As we enter July, this is just a reminder that our regular monthly SVP activities are poised to click in to action!!
On Wednesday morning, after the 10am Mass in the hall, we will have our Bereavement Support Group available to offer you a cuppa and a biscuit and a listening ear. Then, after the weekend masses, next Saturday evening and Sunday, we will be running our SVP shop, called ‘Gifted.’ If you would like to buy any religious items for you or your family and friends, Gifted has a lovely selection of candles, prayer cards, rosary beads and the like. Even if you don’t want to buy anything then just pop by the counter anyway for a chat! It is always lovely to see the activity and chatter that Gifted generates!!
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Our local SVP group is known as a ‘conference’ and it is part of the national SVP England and Wales, which itself is part of the International Confederation of the SVP. The SVP England and Wales CEO is Kate Nightingale, to whom our conference ultimately reports, and the President General of the international SVP is Juan Manuel Buergo Gomez.
These two websites have a wealth of information on the work being done by the many members of the SVP throughout the world. They have all the latest news of upcoming events too. Knowing that our parish has many keen walkers, you might like to check out the SVP Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage 2026, being organised by the national team. And while you’re browsing that, you might also find other items of interest, such as the latest national SVP Report on the issue of ‘In-Work Poverty.’ We all have a duty to make ourselves aware of such issues, which arise from how we have chosen to run our society. It is an excellent read.
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Last week (June 2-8) was the UK’s annual Volunteer Week and it was also Pentecost Sunday, of course. Volunteering to do works for the good of your local, or global, community, is merely a manifestation of the Holy Spirit that humankind first received on the very first Pentecost Sunday. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are what are at work when volunteers are at work!
Does something deep inside you sometimes move you to want to help others? And perhaps you’re not sure how best to respond? This may well be the Holy Spirit prompting your soul in to action. The SVP has a range of opportunities; the food bank, bereavement support group, visiting the lonely at home, in care homes or in refugee detention centres, helping the SVP shop that we named ‘Gifted’, mentoring the next generation of young volunteers, etc. If any of these sound interesting and if you think they might help you respond to that inner prompting, then why not get in touch with us? We are always looking for new members.
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The SVP at St Gregory’s had its monthly meeting this week. We discussed our various activities, including the bereavement care group, the
B-Attitudes, the SVP shop (Gifted), the food bank, visiting those in care homes and visiting people at home.
If you think there is something here you would like to get involved in, please chat to one of our SVP members or contact us.
As always, please keep on eye on each other. If you or someone you know would like to have a chat with the SVP, please do not hesitate to reach out. We will always try our best to help.
As we head into June, the SVP has a few things going on. This weekend our shop, Gifted, will be open. Please stop by and browse our many religious gifts and cards for all occasions. The bereavement care group will meet on Wednesday in the church hall at 10.30. Please pop in for a cuppa and a chat.
As always please keep on eye on each other and if you or someone you know would like to have a chat with the SVP please do not hesitate to reach out. We will always try our best to help.