ORGANIST - Sacred Heart Sunday 9am Mass We have been looking for an organist to help lead the liturgy at the Sunday 9am Mass and 10am Holy Days Mass. Does anyone know of a competent organist, as the console and its’ stops are a bit “􏰁red”, or have contacts whom we could approach? Many thanks. Cn John

ALL SOULS’ DAY Monday 3rd November 10am Sacred Heart Church 7.30pm St Philip Howard Church "When a man is dead, he can do nothing more for himself ... But we can do something for the faithful departed in purgatory. Our love extends into the a􏰀erlife. Through our fas􏰁ng, prayers, and good works, but especially through the celebra􏰁on of Holy Eucharist, we can obtain grace for the departed" (YouCat 160) In this forthcoming month of the Holy Souls, we encourage you to increase your prayers for our family members, friends, and all those who have no one to pray for them.

Please view our additional items of news posted for this week: QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN NEEDED! We are in urgent need for a qualified electrician to work with our gas engineer to fix the hea􀆟ng system at St Philip Howard church. We are assured this is a small job but requires the input of a qualified electrician. If you can help, or know someone who can, please contact the parish office on 01329 318869 MAGICAL MELODIES Wednesday 22nd October, 7pm, Our Lady of the Immaculate Concep􀆟on Church, Stubbington The choir invites you to join them for an evening of magical melodies – popular songs, songs from the shows, folk songs and sing-a-longs! This will be followed by a bring and share buffet in the hall. Tea, coffee and squash will be available but you are welcome to bring your own choice of drink. All are welcome. FIREWORKS DISPLAY Wednesday 22nd October, St Jude’s School St Jude’s school and pre-school invite you to their firework display. Starts at 5.30pm. Display ay 7pm. Food Popcorn Drinks Game Stalls Glow Accessories and so much more! Adults £5 Children £1 CASH ONLY Please do not bring your own fireworks or Sparklers Cau􀆟on if using pushchairs as ground may be boggy CTIF CHRISTINGLE-MAKING. BIG LIGHT SWITCH ON. Saturday 22nd November, West Street, Fareham We will be running our Chris􀆟ans Together in Fareham Chris􀆟ngle-making stand as part of the big Light Switch-on event in Fareham. As usual, we would like a good number of volunteers to help with this please. It is a great opportunity to have fun and engage with the general public, to talk about the real meaning of Christmas, and to witness to our Chris􀆟an presence and unity in Fareham.

First Eucharist. Our urgent need is for 4 people to join the established First Holy Communion team, who will be leading our children through their preparation in the New Year, hosted at St Margaret Mary’s, Park Gate. If you could consider this, we have time to arrange the required DBS for Safeguarding if you could let us know asap. We are always on the lookout for new Confirmation and RCIA catechists too – as many hands, spread the load. Please speak with Cn John if you can help

THANK YOU TO THE PARISH HEALTH & SAFETY TEAM We have been blessed with a wonderful team response to the WorkNest Health & Safety Audit calling our proper􀆟es & procedures to account on behalf of the Diocese. A huge thank you to Bruce and the Health and Safety Core Team who have spent many hours over the past year, working with parish groups and signing off the items of the audit reports, seeking to make sure we are compliant. Hopefully this will be complete just before Christmas.

St Pope John Paul reminded us, the frequent use of Confession is in many ways the safeguard of love and peace. We must not lose the sense of sin or we will rationalise all our selfishness and wrongness of heart. Let us not leave this sacrament of peace and of freedom to just Advent or Lent. Trust in this sacrament of healing. Thursdays : After the 10am Mass . Saturdays : 5-6pm (first Saturdays 10-11am)

Please visit www.catholicchurchfareham.org.uk/baptism BAPTISM www.catholicchurchfareham.org.uk/baptism Please visit the parish website for details and to register online. Why not take part while “still expecting”? Next Preparation Pathway dates: Meet & Greet - in person Saturday 8th Nov, 10am Online Session 1 Tuesday 18th Nov, from 8pm Online Session 2 Tuesday 25th Nov, from 8pm The closing date for this Preparation Pathway is on Friday 24th October Midday The following Pathway commences in February 2026. The following Preparation Pathway commences in November 2025.

Sat 20th Sept, 12-4pm, S.Heart Hall For info. contact John: franciscansolent@outlook.com

Please remember we have an automatic number plate recogniƟon (ANPR) system at St Philip Howard car park. Car parking restrictions in place Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. If you are aƩending the church during these times please provide the parish office with your car registration number and we can add this to the system for future use. There is also a tablet located in the church foyer where visitors who have not pre-registered can enter their registration number for ‘on the day’ use of the car park.  Blue Badge Holders must register their vehicle too.