Trinity 19 News

Priest-in-Charge: Fr John Ainslie (revjohnainslie@gmail.com; 01628 629827)

Do please join us after Mass for Tea, Coffee and Cake in the Vestry Hall - just ask if you don’t know the way!

Saturday 17th October: October Devotions with Bishop Luke, Canterbury Cathedral – Mass at 12 noon, followed by Devotions and Benediction at 2.30pm. See the poster in the church porch. All welcome !! Do try and support this event, held specially in our diocese for Catholic Parishes of The Society.

Also Saturday 17th October: Concert by Kent Chamber Choir “Old Favourites and New Classics”, directed by Daniel Gethin. In church at 7pm. Tickets £15 on the door.

Sunday 25th October – Dedication Festival and Confirmation. Celebrant and Preacher Bishop Luke, followed by parish bring&share lunch.

FOR OUR PRAYERS:

We pray for peace, righteousness and justice in all places of war and conflict, and we pray for all who work for peace and justice We pray for our criminal justice system, and for the care and resettlement of offenders. In the Richborough Cycle of Prayer we pray this week for Society Parishes in the diocese of Norwich, Ely, Guildford and Portsmouth, for their Priests and people.

We pray for those in need, especially Glynis Reynolds, Yvonne Young, Lindsay Wheeler, David Green, Norman Farrington, Phil and Marion, Joe, Keira, Freya, Isaac, Lexie Nicholson, Sarah, Janet, Ralph Austin, Isobel and Fay.

We pray for the recently departed. We remember those who have faithfully served God in this place in previous generations, and for those whose year’s mind occurs this week: Thomas Milner Barlow, Gweneth Bryson. SUPPORT ST MICHAELS: to make a donation towards the work and worship of St Michael’s Church go to: www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/maidstone-st-michael-and-aa-maidstone/