Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collection
Envelopes £ 1516.04
Loose £ 633.54 Total £ 2149.58
Many Thanks
Lenten Booklets
This 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. The booklets, available from the porch, cost
£1.00 (or £ 3.00 for the DVD).
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.
Eucharistic Adoration
The talk given by Fr. Mark to the Ministers of Holy
Communion is available to download from the parish Web
site.
Situation Vacant : PA
to Diocesan Financial Secretary
Westminster Diocese is looking for an experienced PA/Administrator
to support the Financial Secretary. Includes : handling
general correspondence, administration, filing, diary-keeping,
minute-taking and coordinating parish support team.
Based in central London, the successful candidate will
be highly motivated, efficient and have excellent administration/IT
skills. Hours : Mon.-Fri., 9-5. Salary : £23,690
pa. For full details and application pack contact juliedauncey@rcdow.org.uk
by 24 February.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Mark writes
:-Today’s Gospel goes to the heart of what upset the Jewish
people about Jesus : His claim to be able to forgive sin. The
Jewish people knew, rightly, only God can forgive sin. They
failed to draw the right conclusion : Jesus is God.
The forgiveness of sins. How good are we at remembering this
central part of the message and mission of Jesus? Yet, if we
listen, we hear it repeated at every Mass. “This is My
Blood… It will be shed for you and
for all so that sins may be forgiven.” This is why Christ
came; this is why He died. Through accepting our guilt on the
Cross, Christ takes away our sins. As we approach Lent, let
us consider what we need to ask Him to forgive in the sacrament
of Confession
Parish Council
The Parish Council will meet in the Coffee Lounge at
7.30 pm next Tuesday, 21 February.
Social Committee
The next meeting of the Social Committee will be in
the Presbytery at 8.00 pm on Monday, 27 February.
Refurbishment
Within the next few weeks refurbishment will take place
in a number of areas :
Flat roofs : A number of flat roofs have come to the
end of their lives and must be renewed. Work should
begin in the next few days. Cost : £10,000.
Church benches : The cleaning and restoration of the
church benches will begin shortly and will take a number
of weeks to complete. Other companies have wanted to
remove all the benches so we have waited for this company
which will refurbish the benches on site. Cost : £7,000.
Parish kitchen : A new kitchen will be installed in
the Hesdin Hall. Hopefully, the work will begin on 3
April and will last 2 or 3 weeks. Few groups will be
inconvenienced as this will be during the school holidays.
Everything must be removed the previous week from the
cupboards, including the walk in cupboard, and placed
in a corner of the Coffee Lounge. If your group has
equipment, it is your responsibility to take care of
it. Anything remaining when work begins will be dumped.
Cost : £22,000
Altar Servers
Please could all servers collect their cassocks and
cottas and keep them at home until further notice. There
are 73 servers at present but over 100 cassocks / cottas
hanging in the cupboards. Any cassocks and cottas still
hanging in the sacristy after 26 February will be removed.
Please could all servers also collect a letter from
the sacristy today.
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
Marriage Preparation
Those marrying in the Catholic Church must attend a
marriage preparation course before the wedding. The
next course in the parish is held in the Coffee Lounge
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm on Saturday, 4 March. If you
are planning to marry in the next year – in the
parish or elsewhere – and have not made other
arrangements, please speak to Fr. Mark.
French Pilgrimage : 20th
– 27th May 2006
There will be a meeting in the Coffee Lounge at 7.30
pm Wednesday, 22 February for the pilgrims going with
Fr. Mark in May to the French shrines associated with
the Sacred Heart. There are just three places left.
If anyone is interested please come to the meeting.
The balance of the cost is not due for another month,
but if you bring a cheque book, you will be able to
pay the Pax representative coming to the meeting, if
you wish.
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. WOULD THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING AND WISH
TO GO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SENT YOUR FORM AND DEPOSIT
TO PAX TRAVEL.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 18th February – 26th February
Saturday 18th February 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
Monday 20th February 10.00 May & George Shea, R.I.P.
Tuesday 21st February 10.00 Mathew Mascarenhas, R.I.P. (Walsh)
19.00 Vincent Headd, R.I.P.
Wednesday 22nd February 10.00 Intentions of Matthew Loughman
Chair of St. Peter
Thursday 23rd February 10.00 John Morrissey, R.I.P. St. Polycarp
19.00 Nancy Friel, R.I.P.
Friday 24th February 10.00 Annie Hall, R.I.P.
Saturday 25th February 10.00 Christine Hickey
18.00 Pat Dunmore, R.I.P. (Hendricks)
Sunday 26th February 8.30 Marjorie & Albert Shaw’s
Intentions
8th Sunday of the Year 10.00 Timmy Teahan, R.I.P.
11.30 Fr. Michael Ring, 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:
Martha Wilson, Leo Smith, Mick Connors, Nora McGregor, Bella
Poot, George Burgh, Rosina Bestford, Louis Bridgette, Ben Turner,
Michael John Allen, Leslie George Baker, Marie Prank, Margaret
Read, Alfred John Green, Muriel Higgs, Edward Cox, Mary Elizabeth
Pereyra, Mary Badham, Olive Fleet, Lawrence Edward Clancy, Anne-Marie
Plumb, Edith Stanton, Stanislaw Barr, John Green, Joseph Sweeney,
Edwin Mascarenhas.
