Upcoming Events For Your Diary

SUMMER FAYRE: Will be held on the 11th of June.

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EASTER RAFFLE: Tickets will be on sale in March.

Nearly New Sale

NEARLY NEW SALE AND CAKE STALL on Sat.19th March at 2p.m. in the Church Hall, entrance fee of 50p payable at the door includes tea and coffee.

Donations of good quality clothing, shoes and bric a brac welcome.

St David's & St Patrick's Day Celebration

ST. DAVID’S AND ST. PATRICK’S DAY on the 12th of March at 7:30pm after Mass at Burry Port in the Church Hall.

Cawl Cennin and Irish stew will be served, with Bara Brith and welsh cakes to follow.

Pheobe Sheehan will play Celtic music on her harp. Entrance fee...£3.50p payable on the door.

New Web Site Pages: Liturgical and Social Events

Fr Benedict has said that he wishes this website to have more depth and so become more of a resource for parishioners, visitors and those who travel to our parish, either for an event or for longer periods.

As such more pages have now been added (Liturgical Events and Social Events).

You will find these at the "tabs" just under the title of this site, near the top of each page.

As you will see if you click on the two new tabs, these pages are in their infancy. There are still a number of images and write-ups from the archives still to go on these pages (please be patient as I dig them out, cross-reference dates etc.) and, of course, new events will be added as they happen.

The idea is to make this site a one-click resource for those interested in our Faith and our Parish, rather than a chronological entry 'blog' which users have to search through to find out what we are about and what we do, as a Parish.

The existent pages (Parish History as well as these two new ones) will have to be added to, and as such I would be grateful to any parishioners who have write-ups, articles, photos, scans etc. of anything suitable that they could email to me, pass to me, or otherwise lend/give tome to use for the site.

In so doing, it is hoped that we can add some real depth to this site for parishioners, the Diocese, potential converts, holiday-makers and casual visitors to the site.

If you have ideas for these pages, or for additional pages that might be useful to the site or for any of the above categories of site users, please feel free to let myself or Fr Benedict know.

Lourdes Pilgrimage 2011

WELSH NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES:

This year is the Golden Jubilee of The Welsh National Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

To celebrate this auspicious occasion, we are launching the “New Friends of Lourdes”, to raise funds to assist as many people as possible to travel with us on this year’s pilgrimage- July 30th until August 4th.

Information is available from Mrs. M. Hambly, 10 Gower Street, Port Talbot and on the website.

Mass of Anointing of the Sick

THE ANNUAL MASS OF THE ANOINTING:

The Annual Mass of the Anointing of the Sick will be on February 20th, at st. Therese’s Church, Sandfields, Port Talbot at 3.00pm. All are welcome.

Kidwelly Raffle & Llanelli Passion Play

KIDWELLY RAFFLES:

St. David’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day Raffle tickets are available in the porch; please contact Vera Kenny.
 
THE ROAD TO CALVARY THE PASSION PLAY:

The play is presented by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

It will come up on Friday 11th May at 7:00pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace Llanlli.

Tickets: £5 adults, £12 family. Please contact Vera and Pat.

Fr. Benedict's Contact Details

NEW EMAIL ID AND FR BENEDICT’S EMAIL AND PHONE NO:

burryportstarofthesea@gmail.com is the new email id for the parish.

Parish Phone: 01554 832520

Parish Priest: New Email

NEW EMAIL ID:

burryportstarofthesea@gmail.com is the new email id for the parish.

Please do use the above id for contacting the Parish Priest concerning the parish matters.

Thanks from Down Under

FAMILY TREE:

Mrs. Theresa Dodd from Melbourne is grateful to those parishioners who remember her grandparents. Thank you... for reaching out to help.

If any others do remember Jack and Bertha Mariti, please do contact Fr. Parish Priest. God bless.

Curry Afternoon: Over £500 Raised

CURRY AFTERNOON:

The CURRY AFTERNOON was a great success. The taste and aroma are lingering in the air still. It raised £553. A HEARFELT THANKS to Shirley, Dilip, Dominic & all the members of the Parish Guild. Thanks to all the visitors from Gorseinon, Llanelli, Pontardulais and non-parishioners from Burry Port. Thanks to all of you who made it to show the parish unity.

Welcome to Rev. Fr. Benedict Koledoye

A Very Hearty Welcome & a Happy Stay...
to Dear Rev. Fr. Benedict Koledoye...

...in Burry Port & Kidwelly Parish. We wish you very many happy and rewarding years of ministry as our Parish Shepherd.

Some More Photos From the Weekend...

Photo Report from the Parish Curry Afternoon

Today's 'Curry Afternoon' was a huge success with people coming from across the Parish, Gorseinon, London and elsewhere.

We had three priests and one Bishop in our humble Church hall!

No doubt a report will be in next week's newsletter re. the number of attendees, money raised etc.

In the meantime here are a few photos to wet your appetite

The hall quickly fills up to overflowing! Once everyone was seated you could barely move.

Father makes an announcement surrounded by his lieutenants, just a few of the ladies wearing saris.

Fr Paul Joseph introduces our new Parish Priest, Fr. Benedict Koledoye, to everyone present.

Our departing Parish Priest, making everyone smile.

Curry is served!

Hello to Fr Benedict Koledoye

A Very Hearty Welcome to Dear Rev. Fr. Benedict Koledoye...

...to Burry Port & Kidwelly Parish. We wish you very many happy and rewarding years of ministry as our Parish Shepherd.

Goodbye to Fr Paul Joseph

FAREWELL FOR FR. PAUL JOSEPH:

January 29/30, 2011 will be Fr. Paul Joseph’s last weekend in Burry Port &; Kidwelly. A second collection will be taken towards the Farewell. The Farewell gathering will be on Saturday 29th January after Mass in the Parish Hall in Burry Port.

St David's & St Patrick's Day Raffles

KIDWELLY RAFFLES:

St. David’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day Raffle tickets are available in the porch; please contact Vera Kenny.

Parish Guild Update

PARISH GUILD:

There was an error in the list of the office bearers:

Anne Sheehan- Chairperson & Carol Williams- Asst. Chairperson.
Congratulations & Prayerful Wishes for all their undertakings.

Last Reminder: Curry Afternoon Tomorrow

CURRY AFTERNOON:

The CURRY AFTERNOON will be on January 23rd, 2011 from 2pm – 5pm. It’s an occasion to taste the authentic home-made variety Indian Dishes.

Entry Fee: Adults-£7, Children £3.50 and Children under 7 go free.

There will be a raffle as well.

BRING YOUR NAN FOR A NAAN

BRING YOUR POPPA FOR A POPPADOM

BRING A CHAP FOR A CHAPATI

HAVE SOME MASALA AFTER MASS

Well, you get the idea...

Doris Doreen Mariti of Burry Port

FAMILY TREE:

Mrs. Theresa Dodd from Melbourne requests your generous assistance to trace her family tree. Her mother’s name was Doris Doreen Mariti. She was raised by Jack and Bertha Mariti. She was born in 1917 and was raised in Burry Port. If you did know Doris, kindly contact the Parish Priest.