Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collection
Envelopes £ 1570.94
Loose £ 732.93 Total £ 2303.87
Many Thanks
Many thanks
Many thanks to all those who attended Ann Parenti’s
Funeral. Over
£ 500.00 was collected in donations for the Jubilee
Trust.
Youth Group
With Lent approaching, we are having a chocolate evening
after the Sunday evening Mass, both the real thing and
the French film Chocolat. We will take a break next
Sunday for half term.
Those going to the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday,
please be ready to leave Ruislip Station at 9.00 am.
200 Club
Congratulations to
W. Seabridge who won
£ 50.00 in the February 200 Club Draw.
Mass Intentions
Unless stated explicitly you would like your Mass Intention
said in the Sacred Heart Church, it may be passed on
to the Divine Word Missionaries who celebrate Masses
in their chapel daily and are always grateful to receive
intentions.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes
:- The Gospel today tells how Jesus cured a leper by touching
him. We have no lepers among us, so one might ask:- “What
is the relevance of this for us?” The importance of the
Gospel is that the worst suffering of the leper was caused,
not by leprosy itself, but by the consequences of it –
being rejected by people. The relevance for us lies there –
in the people we reject, who we treat like ‘lepers’.
The ‘leper’ is anyone I exclude or cut off, anyone
I look down on or
despise. That person may even be living under my roof. We can
reject in small but subtle ways. It may be in indifference;
the tone of my voice or a look.
The medical world tells us it costs about £ 1.00 to cure
a person of leprosy today. What does it take to cure a person
of rejection? A little dose of the oldest drug of all –
love. All of us have the capacity to love.
Retiring Collection –
Catholic Education Service
This weekend at all Masses we have a retiring collection
for the Catholic Education Service at all Masses. We
are also asked to pray for those involved in Catholic
education.
Last Thursday Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor
published the white paper “Communion and Mission”,
which focuses on the pastoral priorities for our Diocese
in the next few years. These include prayer and liturgy,
formation of lay people in faith and life, building
of community, vocation and development of our parishes.
A short pamphlet, a summary of the full document is
available for all parishioners this weekend and you
can collect your copy from the back of the Church.
Next weekend a reflection booklet for the Lenten period
will be available. This will help everyone in the parish
to reflect on the five priorities of our Diocese. These
booklets will also be used by the Lenten House Groups
who will be meeting in small groups during the season
of Lent.
Pilgrimage to Italy :
15th – 21st October 2006
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 are 8 places left now for this trip.
Please see Fr. Michael ASAP. WOULD THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE MEETING AND WISH TO GO PLEASE MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE SENT YOUR FORM AND DEPOSIT TO PAX TRAVEL.
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
French Pilgrimage : 20th
– 27th May 2006
There is a meeting for all pilgrims in the Coffee Lounge
at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 22nd February. The pilgrimage
will visit shrines associated with the Sacred Heart,
including Annecy, Paray-le-Monial, Cluny, Lyon and Ars
in beautiful country in eastern France at a cost of
£ 669.00. We have around 30 pilgrims coming so
far, and have five places remaining. If interested,
come along to the meeting or see Fr Mark.
Irish Night
The next parish social evening will be the Irish Supper
Evening on Saturday 11th March from 7.30 pm –
11.30 pm. The evening will commence with a welcome drink;
a three course Irish Supper; Quiz; Cabaret; Grand Raffle;
Karaoke and Dancing. This promises to be an excellent
evening. Only 110 tickets will be sold. Cost £
15.00 per ticket. Please telephone Elsbeth Baxter to
reserve your tickets now
Mass Intentions
for the Week 11th February – 19th February
Saturday 11th February 18.00 Thomas Gill, R.I.P. (2nd Anniversary)
Sunday 12th February 8.30 Eileen Fitzgerald, R.I.P.
6th Sunday of the Year 10.00 Margaret Doorly, R.I.P.
11.30 Edwin Mascarenhas, R.I.P. (Sung/English)
18.00 For You, the People
Monday 13th February 10.00 Nora & Joe Hand, R.I.P.
Tuesday 14th February 10.00 Pat Simmons, R.I.P. SS Cyril &
Methodius
19.00 Sheila O’Brien, R.I.P. (1st Anniversary)
Wednesday 15th February 10.00 Bill Flanagan, R.I.P.
Thursday 16th February 10.00 David & Mollie Fleming, R.I.P.
19.00 Tony Fletcher, R.I.P.
Friday 17th February 10.00 Mrs Nolan, R.I.P.
Saturday 18th February 10.00 Sheila Fleming, R.I.P.
18.00 Charlie Carpenter, R.I.P.
Sunday 19th February 8.30 Jean Crabbe, R.I.P.
7th Sunday of the Year 10.00 Peter McDonnell, R.I.P. (Folk)
11.30 Renee Anne Rue, R.I.P. (Sung/English)
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, Josie Jacobs,
Michael McAllister, Trevor Denham and Kitty Morrissey.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Sr. Lucy O’Byrnes, Patrick O’Brien, Paddy Walsh,
Margaret Doorly, Donald Maclachlan, Pauline Turner, Sheila O’Brien,
Mary Weber, Norah Reynolds, William Poulter, Arthur Brawn, Rose
Margaret Welch, Gillian Wynn, Dennis Lakin, Molly Dale, Alice
Mary Holly, Nicholas Donovan, Maurice Cleary, Robert Burrows,
Fred Wheeler, Helen McNamara, Hubert Pett, Dennis Doran, Mervyn
Kenny.
