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. We also gather at other times in the week, with a special Mass in our parish school at 9am on most Wednesdays during term time.
OCTOBER AT ST MARY’S
| Sunday 11 October | 19th Sunday After Trinity: Week 28 Parish Mass 10.30 am with Fr Dumaeza |
| Monday 12 October | Eucharist 7 pm |
| Wednesday 14 October | Eucharist 9 am in School |
| Thursday 15 October | Eucharist 7 pm |
| Saturday 17 October | Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am Followed by Refreshments and Fellowship |
| Sunday 18 October | 20th After Trinity (Week 29) Parish Mass 10.30 with Fr Dumaeza |
Dedication Festival and Gift Day
We should all continue to consider our response to Fr Dumaeza’s Reflection, and what more each one of us can do to support our life together at St Mary’s.
Particularly needed:
A volunteer administrator
Washing and ironing altar linens, etc
You can also still make a financial donation using a Gift Day envelope – There is one in each Planned Giving box, or on the table by the door.
Last week’s Open Morning Cake Stall and Raffle raised £174.50 – thank you!
(we still need new bakers!)
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Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: Greetings from St Paul’s Cathedral!
‘Your parish will shortly feature in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer. We will be praying for you, your colleagues and your congregations at our 8am and 12.30pm services and normally at Evensong at 5pm on that day. We would be delighted if anyone from your church would like to join us for our services that day. If a group of you plan to come for Evensong, please let us know so that we can reserve seats for you in the Quire and welcome you at the beginning of the service.’
Evensong on Friday 23 October at 5 pm
If you would like to be part of a group going to St Paul’s Cathedral please give your name to Stephen.
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World Food Day 12-16 October: City Harvest Festival Food Drive: Help City Harvest deliver an extra £50,000. A collection is being taken at St Mary’s School: cityharvest.org.uk/harvest-festival
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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!).
N 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: Winfield Blair, Shawn Shrouder
Shaun’s funeral will be on Wednesday 28 October at 11 am, New Testament Church of God, NW10 2SD
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MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
| Sunday 1 November | All Saints |
| Monday 2 November | All Souls |
| Saturday 7 November | Open Morning |
| Sunday 8 November | Remembrance Sunday |
| Wednesday 11 November | Armistice Day |
| Sunday 22 November | Christ the King |
| Sunday 29 November | Advent Sunday |
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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.
