The March prize draw, the final draw of the Club year, was made in the Garden Room after 10:00 am Mass on Sunday 30th March. The list of prize-winners can be found here.
There are still a number of subscribers that have not made their payment for the new year. If you're one of them, could you please remit your subscription as soon as possible. There are also a number of subscribers who have, for one reason or another, decided not to renew their membership this year, the result being that we need to recruit about 20 new people just to maintain the same membership level as last year. If you are not a member of the 150 Club please do sign up now. Application forms are available in the church porch and also online here on the parish website.
Please do sign up and help support your parish in this way. As a result of the above, the April prize draw which was scheduled to be made 27th April, will be delayed slightly to allow more time for the missing payments to be received.
We are grateful to Magdalen Jermy and her family who have generously donated money to purchase some additional plants, in memory of her late husband Leslie, for the church garden. Chris and Paul Riches, our gardeners, have also sown some of the sunflower seeds that were given out at Les’s funeral and these will hopefully be planted out in the church garden soon.
The Bible Group will resume Thursday 24th April, in the Garden Room starting at7:15 pm. Please do come along and join in – bring your Bible with you.
We have a lady who has recently moved into the area and hopes to be attending St Mary Magdalen church regularly. She has no transport however, and we are hoping that somebody who lives in, or passes through Claydon, might be able to offer her a lift on a regular basis. If you can help, please let us know by [javascript protected email address] and we can out you in touch.
There will be a pre-Easter clean of the church which will take place on Tuesday 15th April, starting at 6:30 pm, not Wednesday 16th as stated in last week's newsletter. We need as many people as possible to come along and lend a hand to help make the church clean, tidy and fitting for the Easter celebrations so please note this date in your diaries.
On Saturday 19th April, flower arranging will take place from 9:00 am until noon. No experience is necessary to join in with this – just enthusiasm! If anybody has any greenery they can donate to help with the floral tributes, then please leave them in the church entrance porch from Wednesday 16th April.
On Sunday 6th April, 2025, Bishop Peter Collins wrote a pastoral letter to be read at all Masses over the weekend. The letter related to the forthcoming third reading in Parliament on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which could take place on 25th April 2025. Bishop Peter urges us all to contact our MPs asking them to vote against this bill - the reasons for this being laid out very clearly in his letter.
You can download the letter by clciking here.
The April edition of Catholic East Anglia, the free Diocesan newspaper, is now published and you can collect a paper copy from the back of church. Alternatively, click the image to the left and you can read the issue online.
The edition includes news of the Ash Wednesday Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist.
Also included are reports on the Jubilee Mass for Deacons and the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Fr Anthony Foreman.
Registration is now open for the next Alpha course, which starts on Wednesday 30th April at 7:30 pm in St Mark’s church hall, 180 Hawthorne Drive, Ipswich IP2 0QQ.
The places on the course are limited, so will be allocated on a strictly first come, first served basis.
If you would like to attend, there is a sign-up sheet in the church porch – please complete this with your name, contact details and any special dietary requirements, or you can register on-line on Churchsuite – click here to take you to the sign-up page.
If you are new to the parish, or have only recently joined, please could you complete a registration form that can be found in the church porch, or downloaded here. This will ensure we have your details in the parish records and can effect a proper introduction and welcome to you and your family.
If you are, or know of anybody who is, housebound and cannot get to Mass regularly, and would like a home visit with Holy Communion from a priest or an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please let Fr Luke or Fr Paul know, or send an [javascript protected email address], and we will organise something for you.
