NEWSLETTER: 6th/7th December 2008
PARISH PRIEST: Monsignor Gerald Moorcraft, The Presbytery
DEACONS: Richard Carr (347623), Sean Duffy (343705)
Brian Stoker (290553)
Parish Secretaries: Barbara Nicholson, Polly Sklenar
SUNDAY SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Year B
6.30
pm Vincent Conway
8.00
am Private Intention
10.00
am For the
people of the Parish
MONDAY
10.00 am In
Praise of Mary. Immaculate
Conception
TUESDAY 10.00
am For Jo
Roach Feria
WEDNESDAY 10.00 am For Jane Feria
THURSDAY 10.00 am For John Harding Feria
FRIDAY 4.00
pm Dec’d of
Roach & Mayston family (At K. M.) Feria
SATURDAY 10.15 am Service of
Word & Communion . St Lucy
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HOLY DAY MASSES at 9.00 am and 8.00 pm: Baptisms/Marriages by Arrangement; Confessions
on Saturday during Exposition at 5.30 pm and at any time at call; Parent &
Toddlers Group – Tuesdays 10 a.m., Catechism Club – Tuesdays 4.00 pm.; Bible
Study – Thursdays 7.30 pm (Sept – July) at The Retreat; Rosary each Saturday
after Service of the Word & Communion.
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ANNIVERSARIES. Please pray for Margaret Bremridge, Bernard Sheerin, Mary Waters,
Beatrice Helene Randag, Eugene Randag,
William Rixon and Joan Mellish..
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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK – 13th/
14th December 2008
Mass Sidesmen Eucharistic
Ministers Readers
6.30 pm Reg Barnes and Therese Daly and Krzysia Gossage
Shelagh Williams Thea Van Dam &
Toby Bucknall
8.00 am Sandi and Brian Kath
and Roger John Roach and
Janes Beavil Anne Bowe
10.00 am Patrick McAleavy Phil Hughes and Ruth Gibbs and
&
Paula Cunningham Paula McAleavy Robert
Duigan
Offertory –
Polly Sklenar, Coffee
– Mike and Margaret Giblin, Church Cleaning – Katherine Shaw and Sue Trott
(week commencing 14th December).
THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY is an important solemnity for us. Like most of the Dioceses which were set up in the 19th century, when
the hierarchy was restored, our diocese has for its principal patron The
Immaculate Conception. Try to come to Mass at 10.00am on Monday – to honour
Mary and to acknowledge that by a unique privilege “her Son’s atoning Grace“ she was kept free from original sin. Advent is a good time
to dwell especially on Mary as she was waiting for her Child to be born. You
may have noticed that there are some flowers or a plant next to our statue of
Mary during Advent. The late Bishop Frank Thomas introduced this practice – to
honour Mary in this simple way during Advent.
DEAR HOLLY MATHEWS a twenty year old former pupil of
St. Teresa’s School died tragically
two weeks ago - she had been ill for
several years. Her sorrowing family have
asked that Holly should be remembered and prayed for in our church. We shall do
that at the 6.30pm Mass next weekend, 13th December. It will be an
opportunity for her young friends to gather with Holly’s family - for us it
will be yet another occasion when, thank God, we can proclaim His mercy and our
faith in the Resurrection of the dead.
CONFESSION DURING ADVENT. Our Mass of
Reconciliation this year will be on Saturday
20th December at 10am. There will be three Priests hearing
Confessions after the
MASS INTENTIONS please print clearly on the envelope the
intention, your own name and if you
would like a particular date please just let me know, otherwise I say the
intention as soon as I can, and enclose your offering. Thank you for the
generous offering which many parishioners give – they are part of the priest’s
personal income. Remember though please I am always ready to offer Mass for
your intention for any fee or none. Just ask!
DEACON RICHARD AND HIS
WIFE, RHONA, would like
to thank all parishioners for their prayers and Masses. Richard is recovering nicely and hopes to be
with us again soon.
SAUNDERTON LODGE. Could we all buy one extra Christmas gift this year? There is now a box in the Narthex for Saunderton Lodge, and if you take a label and choose a small gift to suit, you will make
someone’s Christmas a little brighter. Thank you.
THE TODDLER GROUP has now broken up for the Christmas
period, but will open again in the
New Year. They will meet again on Tuesday 20th January from 10.00am onwards. All welcome.
THE CHRISTMAS FEST HAS
COME AND GONE and it was wonderful. Thank you to all parishioners who donated goods, the quantity and
the quality was amazing. Thank you
to everyone who gave their time to cook, bake, help set up, help put away , and to all who worked so very hard on the day. But
especially to all who came on the day and spent at the Fest, supporting and
encouraging all the way ! The current net figure
raised is £3,142.00.
MONEY MONEY Offertory £857.80, Retiring Collection
£59.29 and CAFOD £4.00. God bless your support for your Church.
Love and prayers,