Upcoming Activities & Offerings

We are a small parish, as everybody knows and, unusually, we have to maintain three buildings. Fortunately, we have a congregation which, time after time, provides funds, through offertory payments, stole fees and donations. So we are very grateful. One way in which you can help the parish in the long term is to consider a bequest in your will. Talk to Fr Anil or Philip Kemp for further information about this.

Plese reflect on how you can best use your God-given gifts to help sustain the spiritual vigour of our Parish and help it grow further as a community of the faithful.  

See the Pledge Form and the Time and Talents checklist of volunteering activities in the rear of the church and in the Special Notice section of the Newsletter page on this website. 

Please, everyone, take a copy, complete and return it to Fr Anil.  Your generosity for special causes in the past is well recognized.  

Please be generous again (yet realistic) in offering your time and talents – and financial help - for the benefit of our community of the faithful.  

Extend yourself that extra bit for Our Parish.

Thank you all for helping to keep the parish going, your generosity means we are surviving as a parish. 

Please consider how you can donate at least equal to your normal giving.

Here’s how you can do this:

1. By Standing Order or Direct Debit. A form is included in the next section which you can use. Details of the parish’s bank account are

• Bank Name: Lloyds Bank plc
• Bank Address: Thetford (309858) Branch
• Sort Code: 30-98-58
• Account Number: 00489176
• These details are already printed on the Standing Order form below. You can set this up online or post this to your bank, if you are unable to go there in person.

2. By making a transfer from your bank account to the parish’s, using the details above.

3. By sending a cheque to the parish made out to Brandon & Mildenhall RC Parish.

                      ***  Please do not send cash  ***

We suggest that you arrange these payments on a monthly basis, starting on the first Monday of each month.

Thank you to all those who have been making bank transfers or forwarded cheques as offertory donations to the Parish since the lockdown commenced. Bank transfers are preferred but if you do make cheque payments please note that the payee details for the Parish are "Brandon and Mildenhall Catholic Parish".

THANK YOU for helping in keeping the parish going.

                   Fr. Anil Zachery, Parish Priest 

                   Philip Kemp, Parish Treasurer

• Simply clink on the DONA button below to donate to our church online.  This action takes you to our online donation portal. When you see the input page, simply enter the amount you want to donate, then click 'Donate'; on the next page, enter your credit card details and again click 'Donate'. That's all you need to do to help keep our parish financially viable.

New Gift Aid envelopes have arrived but are not being distributed until Sunday Mass collections resume. Parishioners who are in the Gift Aid scheme are encouraged to make their offertory contributions preferably by bank transfer, or by cheque, as indeed many are doing so already. Your contributions are still being collated for Gift Aid claim purposes. Many thanks.

Thank you to those who have signed up to GA. If you missed this and would like to discuss your GA, please let me know. If you pay UK tax the Parish can claim back 25% of your Sunday offering from the tax office. The only details required are your name, address and signature confirming you pay UK tax. Philip Kemp Tel 07514430468 Email pjkemp1@gmail.com

I am obliged to inform existing members of the Gift Aid Scheme that I will be claiming tax rebates for  tax year just past on your behalf unless informed of the contrary. You are also requested to advise me of any changes in address, post code or name in the last 12 months.

Thank you

Philip Kemp, Parish Treasurer & Gift Aid Organiser

Tel 07514430468; Email pjkemp1@gmail.com

Around the end / beginning of the year is the time when most 50-50 Club subscription renewals are due. This can be paid by cash, cheque, bank transfer or card payments through the Parish website. Bank transfers - please reference '50-50 club'. Web payments - email me so I know. Cash or cheques can be passed on to me (Philip Kemp).

Please speak to Joanne Thomas at St Thomas's (Tel 07549 946444 email joannethomas@btopenworld.com ) or Philip Kemp at St John's (Tel 07514430468 email pjkemp1@gmail.com ). Do consider becoming a member if you are not already and help raise valuable funds for the Parish.  

Monthly winners are announced in the Parish Newsletters. If you are uncertain whether you are a 50-50 Club member or if you are not sure how many numbers you have, please get in touch. Contact details above.

The 50:50 Club is a major source of income to help keep this parish running.   ---  FACT 

The proceeds go half to winners and half to the parish   --- FACT 

You can join now!  ---  FACT 

Speak to David Thomas (St Thomas’); Janet Murphy (St John’s)  ---  SIMPLE! 

50:50 Club Winnings

Winners can email me their bank details to facilitate a bank transfer.

PhilipKemp: pjkemp1@gmail.com

Having a mass said or paying for flowers in the church are practical ways supporting the work of the parish. Please give your donations to Fr Anil or Philip Kemp. 

The Easter and Christmas offering is given to the Parish Priest and forms a significant part of his annual income. 

If you would like to give to Fr Anil this Easter or Christmas, you can do so in several ways:

• Make a bank transfer to the parish with the details on the back of the newsletter referencing the payment “Fr Anil”, 
• Write a cheque payable to “Fr Anil Zachery”
• Hand cash to him or to Philip Kemp in an envelope directly marked “Fr Anil or Easter / Christmas Offering”,  or
• Use the special “Easter / Christmas Offering” tab on the website DONA to give.

Please use “Fr Anil” or “Easter / Christmas Offering” as the reference for these gifts.Thank you.

A new book by a local Catholic author Derek Williams is available at the back of the Church priced £7.99.

“Tithing for Catholics is an innovative piece of writing that cuts to the heart of Scripture and Church Teaching…. the author takes us on a journey of first-hand experiences that demonstrate how tithing is a real service of faith that won’t let you down because God cannot be outdone in generosity”

                                                                        - From the cover of ‘Tithing for Catholics’

Please place money in CTS box or give to Fr Anil directly.

The Parish - whole Church – depends on its members for finance to achieve its mission. That is why we have first and second collections at Mass and welcome people’s generosity in making donations. 

Have you considered continuing your contributions after you have departed? 

You can do this by making a gift in your will. You can specify what it is to be spent on and the charity that will benefit.  Talk to our treasurer for more information: 

Philip Kemp: Tel 07514430468; Email pjkemp1@gmail.com 

Whether you want to support a local cause such as your parish or diocese, provide for vulnerable families in the UK or help overseas communities and parishes, a legacy could be the most far-reaching gift you ever make.

Go to https://www.yourcatholiclegacy.org for more information.