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Please view an additional newsletter for this week:

Please view an additional newsletter for this week:

FIRST EUCHARIST – 2026 Applications for 2026 are now invited. The programme is a commitment of 20 weeks. The classes, for those who regularly aƩend Sunday Mass, will be on Saturdays 10am - 11am at St Margaret Mary’s Park Gate. A starting date is to be confirmed. For the application form, contact S. Heart Parish Office: farehamportchester@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Closing date for applications is Sunday 28th September 2025

Every other Monday, 7pm at Sacred Heart Hall Next meeting: 15th Sept. 7pm for coffee/tea. Meeting starts at 7.30pm, closing at 9pm. All welcome. For more info contact: lornefry1954@hotmail.com

LADIES’ GROUP - Second Wednesdays - 7.30pm at St PH Hall Join our Ladies’ Group, getting to know each other, sharing our faith, and growing deeper in our relationship with the Lord. Every woman is so welcome - no age limit applies. Contact Eloise at: eloise@olimcomms.com

cafod.org.uk CAFOD's partner, Caritas Jerusalem, is delivering medical treatment to displaced people and providing medicines to treat chronic illnesses. Your donations have been a lifeline. Despite the restrictions on aid coming into Gaza, CAFOD has helped 1,400 households buy supplies in the last month and are feeding 2,000 people with new stocks of flour and rice. Cardinal Pizzaballa (Patriarch of Jerusalem) says, “Christ is not absent from Gaza. He is there - crucified in the wound‐ ed, buried under rubble, and yet present in every act of mer‐ cy, every candle in the darkness, every hand extended to the suffering.”  Thank you for your appeals & prayers for peace

Sat. 20th Sept. 10.30am-1.30pm. St Bede’s Ch. Basingstoke Come and hear about the difference your donaƟons are making and CAFOD’s work with partners in Southern Ethiopia. A simple lunch will be provided so please book your place by emailing Jo: jlewry@cafod.org.uk

Following on from the mini-mission, we are hoping to start several prayer walks where partakers can pray for the people who live, learn or work in the residences, schools and care homes viewed or who are encountered along the way. We are asking for several volunteers who could serve as coordinators for the different areas of the parish. A coordinator would be asked to plan a route, set a risk assessment / schedule, and assemble the walkers. If you are interested in being a coordinator, please contact Dcn Larry;: lmurawski@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk .

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, 7pm - 8pm at Sacred Heart Church Please come and pray for workers in the Lord’s vineyard.