Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1413.58
Loose £ 692.84
Total £ 2106.42
Retiring Collection
£ 566.82
Many thanks.
Hall / Coffee Lounge / Warrender Room
We are in the process of updating the information regarding parish groups and the facilities / rooms that they use for their activities. Could the chairperson / leader of any group using the Hall / Coffee Lounge / Warrender Room on a regular basis please supply their contact details and times of usage of facilities to Anna Harrington.
Friends of The Douay Martyrs School – Pamper & Buy Evening
The Friends of Douay Martyrs School would like to invite you to join them for a Ladies Pamper and Buy Evening. The event will be held in our school hall on Friday 16th November from 7.30 pm – 10.00 pm.
Marriage Preparation Course
Will take place here in our parish on Sat. 17 November in the Hesdin Hall from 2 – 4.30pm. If you wish to apply for a place on this course, please contact Fr. Agustin.
Confirmation 2008
The parish confirmation programme starts on 8th January 2008 at 7.30pm 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 20th December 2007 at the latest. Please mark the outside of the envelope: Confirmation 2008.
Coffee on Sunday
I apologise that there has been no coffee available since the summer. Brid Carr is going to form a new rota for those who can help to provide coffee after 10am on Sundays. She also hopes to provide homemade buns; toast, etc. If you can help on this rota please call Brid Carr on . Hopefully coffee will be up and running starting from this Sunday.
Book Event
There will be a Book Event in the Hesdin Hall on Saturday 24th November from 10 am – 1 pm to raise funds for Sacred Heart School and Church. Come along; buy fantastic books from the Book People, all at 50-75% off R.R.P. Cash, cheque and credit cards accepted. For more information call Anna Harrington .
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes: Zacchaeus is delighted to welcome Jesus to his house. The crowd on the other hand, are enraged. But Jesus is more interested in the outcast than the enraged. The crowd is transfixed by the sins Zacchaeus has committed; Jesus sees beyond the sins to the person that Zacchaeus can become. It is the same for us. The story continues to be told. Jesus constantly looks at what we could become and always overlooks our wrongdoing in the hope that we will repent.
Holy Souls
During the month of November the Church encourages us to pray for Holy Souls. The box with your list of dead is now placed beside the altar and we will remember those deceased in our Masses here in Ruislip. Our Bereavement Mass for all those buried or cremated from our parish will take place next Saturday 10th November at 6.00 pm. All are welcome to attend.
Sick and Retired Priests need your help today
There are already 90 retired priests in the diocese and 70 more are due to retire over the next ten years. These priests have given their lives to the church and it is important that we pray for them as they grow older. But it is also important that we ensure that they receive the care that they require when they require it and there will be a special collection for the Sick & Retired Priests’ Fund this weekend. Please take a donation envelope and give as much as you can this weekend.
Christmas Bazaar - Saturday 1st December 10.30 am - 2.30 pm
This weekend there will be a clipboard in the church foyer for any parishioner wishing to have an estate agents board outside their home to advertise for the parish bazaar (last year we had over 50 boards go up). Raffle tickets will be on sale before and after mass this weekend. We are currently looking for donations for our bazaar, if you have any unwanted gifts, books, toys, CDs, DVD's, fancy goods, bric-a-brac, jewellery and groceries (please ensure not date expired). All items should in a saleable condition (not broken or dirty and items that you would be happy to buy yourself). There will be bins in the foyer for you to put items. We are looking for volunteers to help sort every Friday from 1.30 pm - if you can help please just turn up. Many thanks.
Walsingham Prayer Group Raffle 2007
The sale of raffle tickets and kind donations raised in total £ 426.00 for the new Church at Walsingham. We offer our sincerest thanks to all who gave so generously.
