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Dear friends,
This Sunday is Candlemas, also known as The Presentation of The Lord and The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast commemorates the presentation of the baby Jesus in the Temple which is recorded in the Gospel of Luke. In accordance with Jewish Law, a woman was to be purified by presenting a lamb as a burnt offering and either a young pigeon or dove as a sin offering, 33 days after a boy's circumcision. It falls on February 2nd, which is the 40th and final day of the Christmas season.
In the Gospel reading, we hear the old man Simeon declare the child Jesus to be the light of the world, which is why we begin mass with the blessing of candles in the Parish Room and then process into church to symbolise the entry of Jesus into the Temple.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
S.Paul’s Camden Square Woodland Garden 12.30 to 2.00 Sunday 29th Jan with tea and homemade cake. All Welcome.
Winter Night Shelter for the Homeless
From the 22nd January until the end of March, the parish will be participating in a Camden-wide project with other churches to help the homeless. If you are able to volunteer to prepare supper or breakfast, make beds or sleep overnight at the shelter, please speak to Jonathan for details.
Corsican Sunday
This is now on the 5th February our Corsican friends will be joining us for their annual celebration of Filippo Antonio Pasquale de’ Paoli (1725-1807), the Corsican leader who was buried in our churchyard. After Mass there will traditional Corsican refreshments, we will also be joined by 30 students from the Lycee Ajaccio in Corsica.
Cinema Club The release of What’s Love Got To Do With It? has been postponed so Sunday afternoon the Cinema Club will see A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks. Meet at Picturehouse Central, corner Great Windmill Street/ Shaftesbury Avenue, at 2.30pm for 2.40pm showing. Tickets £17.90; £15.20, students/ over-60s. See Sandra for more details.
Pilgrimage to Walsingham
The annual Old S.Pancras Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady is 16th-18th June, the cost is £240 in total. Places are limited so book soon. Pick up a booking from me or Jonathan after mass. BOOK EARLY AS PLACES ARE LIMITED!
Pat Clift RIP
Pat’s body will be received into church at 3.30pm on 1st February. The church will remain open for prayer until 5pm and she will rest here overnight. Her funeral Mass will be the next morning, Thursday 2nd February at 10.30am. Donations in Pat’s memory to the Motor Neurone Disease Association mndassociation.org/get-involved/donations/
Kristian Hewett
Our former pastoral assistant Kristian Hewett will be ordained a C of E priest in The Church of the Good Shepherd, Cambridge, on 4th February at 10.30am. Please pray for him and his wife Laura.
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See you on Sunday
Fr James
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