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   £1579.85
Loose           £848.74
Total          £2428.59 

Many thanks

Easter Envelopes
Please take a moment to take an Easter envelope and return it with your offering on Easter Sunday or beforehand if you are going away. Easter and Christmas offerings are the way in which our priests are paid.

Wedding Congratulations
To Karen Whitworth and Alan Thompson who were married in our Church yesterday, Saturday.

Our Sympathy & Prayers
To the family of Frank Persaud whose Funeral Mass takes place this Tuesday 7th April at 10.00am.

New Altar Servers
Classes normally start for new servers in January but due to the trainer’s work commitments this has not been possible this year. It is hoped we will shortly be starting classes and dates will be announced shortly. Please check newsletter

Stations of the Cross
For the children’s Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at 9.30am it would be very nice if all the boys came dressed as Roman soldiers and all the girls as women of Jerusalem.

Catholic Singles
This is an organisation which helps single practicing Catholics meet up. For more information please tel 0161 941 3498 or visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk or e-mail info@catholicsingles.org.uk

Walsingham Prayer Group
Pilgrimage to Walsingham on Sunday 17th May with coach leaving Sacred Heart Church at 7.15am. Cost £12.00 per person. A list will be placed in the porch for your name and number of seats required. Enquiries to Margaret Corbett.

Lenten Alms
Please see the wall box under Stations of the Cross II for spare change during Lent. This collection will go to support the St. John Southworth Fund for the Poor in our Diocese and for the Catholic schools building project in Bangladesh, both projects which the Cardinal has chosen for Lenten Alms

APF Promoters
Please pick up your magazine for distribution from the porch.

New Rotas
Could all Eucharistic Ministers/Readers please collect the new rotas from the sacristy

Parish Priest: Fr. Michael Johnston
Parish Administrator: Nicola Burke

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

..............nicolaburke@rcdow.org.uk

Monday 6th April
Mass – 10.00am
PENITENTIAL CELEBRATION at 7.30pm with Bishop John Arnold and six priests. Everyone should strive to come to the Sacrament of Reconciliation at this time.

Tuesday 7th April
Mass – 10.00am
CHRISM MASS today at 12.00 noon at Westminster Cathedral. All the priests of the Diocese join the Cardinal for Mass, Renewal of Vows and Blessing of the Oils. All are welcome

Wednesday 8th April
Mass – 10.00am.

Maundy Thursday 9th April
Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 8.00pm
Vigil at the Altar of Repose until 11.00pm

Good Friday 10th April
Today is a day of Fasting and Abstinence. At the end of 3.00pm Service there is a retiring collection for the Holy Places in Israel and Palestine.
9.30am          Children’s Stations of the Cross
11.00am        Ecumenical Service – St. Martin of Tours, C. of E., Ruislip
12.00 noon           Stations of the Cross
3.00pm                   Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
7.30pm                            Prayers around the Cross.
The main Service of Good Friday is 3.00pm. Other services do not replace attending the Triduum.

Holy Saturday 11th April
10.00-12.00          Confessions, there are no Evening Confessions.
12.00 noon                    Blessing of Food for Polish families
8.00pm                            The Easter Vigil
Tonight we celebrate the most important service of the Church’s year. We Passover with The Lord from death to life, from darkness to light. We recall the mighty deeds of God’s saving love for us. Tonight we joyfully welcome 9 new members into our community: we celebrate the first Mass of Easter. After the Vigil our celebrations continue in the Coffee Lounge when we welcome the new Catholics and a glass of wine is available.

Easter Sunday 12th April
Masses at 8.30am; 10.00am and 11.30am. Please note there is no evening mass today.
Please remember today your Easter offering. This is your personal gift to the clergy of the parish. If you are going away perhaps you could drop it in during the week.

Planned Giving Boxes
This weekend again there are some boxes to be collected from the porch. They should be used from next weekend. Please take a few minutes to collect your box. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the opportunity to either ask for a box, or are to Gift Aid or pay by Banker’s Order. With those who are able to increase their contribution we will hopefully see an increase in our weekly collection.

Parish Pilgrimage
Two places on the Parish Pilgrimage to Florence, Siena, Pisa, Luca and San Gimignano have arisen from 16th-23rd June 2009. Please see Fr. Michael ASAP for further details if you would like to join us.

Sacred Heart 70th Anniversary
Please keep free Friday 12th June at 7.30pm when Bishop George Stack will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 70th Anniversary of the opening of our present Church which was opened and consecrated on 15th June 1939

RCIA
Please pray for those in our RCIA who will be received fully into the Church next Saturday at the Easter Vigil:- David Ayres; Ryan Fox; Brad Ryan; Gemma Carter; Barry Dunne; Amy Etherington; Sarah O’Malley; Douglas Smith and Steve Verity.

St James R.C School, Burnt Oak – Reunion
A reunion has been organized at St. Mary & St. Andrew Parish Centre, Dollis Hill, NW2 6HE on Saturday 16th May at 7.30pm. This reunion group is for those who attended St. James from 1971-1977. You are welcome to bring guests. For more info please contact sue_mullins@hotmail.co.uk (Susan Heath), wembley3@rcdow.org.uk (Joanna Hurley) pab.3morton@tiscali.co.uk (Patricia O’Keeffe), Michaelohare2@yahoo.co.uk (Nora Kennelly). It would be good to see as many old friends as possible.