Church of the Most Sacred Heart

Mass Times :

Saturday
Vigil Mass: 18.00

Sunday
8.30, 10.00, 11.30, 18.00

Monday –Saturday
10.00

19:00 (Tues&Thurs)

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00

Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30

Collections

Envelopes    £1471.99
Loose          £764.78
Total           £2236.77

Many Thanks

Youth Mass Postponed
There will NOT be a Youth Mass this Sunday 22nd June at 6.00pm as the Youth Choir is not ready yet to lead the singing and the Mass. The Youth Group will meet again after the summer break. Many thanks to the YCAP members and to our Youth Leaders for organising such enjoyable evenings and exciting activities this year

Retiring Collection
Next Sunday, Feast of SS Peter and Paul, there is a retiring collection for Peter Pence, which is a world-wide collection that helps to run the offices of the Vatican.

Jubilee Trust Tea Dance
Come and enjoy a Ruislip style Tea Dance on 6th July between 3.30-6.00pm. At £5.00 a ticket, even if you don’t wish to dance you can still enjoy a high quality Afternoon Tea in pleasant company. To book your ticket add your name to the list on the Notice Board in the Foyer or ring Laura

Quiz Night Thank-You
Many thanks to everyone who supported the Quiz Night. The total raised was £385.00.

AFP Promoters
Please would all AFP promoters collect their magazines for distribution from the foyer. Thank you for all your hard work.

Eucharist Ministers/Readers
Could you please pick up your new rotas from the sacristy

Preparation for First Reconciliation & First Holy Communion - 2008/2009
Parents of all children who will be starting Year 3 in September 2008, and who belong to this parish, are invited to attend an information and registration meeting at the Hesdin Hall on Thursday 18th September 2008 at 8pm.

Parish Priest: Fr. Michael Johnston

Assistant Priest: Fr. Agustin Conesa

E-mail: Fr.Michael@mostsacredheartruislip.co.uk

..............Fr.Agustin@mostsacredheartruislip.co.uk

Welcome Fr Angel Reigades
Next weekend we welcome Fr. Angel Reigades who will be helping in the parish over the summer.

Baptism Congratulations
Congratulations to those baptised in our Church yesterday – Georgiana Rohan, Sean Yajima, Che Bole, Beth Shirran and George Twomey.

Wedding Anniversary Congratulations
Congratulations to Barbara and Patrick Tuohy who are celebrating twenty five years of marriage this weekend and also to Pat and Philomena Hickey who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.  

With Sympathy
Our sympathy and prayers to the family of Alan Baracliffe whose Funeral Mass will take place on Monday 23rd June at 10:00 am.

Catechists
I would like to invite all catechists to a session given by our Diocesan Catechist Katie McMasters on Monday 23rd June from 7.30-9.00pm in Hesdin Hall (Coffee Lounge). The aim of this session is:-           

• To discover ways to recruit catechists to take part in the various parish programmes

• To consider what skills are needed and to offer practical advice for preparing the

learning environment

• To explore ways in which catechists can maintain their enthusiasm
• To help catechists understand the role of discipline
• To think about what tools they need to evaluate all catechistical programmes

Dates for Your Diary

• Tuesday 24th June, 7.45pm, Parish Council Meeting
• Friday 27th June, Fr Angel Reigadas arrives from Spain for one month
• Wednesday 2nd July, 11.00am, Cardinal opens Sacred Heart School (by invitation only please due to lack of space)
• Thursday 3rd July, 7.30pm, Christmas Bazaar Meeting
• Saturday 5th-Sunday 6th July, ‘Aid to the Church in Need’ speaker at all Masses
• Monday 7th July, 8.00pm, Baptism course, coffee Lounge
• Tuesday 15th July, 7.30pm, Parish AGM
• Sunday 20th July, 2.00-5.00pm Parish Picnic at Eastcote Hockey Club, Kings College

Open Evening at the new Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
The Governing Body of Sacred Heart would like to invite any interested members of the parish to come and see the new school building on Wednesday 9th July between 7pm–9pm. Members of the Governing Body will be available to answer any questions along with our building consultants DHP who designed and managed the building of the school. Fr. Michael Johnston will bless a specially commissioned statue of ‘Mary and Child’ for our new chapel at 8pm. As you may have read the new school building will be officially opened by His Eminence Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor on the 2nd July. Unfortunately, because of numbers, attendance will be by invitation only. Could visitors please enter the school grounds through our Safer Routes to School footpath via Ruislip Rugby Club. Parking will be available in the Rugby Club Car Park. Disabled parishioners may use the school car park via the front drive - the new school is fully accessible. We look forward to seeing many of you on the evening.

The Missionary Vocation 
A talk by Fr. Guiseppe Cardomone for young adults aged 18-38 considering their calling in life. In the Hinsley Room (halfway down Morpeth Terrace, at Westminster Cathedral) on Friday 27th June at 7.30m. For further details visit www.free2become.org or call 01277 373848

Altar Servers
Please collect your letter from the Sacristy as soon as possible; it contains important information as well as a copy of the new rota. Please take only the letter addressed to you and note that there is only one envelope per family but this contains letters for each server in the family.  Finally, we are still looking for more volunteers to serve at the 10am Mass on Saturday morning.

Christmas Bazaar Committee Meeting – Thursday 3 July
We are currently looking for new people to join our Committee. We meet only a couple of times per year in the evening and your time is mostly required in November in preparation for the bazaar and on the day. If you feel you can help in any way with ideas or your time and would like to be part of this group, please come along to the meeting