Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collection
Envelopes £ 1365.73
Loose £ 947.79 Total £ 2313.52
Many thanks.
The Passion
of the Christ
The Mel Gibson film, "The Passion of the Christ"
will be shown in the Hesdin Hall at 7.00 pm on Sat.,
8 April. Suggested donation of £ 1.00 to Youth
Group Funds. Tea and coffee from 6.30 pm. This powerful
film of the Passion and Crucifixion has graphic depictions
of the suffering of Our Lord and has an 18 rating.
Altar Servers
Easter Holidays - If you are going away at Easter please
will you put the details on the list in the Sacristy
this weekend so that rotas can be prepared.
Cassocks - If your cassock is too short, please use
one of the forms in the sacristy to order a bigger one
- full instructions are on the form
Refurbishment of Parish
Kitchen
The refurbishment of the parish kitchen is due to begin
on Monday 3rd April and will last three weeks. The kitchen
must be completely cleared by that date. If you are
responsible for items in the kitchen then please put
them into the small room in the Coffee Lounge, marked
with your Group or Organisations name.
Hesdin Hall – Alcohol
Note
The new licensing laws that commenced in November last
year have altered the way in which the Hesdin Hall can
be used where the sale of alcohol is part of the event.
In general, the hall can only acquire permission for
use with the facility to sell alcohol twelve times a
year (Calendar year).
If alcohol is supplied free of charge as may be the
case at a wedding, christening, etc. then this would
not count as one of the twelve. Alcohol cannot be given
away free where the cost of the provision is clearly
in the ticket price or other such ticket.
The Bec Club cannot be used to serve alcohol through
the existing hatches except as one of the twelve provisions
allowed and then only to members and guests of the club.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Mark writes:-“Unless
a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains but
a single grain, but if it dies it yields a rich harvest. Anyone
who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this
world will keep it for the eternal life.” Jesus reveals
to the Apostles, and to us, the secret of His own life and the
key to living the Christian life. However strange it seems,
however opposed to the ways of the world, it is through dying
to self and in giving for love of others that we find life and
our true selves. It’s something
we’re so often afraid to try. We’re afraid of the
unknown, we’re unwilling to give too much of what we have,
of who we are. But by clinging on to what we have, we fail to
grow – ultimately we die. Lord Jesus, through Your Passion,
Crucifixion and Resurrection show us the way that leads to life
in all its fullness.
Parish Youth Group
Weather permitting, there will be a sponsored car wash
in the car park at all Masses this Sunday morning. Charge
: £5 per car. Please support this fund-raising
effort, if you can.
The Youth Group will take a break until after Confirmation
next month, when those in Year 9 will be eligible to
join.
Baptism Preparation
There is a meeting in the house at 8.00 pm on Wednesday,
5 April for parents wishing to have their children baptised.
Please let us know if you intend coming to this.
Planned Giving Envelopes
This weekend the new boxes of envelopes for planned
giving are available again in the porch. They should
be used from next weekend. 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 like to pay by Bankers Order, please
tell the person with the clipboard and we will arrange
your request.
Children’s Liturgy
of the Word
Please note the forthcoming dates for the Children's
Liturgy of the Word : 23, 30 April, 14, 21 and 28 May
and 16, and 23 July 2006 at the 10.00 am Mass. If you
have children aged between 4 and 11, they are very welcome
to come along. Please encourage them to get involved.
All they need do is come to the front of church with
the other children at the beginning of Mass.
Easter
On the separate leaflets you will find the times for
all services over Holy Week and Easter. Please note
that some of the Mass times are changed over this period.
The 10.00 and 11.30 am Masses next Sunday, Palm Sunday,
start with the blessing of palms and procession, by
the garages in Green Walk.
Please also take a moment to take one of the Easter
envelopes, and return it with your offering either in
the collection or through the house door. Easter and
Christmas offerings, with stole fees and Mass stipends,
are the way in which our priests are paid.
Sympathy
We offer our sympathy to the families and friends of
Suzanne Horwood, Chris Smyth and Annie Fleming. Please
pray for the repose of their souls as their funerals
are celebrated over the coming week.
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
Easter
Eggs
One of the At Your Word, Lord groups is planning an
Easter party in Harrow 2.00 – 5.00 pm on Saturday,
22 April for families using the Harrow Refuge who are
the victims of domestic violence. To volunteer to help
with refreshments or children’s games please contact
Sarah Bignell on 0208 429 0381. The group is also asking
for Easter eggs. If you can help, please bring your
Easter eggs to any of the Masses on Easter Sunday.
25th Anniversary
On 23rd May I shall be celebrating my 25th anniversary
as a priest. There will be a Mass of Thanksgiving here
in the Church on Friday 19th May 2006 at 7.30 pm. This
will be followed by a Reception in the Hall and Coffee
Lounge. For this occasion of both thanksgiving and joy,
I would very much like if as many parishioners as possible
would come along and join me in this celebration of
priesthood.
New Rotas
The new rotas for Readers and Ministers of Holy Communion
are ready. Please collect your copy from the sacristy.
Jubilee Trust Tea Dance
A tea dance will be held on Sunday, 7 May from 3.00
– 6.00 pm. Tickets : £5 including afternoon
tea. Please come along and enjoy an afternoon of dancing.
All profits to Jubilee Trust charities. For tickets,
contact Ann Maria Loughman
Mass Intentions
for the Week 1st April – 9th April 2006
Saturday 1st April 18.00 Victor Zanellotti, R.I.P.
Sunday 2nd April 8.30 Annie & Frank Boxall, R.I.P.
5th Sunday of Lent 10.00 Boleslaw Karasinski, R.I.P. (Folk)
11.30 Pope John Paul II, R.I.P. (Sung/English)
18.00 For You, the People
Monday 3rd April 10.00 Funeral Mass: Susanna Horwood, R.I.P.
Tuesday 4th April 10.00 Funeral Mass: Christopher Smyth, R.I.P.
19.00 Kevin Foley, R.I.P.
Wednesday 5th April 10.00 Funeral\\ Mass: Annie Fleming, R.I.P.
Thursday 6th April 10.00 Johanna & Robert Tobin, R.I.P.
19.00 Billy Palmer, R.I.P.
Friday 7th April 10.00 George Hatton, R.I.P.
Saturday 8th April 10.00 Mark Connelly & Veronica Connelly,
R.I.P.
18.00 Thanksgiving
Sunday 9th April 8.30 Bernard Boxall, R.I.P.
Passion (Palm) Sunday 10.00 William Corris, R.I.P.
11.30 John Toher, 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,
Trevor Denham, Mary Holmes, Oonagh Durrant, Arthur Bonnar, Mary
Worley and Michael O’Reilly.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Hugh O’Neill, Stasia Eyles, Helen Baird, Boleslaw Karasinski,
Lawrence Hill, Robina Wallis, John Thomas Wood, Michael Guerin,
Hayward Way, Kathleen Dunne, James Bernard Lyons, Maud Fry,
Ellen McKane, Kevin Crowley, Lawrence Murphy, Joseph Corrigan,
Neville Gregory, Ellen Davis, Emily Lovatt, Edmund Castle, Violet
Margery Holland, Frank Toland, Philip Edward Conway.
