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Parish
Fr Anthony Clifford Lobo SDB
24 Hours for the Lord

From noon on 4th April to noon on 5th April 2025, our parish opened its doors for 24 hours, offering opportunities for Eucharistic Adoration, confession, and personal prayer. It was a beautiful way to deepen one’s spiritual journey during Lent and a wonderful opportunity for our parish community to come

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Formation
Jo Wood
Eucharistic Ministers Training Morning

As we all know, the Eucharist is at the centre of all that our church is and does.  It is the ‘real presence’ of the risen Lord and it is a joy for us to be able to share in this gift at Communion every time we come to Mass.

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Youth
Michelle Friend
Flame – Unstoppable: Fan the Flame of Hope

On Saturday 15 March, the OLSD Youth Ministry organised for 26 individuals of all ages, to attend OVO Arena Wembley, to take part in the Catholic Youth Ministry Federation’s ‘Flame’. Attended by 10,800 people from all over the country, as well as individuals from Austria and Ukraine, a wonderful day

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Parish
Yvette MacLeod
Knitting for Charity

For people working at sea, icy conditions and harsh storms are a regular occurrence. Days can feel long and cold. A knitted hat or mittens can not only help to protect them from the cold, but for the 1.5 million people who work at sea, transporting 90% of our goods,

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Mamma Margherita Fellowship
Ian Ledgerwood
Talk by Samaritans

On Thursday 13th March 2025, the Mamma Margherita Fellowship hosted three outreach members of Samaritans, who explained the origin of this organisation and work they do. Samaritans was started in 1953 by Chad Varah, an Anglican priest in London who had been deeply affected by the death by suicide of

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RCIA
Laura Sutcliffe
Rite of Election

On Saturday 8th March 2025, our group made our way down to St John’s Cathedral in Portsmouth for the Rite of Election and Call to Continue Conversion. On what was the warmest weekend of the year so far, it truly was to be a beautiful day both inside the cathedral

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