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Birthdays come around quicker and quicker, it seems, and on Wednesday we are blessed to be able to remember that of St Vincent de Paul again! He was born in Gascony in 1581 and went on to spend much of his life in Paris, where he set about addressing the issues of poverty and hunger in very practical ways. As a result, he is known as the patron saint of charity and this inspired Blessed Frederic Ozanam to name his new group of charity workers ‘The Saint Vincent de Paul Society’ in 1833!

We hope you all had a holy and peaceful Easter and ‘Thank You’ to everyone who donated to the food bank over the period. Rest assured that the Easter eggs were gratefully received by the families. Thank You, also, to everyone who purchased items from our Gifted shop last weekend. It is always great to see your support for this initiative!

We had our monthly meeting on Monday evening and it is all systems go on a number of fronts. We had a strong turnout, despite the torrential rain, and we welcomed a new member to the team!

The SVP Team would like to thank everyone who helped make last Saturday’s bingo evening such a lovely event. As a team, we are conscious that we always seem to be asking you for things, so it was a real blessing for us to ‘give back’ and to be able to arrange the bingo evening while raising funds for the needs of the parish. Thanks to you, it was a complete sell-out and the parish coffers are now better off to the tune of £600.00. We hope that those who attended had a joyful and fun evening and the mix of ages was really brilliant to see!

Next Thursday, March 21, marks the Spring equinox, from which point the days become longer than the nights. With this little piece of bright news, why not consider what you’ll spend the extra daylight on? Helping the lonely, by home visiting and checking in on them, is one of the four pillars of the SVP and is a role ideally suited to the longer days. The other three pillars include helping the poor, the sick and the imprisoned.

We hope that everyone celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend has a lovely day and we’d like to thank everyone who supported us last weekend, when we had both the Gifted Shop open and the St Patrick’s Day Bingo tickets on sale after the weekend masses. It is a real energy boost for the SVP Team when we see your support in action and we’re looking forward to a lovely ‘homely’ bingo evening next Saturday!