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30 Years of Soup with CAFOD at St Edward the Confessor Church in Chandler’s Ford

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CAFOD stands for the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development. It is the Catholic international development charity in England and Wales.

In Chandler’s Ford, for almost 30 years, Clare, Cecily, Gill and their CAFOD group from St Edward the Confessor Church in Chandler’s Ford have been hosting simple soup suppers to raise money for CAFOD. In total, they’ve raised over £18,500 for the Fast Day appeals. [Read more…] about 30 Years of Soup with CAFOD at St Edward the Confessor Church in Chandler’s Ford

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Christmas – What’s So Special?

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By Deacon Paul Owen

I was walking along Park Road in Chandler’s Ford earlier in November and overheard a conversation between a mother and her son she’d just picked up from school. The mother told the son that they would put up their Christmas tree that evening. It was another example for me – along with the constant Christmas TV adverts, the endless playing of Christmas music and the Christmas goods in the shops and the Christmas decorations that are pretty much everywhere – that the Christmas festivities seem to start earlier and earlier each year! [Read more…] about Christmas – What’s So Special?

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