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Cycle
of Prayer:
During winter time and up to Lent we are asked to pray
for these intentions: Peace on Earth; Christian Unity; the Sick and
those who care for them; Students and teachers; and for all who are
Unemployed.
May they rest in
peace:
We remember in our
prayers all who have died recently:
Kathleen
Morgan and Phillip Giles as well as
those
whose anniversaries occur at this time: Audrey Hurley, Grace Whelan Ron
Trahar, Josephine May, William Mochan, Peter Chadd and Ann Cuddy.
Our Sick Members of the Parish: Please
pray for them: Constance Chandler, Steven Saunders, Nancy
Rafferty, Patricia O’Shea, Pat Day, Canon Sylvester O’Donnell, Frances
Thomas, Lilian Lowry, Stella Edgell, Leo Linney, Marie Galvin, Margaret
Jenkins, Maureen Gough, Norman and Hilda Price, Sister Clare at
Bothwell, Kathleen Tanner, Hazel and Peter Huxtable, Peggy Evans,
Gerard (Gerry) O’Sullivan, Kevin Thomas and Josie Pritchard.
The Diocesan
Youth Commission
is running a competition to design a YOUTH LOGO. The winner if over 16 -
will be going to Madrid for free. See notice board.
Youth Pilgrimage to Madrid
this event is open to
parishioners,
especially any between 16-30 year olds. The deadline for returning the
application form and deposit is the 18th February. Forms can
be obtained by sending name and age, to
meneviawyd@gmail.
Details
have been published for the last three months in the Menevia News.
School News
We’ve had
a busy and informative week.
School Nurse K. Morgan visited the school
on Monday to talk to the Year three children about hand washing and
personal hygiene. On Thursday Mrs. Beesley a
local practice nurse spoke to them about keeping healthy.
The children participated in discussion and impressed both nurses with
their knowledge. Mr Anthony and Miss Pryse accompanied Years five and
six on a residential visit at Margam Discovery
Centre. They are
absolutely exhausted and recovering from their action packed week. They
set traps for mammals (which were set free), went on a river walk, lit a
camp fire, waded through a bog and used maps for orienteering. Pupils
were an absolute pleasure to take. Staff and pupils alike enjoyed every
single minute. We are currently recruiting
for supply dinner ladies.
If you are interested please contact the school.
Finally, if your child is 3 years of age before 31st
August 2011,
and you
would like them to join our school please contact Mrs. C. M. Dineen
(Head teacher).
Diary Dates Spring Term 2011
3rd
February Reception Class Assembly * 10th
February
Valentine’s Disco
* 10th February
First Holy Communion
meeting for Parents 18.00 * 14th
& 15th February
Parents Evenings *
Half Term - Monday 21st
– Friday 25th *
February 1st
March St. David’s Day
Concert
13.00 * 10th
March Year 5/6 Class Assembly Sunday * 3rd
April
Mothering Sunday Mass
11.00 * 7th April
Year 1 & 2 Class
Assembly
9.00 * 13th
April
Easter Egg Hunt
* Friday 15th
April End of term
13.15 pm
* Easter Holidays
* Monday 18th
April - Monday 2nd
May
* New Term Starts
Tuesday 3rd
May
Dates for your Diary
Wednesday Playgroup
(9.30-11.30): contact Sheila or Berni for more information.
Neath News
Parish Advisory Council .
the
next meeting will be on Wednesday the 2nd February at 19.30
in the presbytery
The Legion of Mary
warmly
invites you to the next meeting of “The Patricians” a Catholic
discussion group on 19.00 on Thursday 3rd February at St.
David’s parish hall, Swansea city centre. The topic for this meeting
will be the Rosary and our spiritual director will be Canon Pelosi. All
Catholics most welcome. Please come and bring a friend or two! There is
a tea break halfway through the meeting which ends at 21.00.
Congratulation to Edna McCarthy
who
will celebrate her 99th birthday on Monday. Love and God’s
blessing to Edna from all your parish friends.
The Parish Christians Against Torture
Group
met on Tuesday 25th. This month we are writing
& praying for some Prisoners in Senegal & Iran. Our next meeting is on
Tuesday 22nd February at 19.30 in Church Hall.
Some members of Christians Against
Torture
as individuals not as CAT
members, wondered if we could start a rosary
chain in the Parishes this Lent for victims
of
abortion. I would like some feed back on the idea from Briton Ferry,
Neath and Glyn-Neath to the idea with some idea of the best time each
day in Lent to say a Decade, or more, of the Rosary. This would be not
only for the children but also for mothers who, either now or in the
past, have felt pressurised into having an abortion and our prayers
would also include those who mistakenly promote abortion. If you agree
could we put a piece in a future newsletter and place timetables at the
back of our churches?
St. Josephs Parish Guild
is
holding a cheese and wine evening in the hall on Monday February 7th
at 19.30. This function replaces the wine and mince pie evening,
cancelled in December due to the snow. Tickets sold for that occasion
may be used for the new function.
Arts and Crafts afternoon Classes:
are on Tuesday 13.15 and will consist of knitting,
crochet and card making etc. For further information contact Sue Woods
or Isabel Buckingham. Why not come along, enjoy a cuppa and possibly
learn new skills? If you have any suitable materials please bring these
along.
First Holy Communion Classes have
started. So
if you do not attend St Joseph’s Primary school and did not come to the
class last week please feel free to join us on Tuesday at 17.00 in the
Presbytery.
Cleaning Rota
3.
We are urgently
in need of extra hands
for Church cleaning. Please contact Father or Pat O’Connell if you are
able to help.
Offertory Collection
23/01/11 £546.85
Levy
£110.60 Sick Clergy of Menevia
£231.94
Thank you for your kind support.
Briton Ferry News
Offertory
Collection
23/01/11
£257.49
Sick Clergy of Menevia
£254.94
Thank you for your kind support.
Glynneath News
Offertory Collection
23/01/11
£65.00 Sick Clergy of Menevia
£68.00 .
Thank you for your kind support.
Jumbulance Group.
This year’s Lourdes pilgrimage will take place from Tuesday 19th
July to Thursday 28th July. We will be travelling by boat
from Portsmouth to Santander and staying at the Hotel Solitude in
Lourdes. As usual we are particularly keen to recruit some extra young
helpers from the Parish (aged 16 or over). Please contact Jim if you are
interested. Full details now available.
Thank you very much for your ideas
on how to spend the £3233.29 raised last year for CAFOD
in the Parish. The most popular requests and therefore the items that
we are purchasing are as follow. Teacher’s Training £1000, Community
Water Supply £750, Storm Proof House £500, Disaster Recovery Pack £100
x2 = £200, Goat £25 x4 = £100, Vegetable Garden £10x14 = £140, Chickens
£20 x10 = £200. Drought Resistant Crops £ 12 x11 = £132 and School
Starter Pack £7 x30 = £ 210. Total spent = £3232. Money left over and
carried forward to 2011 is £1.29.
Big Thank You
Thank you
would be
easy to say and yet I really want to express my great joy to you all for
the support you have given to Eugene
over the last year and at
the Friday Rosary, then on Sunday the
reception of Eugene into church, followed by the wonderful Requiem Mass.
For me this demonstrates your love for him. God Bless you
all particularly those who made the day possible and so successful. I
am happy to be here with you all and hope to serve you as best I can.
From Fr. Eddie
Tributes to Fr. Eugene
Fr. Eugene we will miss your smile, your caring ways, that brightened
usurp, on our darkest days, when our school children attended mass. You
were wonderful with all the classes your patience was
endless, your kindness too so thank you. Anita Gore
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