Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £1,406.64
Loose ......£780.58
Total ...... £2,187.22
Many Thanks
Retiring Collection
Next weekend there will be a retiring collection for the Catholic Education Service which advises the Bishops on matters of education in this country.
APF Local Secretary
We are looking for a new APF Local Secretary for our parish to co-ordinate the red AFP Mission Boxes and Promoters. It requires the most basic bookkeeping skills and a small time commitment about four times per year. Please see me if you can help
Thank you for your generosity
The Most Sacred Heart youth group would like to thank those who contributed to their shoe-box appeal at Christmas. It was a success despite the short notice given. A tribute to the true “Spirit of Christmas” in this parish. The challenge was set and met and the Christian Aid organisation have sent their heartfelt thanks for the generosity of spirit that was shown and hope that we will continue to extend and express our Christian spirit in the coming year through the various programmes that will be open to us.
Social Committee Meeting
On Monday 29th January at 8 pm there is a meeting in the Presbytery.
Christmas Bazaar Committee Meeting
On Tuesday 30th January at 7.30 pmthere is a meeting in the Coffee Lounge to review last years Bazaar
Our Lady of Lourdes
Cardinal Cormac will be celebrating a special Mass in the Cathedral on Saturday 17th February at 3.00 pm in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes. The actual Feast Day, 11 February, falls on a Sunday this year. Our Cathedral Mass will be Westminster’s way of marking and celebrating the important place that Lourdes has in the hearts of parishioners and pilgrims from across the Diocese.
Jubilee Trust Quiz Night
Come along to our quiz night on Friday 2nd March at 8pm in Hesdin Hall. Tickets £5 per person. Max 8 per team. Bring your own drinks and snacks. For tickets please contact Ann Loughman or Paula Thompson .
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:Very often and with great distress we find ourselves thinking or doing things that we never thought we would be capable of thinking or doing. Indeed, how often we are the first to be shocked by our own reactions and behaviour in facing certain situations or events in our lives. Surely, on more than one occasion we have felt terribly anxious and even horrified when we realise of how little we know ourselves; of how limited is the knowledge we have of the kind of person we really are. Today, we listen for the words that God addressed to the prophet Jeremiah:
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you.” It is God who knows us deeply and understands who we are much better than we do ourselves, for he has created us; he has formed us in our mother’s womb. God is the only one who knows how we operate in the depth of our hearts and for this he is never surprised by our reactions no matter how bizarre they might be at times. It is in God and only in him that we discover who we really are and what is the ultimate meaning of our lives. In fact, the more we draw closer to God the more we come to know our true-self and his immense love for us just as WE ARE.
Welcome
This Saturday 27th at 12.30 pm, we welcome into the Church Lily Ann Diggins and Anita Nicole Stasiunaite through the Sacrament of Baptism.
On Sunday 4th February at 10 am we welcome the Mayor and Mayoress of Hillingdon who will attend Mass and meet people afterwards for coffee in the coffee lounge. They are most welcome.
Choir
Our organist and choirmaster Adrian is currently recruiting Tenors and Basses to the choir. Perhaps you are a Tenor or Bass yourself, maybe you know someone who has let his singing lapse through lack of time or has moved home and not yet joined a choral group. Perhaps you have a son who would like to further develop his musicianship since singing in the school choir, or a husband who needs a new challenge! The repertoire planned for 2007 won’t be easy but it will be immensely rewarding and enjoyable. Please ask anyone you know who might be interested to contact Adrian on 01895 238637, kittymede@gmail.com, or in person in the organ loft at 12.20 pm next Sunday.
Pilgrimage 2007
This year Fr. Michael has arranged a parish pilgrimage to Turkey in the steps of St. Paul. The dates are Tuesday 18th September to Tuesday 25th September. We will depart from Heathrow to Istanbul for a 4 star hotel in Istanbul for three nights. In Istanbul we will visit the Blue Mosque; the monuments of the Hippodrome; the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit; the Topkapi Palace; the 19th century church of St. Anthony of Padua; and the Greek Patriarchate and its Church. On the 4th day we fly to Izmir on the coast, our base to tour Ephesus where St. Paul caused a riot and the ruined basilica of St. Mary where the Church Council of Ephesus was held in 425 granting Mary the title, Mother of God. We will take a trip to the Holy House of Mary visited by both Paul VI and John Paul II and Miletus, a city visited by St. Paul. The cost of this trip for two 4 star hotels inclusive of breakfast and evening meal is £ 729.00 for 30 people; £ 699.00 for 35 people and £ 689.00 for 40 people. There will be a meeting for those interested on Tuesday 13th February at 7.30 pmin the Coffee Lounge.
