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In light of the advice from Bishop Philip, we are to act as if we are in “stage 2” of the advice given by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

Last Sunday, we presented 3 of our young servers with their Bronze Guild of St Stephen medals, having each served a year. Congratulations to all of them. Please keep them in your prayers.

The Annual Parish Meeting was well attended on 24th November 2019. These are the draft minutes awaiting approval at the next Annual Meeting.

On 17th September, the first Parish Pastoral Council meeting joining the parishes of St Francis de Sale and Our Lady of Lourdes took place. Please find attached the minutes of this combined/overarching PPC meeting.

The parish is pleased to welcome Fr Zbigniew Budyn as our new Parish Priest. As part of his appointment at St Francis de Sales, Fr Zbigniew will also be looking after Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Hungerford. Please note that going forward, Sunday mass times will be:

• 9am at Our Lady of Lourdes and
• 11am at St Francis de Sales.

Please keep Fr Zbigniew Budyn in your prayers, especially in his first few weeks.

On Sunday, we said farewell to Fr Bruce who has been with us since 2015. The parish got together for a BBQ followed by some amazing cakes and many desserts.

Fr Bruce leaves us to go to the parish in Guernsey. We all wish him the very best.

Last Sunday we enjoyed an afternoon of music by various members of the parish and guests. There was a wide array of performances including piano, guitar, flute, trombone, cello, trumpet and singing. All enjoyed with burger and sausage from the BBQ.

Congratulations to this year's First Holy Communion group. We had good weather for the special day and a lively service. Thank you everyone who helped make the day go smoothly.

We wish you all a very Happy and Peaceful Easter. Don't eat too much chocolate!

On Palm Sunday we joined St George's parish for the procession from the Falkland Road Memorial. Many people gathered for this coming together of our communities before we gathered in front of the church for the start of mass.

We at St Francis de Sales are proud of the amount we give to charity. Please see the attached file for the amount given in 2018.

We wish you all a very happy, peaceful Christmas.