Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1561.02
Loose £ 867.57
Total £ 2428.59
Many thanks.
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 30th January at 6.15 pm in the Church. A parent needs to accompany anyone under 16 to this meeting.
Confirmation Enrolment Mass
Next Sunday evening at 6 pm Mass we welcome our candidates for Confirmation who will be officially enrolled in the programme. Please pray for them.
Feast of St. Blaise
3rd Feb. is traditionally the Feast of St. Blaise. Because this falls on Sunday we do not keep the feast. However Blessing of Throats to mark the Feast of St. Blaise will take place at the end of Mass on Monday 4th February for those who wish.
Jubilee Trust Valentine Supper Evening 16th Feb.
Tickets for this evening are now available £15 each. Ring Laura Daniels or Martin Luscombe or pick them up from the Coffee Lounge after 10 am Mass. Price includes a welcome drink, three course hot buffet supper, table quiz & raffle and dancing. There will be a full licensed bar.
Irish Supper Evening
The Social Committee are holding its annual Irish Supper Evening on Sat. 15th March. Tickets £ 15 each. Tickets may be reserved from Paula Thompson.
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. We have just 10 places to fill.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes: “The people who lived in darkness have seen a great light. On those who dwelt in the land and shadow of death a light dawned.” This is how Matthew saw the coming of Christ and the impact of his mission. He goes on to say that Christ went around urging people to repent, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God, and curing all kinds of diseases and sicknesses. And there is still as much need of it as ever, for there are still many who live in darkness and in the shadow of death. As followers of Christ we are all called to be
bearers of his light. Christ’s light has come into the world. It is up to us his followers to make sure that the light of his love and compassion shines in the darkness and gloom of the modern world.
Education Sunday – Retiring Collection
This Sunday is Education Sunday when we celebrate and pray for all those involved in education in this country. At all the Masses next weekend there will be a retiring collection for the Catholic Education Service which is the body in this country which advises our Bishops on matters of Education.
Congratulations
Congratulations and prayers to those baptised into the Church yesterday (Saturday) – Patrick Komarewicz; Thomas Farrell; Lola Cimino; Francesca Curtis; Ronnie Edgington.
YCAP - Young Catholic and Proud
YCAP will meet on Sunday 27th to watch the film Blood Diamond. Set in Sierra Leona during the civil war, Blood Diamond explores the role of diamond trading in the African civil war of the late 1990s. The film is the story of a South African mercenary (Leonardo Dicaprio) a fisherman (Djimon Hounsou) and a journalist (Jennifer Connolly) who embark on a dangerous journey to find a rare diamond that the fisherman found when he was taken from his family and enslaved by rebels as a worker in a diamond mine. If you are between the ages of 13 - 18 (Yr 8-13) come along and join us in the Coffee Lounge from 7.00to 9.30 pm.
Confirmation
Session 4; Creation and the fall takes place on Tuesday 29th at 7.30 pm. Candidates are expected in the Hesdin Hall at 7.25 pm.
Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord
Next Saturday 2nd February at 10.00 am we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas Day).
Lenten Alms
Each year we collect Lenten Alms for those both “at home” and “abroad” who are most in need. Within the diocese the money collected will be for newly arrived migrants in the Diocese. Most especially the diocese will be supporting the work of the Brothers of St John of God in Euston, and the work of the Sisters of Mercy in the Women at the Well House in Kings Cross working with trafficked women. Outside the Diocese our Lenten Alms will be for the relief of the poor in Zimbabwe and for a particular project in South Africa. Please be as generous as you can.
Gallery Seating
If you are using the seating in the gallery please do not permit your children to run about up there as it could be dangerous.
Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady to St. Bernadette
You will know that the year 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to St. Bernadette. To mark the anniversary the Cardinal and auxiliary Bishops will celebrate Mass on Saturday 16th February at 3.00 pm. The Sacrament of the Sick will be administered during that Mass. Those who would like to attend that Mass please telephone Audrey in the Parish Office on Wednesday or Friday morning so that we can notify the Cathedral of numbers.
Date for your Diary
Next Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd February we will have a Parish Visitation by Bishop Alan Hopes. He has requested he meet a number of groups and I have timetabled below:-
Saturday 2nd February 2008
10.30 am Parish Council - Coffee Lounge
11.00 am Finance and Properties Committee – Coffee Lounge
11.30 am U.C.M. – Coffee Lounge
12 noon All Catechists: 1st Reconciliation; 1st Communion; Confirmation & Sunday Groups – Hall
12.30 pm Child Protection Delegate - Presbytery
4.00 pm Readers and Eucharistic Ministers - Hall
5.15 pm Confessions
The Bishop will preach at all Masses that weekend. On Sunday he will visit a few housebound; he will be available from 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm for any parishioners who would like to see him (appointments through Fr. Michael) and he will celebrate the Mass of Enrolment for Confirmation candidates at 6.00 pm. All groups involved please note times. It is important that everybody involved should attend so that the Parish Visitation will be successful.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 26th January – 3rd February 2008
Saturday 26th January 18.00 John Bradley, R.I.P.
Sunday 27th January 8.30 Maurice Rushbrook, R.I.P
3rd Sunday of the Year 10.00 For Christine Hickey (C.L.) 11.30 For You, the People (Sung / English)
18.00 Eric & Edna Francis, R.I.P.
Monday 28th January 10.00 Sheila Leonard R.I.P. St. Thomas Aquinas
Tuesday 29th January 10.00 Jack Pick, R.I.P.
----------------------19.00 Nick Vecchione, R.I.P.
Wednesday 30th January 10.00 Mark O’Dea, R.I.P.
Thursday 31st January 10.00 Sister Imelda, R.I.P. St. John Bosco ----------------------19.00 Catherine Mullane, R.I.P.
Friday 1st February 10.00 For Abigail Witchals
Saturday 2nd February 10.00 Special Intentions – Bales Family Presentation of the Lord
18.00 Baby Susan Bower, R.I.P.
Sunday 3rd February 8.30 Lesa Pomroy, R.I.P. 4th Sunday of the Year 10.00 For You, the People (Folk)(C.L.) 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, 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, Sean O’Donnell, Mary de Michiel and
Baby Jessica Head.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Ferdinand Mepham, Charles Hudson, Ellen Morris, William Irvine, Catherine Keogh,
Zdzislaw Klaczkowski, 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 O’Connor, Warena Stephenson,
Kathleen Mathie, Maria Hatherly, Fr. Auguste Schyrr, Richard Fraser, Charlie Carpenter,
Joe Sinclair, Margaret Miller, Charles Plumb.
