tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52473354272939819352024-03-05T06:29:13.602+00:00St Ann's Parish Blog, BansteadAn online journal of parish eventsSt Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.comBlogger481125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-12517069644636327322018-01-26T15:42:00.002+00:002018-01-26T15:42:36.714+00:00A new idea . . . This week's newsletter.Here is this week's newsletter. Another way to view our parish newsletter . . .<br />
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-79764625382271912482016-08-23T12:06:00.001+01:002016-08-23T13:18:47.822+01:00At the Entrance to a Catholic Church . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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Next time you come to Holy Mass or pop into church to say a prayer, please take a minute to find this notice and read it. It is very important and very clear.</div>
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<br />St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-91432859060830592652016-03-20T16:50:00.003+00:002016-03-20T16:53:11.753+00:00Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord . . . It is a busy weekend at St Ann's with the visit of the travelling Icon and Palm Sunday.<br />
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A busy weekend and a joyful one as we celebrate Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, cheered on by palm-waving crowds.<br />
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We had our own version, on a somewhat smaller scale, of that palm strewn procession today at the 10am Mass.<br />
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Christ wouldn't have had to negotiate his way around parked cars but there would I'm sure have been other obstacles in his path as he made his way on that donkey through the streets of Jerusalem.<br />
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Here are a few photos of our procession this morning. You'll find more on our <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stannsbanstead/albums/72157666196035685" target="_blank">Flickr stream here</a>.<br />
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Gathering in the hall for the blessing of palms and the reading of the Gospel before we begin to process around the church.</div>
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The procession weaves its way around our beautiful magnolia which looks as if it will be in full bloom just in time for Easter Sunday.</div>
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And back into church to join those who were unable to join the procession. </div>
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<br />St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-37880824870064061462016-03-20T16:33:00.002+00:002016-03-20T16:33:50.083+00:00The travelling Icon pays a visit to St Ann's . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have been privileged this weekend to have the travelling Icon of Our Lady of Consolation in our parish as part of the Diocesan initiative for the Year of Mercy.</div>
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The Icon has been not only in our parish church but also paid a visit to the nearby prison HMP High Down and our parish school of St Anne's. </div>
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We were fortunate that the Icon was with us on Friday evening during our Stations of the Cross. </div>
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This added to the very prayerful atmosphere in the church and enables those present to venerate the image before or after the devotion.</div>
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The travelling Icon is an opportunity for all of us to pray in a special way asking for Our Lady's intercession on our behalf during the Year of Mercy. This is especially valuable for those who are unable to make a pilgrimage to one of the Holy Doors that have been set up across our diocese.</div>
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The original Icon is to be found at the<a href="http://www.consolation.org.uk/n_consolation.php" target="_blank"> Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation</a> in West Grinstead and this is an ideal destination for a pilgrimage to enter through the Holy Door during this Holy Year.</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-88865003773105388612016-03-12T14:43:00.001+00:002016-03-12T14:45:58.776+00:00Details of the celebration of the Easter Triduum at St Ann's . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We look forward to seeing you.</div>
St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-48916221379459935932016-02-16T18:35:00.000+00:002016-02-16T18:40:50.714+00:0024 Hours for the Lord <div style="text-align: center;">
St Ann's is to be the venue for Epsom Deanery's '<i>24 Hours for the Lord' in</i> this <b>Year of Mercy</b></div>
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The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed in the monstrance on the altar for Adoration from midday on Friday 4th March until 9.45am on Saturday 5th March. Our period of Adoration concludes with Benediction at 9.45am and this will be followed by our usual parish Mass at 10am.</div>
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Do please come along if you can and spend some time with our Lord. Five minutes or five hours, you will be welcome at any time.</div>
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The Sacrament of Confession will be available throughout this period.</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-80734695438614155112016-02-16T17:24:00.002+00:002016-02-16T17:30:49.926+00:00Lenten Devotions . . . <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Thinking of the three pillars of Lent, 'Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving', how about joining us at 7pm on Fridays for Station of the Cross concluding with Benediction?</span></div>
