EMERGENCY ACCESS To ensure constant access is available in the case of an emergency please do not park in front of the main Church entrance at St Luke’s – it is possible to stop here to drop people off only.

ORTON FAYRE
Buy your fruit and veg, plants, meat and household products locally every Wednesday from 8.30am – 4pm in the Herlington Centre Car Park. Value for money, fresh produce. Fruit, veg and bedding stall, Butchers’ van, Pound Line Stall.

LARGE PRINT MISSAL AND BULLETIN
A number of copies of the forthcoming weeks readings and prayers for Sunday Mass AND the Parish Bulletin are available in large print from the back of Church each week.

SAWTRY, STILTON AND YAXLEY ONLINE

For information about Sawtry take a look at www.sawtry.net

For information about Stilton take a look at www.stilton.org

For information about Yaxley take a look at www.yaxleypc.org.uk

>Swine Flu

The diocesan guidelines (which are given further down this page) still remain our guide to Swine Flu and any action needed. I am not aware at present of any reason to change our current practice for Holy Communion and the Sign of Peace. If this position changes I will inform you immediately. As a precaution all extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are asked to wash their hands using the alcohol hand gel provided before distributing Holy Communion. Finally, as a reminder to everyone, if you feel unwell, the medical advice is that you should stay at home. Obviously, in those circumstances you do not have to observe the Sunday Mass obligation.

Diocesan Guidelines

Although the Swine Flu has been declared a 'Pandemic', the advice we have received is that at the moment there is no necessity to look at a national strategy, although if a pandemic develops further and more stringent measures are put in place, this may then become necessary. There are parts of the country where 'clusters' of Swine Flu cases exist, but we are not yet at the stage of making decisions on a diocesan basis regarding Communion on the Tongue, Communion under Both Kinds, and the Sign of Peace.

It is suggested that a two-staged approach be taken locally:

Stage 1: When there are a large number of Swine Flu cases locally, at least some schools have been closed (or have very high levels of sickness), and there are multiple confirmed or suspected cases known to be near the parish community or personally known to parishioners, then it is advisable temporarily to suspend both Communion on the Tongue and Communion from the Chalice.

Stage 2: Once there is a large number of cases locally, at least some local schools have closed (or are operating on very high levels of absence), and there are multiple confirmed or probable cases in the parish community, then it is wise temporarily to replace the shaking of hands at the Sign of Peace with another gesture (e.g. a bow to each other).

ALL the indications given should be answerable in the affirmative before a decision is made to suspend or change practice.

Click here for the full briefing note for parishes.

Useful information, guidelines and leaflets are available from the Bishops' Conference Liturgy office website at
http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Flu/index.shtml

Further information on Swine Flu can be obtained from the Government website at www.direct.gov.uk/en/Swineflu/DG_177831