SAINT EDMUND’S PARISH NEWSLETTER
Parish Priest: Fr David Mills Phone: 01249 813131
65 Oxford Road E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Calne, SN11 8AQ Clifton Diocese: www.cliftondiocese.com
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18th January 2009: Second Sunday
Sunday Mass at 10.00 a.m. Carmello Massini RIP
| Tuesday | Feria | Mass at 9.30 am-Albert Heylen RIP |
| Thursday | Feria | Mass at 9.30 am- Special Intention 5.00 pm Ecumenical Prayer Service at St Edmunds |
| Friday | Feria | Mass at 9.30 am- Special Intention |
| Saturday | Feria | Mass at 10.00 am –Peggy Foley RIP Confessions at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. |
| Vigil Mass of 3rdSunday | Mass at 6.00 p.m. –Terry Lynch RIP |
Previous Collection: £337.18 Church Cleaning: Week 1 Divine Office: Week 2
RCIA Group: The Parish Pastoral Council has agreed that in keeping with the “Called to be a people of Hope” pastoral guidelines we are going to establish a RCIA group in our parish. This will be used to welcome new members of the Catholic Church into the faith, but will also be a vehicle for ongoing formation for those already part of our community. All those interested in this topic are invited to a day’s workshop at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Wotton Bassett on Saturday the 24th January starting at 10.00 am with Mass in the Church there. The day will be devoted to drawing up a programme for this formation course for the coming year. Please bring a packed lunch. Soup and rolls will be provided as will tea and coffee. Please do make every effort to attend.
Week of Christian Unity: This coming week is the week of Christian Unity. The ecumenical prayer services in Calne will be as follows: Monday 19th January at 2.30 at the Baptist Church. Wednesday 21st January at the Methodist Church at 12.30 pm, bring sandwiches if you wish. Thursday 22nd January at 5.00 pm at St Edmunds. Friday 23rd January at St Mary’s Church at 5.45 pm. Saturday 24th quit day at Marden House and finally concluding service on Sunday the 25th January at 4.00pm at the Methodist Church.
Quite Day: The Calne partnership of Churches has arranged a quite day for Saturday 24th January in Marden house from 10.00 am to 3.00pm. The leader will be Ms Cynthia Knowles one time warden of the Ivy House Retreat centre in Warminster. Coffee and lunch time soup and roll will be provided. The cost will be £5. The theme of the day will be “I am a New Creation”. Everybody most welcome.
Confirmation: Bishop Declan will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on young people form our parish on the 8th July 2009. If you wish to receive this sacrament next year, and you are year 8 or above in secondary school, please write to me expressing your wish to be confirmed and also provide me with contact details, email and phone if possible. The letters of application must reach me by no later than the end of January 2009.
First Holy Communions: Would those parents who would like their children to receive Holy Communion for the first time next year please write to me and make their intentions known. Please include details of your child’s baptism and your contact details. The first Communions will take place on Sunday 14th June, Corpus Christi.
Help Sought: A Catholic SCHOOL GROUP from Lyon will be in Calne for 4 nights from 16-20 March. Carole Browne is looking for families, couples or even single people, able to offer accommodation to 2, 3 or even 4 children, all aged around 14yrs. They will be out all day on excursions, from 8.30am to 6.30pm. For details of hospitality allowance and procedure please phone Carole on 01249 812551
Parking: Please do try to utilize all the space in the car park by filling it up from the back and also parking close to other cars so that more spaces are available. It would also be advisable to park in Briansclose Road behind the church and then use the pedestrian through path between nos 69 and 71 Oxford Road. There is also usually space available in the The Pippin and sometimes in Abberd Way. Please don’t park illegally.
Tea in the Hall: Please do come through to the hall after Sunday Mass and very friendly and welcoming group there for tea, coffee and a biscuit and the children can run about safely in the garden. The more people the better!
New Translation of the Roman Missal: The new Missal will probably be introduced into parishes in England in 2011. A proper process of catechesis needs to take place before this happens and a good starting point is to have a look at the texts which have already been improved. You can do so by going to the American Bishops’ Conference’s Liturgy page at http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/missalformation
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