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Rota Lists have been circulated for July, August and September. During the summer months, if you are unable to arrange with another Minister to take your place please contact the Parish Office.

The members of St Anne’s Basement Club wish to thank all who supported the recent sale of handmade cards. £800 was raised. The proceeds are towards the building of a well in a rural village in Northern India; the work on the well is due to commence in August.

Team C this week.

The Church Door collection on weekend 19th/20th June amounted to: £873.35.Contributions help support those who are travelling as invalids to Lourdes this year.

Weekly Offering: £2109.05. Thank you for your support.

English translation of Roman Missal to be published ‘soon’
Pope Benedict thanked recently those involved in the new
English Translation of the Roman Missal:
‘This has been a truly collegial enterprise. Not only are all five continents represented in the membership of the committee, but you have been assiduous in drawing together contributions from bishops’ conferences in English-speaking territories all over the world.’
‘I thank the superiors and officials of the congregation for their daily, painstaking work of overseeing the preparation and translation of texts that proclaim the truth of our redemption in Christ, the Incarnate Word of God,’ he said.
Benedict XVI continued: ‘I welcome the news that the English translation of the Roman Missal will soon be ready for publication. … Through these sacred texts and the actions that accompany them, Christ will be made present and active in the midst of His people.’

Going on then to identify a new task, that of ‘preparing for the reception of the new translation by clergy and lay faithful,’ the Pope pointed out that ‘many will find it hard to adjust to unfamiliar texts after nearly forty years of continuous use of the previous translation. The change will need to be introduced with due sensitivity; and the opportunity for catechesis that it presents will need to be firmly grasped. I pray that in this way any risk of confusion or bewilderment will be averted, and the change will serve instead as a springboard for a renewal and a deepening of Eucharistic devotion all over the English-speaking world.’
‘Soon the fruits of your labours will be made available to English-speaking congregations everywhere’, the Holy Father concluded.

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Team B this week.

The Basement Club are currently raising £1,500 to build a well in a rural village in Northern India. To help this fund, the Club will be selling a selection of handmade cards for every occasion, after all Masses this weekend. Minimum donation £1 each.
Please come and buy your cards and contribute to this good cause.

Rota Lists
for July, August and September have now been circulated – spare copies available in the parish office (and parish website.)