. Basics Bank depends on gifts – the shelves are empty so we have to buy over £200 worth of goods every week. It would be wonderful if you could put some tins of food or household essentials in the blue box just inside the church porch.
CAFOD NEWS
New headquarters for CAFOD are now in the grounds of Southwark Catholic Cathedral, and their address is Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB.
2010 CAFOD Campaign is 'Act on Poverty'.
Portsmouth Diocese has received over £48,000 to date for Lent 'Give it Up'. Thank you.~
BLOG is cafodportsmouth.wordpress.com
FACEBOOK – search 'CAFOD Portsmouth'.
2011 Women’s World Day of Prayer – focus country is Chile.PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: 20th to 27th August. Travel by Eurostar, coach or plane. Brochures, application forms and medical forms available from Mgr Vincent Harvey (St Edmund’s Presbytery, 14 Rockstone Place, Southampton SO15 2EQ) or from vincent.harvey@gsy.org.uk or from the diocesan website.
MEDJUGORJE 2010: 18th – 25th September. Please see poster.
READERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: The four parishes of the New Forest Pastoral Area (New Milton, Milford on Sea, Lymington & Brockenhurst) are arranging Days of Recollection for all Readers and Eucharistic Ministers on 9th October and 30th October next at St Dominic’s Priory. The days will be conducted by Fr Danny McAvoy, SMM and will be identical in their content. There are about 100 Readers and Eucharistic Ministers in the Pastoral Area – too many to accommodate at the Priory in one day. The plan is for all four parishes to mingle their attendance so we can all get to know each other better. So please put a note in your diaries now to reserve both days for the time being and we will advise which one to attend nearer the time.
Please send newsletter items to the Presbytery, details as Parish address above.
Parish Support Group Contact Numbers:
Clare Bassett 672579. Eileen Rayner 673003, Frances Walker 678525
Bookings for Parish Hall: Lindsay Farwell 682077
School Website: www.ourladyst-joseph.hants.sch.uk/
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