Web Site News

Please see below for the additions, changes and news :

27 April 2008

• Your digital invitation to the Preview of Tim Patrick’s fundraising art exhibition
• Link to a special web site that will track and record the progress of Father Michael and Steve Carter during their epic, fund raising cycle ride to Lourdes
• Southampton Celebrate Weekend, 2008 - 3rd & 4th May, 2008 St Mary's College, Bitterne Park. Celebrate is a Family Holiday Conference organised by a team from Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and open to Christians from every part of the Body of Christ

20 April 2008

• Invitation to a preview - Parishioners of 3 Rivers are cordially invited to a private preview of new paintings by Tim Patrick, our young (19) aspiring artist from the Romsey parish - > click here or please go to the web site notice board - RSVP
• Your Questions > click here for a new idea we are trying out - perhaps you could send some questions in to get it started please.

13 April 2008

• Invitation to a musical soiree at Bishops Waltham to raise funds to send our youth to Australia – all from 3 Rivers are welcome > see the notice board
• Lemon Aid – a musical group who provide free entertainment for fund-raiseing events – includes our own Bob Grocott of Holy Cross, Eastleigh > see the ‘our community’ section

6 APRIL 2008

New on the web site:

1. See the Pastoral Area Diary for a great success story > where all 6 of our churches have contributed to Fair-Trade Fortnight and raised funds for our young adults going to Australia

2. > April edition of Portsmouth People

3. Catholic Children Society link – see home page

Coming soon – the story of life in a Roman Catholic parish in Slovakia from Veronika, sometimes parishoner at Holy Cross and much missed now she is studying at university in her native land.

30March 2008

New addition to the web site:

Walking in the LighWalking Light with the Risen Lord
An evening for personal reflection on the triumph of Easter light

Wisdom House Spirituality Centre, Romsey Wednesday 2 April, 7pm-9pm

click here > Blessing of the Easter Food at Holy Cross

Lovely Easter Vigil scenes at St Edward the Confessor – click here for the Pastoral Area Diary

Updated Liturgical Calender for St Edward the Confessor - see their home page

16 March 2008

NEW SECTION about our campaign against the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill – www.3rivers.org.uk and follow the link

LENT SECTION: Tridium

7pm-9pm - Wisdom House Spirituality Centre, Romsey Romsey: 01794 830206 spiritualitycentre@wisdomhouseromsey.co.uk
Entering Darkness that leads us to Light - An evening for personal reflection on the passing of Lent
and preparation for the celebration of the Paschal Mysteries – FLYER IS ATTACHED
Links to more pictures from the BBC’S , The passion Series, starting on Palm Sunday
Good Friday in the parish of Divine Mercy, Kosice, in Slovakia from a Holy Cross parishioner studying there
Information about the Polish tradition of Blessing of the Food on Holy Saturday

ON THE NOTICE BOARD:

Early news of Bishop's Waltham Garden Fair 4th May 2008
Advance notice - The Phil Talbot Golf Memorial Golf Classic will be on Friday
4th July at East Horton Golf Centre.

IN THE PASTORAL AREA DIARY:

Report on the very successful Passover Supper Celebration at St Swithun Wells
Wishing Well news

2nd March 2008

New addition to the web site are:-

Pictures from new series starting Palm Sunday THE PASSION by permission of the BBC on the Tridium page of the Lent Section on 3 Rivers site.

HERE IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE PRESS RELEASE ON OUR WEB SITE:

Call to Christians to “cancel all leave” and prepare a welcome for the series, describing it as “a once-in-a-generation opportunity” to engage the whole nation in a public conversation about the Christian message. “This Easter the whole country will be talking about Jesus. Not about church politics or the finer points of theology, but about Jesus.”

Some nice pictures on the Holy Cross Parish Diary web page which has just been set up – I am ready to receive pictures and stories from your parishes and to set up your own diaries.

More information added to the Music for Lent and Easter Section - The Open University brings Sacred Music to BBC FOUR this Easter

23rd February 2008

New addition to the web site is:

'Everyone is invited to 'A Celebration of Central and South America Fairtrade Progress' on Saturday 1st March 7.30 pm at St Edward the Confessor - all the proceeds from the evening will go the Youth Trip to Sydney – go to our web site www.3rivers.org.uk and follow the links

· 3rd Sunday of lent Gospel, Lenten Readings, reflections for children/youth etc. – see the lent section

Question! Do we have any of our community members away at university, gap year, working abroad etc. ? If yes perhaps they might like our newsletter emailed to them? – please let me know or invite them yourselves - thank you.

17th February 2008

Please find this week's newsletter attached.

Great news – Vanessa Will’s Bridge fundraising afternoon on St Valentine’s day, at Bishop’s Waltham raised £1000 – click here for Vanessa’s report > http://www.taycliff.com/3rivers/noticeboards1.htm

New additions to the web site: > The LENT Section: Scripture Sheets | Services & Events | Tridium | Music

• Also includes His Holiness the Pope’s lenten letter.
• The BBC are happy for us to link to their ‘The Passion’ series and are sending some pictures.
• Please let me know of any lenten musical or dramatic events in your locality

– Other contributions welcome

We could do with more information or reports on events, after they have happened, a little like Vanessa’s and pictures are welcome

Please Click here > if you wish to place information on your parish notice board on the web site.

10th February 2008

New addition to the web site is a NEW SECTION on Lent and Easter

– I have not quite finished it

– bigger than I imagined

– can’t resist mentioning that the drawing of the crucified Christ is by my Son Timothy – drawn when 17 years old.

Also the February edition of Portsmouth People is now on the web site – select Newsletters

Please let me know of any Lenten or Eastertide musical or dramatic performances coming off in your area, including Ecumenical ones .

3rd February

The Newsletter for Romsey and North Baddesley will not be available on the web site until next week.

I hope to add a special page for Lent over the weekend and will let you know when it is there.

Don’t forget that your notices can be added to the web site as well as the newsletter – just email me or contact your local web site coordinator – listed at the bottom of this email.

Parish web site coordinators:

Please contact them with your suggestions, contributions, corrections, comments, notices, etc.

· Our Lady Queen of Apostles: - Michael Luckie

01489 574293 email: michael@theluckies.com

· St. Swithun Wells: - Peter Nash

01962 712022 email: nashp@aol.com

· Holy Cross: - Kathryn Turner

023 8032 7314 email: kathryn@wellsprings.org.uk

· St. Edward the Confessor - David Cardinal

023 8026 6985 email: david@cardinal.fslife.co.uk

· St. Andrew’s & St. Joseph’s - Leo Patrick

01794 511192 leo.patrick@taycliff.com

27th January 2008

Please find this week's newsletter attached – only from Romsey & Noth Baddesley – last weeks 3 Rivers newsletter covers a fortnight because Pauline is recuperating from an operation.

New additions to the web site are:

the St Swithun Wells Fellowship Meetings 2008
News of a fundraising Bridge afternoon at Our Lady Queen of Apostles on St Valentine’s Day
An update on Benn and Helen and the situation in Kenya

We have also been asked to pray for Nick Perry, currently serving in Afganistan, the son-in-law of Morgan O’Connell, one of the most senior church members at Our Lady Queen of Apostles

Thanks and regards

Leo

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