The COMBINED NOTICE BOARDS for parishes of the Thames Isis Pastoral Area

Browse through forthcoming activities taking place in your Parish and across the whole pastoral area.

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Preparing For Easter
A Father Who Keeps His Promise - God's Covenant Love in Scripture from Creation to Salvation.

Deacon Richard will be leading four Thursday evenings in Lent from 7.30 - 8.30 at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, North Hinksey
March 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd.

The Pastoral Area course for candidates wishing to be confirmed is due to start shortly at St Edmund's Church, Abingdon.  If you would like details of how to enrol on the course, please contact your local Parish Office.

A Pastoral Area Day of Recollection specifically for Extra-Ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist will be held on 3rd March 2012 at East Hendred.  Watch this space for more details in the future.

 Evening Lectionary Study Group

 A small group of us meets regularly on Wednesday evenings, 7.30 in the Parish Centre at Our Lady and St Edmund's Church, Abingdon (or after evening mass) -9pm, to reflect on the lectionary readings of the following Sunday.  Everyone is welcome. Just turn up if you would like to join us, either on a regular or a come-when-you-can basis. For example, if you are a Minister of the Word at Sunday Mass, why not come on the Wednesday preceding ‘your’ Sunday?

Lectio Divina has been used by the church for centuries as a tool for deepening prayer life.  Meaning 'Spiritual Reading' it is a way of reading the bible, making your reading a prayer.  It helps you to see how the Holy Spirit , speaking to you through the bible, has something to say about your life.

Click here for guide to Lectio Divina for individuals

and here for guide for leaders

What does it mean to be a Catholic Priest today?

Fr David Forrester is a retired Priest of our Diocese, and now lives in Abingdon.

From his childhood, David Forrester knew that he was called by God. His path to Priesthood led him to unanticipated ways, and his calling as a Priest has taken him in even more unexpected directions.
He has published a book to mark the Year For Priests, called
Led By A Thread, in which he reflects on how the thread of faith has run through his life from his earliest recollections, through student life in Oxford and Rome, in parish ministry and chaplaincy at Oxford, Eton and Woldingham.

Led By A Thread is available from Redemptorist Publications for £8.95

TO BE A CHRISTIAN IS TO BE A MISSIONARY

Missio is now the name for the Pontifical Mission Societies.
The Pope has asked Missio to care for, and support the younger Churches across the world until they are able to be self-sufficient.
Missio is therefore the Church’s official support organisation for overseas mission; raising awareness and funds for missionary and pastoral work worldwide.

The generosity of Catholics, primarily through the red APF mission boxes in this country, means that Missio is able to respond in faith and love to the needs of our brothers and sisters in over 1000 mission Dioceses around the world.

Please contact our Portsmouth Diocesan Directors:
Deacon David Morgan or Deacon Richard Budgen (North Hinksey parish) to learn how you can help.
Missio website: www.missio.org.uk

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