EVENING MASS IN YAXLEY will take place at 25 Stephenson Close, Yaxley on Tuesday at 7.30pm. All are welcome.
SEPTEMBER MADNESS On Friday 10th September Deacon John and Pat Bedford from St Peter and All Souls Church will begin a cycle ride from London to Paris! It is 10years since their daughter Rachel and Pats brother John died so they will ride in their memory. They intent to raise sponsorship for CAFOD and sponsorship forms are at the back of the church if you wish to support them, or go to www.justgiving.co.uk/paris-challenge. NEW ASSISTANT PRIEST AT ALL SOULS Following his Ordination in July, Fr Michael Collis has been appointed as Assistant Priest at St Peter and All Souls Church in Peterborough. Fr Michael is also chaplain at St John Fisher Catholic High School. It is good to welcome Fr Michael to the deanery, please keep him in your prayers as he begins his ministry. Fr John Minh remains at St Peter and All Souls with responsibility for Peterborough Prison and the Hospitals.
BISHOP LUIS FLAVIO CAPPIO Portuguese speaking members of the community are invited to welcome and celebrate Mass with Bishop Luis Flavio Cappio of the Diocese of Barra, Bahia, Brazil, who will be visiting St Peter and All Souls Parish on Sunday 19th September. Mass will be at 4pm.
WELCOME TO CAFOD
This weekend at all Sunday Masses we welcome John Malley from CAFOD East Anglia. John is based in Norwich and is our local diocesan representative for CAFOD. John will speak at all Masses about the work of CAFOD and will have some information about the latest CAFOD campaigns.
CONGRATULATIONS to Students and Staff at St John Fisher Catholic High School who have achieved their best Exams results to date.
A Level results were:
100% pass rate
33% A or B grades;
55% A - C grades.
GCSE results were:
98% pass rate
51 % with 5 A-C grades - a New School Record
31 % 5 A-C grades (including English and Maths)
POLISH COMMUNITY NEWS Fr Piotr leaves this coming week to take up another appointment in Northern Ireland. We wish him every blessing for the future. Two new Polish Priests have arrived in Peterborough to serve the local Polish Community here, and in Wisbech and Spalding Fr Cezary Kraczkowski & Fr Roman Kossakowski. We welcome them both to the deanery.
PAPAL VISIT
Important information for those attending the Papal Events on Saturday 18th September in Hyde Park and on Sunday 19th September in Birmingham
Hyde Park
Saturday 18th September
Our Pilgrim Leader for the Hyde Park Event is Melanie Hurcombe (01733 562266) - You will need to be in your place by 2pm and the event will finish at 9pm. Cost will be £10 per person (this will include a Day Travel Pass for the London Underground) Please if all money for this event can be paid by 12th September we would be most grateful (cheques to be made payable to St Lukes Catholic Parish) You will need to make your own travel arrangements to and from London for this event. You will then have to meet up with other members of the group at a designated place and time prior to entering the event. On Sunday 12th September after the 11am Mass in St Lukes there will be a meeting for all who have signed up to go to Hyde Park to see Pope Benedict. Please let our Pilgrim Leader for this event, Melanie Hurcombe, on 01733 562266 if you cannot attend. Thank you.
Birmingham
Sunday 19th September
Our Pilgrim Leader for the Papal Mass in Birmingham is Eda Semmett (01733 245590) - The Mass for the Beatification of Cardinal Newman commences at 9.30am. Cost will be £25 per person. Travel will be by coach which is being arranged centrally with National Express, the time of the coach is yet to be announced, but the Peterborough Coach will leave from St John Fisher Catholic High School, Park Lane, Peterborough. PE1 5NJ
A Prayer Book is now available to accompany the Papal Visit for those attending one of the Papal Events please take a copy as these will be needed to be added to your Pilgrim Pack when you receive it for the event you are attending. Copies are free but donations of £2 per copy is requested to offset the cost of production a basket for donations is available with the copies in the porch at St Lukes and on the table in Sawtry. Thank you.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)
This September we begin a time of preparation for those seeking to be welcomed as members of the Catholic Church. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is a time of prayer, preparation, celebration and welcome into the Catholic Church.
Are you interested in helping to welcome those who are interested in finding out more about the Catholic Church?
Are you interested in praying for those who are seeking to become members of the Catholic Church?
Are you interested in giving support to those learning about the Catholic Church as they prepare to be welcomed?
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CATHOLIC?
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church and would like to find out more you are invited to an informal Welcome Evening in St Lukes Church on Friday 24th September at 7.30pm. If you wish to speak to the parish priest Fr John please do not hesitate to call him on 01733 370877 or email him at saintlukesparish@yahoo.co.uk
REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS This comes from Revd Rowena Bass, part of the Chaplaincy team at the Cavell Centre (next door to Edith Cavell Hospital). We are looking for volunteers to help with our Sunday worship. The Sunday communion service takes place on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month, at 9.30am in the Sanctuary at the Cavell Centre. The service is no longer that 40 minutes, and is followed by refreshments with a chance to chat to patients. We need volunteers to help with tea/coffee, to play the keyboard for well known hymns and to be a welcoming presence. If you could help once or twice a month, once or twice a year or just occasionally that would be fine. Please contact Rowena on 075075 62741 for further details. Thank you.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
The annual campaign for Operation Christmas Child will be launched in our parish over the weekend of 25th 26th September at all Sunday Masses. It brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations worldwide through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of Gods love. Here are some ways you can make a difference in the lives of those children:
PRAY. Please pray that God will touch the heart of every child who receives a shoe box gift and that He will bring many children and families to faith in Christ.
PACK A GIFT. A shoe box filled with small toys and other gifts can open hurting hearts to Gods love.
If you have a shoebox please hold onto it or if you can obtain a shoebox or a number of shoeboxes please bring them to church. Leaflets and shoeboxes will be available over the launch weekend. For more information please visit the Operation Christmas Child website at: www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING The next meeting of our Parish Pastoral Council will take place on Monday 13th September at 8pm in St Lukes all are welcome to attend.
SAWTRY COMMUNITY MEETING takes place on Thursday 9th September at 8pm at 51 Ermine Rd, Sawtry. All are welcome to come along.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Classes to prepare for First Holy Communion and First Confession will begin at St Lukes later this year. If your child is now in Year 3 at school or above and not yet celebrated their First Holy Communion please complete the form in this bulletin and return it to Fr John by Sunday 19th September.
The course we follow has two books one for First Holy Communion and one for First Confession we ask for £10 as a contribution for these books.
Classes will be held in St Lukes Roman Catholic Church, 26 Benyon Grove, Orton Malborne, Peterborough
If you are interested please complete the form with this bulletin and return it to:
Fr John Warrington
14 Sellers Grange, Orton Goldhay,
Peterborough. PE2 5XX
or via email at saintlukesparish@yahoo.co.uk
No later than Sunday 19th September 2010. Thank you
For more information please speak to Fr John.
THE PARISH OF ST LUKES
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