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Or, maybe you prefer something during the day time? Why not join us for Rosary and Benediction at 4pm on Sundays during Lent?<br />
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You would be very welcome at either devotion, or both. It would only take about half an hour of your time for either Stations or Rosary. Please don't worry if you can't make it every week; come along whenever you can.<br />
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That's sorted out your extra prayer for Lent, all you have to now is concentrate on the Fasting and Almsgiving!!</div>
St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-17151863969594512452015-12-19T11:47:00.003+00:002015-12-19T11:47:51.725+00:00Christmas Masses at St Ann'sHere are details of the Christmas Masses at St Ann's. <i>Please click on the image to enlarge it.</i><br />
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-68129480526577386072015-09-20T18:48:00.003+01:002015-09-20T19:01:10.699+01:00St Ann's Youth Art Exhibition . . . <div style="text-align: justify;">
Today saw St Ann's first parish Youth Art Exhibition.</div>
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Children of the parish were invited to present a piece of their own art work with a religious theme.</div>
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Entries were divided by age group; and certificates, and even prizes, were awarded to those judged to have produced the best art work in their category.</div>
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Although entries were open to all children with a connection to the parish, a large proportion of the entries came from pupils at our parish school of St Anne's.</div>
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We are very grateful to Mr Donovan and the staff at St Anne's for encouraging the children in this venture and even to devoting some time in the busy school day for the children to produce their 'masterpieces'.</div>
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This is not to say that there weren't also some excellent entries from children in other schools and from children who have moved on to secondary school.</div>
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Here is just a selection of the very many entries. If you'd like to see even more, please have a look at our <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stannsbanstead/albums/72157658463465628" target="_blank">parish Flickr stream.</a></div>
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<br />St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-86707798111986915102015-09-05T11:39:00.000+01:002015-09-05T14:03:53.058+01:00A Visitor from Belarus . . . We were delighted today to welcome Sister Natalia to St Ann's. Sister Natalia is a Sister of Mercy attached to the Russian Orthodox Monastery of St Elisabeth in Minsk. The convent currently counts just under 100 nuns and around 300 Sisters of Mercy.<br />
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Since its establishment the convent has been caring for 200 orphanage children with psychophysical deficiencies for almost 15 years.<br />
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The beautiful craft-work and religious artefacts the Sisters brought with them today are made by recovering addicts in the monastery workshop. This not only enables the Sisters to raise much-needed funds to support their work with the poor and needy but also provides very beneficial therapy for those whom they seek to help.<br />
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Hand-crafted toys and other items in the local style.</div>
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You can learn more about this congregation of Nuns and the valuable work they do by visiting their website <a href="http://www.obitel-minsk.by/welcome_text-1_mid33.html">here.</a></div>
St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-76248926134421807652015-06-06T15:22:00.000+01:002015-06-06T15:23:40.260+01:00Corpus Christi and our new Baldacchino!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thanks to the generosity of one of the families in our parish we are now the proud owners of a simply splendid baldacchino. The family have very kindly presented it to the parish in memory of a much-loved family member who sadly died earlier this year.</div>
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I couldn't resist having a good look at the canopy today. It has been laid out in readiness for tomorrow's procession after our 10am Mass which is also a Mass of Thanksgiving for all our First Holy Communion children, their families and catechists.</div>
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A side view showing the beautiful embroidery.</div>
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And a close up showing the detail of the centre-piece.</div>
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The shorter side of the canopy.</div>
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The all-important final details. Note the white gloves almost out of the picture!</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-56452389034353440472015-05-21T13:25:00.001+01:002015-05-21T13:41:09.509+01:00And so it concludes . . . <div style="text-align: justify;">
This morning saw the conclusion of our Forty Hours Devotion. Thank God for such a wonderful time. Thank you to all who supported the Forty Hours; those who adored for several hours or just a few minutes; those who got up an extra hour early to come before work and school; those made the sacrifice to adore through the night hours.</div>
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Some people in conversation with me afterwards referred to 'a pull' to be present. Others spoke of a 'glimpse of heaven'. It has certainly been a truly blessed time for our parish.</div>
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Here is a brief summary in photos of the whole of the Forty Hours.</div>
