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JUBILEE YEAR
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Holy Family
Parish has started
a year of celebrations to mark
it’s golden jubilee. |
JANUARY
8/9th. Jubilee Launch Weekend |
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FEBRUARY
9th. Ash Wednesday
Lenten Project |
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MARCH
24th. Holy Thursday
25th. Good Friday
26th. Easter Sunday
27th. Easter Monday |
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APRIL
10th. Blessing of Graves
23rd. International Evening |
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MAY
22nd. Jubilee of Pauline Sisters |
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AUGUST
21st. World Youth Day |
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SEPTEMBER
18th. Jubilee Mass
at St. Bernard's Convent |
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Father Kevin
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A simple note in the parish log book of 1955
reads:
"In August 1955 the Bishop appointed Canon
Wainwright to St. Bernard's Convent and Fr Crawfurd moved
into 137 Trelawney Avenue as a tenant of the LCC.
The first Mass
was offered (in the house) on August 29th and the Blessed
Sacrament began to be reserved there."
And so began the story of Holy Family parish
on the eastern side of Slough.
Fifty years later
we are celebrating this milestone. |
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137,Trelawney
Ave.
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We had a formal
launch in January, and in the followings months there
will be an international evening to reflect the many
nationalities that make up the community, a jubilee fete,
a project to help a young community in Africa and a great
jubilee Mass on 18th. September. |
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At
the Jubilee launch weekend Masses a representative from
every family
in the parish
was invited to come forward and receive two
jubilee gifts. |
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One of the items was a colourful
fridge magnet.
This attractive item lists the major dates in our
Jubilee Year.
They also received a lovely red tie-closed
purse containing a small bottle of holy
water, some chalk and a prayer card.
They will use these items to bless their homes. |
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"We're beginning with the blessing of homes," said Father
Kevin. |
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Chalking The Door At The Epiphany |
"There's an ancient tradition of giving people holy
water and chalk to mark their doors with the year and the
names of the three Magi as a blessing on their homes for
the coming year.
We
mark the main door of our home with the initials of the
Magi and the numerals of the new year, connected with crosses."
To read more about the Epiphany House Blessing :
click here |
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From
Langley
to Africa - with Love |
As
part of our on-going 50th. Jubilee Celebrations, and by
way of preparation for Easter, we organised a Lenten
Project in association with the Bernardine Sisters, who
are in the process of building a new monastery in Burkina
Faso, Africa.
At
the time of writing, there
are already six Sisters in Burkina Faso,
overseeing the work that is in progress, with a
very much 'hands-on' approach. The buildings for
the monastery are already taking shape. |
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see the display made by the
Bernardine Sisters and also the
children's paintings and lots more
information
click
here |
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parish will reflect on its sacramental life, rejoicing in
the past and planning
for the future." |
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Jubilee Year 2005 : Holy Week |
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Holy Week Photos :
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Blessing
of Graves : Slough Cemetery
: Sunday, 10th April, 05 |
On Sunday, 10th April a large crowd
gathered at Slough Cemetery to have their family
and friend’s graves blessed. Holy Family
also arranged for Fr. Crawfurd’s headstone in
St. Mary’s cemetery to be straightened and the
letters re-gilded. When this was completed
(left) the grave was re-blessed in October,
2005.
For more details
on this: click
here |
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Sponsored Walk for World Youth Day 2005 |
The walk was to be twice
around Virginia Water Lake in Surrey.
This was so that Holy Family Parish can support
some of it's young people in attendance at the World Youth Day to be held
in Cologne in August this year. More photos & info
click here |
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The Daughters of St.
Paul
A
Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving at Holy Family Church
22nd. May,
2005
for the
fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the
Daughters of St. Paul
in Great Britain |
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click here
for the
photo report |
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International Evening
In June,
2005 we had an International Evening consisting of Mass
followed by a social evening in St Anne's Hall.
It was
a moving and colourful service with many of the
parishioners
dressed in the styles of their own country.
Have a
look at the Photo Report
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click here |
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15th
June : School Joins in Celebration |
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Pupils and teachers
from St. Bernard’s Preparatory School,
visited Holy Family
in June to join with us in celebrating our Jubilee Year
Father Kevin explained the history of Holy Family over the
past fifty years. For more photos and info:
click here |
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Jubilee Fayre
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There
was plenty of fun and food available at our
Jubilee Fayre held in the car park on the 9th
July.
more pics:
click
here |
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Thursday, 21st. July, 2005
HOLY FAMILY
JUBILEE GOLF TOURNAMENT |
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click here |
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Father Kevin says :-
"It is a particular joy that a number
of young people will be travelling to Cologne for
the World Youth Day, a sign that the parish still
has a great
vitality about it."
For more information
click here |
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The highlight of our Jubilee year was the grand outdoor
Jubilee Mass celebrated in the beautiful grounds of St.
Bernard’s Convent, Slough. For detailed picture coverage
of this magnificent event please
click here |
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After
this year’s jubilee celebrations the
parish will then set about decorating
and
reordering its church in time to mark
another milestone. |
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