COMBINED NOTICE BOARDS for 3 Rivers Pastoral Area

For events where everyone is welcome
- please see individual churches for more local events

Main Notices
Our Lady Queen of Apostles - Bishop's Waltham
St Swithun Wells - Fair Oak
St Edward the Confessor - Chandlers Ford
Holy Cross - Eastleigh
St Andrews - North Baddesley
St Josephs - Romsey

Main Notices

Street Pastors meeting. 8pm, Wednesday 20th August at Eastleigh Baptist Church. Everyone welcome.

Chief Inspector Diana Boyles will say how the churches can play a greater role in our community; working in partnership with the police. Street Pastors from Fair Oak will say how they can make a positive difference in the lives of young people and reduce crime, can we do the same in Eastleigh? We also need people to join a prayer group for the community. You can find out more about Street Pastors at: www.streetpastors.co.uk

Eric Hyom Tel 02380 610345. email: erichyom@sky.com

Burkina Faso - the Expedition

Last year, Holy Cross parishioner Kathryn Turner was fortunate enough to go to Kenya. The purpose was to look at mountain lakes in East Africa with her daughter Elizabeth but by a series of coincidences, she was able to attend the ordination of several young deacons in one of the suburbs of Nairobi. Among them was Anselme Tarpaga, a Missionary of Africa (formerly called White Fathers).

They kept in touch during the troubles in Kenya earlier this year and Kathryn was delighted to be invited to Anselme's ordination as priest in his home diocese in Burkina Faso. This will take place on Saturday 12 July in the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, about 200 miles south-west of the capital, Ouagadougou. (See the map here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl )

As Air France offer a generous baggage allowance, it made sense to take out things that might be useful to the people in Anselme's home town (and, hopefully, to bring some fabrics and so on back!). If you would like to contribute something, one suggestion is clothing - especially for children and young people aged 5-15. Other ideas might be pencils (and sharpeners) and other bits of stationery (but please keep things light in weight - not too much heavy paper!) If you would prefer to make a small money donation, Kathryn could give this to the White Fathers or White Sisters who live nearby. The preferred foreign currency is euros so if you have any left over, this could give them a good home!

Internet access is a bit limited but Kathryn will be taking a travelling bear called Bilbo who has his very own blog: http://www.bilbosjourneys.blogspot.com/! They will add news (and photos) as and when they can.

Burkina Faso sounds a very welcoming place - see this link: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/burkina-faso/
For more facts, you might like to try Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso
For more information, please contact Kathryn at kathryn@wellsprings.org.uk before her departure on 7 July.

St. Swithun Wells Fellowship Group

The next three meetings will be based on the theme "From Fellowship to Stewardship". These are open meetings to discuss how we will introduce Stewardship to the Fair Oak Community. Everyone is most welcome. Wednesday evenings 7.45 pm St. Swithun Wells Church. Contact Peter Baggott 80694060, Bob Birtles 80692416 and Steve Holmes 80693669

St. Swithun Wells Fellowship Group

The next three meetings will be based on the theme "From Fellowship to Stewardship". These are open meetings to discuss how we will introduce Stewardship to the Fair Oak Community. Everyone is most welcome. Wednesday evenings 7.45 pm St. Swithun Wells Church. Contact Peter Baggott 80694060, Bob Birtles 80692416 and Steve Holmes 80693669

Good Companions Luncheon Club

Luncheon Group for those who live alone or are lonely. Originally started 20 years ago as a coffee morning by a parishioner, Alice Terry [RIP] and now run by Pauline Wilson.

Catholics and non-Catholics are welcome.

We meet at Keats Restaurant, at 1230 on Tuesdays. Transport can be arranged if needed. Please contact Pauline Wilson: 023 8026 6617 - wrinklies@eleven75.freeserve.co.uk

MEDITATION: (John Main) Tuesdays, at 2.15pm. Please contact Pat Nash on 01794 512006 for details.

LEGION OF MARY: Tuesdays at 2.30pm at Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church.

THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church, Bishop’s Waltham: 5.30pm on Saturdays, or by appointment. Holy Cross Church, Eastleigh, at 11am on Saturdays.
St. Edward the Confessor Church, Chandler’s Ford: 12 noon Saturdays.
St. Joseph’s Church, Romsey: 5.30-5.55pm Saturdays. St. Andrew’s Church, North Baddesley: 9.00am-9.15am Sundays.

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Our Lady Queen of Apostles - Bishop's Waltham

Musical Soiree fundraiser to help get our youth to Australia - all are welcome from 3 rivers

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St Swithun Wells - Fair Oak

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St Edward - Chandlers Ford

JOURNEY IN FAITH: Enquiries please to Deacon Paul on 023 8025 4806 regarding the next meeting will be in the Cloister of St. Edward the Confessor Church,
Winchester Road, Chandler’s Ford.

COMMUNITY WATCH: Would you like to communicate with the Police and Council about quality of life issues which effect residents of Hiltingbury? Please see poster in the welcoming area or phone PCSO Firkin and PCSO Fantini at Eastleigh Police Station on 0845 045 45 45.

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Holy Cross - Eastleigh

Phil Talbot Golf Classic – Friday 4th July

(Phil was a much loved and diligent parishioner at Holy Cross)

Format is the same as previous years – meet at East Horton Golf Club, Mortimers Lane, Fair Oak.

7.30 – 8.00 – Breakfast
11 Holes of Texas Scramble
Lunch
18 holes - Stapleford Competition
Time to shower and relax before dinner.
Dinner, prize giving and auction.

£70 per person.

We would love to see non golfers at the evening dinner (£20 pr head). The more the merrier! Come and support this wonderful annual event in aid of The Wishing Well.

If anyone has any items we could auction, please give us a ring.

Telephone Ron Clarke on 023 8067 7245
Brian Forrest on 023 8025 5051

Repository at Holy Cross

The shop at Holy Cross Church is open every Sunday and at other times on request. There are lovely cards, books and many religious items in stock. If you don't see what you want, orders can be placed for special requests and we'll do our best to help

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