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Beginning with the Mass of Exposition beautifully celebrated by Fr <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Se</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">á</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">n Finnegan.</span></div>
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You will find a few more photos on our <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stannsbanstead/?" target="_blank">Flickr page</a>.</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-21002555090655182452015-05-19T11:22:00.003+01:002015-05-19T11:23:46.350+01:0040 Hours Devotion - Quarant'Ore . . .<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: justify;">
Our 40 Hours Devotion begins this evening. Opening Mass at 7.30pm. We look forward to welcoming Fr Seán Finnegan who will preside at the Mass of Exposition and preach.</div>
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All are very welcome of course. Do please try and come and spend some time with Our Lord during this special time. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;">The precise origin of the Forty Hours' Devotion is obscure. </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Borromeo" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="St. Charles Borromeo">St. Charles Borromeo</a><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"> speaks as if this practice of praying for forty hours was very ancient; and he refers it to the forty hours that Christ's Body remained in the tomb. The number 40 is also associated with the rain at the time of the flood of Noah lasting 40 days and nights, the Hebrews wandering in the desert for 40 years on the way to the Promised Land, and Jesus fasting for 40 days before beginning his public ministry.</span></i></div>
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If you would like to read more on the subject, you will find more information <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Hours%27_Devotion#History_of_the_devotion" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06151a.htm" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-72847847026427652102015-05-03T18:05:00.000+01:002015-05-03T18:05:32.870+01:00Bring flowers of the rarest . . . May is traditionally the month dedicated to Our Lady, and today being the first Sunday in May, after Mass we crowned not one statue . . .<br />
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Also, there will be May Devotions at 4pm every Sunday during May with Holy Rosary before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altar, concluding with Benediction. All welcome!</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-35462649685033321042015-04-12T22:33:00.001+01:002015-04-12T23:11:52.169+01:00Divine Mercy & 40 Hours Devotion . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have just completed our Divine Mercy Devotions in the parish with a very good attendance. It's very encouraging to see so many people praising Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.</div>
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It was wonderful to hear people praying with fervour and trust in the Divine Mercy. I'm sure there will be many graces for those who participated and for our parish. </div>
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I was kept busy the whole time hearing Confessions - Thanks be to God. In fact I had to schedule a brief interlude out of the Confessional to confer Benediction. I have a feeling that if we didn't have an evening Mass to prepare for, I would have been hearing Confessions for even longer. </div>
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It's time to think ahead a little now to our 40 Hours Devotion which will take place from Tuesday 19th May to Thursday 21st May. All are welcome of course. </div>
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Do come and spend a little time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altar if you can. Be it just a few minutes or a few hours, I assure you it will be a grace-filled experience.</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-89947402456457608212015-04-05T12:59:00.001+01:002015-04-05T13:55:53.920+01:00Surrrexit Dominus Vere, Alleluia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.</i> The Lord is truly risen.</div>
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A very Blessed and Happy Easter to all!</div>
St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-17897895213458697462015-04-04T16:29:00.001+01:002015-04-04T16:45:32.399+01:00Easter preparations - What a transformation . . . !After the very prayerful Office of Readings this morning, containing such beautiful readings, in a bare and 'empty' church, our flower arrangers bustled into action.<br />
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What a transformation! I have said it before but it needs to be said often; we are blessed to have such gifted parishioners who are willing to give their time and use their talents for the glory of God in this way. I am very grateful to you all.<br />
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Two of our talented flower arrangers who happened to be available for a photo call this morning. Well done ladies!</div>
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And so we wait . . .St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-24431132567947760852015-04-04T09:05:00.000+01:002015-04-05T13:54:15.686+01:00Holy Week and Easter . . . <div style="text-align: justify;">
Sadly we don't have the usual photos of our Palm Sunday Procession to post this year as the beginning to our Holy Week update. The rain defeated us and we had to cancel our planned procession but we had a beautiful Palm Sunday Mass nevertheless.</div>
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Of course the Easter Triduum begins with the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper with the Washing of the Feet which is such a moving and humbling experience for a priest.</div>
