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This weekend you hopefully noticed our first initiative of 2021 in the porch of the church – our new Religious Items shop/stall! We still need a proper name for it so please don’t be shy with your suggestions!

We will set up the shop on the first weekend of each month to start with and, on those weekends, it will be open after each Sunday Mass – from the 5:30pm Mass on Saturday evening and after all masses on Sunday. If you are looking for an item that is not on display, then just have a word with us and we will try and source it for you. The Young Persons SVP will be running this shop/stall with us so please Thank God for such a lovely example of the Holy Spirit in action in our parish.

The recent cold spell reminds us that winter is still with us for a few weeks yet. The lengthening evenings are a sign that Spring is coming, though. Until it arrives, and even when it does, maybe you could keep an eye on your elderly, vulnerable or lonely neighbours. A few social-distanced words, or a knock on the window, can be just what is needed and, funnily enough, it will do your spirit good too! We are blessed to live in such a caring parish, the evidence of which is seen by us each Saturday at the Foodbank, so, ‘Thank You’ in advance for dropping in on your neighbours.

As our first initiative of 2021, the SVP Team are hoping to start a religious items shop/stall in the porch of the church. We are currently identifying some stock and, with the help of the Young Persons SVP, we hope to start after the masses on Feb. 6 and 7. The Young Persons SVP are coming up with a name for the shop/stall, but if you have any ideas then we are all ears!!

As we journey through winter, and the pandemic, we see a continual demand for our help. Because of your support and encouragement, we have always been able to say ‘Yes’ to these requests for help and, please God, this will always be the case.

At present, our busiest work streams are the food bank, home deliveries, phone-buddying, including with our sisters and brothers in detention, and our bereavement care. We are supported in some of these activities by our Young Persons SVP Team, the success of which was our brightest spot in 2020!

Firstly, the SVP Team wishes you all a very happy New Year and, with your support, we look forward to continuing to help our sisters and brothers in need.

We held our January monthly meeting on Monday evening and, once again, it was a full agenda with some great progress reported. Importantly, we made progress on finding a new president, who needs to be in place by the end of April for the next 5-year term. More details to follow, once formalities are finalised!