An Induction Mass for Mrs Lize Claassen to welcome her as the new Headteacher at St. Joseph’s School, will be on Sunday 8th November . Please note: - The Diocese put out a note saying the Mass will be at 11 am! So, we will stick with 11 and NOT 10 am, however, refreshments will still follow in the hall after the Mass. Do come along and say ‘Hello’. We will also welcome members of the Diocesan Schools Commission
The meeting for the parish, which was postponed for various reasons, will take place on Sunday 1 st November after the 10 am Mass, around 11.30; coffee will be available before hand, but we should like to begin promptly. The agenda will consist of a financial report for the year 2025, the work which our ‘core team’ have undertaken with the ‘Epsom Parish Leadership Team’ (which consists of ‘core team members’ from the existing parishes of the Epsom Deanery) and an explanation about the new deanery (super parish) Mass schedule. As the shortage of priests impacts more and more on the life of the Church, we should all pray daily for vocations in the broadest sense of the word, that is, for marriage and family, as well as for religious and priestly vocations, mindful that any and every vocation is nurtured first and foremost in the family home.
As our Bishop is new to the Diocese, at present the schedule for the Confirmation Mass has not yet been decided, so, better to begin the programme earlier rather than later! 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.
If you haven’t already done so, but would still like to commit to praying a decade of the Rosary each day during February, then please do 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 February, 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 22nd October 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!
Links to his Mass of Episcopal Ordination