Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1599.79
Loose £ 889.32
Total £ 2489.11
CAFOD Retiring Collection £ 1340.30
Many thanks.
Sharing in His Life
This week (14th Oct.) sees the start of Sharing in His Life, the diocesan booklet exploring the richness of the Mass. For six weeks the themes of Gathering, Word, Thanksgiving, Communion and Mission will be reflected upon helping us to participate in a fuller way each Sunday. Copies are now on sale at the back of the church.
Youth Group
We are looking for young people (Year 8 to Year 13) to participate in the activities we organise: The possibility of a Youth Mass accompanied by a Youth Choir, World Youth Day in Sydney and pilgrimages, Activities, Guest speakers on topics of interest, Outings – bowling, soup kitchens etc.If interested, please sign up sheet on the clipboard placed on the porch table.A meeting will soon follow.
Eucharistic Ministers
Would those Ministers who have already picked up their rotas please collect an updated phone list from the Sacristy.
CAFOD
Come and hear Tony Sheen, Diocesan manager for CAFOD Westminster, talk about his recent trip to Brazil on Tuesday 16th October at 8 pm in Hesdin Hall. Tony met people living in the vast shanty towns of Sao Paulo & visited indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest. He will tell the inspiring stories of how, with the support of CAFOD’s partners, the people he met are finding ways out of poverty, challenging discrimination and seeking justice. All are welcome.
Thank you
Winifred Spooner would like to thank you for your support at a successful Macmillan Coffee Morning on 28th September. £ 354 was raised.
Assistance Required
We are looking for someone to collect a year 6 boy and year 4 girl from Sacred Heart Primary School and take them to our childminder’s house near Greenford station. It will be 3 days each week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and payment to be agreed. Please contact either Sean or Sue Brosnan.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes: In many ways the Gospel today is an incredible story. Ten lepers are cured from their leprosy which was the ultimate uncleanness and which cut off its victim from the community. Would you not think that the very first thing they would have done would be to rush back and thank Jesus? Yet only one of the ten did so. We have all been touched by Jesus. We all encounter him especially in the Eucharist. What has changed in our lives as a result of our encounter with Jesus? Are we perhaps like the nine – changed only superficially or like the one Samaritan who showed himself as a result of that one encounter to be changed utterly? If we try to be
like the Samaritan, our prayer will always be one of thanksgiving to Christ.
Readers Training Courses
I have organised two evenings for Readers on Tuesday 6th November 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm and Tuesday 13th November 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm. Both evenings will take place in the Church. I have invited Miss Letitia Nicoll LGSM, Dip CE, FESB, a teacher and adjudicator in vocal communication and public speaking, to take these evenings. Many of our readers cannot be heard or are not using the microphone correctly. The Liturgy of the Word is God’s Word speaking to us and it is important that it is read properly and heard by all. All readers should come to both evenings. New Readers are welcome and there is a clipboard on the table in the porch if you would like to read at Mass. New Readers and all those attending this course will then be commissioned or re-commissioned on Bible Sunday which is on 9th December.
November Dead Envelopes
November Dead envelopes are available at the back of the Church. You may place into them your list of Dead and Offerings for Masses. During the month of November when the Church prays especially for Holy Souls we will offer Masses for the Holy Souls and place those lists by the altar. Envelopes should be returned to the presbytery by the end of October.
Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament of Matrimony
Principal Celebrant : Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor. Westminster Cathedral – Sat. 10th May 2008 at 3.00 pm. The Cardinal will celebrate this Mass and wants to invite all couples celebrating their 10th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th+ wedding anniversary in 2008. Would all couples in the parish who qualify please hand in their names and full postal address to Audrey in the Parish Office as soon as possible, as the Cardinal wishes to send a personal invitation to each couple.
Marriage Preparation Course
A Marriage Preparation Course will take place here in our parish on Sat. 17th November in the Hesdin Hall from 2 pm – 4.30 pm. If you wish to apply for a place on this course, please contact Fr. Agustin.
Mass Intentions
We are unable to place any more Mass Intentions for the rest of the year. Provision has to be made during November for some Masses to be offered for our “November Dead List”. Any intentions that come in will be forwarded to the Divine Word Missionaries who celebrate Masses in their Chapel daily and are always grateful to receive intentions.
