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A Big Thank You
A big thank you to everyone who helped us prepare for Christmas in any way – cleaning, decorating the church, preparing the Crib, serving, ushering, reading, singers and musicians, Eucharistic Ministers, bankers, the counting teams. Special thanks to our First Holy Communion children for making the lovely Christmas prayer decorations.
Thank you also for the cards and gifts as well as your generous Christmas Offerings which, with Mass and other Stipends and the annual Easter Offerings, go towards paying the priest each month.
Pastoral Letter
Copies of the Pastoral Letter for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, 1st January 2017 are available at the back of the church on the newsletter stand.
Crib Appeal
The Crib will be available to visit until Monday 9th January, the Baptism of the Lord, and you are asked please to continue to give generously to the Catholic Children’s Society. Your support makes a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable children and adults in our Diocese. The Society reaches out to families who are homeless or where there is poverty, debt, unemployment, long-term illness or family breakdown.
Unwanted Gifts
Our Confirmation candidates will be running an unwanted gifts sale and serving teas/coffees/cakes on Sunday, 8th January after the morning Masses, to raise funds for their chosen charity SEEDs. If you have any unwanted Christmas gifts and would like to donate them to this project please hand them in to the parish office before 8th.
SEEDS
There will be no meeting in January. Next meeting Saturday, 4th February at St Peter-in-Chains, School Hall, Elm Grove, 2-4pm
First Holy Communion Prayer Sponsors
We would like each of our 42 children to have a personal Prayer Sponsor as they prepare for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion in May 2017. If you would like to volunteer, please fill in your details on the list at the back of the Church. We still need 19 volunteers so we have extended the period to sign up until Sunday 8th January. We will contact you shortly after with the name of the child to remember in your diary prayers and when you attend Mass. Thank you.
Funeral
We were sad to hear of the death of James Gallagher (Jim) RIP just before Christmas. Funeral details will be published when they are available.
Other notices
Preparing for the Sacraments – See the section below for the dates when the RCIA, Confirmation Group and First Holy Communion classes resume after the Christmas and New Year break.
Baptisms in December – Isla Collister (4th), Milo Desa (11th) & Lydia Jones (18th).
Holy Trinity Food Bank – We supply our clients with breakfast cereal, Biscuits, cooking oil, tea/coffee, sugar and long life milk to last 3 days. For main meals they receive pasta/rice/and tins of all kinds of vegetables, meat and fish, fruit and rice pudding/custard. We try to give jams, honey, chocolate and other treats also. If you are able to give any of these items. PLEASE place your donations in the box at the back of the church. Thank You
Soul Food Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group – will be running a Life in the Spirit Seminar starting 19th January 2017 every Thursday for 6 weeks. The Life in the Spirit Seminar is a back-to-basics exploration of the Good News that leads to a real and deep knowledge and experience of God’s love for us. It renews and transforms lives through the power of the Holy Spirit. For full details and to register for the Life in the Spirit Seminar, please visit http://www.soulfoodgroup.org/liss Please take a leaflet home with you, available from the back of the church.
Giving by text – You can give the Parish £5 by texting “Parish STROG” to 70800. Giving by text is perfect if you normally use loose cash in the Sunday Collection and you are short of change or, perhaps, away from the parish. As we cannot identify the donor, it isn’t really suitable if you use Planned Giving Envelopes or Gift Aid your offerings. £5 will be added to your mobile phone bill and we will receive 97 pence for every £1 donated.
Diocesan Job Vacancies – Please visit http://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/jobs/ to view all vacancies.
Thank you for your Sunday offerings. You can give the Parish £5 by texting “Parish STROG” to 70800.
Newsletter deadline: – please submit items for the Newsletter before midday on Thursday. Note that pressure of space means items may have to be edited.
RCIA, Confirmation, First Holy Communion
Meetings are in Lower Parish Rooms unless shown otherwise
RCIA
Resumes MONDAY 9th January, 7pm
CONFIRMATION
Resumes WEDNESDAY 11th January, 7pm
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION – “I BELONG”
Please arrive 5 minutes early to ensure the classes start and finish on time.
