Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1512.02
Loose £ 682.07 Total £ 2194.09
Many Thanks
Ministers of Holy Communion
We need about six new ministers of Holy Communion to
help distribute Holy Communion at Sunday Masses. If
you are interested in helping in this important ministry,
please see Fr. Michael.
New Rotas
The new rotas for Readers and Ministers of Holy Communion
are ready. Please collect your copy from the sacristy.
At Your Word, Lord Booklets
With the final season of At Your Word, Lord ended,
we are collecting copies of all booklets (source and
meditation booklets) from all five seasons. They will
be sent overseas for use in poorer countries. Please
place any copies in the box in the foyer.
Christmas Bazaar
On Monday 16th January we have our review of the Christmas
Bazaar meeting at 7.30 pm in the Presbytery. Please
note new date
Christmas
Mass Times
Monday 26th December Feast of St. Stephen
Mass at 10.30 am.
Enrolment of new Servers to St. Stephen’s Guild
No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament today.
Tuesday 27th December Feast of St. John the Apostle
Mass at 10.30 am.
No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament today.
Wednesday 28th December Feast of the Holy Innocents
Mass at 10.00 am.
No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament today.
Thursday 29th December Feast of St. Thomas Becket
Mass at 10.00 am.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as usual.
Friday 30th December Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and
Joseph
Mass at 10.00 am.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as usual.
Weekend Masses as usual.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Mark writes
:-“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us.”
In this world we will never understand fully the tremendous
mystery and significance of these words, what we celebrate at
Christmas. God has come among us, to heal us, to teach us, to
save us, to be a presence alongside us. Because of that first
Christmas in Bethlehem, the world will never be the same again.
The extent to which our lives are changed by Christmas will
depend upon whether we allow this new-born Child into our lives,
to transform us, to mould us, to love us.
The choice is ours. As we kneel before the crib, as we receive
Him in Holy Communion, let us ask for the graces we need to
make our lives more Christ-like.
We are drawing to the close of an extraordinary year in the
life of the Church. The illness and death of one great Pope,
the election of another. Even if they have not always been reported
by the secular Press Pope Benedict has been saying many beautiful
and profound things over the past eight months. He spoke the
following words to a group of young people recently. However,
this Christmas they apply to us all, regardless of age : “Dear
young friends, Jesus is your true friend and Lord; enter into
a relationship of true friendship with Him! He is expecting
you and in Him alone will you find happiness. How easy it is
to be content with the superficial pleasures that daily life
offers us; how easy it is to live only for oneself, apparently
enjoying life! But sooner or later we realize that this is not
true happiness, because true happiness is much deeper: we find
it only in Jesus. As I said in Cologne, “The happiness
you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy, has
a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth”.”
May God bless you and your families this Christmas time and
always.
Sympathy
We extend our sympathy to the family of Dennis Batten,
who died on 19 December. His funeral Mass will be here
at 10 am on Wednesday, 28 December. May he rest in peace.
Bethany Tree
The Bethany Tree is now at the front of the Church
near to the crib. If you wish you can write on one of
the labels a person close to you who is deceased and
we will remember them at the crib at Christmas time.
Confirmation
The parish Confirmation programme starts at the end
of January with sessions on Tuesday evenings leading
up to the celebration of the Sacrament on 14 May 2006.
If you are in Year 9 or above and wish to join the programme,
please write to Fr. Mark briefly giving your details
and outlining your reasons for wishing to be confirmed.
Please drop your application off at the house or send
it by E-Mail by the end of this week.
Altar Servers
Please remember that the annual Altar Servers’
Mass is at 10.30 am on St. Stephen’s Day, 26th
December and all Servers should attend if possible.
Social Committee Meeting
On Monday 9th January at 8.00 pm there will be a meeting
of the Social Committee in the Presbytery. Please note
new date. This is an important meeting as we need to
set dates for the year and number of licences.
Wine Tasting Evening
The Jubilee Trust will be holding a Wine Tasting Evening
on 21st January 2006. Further details after Christmas.
God our loving Father,
who made us your children
in baptism, pour out on us afresh the gifts of your
Holy Spirit.
