Children's Liturgy
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD - Latest News
Sunday 9.45am Mass
A few years ago the Children's Liturgy for the Sunday 9.45am Mass at Our Lady of Peace sadly had to close for a while. A dedicated team of parishioners and myself have started to put together a new programme, composed specially for our parish, so that we can begin to celebrate the Children's Liturgy at 9.45am Mass every Sunday. We cannot yet give a date for its launch. However, I would like to ask if there would be any parish parents/grandparents and others who may wish to assist as helpers or catechists?
It is a great way for you to get to know your Faith and to engage in the Church's work of handing on the Faith. You may feel you do not know enough about your Faith but part of the strength of the course being written is that it will not necessarily demand specialist knowledge for helpers or leaders of the Children's Liturgy. Of course, every volunteer would have to undergo a full CRB check. The ages of those children at whom this will be aimed is basically, following Our Lady of Peace Infant School, from reception through to end of Year 2. Year 3 children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion during the year will remain in the Church to follow the full Mass. Please do think of getting involved since it will help our children to grow in faith, hope and love. Contact: Fr David 01628 605764.
Contact the Presbytery
Children's Choir
We
have have started a choir for the 9.45 Mass every other Sunday along
with the folk group at the church. Those who can play a musical
instrument are also welcome to join.
We know that there is a huge amount of talent within our parish, so do not be shy come along and bring your friends. Please note that there is choir practice for half an hour before the start of Mass.
Our Lady of Peace Choir
OUR LADY OF PEACE CHOIR
Our choir has got off to a good start and we plan to do better! We have decided to hold weekly practices - every Wednesday evening from now on, so we can increase our repertoire and build our confidence and we would love to have more members. Singing in a choir is a wonderful experience, fulfilling and challenging all at once. It is also a lot of fun where you can meet new people and new friends. So please think about it and come along just to take a look if you wish. You will be most welcome. Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm to 8.30pm at Our Lady of Peace Church. We can confidently promise you a very enjoyable evening. We can confidently promise you a very enjoyable evening.
For more information please call Brid Vaughan on 07540 013181.
Bible Study Group
New Parish Group
The group will meet on Tuesdays at 7.30pm at St Andrew's in Cippenham.
For further information, please contact Bob Bryant on 01628 543650.
St Andrew's website
Altar Servers
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME AN ALTAR SERVER?
If any young person (who has already received their First Holy Communion) would like to become an altar server, there will be more training sessions in 2012.
- Serving at the altar is an important ministry which helps priest, deacon and people to be more focused on the prayer of the Mass: many thanks to all our servers for the fine work in the service of the Lord.
The PPC
The PPC Introduced to the Parish, July 2008
The Parish Pastoral Council
We are a group of dedicated parishioners who meet once a month to discuss parish matters. We represent all three churches. We have many new members and we feel we are making good decisions.
We have organised welcomers at Christmas time and at Easter - if you would like to help with this please inform one of the PPC.
We have raised money for the parish through dances, barbeques, quizzes and many more social events.
With the help of Philippe we have set up our parish website which we intend to update regularly.
A parishioner has donated toys for the children at 9.45 Mass on Sundays and you will find these at both porches.
Another member of the PPC has set up a children’s choir (see above) for the 9.45 Mass and has also organised youth Masses and other events for the youth in our parish.
We are open to ideas from parishioners about fundraising and any parish activity and we welcome your suggestions.
We are working closely with the steering group for Walking Humbly and look forward to working with their ideas and decisions.
Our work in the PPC is to try and alleviate some of the every day tasks from Father David.
Maureen Waters, former PPC member
The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on Monday 20th February at 7.30 pm at Our Lady of Peace.
PPC Meeting MinuteS
N.B. The public documents are hosted online via Google Docs.
Minutes of the December 12th 2011 PPC Meeting, held at Our Lady of Peace Church. Discussed: Christmas, Revised PPC/New Members, Aims of PPC – New Guidelines, Communications.
CWL
CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE
We meet on the first Monday of the month at 7.30pm in the Sacristy. Come and join us!
» Find out more: click here to visit the CWL website.
SVP
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul usually meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month in the Sacristy.
SVP News: Sudan SPONSORSHIPS
In 2009 our conference responded to an appeal for Sudan and received this certificate (pictured below).
Bernie O'Donnell
Hon Treasurer
Place your mouse cursor over the image above to view a large version of the certificate.
» Find out more: click here to visit the SVP (England & Wales) website.
» The Youth SVP website - the largest youth organisation in the Catholic Church of England and Wales. If you are interested in setting up a Youth SVP group in our parish please get in touch with the SVP National Youth Development officer. The following link will help get you started: How can we set up a group?
The Holy Family Youth SVP is currently the nearest youth group.
Knights of St Columba
For details of our parish group contact Norman Grimmette on 01628 662842.
» Find out more: click here to visit the KSC website.
Charlie's Angels
St Gilbert's, Eton Wick
A thriving youth club (called ‘Charlie’s Angels’ after a former Parish Priest, Father Charles Napier) for children aged 5 to 12 years meets on Friday evenings; 6.30 - 8.00 p.m. The club is run by Mrs Mary McCarthy. Contact 01753 863037.
The London Run
LONDON & SLOUGH RUNS
We go out every Monday. Please support us by donating tinned food, biscuits, warm clothing, blankets, cheap new jeans, trainers, sleeping bags etc. For more information contact Brid on 01628 664715 (London Run) or Phyllis on 01628 602399 (Slough Run).
» Visit the new London and Slough Run website
» London & Slough Run on Twitter
CALL FOR CLOTHING
The London and Slough Run have an urgent need for warm clothing. Our stocks have depleted significantly and we are no longer in a position to offer decent clothing to the people on the street. If you are planning a clear-out we would be extremely grateful for the items listed below: (please note we need men's clothes more urgently than women's. Fortunately, we have no need of children's clothes at all) warm sweaters, trousers, jeans, socks, hats, scarves, gloves, jackets and coats. Also sleeping bags are very much needed - have you any in the attic that you no longer use?
Please note we cannot use nor store any household objects of any kind and would be grateful if these were not donated as we have great difficulty in getting rid of them afterwards. As always, we are extremely grateful for your continued kindness and support. For further information, please contact Bob Bryant: 01628 543650.
Submissions to the Website
CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME!
To send information, group news, schools information, website links and other content relevant to the Parish, please email Father David (Clicking the link opens a new window), as some documents may need clearing before being put online. Fr David will then pass it on to Philippe, who will add it to the website.
Suitable file formats (as attachments): MS Word, Rich and Plain Text, PDF, JPG. Hard copies of printed documents can also be given to Father David.
