
| SUNDAY 4th December 2011 The Second Sunday of Advent |
5.30 pm (Sat) |
Mass with Children's Liturgy - Kenneth Kinsville (RIP) Sung Mass - Peter Cullen (RIP) Said Mass - William Foxon (Get Well) |
| MONDAY 5th December |
9.45 am |
Morning Prayer Mass - Mr Boyle (RIP) Monday Club in the parish hall |
| TUESDAY 6th December |
9.45 am |
Morning Prayer Mass - Christopher Foley (RIP) "Walk With Me" Programme - church hall School Governors Meeting |
| WEDNESDAY 7th December |
9.45 am |
Morning Prayer Mass - James Bradley (RIP) KS1 Christmas Production - St Swithun Wells |
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THURSDAY 8th December The Immaculate Conception |
10.00 am |
Mass - Corry Touw (RIP) KS1 Christmas Production - St Swithun Wells |
| FRIDAY 9th December |
8.30 am |
Recitation of the Rosary - St Swithun Wells Ten Ten Theatre - Parents session - St Swithun Wells Morning Prayer Mass - Maria Baptista (RIP) Nursery Christmas Production - St Swithun Wells Nursery Christmas Production - St Swithun Wells |
| SATURDAY 10th December |
8.30 am |
Church Cleaning 1st Reconciliation Classes - church hall Morning Prayer Mass - Anne and Owen O'Sullivan (RIP) Exposition of the Bessed Sacrament and Benediction |
My Dear Friends,
Next Sunday evening a number of young members of our parish community, who have 'signed up' for the parish Confirmation programme will come to be enrolled. I would ask you to keep them in your prayers. They will need our loving support and encouragement as they make this journey. In an ever more secular world it is more and more difficult to have the courage to stand up and be counted!
Next weekend it is also our privilege to host at 3.00 pm on Sunday afternoon another mass for those with special needs. It is always a great joy to welcome our visitors and I do hope many of us will come along. As always there will be refreshments in the hall after Mass.
Finally I am in the midst of sending out my Christmas cards. Please make sure that you ask specifically - by name - for the Christian stamps that are available. You may well be offered secular stamps. Be sure to say no to them for this is a subtle way of claiming later on that there was no real demand for Christian Christmas stamps.
God Bless.

SPECIAL NEEDS MASS - Sunday December 11th - 3 pm
Once again it is our privilege to host another of these wonderful celebrations and I do hope many of us will come along to make our visitors welcome. As usual there will be tea in the hall after mass.
CAROLS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Sunday 18th December - 3 pm. "A Traditional Service of Carols and Readings ending with Benediction". There will be a get-together in the hall after the service.
FOR SALE IN THE PORCH
The new parish diaries and the Westminster Year Books for 2011 are on sale in the church porch - just £1 each. Also on sale is the new Diocesan Year Book. At £4.50 - get your copy today!
ST. GREGORY'S PARISH SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS LUNCH
Tuesday 13th Dec at 1pm. Please contact Gillian at the Presbytery between 8.30am and 11.30am if you would like to attend our Christmas lunch. Numbers must, of necessity, be limited to avoid overcrowding so be sure to get in touch soon. Please note that this event must needs be limited to members of the parish only.
DON'T FORGET! THERE IS COFFEE IN THE PARISH HALL AFTER THE MORNING MASS ON SUNDAY.
SEE YOU THERE!!