• SACRAMENT  OF  RECONCILIATION.

Confession times:  Saturdays at 5.30 p.m. at Woodbridge and - on request - after weekday Masses.

• THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED.   

Mgr. Canon Peter Leeming died on 16th February, age 72.  May he rest in peace. Amen.

Anniversaries of deaths which are recorded in the parish's Register of Death (from 1997 to present) can be found on the calendar page of this website:  HERE

• AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED.

Lenten Alms will be collected – throughout Lent – for Aid to the Church in Need’s Lebanon and Syria appeal.   

LINK:  ACNUK

• CAFOD's  Lent  Fast  Day.   Friday, 27th February.

This Lent, live the Gospel call to love your neighbour. By fasting and giving what you save, you can help another family put food on the table. Your donation to CAFOD can help families around the world grow food in challenging conditions.  Collect a CAFOD envelope or donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope or call 0303 303 3030. Text CAFODLENT to 70085 to donate £10  writes Jane Crone.

• WOODBRIDGE  AREA  CHURCHES  TOGETHER  LENT  LUNCHES. 

On Fridays during Lent, 12.30 to 2.00 p.m. at Saint Mary’s House, Market Hill, Woodbridge.  Helpers are needed to set up chairs and tables, prepare food, serving, and washing-up.   If you are able to help, please contact Saint Mary’s Parish Office on 01394 388820 and speak to Veronica.

On Thursday, 5th March, Bishop Collins will offer the LENT  STATIONAL  MASS  for the parishes of the Ipswich Deanery.  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m.  Confessions from 6.00 p.m., Mass at 7.00 p.m. followed by light buffet supper at Saint Mary’s Church, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

Vivienne Taylor writes: A World Day of Prayer service prepared by the women of Nigeria will be held at Saint Michael’s Anglican Church, Framlingham, on Friday 6th March at 11.00 a.m.  The service will be followed by a Lent Lunch in aid of CAFOD and Christian Aid, at The Castle Community Rooms, next to the church. Please join us.  All are welcome.

Churches Together in Woodbridge Area's World Day of Prayer service prepared by the women of Nigeria will be held at Saint Thomas's Church, Woodbridge, on Friday 6th March at 2.30 p.m.  Dymphna Jackson.

• PILGRIM  CROSS  2026.  Claire Robinson writes:

On Monday, 30th March, Framlingham will again host a group of around twenty-five pilgrims, of mixed Christian affiliations, carrying a heavy wooden cross on their 120-mile Holy Week pilgrimage from Colchester to Walsingham. Kind hosts are sought to meet them at the United Free Church in central Framlingham on arrival (usually around 5 p.m.), take them home for dinner and a bath or shower, and return them to the United Free Church where they will sleep on the floor!  Could this be you?  If anyone is able to offer to look after more than one pilgrim this also works well.  We are also looking for helpers to cook and serve a hearty breakfast on Tuesday, 31st March, (7 to 9 a.m.) at the United Free Church before joining the pilgrims in a short service and then seeing them on their way.  Hosts and helpers are always very welcome to join in the worship (prayers, readings, singing) that forms part of the pilgrims’ visit. If you are able to help, please contact Claire Robinson:  ip13claire@gmail.com

Please pray for the sick and those in need; for all the residents in senior-living facilities within the parish and those who care for them; for the happy repose of the souls of the Faithful Departed; for those who have died recently and for those whose anniversaries fall at this time;  for peace in the world; and for vocations to the priesthood, to the diaconate, and to the religious orders of the Church.