Presentation of the Lord
Next Friday, 2nd February, we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord at our 10.00 am Mass, also known as Candlemass.
Feast of St. Blaise
Next Saturday at 10.00 am Mass, on the Feast of St. Blaise, we have the Blessing of throats.
The Eucharist and Catechesis
Beginning in February in centres throughout the diocese; a course to help catechists deepen their understanding of the Eucharist and see how it relates to all areas of catechetics. This course will focus on the core teaching about the Eucharist and how it challenges us on a personal level and as a diocese. For more information please contact Chiara Stevens on 020 7798 9152. Email chiarastevens@rcdow.org.ukwww.rcdow.org.uk/evangelisation
Baptism
Parishioners who want to have their children baptised in our parish are asked to attend a Baptismal Course. The next course takes place on Monday5th Feb.. Parishioners are those who come regularly to the sacraments in this parish. For more information or to book a baptism, please contact Fr. Agustin.
Marriage
If you are planning to get married in 2007 / 2008, either here or abroad, can you please contact one of the priests to register. You need to give at least 6 months notice so that marriage preparation and all the paperwork can be completed.
Knights of St. Columba
Are holding another of their occasional series of charity fundraiser Table Quizzes on Saturday 3rd February, in the Parish Hall of St. Gregory the Great, South Ruislip. The evening begins at 7.30 pm, and will finish at 11.00 pm. Entries are £ 2 per person, and teams are four people. Do please come along and support our worthy causes, bringing your own bottle if you require liquid lubrication for the little grey cells!
Mass Intentions
for the Week 27th January – 4th February 2007
Saturday 27th January 18.00 Thomas James Flynn, R.I.P.
Sunday 28th January 8.30 For You, the People 4th Sunday of the Year 10.00 Jeremiah Downing, R.I.P. ...................................................................11.30 Matt McHugh, R.I.P. (Sung / English) 18.00 Ann Lyons, R.I.P. and Ann Parenti, R.I.P.
Monday 29th January 10.00 Norah Holley, R.I.P.
Tuesday 30th January 10.00 Mark O’Dea, R.I.P.
19.00 Abigail Witchalls (recovery)
Wednesday 31st January 10.00 Betty Corris, R.I.P. St. John Bosco
Thursday 1st February 10.00 Intentions of Rose Pick and Family 19.00 John Sugrue, R.I.P.
Friday 2nd February .................. 10.00 Mary Warr,R.I.P. Presentation of the Lord
Saturday 3rd February 10.00 Siobhan Murphy, R.I.P.SS Lawrence, .........................................................................................................................Dunstan & Theodore ............................................18.00 Baby Susan Bower, R.I.P.
Sunday 4th February 8.30 Canon Frederick Smyth, R.I.P. 5th Sunday of the Year ..10.00 For You, the People (Folk) .....................................................................11.30 Mark Connelly, R.I.P. (Sung / English) 18.00 Magdalena Smalley, 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, Bernadette Campbell and Stanley Reimers
. AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Pierce Short, Lilian Wilmshurst, Lucy Gunter, Anna Poot, Peter Redfern, Stan Gales,
Valentine Pereira, Bishop Gerald Mahon, Lizzie Egan, Dorothy Anne Parenti, Gerard Walshe,
Annie Lyons, Maria Hatherly, Kevin Patrick O’Connor, Kathleen Mathie, Warena Stephenson,
Fr. Auguste Schyrr, Richard Fraser, Charlie Carpenter, Joe Sinclair, Margaret Miller, Charles Plumb,
Baby Susan Bower, Marianne Oltramar, Very Rev. Monsignor Edward Sutton, Mary McAllister,
Mark Connelly.
