Holy Trinity and St Augustine of Canterbury

Extracts from Newsletter for October 2002

Ed-Aid - Education in Africa - is a small group of Christian volunteers helping the work of the missionaries in West Africa by sending educational materials to schools mainly in The Gambia and Sierra Leone. Look out for a large box in the porch from now until December. Please help us to fill this with donations of pencils & pens, geometry equipment, and other items of stationery, in good condition, which can provide pupils and teachers with those things we take for granted. (Patron: Bishop J O'Brien)

Silver Lining Appeal At the end of June the big bottle at the back of the Church was again emptied of your contributions and a total of £207 was sent to the Fatima Mission. This is a great way to support the overseas missions. Please keep it up! Thank you.

World’s Largest Coffee Morning in aid of the MacMillan Nurses will be held this year on Friday 27th September. Please lend it your support at Elmwood Courd, 65 High Street, Baldock from 10 am to 12 noon. If you would like to help please contact Mary Conners on Tel: 491027; otherwise just come along!

Bishop James O’Brien has written to express his grateful thanks to all of you for the prayers, Masses, cards, greetings and gifts which he received on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of his ordination as Bishop. Thanks also to any of you who attended his celebration recently at All Saints Pastoral Centre.

RIP We are sorry to announce the death of Mrs Ita Brimyard. May she rest in peace. Her funeral will be on Thursday 10th October at 3 pm.

October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Please try and say a decade every day.

Rosary Crusade of Reparation - Saturday 12th October 2002 -

Assemble by 1.45 pm outside Westminster Cathedral. Procession to Brompton Oratory. End approx 5 pm (First Mass of Sunday follows at 6 pm)

The Pro-Life, Pro-Family Conference 19th - 20th October 2002 - The London Oratory School.

Human Life International 6th National Conference, offering a series of challenging presentations from a Catholic Perspective, giving you the chance to meet international pro-life experts. Bookings through HLI-UK, PO Box 4771, London SE9 4XA; Tel: 020 8857 9950; or visit http://www.hli.org.

Hope after Abortion. The Good Counsel Network offers help and support for women suffering after an abortion. For details of retreats and other events please contact them at 538 Kings Drive, Wembley, Middx HA9 9JD or on Tel: 020 7723 1740

A very warm welcome to Father Michael Lee, who has retired after 54 years of active life in the priesthood. He has come to live in Baldock. Father has very kindly offered his services to the Parish and we gratefully accept his help. I am sure you will make him feel at home.

Congratulations and Many Thanks to the parishioners who have vastly improved the surrounds of the Church with lovely flowers, bushes etc. Have you noticed the improvements to the Parish Hall? We have new guttering, entrance door, renewed window frames and newly painted exterior.A great improvement!

Tea and Coffee after the 10.30 am Mass Elaine and Jim Glover have been working very hard to provide this for many months now and are grateful to all who have taken their turn. However, more and more often they are 'on duty' - due to pressures of family and work, they will no longer be able to do this on a regular basis.

If tea & coffee is to continue on a weekly basis, there MUST be a bank of regular and reliable volunteers.

We look forward to hearing from you all !!

Repository Thank you for your continued custom! All profits go to our Church. The Christmas order has just been placed so watch this space!

Home Mission Sunday Day of Prayer for Evangelisation in England and Wales - 15 September 2002. Please pray for the work of the Catholic Missionary Society. Thank you.