Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £1,312.31
Loose ......£730.20
Total ...... £2,042.51
Many Thanks
First Holy Communion – Parents Meeting
This Thursday, 18th January at 8.00 pm, in the Hesdin Hall, is the next meeting for parents of children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion next May.
Wanted
Broken rosaries, medals, used stamps and non-religious cards – please leave in box in the foyer.
Parish Council Meeting
The next meeting of the Parish Council takes place on Tuesday 16th January at 7.45 pm in the Warrender Room.
Jubilee Trust Meeting
The next meeting of the Jubilee Trust takes place on Mon. 15th January at 8 pm at 6, West Hatch Manor.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
To celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Ruislip Methodist Church, Ickenham Rd, will be hosting a shared meal on behalf of Churches Together in Ruislip on Thurs. 18th Jan.. All welcome to come along and share in the meal which begins at 7.30 pm. If you would like to attend please sign the list on the notice-board at the back of the church by Sunday 14th Jan. (to help the organisers with the catering). A small donation may be requested on the evening to cover expenses
Babysitter available
for weekend and holiday work. Age 18, reliable and trustworthy. Altar server and children’s liturgy helper. Ring Alex.
Bec Social Club
Membership renewals now being accepted in the Club from 1st January 2007. New members of the Parish will be gladly welcomed. Application Forms in the Church Foyer or can be obtained in the club. See Sue Cutts – Membership Secretary.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr.Agustin writes: In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear of the miracle at the Wedding Feast in Cana when Jesus turned water into wine. An event which, according to St. John, marks the beginning of Jesus’ public life and his very first miracle, it was “the first of his signs” and therefore a very relevant one as it points out to what Christ had come to accomplish with his death and resurrection: to transform our death into life, our sadness into joy. Wine has been always for Israel the sign of
the Promised Land, the land promised to our ancestors and fulfilled for us in the joy of the Eternal life. Mary has seen that we did not have wine; that we did not have eternal life in us. Not to have wine is not to have the joy of the divine life. Mary as our mother has realised that our life was not a feast as it was meant to be, because sadness and death reigned over us. For this she, “the woman”, the New Eve intercedes for us before her Son, the only one who can change the waters of death into the wine of eternal life, we only have to do “whatever he tells us.”
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Just to remind you that each day from Monday to Saturday we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 10.30 am to 12 noon. Please try to come into the Church at that time even just for a few minutes.
Confirmation Catechists Meeting
Fr. Agustin will meet with the confirmation catechists on Monday 15th January at 7.30 pm in the presbytery. Please let him know if you are unable to attend.
Confirmation
There will be a meeting led by Fr. Agustin and the team of catechists for all candidates, together with your parents, for the parish confirmation programme for 2007 in the Hesdin Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 16th January. It is essential you attend this meeting as we will be giving out important information about the meaning of confirmation and the programme.
Do you think you might like to be an Altar Server?
If you have made your First Communion and would like to find out more please attend a meeting on Wednesday 24th January at 6.15 pm in the Church. A parent needs to accompany anyone under 16 to this meeting.
Arranging a Mass
Parishioners who would like a Mass for their intention on a specific date should arrange it well in advance. We cannot always guarantee a specific date because of funerals, but we will do our best. The first available Sunday Mass is on April 15th and Saturday evening April 21st.
Please state explicitly if you would like your Mass said in the Sacred Heart Church – otherwise we may have to pass it on to the Divine Word Missionaries who celebrate Masses in their chapel daily and are always grateful to receive intentions.
Sunday Group Catechists Meeting
On Monday 22nd January at 7.45 pm there will be a meeting of the Sunday Group Catechists in the Presbytery.
Money Counters
We need four new money counters to count our money once every six weeks. It would involve a couple of hours every six weeks on a Sunday evening. Please contact Fr. Michael if you can help.
Westminster Year Book
Westminster Year Books are now on sale in the repository – price £3 each. This is a valuable book for all to have with all kinds of information from times of Masses around the Dioceses to the age of priests!
Linen Rota
Would all the ladies on the rota for the sanctuary linen please collect the new rotas (yellow papers) from the letter-rack in the porch.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 13th January – 21st January 2007
Saturday 13th January 18.00 Frederick Lawrence Bower, R.I.P.
Sunday 14th January 8.30 For You, the People 2nd Sunday of the Year - ....................10.00 Personal Intentions (Keane) (Peace Day).................................................11.30 Jack Pick, R.I.P. (Sung / English) 18.00 Clair Murphy, R.I.P.
Monday 15th January 10.00 John Morrissey, R.I.P.
Tuesday 16th January 10.00 Mark O’Dea, R.I.P.
19.00 Silvano, R.I.P.
Wednesday 17th January 10.00 Mary Ellicott (very ill) St. Anthony, Abbot
Thursday 18th January 10.00 Mariquita Smalley, R.I.P. 19.00 For Maria and Ken Bales
Friday 19th January 10.00 Nora Walker, R.I.P.
Saturday 20th January 10.00 Rose Pick (recovery)
................................ 18.00 John Bradley, R.I.P.
Sunday 21st January 8.30 Margaret & Charles Hendry, R.I.P. 3rd Sunday of the Year 10.00 Michael Steadman, R.I.P. (Folk) .....................................................................11.30 Baby Molly Johnston, R.I.P. 18.00 Michael Duggan, R.I.P.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND:
Carmel Galanty, Mary Maloney, Ron Skew, Betty Douglas, Doreen Jones, Peter Flaherty, Dolores Osborne, Christopher Redmond, Rose Pick, Lily Fehin, Edna Winwright,
Eugene Barrett, Trevor Denham, Mary Worley, Ann Holland, Dorothy Rushbrook,
Caroline Titley, William (Billy) Smith and Bernadette Campbell.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Cecilia Hill, Francis Arnold Brown, Kathleen Dale, Mary McDonald, Ronan Zybert,
Winifred Clark, Peter Balfour, Francis Vance, Alice Beatty, Margaret Lynam, Sheila Hennessy, Michael Quinn, James Banns, Kieran Egan, Louiza Papachristodoulou, Mark O’Dea,
Lucie Gunter, Annie Murphy, Patrick Fitzgerald, Charles Duffy, Romah Brown, William Jones, Joseph Walsh, James Kavanagh, Irene Nimmock, Dorothy Poulter, Marion Fitch,
Winifred Barnes, Elizabeth Winifred Erlam, Catherine Lillis, John Patrick Dillon, John Power, Maureen Donnelly, John Benn, Cezary Rosenthal, Alfred Stubbs, William Flanagan, Thomas James Flynn, Henry Sexton and Thomas Fox.
