MASS TIMES

can be found here or please see Newsletter for details

DIARY & NOTICES

REGULAR WEEKLY EVENTS IN THE PARISH

Mon 09.30 Morning Prayer St Teresa’s Church
Tues 19.00 Rosary Group St Joseph’s Church
Wed 10.30 Parents & Toddlers PNL Centre at St Joseph’s
Fri 09.00 Exposition before Mass St Joseph’s Church
Sat 15.00 Get Together Group PNL Cafe at St Joseph’s
Sun 10.00 Coffee after Mass PNL Centre at Holy Family
Sun 12.00 Coffee after Mass PNL Centre at St Joseph’s

COLLECTIONS

Retiring Collection next weekend: Christmas Flowers

Thank you for your support and generosity

The 2nd Collection next weekend is for Christmas flowers in our churches. Thank you for your generosity.

Advent: A Time to Prepare for the Coming of the Lord. All are warmly invited to the final inspiring session, which begins at 8pm on Thursday 4th Dec in the PNL Centre, St Joseph’s Church. Bishop Robert Barron offers Advent Reflections. Light refreshments are provided, and we conclude by 9.30pm. All welcome.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Advent: to help us prepare for the coming of the Lord from 7-8pm at St Joseph’s Church on Fri 5th & 12th Dec. All welcome.

Advent Opportunities for Reconciliation the sacrament of God’s Forgiveness will be offered with visiting priests at our Advent Service on Fri 19th Dec, 6.30pm in St Joseph’s Church. There will also be priests visiting St Bede’s on Wed 3rd during lunchtime, and St Joseph’s Primary School on Thurs and Fri for years 5 &6. You may like to encourage your children to come along.

Cafod reminds us a better world need all of us and provides thoughts and prayers for living more simply this advent – check out their website for good ideas

Missio Red Boxes — Please bring your boxes for counting in the next couple of weeks and give them to one of the sacristans and take an empty box from the back of the Churches. Please Leave your name and phone number on a slip of paper inside the box and indicate if gift-aided and if you would like to know how much was inside, thanks!

50/50 Club: The winner of the November draw is no. 3.

Christmas Trees available to pre order from St. Joseph’s Pre-School. Available for collection from the Pre School (by St. Joseph’s Parish Centre) on the 13th December. Beautiful trees at competitive rates (3-4ft £29, 4-5ft £33, 5-6ft £36, 6-7ft £42, 7-8ft £49). Each tree sold raises funds for the Pre School. For more information Debs Watson email secretary.stjosephsredhill@gmail.com or ring 07725183135). Orders to be made by 3rd December.

Bereavement Coffee Morning – If you would like to come along to our coffee morning, Sat 6th Dec, 10:30am, in St Joseph’s PNL Centre, Meeting Room, trained befrienders will be there and you will be very welcome.

St Joseph’s Primary School: Christmas Fayre on Sat 6th Dec, 11am- 2pm.. Christmas games, crafts, music, food and drink, and a fantastic Raffle of Rainbow Coloured Hampers full of colourful treats! Please come along and help us raise funds for the school! All welcome.

Parish Youth Group for 13-18yrs meets every first Sunday of the month (next meeting Sun 7th Dec) from 3-5pm at the PNL centre at St Joseph’s. We will be offer-ing opportunities to have fun with new friends, time to explore faith and ask questions. If your child would like to attend please email pnlyoungpeople@gmail.com so that we can send a parental consent form & details.

St Catherine’s Hospice: The J&P group invite you to an introduction to our new parish charity at 8pm on Wed 10th Dec in St Joseph’s Cafe . The Fundraising Coordinator will tell us about the work of the hospice and the various ways in which PNL can support and be involved.

Book+Circle The next meeting will be on Thurs 11th Dec at 8pm in the Meeting Room at St Joseph’s to discuss “God Is Not Angry” by Ian Pettit. All welcome. For a flavour of our animated discussions, notes on our previous books may be found on the parish website under ‘Parish Groups’

St Joseph’s Preschool & 17th Reigate Scouts invite the parish community to our Christmas Fair on Saturday 13th December from 10am -12.30pm in the main hall in the PNL Centre at St Joseph’s . Join us for family fun, live music, games, stalls and prizes! All welcome.

Friends of the Holy Land. On Sun 13th Dec, Edmund Adamus of Friends of the Holy Land, will speak about the work of the Friends and the difference it makes to the small Christian population in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and Jordan. There will be a retiring collection. For more information, visit www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk

Parish Sunday Lunch on Sun 14th Dec at the PNL Centre at St Joseph’s from 12.30pm, hosted by our choir. Come with family & friends & your fellow parishioners. Bring your own drinks, no charge, donations welcome.

Carols in the Belfry on Sun 14th Dec from 3pm on the stage outside the old M&S shop on the ground floor.

Our Annual Simbang Gabi (Mass at Dawn) will be on Sat 20th Dec at 7am at St Joseph’s Church, followed by shared Filipino breakfast- all are welcome.

