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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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2013 AGM & Parish Council Minutes

Here are the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held 7 November 2013:

Minutes 071113

Here are the reports to the AGM held on 17 October 2013, the meeting notes & the PAG statement of moneys raised:

2013 AGM Notes

AGM Report 2013

PAG Donations Summary

Here are the minutes of our Parish Pastoral Council meeting held on 12 September 2013:

Minutes 120913

Here are the minutes of our Parish Pastoral Council meeting held on 27 June 2013:

Minutes 270613

Here are the minutes of our Parish Pastoral Council meeting held on 9 May 2013:

Minutes 090513

Here are the minutes of our Parish Pastoral Council meeting held on 11 April 2013:

Minutes 110413

Here you will find the minutes from our Parish Pastoral Council which was held on 7 March 2013:

Minutes 070313 corrected

Here you will find the minutes from our Parish Pastoral Council which was held on 31 January 2013:

Minutes 310113

Here you will find the notes from the St Hugh’s Parish Annual General Meeting.  The meeting was held on the 18th October 2012:

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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!