| Events
this week: 3rd Feb - 9th Feb
| Monday |
TRINITY COLLEGE MASS: Mass will be celebrated at
6.30pm in the Chapel by Fr Robert Ombres, from Blackfriars, to be
followed by drinks and nibbles in the Antechapel.
CATHOLICISM FOR THE CURIOUS continues at 1.15pm in the Library.
Inadequate Accounts of Morality (1): Utilitarianism or "Morality
by Numbers".
CATHOLICISM & THE POLITICAL - REFLECTIONS ON CATHOLIC COMMITMENTS
AND POLITICAL ACTION: This week's topic is Can War against Iraq
be Just? Meeting at 8.00pm in the Library.
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| Tuesday |
THE BIBLE STUDY GROUP, led by Fr Stephen, will meet in the Library
at 8.00pm. Please note the change of day.
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| Wednesday |
R H BENSON SOCIETY DINNER will be at Caius. The speaker is Christopher
Howse, leader writer at the Daily Telegraph. Mass at 6.00pm, drinks
at 6.45pm, dinner at 7.30pm.
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| Thursday |
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| Friday |
SUNG LATIN REQUIEM MASS in the small Chapel at 6.00pm. |
| Saturday |
ANNUAL LOURDES REUNION: Oxford & Cambridge Chaplaincies Lourdes
Pilgrimage reunion in Oxford. E-mail Sandra McNally (s.mcnally1@lse.ac.uk)
if you would like to go. |
| Sunday |
GUEST PREACHER: Fr Tony Nye SJ, former Headmaster of
Beaumont
College, now Superior of the Jesuit Community at Campion House, Osterly,
Middlesex.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FISHER SOCIETY after the 11.15am
Mass, at which the election of the new Committee will take place.
Please come to cast your votes. If you would like to stand for the
Committee, please see Fr Alban, Daniel Coughlan or Caroline Horne. |
For
Your Diary
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HELP NEEDED: Some very nice people are needed to
help look after the children of the Schola Cantorum, a most important
ministry. They rehearse from 9.00am on Sundays in the Library, and
further help would be appreciated during the 9.30am Mass. |
| Mon 10/2 |
If you would like to attend Formal Hass after the
Mass in Clare College on 10th February, please e-mail Laura Crowley
on llc22@cam.ac.uk. |
| Tues 11/2 |
If you would like to attend Formal Hall after the
Mass in Christ's on 11th February, please e-mail Ed Hutchinson on
ech30@cam.ac.uk as soon as
possible, since tickets are limited. |
| Tuesday 11/3 |
After the Churchill Mass on 11th March, there will
be a drinks reception at
7.00pm, followed by Super-Hall at 7.30pm. Please contact Andrew
on
apjg2@cam.ac.uk for Hall tickets. |
| Sunday 2/3 |
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: Bishop Patrick Walsh,
Bishop of Down & Connor in Ireland, will administer the Sacrament
of Confirmation at the 11.15am Mass on Sunday 2nd March. If you
have not been Confirmed and you would like to be, please give your
name to Sr Pauline as soon as possible. |
Other Notices
JOB VACANCY: Mrs Catherine Devas is looking for help
to arrange her considerable library, and is willing to pay students if
they have the time to spare. No experience necessary. Please contact Ed
Hutchinson (ech30@cam.ac.uk).
TWO ELECTRIC ORGANS need a new
home. If you know of one, please speak to Fr Alban.
LADIES' FOOTBALL TEAM: Any athletic ladies wishing
to bring glory upon Fisher
House by beating the Oxford Ladies' Team should contact Laura Sixsmith
(St
John's, lcms2@cam.ac.uk).
GRADUATES: Contact Bridget (bo209@cam.ac.uk)
if interested in a dinner party for
Catholic graduates in which everyone brings a hot dish / dessert / wine.
Date to
be decided.
FISHER HOUSE LIBRARY: Please return all books outstanding
from last term or the
vacation.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: If you have not been
Confirmed and you would like to be, please give your name to Sr Pauline
as soon as possible. The preparation classes will be held on Saturdays:
1st & 15th February at 4.00pm and 1st March at 5.00pm.
ROSARY BEADS:
Sr Pauline has some Rosary beads on sale. They are made by small family
enterprises in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Due to the present situation there,
these families are finding it extremely difficult to survive. Buying these
beads, or giving them as a gift, will be both an invitation to pray for
peace in the Holy Land and a powerful message of hope to our struggling
brothers and sisters there, telling them we care.
CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Sr Pauline's telephone number has changed. It is now 742192, the same
as the House number.
READERS, SERVERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
If you are willing to assist at Mass as a reader or Eucharistic Minister,
please sign up on the sheets in the porch. If you would like to become
an altar server, please contact the Sacristan, James Southgate (710309,
jems2) who will provide full training.
FISHER HOUSE BAR
There is a well-stocked bar in the Library at Fisher House, famed for
serving the cheapest drinks in Cambridge. It is open every Friday evening
of term and everybody is welcome.
PHOTOGRAPHS:
If anyone would like reprints of the photos of this term's events, please
sign up on the board in the Library.
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