Newsletter: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Newsletter: The Baptism of the Lord
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Heart speaks to Heart' Prayer course January to March 2021
This month St Margaret’s will be joining St Elizabeth's Parish for a course on prayer led by Peter Asprey.
A number of parishioners have already undertaken the course and found it very helpful, and so I thought it would beneficial to offer the repeat course more widely within the Parish. Registration takes place through the St Elizabeth's parish website, click here to register.
I hope that those who choose to participate will be assisted in developing their prayer life. As Catholics it is easy to fall into the temptation that we belong to the Church in terms of cultural identity rather than in see the Church as the place to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This relationship is at the heart of the Church's life, and sustains every Parish mission.
Newsletter: Second Sunday of Christmas
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Christmas Thanks
May I thank all those who assisted in different ways with regard to the Christmas Masses. The recent crop of Track and Trace notifications in addition to London been placed in Tier 4, and with NHS requests for vulnerable parishioners to isolate, resulted in Mass attendance being sparser than originally predicted as parishioners stayed at home fulfilling their civic duty.
I am pleased to say that the Parish was able to provide 6 Masses for the Christmas and those who were able to come and celebrate with all due precautions. The two children’s Masses managed to deliver a socially-distanced drama of the Gospel with Mary, Joseph and angels and shepherds. Thank you to our families who provided the two casts. Christmas was celebrated in the best way possible under the circumstances.
Thank you must be said to Kathryn James and Anne Edes for the Nativity Play; Alison Drew for the flowers; the musicians for providing music at all six Masses, Gavin Evenhuis, Liz Benedetto Emma Higham, Leslie and Eleanor Hill; the many stewards and cleaners who made the Church a safe environment for everyone, and to Caroline Estorninho for live streaming the night Mass on Christmas Eve. Caroline’s expertise has allowed for Mass to be streamed on a regular basis each Sunday for those parishioners unable to attend due to shielding. The combined numbers of those who participate in person and those on line is the great majority of those who attended before the pandemic which is very encouraging.
Desmond McGinley RIP
May I pass on the very sad news that Des McGinley died after a short illness a week last Sunday, 20th December at West Mid Hospital. Please pray for the repose of his soul and for Jean and her son Duncan at this time. Des was a long-standing member of this Parish and always very supportive of the mission of St Margarets, clergy and laypeople alike. I will miss his kindness, quiet demeanour, erudition and incisive comments about the Church and my own work here.
The date for his funeral has not yet been established but numbers are restricted owing to government regulations. The funeral will be live streamed and details will be on the Parish website.
May I wish you all a very Happy New Year and eventual release for every permutation of lockdown and shielding.
Fr Peter
Newsletter: Fourth Sunday of Advent
The Sunday Mass can be accessed here.
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London has entered Tier 4 today, but unlike the November lockdown communal worship is allowed. The church will be open and we are looking forward to welcoming as many people as possible to church this Christmas to celebrate the birth of our Lord. However, please note that all the Masses on Christmas Eve are now fully booked. There is still availability for the Christmas Day Masses at 8.30 am and 10.30 am. We will also stream the 10.00 pm Christmas Night Mass on YouTube and the link will be available on the home page of the St Margaret’s website.