Open our ears to
hear your Word,
open our hearts to
you in prayer,
that we may receive
with ever deeper faith the
Bread of Life.
Strengthened through
these gifts
make us signs of
your presence
to the world of today.
Father, hear our
humble prayer
through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen
Pilgrimage to Italy
I have organised a parish pilgrimage for 15th –
21st October 2006. This pilgrimage is to Padua, Venice,
Verona and Lake Garda. Flights are from Heathrow to
Venice and we will stay at Casa de Pellegrino Hotel,
in the heart of Padua. Padua is associated with the
Franciscan St. Anthony who died there in the 13th Century.
We visit Venice, the City of St. Mark; Verona famous
for being the city of Romeo and Juliet, but also St.
Zeno, a fifth century Bishop whose relics are contained
in a Romanesque Church noted as being one of the finest
in Europe. We will visit the Venetian Islands and to
San Francesco del Deserto where in 1220 St. Frances
founded a Sanctuary. Lastly, Lake Garda and the town
of Limone, the birth place of St. Daniel Comboni, Missionary
and canonized in 2003. Cost is £ 659.00 per person
for twin bedded room includes flights, entrance fees
and half board. We shall be accompanied on this trip
by Judith Dean who was our Tour Escort in Assisi last
October. There will be a meeting on Tuesday 17th January
2006 in the Coffee Lounge at 7.30 pm for those interested.
I can only accommodate forty people on this trip. If
you intend going on this pilgrimage you should attend
the meeting. Forms can be completed on the night so
do not forget glasses plus a cheque for the deposit
of £ 90.00 plus £ 24.70 Travel Insurance
if required.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 24th Dec. 2005 to 1st Jan. 2006
Saturday 24th December Christmas Eve
Vigil Mass of Christmas 19.00 Alba Quinn, R.I.P.
Midnight Mass 23.00 For You, the People
Sunday 25th December 8.30 Bernard Joseph Bower, R.I.P.
Christmas Day 10.00 Intentions of D’Souza Family (Folk)
11.30 Margaret Church, R.I.P. and
Mary Dixon, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
Monday 26th December 10.30 For all Altar Servers living and
dead
St. Stephen
Tuesday 27th December 10.30 Irene and Royston Burchell, R.I.P.
St. John Apostle (Bank Holiday)
Wednesday 28th December 10.00 FUNERAL MASS: Dennis Batten, R.I.P.
Holy Innocents
Thursday 29th December 10.00 Intentions of Tom Connell
St. Thomas Becket
Friday 30th December 10.00 Phyllis Houton, R.I.P.
Feast of the Holy Family
Saturday 31st December 10.00 John Murphy, R.I.P.
18.00 Lucie Abela, R.I.P.
Sunday 1st January 8.30 For You, the People
Solemnity of Mary, Mother 10.00 Strom-Pederson Family, R.I.P.
(Folk)
of God 11.30 Michael McInery, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 Molly McEnery, R.I.P.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND:
Ellie Haran, Jill Holland, Cath Barron, Douglas Prall, Dean
Welton, Carmel Galanty, Bernadette Campbell, Mary Maloney, Ron
Skew, Betty Douglas, Bridie Humphreys, Doreen Jones, Peter Flaherty,
Dolores Osborne, Christopher Redmond, Jack and Rose Pick, Lily
Fehin, Francesca Broughton, Edna Winwright, Eugene Barrett,
Brendan Sherry, Josie Jacobs and Derek Miles.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Arthur McMahon, Francis Sedge, Gladys Keenan, Thomas Burke,
Jack Walsh, Elizabeth McGreevy, Justin McCarthy, Joe King, Stanley
Gomes, Con Moran, Winifred Dobson, Anastasia Maher, Patrick
McCarthy, Kathleen O’Connor, George Cartwright, Alice
Langdan, Lucie Abela, William Base, Daniel Fennelly, Amelia
Mazziotto, Michael O’Connell, Royston Burchell, Mary Boylan,
Harold Gales, Margaret Tilley, Theresa Pavlovic, Oudah Narayn,
Albert Poot, Ann White.