CLASSES A & B – Resumes SATURDAY 7th January, 9:30am-10:30am
CLASS C – Resumes SUNDAY 8th January, 10am-11am
CLASS D – Resumes SUNDAY 8th January, Presbytery, 10am-11am
CLASS E – Resumes MONDAY 9th January, 3:45pm-4:45pm
CLASS F – Resumes MONDAY 9th January, 5:30pm-6:30pm)
CELEBRATION MASS – SUNDAY 8th January, 11:15am
Please pray for
Christian Overall, Antonio Neto, Zintra Sansom, Maria Graham, Brenda Buzec, Amy Gordon, Annette Donivar, Margaret Bradley, Caroline Hilton, Karin Summers, Graham Summers, Joan Summers, Alex Robertson, Helen Kozlowski, Lena Cavaciuti, Don Brewis, Roman Cholij, Adeline Oyekoya, Erline Prescott, Francesco Nazzini, Maria Kuczwalski, Mary Wallace, Bruna Moia, Sister Pia, Alan Branch, Margaret Whelan, Kitty Madden, Ann O’Grady, Christy Jordan, Clare Bruce, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, Brendan Whelan, Claire Marchand, Jemma Francis & Kris Durasamy.
Home Visits – If you are sick or housebound and would like to receive Communion please let the parish priest know so that he can arrange for a Eucharistic Minister to visit you at home.
Those recently deceased:
Canon John McDonald, James Gallagher RIP
Services and Mass intentions
6:30pm (Sat) – MASS – Int. Elizabeth, Josie & Steven Carey RIP (Anniv)
9:45am – SUNG MASS – Int. Elizabeth Donoghue RIP
11:15am – FAMILY MASS – Int. All the people of the Parish
7:00pm – MASS – Int. Graham-Dillon Family
Weekday Masses – Christmas: Daily Prayer – Advent week 2
MONDAY 2ND JANUARY 2017 – Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,
Bishops & Doctors
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Brother Stephen Innes
TUESDAY 3RD JANUARY 2017
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Mark Lafferty RIP (1st Anniv)
WEDNESDAY 4TH JANUARY 2017
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Srs of Providence & Friends
THURSDAY 5TH JANUARY 2017
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Kathleen Corrighan RIP
FRIDAY 6TH JANUARY 2017
9:00am* – MASS – Int. The Dias Family (Christmas Int.)
7:30pm – HOLY HOUR – Lower Parish Rooms
SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 2017
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Patsy Bradley RIP
9:30am-10:00am – CONFESSIONS
9:30am-10:00am – EXPOSITION & BENEDICTION
6:00pm-6:20pm – CONFESSIONS
SUNDAY 8TH JANUARY 2017 – The Epiphany of the Lord
6:30pm (Sat) – MASS – Int. All the people of the Parish
9:45am – SUNG MASS – Int. Delia Ashford RIP (Birthday)
11:15am – FAMILY MASS – Int. John Ewings RIP (2nd Anniv)
7:00pm – MASS – Int. Con Barry RIP
9:00am* – preceded by Morning Prayer at 8:45am
The Liturgical Calendar of feasts can be found here
Note there are occasional diocesan variations
Diary
MONDAY 2ND JANUARY
9:30am – COUNTING TEAM A
TUESDAY 3RD JANUARY
5:00pm-7:00pm – PRIEST SURGERY – To see Fr Sean without an appointment – Presbytery
SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY
4:00pm – SOUP RUN TEAM D – Sandwich makers
6:00pm – DISTRIBUTION TEAM D
Rotas
31st December/1st January 2017 – Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
LINEN ROTA: Susan Fleming
READERS:
6:30pm (Sat) Steve Bethell
9:45am 1st Reading: Anthony Pippet; 2nd Reading: lesley Pippet
7:00pm Kit Greveson
Readings:
1st – Numbers 6:22-27; 2nd – Galatians 4:4-7; Gospel – Luke 2:16-21
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
6:30pm (Sat) Emer Hughes, Jacqueline O’Shea, Patricia Hannon
9:45am Maura O’Shea, Sr Odile Mahe, Regina Fleming, Sheila Doyle, Sr Anne Hogan
11:15am Sandra Fluin, William Carson, Anna Maria Fernandez, Gianni Gagnier, Grace Brimacombe-Rand
7:00pm Nena Whitehead, Paul Stone, Pedro Daniel
7th/8th January 2017 – The Epiphany of the Lord
READERS:
6:30pm (Sat) tba
9:45am 1st Reading: tba; 2nd Reading: tba
7:00pm tba
Readings:
1st – Isaiah 60:1-6; 2nd – Ephesians 3:2-3a.5-6; Gospel – Matthew 2:1-12
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
6:30pm (Sat) Sarah Fleming, Steve Bethell, Susan Fleming
9:45am Anthony Pippet, Barbara Cotter, Carol Phillips, Claire Paul, Gabriella Olaniran
11:15am Helen Bligh, Jenny Coleman, Katherine Quinn, Kathleen McGrath, Kayte Brimacombe
7:00pm Ruben Ferreira, Daniel Lloyd-Morgan, Fiona Stone