A Christmas Welcome

Welcome to all our Parishioners and Visitors who are to join us for our Christmas Masses, may I wish you every joy and blessing of this Christmas Season. The times for our Christmas Masses are as follows; Christmas Eve – Vigil Mass at 6pm Christmas Day – Morning Mass at 9.30am Also there are Confessions for Christmas on; Friday 23rd December – 6.30-7pm Christmas Eve –...
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Craft group supports local Asylum Seekers

St. Clare’s Friday Craft Group has very kindly given a £100 donation to Asylum Seekers. The money has been shared between the Mary Thompson Fund, which gives £5 and a bag of food each week to people who do not get any Government help, and Justice First, which gives help and support to Asylum Seekers in our area. Many thanks to the Craft group.
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Help urgently needed for young mum

Help is urgently sought for a young, pregnant Congolese woman and her 18 month old son. This lady is not receiving any financial support and needs clothes for her son and baby clothes as well as the usual things a baby needs. She has nothing and is staying with a friend. So if you can provide any help to this young woman, please contact Barbara Morris on 277358, Gerry Butterfield on 593698,...
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Eucharistic Prayers

I have been asked about the choice of Eucharistic Prayer for Mass; in the Missal there are four Prayers that most people have become familiar with over the past 40 years. There are also two Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation, four further Prayers for Masses with a particular theme, The Church on the Way to Unity God guides the Church on the Way to Salvation Jesus the Way to the Father,...
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APF-Mill Hill Missions

Thank you to everyone who has a Red Mission Box in their home. Last year St Clare’s parish donated £2,060.60 to the Mill Hill Missions. To date, for the current year, the parish has donated £1,707.62. I wish to express my appreciation to the Promoters of the parish, who collect the money from the boxes on a six monthly basis. A special thank you to Bill Morris, who, for many years, undertook...
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