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Blessed Antonio Rosmini
Those who were able to attend the
Mass of Blessed Antonio Rosmini in Westminster Cathedral last
Tuesday enjoyed a very special celebration which they will long
remember. Over a thousand members of the Rosminian family with
some 40 clergy attended from all parts of the country to offer
thanks.
Bishop Mark’s Jubilee
Nest Saturday, July 12th,
Bishop Mark will celebrate his golden jubilee of priesthood with
a Mass in the Cathedral at 11.30 am. All are welcome to give
thanks for his fifty years of priestly ministry.
School News
As the end of term rapidly
approaches, lots of planned activities have finally arrived -
all in the same week! The infants had a lovely morning on
Wednesday when Theatre Na Nog visited the school to
present their production of Me, a Giant - a twist on the
traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. They have since
produced their own stories on this theme using the fun story
sacks given to them by the theatre company. Mrs Dineen took
Year 6 pupils to the Aquadome on Thursday morning to
Crucial Crew to take part in a variety of workshops organised by
Safer Neath Port Talbot Community Partnership, involving
agencies including South Wales Police, Fire Service, British
Red Cross and Road Safety. The aim of the event was to
raise awareness among Year 6 children about how to tackle or
avoid dangerous situations and help them avoid becoming involved
in crime. Mrs Stephens and Mrs Susan Phillips (our Healthy
Schools Governor) took Ryan Hacker and Georgia John to the
Healthy Schools Award ceremony in the Princess Royal Theatre to
receive our 2nd Healthy Schools Award. They
all enjoyed the morning’s presentations, had a healthy lunch and
then participated in a variety of circus skills.
Miss Randall and Mrs Thomas took
years 3,4, and 5 to the annual Churches Together Exhibition
at St David’s church. Luckily, the rain held off and they
arrived dry in the centre of Neath. It was a great opportunity
for the children to meet with children from other schools in the
area for an assembly followed by a quiz, squash and biscuits and
a chance to see all their work on display. Finally, the week
ended with a PTA Family Quiz Night. It was a great
evening and everyone enjoyed themselves. A big Thank You to all
who attended.
Reminders!
Our Sports Day
is this Tuesday, 8th July, at St Joseph’s
Comprehensive, Port Talbot. Next Sunday we celebrate our end of
year school Mass. Please join us in the school afterwards for
refreshments. Then, on Tuesday, July 15th at 1.30 pm
in the school and again on Wednesday at 6.30 pm we have a
“Summer Serenade” N.B. There are still two unclaimed
bottle prizes in the presbytery from the recent raffle -
Nos. 261-265 and 311-315. If you have lost your counterfoil
tickets we shall add them to the donations for the bottle stall.
For further information about
what is happening at school, visit our web site on
www.stjosephrc.baglanit.org.uk/
If your child is 3 years of age
before 31st
August 2008, and you would like them to join our school, please
contact Mrs. C. M. Dineen (Head teacher)
Special Collections
As we mentioned some weeks ago,
there are several special collections at this time of year. All
are for very worthy causes which you are asked to note and
prepare for. Last week is was for Peter’s Pence, this week it
is A Day for Life; next week it is for the Apostleship of the
Sea, and the week after it is for the St Barnabas Society in aid
of converts to the Catholic Faith from other churches.
A Day for Life
This Sunday, July 6th,
the Bishops of England and Wales authorise this special annual
collection in support of the sacredness of human life. The
proceeds of this year’s collection will go principally to the
Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics and other life-related
activities supported by the Church. The focus this year is on
mental health - on the 25% of the population who will experience
mental - health problems, on their families, friends and
carers. Gift AID envelopes are available at the back of the
church; so also are information and prayer leaflets. Please
take these with you. Cheques should be made payable to Catholic
Trust for England and Wales and enclosed with the Gift Aid
envelopes.
Sea Sunday
Next Sunday, July 13th
there will be a second collection in support of the Apostleship
of the Sea. The Church remembers all those who live and work at
sea. Seafarers are commonly recruited from poorer countries
where wages are lower, Seafarers work in difficult and often
dangerous conditions suffering from loneliness, spiritual
deprivation and even exploitation as they transport the goods we
use and consume every day.
