Our B-Attitude group will be meeting again on Friday, Oct. 29, at 5pm in the church hall. It is time to finalise the gifts for the residents of Brackenbridge House Care Home and plan any Christmas activities.
If you and your friends would like to join us, please come along to the meeting and see what we are all about. The group is for young people of high school age. We look forward to welcoming any new members.
For many of us, life is slowly returning to normal. Some of us are even heading into work, if only a few days a week. But for many of our visitors at the food bank, queuing up on a Saturday morning has become their normal and they do not yet see a way out. The loss of a job, or the loss of a loved one and ever-increasing bills are putting a strain on the household budget. We continue to help around 50 families on a weekly basis and your donations go a long way in ensuring that these families can put food on the table.
As you know the SVP shop, GIFTED, opened this weekend. Once again your support was amazing and I would like to thank all of the parishioners for their continued support of the SVP.
Thank you too for your support of the foodbank. We do anticipate things picking up a bit with the furlough scheme coming to an end, we could see more people out of work. Please keep all those who feel the need to use the foodbank in your prayers.
I would like to thank everyone who popped in for a cup of coffee and a chat over last weekend. It was lovely to meet you and great to see such interest in what we do. I look forward to seeing you all at our various activities over the next few weeks.
Our next SVP meeting is on Monday, Oct. 4, at 8pm in the church hall. Please feel free to join us and see what we are up to.
September is SVP Awareness Month, with the feast day of St Vincent de Paul on Sept. 27. The SVP and B-Attitudes are very active groups in our parish, but not everyone is aware of what we do. We would like to take this opportunity to answer your questions and fill in any gaps you may have.
If you are thinking about joining the SVP, or one of our volunteer groups, or even if you need help from us, come join us for tea, coffee and a chat after every mass this weekend (Saturday 5:30pm and all Sunday masses).