If you wish to have your Mass intention said in the Sacred Heart Church, please state explicitly on your mass envelope and it will be placed early in 2008.
Date for your diary – Saturday 15th December
The Jubilee Trust are holding a Dance as their final Charity Fund Raiser of 2007. More details to follow but book your baby sitter and arrange your Christmas Parties around it.
Parish Christmas Bazaar
Last year the Parish Bazaar raised £6000 a fantastic achievement. This year we would like to match or beat this amount. Therefore we are currently looking for top prizes for our Grand Prize draw. This is where you come in. Can you or your company donate a top prize i.e. Portable TV/DVD, Ipod, Playstation (brand new not secondhand)? Tickets will go on sale soon. If so please contact me as soon as possible.
Confirmation 2008
The parish confirmation programme starts on the 8th January 2008 at 7.30 pm with sessions on Tuesday evenings leading up to the celebration of the sacrament in May 2008. If you are in Year 9 or above and wish to join the programme then you are invited to write to Fr. Agustin briefly explaining your reasons for wishing to be confirmed. Your letter should include your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, where you attend school, which Mass you normally attend and a passport size photograph. All letters of application should be received in the presbytery by December 20th 2007 at the latest. Please mark the outside of the envelope: Confirmation 2008. Any applications received after this date will not be considered. If you are not from this parish, you should apply for the baptism certificate now.
Pilgrimage to Spain 2008 (Saturday 26th April – Monday 5th May)
Fr. Agustin and Fr. Wilton from Westminster Cathedral will lead a pilgrimage to the three Holy Cities of Spain. They will visit Santiago de Compostela, Santo Toribio de Liebana and Caravaca de La Cruz. Flights from Stansted return, staying in the three cities. Cost of the trip is £ 779 plus insurance. There are brochures on the porch table for more information. An application form may be obtained from Fr. Agustin.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 13th October – 21st October
Saturday 13th October 18.00 Catherine Sullivan, R.I.P.
Sunday 14th October 8.30 --Baby Matilda Mullin, R.I.P. 28th Sunday of the Year-----10.00 -Kevin Skinner, R.I.P. (C.L.) 11.30 Intentions of Christine & Gerald Fewkes (40th WeddingAnniversary) (Sung / -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------English)
18.00 --------- For You, the People
Monday 15th October 10.00 Terry Carlin, R.I.P. St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday 16th October 10.00 Pat Dunmore, R.I.P.
19.00 Hugh Breslin (ill)
Wednesday 17th October 10.00 Baby Calum Mullin, R.I.P. St. Ignatius of Antioch
Thursday 18th October 10.00 Kathleen Stevens, R.I.P. St. Luke
19.00 Ann Ryan, R.I.P.
Friday 19th October 10.00 Giovanni Del Pozzo, R.I.P.
Saturday 20th October 10.00 Dermot Bourke, R.I.P.
=====================18.00 John Kevelaitis, R.I.P.
Sunday 21st October 8.30 Intentions of Mary Daly, R.I.P. 29th Sunday of the Year----10.00 Kathleen Gahan, R.I.P. (Folk) (C.L.) 11.30 John Joseph O’Brien, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 For You, the People
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND:
Carmel Galanty, Mary Maloney, Doreen Jones, Peter Flaherty, Dolores Osborne,
Christopher Redmond, Rose Pick, Lily Fehin, Edna Winwright, Eugene Barrett, Trevor Denham,
Mary Worley, Ann Holland, Caroline Titley, William (Billy) Smith, Mike Rumsey,
Noel & Joan Hendricks, Patrick & Mary Dowling, Ivy White and Sean O’Donnell
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
James McHugh, John Prendergast, Catherine O’Connell, Daniel Crowley, Terence Carlin,
Thomas Flaherty, Wilfrid Kelly, Dorina Dunning, Mary Weston, John Headd, Nora Wood,
Catherine Sullivan, Brian Lambert, John Sutton, Bridie Neeves, Mary Patricia Hill,
Michael McCrohan, Nellie Clift, Madge O’Connell, Ann Ryan, Ines Meli, Thomas Cashin,
Denis Murphy, Vincent Scott Weight, Max Bethencourt, Hannah Cronin, George Baird,
Ida Torrecelli-Ravi.
