Parish News
Third Sunday of Advent
Gaudete, Bambinelli Sunday,
Year ‘C ‘,
16th December 2018
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CHRISTMAS SERVICES
IN ST CEDD’S 2018
CHRISTMAS EVE
(Monday, 24th December):
5 pm – Children’s Mass with Nativity
11.30 pm -
12 midnight -
CHRISTMAS DAY
(Tuesday, 25th December):
9.30 am -
11.00 am -
No Evening Mass
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WE REMEMBER THIS MONTH ESPECIALLY IN OUR PRAYERS:
- Those in our community who are sick and housebound: The patients at Goodmayes and King George Hospitals: Gerry McCarthy, Kathleen McCann, Bridie Whoriskey, Patrick Moriarty, Judith Innis, Edita Thomas, Derek Allan, Gloria Remedios, Catherine King, Patrick shanahan, Noreen Devey, Liam Robertson (age 6 years), Dick Collins, Pat Stanard;
- Give eternal rest to all those who have recently died: Mick Broom, William Ford, Martin Hegarty, Fr. Jimmy Sheil, Patricia Mills, Greg Gallagher, Denis Maher, Mary McCarthy, Frank McHugh;
- Those whose anniversary occur around this time: Catherine and Daniel Kearney.
BAMBINELLI SUNDAY: Today the children are invited to bring their Baby Jesus from their crib at home, to be Blessed at the 11am Mass.
There will be also an opportunity to GET A BABY JESUS for a donation to the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society (London Marathon 2019) from Fr. Marek in the porch
YOUTH LOURDES COFFEE MORNING TODAY AFTER 9.30 AND 11.AM MASS by the young people. Coffee, tea, cakes for sale, mini sale, raffle. All proceeds to assist them.
ALTAR SERVERS LIST FOR CHRISTMAS SERVING IN SACRISTY.
PARISH RECONCILIATION SERVICE in St. Cedd’s on Tuesday 18th December at 7.30 pm.
Children will dress the CHRISTMAS TREE in the Church next Sunday at the 11 am Mass.
CHRISTMAS EVE CHILDREN’S MASS WITH NATIVITY AT 5 PM: All families with primary school children are invited to be involved in this Mass. There is a list in the porch for names. Rehearsals on Saturday 22nd at 11–12noon and Sunday 23rd December at 2-
GOODMAYES HOSPITAL – CAROL SINGING on Tuesday 18th December between 2-
DON’T FORGET THE REFUGEES: Box in the chapel for small packs of orange juice, basmati rice, tea bags, cornflakes, coffee, jam and will be taken up in offertory procession at the 11.00am Mass.
THANK YOU also for your collection last week amounting to £1088.15 (£524.15 loose, £564.00 envelopes), Bucket collection for flowers £260.00 and for your continuing support of the La Salette Mission in Ukraine & Madagascar.
ST. CEDD’S CATHOLIC CLUB LTD; music from 9 pm: 16th Dec. -
NEW YEARS’S EVE DANCE, LOWER HALL -
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GIFT AID BRIEFLY EXPLAINED…
Gift Aid is a method, approved by HMRC, of substantially increasing the value of your offerings. Our Parish, as a registered charity, can reclaim from the Government an extra 25 pence for every pound you give.
For example, if your donation was £5.00 per week, the Parish would be able to claim an extra £65.00 on top of the £ 260 you would have contributed (52 weeks X £5), making your contribution to be £ 325.00 at absolutely no cost to you. At the end of the financial year, the Gift Aid organiser will send you a letter with details of your donation and how much additional amount the Parish would have gained from your valuable support.
The amounts you give is strictly confidential.
- Your donations do not need to be a fixed commitment, it can vary from week to week
- You give whatever you feel you can afford
- You can stop and restart whenever you can
- Gift Aid can be applied to all your donations whether regular or occasional
Anyone whose donations to the Church are made out of taxed income can complete a Gift Aid Declaration which can be obtained from the Gift Aid Organiser. Please note, anyone in the following categories who are resident in the UK can Gift Aid if they are
- Working and paying income tax
- A Self-
employed taxpayer. - Retired and paying income tax on a pension
Please remember every gift whether large or small is greatly valued. Thank you.
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‘Working together to Evangelise Our Diocese. Advent 2017’,
the first formal proposal for the renewal
and restructuring of our diocese
Output from the Parish Meeting
on the Proposed Diocesan Restructuring
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Parish of Saint Cedd, Goodmayes
