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Carols by Candlelight ~ Sunday 11th December ~ 3pm

Please come and join us for festive music and reflections to celebrate the Joy of Advent and to prepare ourselves for Christmas. Always a lovely service for both young and old.

There will be free refreshments in the hall after the service with the picking of the winners for our Parish Christmas Prize Draw!

We wish to thank the teams who have worked so hard to create so many wonderful events (this included) all in aid of our 2 Parish Projects, Grassroots and The Patrick Wild Trust. Please come along for a lovely afternoon and to support these 2 amazing charities - there will be a chance to make a donation and/or to buy a ticket for a special Hamper for the charities.




Christianity in Action this Christmas.

There are so many things we can do to support those who are struggling. If we are in a position to be able to help others, why not buy the simplest of items for our local foodbank when shopping this week - such as from this list (below) of most needed items, or something from the collective foodbank Christmas List - see picture. They would appreciate Christmas list items by 2nd December so they can make up hampers for families and households in need.

You can drop off locally to:
Resound Church - Fridays from 10-12noon or
Sainsburys, Filton, on Fox Den Road - any time they are open (7am until 10pm) - the drop off is by customer services.

FOODBANK SHOPPING LIST:
INSTANT COFFEE
INSTANT NOODLES
BOXES OF CHOCOLATES
CUSTARD (TINNED OR INSTANT)
INSTANT MASHED POTATOES
SPONGE PUDDINGS
RICE PUDDING
FLOUR (ANY TYPE)

***PLEASE NO MORE TEA - PASTA - CEREAL - BAKED BEANS**



A message from CSAN (Caritas Social Action Network) who are an agency of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
"On Thursday 01 December at 6pm, in Clifton Cathedral, with our colleagues from St John of God Hospitaller Services (SJOG), there will be an event to promote our new matching service for Ukrainian nationals displaced by the war in Ukraine and those in the UK willing to host such individuals under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
Please see the link below for details of the event and to register."
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sjog-homes-for-ukraine-event-in-bristol-tickets-469140440687

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Remembrance Weekend

St Augustine's Church held beautiful tributes to all those who died as a result of war or conflict during both Masses this weekend, with the Last Post & Reveille played, The Exhortation and Epitaph read, 2 minutes silence, and poppies laid in the Garden of Remembrance.

"When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today."

 




Our friends at St. Nicholas of Tolentino RC Church, Bristol are hosting their monthly Mass for Catholic members of the LGBTQI+ community and for family, friends, and allies on 20th November.

See poster for information.


The Letter
Please join us for a screening of "The Letter" on Friday 18th November at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall (Mass will be at 7pm this Friday) as we share refreshments and watch the film together (1hr 20 minutes long) then we can briefly discuss the content together after.

All are welcome to watch this docu-film of action following Pope Francis' call for us to care more for our common home.






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The Countdown is ON!

Join us on Saturday from 12noon until 3pm for our Countdown to Christmas Community Event.

We would love to see you there, enjoying lunch, cuppas & cakes, shopping at our fantastic trader stalls, playing games, trying your luck on the Bottle Stall or Gift Tombola, having a family photo taken at the photo shoot stall, or seeing the kids enjoying face painting, biscuit decorating, clay decoration modelling or visiting Santa for an early pressie!

Please remember to bring some cash with you as although some of our traders will have card facilities we are still very much a CASH event.

The charities and fundraising this year will be for;
Our Parish Funds
Our Primary School PTFA
Our Preschool funds
The Guides, Brownies and Rainbows
Our Parish Projects - Grassroots and The Patrick Wild Trust
The Polish Scouting Association

Thanks to all those groups and to the other groups helping to plan and run the event:
The Not So Young Club
The Prayer Group
The Romanian Orthodox Church
The Hong Honk RCIA Group

and the many other parish volunteers.

It will be fantastic to be back together after a few years apart!


Remembrance Sunday

We will be observing 2 minutes silence at the start of both Masses this weekend, with the last post played in Remembrance of all those who have died as a result of war and conflict.

We will also have a small garden of remembrance outside the church if you wish to place your poppy there at any time
  



Thank you to Deacon Vincent for your Reflections for 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C.