The Apostleship of the Sea
(AOS) is the official
maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church in Great
Britain. It reaches out to seafarers who visit our ports each
year, offering pastoral and practical support and care. The AOS
is wholly dependent on voluntary donations to continue its work;
it takes the love of Christ to seafarers in the name of the
Church, recognising them as our brothers and sisters in need.
Sea Sunday is your chance to help AOS make a real difference to
the lives of seafarers. Everything AOS does is on behalf of
Britain’s Catholic community, but it receives no statutory
funding from either the Church or the government. Please give
generously next Sunday, their ministry cannot continue without
you.
World Youth Day
Fifteen young people from the
diocese are travelling to World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia
next week with the Bishop, to meet up with approximately 250,000
Catholic youth from around the world for the celebration. They
will be reporting back to the diocese on the Diocesan website -
www.dioceseofmenevia.org Log on to find reports, pictures and
“podcasts” of the activities and events in Sydney throughout the
two week trip. It will be updated regularly throughout the
fortnight. Mass at Capel Mair The feast of St John Lloyd
and St Philip Evans will be celebrated with a Mass at Capel Mair
on Wednesday, 23rd July at 7.00 pm.
Age Concern
Neath Port Talbot Age Concern are
looking for people to become volunteers for a new ground
breaking befriending project for the local community. This is
part of a country - wide, social rehabilitation befriending
project to support local people aged 65+ to regain and maintain
confidence, self esteem and well - being, with peer support from
about 90 volunteers. The process will be initiated through
involvement in an intensive eleven week programme of community -
based social and leisure activities. One main activity will be
a lunch club; there will also be specially organised groups
depending on what participants would like to do, for example,
walking groups, book clubs, arts and crafts, day trips etc.
Please see further details at the back of the church.
Witness
Fr. Eugene’s book is available
from him in the presbytery; £15.00.
Parish Summer Fete
Donations of gifts and bottles
are beginning to arrive for the Parish Summer Fete on Saturday,
July 19th at 1.30 pm. Tickets are available after
Mass. Bottles for the bottle stall will be welcomed at the
presbytery, as also will contributions for the other stalls.
(Some very fine contributions have been donated). Please keep up
the momentum of your generosity.
Papal Honours
On Saturday, 27th
September at 11.30 in St Joseph’s Cathedral there will be a Mass
at which a number of Papal honours will be awarded. Bishop Mark
invites you all to come with those who have already received
Papal honours and celebrate together.
Neath
Offertory Collections
29.06.08
Parish £488.80
Levy £104.10
Peter’s Pence £92.86
Church Cleaners
Rota 3
The Jumbulance Group
- Sponsored walk raised £550.00
and so many thanks to all
Coming events
R.C.I.A.
Meeting - every Tuesday at 7.00 pm in the presbytery
Parent and Toddler
Group - every Wednesday 9.30 to
11.30 am.
Sunday, 13th July
Apostleship of the Sea Appeal.
Sunday 20th July -
St Barnabas Society Appeal.
18th - 21st
August - Catholic Charismatic Renewal - Wales at the
University of Wales, Lampater from.
Friday 26th September
- Sacrament of Confirmation with Bishop Mark 7.00 pm.
25th October - 1st
November - A pilgrimage to Malta and Rome to mark the
2000th Anniversary of the Birth of St Paul. See details in the
porch.
Briton Ferry
Offertory Collection
29/06/08 £272.79
Peter’s Pence £50.82
SVP Meeting Monday 7th
July 06:30 pm.
Churches Together
On Sunday 20th July, Briton Ferry
Churches Together will be holding an ecumenical family
service for Sea Sunday at the site of the old dock in Briton
Ferry at 3.00 pm in the area behind the recently restored
engine-house, close to the renowned Brunel dock gate. In view of
the plans to restore more of the dock area and to create a
direct access path between Briton Ferry and Baglan Bay, it
seemed an excellent opportunity to recall the town's maritime
connections in that locality: all are welcome to join in what
will likely be a lively gathering!
Glynneath
Offertory Collection
29/06/08 £54.70 |
