PARISH NOTICES for the week beginning: 7th September 2008 23rd Sunday Of The Year

MEETINGS This week IN THE PARISH CENTRE
Wednesday:
Bridge Club 10.15am.

This WEEK
Meetings The PPC meeting arranged for last week and the Finance Meeting arranged for this week have both been postponed.

Next WEEK
WELLSPRINGS – LECTIO DIVINA  Wednesday 17th September 45 Hemsdale. All welcome.

St Vincent de Paul Society September is SVP Awareness Month and the theme this year is “Who is my neighbour?” – please look at the posters in the entrance porch. Finding, supporting and serving God in our neighbour is fundamental to the Society's work and we are always in need of new members to help carry out this work. If you are interested, please contact Ruth Dean on 01628 671358. The St Edmund Campion Conference, in conjunction with the school, will be holding a fundraising draw over the next two weekends (13th/14th and 20th/21st September) and your support will be gratefully received.

Liturgy Anyone who would like to become involved and make a contribution to any aspect of liturgy (reading, music, bidding prayers, servers, children’s liturgy etc), especially those who are currently involved, should drop a message expressing their interest to the Parish Centre for the attention of Phil Melling or email philmelling@yahoo.co.uk. We will be organising a meeting in September when most people will be back off holiday.

New evangelisation website for children www.yfaith.co.uk is a new Catholic website which aims to provide a home-based support to parents and others responsible for the faith formation of children and young people. Its target age group is 10-13 year olds who have questions to ask and want to learn more about their journey of faith. As such it features more than 20 interactive pages covering music and film, ‘Girls Only’ and ‘Boys Only’ sections, book reviews, the Bible and a questions area. It is designed to enable “tweenagers” to engage with, explore and express their Catholic Faith. It has been created by the Catholic Agency To Support Evangelisation (CASE) which is an agency of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. Please do tell people about it and play your part in supporting our future Catholic evangelists.

Visit of Bishop to Maidenhead

3rd October 7pm at St Joseph's. Confirmations for St Joseph's and St Edmund Campion.
5th October 5pm at St Mark's Dedworth. Pastoral Area briefing and Liturgy. This is an opportunity to find out more about how the changes set   out in the Bishop's plan will affect the parish communities in the Windsor and   Maidenhead Pastoral Area, and provide an opportunity to meet the Bishop.
12th October The Bishop will celebrate 11.15 Mass at St Edmund Campion and meet parishioners afterwards.

Catholic children’s Society Photography Competition – theme of "the cross" . . . closing soon. The Society   is looking for photos depicting the theme of "the cross" which  can be printed and sold as greetings cards. Entries close on 15th September Up to five images can be entered and full details of how to apply are online at   www.cathchild.org (see 'News' section). Alternatively you can email or call Ann   Hoggan from the Supporter Care team: ann.hoggan@cathchild.org, 020 8668 2181,for an application form.

SCHOOL NEWS
NURSERY opening IN JANUARY 2009 Sessions will be 8.45-11.45am and 12.30-3.30pm with a lunch club at a cost of £3. Families are entitled to five free sessions a week. Extra sessions cost £10 each. Application forms can be downloaded from the school's website, www.st-edmund.org.uk.

Nursery If you are having a clearout of toys, especially sit-and-ride or other outdoor toys, please think about the nursery. We would be grateful for anything suitable for 3- to 5-year-olds.