Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collection
Envelopes £ 1551.04
Loose £ 719.74 Total £ 2270.78
Many Thanks
Confirmation
The candidates for Confirmation make their day retreat
with the Franciscans next Saturday, 11 March. We will
leave the church car park at 9.30 am prompt. We should
be back by 4.30 pm.
Walsingham Prayer Group
Bring and Buy
The Walsingham Prayer Group are holding another bring
and buy on Friday 17th March 2006. It will again take
place in the coffee lounge after
10.00 am Mass. All proceeds to go to the new Church
at Walsingham.
Hospitals
If you, or a family member, are going into hospital
please let us know. It is also important you notify
the hospital chaplain as they have no other way of finding
out whom the Catholics in hospital are so that they
can be visited and receive the sacraments.
Hillingdon Hospital is currently being looked after
by Fr. Stan, the parish priest of Harefield. To contact
him, please leave a note with your details (name and
ward) under the door of the chaplain’s office
at the hospital.
APF Promoters
Please collect the Spring APF magazines for distribution
from the table in the porch. Thank you – John
Wilson.
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. Mark writes
:-“Repent, and believe the Good News.” Lent has
begun. It is a serious time, a penitential season – but
it doesn’t have to be gloomy. We have Lent to draw closer
to God, and there is nothing miserable about that.
Have we decided what we’re going to do for Lent this year?
It’s not too late. It helps to write down our resolutions.
If we break those resolutions, we don’t give up : say
sorry and start afresh. Can we make an extra Mass during
the week, or Stations of the Cross? Have we committed to reading
Scripture regularly or some other spiritual reading? What about
praying before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during Exposition
(Mon.-Sat.) or joining one of the parish prayer groups? What
form is our fasting going to take? Which charities are we going
to support? And, of course, every Catholic ought to go to the
Sacrament of Confession at this time.
We spend so much time and money caring for our bodies. Let’s
make certain our souls are in good shape to greet the Risen
Lord at Easter.
Lent
Family Fast Day
This Friday, 10 March is the Lent Fast Day when we
are asked to fast. Anything we save is given to the
poor. Next Sunday at all Masses there will be a retiring
collection for CAFOD.
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross will take place in the church
during Lent every Wednesday immediately after the 10.00
am Mass and every Friday at 7.00 pm.
R.C.I.A.
Congratulations to Clive Ellis, Debby Ieong, Elizabeth
Keen, Maureen Komoroswki, Darren Marshall, Steve Simmons,
Nigel Wong and Kerry Wynn who go up to Westminster Cathedral
for the Rite of Election this (Sunday) afternoon. Please
keep these eight in your prayers as they continue their
final stage of preparation to be received into Full
Communion with the Catholic Church at Easter.
Parish Youth Group
The Youth Group will meet at 7 pm this Sunday evening
to watch the recently-released DVD of the new “Pride
& Prejudice” film.
Young Adults in the West
- Sunday 12th March 2006
Open Your Heart to the Word of the Lord – Bishop
Alan Hopes invites Young Adults in west London and also
all World Youth Day 2005 participants to this great
opportunity for people from many parishes to come together,
share faith and ideas and gain strength and support
from one another. The evening will begin with Mass at
6.30 pm and followed by Faith Sharing, Music and a Light
Supper.
The venue is Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church,
235a Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SA (nearest
tube : High Street Kensington).
For more information please contact Ryan Geronimo email:
ryangeronimo@fsmail.net
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 are 31 going on the pilgrimage with Fr. Mark between
20th and 27th May to shrines associated with the Sacred
Heart in the east of France. We have room for three
more. If you are interested please pick up a brochure
from the back of church or speak to Fr. Mark. The list
of pilgrims will close at the end of March.
Planned Giving
Next weekend the new boxes of envelopes for planned
giving will be available in the porch. They must not
be used until the weekend of 8th / 9th April. Please
take a few minutes to collect your box. If you are new
to the parish or would like a box of envelopes, or to
join the Gift Aid Scheme or would prefer to pay by Bankers
Order, please write your name and address on the clipboard
which at each Mass someone will be there with.
Churches Together in
Ruislip - Lent Talks
Will be held on March 14th, 21st and 28th at 8.00 pm
at Ruislip Manor Methodist Church, Torrington Road,
Ruislip. The series is titled Jerusalem – The
Big Issue. We will look at how Jerusalem is viewed by
each of the main faith groups Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 4th March – 12th March 2006
Saturday 4th March 18.00 John & Thelma Pluck, R.I.P.
Sunday 5th March 8.30 For You, the People
1st Sunday of Lent 10.00 Kevin Foley, R.I.P. (Folk)
11.30 Thanksgiving (John Head –
80th Birthday) (Sung/English)
18.00 Gerry Tracy, R.I.P.
Monday 6th March 10.00 FUNERAL MASS: Richard Courtney, R.I.P.
Tuesday 7th March 10.00 Alex Rogers, R.I.P.
19.00 Terry Rough, R.I.P.
Wednesday 8th March 10.00 Tom Gilroy, R.I.P.
Thursday 9th March 10.00 Jimmy Coffey, R.I.P.
19.00 Denny Collins
Friday 10th March 10.00 John McCarthy, R.I.P.
Saturday 11th March 10.00 Patrick Santry, R.I.P.
18.00 Susan Bower, R.I.P.
Sunday 12th March 8.30 Margaret & Charles Hendry, R.I.P.
2nd Sunday of Lent 10.00 For You, the People
11.30 John Johnson, R.I.P. (Sung/English)
18.00 Gerard Warr, R.I.P.
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, Kitty Morrissey and Annie
Fleming.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Robert Headland, Babs O’Donnell, Arthur Gethin, Simone
Maltman, Eileen Osborne, Carlotta Summerfield, Mary Brady, George
McGrory, Norah O’Dwyer, Frederick Duroning, Thomas Gilroy,
Mary Short, George Yee, Kathleen Bruton, William Southworth,
Ethel O’Leary, Evelyn Brawn, Julia Sedge, Danny Brosnan.
