St. Alban's - Golden Jubilee

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50 Years of Worship at St. Alban's Church

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2005 was the Golden Jubilee of the dedication of our permanent home in Chaddesden.

During late 2004 into the summer of 2005 our church buildings on Roe Farm Lane were closed for building works and re-ordering. Celebrations were therefore postponed until 2006.

A number of celebrations were held in 2006 to mark this occasion, including the publication of a booklet; As We Are Now.

The Litany of Thanksgiving was used at our Mass of Celebration.

Litany of Thanksgiving for St. Alban's over 50 Years

Lord Jesus Christ for calling us to follow you	We give you thanks O Lord
For being our Lord and Brother	We give you thanks O Lord
For letting us share your cross	We give you thanks O Lord
For all the people who worked for the founding of St Albans	We give you thanks O Lord
For Mgr Hargreaves, Fr Paddy Snee and Fr James McGuinness who served this Area at the beginning	We give you thanks O Lord
For Mgr John McLean, Mgr Martin Cummins, Canon Chris Turner and all the Assistant Priests who have ministered here	We give you thanks O Lord
For all the children and adults who have been baptised into faith here	We give you thanks O Lord
For all those who have made their First Reconciliation and First Communion here.	We give you thanks O Lord
For all those who have been Confirmed here.	We give you thanks O Lord
For all those who made their vows of Marriage here.	We give you thanks O Lord
For all those who have been Ordained as priests here	We give you thanks O Lord
For all those whose Funerals have been celebrated here.	We give you thanks O Lord
For all those who have come to mass here week by week.	We give you thanks O Lord
For the work and witness of our neighbouring churches.	We give you thanks O Lord
For our partnership with the Church on Oakwood.	We give you thanks O Lord
For the witness of all Christians, at their place of work.	We give you thanks O Lord
For all people of Goodwill who strive to make our local community a better place to live.	We give you thanks O Lord
For co-operation with our new neighbours at the Healthy Living Centre.	We give you thanks O Lord
For the life and work of this community in the years to come.	We give you thanks O Lord
For the work of all our neighbourhood schools.	We give you thanks O Lord
For the work of St Alban’s School over the past 50 years.	We give you thanks O Lord
For the work of St Benedict and St John Houghton Secondary Schools.	We give you thanks O Lord

	Amen