Our Parish Eucharist is on Sundays at 10:30am. Our worship is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, centred on the Mass (Holy Communion) where we encounter Jesus in the sacrament of the altar.
SEPTEMBER AT ST MARY’S
Sunday 20 September: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (Week 25)
| Sunday 20 September | Parish Mass 10.30 am with Fr Dumaeza |
| Monday 21 September | Eucharist 7 pm |
| Wednesday 23 September | Harvest Thanksgiving 9 am in Church with the School |
| Thursday 24 September | Eucharist 7 pm |
| Saturday 26 September | Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am Followed by refreshments and fellowship |
| Sunday 27 September | HARVEST THANKSGIVING Parish Mass 10.30 am with Fr Dumaeza Followed by Shared Lunch |
HARVEST THANKSGIVING
This Wednesday 23 September, 9 am in Church with the School
Sunday 27 September: 10 am in Church, followed by a shared lunch. If you are able, please bring some food to share with others, or stay and eat anyway – there is always plenty for al!
Harvest Offering: Donations of food or money for the Food Bank. There is a Harvest envelope in the Planned Giving boxes, or take a label. Please check the list below (particularly for what they can NOT accept!)
Long Life/UHT Milk, tinned fish, tinned vegetables, tinned soup, tinned fruit, tinned meat especially corned beef; coffee and tea
Also needed: Rice, Long life fruit juice, toiletries and household (sanitary pads, soap bars, shampoo, toothpaste, washing up liquid). They have plenty of biscuits!
They CANNOT accept: fresh produce, frozen products, refrigerated products, out of date products, products containing alcohol, medication, vitamins, baby formula, clothing, toys, bleach.
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Dedication and Gift Day will be Sunday 4 October
An invitation: Fr Dumaeza would love to visit (or take out for a cuppa) everyone willing, to hear your story, and what you love about St Mary’s. Please do reach out to him and invite him over, or invite yourself out for a cuppa with him (he’s paying!).
.MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| Sunday 20 September | St Matthew’s Patronal Festival: see the notice in church for details |
| Saturday 3 October | Open Morning |
| Sunday 4 October | Dedication and Gift Day |
IN OUR PRAYER THIS WEEK
Our new vicar: Fr Dumaeza, and his family
The Sick: Merle, Angela, Elsie, Joe, Debbie, Donovan, Antonia, Denise, Costella, Michael, Grace, Sophie
Recently Departed: Shirley Yeboah, Shawn Shrouder
Anniversaries of Death: Sis McArdle, Peggy Powton, Wilfred Dennis
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CONTACTS
Churchwarden: Stephen Halliwell: 020 8459 1175, 07720 401489
Safeguarding Officer: Lucky Enekeme: Safeguarding.shrineofmary@gmail.com
Website: shrineofmary.org
Email: shrineofmary@gmail.com
DONATIONS TO ST MARY’S THROUGH EASYFUNDRAISING
Supporting St Mary’s when you shop online: easyfundraising.org.uk/cause/stmaryswillesden/
If you do any online shopping, over 8,000 retailers will donate for FREE to St Mary’s Willesden – London when you use easyfundraising to shop with them. This means you can raise donations for us when you buy pretty much anything! These donations really help us, and all you have to do is use easyfundraising when you’re ordering the things you’ll be buying anyway.
Online sites including eBay, Amazon, John Lewis, Etsy, Argos, M&S, B&Q, Booking.com donate varying percentages, often only pennies but it all adds up.
Waitrose donates £1 for every grocery order, Sainsbury’s about 50p.
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Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals at St Mary’s
If you are interested in arranging a Baptism (Christening), Wedding, or Funeral at St Mary’s, please contact one of our Churchwardens: Stephen Halliwell (020 8459 1175) or Kathy Watters (07527 540779) for more details.
Safeguarding: St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer: Lucky Enekeme: safeguarding@shrineofmary@gmail.com
We have an information leaflet about baptism which you can download.
