Sunday Teas:

This Sunday, the teas will be served by the flower arrangers. 

Next Sunday, the teas will be served by St Anthony’s PTFA. 

Thank you to all who help out with tea and coffee.

Last week’s collections: 1st collection £773.04p including Gift Aid £323.65p.  The 2nd collection (for Parish Funds) was £50.30p.  Thank you for your generosity.  Today’s second collection is for Parish Funds.

Large Print Mass sheets are now in the narthex for those who find the current mass booklets difficult to read.  Please only take one of the larger print mass sheets if you need to as there are a limited amount of copies available.

Thank you for all your old mobile phones and printer cartridges.  The parish has made £222.42 from recycling them.  Please do keep donating your old mobile phones, printer inkjets (except Epson) and laser/toner cartridges.

Little Chicks: The Little Chicks playgroup opens every Tuesday in term time from 9:30 until 11:30am in the Parish Centre.  All children and parents are welcome.  The parents can have tea/coffee and a chat while their children play together.  If you have any questions please speak to Margaret Ferraro (Yr1 and Yr 4/5) or Vera (Yr 2 or Yr 4/5) in the school playground.

Courses and workshops: Please see the notice board for details of courses and workshops at the Mount Street Jesuit Centre during January, February  and March 2012.

Repository: Calendars and diaries for 2012 are on sale.   Sunday Missals are now available priced £18.  Simple Prayer Books with the new mass wording are on sale and if you would like a parish diary please take one from the repository (donations gratefully accepted).  Southwark Catholic Directories 2012: These are now available priced £3 each.

The Beginning Experience are holding a weekend for those who find themselves alone again through divorce, separation or bereavement.  The weekend will take place from 30th March - 1st April 2012 at the Emmaus Centre, West Wickham.  For details contact: Rita on 01923 467958 or email: Zanzibar@talktalk.net

Catholic Parliamentary and Public Policy Internships: For the last nine years the Catholics Bishops Conference has organised Parliamentary and Public Policy Internships for recently graduated Catholics.  This year we are looking to offer 8 internships.  5 interns will be placed with Christian MPs at Westminster; 2 in Public Policy with CAFOD and CARITAS Social Action Network; and 1 in a media internship at Archbishop’s House, Westminster.  All internships will run from September 2012 - July 2013 and include accommodation and subsistence allowances.  Full details and an application form can be found on our website: http//www.catholicnews.org.uk/interns.  Completed application forms must either be emailed to interns@cbcew.org.uk or posted to: Michaela Kelly, Head of HR, 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX. The closing date is 5pm on 29^th February 2012 and Assessment days will be 28^th and 29^th March 2012.  If you know anyone who may be interested in this opportunity, please encourage them to apply.

Media and Communications Officer: The Archdiocese of Southwark is seeking to appoint a Media and Communications Officer to work in the Commission for Schools and Colleges with effect from 1st March 2012.  Please see the noticeboard for futher details.  Further information and application packs are available from Donna Gray at the commission on donna.gray@rcsouthwark.org.uk or by telephoning 01689 883341

Headteacher Required: For September 2012 at St Aidan’s Catholic Primary School, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3DE.  Please contact the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs Sandra Devine, for further details, on 07711 657070.  The closing date for applications is 10th February.