Candlelit Carols At St Marys Church Bletchingley on Sunday 21st December 3pm. All warmly welcome

St Joseph’s Supplementary Form signing will be in January 2026 – please submit your forms to the school first, and keep an eye on the newsletter

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CBCEW) and Birmingham Newman University are conducting research into neurodiversity and faith experience. If you are a Catholic neurodivergent adult or a caregiver of a neurodivergent Catholic (aged 2+), they would like to hear from you. Project organisers are collecting information through two short (10-20 minute) anonymous online surveys, which are available to complete until 12 January 2026 – please contact the parish office for more information and links.

The Winter Night Shelter will be hosted at St Joseph’s on Tuesday evenings, if you can help contact the parish office. For information please visit: www.renewedhope.org.uk

Parents, babies and toddlers group meets in St Joseph’s PNL Centre, on Wednesdays 10.30am. All welcome

Get Together Group meet on Saturdays at 3pm in the PNL Centre at St Joseph’s. All welcome.

The July 2025 issue of the Parish Justice & Peace Newsletter is available here: https://thenativityofthelord.org.uk/news/newsletters/justice-peace

Yellow Bucket Collection. The parish donations to the food bank at St Matthew’s Redhill are very welcome. https://www.redhillfoodbank.org.uk/how-can-i-help.

Our SVP groups are reaching out to those in any kind of need, please call 07918980330 and they will call back.

For Information on SVP help, Telephone Support and Care of the Sick in the Parish, please click here.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word, during the 11am Mass at St Joseph’s. To comply with diocesan safeguarding rules we must adhere to the appropriate adult/child ratios meaning limited numbers; each child must have a consent form pre-filled by their parent or guardian, and a registration of children attending is required for each session. We are starting the sessions on an ad hoc basis with volunteers who are all DBS checked, with hopes of increasing frequency when more volunteers come forward. We welcome anybody who would like to volunteer, please get in touch. For more information contact pnlchildliturgy@gmail.com and to give consent for each child go to: https://forms.gle/XJgWreVksmvK7Pwv9

Thinking about becoming a Catholic, or maybe want to be confirmed as an adult? We run informal ‘Come and see’ sessions looking at different aspects of our faith. Please contact the parish office for more information

SAFEGUARDING IN THE PARISH Some roles in the parish require volunteers to have a DBS check which are renewed every 3 years. Katie Jones, our Safeguarding Rep, will be contacting people if a re-check is needed. However if you are in a role in the parish and have not had a recheck or if you have any query on the DBS process please contact Katie on 01737 761017.

You Can Help Your Marriage –Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Retrouvaille (www.retrouvaille.org.uk) has helped 1000s of couples. For confidential information about the next course: info@retrouvaille.org.uk mob 0788 7296983

Thinking of getting married, congratulations! A reminder; Bishop Richard calls for a minimum of 12 months’ notice for Catholic Marriages to allow for the necessary preparation and paperwork. Please contact the Parish Office.

Marriage Care write to say: Please encourage your parishioners to seek support if they are experiencing relationship distress. Our professional relationship counselling service is provided on a donation-only basis and seeking help at whatever stage can make a real difference. You can find out more and book counselling sessions at www.marriagecare.org.uk

Parish Maintenance – are you an electrician/plumber/tradesperson and could offer some time to join a group for small works occasionally – if so contact the parish office.

BEQUESTS THANK YOU We are very grateful that a number of parishioners from our three churches have assisted our parish by gifting a donation to the parish in their wills. A sheet has been prepared by the diocese outlining the wording that should be used for this. It also includes information on Foundation Masses and bequests to our diocese. If you would like more information please contact the parish office

DO YOU SHOP ONLINE? AND WISH TO HELP PNL?

If you shop online at no cost to you a small donation can be made to the parish for each purchase you make! All you need do is enter your details by going to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/pnl and clicking ‘Support us for free’.

Then, when shopping online, you will be asked if you want to claim a donation for PNL. Click ‘Claim Donation’ and a small percentage of what you spend will be sent to our Parish Development Fund. So, please get clicking. Thank you.

DIOCESAN RUN EVENTS

please see the Diocesan website or click here

Day of Reflection for Ministers of the Word: on Saturday 24th January from 11am-4pm at St Michael’s Church, High Salvington, Worthing BN13 3AL Led by Bishop Richard and Catherine Christmas, Liturgy and Music Adviser. The day will include talks on the Scriptures, the Lectionary and its use in the Liturgy. To book a place go to the Events page of the Diocesan website or use this link https://abdiocese.churchsuite.com/events/xqparvc5

Thinking of the Priesthood – In our Diocese we have a St John Vianney Group exploring calling to the priesthood. If you would like to find out more or just chat generally about vocations, contact our diocesan vocations director, Fr Tristan Cranfield: tristan.cranfield@abdiocese.org.uk

Stay in Touch: The Diocese sends out a weekly E-Bulletin newsletter which includes Bishop Richard’s Weekly Reflection, and details of formation and events taking place across the Diocese and our wider Catholic community. We encourage you to sign up it’s a great way to stay in touch! To sign up please go https://mailchi.mp/7529e811ae63/joinourlist