Baptismal Congratulations
 Congratulations to Oryn George Paders-Ball and Alalai Francesca Jackson who were baptised by Fr. Barry at St. Mary’s last Sunday, 28th February. Please pray for Oryn and Alalai and also for their proud parents, Nicholas and Lucinda.

Altar Servers
To the parents/ Guardians of our Altar Servers and any boys and girls who have made their First Holy Communion who would like to learn more about the privilege of becoming an Altar server. As part of our ongoing programme of mutual support and to encourage the highest standards of serving of the Church's liturgy we have arranged two practice sessions at St. Mary's RC Church, Bulwark Road, Chepstow. The first session took place on Tuesday, 9th February. For details of the second session see below:

Session 2
Date and Time: Tuesday, 23rd March - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
All Servers in the parish are encouraged to attend the session to prepare and rehearse the Holy Week liturgy.

For further information please contact Fr. Barry or Philip Morris, Parish MC

Please pray for ……………
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Barbara Burnis, who died recently.
 Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace.
AMEN
Please also pray for all the sick of our parish named inthe Home Page. Please also remember to pray for Fr. Bill Boxall as he continues his recovery from his recent operation.

A Message from Ann Ashfield
Ann Ashfield would like to thank everyone for their cards, phone calls and visits. You have all helped me through a difficult time. Thank you all so much

Parish Advisory Council Elections
The first meeting of the newly constituted council will take place at 7:30pm this Wednesday, 10th March in St. Paul’s Community Hall, Longcroft Road, Caldicot.

Crucified Christ in Holy Week
'Crucified Christ in Holy Week' will be the theme of our 5th Annual Lenten Study at St. Paul's Community Hall, Longcroft Road, Caldicot.
Dates: 11th, 18th March.
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
We hope you can join us. All you need to bring is a Bible! To prepare for the next discussion on 11th March please read the Passion narrative from
St. Luke’s Gospel.

Rummage Sale
A RUMMAGE SALE will be held in St. Pauls Community Hall, Caldicot next Saturday, 13th March. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a good clear out of lofts, garages and cupboards and the church would be delighted to receive anything you can donate. We will be receiving all goods on Friday, 12th March between 10:00am – 12:00 noon and 6:00pm -7:00pm. Anyone who wishes goods to be collected call Maureen on (01291) 423922. There are raffle tickets being sold at the back of the church after Mass and the raffle will take place at the rummage sale. We are also looking for prizes for the raffle and will be grateful for any donations from parishioners.

Choir Practice for Easter
Choir practices will recommence for the Holy Week services at 10:30am each Sunday, and anyone interested in joining the choir is very welcome.

St. Mary’s Cleaning & Ministry Schedules
The cleaning schedule for 2010 and the eucharistic ministers and readers schedule for the first quarter of 2010 are now pinned to the notice board in the entrance lobby. Individual copies can be collected from the back of the church. Both schedules can also be viewed/ downloaded from this website. For the eucharistic ministers and readers schedule click here and here for the Cleaning Schedule. We still need more volunteers and it isn’t too late to come forward if you think you can help.

Archdiocsan Fundraising Campaign
Click here to view the latest update on the Campaign.

Pastoral Letter for the 1st Sunday of Lent
Click here to read the Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Peter Smith for the 1st Sunday of Lent.

OUR PARISH NEWSLETTER

Every week we publish a parish newsletter which can be collected on the weekend from the back of either church. You can also download a copy of any of the past four week's editions by clicking on the links below:

Sunday, 14th February 2010

Sunday, 21st February 2010

Sunday, 28th February 2010

Sunday, 7th March 2010

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