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Events During Lent

crossLent is our special season of preparation and renewal — preparing our hearts to grow closer to the Lord and remembering what our faith means to us. It really is an important six weeks to use well and wisely.

Every year, Lent ends with the greatest expression of selfless giving — through the passion and death of Jesus, he gives himself to us in love which climaxes in his glorious Resurrection.

We can give something of ourselves to him as we work our way through Lent; journey with him through the Stations of the Cross, try to get to Mass more regularly and through our self-denial and good works we can show our gratitude to the Lord for offering us, through his Resurrection, the promise of life with him in heaven.

Let’s respond if we can to God calling us through the prophet Joel to ‘Come back to me with all your heart’. With open hearts, this is our chance to do just that—to come back to our God of love and enjoy a new, fresh relationship with him.

Getting to the Heart of Faith:

Two inspiring talks on Jesus Christ will be given by Rev Michael Hooton, a Biblical Theologian, at 7.30pm St Hugh’s Borrowash on:

  • Wednesday 26th March
  • Wednesday 9th April

Journeying Through Lent:

Each week ‘Churches Together’ in Chaddesden & Oakwood will reflect on the Gospel readings for Lent. Tea & coffee from 7.00pm. Starts at 7.30pm.

  • Thursday 13th March, St Philips Church
  • Thursday 20th March, The Church on Oakwood
  • Thursday 27th March, St Alban’s Church
  • Thursday 3rd April, The Church on Oakwood
  • Thursday 10th April, Mayfield Rd Methodist Church

Passover Celebrations

  • Tuesday 1st April, Passover Celebration, St Hugh’s Borrowash at 7.30pm (Canon Mervyn Tower will lead this celebration).
  • Tuesday 15th April: Passover Celebration at The Church on Oakwood. Starts at 7.30pm.

Ecumenical Prayer Meetings in Borrowash & Ockbrook (all starting at 12 noon):

  • Thursday 13th March, Moravian Church Ockbrook
  • Thursday 20th March, All Saints’ Church Ockbrook
  • Thursday 27th March, St Hugh’s Church Borrowash
  • Thursday 3rd April, Methodist Chapel Borrowash
  • Thursday 10th April, St Stephen’s Church Borrowash

Finding God in the Word during Lent:

Exploring the Gospel through listening, stillness and prayer at St Alban’s Parish Centre at 7.30pm on

  • Tuesday 11th March
  • Tuesday 18th March
  • Tuesday 25th March
  • Tuesday 1st April

Services of Reconciliation and Penance (All services begin at 7.00pm)

  • Thursday 10th April at St George’s, Village St
  • Friday 11th April at Our Lady’s, Mickleover
  • Monday 14th April at St Mary’s, Bridge Gate
  • Tuesday 15th at English Martyrs, Alvaston

Confession Times

  • St Hugh’s: Saturday 12th April, 10.00am-10.30am
  • St Alban’s: Every Saturday during Lent, 5.30pm-6.00pm

Stations of the Cross

Friday’s during Lent beginning at 7.00pm (soup and a roll will be served in the Parish Hall’s after the services)

  • 14th March – St Hugh’s Borrowash
  • 21st March – St Alban’s Church
  • 28th March – St Hugh’s Borrowash
  • 4th April – St Alban’s Church
  • 11th April – St Hugh’s Borrowash
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Getting to the Heart of Faith

Two inspiring talks on Jesus Christ will be given by Rev Michael Hooton, a Biblical Theologian and will be held here at St Hugh’s.

The talks will take place on Wednesday 26th March and Wednesday 9th April. Both talks begin at 7.30pm.

All are welcome to come along to what will be thought provoking sessions.

 

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Holy Land Pilgrimage Photographs

Group PhotoMessage from Simon Baldwin at St. Alban’s

Dear Friends

A number of you asked if you could see the photographs that I took in the Holy Land.  I have uploaded them to Flickr, if you follow the link below you will see the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonpbaldwin/sets/

Please note that I haven’t really gone through them weeding out the junk, so don’t be too surprised if you find poor quality pictures. 

If you fancy getting your own Flickr account then you can register and log in using your Yahoo, Gmail or Facebook credentials.  You can then comment on the pictures, or add your own. 

If you would like to download any of the pictures then feel free.  I haven’t time to explain here but if you can’t find how to, just google ‘how to download picture from flickr’.  Go for ‘original size’

Thanks

Simon

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2012 AGM and Parish Pastoral Council Minutes

2012 AGM Notes

Here you will find the minutes from our Parish Pastoral Council which was held on the 6th December 2012:

Minutes 061212

For more information about the Parish Pastoral Council, its members and its function please have a look at the PPC webpage on this site.

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The Year of Faith

Year of faith logoThere will be a special celebration this Sunday (14 October) in Nottingham Cathedral at 3pm, to launch the ‘Year of Faith’ in our Diocese.  A number of people will be representing our parish and school community by going to that event. Everyone is welcome!

During this Year of Faith, Bishop Malcolm will be delivering a special message on YouTube.  Visit http://www.nottinghamdooroffaith.com for the link.

St Alban’s parish website have some ‘Year of Faith’ features, including some wonderful reflections on the weekly scriptures and how they relate to the Vatican documents.  New reflections will be posted each week.  The reflections are reproduced with many thanks to Canon Mervyn Tower who has given us permission to use these.  Start with this link and have a look your self.  You can subscribe to get weekly updates to you inbox!

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Fr Ka Fai’s Silver Jubilee Celebration

Canon Ka Fai Lee’s silver jubilee celebrations this year.  Click the picture for more pictures.

londonccc's avatarLondon Chinese Catholic Community UK

Chinese Mass：Every Sunday 2:15 p.m

Our Lady of the Assumption RC Church, Assumption Priory, Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green E2 9PB (map)

Mass is conducted in a mix of Cantonese and Mandarin

After Mass you are welcome to join the community for a tea gathering

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On Sunday, 17 June 2012, members of the London Chinese Catholic Centre went to St. Hugh’s Catholic Church, Borrowash, Derby by coach to celebrate Canon Ka Fai Lee’s 25 years of priesthood.  We were joined by our brothers and sisters coming from as far as Liverpool, Manchester and Bolton. The Mass was con-celebrated by Fr. Joseph Liang, our new Chinese Chaplain.

After Mass, we shared the food that we brought for the occasion.  The home-made food was fantastic and plentiful.  Everyone enjoyed meeting and catching up with each other.  We also celebrated a younger member’s birthday with entertainment provided by some of our members.

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St Hugh’s Parish AGM 18th October at 7pm

Our Parish Annual General Meeting is to be held on the 18th October at 7pm. All are welcome, we will be meeting in the Parish Meeting Room. Our annual report is attached together with an agenda for the meeting. Please have a look though it.
AGM Agenda & Reports 2012