THE FAMILY OF JESUS & MARY

ST. FELIX PARISH NEWSLETTER

Would like to thank everyone for the most enjoyable and 8, Gainsborough Rd.,
successful Strawberry Tea. Felixstowe IP11 7HT
01394 282561

The magnificent sum of £545.39p was raised. E-Mail: sacerdotus@googlemail.com

Parish Priest: Fr David Hennessy
This will be taken personally to the Sisters of Jesus & Mary Website : www.saintfelix.co.uk
in Haiti, and will be used to alleviate much suffering there
—to give shelter and to feed hungry children in their schools
WEEKEND MASSES
A HUGE THANKYOU TO ALL CONCERNED SATURDAY VIGIL
6pm: St Felix July 27th, 2008
( Terry Madden CWL int )
17th Sunday A
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS, A G M 2008 SUNDAY MORNING
9am: St Felix
Establish one collective working management committee ( Alan & Barbara Lamberton
to meet monthly rather than have extended committees 40th Wdg Ann’y ) PARISH BBQ
• Porch entrance - renovate IN THE PARISH GARDEN
• Porch doors - replace 10.30am: Convent
SUNDAY, 10th AUGUST
• Repositioning of Baptismal Font 12.30pm START
• Sanctuary flooring to be changed 11.30am: St Cecilia’s
• Removal / trimming of trees to front MUSIC, RAFFLE,
• St Felix Mass times sign - preferably change BYOB.
to a brighter more welcoming colour and include website
MASS THIS
• Commission Icon of St Felix and decide on one other COMING WEEK TICKETS: £4
• Run design competition for landscaping front of church - grassed area could
be turned into something more functional and welcoming CONVENT MASS PLEASE COME!
• Parish accounts to be digitised - use Excel / Office account software
MONDAY—SATURDAY
• Initiate Guild of Saint Stephen annual award for Altar Servers
(at St Cecilia's & St Felix) 10.00am COLLECTIONS LAST WEEK
• Twinning with Cambodia
FRIDAY
• Confirmation Retreats—financing? OFFERTORY : £694.49
CAFOD: £170.32
• Adult Education in Faith ST. FELIX: 12noon
• New Noticeboard for St Cecilia’s WEDDING
MANY THANKS
• Chair carrier for the hall ONCE AGAIN
• Memorial Garden renovation SATURDAY 12noon
FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
Kate Quinn
ANY OTHERS? &
Edward Parker
Possible AGM date: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 7.30pm
 As part of Trinity Methodist Church's CHRISTMAS CRIB
THE GREEN CHAIRS
"Sunday Night at Eight" series this year,
that have been on the sanctuary
they have a visit from The late Edith Martin, RIP,
for many years have now been
RIDING LIGHTS ROUGHSHOD has left a crib to the parish,
replaced and are no longer
THEATRE COMPANY suitable for a family-sized home.
required .
ON SUNDAY, 27 JULY 2008,
8PM AT TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, Anyone who would like it, please
They are in good condition and can be let me know and you will be
HAMILTON ROAD, FELIXSTOWE
seen in the side chapels. welcome to take it.
WITH THEIR LATEST PRODUCTION
We are open to reasonable offers. It is in excellent condition.
"HOPE STREET"
EXTRAORDINARY STORIES Contact John King 282311 . Fr David
FROM THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF LIFE
Admission £5 adults, £3 concessions.

ANNIVERSARIES DOWRY OF MARY PILGRIMAGE

CONFIRMATION 2009 TO WALSINGHAM

Many thanks to all the young people who have signed Arthur Hayes
Roy Fenton SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 2008
up to form the confirmation group for next year.
Patrick Lillis
William Martin LED BY Rt Rev Patrick Lynch
The date is set with the Bishop for Ron Hockley Auxiliary Bishop in Southwark.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 2009 at 7.30pm Antony Reilly-Mead
Preparation will begin this coming October; further Luke O’Brien
ALL ARE WARMLY INVITED
details about this will appear in the newsletters Carole Sorchilla
at the start of September. Martin Read
Ann Hurley
Rowland Ring
Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave Wilhelmina O’Keefe
to the next generation? Are you building your lives on firm foundations, Sister Philomena Dalton Congratulations to
building something that will endure? Are you living your lives in a way Christiane Taylor 2004
that opens up space for the Spirit in the midst of a world that wants to Maria Maher VERNON WATTS
forget God, or even rejects him in the name of a falsely-conceived free- Mary Seagon
Evelyn Mansfield for winning the Provincial KSC
dom? How are you using the gifts you have been given, the “power”
which the Holy Spirit is even now prepared to release within you? What Bowls competition for
MAY THEY REST IN
legacy will you leave to young people yet to come? What difference will
PEACE
you make? IPSWICH COUNCIL
Pope Benedict XVI address to young people assembled at Randwick racecourse, Sydney, Thanks to all who supported.
for World Youth Day, 20th July, 2008