Children’s Advent Celebration 2007
The Children’s Advent Celebration will take place this year on Sunday 2nd December 2007 between 2.00 pmand 4.00 pm in Hesdin Hall. All children who are in full time Reception to Year 6 are invited to come and join our Celebration of Advent to start the Christmas season. There will be Christmas Carols, Christmas Crafts and lots of fun with their Parish friends. The cost to cover materials and refreshments is £ 3.00 per child. Application forms are available in the church foyer. Please complete one for each child who wishes to attend and tickets are being sold after each Mass this weekend (3rd & 4th November). As I am sure you appreciate, there are a limited number of spaces available so places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please note that tickets will be sold at the church on these days only. We look forward to seeing you then.
Youth Group - ‘YCAP’ – ‘Young Catholic and Proud’
We would like to invite ALL young people between the ages of 13–18 (Yr 8 - 13) to join the Youth Group. We have an exciting programme for this year which is being put together to reflect the interests and needs of YOU; the Young People in the Parish.
Our first gathering will be on Sunday 4th November7.00 pm - 8.30 pm in the Coffee Lounge.
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 and application forms from Fr. Agustin. We have only ten places left for a full compliment. For those interested there will be a meeting with Fr. Agustin on Friday 9th November at 8.00pm in the Coffee lounge.
Fr. Michael’s Pilgrimage 2008
I have organised a pilgrimage to mark the 90th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima from 10th – 17th June 2008 to Fatima and Braga. We leave from Heathrow on Tues. 10th June to Lisbon. A full tour of Lisbon will follow and then on to Irmas de Dominicanas Hotel for a four night stay. Wed. 11th June – Batalha, Alcobaca & Nazare; 12th & 13th in Fatima for the Celebrations; visiting the Basilica; Chapel of the Apparitions; Children’s Homes; Stations of the Cross. Sat. 14th June – visit to Coimbra and Convent of St. Lucia and Cathedral. Then to Braga for a three night stay visiting Braga; Guimaraes; Barcelos and Oporto. Tues. 17th return Oporto – Heathrow. Full cost £649. If numbers exceed 40 cost is £634. Brochures on table in porch; application forms from Fr. Michael. There will be a meeting in the Church on Mon. 19th November at 7.30 pm for all those interested, only 40 places available
Readers Training Courses
Two evenings have been organized for Readers on Tues. 6th November and Tues. 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 and all those attending this course will then be commissioned or re-commissioned on Bible Sunday which is on 9th December.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 3rd November – 11th November
Saturday 3rd November 18.00 November Dead List
Sunday 4th November 8.30 -----Margaret Courtney, R.I.P. 31st Sunday of the Year-----10.00 ----Peggy & Felix Rodrigues, R.I.P. (Folk) 11.30 ---- For You, the People (Sung / English)
18.00 ---- November Dead List
Monday 5th November 10.00 ---- Maurice Egan, R.I.P.
Tuesday 6th November 10.00 ---- November Dead List
Wednesday 7th November 10.00 ---- November Dead List
Thursday 8th November 10.00 ---- November Dead List
Friday 9th November 10.00 -- Brendan Murphy, R.I.P. Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Saturday 10th November 10.00 --- Agnes Molloy, R.I.P. ---- 18.00 Bereavement Mass
Sunday 11th November 8.30 ---- For You, the People 32nd Sunday of the Year----10.00 --- November Dead List (C.L.) 11.30 == Ritinha Fernandes, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 == Daniel Burke, R.I.P. (1st Anniversary)
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 and Sean O’Donnell
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Elizabeth Corris, Margaret Courtney, Peter John Pender, Florence Martin, Maurice Egan,
Josephine Worley, Annie Hall, Margaret Kay, Ghislaine Poot, The Revd. Peter Geraerts, Hugh Devine, Laura O’Leary, Joseph Poot, Cardinal Heenan, Veronica Tasselli, May Grill, William O’Donoghue, Patricia Hopper, Mary Kate Cooper, Martin Duffy, Thomas Cox, Daniel Burke, Sarah Woods,
Rose Wiles, Lawrence Grehen, Charles McGee, Brendan Murphy, Margaret Donovan,
Mary Parkinson, Noel Carroll, Kate Winney.
