As you know each year we collect Christmas items for the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Hampers. On Friday 8th December we will be presenting the St Vinnies team with a collection of items to help make Christmas a little brighter for some of our local families.

We have been provided with a list of food items that are required by the team at St Vinnies, this might make things a little easier when you are thinking about what to send into school.

Donation ideas: Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, tinned ham, custard, mince pies, shortbread, tinned fruit, either sweet or savoury biscuits, potato chips, bags of lollies or soft drink.

The children are very excited about reaching the target of 1,000 items by Friday 8th December. 

As Jesus says in this week's gospel  “For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me.” When they questioned Jesus about this, he replied “I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.” Matt 25: 35 - 40