There was a surprise for veteran parishioner Alfred Canale-Parola this week when he was presented with a silver medal from the Guild of St Stephen. Alfred has been serving at weekday masses for an amazing 25 years. The award was presented by Father Ted and Deacon John.
Also in the news were four young parishioners - Sherwin, James, James and Caitlin - who received medals as members of the Guild of St Stephen. Congratulations to all of them.
The weather, however, was rather unforgiving. For the second day running, the skies were grey and miserable and rain was falling throughout the morning.
Brian was not with us, so Richard Potter took on the cantor duties. Our opening hymn, Join in the Dance, reminded us that Jesus the Saviour is risen from the grave. Father Ted's sermon today again touched on the idea of living in the present and trying not to worry about the future. Many of our worries are irrational and often based on an unlikely expectation of what bad things might happen. He said that the phrase 'Do not be afraid' appears 365 times in the bible.
A healing service takes place this afternoon at 3.30pm in the church for anyone who is unwell or has a need of anointing.
Get your eyes down for the parish bingo night. This is being organised by the UCM and takes place on Wednesday May 7th at 8pm. Admission is only £1.
A new website has been set up for St Marie's Infant School. Take a look at it by clicking here.
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