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Parish Pig Race ~ Friday 20th May 2011
I am grateful to Niall Pembery for the pictures.
Holy Family Parish held a Pig Race evening to raise funds for parish building works
on Friday 20th May 2011.Each race was sponsored by local businesses and parishioners and each pig that ran was also sponsored
and named. We held 9 'Pig Races' and 1 Celebrity Race and as you can see from the pictures, there were a variety of
'celebrity animals' present. The Tote took over £300! We divided the takings on the tote 50% for the Parish
and 50% for the winners. Each race averaged a win of a few pounds. In the cost of the ticket for the evening, of which we
sold 50, was a ploughman's supper and free wine / beer / soft drinks. It was a very fun evening with everyone entering
into the spirit of the event. £1450 was raised for the Holy Family Parish Repair Fund. It was the most fun you could
have watching adults and children cheering on 6 battery operated pigs! No animals were badly treated as a result of this event!
We hope to run a similar event in the autumn. Fr Eugene was the starter and commentator for each race. Fr Eugene Campbell
CAFOD LENTEN HUNGER LUNCHES 2010
Click here for the Interview of Fr Eugene with www.cliftondiocese.com
Click here for the podcast of Fr Eugene's Interview with www.cliftondiocese.com
| Cafod Hunger Lunch 2010 |
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| St Joseph's Pastoral Centre, Bradley Stoke. |
| Cafod Hunger Lunch 2010 |
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| St Joseph's Pastoral Centre, Bradley Stoke. |
PARISH CONFIRMATION PHOTOS 2009
WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 2010 Holy Family Church
| Women's World Day of Prayer 2010 |
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Some 42 women from the local Christian Community met together with some of the women from Holy Family. In a service
to celebrate - Women's World Day of Prayer. It was completely organised and celebrated by those present, a
celebration of readings, prayers and many hymns. The address was given by Rosalee from one of the local Christian Churches.
following the service, the ladies went into the Holy Family Parish Centre for refreshments.
PARISH 5-A-SIDE
Adult soccer
group meets every Wednesday at Filton College Pro 5 Outside Courts for 5 or 6 a-side football (depending on how many turn up).
Very friendly but quite competitive.
Current ages range from 14/15
to very old!!
Just turn up on a Wednesday just before 7pm and bring a white and dark t-shirt.
We’d be pleased
to see you. Time 7-8pm. Cost £5 (£3 for those in full time education).
PARISH
SKITTLES TEAM
Compete
in the Bristol Catholic men’s league during the Autumn and Winter months.
Same ages as the football above. (perhaps
a bit older!!). Again we’d love to see you.
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PARISH PILGRIMAGE LOURDES 2009
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We took part in the various processions, including the Blessed Sacrament Procession with the
Blessing of the Sick and Torchlight Procession. We took part in an International
Mass at the Podium which is in the Prarie Field opposite the Grotto. The music was led by the musician and singers from the
Diocese of Birmingham and included a Calypso version of the Ave Maria! We visited the Baths and bathed in the waters. Many
of the group visited the Boly Mill and the Cahot where St Bernadette's family lived in good times and bad. We celebrated Mass
with the anointing of the Sick in the Shhepfold Chapel of St Bernadette in the Cite Ste Pierre on the outskirts of Lourdes.
This was a very special day for one of our pilgrims, as he made his First Holy Communion there at the same age as St Bernadette,
14 years old.
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| English Speaking Mass at the Podium |
| Sheepfold ~ Cite Ste Pierre |
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| Torchlight Procession |
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| Fr Eugene with other priests at Mass |
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We took an afternoon trip to Bartres, where St Bernadette was fostered
as a baby and went back to work as a shepherdess. It was a week filled with emotions and surprises, topped off with the story
of St Bernadette and Our Lady the Immaculate Conception. Everyone enjoyed the week and said we should make it a regular event
in our parish life.
| We lit a candle for your intentions! |
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EASTER SUNDAY 2009 ECUMENICAL SUN RISE SERVICE
At 6.15am, Easter Sunday, in the middle
of the roundabout on Patchway, Fr Eugene Campbell, Deacon Don Cramer-Barnicoat and members of Holy Family Parish, joined for
the first time, Rev David Byrne and members of St Chad’s Ecumenical Parish and Rev Andy Thomas and members of Patchway
Baptist Church, for a Resurrection Service. This was the culmination of the ‘Walk of Witness’ that all three churches
took part in on Good Friday, when they carried a Cross through the local area and erected it in the middle of the roundabout
with a Red cloth. This Sun Rise Service celebrated the Resurrection Gospels and the changing of the cloth on the Cross from
Red to White in silence. The Cross will remain in place for the next few weeks as a reminder to those travelling that way,
especially to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, that the Risen Cross even affects their lives, and the Cross is a symbol of hope.
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