Would you like to join our team of readers – to proclaim God’s Word at Mass and take a fuller part in the liturgy? There will be a training and practice session for new readers on Saturday 14th June starting at 10:30 in the church. Anyone who wants to read will get a chance to try without the pressure of a congregation present. If you are interested please turn up on the day, or for more information speak to Martin Pakes or [javascript protected email address]
The next meeting of the parish St Vincent De Paul (SVP) group will take place in St Mark's church hall. Meetings start and finish with the special SVP prayers and last strictly no more than one hour. All are welcome to come along and find out more.
On Saturday 31st May there will be something new for Ipswich – a Deanery based Walking Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Ipswich to mark the feast of the Visitation.
The walk will start from each of St Mary’s, St Marks, and St Mary Magdalens churches and the three groups will come together at St Pancras church for the Angelus at 12 noon followed by the Mass of the Feast of the Visitation at 12:15.
The walk from St Mary Magdalen will start at 10:45. This event offers us all a chance to witness our faith and devotion, especially to Our Lady, and it would be a very good thing for as many as possible to join in and make the event a great success.
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 80 subscriptions unpaid for the new year. If you have not yet paid your subscription, please do so now as a matter of urgency. 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 currently have 100 less paid up subscriptions than we had at the end of the previous year in March. 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.
The May 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 Bishop Peter Collins’ tribute to Pope Francis and also includes reports on the Easter celebrations at the Cathedral and across the Diocese.
Many of you will know John Anderson-Hurst who was a previous treasurer of the parish, husband of Christine, who died suddenly at home on Thursday 24th April. Please remember John in your prayers and pray for his wife, family and friends who mourn his passing.
Also, on Friday 25th April, Martin Long, Michael’s brother, passed away in Colchester hospital after a sudden and unexpected illness. Please remember Martin’s wife Nicole, his 6 children and all his family.
May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
The world was today, 21st April, saddened to hear the news that Pope Francis had died at 7:35 am local time in Rome following a long period of poor health. A special Mass was held on Monday evening at 7:00 pm at St Mark's for the repose of his soul. Please do pray for him and remember all the Holy Souls at this time.
May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
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 put you in touch.
