Diary for the w/c Sunday 15th July 2007

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Saints

Did you know that there is a proper word to descibe the study of saints and holy people? It is hagiology.

Nearly every job or profession has its own patron saint - even television! St Claire (who lived way before television was imagined: she was born in 1194 and died in 1253) is the patron saint of television. Why? Because at Christmas 1252 she was too ill to go to the church service which was several miles away, yet she had a vision which was so clear that she could describe the whole service in detail

Sacrament Of Reconciliation 2005

As you may already know, for many years we have held a special course in Saint Margaret's Parish for nine year-olds on the Sacrament of Reconciliation or - as it is usual called - Confession.

These days many children "miss the net". Though the usual practice is for children to receive Reconciliation some little time before Holy Communion, not all actually do so. But more important still, I have become convinced that, at the age of sevem, children understand very little about Reconciliation

Your Prayers Are Asked For

Our Sick

Fathers Barry Angus and Chris Cutler. Also Barbara Fernandez, Leonard Moore, Bunny Moret, Joan &Amp; Byron Carlton, Grace Wylie, Shirley Scott, Irene Clifford, Raymond Sweeney, Alphonse Silva, Bill Jones, Maureen Hall, John Harrington, Mary Buckley, Jan Barwis, Linda Bennett, Mary Kerrigan, Wanda Juchniewicz, Mary Geraghty, John Meade and Michael Manning, as well as for Bishop Michael Evans

Pat Blake writes

On behalf of myself and my family, we have been utterly overwhelmed by the love and support received from so many people of the parish during the last few traumatic weeks. Our family would sincerely like to thank everyone for their prayers, Masses, cards, phone calls, letters and flowers. Thank you to all who attended Mum's funeral Mass, and sang! I, particularly, have been deeply comforted

Last Sunday

The attendance was 322 and the Offertory came to £434.74, compared with £658.67 on the same Sunday last year. You also gave £242.42 in the Collection for the Apostleship of the Sea [last year £288.45]. Many thanks.

"Mots Justes" For Our Times

An encyclopaedia is a system for colelcting dust in alphabetical order.

Mike Barfield

I'm bringing out a book for the building trade. It's called "The Dictionary of Ludicrous Quotations."

Mike Barfield