Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1831.61
Loose £ 632.88 Total £ 2464.49
Many Thanks
Mission Appeal
This weekend we have the annual mission appeal. We welcome
Fr. Alessandro Zanchi who will preach at all the Masses
on behalf of the Xaverian Fathers. There is a retiring
collection for the work of the Xaverian Fathers. Please
give generously if you can.
Sacred Heart Golf Day
Friday 5th May sees the Parish 1st Golf Society Day.
It will be teams of 4 playing 18 holes at Stockley Park.
Teams can be mixed between Chaps and Ladies if required
and of varying levels of golf. The cost is £35.00
per player, if you wish to play a deposit of £15.00
will be required to secure your place and £20.00
on the day. Price includes a bacon roll & coffee
on arrival, 18 holes of golf and lunch (ham, egg &
chips). The day is limited to 15 teams and will arranged
on first come first served basis. For more details please
call Eugene or Mark
Pride & Prejudice
The new production of the Jane Austen classic will
be shown in the Hesdin Hall at 7.00 pm on Saturday,
6th May. Tea and coffee from 6.30 pm. Donations of £
1.00 towards Youth Group funds. All welcome.
Walsingham Pilgrimage
There will be a one day pilgrimage to Walsingham from
the Sacred Heart Church on Sun. 21st May. A list will
be placed on the notice board at the back of the church.
Price £ 10 per person. All enquiries to Margaret
Corbett
Christian Aid Week (14th
– 20th May)
Christian Aid helps to tackle poverty on behalf of
the poorest people in the world by working with partners
in local communities to support projects which help
people improve their own lives. Your help would be much
appreciated in distributing and collecting envelopes
to one of the roads allocated to Sacred Heart Church
as part of this ecumenical project. Please see the notice
board at the back of the church for further details.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Mark writes:-It
is difficult to know what history will judge to have been Pope
John Paul II’s greatest achievement. One of these was
certainly The Catechism of the Catholic Church. For the first
time in 400 years a complete account of our faith and the Church’s
teaching was set out for all. Drawing all the time on Scripture
and Tradition, it is an impressive document At nearly 700 pages,
however, it is not a light bedtime read!
Pope John Paul recognised this and asked the now Pope Benedict
to produce a summary. This appeared in English just before Easter.
The Compendium contains in manageable form and question and
answer format all we believe as Catholics. It is beautifully
produced and illustrated and is available in hardback at just
£6.95. It is a wonderful resource whenever we want to
know the reason for our belief, when others ask us questions.
It is a book we should all consider buying – for ourselves,
as a present for others. Copies are available in the Repository;
we can order more if needed.
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. Since January we have
received 236 Mass Intentions and only 13 are able to
be said in the Church each week.
Congratulations
This Sunday we welcome into the Church through the
sacrament of Baptism : Alfie Curtis, Adam Herne, Alice
Kerin, Sofia Parenti and Harry Wootton.
WEEF
The Westminster Ecclesiastical Education Fund pays
for the training of our future priests. There has been
a significant increase in the number of men entering
seminary in the last two years, but we need to pay for
the cost of their training over six years and the upkeep
of the seminary. After the Masses next weekend there
will be a retiring collection for WEEF. Please give
generously.
Confirmation
There will be a rehearsal for Confirmation at 7.30
pm on Tuesday, 9 May. All candidates, parents and (if
local) sponsors should attend.
Confirmation itself is at the 11.30 am Mass on Sunday,
14 May. If that is the Mass you usually attend, you
may wish to consider going to another Mass that Sunday
as most seats will be reserved for the Confirmation
candidates and their families.
Baptism Preparation
The next baptism preparation session for parents wishing
to have their children baptised will be held in the
house at 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 3 May. Please let us
know if you plan to attend that session.
Bank Holiday Monday
Tomorrow is a Bank Holiday. The church will be closed
after the 10 am Mass.
Fr. Michael’s 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.
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
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.
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 (01895 634545). Tickets on
sale after all Masses this weekend.
Weekday Evening Masses
Next week there will be no Mass on Tuesday evening -
evening Masses resume on Thurs., 4 May.
Vacancies
The Diocese is advertising two vacancies for PA’s.
See here for details
Mass Intentions
for the Week 29th April – 7th May 2006
Saturday 29th April 18.00 Wilmor Austin, R.I.P.
Sunday 30th April 8.30 Monica Mary King, R.I.P.
3rd Sunday of Easter 10.00 Danny Benjamin, R.I.P. (SVP)
11.30 Thanksgiving (M.H.) (Sung/English)
18.00 For You, the People
Monday 1st May 10.00 Anne Parenti, R.I.P. St. Joseph the Worker
Tuesday 2nd May 10.00 Rachel Berend, R.I.P St. Athanasius
Wednesday 3rd May 10.00 Helen O’Reilly, R.I.P. and
Tina Groves, R.I.P. St. Philip & St. James
Thursday 4th May 10.00 Jack Parr, R.I.P. The English Martyrs
19.00 Intentions of Knights of St. Columba
Friday 5th May 10.00 John Morrissey, R.I.P.
Saturday 6th May 10.00 Peter O’Sullivan, R.I.P.
18.00 Bruce McLaughlin, R.I.P. (Hendricks)
Sunday 7th May 8.30 Margaret McGoff, R.I.P.
4th Sunday of Easter 10.00 Betty & Christopher Keogh, R.I.P.
(Folk)
11.30 Marcus Bartley, 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 and Mary Worley.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Edward Wood, John & Mary Hennessy, Monica King, Christopher
O’Callaghan, Florence Connors, Martin Baxter, Winifred
Chappell, Joseph Long, Canon Patrick O’Connell, Helen
O’Reilly, Charles Payne, Mary Wixted, Jack Poulter, Jim
Judge, Patrick Dillon, Margaret McGoff, Dennis McCallam, Nora
Cecilia Palmer, John Morrissey, Thomas Cole, Thomas Condon,
Jeanne Rock.
