Parish Calendar for 2008
May 23rd Schools Break up for half term
May 25th Feast of Corpus Christi
May 26th Bank Holiday
May 30th Feast of the Most Sacred Heart
Bembridge Coffee Morning / Silent Auction in Village Hall
May 31st Immaculate Heart of Mary (Patronal feast of St. Mary's)
Bembridge Concert in Village Hall (7-30pm)
June 1st Baptism at 11am Mass
Confirmation candidates receive bibles
June 2nd Schools re-open
June 3rd PPC Meeting. 7-30pm
June 6th School. Ladies Evening. 7-30pm. Details from the school. Tel 562000
June 7th First Friday
June 8th First Communion lessons
June 14th Outing to Westminster Cathedral
June 15th Father's Day
June 22nd Latin Mass. 6-00pm
June 23rd Latin Mass 11-30am
June 24th Feast of St. John the Baptist
June 26th Faith Study Group meeting. 7-00pm
June 28th Extraordinary Ministers Day at Newport (10am to 4-pm)
School Summer Fayre 11-30am
June 29th Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul. Collection for Peter's Pence
Catenians Mass (11-00am)
New Ministers' / Readers' rotas due
July 4th First Friday
July 5th Wedding at St. Mary’s
July 11th Feast of St. Benedict.
Solemnity at Quarr and St. Cecilia's Abbeys
July 13th Collection for Apostleship of the Sea
July 18th Altar Servers annual Barbecue. 5-00pm
School Barbecue 6-00pm
July 20th Children’s Liturgy Group beach party. Pm
Aug. 1st First Friday
Aug. 6th Feast of the Transfiguration
Aug. 15th Feast of the Assumption
Aug. 24th Latin Mass. 6-00pm
Aug. 25th Bank Holiday. Latin Mass 11-30am
Aug. 31st Annual Walk to Quarr Abbey from Ryde. 2-30pm
Sept. 1st Faith Study Group meeting. 3-00pm
Sept. 3rd Liturgy Committee meeting. 7-30pm
Sept. 5th First Friday
Sept. 8th Feast of the Birthday of Our Lady
Sept. 14th Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
Patronal Feast at Seaview
Sept. 24th Catholic History Society meeting. 7-00pm
Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham
Sept. 26th McMillan Nurses - Coffee morning
Sept. 28th Collection for Cathedral
Harvest Celebration (tbc)
Sept. 29th Feast of St. Michael. Patronal Feast at Bembridge
Oct. 3rd First Friday
CAFOD FAST DAY
Oct. 5th CAFOD Retiring collection
Oct. 6th Start of October Devotions. 3-00pm
Oct. 7th Patronal Feast of St. Mary's School (Our Lady of the Rosary)
Oct. 12th Feast of St. Wilfrid - Patron of the Island
Anniversary of Dedication of Quarr & St. Cecilia's Abbeys
Oct. 19th St. Barnabas Society Appeal
Oct. 20th Confraternity of the Rosary Pilgrimage to Walsingham
Oct. 26th Clocks go back one hour
Oct. 30th Catholic History Society Meeting. 7-00pm
Nov. 1st Feast of All Saints. Holyday of Obligation
Month of the Holy Souls
Nov. 2nd All Souls Day.
Nov. 16th Feast of St. Edmund of Abingdon (Co-Patron of the Diocese)
Nov. 21st Patronal Feast - Presentation Sisters
Nov. 22nd Patronal Feast - St. Cecilia's Abbey
Nov. 23rd Feast of Christ the King
Churches Together in Ryde. Evening Service at St. Mary's
Nov. 29th Start of Advent CAFOD Appeal
Dec. 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Co-Patron of the Diocese)
Patronal Feast at Quarr Abbey