Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collection
Envelopes £ 1768.22
Loose £ 726.49 Total £ 2494.71
SPUC Retiring Collection £ 600.46
Many Thanks
Christmas Bazaar
This Monday 16th January we have our review of the
Christmas Bazaar meeting at
7.30 pm in the Presbytery. Please note new date.
Youth Group
The Parish Youth Group resumes after the Sunday evening
Mass in the Coffee Lounge. We will watch the film “Pay
It Forward”.
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.
Confirmation
There will be a meeting for all candidates, together
with your parents, for the parish Confirmation programme
for 2006 in the Hesdin Hall at 7.30 pm on Tuesday, 17
January. It is essential you attend this meeting as
we will be giving out important information about the
programme. It would also be helpful if catechists attended
this meeting.
Bereavement Group
The Bereavement Group will be meeting on Wednesday
18th January at 8.00 pm to 9.30 pm in the Coffee Lounge.
All are welcome. Further details from Ann-Maria Loughman.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes
:- “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” We
will hear these words at Mass in the first reading this Sunday.
They remind us that we are here to listen to God. In the Gospel
we hear Jesus say to his first two disciples: “Come and
see.” They accepted his invitation and had a wonderful
encounter with him after which their lives were never the same
again. Christ is forever passing by for each of us. He is always
available to those who are sincerely looking for him. But he
never barges
into our lives. People who love do not act like that. He says
to us what he says to John and Andrew: “Come and see”.
If we accept his invitation we can be sure he will reveal to
us the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
Octave
of Prayer
From this Wednesday 18th January until 25th January
there is an Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity. St.
Martin's will host a shared meal for Churches Together
in Ruislip at 7.30 pm on Thursday, 19 January. The event
will include musical items, and all are invited. To
help with catering, please sign the list at the back
of church by today if you intend coming. A small charge
may be requested on the evening to cover expenses.
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 THIS 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.
Flower Arrangers
We now have a new group of four or five flower ladies
who look after the flowers in the Church. We saw examples
of their beautiful displays over Christmas. We could
really do with four or five more ladies (or gents) to
be part of that rota. Experience is not necessary, just
a willingness to learn. If you are interested please
let Fr. Michael know.
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
Social Committee Meeting
At the Social Committee Meeting last Monday a number
of Social Events were planned. Some the dates you may
wish to note in your diaries:-
Saturday 11th March Irish Supper Evening
May Sponsored Golf Day (details to be confirmed)
Friday 19th May Fr. Michael’s Silver Jubilee
Mass and Reception
Saturday 10th June Summer Ball
Sunday 16th July Parish Picnic and Party in the Park
Saturday 4th November Autumn Ceili
Mass Intentions
for the Week 14th January – 22nd January 2006
Saturday 14th January 18.00 Frederick Lawrence Bower, R.I.P.
Sunday 15th January 8.30 Margaret Hewitt, R.I.P.
Second Sunday of the Year 10.00 Eamon Dunne, R.I.P. (Folk)
11.30 For You, the People (Sung / English)
18.00 Private Intention (T. Banks)
Monday 16th January 10.00 Mark O’Dea, R.I.P. 3rd Week
of the Year
Tuesday 17th January 10.00 Grace & Leonard Longhurst, R.I.P.
St. Anthony
19.00 Intentions of Mary Cox
Wednesday 18th January 10.00 Mariquita Smalley, R.I.P.
Thursday 19th January 10.00 FUNERAL MASS: Jack Parr, R.I.P.
19.00 Baby Lucy Olivia Carter (1st Anniversary)
Friday 20th January 10.00 Delia, William, Detta and
deceased members of the Cullinane Family, R.I.P.
Saturday 21st January 10.00 Michael Steadman, R.I.P. (1st Anniversary)
St. Agnes
18.00 John Bradley, R.I.P.
Sunday 22nd January 8.30 Ann Cremin
Third Sunday of the Year 10.00 Molly McEnery, R.I.P.
11.30 Timothy O’Sullivan, R.I.P.
18.00 For You, the People
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND:
Ellie Haran, Jill Holland, Cath Barron, Douglas Prall, 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, Derek Miles, Michael McAllister and Trevor
Denham.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Francis Vance, Alice Beatty, Margaret Lynam, Sheila Hennessy,
Michael Quinn, James Banns, Kieran Egan, Louiza Papachristodoulou,
Mark O’Dea, Lucie Gunter, Annie Murphy, Patrick Fitzgerald,
Charles Duffy, Romah Brown, William Jones, Joseph Walsh, James
Kavanagh, Irene Nimmock, Dorothy Poulter, Marion Fitch, Winifred
Barnes, Elizabeth Winifred Erlam, Catherine Lillis, John Patrick
Dillon, John Power, Maureen Donnelly, Cezary Rosenthal, John
Benn, Alfred Stubbs, William Flanagan, Thomas James Flynn, Henry
Sexton, Thomas Fox, Joseph Morrissey, Caroline McKinley, John
Conway, John Barker.
