CHEDDAR NEWS
 

ROTAS FOR THIS WEEK
CLEANING 24th Kate, Fi & Maria	TEA & COFFEE 1st Liz & Collette	FLOWERS No flowers though Lent	WELCOMING 29th Jenny 1st Mary Cryer

Social Team Meeting tomorrow (Monday 24th February) at 2pm in the classroom.

Ash Wednesday Masses:
  7.30am Glastonbury - Latin Mass
  9.30am Ss Joseph and Teresa, Wells - Mass
  12 noon St Michael's Shepton Mallet - Mass
  12 noon Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Cheddar - Mass
  7.00pm St Mary's, Glastonbury - Mass

The parish office will be dismantled in the coming weeks. Charlotte will still be around in the hall on Thursdays.

Lent Groups - this year's Cheddar Lent Groups will run from Monday 2nd March for 5 weeks. The course is a York Course "On The Third Day" written by Anglican Bishop John Pritchard (£3.80 and is available on Kindle). It considers the Resurrection and its implications for our living, our praying and our church. Sign up sheets and book order requests will be in the porch.

The Parish AGM will be held on Sunday 8th March at 3pm. Can I have all your reports by this Thursday (27th February) please.

World day of prayer which this year is by and for the women of Zimbabwe takes place on Friday 6th March at 2.15pm. at the Methodist Church, Cliff St., Cheddar. Anyone who would like to take a active part in this lovely ecumenical service is asked to attend a rehearsal on Friday 28th February at 2pm at the above address.

Eucharistic Ministers' morning on Saturday 14th March from 10am - 12.30pm. All Eucharistic Ministers are invited to attend Mass at 10am, followed by Exposition of the Holy Sacrament and Benediction.
  11-11.15am - Tea/Coffee;
  11.15-11.30am - Input by Fr Bede/Fr Anselm
  11.30am-12noon - Q & A
  12-12.30pm - Planning and actions.

Mass Times: after six months, we have been looking at Mass provision over the four parishes now that we know what the routine feels like. We proposed no longer saying the Wednesday Mass in Wells, but people have asked that this continue as it is popular with market day. So we are happy to continue with this. We will, however, have to cancel the Mass on Tuesdays (unless there is a school Mass in Church) and also the Latin Mass on Mondays. This means that at Wells, the weekday Masses are on Wednesday at 9.30am and Friday at noon. We have to be sensible with what we can do, and be fair across all our parishes. Please pray for us! All four parishes will now have two weekday Masses.

Lent Lunches will be taking place on Thursday 12th, 19th and 26th March, the final one will be here on Thursday 2nd April where Kathy will talk about Mary's Meals.

Fr Wally has indicated that he would love to be invited to share Sunday lunch with parishioners in their own homes, to help him to get to know us better. If you would like to invite him to your home please have a chat with him in the hall after Mass, to arrange a suitable date.

New Hall News: The fund stands at £37,312.00.

First Holy Communion: Please see Fr Bede or Fr Anselm if you would like your child to make their First Holy Communion next year. (Wells - Saturday 13th June 11.00am; Cheddar - Sunday 14th June 9.00am; Glastonbury - Sunday 14th June 11.00am; Shepton - Saturday 20th June 11.00am - note the changed date)

 

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