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TILEHURST – The parish churches of English Martyrs and St Joseph’s have welcomed two new priests. Canon Michael Dennehy and Father George Lyons joined the churches in September. The outgoing priest, Father John Nelson, noted his delight at the appointments in the parish newsletter. He wrote: “I was delighted … because I knew that the community in this part of Reading would be in excellent hands and served well pastorally. “I’m quite sure that they will continue to strengthen links with neighbouring parishes within the Reading Pastoral Area because we have so much to gain from each other.”
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BRACKNELL – Fifty years of ministry was celebrated at Holy Trinity Church on Saturday, September 27. A service of celebration was held to mark the golden jubilee of Canon Margaret Clarke’s ministry. It was followed by a tea in Langley Hall.
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SANDHURST – St Michael’s and All Angels will next year celebrate 150 years since the rededication of the church, following a rebuilding of the chancel in 1865. Plans are being made to celebrate throughout the year, including a flower festival and Heritage Open Weekends.
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YATELEY – Father Simon Thomson has joined St Swithun’s Church in Yateley. He led his first mass on Sunday, Sepetmebr 14.
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GORING – The installation of Fr Antony Conlon as Parish Priest Our Lady and St John will be conducted by the Dean of South Oxfordshire Deanery at 7pm on Tuesday, October 7. Parishioners are invited to attend and take part.
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SONNING – St Andrew’s in Sonning has appointed a new director of music, Christopher Cromar. As
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v Welcome Stephen Heavenly voices filled the rafters of Reading Minster of St Mary The Virgin as church leaders welcomed Reading’s new Area Dean. The Revd Stephen Pullin was installed as the new priest-incharge of Reading Minster of St Mary The Virgin at a service attended by more than 150 people on Thursday, September 18. It was led by the Bishop of Reading, the Rt Revd Andrew Proud. v For more and exclusive pictures visit goo.gl/SzIQCz well as leading the church’s junior and adult choirs, he will select a new organ scholar to train up and develop a concert series.
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WHITCHURCH – Sue Matthews has been elected churchwarden of St Mary the Virgin and will serve alongside Peter Ferguson.
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HENLEY – At 6pm on Saturday, November 1, the Sacred Heart Church will hold a special celebration Mass led by the Archbishop of Birmingham, Dr Bernard Longley. The date is exactly 150 years after the celebration of the first Mass in Henley after the Reformation.
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READING – The Revd Jonathan Wilmot retires as Vicar of Greyfriars on Sunday, October 5.
A special service and lunch will be held in his honour.
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READING – A weekend course for men aged 13-35 will be held at St John Fisher House in Eastern Avenue over October 17-19. Aimed at Catholic men, the vocation discernment weekend will be led by Fr Armand de
Malleray and by Fr Matthew Goddard, both from the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter. It aims to explain what a vocation is, particularly in relation to priesthood. For more details, call 0118 966 5284, email: malleray@fssp.org or visit www.facebook.com/fssp. england.