Bulletin - 26th February 2017

Post date: Feb 25, 2017 7:0:3 PM

PARISH REGISTER – If you have changed or have a new mobile telephone number or email address please complete a Parish Register Form available at the back of church and hand to Fr. Harriott. Thank You

NEW PARISHIONERS - If you are a new member of the parish, would you please make yourself known to Fr. Harriott or a member of the Parish Council and complete a form available at the back of church.

26^th Feb. 2017 - Readers – C. Dobson & J. Coulson Ems – B. Wareing, A. Hall & J. Craigie

Tea & Coffee – Susan & Sian

5^th Mar. 2017 - Readers – R.S-Dickerson & J. Kingston Ems – Z. G-Johnson, S. Hall & M. Cowan

Teas – Rob & Barbara Wareing

OFFERTORIES - This figure does not include Direct Debit payments

Friday 10^th March 2017 will be Family Fast Day and a retiring collection for CAFOD will be taken on

Sunday 12^th March 2017

COFFEE AFTERNOONS – The next two Coffee Afternoons will be on Thursday 9^th March and 20^th April 2017

at 1.30pm. These are open to ALL, not just parishioners, Please come along and invite a friend and your neighbour.

HEXHAM GALILEE TALKS – Catholic Education : Why bother. A talk by Mr. Joe Hughes Saturday 4^th March at 11am to be held in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hencotes, Hexham NE46 2EB

A DIOCESAN SACRAMENTAL DAY for RECONCILIATION & EUCHARITST – Saturday 4^th March 10am-3pm to be held in St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Gateshead NE8 1LX. No charge, please bring a packed lunch. If you would like to attend,please contact via tel. 0191 2433313 or adultformation@diocesehn.org.uk

ST. PATRICK'S CEILIDH Will be held 17^th March 2017 in the Benedictine Club, all our partnership parishes have been invited, but we ask as many parishioners as possible to come along and support this social evening. Tickets £3 adults £1 children will be available after Mass. Refreshments via a shared table.

FUTURE EVENTS – These are detailed on the back of the Newsletter and will also be mentioned on the front of the Newsletter nearer their date. When available, posters will also be displayed on our noticeboard.

ADDITIONAL PARISH & DIOCESAN INFORMATION- can be obtained from the Parish website https://sites.google.com/site/stjohnsannitsford. Anyone experiencing problems accessing the site, please contact Jerry Laidler on 07801 452372

"A partnership is a group of parishes agreeing to work together, to share resources, both human and material, to become stronger and better equipped for furthering the Kingdom of God".

Bishop Séamus

As you may have already read and heard, the proposal we submitted was approved with the added bonus of partnering with Sacred Heart, North Gosforth. This is a momentous decision for us all and everyone in our partnership is very excited at the prospect of developing and building our communities together.

There are four partnerships within our Northumberland Vicariate of which all proposals were accepted with ours referenced as Vicaraiate-4 (A4).

The Diocesan FTiH team will be providing further guidance in due course but their immediate ask is that we ‘Think People’. They tell us that:

“…Partnerships are about people, communities and relationships. An important aspect of the early stage of forming a partnership is for people to get to know each other better. Perhaps it is worth thinking about and discussing how you might start to do this across your area …”

To that end this is why the partnership is holding a get together by having a ceilidh …

... please read on J

St. Patrick’s Night Ceilidh for All the Community

Friday 17^th March @7:30pm:

To celebrate our new partnerships and bring communities together and raise money for CAFOD, St. Johns Youth Council are organising a Ceilidh with live band on

Friday 17th March at the Benedictine club at 7:30pm.

Tickets £3 per adult £1 Children - shared table - All will be welcome, especially families.

+ Tickets are on SALE NOW at the back of church +

+ Please support this partnership event +

All in our partnership would like to thank the Benedictine Catholic Social Club for supporting and getting this event off the ground as they are an integral part of our community.

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StJohns Youth Council meeting today (26th Feb) after 9.30 Mass.

All children aged between 6-16 years are most welcome. Please come to the altar at the end of Mass - It would be great to see you there!

Know of any community focused event/activity, then please let us know and we will try our best to publicise.