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Congratulations to Emma Davidson, Neve McGill, Charli Roe, Georgia Strong, Skye Willoughby, Matthew Bailey, Jake Bell and Bobby Phillips who celebrated receiving Holy Communion for the first time at mass on Sunday. The children have all completed the diocesan preparation programme which began in September of last year through the school and with the help of catechists Christine Hodgkinson and Mary Stacey.

The five girls and three boys all from St Anne’s School participated in a beautiful liturgy prepared by the school staff and with the help of Mrs Ellis who worked alongside the school with the music.

The children were supported by their school friends, some of whom came along to swell the choir.  Their parents were all involved in bringing down the offertory gifts which included the plastercine moulds the children had made of themselves as part of the preparation programme.

The children did the readings and bidding prayers and performed a most moving liturgical dance after Holy Communion.

Father Kelly presented the children with a certificate and a beautiful missal as a commemorative gift from the school.

Afterwards the children and their families enjoyed a shared breakfast in the church hall.

It was a most memorable and moving mass with the church being full to overflowing which was wonderful to see. Please keep the children and their parents in your prayers.

We hope they will to grow in faith and love of the blessed Eucharist.

Please take a look at this short video showing the highlights of the children’s First Holy Communion.

Should any of the parents have a photograph they would like adding to the montage above please email them to info@stannesgateshead.org.uk

The baptism of Grace Doreen Bell will take place after mass on Sunday 1st May 2016.

We look forward to welcoming Grace Doreen into our parish and hope her parents and extended family have a great celebration.

We are pleased to welcome Jude Caspian Talai Irvine into our parish who was baptised on Sunday 24th April 2016.

We will remember Jude in our prayers and hope his parents Richard and Roya Talai and other members of his family had a very happy day.

Congratulations to the winners of the 200 Club draw in April

Week No. 13 3rd April No 15 Moira Martin

Week No. 14 10th April No 47 Goff Ellis

Week No. 15 17th April No 95 Terry O’Brien

Week No. 16 24th April No 11 Vicky McErlane

&  No 114 Leon Consterdine

Numbers are available for the draw please see John Limer at the Sunday morning mass.

Who can remember the momentous events of 1976

Harold Wilson resigned

Jimmy Carter won the Presidential Elections in America

Mao Tse-tung died

The first commercial flight of Concorde took place

The Queen sent the first royal email (did it ever catch on?)

Apple computers were launched (whatever happened to them?)

But most notably St Anne’s Church was opened.

To mark the anniversary we will be holding a social evening more details to follow – watch this space!

If anyone has any photographs of the “early days” of St. Anne’s would you let us know as we love to display them at the social evening.