St Catherine's

Café Siena Manager Appointment

We are delighted to announce Karen Fountaine as our new manager of Café Siena.

Karen will be starting work in late September and is looking forward to meeting all our volunteers and customers in the next few weeks.

We know you will make her very welcome!

Over 60s fitness classes

One of the popular activities which take place in our hall are Alison’s Over 60s fitness classes.

Its runs Thursday afternoons. 1:15 – 2:15 and costs £5.

See the poster below for more details, or contact Alison on 07969 210804

RG31 Magazine – Summer 2023

The Summer ’23 issue of RG31 – our Parish Magazine – is now available on-line here, or click on the image.

Vacancy Announcement

On the morning of 30th July we were delighted to hear the announcement that Jackie Fountain will be the new Vicar of St Catherines.

She will be starting near the end of November.

Please click the video below to hear the announcement

At the same time as our announcement, a simular annoucement was being made at Jackie’s current church – St Nicolas in Newbury

Vacancy : Café Manager

We have a vacancy for a CAFÉ MANAGER (PART TIME) for Café Siena, to continue to grow this successful, friendly community facility.

Are you an enthusiastic, self-motivated person with experience of working in a café/kitchen? You will :-

Manage café day-to-day operations, currently open Thursdays and Fridays (10.00-2.00pm)

Prepare and cook snacks, drinks and meals

Order all food

Work to agreed budgets

Oversee and train volunteer helpers, including some with learning disabilities

A Food Safety qualification and knowledge of relevant legislation required, and a friendly, innovative, and flexible approach! DBS checks will be taken.

14 hours a week at £12.20 per hour, with extra hours by agreement.

A detailed job description can be found here.

Please request a Job Application form by emailing us.

Applications to:
info@stcatherines-tilehurst.org.uk
no later than 31st July 2023. Following successful interview, work will start by end August or earlier.

Café Siena – closed Thursday 13th July

We regret that Café Siena will be closed on all day on Thursday 13th July.

This is because interviews for the post of Vicar are taking place, with a number of different activities taking place in Church over the day.

We hope you understand that this is an important event for St Catherine’s, and your prayers for the whole process of appointing a new Vicar would be appreachiated.

We are open as usual on Friday 14th July.

Summer Services 2023

Throughout July and August, we will be holding the Ten O’clock Service outdoors (weather permitting), following the success of previous years.

As 2023 is a coronation year, our theme is Kings from the Bible, some well-known, others more obscure, seeing what we can learn about kingship and exploring what that means to us today.

A short, spoken service of communion will follow, and refreshments will be served in the hall. You may wish to bring a comfortable chair or rug as well as appropriate clothing.

Aug	4^th	Cards & Games
	11^th	Tony – Morris Dancing Talk
	18^th	Madeline – Sugarcraft cakes
	25^th	Stu Pearce – Guide Dogs talk
Sept	1^st	Cards & Games
	8^th	Juliet – Seated exercises, then Games
	15^th	Alan Copeland
	22^nd	Valerie – Craft
	29^th	Katie Amos – Mansion House talk

June	2^nd	Cards & Games
	9^th	Curling with Bill
	16^th	Beetle Drive
	23^rd	MakeAbility
	30^th	Graham Horn – Reading Abbey talk
July	7^th	Cards & Games
	14^th	Seated exercises with Juliet, then Cards & Games
	21^st	Flower Arranging with Julie Crawford
	28^th	Singalong with Richard & friends.