Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1438.80
Loose £ 760.54 Total £ 2199.34 Catholic Youth Service Collection £ 542.68
Many thanks.
Parish Carol Service
Our Parish Carol Service will take place on Sunday 16th December at 7.30 pm in the Church and will involve our Choir, Folk Group, Brownies, Cubs and Guides and some children from the Sacred Heart School.
APF Promoters
Please would all promoters collect their envelope from the desk in the foyer.
Thank-you.
Finance & Properties Committee Meeting
This Tuesday 4th December at 8.00 pm there is a Finance and Properties Committee Meeting.
U.C.M.
This Thursday evening at 7.00 pm we enrol our new U.C.M. members. Congratulations to them.
Baptism Course
The next Baptism Parents Course takes place this Monday 3rd December at 8.00 pm in the Presbytery. Please see Fr. Agustin today if you would like to attend.
Christmas Envelopes
Christmas envelopes are available this weekend. These are your personal gifts to the priests who serve you in this parish.
Sacred Heart School
Did you attend the Sacred Heart School or have you been associated with it? A history of the school is being prepared and Eileen Bowlt is collecting material for it and would like to hear from anyone with any reminiscences or anecdotes of school life from 1937 onwards. Photographs of the school buildings at various periods, staff, pupils and activities will be particularly welcome. If you can help please contact her at c.bowlt@tiscali.co.uk
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes: This is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent can be an exciting time. In advent the cry goes out for us to wake up, to get rid of our complacency and self-regard and to gird ourselves for the challenge posed by the advent of Christ. It is a good time to come afresh – or even for the first time – to God’s Word, because it is a time of new beginnings. With Isaiah and Mary and all creation we wait expectantly for a birth. Every birthday is a time of wonder and hope, but surrounding this birthday is a simply breath-catching expectancy,
for it celebrates the birth of God’s Son, the Word made Flesh.
Advent Afternoon for Children
This year’s Advent Afternoon for children will take place this afternoon from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm. Tickets have been sold out.
Many Thanks
Many thanks to the Social Committee and others who worked so hard last Sunday evening to host the Young Peoples Reception. Bishop Alan Hopes and all were most grateful.
Many thanks to everyone who helped in any way at the Christmas Bazaar and to all who came along and supported the Bazaar.
‘YCAP’ – ‘Young Catholic and Proud’
YCAP have a session on the Word of God in preparation for the Youth Mass in the Coffee Lounge followed by rehearsal in the Church on Sunday 2nd from 7 pm to 8.30 pm. If you are between the ages of 13 – 18 (Yr 8 - 13) and interested in taking part of the Youth Mass please, come along and join us.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Next Saturday 8th December is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Readers
Next Sunday 9th at all Masses we will commission and re-commission our Readers. We thank them for their Ministry.
Sacred Heart School Carol Concert
The Sacred Heart School Carol Concert takes place in our Church on Thursday 13th December at
7.00 pm. There will be no Evening Mass today.
Reconciliation Service
On Monday 17th December we have our Parish Reconciliation Service. Bishop John Arnold will preside with eight priests. Please keep that evening free and tell members of your family.
Confirmation 2008
The parish confirmation programme starts on 8th January 2008 at 7.30 pm with sessions on Tuesday evenings leading up to the celebration of the sacrament on 17th 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.
The Douay Martyrs Christmas Concert
The Douay Martyrs Christmas Concert of carols and readings takes place on Wed. 12th December 7.00 pm at St Bernadette’s Parish, Long Lane, Hillingdon, followed by mince pies and mulberry wine in the Church hall. The Douay Martyrs community invites all parishioners and their families and friends to join them in this celebration, which always proves to be a spiritually enriching experience. Jubilee Trust
The Trustees invite you to visit our display of work done and good causes we have supported during the past 25 years. The Jubilee Trust is our parish charity set up in 1982 to commemorate the Jubilee of the Parish of the Most Sacred Heart here in Ruislip and we continue to raise funds that will alleviate poverty and spread Christianity both in England and throughout the world. All the money raised by the Jubilee Trust is used to support good causes and is not used by the Parish in any way. This weekend we are also holding the Dec. 200 Club draw at Sunday Morning Coffee after 10 am Mass.
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. Full cost £649. If numbers exceed 40 cost is £634. Brochures on table in porch; application forms from Fr. Michael. Would those with application forms please return them to Pax Travel with deposits as soon as possible. Anyone else interested should contact Fr. Michael.
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. Cost of the trip is £779 plus insurance. There are brochures on the porch table and application forms from Fr. Agustin. We have only a few places left for a full complement.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 1st December – 9th December
Saturday 1st December 18.00 Peter Roche, R.I.P.
Sunday 2nd December 8.30 Intentions of Kevin & Eileen McMahon 1st Sunday of Advent 10.00 For You, the People (Folk) 11.30 Vera Shanahan, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 Eric & Edna Francis, R.I.P.
Monday 3rd December 10.00 Peter Haran, R.I.P. St. Francis Xavier
Tuesday 4th December 10.00 Joe Walsh, R.I.P.
19.00 Fr. Cormac Rigby, R.I.P.
Wednesday 5th December 10.00 Kitty Morrissey, R.I.P.
Thursday 6th December 10.00 John Devane, R.I.P.
19.00 Chris Taylor, R.I.P.
Friday 7th December 10.00 Francois Neckar, R.I.P.
Saturday 8th December ------ 10.00 Intentions of Adele Cusack Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
-----------------------------------18.00 Noel Banks, R.I.P.
Sunday 9th December 8.30 Mary Bell, R.I.P. 2nd Sunday of Advent --------- 10.00 Joanne Martin, R.I.P. (C.L.) 11.30 Marion & Patrick Redmond, 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 and Sean O’Donnell
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Jessie Dutton, Rose Newton, John James Hallisey, Stan Justice, Josephine Sexton, Peter James Haran, Edward Muyldermans, Jacqueline Flaherty, Catherine Cowmey, Margaret Mintern, Jim Daly,
Richard Burgiss, Arthur Clarke, Baby Peter White, Michael Tagg, Francois Neckar,
Mary Janine Orfila, Helen O’Connor, Dr. Geraldine Stewart, Mary Murtagh, Terence Murphy,
Kay Mullarkey, Francis Morrissey, Edward Tierney, Agnes Willis, Betty Hood, Maria Sica,
Harry Bovill, Joseph Barron.
