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“We were truly blessed and felt God’s love and support for us and the children all week.” Brita Good morning, I certainly didn’t expect to be speaking to you all again so soon, but Father thought it would be nice for you to hear how our first Caritas Holiday club went supporting families struggling in their day to day lives. When the first day arrived, some of us did not know really what to expect! Our team welcomed everyone with open arms, big smiles and warm hearts. Each volunteer was thrown into the deep end and they rose to the challenge. We met some wonderfulRead More →

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Save the date – on the 27th September at 7:30pm (Rosary at 7pm), a special Mass is being celebrated soon at Sacred Heart. The period between 27th – 29th September has been designated National Prayer Weekend. In celebration of this event, the Sacred Heart will be hosting a special Mass at 7.30 p.m. on Friday 27th September (Rosary at 7pm). The Carmelites at Boars Hill Priory in Oxford have kindly accepted our invitation and will speak to us of the healing and empowering effects of prayer in our lives. The evening will also include the praying of the Rosary and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. PrayerRead More →

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The Caritas Summer Holiday Club will soon be upon us and will be fun filled days of crafting and sporting fun. There will also be a BBQ on the Friday to which all the family members are invited. We are running a Holiday Club at St Bede’s Primary School for those children who will not have a holiday this year. During these 4 days there will be activities themed around the different countries of the world. To register or find out more please get in touch by emailing :- caritas_nwhpa@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk sRead More →

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On Saturday 6th, July we celebrated Thy Kingdom Come in a way that felt uniquely “Sacred Heart”. We painted rocks, wrote prayers on special cards impregnated with seeds, received blessings from Father Paul and then planted everything in a special flowerbed at the front of the Church.Father Paul then blessed the plot of land and said prayers to mark the spot and the occasion. Please find below a video containing clips and photos of the event. Turn your sound up, sit back, relax and enjoy. Watch the video The aim of the event was to allow people to :- Deepen their relationship with Jesus ChristRead More →

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Saturday July 6 – 2.00 -4.00PM What is this event about? We would like to invite you and your family to an afternoon of community fun, prayer and creativity where we will paint beautiful stones to mark our freshly planted prayers (written on cards impregnated with seeds). With each passing week we will be able to watch our prayers and flowers flourish and bloom. Refreshments, seeds, special cards and stones will be provided on the day. A bit of background to the event Human beings run the risk of having hearts that become smaller and closed, but if a person invites the Holy Spirit in,Read More →

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Helping house refugees through Community Sponsorship Our Next Meeting The refugee project is having “Tea at 3” in St Bede’s Hall from 3 pm to 5 pm on Wednesday 4th September. Please come along to enjoy a lovely cup of tea and slice of cake to support the work that the project team are doing. There will be another get together for the group of parishioners who expressed support for the project to help house a displaced refugee family in Basingstoke. The meeting will take place at 7 pm on 12th September at St Bede’s Church, Popley way, Basingstoke We will update you on progressRead More →

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The Great Story of Jesus: why & how He came, His life, His death, His resurrection and ascension, followed by His invitation for each of us to encounter Him and follow Him. We would like to invite you to come to a retreat day to encounter even more deeply the Great Story of Jesus and to respond to the living relationship He offers each of us.  The retreat will present the whole story of salvation from creation to Jesus’s death and resurrection and give opportunities to make a personal response.     We all need time out from our everyday life to respond to Jesus’s invitation toRead More →

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For all our events please check our calendar. Here are our top picks coming soon…Older and archived events are here Care for Our Common HomeClimate Change weekend:  Fri 4th to Sun 6th October. Come and join us at the Church of Our Lady to celebrate the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology and pray for an end to climate change. There will be an Ecumenical Service of talks, videos, prayer, reflection and music at 4pm on Sun 6th October and there will be prayer stations on the theme of climate change available in the church from 10.30am on 4th October untilRead More →

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On Saturday, 24th November following an invite from Father Paul, Sacred Heart Church hosted an afternoon of prayer, song and worship with a focus on how to pray with the bible. Father’s friend  (Sr) Valentina Stilo is a consecrated missionary of the Verbum Dei (Word of God) community and also Catholic chaplain to the University of Southampton lead the event. The focus of the day was on praying with the bible (hence the Latin Verbum Dei) and involved scripture reflections, tips on how to pray with the bible, faith sharing, music and food.   Prayer and worship doesn’t have to be a serious thing – itRead More →

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Posada is an old Mexican tradition where young people dressed as Mary and Joseph travelled from house to house asking for a room for the night and telling people about the imminent arrival of Jesus in the weeks leading up to Christmas. On Christmas Eve they would visit the local church to re-enact the nativity and place figures of Mary and Joseph in a crib. Modern day Posada uses nativity figures of Mary and Joseph who travel from place to place. This gives each ‘host’ the chance to create their own celebration in their home or place in the community, worshipping and reaching out toRead More →