Church of the Most Sacred Heart

22nd January 2012
Volume 35, No4

Mass Times :

Saturday
Vigil Mass: 18.00

Sunday
8.30, 10.00, 11.30, 18.00

Monday –Saturday
10.00 and as announced

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00

Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30

Collections
Envelopes    £1480.76
Loose           £  878.15
Total            £2358.91

Many thanks

Marriage
If you are planning to get married this year either here or abroad, please can you come and register with Fr. Duncan. Six months notice is needed so that marriage preparation/paperwork can be completed.

Pigeon Holes
Have you checked the A-Z rack in the porch lately? There are a number of letters in the pigeon holes which have not been collected. Please take the time to check after Mass as all old correspondence will be removed if not picked up within the next week.

Job Opportunity at CAFOD Westminster
CAFOD is seeking to recruit a Diocesan Office with strong IT and administration skills. Applicants should have excellent communication and presentation skills. Experience of working with volunteers desirable. For further information please log onto www.cafod.org.uk/jobs, closing date 12th February.

Going into Hospital
A reminder, it is important, if you go into hospital that you tell the nurses that you are a Roman Catholic and would like a visit from the Roman Catholic Chaplain. It is also helpful to let us know in the parish as well, so we can try to visit you.

A thought ……..
When travelling around, if I see a Catholic Church that is open I usually go in to say a prayer. If there is a newsletter I bring it away to see what is going on in other parishes. The other week I picked up a newsletter and in it the Parish Priest wrote;
‘Before Mass we talk to God, after Mass we talk to our friends’.

Keeping the Church Tidy
As a great kindness to those people who clean the church, please return your hymn books, mass books and newsletters to the shelves on leaving the church after Mass. Thank you.

Parish Priest: Fr. Duncan M Adamson
Parish Administrator: Nicola Burke

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

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

Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Would you like to come on pilgrimage to Lourdes with us this year? We shall be joining with the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes in July (22nd to 28th). This year’s brochure arrived the other day. I have put a copy on the notice board in the porch, with the details of the hotels and prices. We will have a meeting on Monday 30th January at 7.00pm in the Coffee Lounge to look at the various options available. Please think about the pilgrimage, talk about the pilgrimage and pray about the pilgrimage. For more information, have a word with Fr Duncan.

Altar Servers
Does your cassock and cotta fit properly? If not please complete a form in the sacristy to order a new one. If you have stopped serving but not yet returned your vestments please do so without delay so that they can be re-issued.
New Altar Servers
Do you think you might like to become an Altar Server? If you have made your first communion and would like to find out more, please attend a meeting in the Church at 7.00pm this Wednesday 25th January. A parent or guardian must attend this first meeting with any under 16 year olds.
Sacred Heart School Year 6 Leavers
There will be a meeting this Wednesday January 25th at 8.00pm in Hesdin Hall for parents of the current Year 6 pupils, this will be to discuss and plan the various activities that us parents organise for our Year 6 children before they leave Sacred Heart in July. All are welcome but to get an idea of numbers attending could you please email anna.harrington@blueyonder.co.uk to confirm/decline your attendance and to add your name to the e-mail circulation for further information. Many thanks

Christmas Crossword Competition
The Ancient Mariner has now marked the entries to the crossword competition, and as there was no totally complete correct entry, the winner with 50 correctly answered clues was Anne Williams. She will now be awarded the £25 prize. Congratulations! The complete solution will be posted on the Knights of St. Columba notice-board at the back of the Church.

Faith Matters Lent 2012 
Confident and Catholic: Exploring a Vision for the Church in Our Land
This series is to address some of the Church’s key priorities, aims and objectives currently identified by our bishops in their document A Vision for the Church in Our Land. The bishops hope that these priorities will serve to make us more confidently Catholic in our proclamation of the truth of the Gospel and our engagement in society at large.
7pm – 8.30pm, Westminster Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, SW1P 1QJ.
All are welcome. Register at www.rcdow.org.uk/faithmatters or at faithmatters@rcdow.org.uk or tel. 020 7931 6078.  Suggested donation is £ 5.00 per lecture.
28th Feb, Faith of our Fathers: Legacies of English Catholic Historyby John Morrill, Professor of British and Irish History at Cambridge, a permanent deacon (Diocese of East Anglia)
6th Mar, Vocation in Church and World by Mr Martin Rainsford, Headteacher (Douay Martyrs School, Ickenham) and  Fr Paul O’Reilly, SJ, Medical doctor and  priest
20th Mar, Catholic Social Teaching: Practising Visions of Hope by Dr Anna Rowlands, Director of Studies (Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge)
27th Mar, Sharing our spiritual riches: Interreligious Dialogue by Archbishop Kevin McDonald, Chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Committees for Catholic-Jewish Relations and for relations with other religions