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‘Synod 2024, Final document’
XVI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
Second Session (2-27 October 2024)
For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission
Final Document
WORKING TRANSLATION ORIGINAL: ITALIAN
26 October 2024
Click the link below to download the final document:
HOLD THIS DATE ! We are planning a further Synodal Day, 10.00-16.00, Saturday, 25 January 2025, Aula Magna, London Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, London W1K 3AH. This will be an opportunity to consider the Final Document from the October 2024 Synod Assembly in the light of any more detailed responses from either the Bishops’ Conference or the Dioceses of Brentwood, Southwark, & Westminster. We also hope to offer time to consider submissions to some of the 10 Synodal Study Groups which are due to report in June 2025.
PILGRIMAGE
Our pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Alban last Saturday was an uplifting event for all who walked the 12 miles from Barnet to the cathedral at St Albans, which takes its name from the first Christian to be martyred in this country. Over 40 pilgrims turned up at the shrine to be welcomed by the Canon of the cathedral on our arrival. Tired but not bowed by the walk, thanks to the spirited camaraderie along the way (and some welcome refreshment at a well appointed hostelry on the journey) we made our way inside the magnificent cathedral for a Liturgy around the shrine. There we commended the people of our parish, both past and present, to the intercession of St. Alban. The whole day was a joyful journey of faith and perseverance, each pilgrim buoyed by others on the journey. It was a tangible experience of Church.
Homes for Ukraine Matching Service
Caritas Social Action Network, in partnership with St John of God Hospitaller Services, an international Catholic Charity with many services for the vulnerable in the UK and Ireland, are matching Ukraine people displaced by the brutal war with people in the Catholic community willing to host them in their homes for six months. If you have a room in your home and in your heart to consider welcoming a stranger displaced by war, then we’d love to hear from you.
Please visit http://sjog-homesforukraine.uk/ for more information.
LIVE ONLINE SERVICES
Sunday 9.30 am mass is live streamed. Special events, such as funerals, will also be live streamed on request.
Access via our You Tube channel – visit our channel here
Then click the video marked ‘LIVE NOW‘, usually at the top of the page
Please also visit the channel for recordings of services
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SUNDAY SERVICES RECORDINGS
Permission to stream music in our live stream services obtained from One License A735471
PARISH NEWSLETTER
NO PARISH NEWSLETTER THIS WEEK
8th December 2024
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CATHOLIC CERTIFICATE IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
The Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies (CCRS) provides parish catechists with knowledge and understanding of theology and the Catholic faith. You can learn the course in person, by distance learning or online – details below:
Centers (in person learning)
http://brs-ccrs.org.uk/index.php/course-centres
Life-Light Home Study Courses (distance learning)
info@studylifelight.com
01844 351 514
CCRS Online (online learning)
ccrsonline@hope.ac.uk
0151 291 3055
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD
The Children’s Liturgy of the Word is at the 9.30 Family Mass on Sunday.
HOW TO BECOME A CATHOLIC
Would you like to know more about the Catholic Church and its
Teachings? Perhaps you might be thinking of becoming a Catholic and want to
know how?
Or could YOU invite someone you know to BECOME a CATHOLIC? Please think about whether you have any friends, neighbours, relatives or work colleagues you could ask to join our parish – or maybe just to find out more about the Scriptures and the Catholic Church’s teachings? Invite them along to a group for adults which meets each Wednesday at 7.30pm in the Presbytery. In the meantime, why not ask them to come to Mass with you and introduce them to Fr Dermot? Or else email the Parish Secretary finchleynorth@rcdow.org.uk so someone can phone them to answer their questions.
You will be made very welcome.
A LEGACY OF FAITH
This parish of St. Albans is able to continue to open its doors and conduct essential works and repairs thanks to the generosity and foresight of benefactors who chose to leave a gift in their will. This is an enduring way to express what the parish means to you or someone close to you. Gifts of every size make a difference and are gratefully received.
A gift in your will, left to a registered charity such as the St. Albans parish, is exempt from inheritance tax. Legacies may be left either for general purposes or for a specific use. A legacy for general purposes means that we are able to use your gift wherever it is most needed. But if there is an area of the parishes work which you would particularly like to support, you may of course request that it is used in this way.
DONATE TO THE CHURCH
Please visit the Donate to our Parish page if you are in a position to support the church financially at this time.
There is also a contactless device situated in the church porch which enables those who wish to donate in this fashion.
ST ALBAN’S CENTERING PRAYER GROUP
Every 4th Sunday of the month.
Please email Carole O’Reilly coreilly396@btinternet.com for more information as to how to join.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Our postal address is 51 Nether Street, Finchley, N12 7NN. It is located 200 yards from Tally Ho Corner.
You can contact us on 020 8446 0224.
Our email address is finchleynorth@rcdow.org.uk
We’re keen to hear from you, so please feel free to contact us.