Marathon for Demelza

Julie Walford will be running the London Marathon and asking for sponsorship in aid of Demelza Hospice for Children. There will be a bucket collection after all Masses next weekend. If you will be away and would like to make a donation, please put it in an envelope marked “Demelza” and put it through the presbytery letterbox.

Sponsored Cycle Ride

Two children from the parish are doing a ten mile Cycle ride along the Thames Path this weekend, in order to raise money for the Manna Centre. There will be a “bucket collection” after Mass or, if you prefer, you can drop a donation into the presbytery letterbox during the week, marked “Sponsored Cycle Ride.”

Please give generously to help the Manna Centre and to encourage our young people in their generosity.

Manna Centre appeal

At this time of the year, the homeless especially need our support and generosity. The UCM have been organising various donations for the Manna Centre and have raised over £700 so far.

If you would like to make a donation, please put it in an envelope marked “Manna Centre” and post it in the presbytery letterbox. (If you write a cheque, please make it payable to "Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen" and I will send a single cheque to the Manna Centre from the parish.)

School Christmas Bazaar

Last Saturday, Our Lady of the Rosary School held its Christmas Bazaar. When Mac McLernon put some photos on her blog Mulier Fortis. An American reader commented

"If that's what british Moms look like, why did we have a revolution?"

Here are some of the photos. (I have enhanced some of them a little with Paint Shop Pro and given the cake a new background.)