News
Parish Afternoon Tea
Thank you to all those who attended and supported the Parish Fundraiser Afternoon Tea. Very pleased to say that the event and raffle raised over £250 which we also hope to fund-match through the Vodafone scheme. The 1st prize in the raffle went to Marie, Congratulations! and to the other winners, Maureen, Paul, John and Olwyn.
Taking Communion to the Sick
For those of you who take the sacrament to the sick may I remind you to make sure that the Pyx which you use is cleaned after each Communion. You should gently rub your finger around the Pyx and consume any crumbs and when you get home place some water in the Pyx and drink the water. Thank you.
J&P 100 Club
Congratulations to the winners of the September draw.
First prize - Sue Mackey
Second prize - Sonya Hutcheson
A full list of numbers for 2018-19 is pinned to the notice board in the porch. There are still a few numbers remaining - £11 per number for inclusion from October 2018 - August 2019. Please complete and return the slip on the back of the J&P bulletin (available in the porch), or contact Lucy.
Thank you for your support.
Website launch
We're pleased to announce the launch of our new website. This is a custom built website for our parish with more features to come in the future. If you have requirements for features or feedback on the site, please let Andrew Polland know.
The initial implementation includes the following features:
Photo Competition
We're pleased to announce the winners of the youth leaders photo competition. It was a hard decision but the final results are as follows:
1st Oluchi Akosa
2nd Bruno Carvalho
3rd Patrick Middleton
Congratulations to them and well done to all who took part. We will be using a number of photos from across all the entries on our new website.
Parish outing to rare breeds farm
Fr Bruce arranged for those interested to visit a rare breeds farm not far from St Francis after mass last Sunday. We saw many different animals and fed lots of carrots to them. The farmer explained some of the breeds to us and showed us some of the interesting farming machinery he had collected.