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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!

You’ll have probably noticed our SVP shop, Gifted, in the porch on the way in to Mass. Given that Easter falls early this year, this will be the last Gifted beforehand, so please make sure you have a look and take the opportunity to purchase some lovely gifts there.

On the way out of Mass, then, you’ll have a chance to buy tickets for our St Patrick’s Night Bingo on Saturday, March 16. As mentioned last week, this year the SVP are running the bingo in order to raise some funds for the church, as a way of saying ‘Thank You’ and giving back. The Bingo evening is always great fun so make sure you buy a ticket before they all sell out!

The SVP is, again, planning to hold a St Patrick’s Day Bingo Night this year, on Saturday, March 16. This event will be raising funds for the parish. Fr Paulo, the parish team and the parish congregation – i.e., you – are tremendous supporters of the SVP and so we’d like to now give back as a ‘Thank You’. Due to the size of the hall, and the popularity of previous bingo evenings, the event will be ticket-only and you can buy yours after next weekend’s masses.