Notices

Josie Delicata. We were very sad to hear the news of the death of Josie Delicata in the Macmillan Hospice early on Friday morning. The Delicata family have been members of this parish almost since the Church was built. Josie was a kind and gentle person, loved and respected by family and very many friends, and she endured much in these past few months. Please pray for her soul, and for all who mourn her loss. (Funeral details to follow).

The Deanery Youth Music Group will be leading the music for Mass on Saturday evening 29th September.

Sr Felita's Celebration Mass in honour of her final profession, will take place here at Sacred Heart on October 7th at 10.30am. The sisters will take a leading role in the Liturgy (those who were at Sr Christie's anniversary celebrations will know what I mean(!)). Afterwards there will be a reception in the Centre. Please brinig contributions of food/snacks on the morning of the celebration. There is a list at the back of the Church.

Fr Peter is on holiday from 1st to 20th October (though he will be hear on the weekend of 6/7th October).

Mass times. Thank you for all your feedback and suggestions about possible changes to Mass times. Fr Peter has decided to make no changes before Christmas, as Deanery discussions after the "Building for Tomorrow" consultation are still continuing. For future reference - there is really no need to send anonymous letters ... especially when they are polite and reasonable.

Work on the Presbytery is almost complete - but the open invitation to coffee has now been put back to next Sunday morning (September 30th) after Mass, as Shirley and many of the other ladies are taking part in the UCM retreat day this weekend.

Sr Felita makes her final profession

On Saturday 8th September, in her home country of Nigeria, Sister Mary Felita made her final profession as a sister of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Cogratulations Sr Felita!

Radio Stoke photos

The photographs from our Radio Stoke Broadcast service can be viewed online: here

Easy Fundraising for the Parish

Have you ever used the internet to go shopping? If so you can get the same bargain prices and help your parish. Simply start shopping from www.easyfundraising.co.uk/shcc and a proportion of what you spend is donated to the parish (sometimes up to 15%!). PC World, Tesco Direct, Amazon and many others are part of the scheme. Start shopping now!

CUMBERLEGE REPORT "SAFEGUARDING WITH CONFIDENCE"

Archbishop Vincent has wirtten an article in Catholic Today about the Cumberlege Report which is about the Church's work on Child Abuse. It is an invitation to you to express your views on the work of the protection of children and vulnerable adults. The Archbishop encourages us all to read the article, the report and send him our responses. There are links to both the letter and the report below.

Letter: http://tinyurl.com/26jn6m .
Report www.cumberlegecommission.org.uk