WELCOME TO ANY VISITORS AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO LIVE IN THE PARISH - Please make yourself known to Father Kenneth or Deacon Michael and fill in and return the Census Form attached to the Welcome and Information Sheet if you are newly resident here.  There is a blue box for completed forms near the door.

WORLD YOUTH DAY - We assure Faye Eldret of our prayers as she sets off on 8 July for World Youth Day in Australia.  She is one of a group of 25 pilgrims from our diocese.  They will stay with families in the parish of St Simon in Rowville, Melbourne before travelling to Sydney to meet Pope Benedict and over 200,000 young Catholics from all over the world.  Please keep these young people in your prayers.  We look forward to hearing all about it from Faye when she returns.

CRB CHECKS-Eucharistic Ministers.  - Would those Eucharistic Ministers who have not yet received forms for CRB clearance please collect their named package from the back of the Church.  Lorna will be available to check forms and photocopy evidence after 11 am Mass on  13 July, after 5 pm Mass on 12 July and from 11-12 noon on Wednesday 16 July, in the hall.  Any problems with meeting on one of these dates, or completing the forms, please phone on 01202 881828.

MAKING A WILL - If you are considering leaving some of your estate for the Diocese or the Parish, as some kind benefactors have done in recent years, Fr Kenneth has an information sheet which is helpful.  Please ask him for a copy, without any obligation!

PLEASE HELP OPPOSE WIDER ABORTION LAWS - The government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has sadly received initial approval in the House of Commons, and MPs have rejected attempts to reduce the time limit for some abortions.  Pro-abortion MPs may now try to use the Bill as a vehicle to widen the abortion law, enabling even more abortions to take place.  You can support the campaign against this by simply delivering some leaflets door-to-door in your street or locality.  To order leaflets (free of charge) please contact Society for the protection of Unborn Children, telephone:  020 7091 7091, or e-mail  lizfoody@spuc.org.uk or write to SPUC, 3 Whitacre Mews, Stannary Street, London, SE11 4AB.

SUPPORT FOR MISSION - The dioceses of England and Wales raised over £3 million in support of APF (The Association for the Propagation of the Faith), the Catholic missionary agency during 2007.  Of this total, our diocese of Plymouth raised £85,872 and our parish £2,166.  There are a great many worthy charities but if Catholics do not support Catholic missionary agencies, nobody else will.  It is up to us.  If you would like a red savings box for APF please contact John Peacock. Click here to learn about the APF Group at St Catherine's.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Should you need the SVP we meet on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in every month at 5.00 pm in the Church hall. See the Church Groups for more information

IF YOU HAVE TO GO INTO HOSPITAL please let your parish priest know. When you get there, ask to see the Roman Catholic Chaplain and request Holy Communion. With the present emphasis on confidentiality it is not enough to fill in the form and put RC against your name. If you just do that, nothing will happen.

The RC Chaplains are:
Wimborne Hospital: Father Kenneth Noakes
Poole Hospital: Deacon Declan McConville (tel:665511)
Bournemouth Hospital: Father Ronald Hishon (tel:513380)

The PARISH WEBSITE may be more popular than you had imagined - In 2007 there were 13,761 pages viewed as a result of between 700 and 1000 separate visits/month across the year! The website is intended to be a source of parish information to everyone so if you want to suggest how it can be improved, then please share your ideas with Canon Noakes or Deacon Michael or click on this link to email the webmaster directly.

BOOKSTALL & REPOSITORY before and after morning Masses. Coffee available after both Sunday Masses.

Available at the Repository & Bookstall after 9 & 11 Sunday Mass, copies of the CTS New Catholic Bible tailor made for Catholics in a variety of formats.
A new Lourdes Prayer Book is now on sale at £2 per copy.

CATHOLIC SOUTH WEST Newspaper for our Diocese. July edition now on sale at 50p.