Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £1260.19
Loose £722.00 Total £1982.19
Many thanks
Baptism Course
The next Baptism Course is on Monday 5th January2009 at 8.00pm in the Coffee Lounge. You must book for this with Nicola, the Parish Secretary.
Evening Masses There will be no Tuesday or Thursday evening Masses for the foreseeable future until we have a second resident priest. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Rota Reminder Could all Eucharistic Ministers and Readers please pick up an updated copy of the rota from the Sacristy
Baptism
Parishioners who want to have their children baptised in our parish are asked to attend a Baptismal course. Parishioners are those are registered and who come regularly to the sacraments in this parish. For more information or to book a baptism, please contact Nicola in the office.
Marriage
If you are planning to get married in the first half of 2009 either here or abroad, please can you come and register with Fr. Michael. You need to give at least 6 months’ notice so that marriage preparation and all the paperwork can be completed.
Mass/Hymn Books
It would be helpful if Mass and Hymn books could be put back at the end of our Masses as many of them lying on the floor have been torn. Thank you for this.
Westminster Year Books 2009
These are on sale in the Repository, price £4.00 and are full of vital information on all the Churches; Mass times; Priests etc.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Michael writes: The wise men of St. Matthew’s Gospel are the vanguard of all Gentiles who make their own journey to God in Christ. They may have taken a route that seemed curious to a religious establishment that had so many maps in their possession; but God draws all sorts of different people to him by all sorts of routes. So the wise men have become symbols of hope for all who struggle to God by strange routes. Evelyn Waugh wrote a prayer to the Magi which catches something of this hope:- “You are my especial patrons, and patrons of all latecomers, of all who have a tedious journey to make to the truth, of all who are confused with knowledge and speculation, of all who through politeness make themselves partners in guilt, of all who stand in danger by reason of their talents, for his sake do not reject your curious gifts, pray always for the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom.
Farewell
Today we say goodbye to Fr. Cristiano after his four months with us and thank him for his work here.
Welcome
On Tuesday we welcome Fr. Casimir Szalaj, SVD who comes from Poland and will be here while I am away. For the weekend Masses he will be joined by Fr. Stephen Mere, SVD. We welcome them and are grateful for their help.
Fr. Agustin Conesa
Fr. Agustin has now been appointed to the parish of Fulham and in Ruislip we must wait until the Diocese has a suitable priest for us. At the moment they have no available priest to help, although we will have another priest at weekends.
Retiring Collection
Next weekend there will be a retiring collection for SPUC, the organisation which promotes awareness of the unborn child and issues relating to abortion, euthanasia and life in general.
Social Committee Meeting This Tuesday 6th January at 8.00pm there is a Social Committee Meeting.
Date for Your Diary
The next Jubilee Trust Fundraising Event will be a Valentine Supper Evening on 14th February 2009. Tickets are now available from Martyn Luscombe on 020 8582 2605 or Ann-Maria Loughman on 01895 634545, Price £15.00.
First Friday Lunches
Please note there will be no First Friday Lunch in January, these will start up again from February 2009.
Jubilee Trust
As a result of the fundraising events in 2008, the Jubilee Trust have been pleased to make the following donations:- £1000.00 to relief work in Zimbawbe, £1000.00 to train workers in orphanages in Romania; £500.00 to Nazareth House, Hammersmith; £500.00 to St. Francis Leprosy; £600.00 to ORCHYD; £600.00 to Sisters of Mercy; £150.00 to the Bolivia Project; £400.00 to Medical Missionaries of Mary; £400.00 to The Passage and £500.00 to CRISIS. These donations couldn’t have been made without the support of the Parish for the Jubilee Trust and we thank you and look forward to your continued support in 2009.
Confirmation Catechists There will be a meeting on Tuesday 13th January 2009 at 7.30pm in the Coffee Lounge.
Hesdin Hall Bookings 2009
Please note all hall bookings requiring a drinks licence for 2009 must be arranged through Nicola in the Presbytery and we can only have 12 licences a year
Mass Intentions for the Week 3rd - 11th January 2009
Saturday 3rd January 10.00 Angela Moran, R.I.P
18.00 Marion Mason, R.I.P
Sunday 4th January 8.30 For You, the People Epiphany of the Lord 10.00 Michael McInerney, R.I.P (Folk) 11.30 Timothy O’Sullivan, R.I.P (Sung/English) ------ 18.00 Noel Gibbons, R.I.P
Monday 5th January 10.00 Sheila Smith, R.I.P
Tuesday 6th January 10.00 Brendan Doorly, R.I.P
Wednesday 7th January 10.00 Veronica Joiner, R.I.P
Thursday 8th January 10.00 Sylvia Lawes
Friday 9th January 10.30 Joan Allen, R.I.P
Saturday 10th January 10.00 Bryan & Helen Hickey
18.00 Thomas James Flynn, R.I.P
Sunday 11th January 8.30 For You, the People Baptism of the Lord 10.00 Arthur Bonnar, R.I.P
11.30 Mary Dowling, R.I.P (Sung / English) 18.00 John Conway, 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, Mike Rumsey, Joan Hendricks, Sean O’Donnell, Baby Luca Vassallo, Kittie McCashen, Dorothy Rushbrooke, Claire Wilson and Nancy Brosnan.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME: Joseph Constable, Edward Rock, George Grange, Bridget Atkinson, Dorothy Holland, Richard Bennett, Sister Theresa-Margaret, Daniel Benjamin, Marie Kirkpatrick, William Painter, George Baldock, Timothy Hennessy, Andrew Dove, Bridget Foley, John (Jack) Parr, Edgar de Waterford, Nellie Elmes, Jack Glover, Veronica Joiner, Charles Lythe, Brendan Doorly, Arthur Hambling, Celia Ollett, Dermot O’Connell, Frederick Mason, Margaret Crouch, Miles McKane, Ann O’Donnell, Helena Meli, Florence Fuller, Thomas Owen, Gerald Locke, Francis McCarthy, Mary O’Reilly, Margery Stutt, Stanley Bradley
May I take this opportunity to wish everyone in our parish a happy, peaceful and healthy 2009.
