EVENTS UPDATES & INFORMATION

Mass and Meet:- This Friday, 6th Nov . Mass will be at 12.00 midday, followed by a light lunch in the hall. There is no charge for the lunch and everyone is welcome. The Mass and Meet Christmas Buffet lunch will be on Fri 4 Dec.

For the First Holy Communion programme there will be an initial parents meeting (which children DO NOT need to attend) on Monday 2nd November at 7.00 pm in the small hall. We will run through what is expected of parents and children and negotiate the best time and day for the classes. As the parish halls are hired out ‘commercially’ the options for the day and time of meeting are limited, so we will have to be mindful of this. Confirmation: - There will be an initial meeting for those whose have sent in application forms and a parent on Tuesday 3rd November, at 7 pm, again, so that expectations can be explained and an overview of the programme presented.

PLEASE NOTE THE TIME OF MASS NEXT SUNDAY MORNING: An Induction Mass for Mrs Lize Claassen to welcome her as the new Headteacher at St. Joseph’s School, will be next Sunday 8th November. Please note:- The Mass will be at ##11 am not 10 am! ## The Mass will be followed by light refreshments in the hall. Do come along and say ‘Hello’. We will also welcome members of the Diocesan Schools Commission

As we approach a changing Mass schedule, a number of people have asked ‘Where are the priests?’ The answer comes in the corresponding question ‘Have you prayed for priestly vocations?’ If there are to be more churches with more Masses, we have to do the ‘spade work’ that is, pray for priestly vocation, which is the whole object of the Rosary Circle. With the month of November approaching, next weekend there will a new ‘Rosary Circle’ chart for people to ‘sign up’ and commit to praying one decade of the Rosary each day for priestly vocations during the month of November, simply put your initial or a tick in one of the boxes on the ‘Rosary Circle’ chart in the church porch.  The ‘Chart’ lists the 20 decades of the Rosary and a number of columns for people to put their initial or a tick in a box to indicate they will commit to praying the particular decade each day for the month of October, and hopefully, this will create a number of ‘circles’ praying for this intention. This is a very simple spiritual exercise many of us could join in with; at least 20 people praying one decade of the Rosary each day, so the whole of the Rosary is prayed for this particular intention, thus creating a ‘Rosary Circle’. Let it be said, however, that anyone can join the Rosary Circles at any time.

Youth Group: Will meet this Thursday, November 12th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm in the Church Hall. Dinner will be provided and a contribution of £2.50 helps us to do this. If you or someone you know might be interested, please get in touch at: sj.youth.dorking@gmail.com or register at https://tinyurl.com/sjyouthgp . See you on Thursday!