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HOPE
IN THE FUTURE
At
St Vincents, we hope to make everyone feel
welcome among us particularly through our
welcomers at Sunday Masses. In order to
emphasise this, we have designed and
produced a Welcome Leaflet available in
trifold format HERE.
It is also available on the Diocesan Hope
in the Future Resources website. It is
particularly aimed at those infrequent
visitors, whom we would wish to feel
particularly welcome amongst us -
Christians, non-Christians and those
Catholics, who for whatever reason do not
attend regularly. The intention is to make
the leaflets generally available in the
narthex particularly for services such as
weddings, funerals and baptisms and we
would be very grateful for any comments or
suggestions you may have.
PARISH
UPDATE FEBRUARY 2019 :
The Diocese is supporting the life of the
Parish through a series of events that are
available to anyone, who is interested.
The last event on Prayer
and Spirituality was on Saturday 16th
March in the Cathedral Centre,
Salford. Other events will cover Finance /
Administration . Buildings and Health &
safety: Websites, Social Media and
Newsletters; Social Action & Youth
ministry.Please see the poster on the
noticeboard for dates and venues or contact
the Parish Support Team (Mike Davis, Monica
Oliver, Briege Sivills, Fiona Dunn Carol
Dodgson & Annmarie Thetford)
PARISH
OUTREACH NOVEMBER 2018 :
We here at St Vincent's have so much to offer
those in need... a warm welcome , a
little time to listen or to talk or maybe
something practical like sharing a meal or a
small gift.
We have brothers and sisters in our town who
have left their homes and families to seek
refuge and safety amongst us. Can we reach out
to them? We had a presentation by CAFOD on THURSDAY
15TH NOVEMBER TO THE PARISH CENTRE to
find out how we might help and contribute to
the life of our missionary parish. After an
excellent meeting and discussion, a steering
group have been formed to plan and organise
the way forward. Contact Briege Sivills for
more information.
UPDATE
OCTOBER 2018 Following a
Parish Meeting back in June a small group of
parishioners are getting together to
respond to Pope Francis' challenge for us to
reach out to each other in love and friendship
as the disciples did.
We want to find ways to make our parish even
more welcoming and to support those in our
local and global communities in practical and
prayerful ways. Projects might include, CAFOD,
CARITAS , SVP, supporting Refugees and Asylum
seekers in our town, working with our Young
people and developing good links with our
schools.
If
everyone did one little thing, our parish
would be an even more vibrant place.
Please do come along. Everyone has
something to offer and everyone's
contribution is valued.
Next meeting Wed 24th October 7.00-8.00pm
in the Parish Centre.
June 2018 The 4 groups (Sacramental Programme
for Children and Parents, Liturgy &
Sacramental Life, Social Life and Outreach)
have agreed some activities they would like to
progress. This will involve asking for
volunteers and we hope other people will be
able to spare their time and skills.
Communication (one way of outreach) was a
common point and all Parishioners are invited
to just say hello (and optionally introduce
yourself) to someone you don’t know each time
you enter Church.
If anyone would like more information or to
provide support please contact Fiona Dunn
(01706 352240 or after 9 a.m. Mass in Tea
& Coffee).
The parish is still in need of a Youth
Representative (aged 18 – 25), this involves
attending Diocesan gatherings to
represent St Vincent’s. If interested please
contact Father James.
 To quote Bishop John
“The programme is an invitation to every
parish in the Diocese to recognise its
potential and develop its missionary
identity. It is designed to be a 5 stage
journey. As the programme unfolds there will
be resources that enable every parish, at
whatever stage it may be in its development,
to strengthen its mission. It aims to
nourish those within the parish community
while helping to identify what that
community may be doing in outreach and
service.”
The
Five Stages (below) are covered in more detail
in the Diocesan
Website and are
supplemented by detailed resources to support
every stage
Stage
1: Celebrating our Parish culminated
with the celebration of our Missionary
Activity on the First Sunday of Advent
It placed an emphasis on prayer.
Invoking the power of the Holy Spirit to
engage all people of the Diocese in this
process.
Key to this stage was to recognise and
celebrate the Missionary Activity that already
takes place in our parishes.
Part of this Stage was to seek to engage
clergy in renewing and developing leadership
styles.
A
Big
Thank You to each and every one
of you for all you do, and all you are,
helping to make St Vincent’s a very
special place
Stage
2: Harvesting our talents
We need to move forward with the
many ministries already in place, which we
celebrated on the first Sunday in
Advent. That was the purpose of the
meeting on 20th June and there was a great
deal of lively discussion and the four groups
will be looking for volunteers.
Whilst not everyone will feel able to join a
team, please continue to pray for the
Parish and for all people who live within our
boundaries.
Stage 3: Living the Sunday Eucharist
Stage 4: Proclaiming the Good News
Stage 5: Sharing the Hope
Stay
with us, Lord, on our journey.
Please
read more on our HOPE IN THE FUTURE
page and more importantly on the Diocesan
Website Link above.
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