WELCOME – you are loved!
We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying new-borns, skinny as a rake or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you can sing like Pavarotti or croak like a frog. You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woke up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Pope or Archbishop of Canterbury, or haven’t been in church since little Jack’s christening. We extend a special welcome to those who are over sixty but not grown up yet and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome you if you are having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like organised religion – we’ve been there too! If you blew all your money on the horses, you’re welcome here. We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell or because your grandma is in Fordingbridge or Ringwood and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as a kid or got lost in the local one way system and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts…………and you!
(adapted from poster in Coventry Cathedral)
Contact
 | 15 Salisbury Road Fordingbridge SP6 1EG |  | 01425 653131 |
 | Email us |  | Parish Priest: Canon Paul Townsend |
Mass on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10am
Mass on Sunday at 9:00am
Stewards at each Mass will help you to adhere to government guidelines. Please bring a mask and completed details (name and phone number) for Track and Trace.
Vocations Prayer Newsletter April 2021
Corona Risk Assessment for Churches
Re-Opening Guidelines from the Diocese
Gift Aid Form Fordingbridge
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Canon Paul will be celebrating Mass via Zoom
Details are available for each Mass, with URLs and IDs in the newsletters below. Please join in if you can.
Details of how to access Zoom is on the link below
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Usual Mass times when suspension is lifted
| Sunday Masses | Weekday Masses/Services | Holy Days' Mass |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00pm (Saturday Vigil) 9.00am (Sunday) | Tuesday: 10am* Thursday:10am* Preceded by the Novena at 9.30am | Subject to change |
* Subject to alteration. Please check the Newsletter for the following weeks mass times
NEWSLETTERS
The Larder
The is a membership scheme aimed at helping people make their money go further by reducing food shopping bills.
The mobile Larder is currently operating every Friday afternoon 1.30pm – 3pm and can be found at: The Car Park behind St. Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Fordingbridge, SP6 1BB (Entrance opposite St Mary’s Church)
The Larder Info Leaflet FARESHARE LARDER – application form
For details of our publication for families, follow the link below:
Children’s Liturgy resources on our joint Parishes site
Forty Days and Forty Nights Number 14
… by parishioners and for parishioners
Finance Fact Sheet January 2020
Finance Fact Sheet March 2020
Finance Fact Sheet September 2020
Joint Parishes Welcome pack
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