You are reminded that hall bookings are not dealt with by telephone. All communication must be via email to jezstevens.hom@btinternet.com If you do not have email, write to Liz at the Parish Office who will email on your behalf.
Re-registering is now complete and new rotas which include the 17 servers who have just completed their training are ready in the box in the Sacristy.
All servers are asked to collect their copy – last time round some remained uncollected for several weeks.
Canon Jim’s new email address is CanonJim@johnthebaptistpurley.org.uk
Please update your address books.
Canon Jim’s email address jimpannett@hotmail.com has been hijacked by someone running a Nigerian 401 scam.
If you receive one of these emails, delete it immediately.
Do not send anything to jimpannett@hotmail.com and please add jimpannett@hotmail.com to your junk email filter.
Canon Jim will have a new email address shortly, but in the meantime, you can email Liz on office@johnthebaptistpurley.org.uk.
Youth Café
This Sunday after the 18.30 Mass and every Sunday evening until 8 February. All in Year 10 who hope to be Confirmed next November should be attending.
Fr Brendan
This Christmas our parish is supporting this aid program to plant olive trees near Bethlehem to aid our Christian brothers and sisters in Palestine. Canon Jim has set us a target of 200 trees, and a field has been reserved for St John the Baptist Purley in Beth Sahur (Shepherds Fields). Please support this program.
We have identified over nine sites within the West Bank where sustainable Olive groves can be planted. Each site has been carefully selected and prepared to accept three year old Olive saplings with have been sourced locally and are certificated against disease. Irrigation has been secured for each site is fenced where necessary. Most importantly we have ensured that all OliveAid sites are positioned in non conflict areas ensuring the long term security of the Olives groves and their crop.
A local management infrastructure working in partnership with local farmers and the community monitors both the planting and the ongoing husbandry of the trees to ensure that they reach their fruiting maturity in seven years. OliveAid intend to plant 10,000 trees in the Apr 08 Mar 09 season with a further 20,000 trees next season.
We cannot accelerate the growth of the Olive tress but we can with your help maximise the number of trees planted this season so please give generously.
You can download the brochere here.
November is the traditional month for remembering the Dead. In this Parish we put the lists of the deceased members of our family on the altar and pray for them every Mass during the month. For this there are special envelopes available either in the Sacristy or at the back of the church. It is traditional to include a donation Holy Souls Masses with your family list.
Friday is the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady
09.40 Morning Prayer
10.00 Sung Mass
Masses also at 19.30 (Thursday),
07.30 and 19.30 Friday
Canon Jim is on holiday for the next month. Fr Ivan Grigis will be helping out Fr Gregory while Canon Jim is away.
You can find Bishop Paul’s blog from WYD 2008 here.
Coincidentally, Southwark pilgrims were hosted in my (previous) home diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. Bishop Paul stayed in the Bishop’s House in my home town of Maitland.