Christmas cards

Christmas Greeting from Dr Samir Ghosh of the FoRVM

Individual cards from the children we sponsor. They all seem to be making progress in their school work, with one or two not making as much progress as the others.  There seems to have been an outbreak of minor illness this year, suffered by all the children

Garden Party

On the 16th July 2011, we held a Garden Party at Prescott, where we raised £190. Although the weather was bad, we had Cream Teas and various stalls and games and at least it was a bonding day socially. We would like to thank everyone that helped. The Volunteers were fantastic and we would like to thank the Rev John Taylor, for allowing us to use his garden and facilities.

Elaine and Gareth Screeton and Martin Taylor.

Quiz night at St Joseph's Club Warrington

Our great thanks to the people of St Joseph's club for making the evening a success, we raised over £630 which would cure 20 lepers or look after 4 children for a whole year.

Our Quiz master with David Haywood

Roll a pound to win  a bottle, eventually won by Father Christopher!

The winning team "Well, slap my thigh!"

The newly installed tube-well in Purulia leprosy village.

Quiz Night

There will be a quiz night at 7 pm for 7-30 on Fri 28 Oct 
at St Joseph's Club, 
Meeting Lane, 
Penketh, 
Warrington, 
WA5 2BB. 


Tickets £5, inc hotpot & apple pie, available from Tony Hilton, 
282 Whelley, 
Wigan, 
WN2 1DA. 
Cheques should be payable to Commandery of John of Gaunt.

Walking Treasure Hunt in Bolton

A total of 37 people took part in the Treasure Hunt and it raised £130

The Time Ball on Preston's of Bolton. The only other working example is at the Greenwich  Observatory

The locked Telephone Boxes

Bolton Town Hall

The Square and  Elephants and Castles

Where we had our Fish and Chips

Virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel

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New member

I am delighted to confirm that we have another postulant for the Investiture service in November, making three in total. Carlos Kearns, an American, is a regular visitor to the UK and a personal friend of Paul Denby. I have met Carlos many times in Manchester Cathedral and he has wanted to join the Order for some time. Although he will not be a regular attendee at our events, his knowledge, experience and contacts in the business communities of England and the USA will be of great benefit to us.

If we are to hold a Commandery Investiture in May 2012, we need to have at least one postulant for admission. If you know anybody that might be interested in joining the Order, please speak to them soon, as we have to submit the forms by the beginning of December this year if we wish to complete the process in time.

Christmas Cards

John of Gaunt Christmas cards are now available from David Green.  All proceeds from their sale go towards the work of the Order, they are £5 for a pack of 10.  Call David if you would like to reserve some, otherwise they will be at Commandery events, commencing with the Barbeque.

Books from Malta

The website of the Order's Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands has a collection of books on the history and work of the Order, some available to download for free. Click below for their website
St Lazarus Malta

Erratum

The date published for the St Lazarus Carol service was incorrect.  This is now corrected.

Friends of the RV Mission

Many of you will know that we support the Friends of the RV Mission (FoRVM).  They now have a web site that can be accessed from the link above.  Do have a look, you can see pictures of the children we sponsor, and many other aspects of their work that you may not be familiar with.

Welcome from Commander

To members and Friends of John of Gaunt Commandery

I am delighted that David Green has introduced yet another form of communication for the Commandery, which will enable us to publish items of interest between the traditional paper newsletters. This should be of particular interest to Friends of John of Gaunt who can now have full details of all our events.

If you have any questions about using the blog, then I am sure that David will be only pleased to try and assist - just post a question and it will be answered!

David Haywood

New Blog

Welcome to the new weblog of the John of Gaunt Commandery.

We hope you like it and that it provides another way of communicating with members of the Commandery.  Additional information will be added from time to time and you can choose to be informed whenever the Blog is updated.