Diary for the w/c Sunday 16th December 2007

Third Sunday of Advent

No Mums’n’Toddlers, Bible Prayer or Folk Groups during the Christmas holidays

The ‘O’ Antiphons

These are seven short versus, one of which is sung in turn before & after the Magnificat(See the diary).

Composed in the 7th or 8th century from texts out of the Old Testament, each looks forward to the coming of our salvation and, together, form a rich mosaic of scriptural images popular in the Middle Ages

Westminster Cathedral

What’s it like to be a Chorister?

Find out for yourself at : Chorister for a day, On Saturday 2nd February 2008

“Chorister for a Day” offers boys and their families the chance to explore the full life of a Westminster Cathedral chorister, before making any formal application.

• Is your son lively, cheerful, robust and musical?
• Is he aged 8 or under?
• Is he interested in joining one of the world’s leading choirs?

Why not bring him along?

“Chorister for a Day” (actually for an afternoon) will take place on Saturday 2nd February from 1

Saint Margaret’s Christmas Party

Woodmansterne Village Hall

Friday 28th December, 2.00pm onwards
Tickets: Adults £5.00, Children £2.50 Family ticket £15.
Bring a dish and a drink.

If you would like to come, please put your name down on the list in the meeting area. For further details please ring Chris Da Cruz on 0208 699 41XX.

Congratulations to

Elycia Wilding of Windborough Road, who was baptized a sister of Jesus Christ at Saint Margaret’s last Sunday. Congratulations also to her parents and godparents.

Six Hints For Your Christmas Dinner

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French; sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek; soy sauce makes it Chinese. And garlic makes it Good.

[Alice May Brock]

Your Prayers Are Asked For

Our Sick

Geraldine Fisher, Agnes Durling, Rita Jeanes, Margaret Willmot, Betty Gordon, Morgane Hopkins [aged 7], Connell Doherty, Michael Gavin, Michael Fox [Jim’s brother], Una Pinto, Jean Moret, Mary Buckley, Brian Ward, Leonard Moore, Joan & Byron Carlton, Grace Wylie, Shirley Scott, Raymond Sweeney, Alphonse Silva, Bill Jones, Maureen Hall, John Harrington, Jan Barwis, John Meade, Linda Bennett, Mary Kerrigan, Wanda Juchniewicz, Mary Geraghty and Michael Manning

Not so many years ago

The ‘Our Sick’ list rarely took up more than four or five lines in the Newsletter, even though the print was this size! More than half the names in the current list are rather of long term disabled or housebound parishioners or their families, than those who are actually acutely sick. From the start of the New Year, therefore I will be publishing the list in two parts.

Every week will appear, as now, the names of the dying, the acutely sick, those about to have operations or are in the acute stage of recovering from them, as well as those undergoing serious outpatient treatment (for example, for chemotherapy) at hospitals

Last Sunday

I blame the appalling weather recently for last Sunday’s low attendance of 285. The Offertory came to £475.19 [£407.71 the same Sunday last year] and £649 (exactly) in response to Father Kevin Ryan’s appeal on behalf of the Xaverian Missionaries. Many thanks to you all for your generosity.

The previous Sunday’s Offertory, omitted in last week’s Newsletter, came to £511

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