Parish Diary
Specific Events
Harvest Festival: Our annual harvest festival will take place on the weekend of September 28th/29th. Please bring any food items to donate and place them in front of the altar before Mass on Saturday evening or Sunday morning. Thank you.
Servers: There will be a training session in the church following the 10.30am Mass on Sunday September 29th. It will take no more than an hour. Parents can enjoy tea and coffee (and a good chat!) in the Garden Room during this time.
Rosary: Every Friday evening throughout the month of October, 7.00pm, in the church.
Parish Council Meeting: Wednesday October 2nd, 7.30pm (after the evening Mass), in the Garden Room. All are welcome to attend.
Readers: A date for your diaries. There will be a half-day of recollection, including an introduction to the new translation of the Lectionary, on Saturday November 9th. The day will begin with Morning Prayer in the church at 9.45am and end with a shared lunch in the Garden Room at 1.00pm.
Parish Mission: The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham will be leading a parish mission from February 9th to 16th next year. As part of the preparation, they will be speaking at both weekend Masses on November 16th/17th and also leading a parish meeting in the Garden Room at 6.30pm on Friday November 29th to give parishioners a chance to say what they would like from the mission.
Save the Date: Our parish and others in the Norwich deanery will come together at the Bishop’s invitation and celebrate the work of organisations involved in social outreach at a Caritas East Anglia Festival on Saturday 30 November 2024 here at Our Lady & St Walstan from 09:30 to 12:00. If there are charitable social actions or organisations, i.e., people coming together to help improve their lives and solve the problems that are important in their communities, that you would like to see or think that should be represented at the Festival, particularly if you are involved in them yourself, please e-mail your ideas to caritas@rcdea.org.uk now. The Festival will begin at 9.30 am with Mass celebrated by Bishop Peter and be followed by refreshments and opportunities to find out about local projects. It will end at 11:45 am with prayer and reflection on the day. ALL WELCOME to attend for part of or the whole event.
Important Dates for Next Year: In 2025 Confirmation Mass will be at 7.00pm on Monday, June 9th. There will be only one First Holy Communion Mass, on Sunday, June 22nd at 4.00pm.