NEW INFORMATION Admission to Catholic Schools and the Certificate of Catholic Practice:- We now have available the ‘Mass attendance cards ’ which will be required by parents as a record of weekly attendance at Mass. Initially the card needs to be filled in, a photo of the child attached to the card (c/o parents /guardian) and a parish register created. Once a card has been created for each child, the family will need to present themselves to the priest for the card to be signed and stamped each weekend. Someone suggested this would be somewhat like a loyalty card for a coffee shop! Well, it is, only you won’t get a free coffee after 10 stamps, but you will get a “Certificate of Catholic Practice” provided Mass has been attended weekly for two years, prior to making application to over-subscribed schools, such as St. Andrew’s, Leatherhead. A reminder then, to parents of the changes to school admissions policies where schools, such as St. Andrew’s, Leatherhead, are over-subscribed. PLEASE SEE THE DETAIL on the parish web-site at: https://www.sjcc.org.uk/schools A certificate of Catholic practice, will now be required, such certificate can only be given where there is weekly attendance at Mass for at least two years and the ‘attendance card’ has been stamped by the priest.
We think and pray for those who are making new beginnings, maybe leaving a first born at the school gate for the first time, for those starting at secondary school and the not so familiar surroundings, those going off to tertiary education and for those who are leaving their last born at an educational establishment. These are times of change, concern, even worry, upset and apprehension, both for youngsters and for their parents in these new circumstances, we commend them to the intercession of the Holy Family of Nazareth, that they be consoled, strengthened and inspired by Jesus, Mary and Joseph. To quote St. Teresa of Avila “Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee, all things are passing, patients gains all. He / She who serves God wants for nothing, for He alone is sufficient.”
Have created a new letter with more recent findings, with which you are encouraged to contact your MP regarding the ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ which has a ‘Second Reading’ on Friday 11th September. Amongst the findings presented is the following:- “Recent polling has found widespread support for the Prime Minister’s view. A landmark Whitestone Insight MRP poll commissioned by The Other Half, the largest poll on assisted suicide since the introduction of the assisted suicide Bill in the last session, found that 60% of the public believe, like the Prime Minister, that Parliament “should prioritise fixing the NHS and improving palliative, social and end-of-life care…” If you have not already done so, please contact your MP regarding this most serious of matters via:- https://righttolife.org.uk/Sept11vote Many thanks.