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WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 28th June - 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 29th June - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
WEEK OF 30th June
Monday 30th June - 9:30am First Communion Mass Celebration, 12 noon Mass
Tuesday 1st July - No Mass, 7:30pm Rosary
Wednesday 2nd July - Church closed
Thursday 3rd July - 12pm
Friday 4th July - No Mass
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 5th July - 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 6th July - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
St Joan of Arc would like to congratulate parishioner, John De Gama-Rose on his investiture as a Knight in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The investiture took place within the Lieutenancy of the Order in the England & Wales. John was invested by the Grand Prior, His Grace Archbishop John Wilson on Saturday 21st June 2025 in St George’s Catholic Cathedral, Southwark. More information on the order can be found here: https://eohsj.org.uk/.
Choral Concert Raises the Roof and Kicks off Fundraising Appeal
The National Churches Survey - Deadline 30 June 2025
This survey gives every church a voice. The National Churches Trust is carrying out a survey to help politicians, the media, and the wider public better understand the challenges churches, like yours, face and to highlight the vital work they do. They want to hear from staff and volunteers at churches in the UK. Your response will provide essential evidence to build a clearer picture – to tell a stronger, more informed story about your church, and others like it, and help to address some of the biggest challenges facing churches and ensure their future. The survey closes on Monday 30 June 2025.
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URGENT PETITION: Assisted Suicide Bill Threatens Vulnerable People
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St Peter and St Paul, Apostles
Clergy Conference & On-going Formation - 1st & 2nd July 2025
This week, all parish priests gather with Bishop Richard for on-going formation. As such, I need to amend my week, meaning there will be no Mass on Tuesday 1st July or Friday 4th July.
Bishop Richards says, ‘Formation is life-long, for the journey to closer conformity to Christ is the very purpose of our lives. This work of formation is a vital element in our lives. We cannot fulfil the mission to which we have been called without engaging in formation and… a model of life-long formation for every person must be seen as a significant fruit for the Diocese.’
This year’s theme is ‘how to live out our vocation in the parishes of the future’. Over the past 18 months, across the diocese our 11 deaneries are preparing to become 11 parishes, served by a clergy team, who - while retaining their connection to a specific community - will work more closely together. While each of these new parishes are at a different stage, it is hoped that by the end of 2025, all the new parishes will have been established.
Please pray that this week’s clergy formation will provide us an opportunity to learn from one another on how to be shepherds to our people in a Church that experiences what has been termed a ‘change of era’. It is accepted that too much of our priests’ time is taken up with administrative duties, for they hold the legal responsibility for many of the regulatory activity of the parish. This challenge is not new: In the Acts of the Apostles (6:1-7), the Apostles faced the dilemma of not being able to give the necessary time to prayer and preaching.
Volunteering is integral to parish life. The many employees and volunteers in the parish play an important and increasing role in running a community of faith. If we want priests to give up these administrative tasks, they will want to be assured that the people have accepted the role and will carry it out with the mind of the Church and the rule of Law, both Civil and Canon Law.
Fr Simon gave a talk on "The Paschal Mystery – a reflection on Jesus Christ as the wounded healer” recently in Guildford. Take the time to Read Fr Simon's Talk
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