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QUIZ NIGHT – LOURDES YOUNG HELPERS FUNDRAISER Friday 19th June , 7pm at St Philip Howard Hall More details to follow…
PARISH ECOLOGY GROUP ‘PEG’ Tuesdays after Mass - Recycling. Sacred Heart Hall Please come & support the recycling operation work that supports different charities. Help needed please!
To all of you who donated Easter eggs for seafarers – they were moved by your thoughƞulness, for remembering them this Easter, and for the support, care and prayer you give.
John Ware, who has been our resident Seminarian since September, is moving to St John’s Cathedral Parish for the last few weeks of his propaedeutic year. We thank him for all he has given of himself while with our parish, especially with helping lead the RCIA group, and please do keep him in your prayers as he continues to discern his vocation.
Please visit 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 commences in JULY
Tuesdays, 10:30am - 12 noon Sacred Heart Church Come & be with Our Lord, even if only for a few moments. Essential for growing in a personal relationship with Christ. HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS - ‘… ask the Lord.’ Mt 9:38 Thursdays, 7.30pm - 8.30pm at Sacred Heart Church Please come and pray for workers in the Lord’s vineyard.
SERVER OF THE MONTH - April Well done to Gabriel B - awarded the Green Cincture of Honour for May! Thank you to all our wonderful team!
CHURCH CLEANING SPH Thursday 2nd April at 8.30am and/or Saturday 4th April in the morning (time to be confirmed) Please contact the parish office or just turn up!
February “Server of the Month” Well done to Faith who has been awarded the Green Cincture of Honour for the coming month (March). Thank you to all the servers and their families for your support. Holy Week Practices and Triduum Liturgies Please return your attendance forms to the Sacristy for jobs!
A BIG THANK YOU From Cn. John and us all… To our BEREAVEMENT TEAM for the support with the large number of funerals that we've had recently. To our HEALTH AND SAFETY TEAM For their hard work signing off the necessary ‘Work Nest’ Audit for our two Church sites and liaising with our many Parish Groups (let alone the chore of the weekly checks). This has been a huge task, to say the least. Thank you all for your cooperaƟon with what has been asked by the Parish Team and the required checklists for this necessary part of Parish life that Cn John is legally responsible for.
I hope you have been blessed with an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. Your cards, kind messages and gifts to me have been so generous. Thank you too for your very kind gift of the Christmas offering. Thank you to the team for your huge effort with the extra celebrations for New Year, Altar Servers and Epiphany - AMDG. Cn John. (Cn John’s Christmas break is 26th - 30th January)
Please visit 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 commences in JULY
This is a Holy Day of Obligation - a specific feast day when the Catholic faithful are obliged to celebrate the Eucharist. Masses: 10am Sacred Heart Church. 1.30pm St Philip Howard led by St Jude’s School 7.30pm St Margaret Mary Ch. Park Gate
WESTMINSTER ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL HAS FALLEN To find out more about this significant milestone visit: https://righttolife.org.uk/LeadbeaterBillFalls
PORTCHESTER CHURCHES TOGETHER - PENTECOST Ecumenical Service. Sun 24th May 6pm . St. Marys Church
SYCAMORE PATHWAY IN FAITH - ENQUIRY SESSIONS Starting Weds 3rd June, 7.15-8.45pm , Our Lady, Stubbington Consisting of 6 introductory sessions related to Christianity and the Catholic Church. To enrol please contact Deacon Larry: lmurawski@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk.
PARISH PRAYER WALKS First Sunday of the month - from Sacred Heart Ch. 2pm Details contact: lmurawski@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Second Monday of the month - from St P Howard Ch. 10am Details contact; davidcockshoot@gmail.com All welcome - Faith, fellowship and fresh air! Prayer like this is known to bear fruit!
QUIZ NIGHT – LOURDES YOUNG HELPERS FUNDRAISER Friday 19th June , 7pm at St Philip Howard Hall More details to follow…
Supporting the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales department which fosters positive relationships with media outlets to communicate the Good News of the Gospel.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE WITH BISHOP PHILIP Monday 6th - Friday 10th July ‘26 From Heathrow. £949 per person for a shared room. Youth pilgrims £895 Please contact: Cn. P.J. Smith 07780 221 686 or by post to St. Edmunds House, Bp Crispian Way, Portsmouth. PO1 3QA CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION PILGRIMAGE Friday 21st - Friday 28th August 2026 Visit: www.catholicassociation.co.uk A medically enhanced pilgrimage for Assisted Pilgrims or come as a Young Pilgrim Helper. Youth pilgrims £600 all in! For over a hundred years the CA’s mission has been to make pilgrimage possible for all, (Cn John is staying at the Hotel Eliseo). Jumbulance travel available too. Chartered flights with Tangney Tours.
MONTHLY NEURODIVERSITY MASS – “QUIET” MASS 3rd Sunday of the Month - 6pm. St Philip Howard Church A basic Sunday liturgy offering a calmer, low-stimulation environment, atmosphere with lower lights, no music, no incense and a stigma-free environment. For details contact: Stephanie Campbell via the parish office
Pope Francis
If peoples are to remain brothers and sisters, prayer must rise unceasingly to Heaven, and one single word constantly echo on earth: peace.