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| Over 1000 people attended our outdoor Jubilee Mass, held in the beautiful grounds of St. Bernard’s Convent, Slough on Sunday, 18th. September. The Mass was to celebrate 50 years of the Church in Langley. |
| The first Parish Priest, Fr. Crawfurd, said Mass in Trelawney Avenue in August 1955, until the present Church was opened two years later. Since then the Church in Langley has grown from strength to strength, with over 900 people worshiping there every Sunday. |
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| Planning
for the celebration had been going on for months with
teams of willing volunteers giving up hours of their time
to assist with the preparations. The construction of the Mass site started on Saturday morning. |
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| And then on a dry, bright Sunday morning the site was ready, the stewards were primed and ready and the crowds started to arrive, including the Bernardine Sisters, the Daughters of St. Paul, the Irish Sisters of Charity and many former residents and Priests. |  |
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| Master of
ceremonies, Ann Budd welcomed everyone to the Jubilee Mass and then the entrance procession began. |
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Our
three singers were : Katrina MacKay; Rebecca Ryan and
Sophia MacKay. |
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The Holy Family group who had gone to Cologne on World Youth Day brought forward gifts. |
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People
brought forward items to be stored in our time capsule back to the top leave this page |
Father Kevin invited Anita Mitchell, chairperson of the Parish Council, to present a cheque of £4000.50p to the Mother General of the Bernardine Sisters who are in the process of building a new monastery in Burkina Faso, Africa. Anita and her team had organised the Langley to Africa – with love project that had raised this large amount. Langley to Africa – with love |
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| Natilie Da Silva presented Sr. Mary Stephens with flowers to mark her golden anniversary and Sr. Mary of The Daughters of St. Paul presented a farewell gift to Canon Hazell who is moving from this area. |  |
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Ann Budd thanked everyone for attending the Mass and invited everyone to stay and have a picnic. There were amusements available for the children |
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"They
done it again !!! Well done the Holy Family Parish they
really know how to throw a party together." |
| Fr. Kevin writes :- Parishioners, visitors and guests have been very kind in their comments about our Jubilee Mass. We estimate that there were about 1100 people there (our usual Mass attendance is 800) and there is no doubt that it was a great parish occasion.Many people have commented on how well it was all arranged and that was because a whole number of people offered their time and their skills. I wish to thank them all. |
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These were some of the big jobs that had to be done: getting the site ready, building a poly tunnel, preparing an altar, arranging flowers, setting up an effective public address system, rehearsing and leading music, producing a jubilee magazine, making sure people knew where to park, preparing readers and Eucharistic ministers, inviting guests, making announcements, leading altar servers, arranging a children’s liturgy of the Word, giving presents, encouraging us to take part in the Lenten project, organising bouncy castles and a children’s entertainer and clearing up after Mass. |
| Add to these tasks all the quieter things that had to be done, like offering to bring people to the Mass and looking after them, and you can see how many people were involved. I thank each and every one of you. Furthermore, I say a particular word of thanks to our hosts on the day, the Sisters of St. Bernard and St. Bernard’s School. We had nothing but full co-operation and help. Yes, it was a great event and one that the parish can be proud of. |
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