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We watch with Our Lord up to Midnight. Again, it is very emotional; entering the church, almost in darkness with the glow from the Altar of Repose and seeing people keeping watch with Our Lord in silent prayer; some kneeling, some sitting.</div>
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Our Easter liturgies are well under way now, having just Celebrated the Passion of the Lord and the Veneration of the Cross. It was wonderful to see a full church and the way people entered into the solemnity of the liturgy with such reverence. Our readers read well and the Gospel reading of the Passion narrated by our Deacon with individual parts read by readers from the body of the church was very moving, as always.</div>
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As a slight diversion from the liturgies of the Easter Triduum, we have for many years participated in an ecumenical Procession of Witness with other Christians in Banstead on the morning of Good Friday. Once again, many people turned up to walk through the village following behind a large wooden Cross and stopping for a brief mediation at several 'Stations' along the way.</div>
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Here is a photo from today's Procession. You can find many more photos on our parish <a href="http://on.fb.me/1Clmf2R" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a><br />
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Now we are entering that quiet, desolate time in between the Crucifixion of Our Lord on Good Friday and his Resurrection on Easter Sunday. We know what is awaiting us on Sunday; can you imagine what the disciples must have felt like not knowing this . . . ?</div>
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The door of the tabernacle is open and empty for all to see. The altar is bare and the whole atmosphere is one of emptiness and waiting.</div>
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Please excuse the lack of posting on the blog of late. I'm afraid the demands of a busy, active parish (thanks be to God) make it very difficult to keep up to date with all the 'extras'. Do please keep an eye on our parish <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StAnnsBanstead" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> and our <a href="https://twitter.com/StAnnsBanstead" target="_blank">parish Twitter feed</a>. It is a little easier to keep them up to date with the odd comment or photo, I find.</div>
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<b>'Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete. Dominus enim propre est.'</b></div>
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<b>'</b><i>Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice. Indeed the Lord is very near.'</i></div>
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As we are fast approaching Third Sunday of Advent, also known as 'Gaudete Sunday' with reference to the Entrance Antiphon for the day which is given above, it seems like a good time to post the times of our Christmas Masses here at St Ann's.</div>
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The final few moments of Adoration this morning before our concluding Benediction . . . </div>
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Our 40 Hours Devotion has begun. We were delighted to welcome Fr Peter Edwards, Parish Priest of St Joseph's, New Malden to our parish last night as he celebrated a beautiful Mass to open our devotion. I'm very grateful to our altar servers who came to serve Mass after school or work, including one of our younger servers - well done! Fr Peter also preached a very helpful homily on the Blessed Eucharist.</div>
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It was encouraging to see a good number present for the Mass and many stayed behind for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Adoration immediately after Mass. I was also pleased to see a few 'strangers' amongst the congregation also. All are very welcome to call in at any time.</div>
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I always find it very moving to see the steady stream of people coming and going quietly throughout the day . . . and the night. There is an almost tangible atmosphere of prayer in our simple but beautiful church. We are very blessed here at St Ann's to have so many good and holy parishioners. God is good indeed!</div>
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Adoration continues throughout the day today and throughout the night until the closing Benediction at 9.10am on Thursday morning. Parish Mass will follow this at 9.30am on Thursday morning.</div>
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St Ann's Parishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07873653335217251032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247335427293981935.post-67992932946966220172014-05-11T14:26:00.005+01:002014-05-11T15:12:26.071+01:00A busy Good Shepherd Sunday . . .<div style="text-align: justify;">
It has been another busy Sunday in the parish. At the end of the 10am Mass we had the May crowning of the statue of Our Lady. This necessitates the use of a ladder and ascending the same in priestly vestments but all was accomplished successfully and safely.</div>
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Although we didn't sing this particular hymn today for the Crowning, you might like to hear it anyway . . .<br />
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Immediately after Mass we moved straight into the Opening and Blessing of our new Annexe. You'll find a few photos of that on our<a href="http://stannshallannexe.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/hooray-our-new-annexe-is-now-officially.html" target="_blank"> Annexe blog</a>.<br />
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