Newsletter 16th Nov
Missalette for 16th Nov
Ecumenical Advent Talks at St Barts
South St Albans Churches (SSAC) have organised a series of four ecumenical Advent Talks with the theme of “Hope, Peace, Joy and Love in our Time.” Our speakers are the Very Rev Dean Jo Kelly-Moore and Rev Kevin Walton from St Albans Cathedral, Fr Richard Parsons, RC Priest and Rev Graham Clarke, Baptist Minister. They will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7.30-9 pm, 26 November, 3, 10 and 17 December here in the hall at St Bartholomew’s. All welcome. A bible may be useful in some of the talks but is not essential. Any questions please speak to Christine Lambert or Teresa Clarke, St Bart’s Ecumenical Group & SSAC or contact via email: cmljdl@aol.com.
Sign up here for online registration Advent Talks 2025 South St Albans Churches – Fill in form, or take a form from the porch to fill in marking it “Advent Talks 2025” and put through the office letterbox or use the flip chart sign up at the back of the church. Ecumenical Group
Make your own Christmas Wreath
Come and sing Carols with HCPT in St Barts on Monday 22nd December at 7.30 pm
Fr Michael has kindly given us the opportunity to extend our Christmas Carol venues to St Barts this year, we are very grateful. We have a beautiful church and by the 22nd two Cribs, a Christmas Tree and amazing Flowers so all we need now are you to support the evening. In addition to this we have our musicians, we will have some readers, a conductor and after the service which we plan to last for about an hour we will head into St Barts Hall for some refreshments, Mulled Wine and Mince pies no less. There will be a retiring collection for HCPT and we are very grateful to Maureen Kelly and Jackie Tominey for their help in putting this together. Please bring your friends and family on the 22nd to make this a memorable evening as we prepare for Christmas – Phil Ahern HCPT
St Bart’s Retreat at Cathedral House, Saturday, 25th Oct
A spiritually uplifting and gently challenging retreat was offered by Deacon Anthony Curran and his gifted wife, Tracy, at Cathedral House this morning.
With years of experience between them, they led us through a wide range of thought-provoking propositions and exercises and we also had time and space for personal quiet reflection within the special confines of Cathedral buildings.
Our thanks and great appreciation go to both of them! A big thanks , too, goes to Eamon Rafferty who made this all happen!
The Cathedral clergy and staff were tremendous and put a lot of effort and care into looking after us all – thank you!
More details of some of the takeaways to follow! God bless. Spiritualiy Group
250928 Pastoral letter – DoW 175 anniversary
Pilgrimage to Hertfordshire’s Jubilee Church, Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, Welwyn
Families Resources 2025
Newsletters (bulletins) for SS Alban and Stephen
Mass times for all the Catholic Parishes of St Albans
Spirituality on the Go for Everybody
St. Bart’s Parishioners Food Pantry
Please leave your donations in the porch – Thank You!
If you prefer to make a financial donation, you can put cash in an envelope marked St. Bart’s Food Pantry through the presbytery door, write a cheque to St Bartholomew’s Church reference Food Pantry and post or pop through the presbytery door or make a bank transfer using this:
WRCDT St Albans South Catholic Church Account 40 05 20 81308440 marking it “Food Pantry”
Background
At our November 2022 Parish Council meeting it was agreed to set up a food pantry in the church entrance to support parishioners, their family, friends and/or neighbours with free food provisions during this cost-of-living crisis. There will be bags provided to take the items away and soon, the church opening times will be displayed outside the church. Please don’t be shy – we’re in this together!! If you can, donations would be gratefully received though please make sure the items are in date – please leave in the marked box. We’ll start with non-perishable food first and, hopefully, progress later to fresh fruit and veg. Any surplus food will be donated to our local foodbank at the new Cottonmill Community Centre. Any queries or offers of help as the pantry builds, please contact:
Jackie Tominey on 07702 948585 or jackie.tominey@ntlworld.com
Non Perishable Food Items to Donate:
Please check items are in date before donating
- Cereal
- Soup
- Pasta
- Rice (Cooked/uncooked)/Curry & Other Sauces
- Tinned tomatoes/ pasta sauce
- Lentils, beans and pulses (Preferably tinned)
- Tinned meat/Fish
- Tinned vegetables (Including potatoes)
- Tea/coffee/Herbal teas
- Sugar/sweetners
- Salt/Pepper
- Tinned fruit
- Biscuits
- UHT milk/oat milk/almond milk/custard/tinned custard
- Fruit juice
Parish accounts are here: Parish accounts
Synodal Pathway summaries have been posted here https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/stalbanssouth/synodal-pathway/
The Bishops’ report is here: Bishops’ Synodal Pathway Report
Other Parish Information
Gift Aid details
Gift Aid Form
FOOD BANKS:
Please don’t forget Food Bank donations at Supermarkets: https://stalbansdistrict.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
UNIVERSALIS MASS READINGS: Click here for today’s readings
MASSES ONLINE
If you are helped by a visual participation in the Mass, then go to one of the websites on which that celebration is being streamed. Here is list of parishes with streamed celebrations of Mass across the Diocese: 200318 Mass streaming and useful websites. There is also a list here.
Masses at Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Church on YouTube
Online Masses at St Teresa’s Borehamwood
Online Masses at St Luke’s Pinner