1st Reading from the prophet Malachi 3: 19-20.
You might find this in some translations as 4:1-2. Malachi, we cannot be sure of his real name, but it is thought that it might be taken from 3: 1, “Look I am sending my messenger”. Malachi means, “my messenger”. Malachi has similar concerns as Nehemiah for the priests who neglect their duties and fail to instruct the people, people marrying unbelieving wives, failure to pay tithes. The exact date is unknown but thought to be after the Persians allowed the re-building of the Temple in Jerusalem. Today’s selected reading is from the section dealing with the disillusionment of the people. Those who persevere and do not despair will witness the “Sun of Righteousness rising”. It could be written for our times. The book is not very long and worth exploring, its format is as follows. God’s Love, then deals with the priests who despise God’s name. People who have embraced idolatry, those who are not serious about God, the Call to Return, and our section the disillusionment of the people. It shows us that nothing is new for those trying to follow God’s ways. We are in permacrisis always, the test is for our resilience and fortitude in staying true and passing on the Faith.

Psalm 97: 5-9.
This song continues the theme that, the Lord is coming, and the world will never be the same again. We should all sing and dance for joy.

2nd Reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians 3: 7-12.
One of the reasons for Paul’s letter is that certain Christians were thinking that if the Lord’s coming is imminent, then they no longer needed to work. Paul is completely opposed to any sort of indiscipline, so emphasises his own example and his assistants who when they were with them went out of their way to work and earn their keep, so as not to be a burden to anyone, despite the fact that they really didn’t have to do that. Once again, we see how the Church has always existed in permacrisis, it is nothing new. We must constantly persevere on the Way and be aware of giving good example to the young people, fearlessly passing on the truths of our Faith. Jesus Christ is Lord, he has risen from the dead, and will come again.

The Holy Gospel according to Luke 21: 5-19.
Here we have the prediction of the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, also it deals with what Christians can expect, namely being hunted down and cast out, sent to prison, and being brought before Kings and governors on account of the name of Jesus. You will even be betrayed by parents, siblings, cousins and friends and they will kill some of you and we will be loathed by everyone because of the name of Jesus. Well, there has not been one century since the birth of Christianity when this has not happened. The Church and its people must wake up to the fact that we will always be in permacrisis, for the name of Jesus. But we need to remember that we have the presence of the living Spirit of God within us, and he will guide us and help us to keep the Gospel message alive. God really is in charge, and he might be drawing us to a new vision, so we need to trust Him, and rely upon his infinite Mercy. As we saw on the road to Emmaus, Jesus was walking with them, and they did not realise it. He is always walking with us leading us to the Father. He loves us so much he left us the gift of himself in the Eucharist. Let us rejoice and be glad that he has chosen us as his family members.

May God grace us with perseverance in the midst of our trials. Deacon Vincent.


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Could you donate a prize (or 2) for our Tombola stalls?

If you are able to buy, or have around the house, a new, unopened bottle or box of chocs or unwanted gift, we would LOVE to have a few more prizes for our tombola stalls....

If you are able to help please pop donations to church or to the parish office over the weekend so we can 'get ticketing' early next week.

Many thanks for your support.

  

12th November - Christmas Shopping Alert!

Get ready to fill your stockings as there will be everything from Christmas wreaths and decorations, jewelry, candles, cards, keyrings, hand-cut pictures, stationery, bags, pottery and pickles!

We have 8 local traders who will be at our 'Countdown to Christmas' event - please bring your cash along to pick up some amazing gifts on the day...






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Just 12 days until the return of our 'Countdown to Christmas'!


Saturday 12th November- join us from noon until 3pm for lunch, for drinks, for cakes, to play games, to do fun activities, to get some amazing Christmas shopping in and even see the 'Big Guy in Red'!
How can you help... Do you have any unwanted gifts? Did someone kindly give you a present but you won't be able to use it?
We would LOVE to have new, unopened gifts such as toiletries, stationery, gadgets etc for our tombola stall, run by the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides.
Please bring any donations of bottles, chocs, new gifts for our prize stalls to the presbytery for storage.
Many thanks! From the Parish Social Committee

Photo credit to Phil Hearing

The Department of Adult Education and Evangelisation has a new series of online conversations planned, ‘A Faith Full Journey’.
With this series we encourage you to simply turn up, come and deepen your faith and invigorate your formation.
For ‘A Faith Full Journey’, we will be embracing a hybrid approach to faith forming experiences, this series will be synchronous and asynchronous. Quite simply the real time will be recorded so that you can watch in your own time individually or as a group.

See the poster for details or go to the website for all the info:
https://cliftondiocese.com/news/a-faith-full-journey/