Good Shepherd Sunday is Next Week – Support Our Future Priests

Posted on by St Simon Stock Parish Office

Parish Office

The priesthood has always been at the heart of the Church. This Good Shepherd Sunday, we pray for vocations and support the Priest Training Fund, which forms men for service across our parishes, schools, hospitals, and communities. We currently have 9 seminarians, each costing around £30,000 per year over six years of formation. Your generosity helps make their calling possible. If you are not in the Gift Aid scheme and wish to Gift Aid your offering, please use one of the envelopes on the newsletter table. Thank you for your prayers and support.

The Easter Collection

Posted on by Adam Grannell - Website Administrator

Parish Office

Your kind offering at Easter – whatever you can manage in these difficult financial times – are your personal gift to Fr. Jose and are much appreciated.  A priest’s income is principally whatever he receives from the parish (mainly Mass offerings.)

The collections at Christmas and Easter form an important supplement, enabling him to meet personal expenses and pay Income Tax on benefits in kind such as food, heat and light, and use of the furniture in the Presbytery.  To conform to Inland Revenue regulations, cheques should be made payable to “St. Simon Stock Catholic Church”.

Please use the green printed envelopes by the newsletters and place in the collection bags. If you would like to Gift Aid your offering, and are not in the Gift Aid scheme,  please use one of brown envelopes. You can also give your offering by using the contactless machine.

VOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED FOR THE PARISH

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We are looking for more parishioners to help with the various tasks that take place to make the parish run smoothly particularly catechists for the sacramental programmes (a DBS check will be required), choir members, collectors, counters, cleaners, help for the running of the repository (shop), parishioners to help with a Social and Fundraising Committee. If you have some time to spare to volunteer for these roles, or any of the other behind the scenes roles that help the parish function, please speak to Fr. Jose or sign up on the noticeboard.