Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1539.71
Loose £ 721.17
Total £ 2260.88
Many thanks.
Jubilee Trust Valentine Supper Evening 16th Feb.
Tickets for this evening are now available £15.00 each.
Ring Laura Daniels or Martin Luscombe or pick them up from the Coffee Lounge after 10 am Mass. Price includes a welcome drink, three course hot buffet supper, table quiz & raffle and dancing. There will be a full licensed bar.
Peace Sunday – Retiring Collection
Next Sunday our parish will celebrate Peace Sunday which offers us an opportunity to reflect on the Holy Father’s World Peace Day message. This year the theme is “The Human Family: Community of Peace”.
To join Pax Christi, or to find out more about its work, pick up a Pax Christi leaflet from the back of the church next weekend.
Mass Intentions
Many thanks to those parishioners who co-operated so generously in allowing their Mass to be said by the Divine Word Missionaries. This has reduced the waiting list considerably and Masses should be said within a few weeks rather than several months.
The Divine Word Missionaries are always so grateful for Masses, so if you have no objection to your Mass being passed on to the Missionaries then perhaps you would be kind enough to put on your Mass envelope “can be sent out”. Alternatively if you wish to have your Mass said in this Church then just underline “Sacred Heart Ruislip” at the top of the Mass envelope OR write “in this Church” and we should get the message! With renewed thanks for your help over the past five months.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Agustin writes: On this Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord which is really a continuation of last Sunday’s solemnity of the Epiphany. The Baptism of the Lord is yet another Epiphany; another powerful manifestation of who Christ is, of his identity as God’s beloved son. Like the visit of the Magi, the Baptism of the Lord by John in the Jordan helps us to see God’s action and his presence in Christ. At the end of this Christmas season may the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord bring us to the full
realisation of who Christ really is for us, in our lives. He is not simply a nice idea or a noble example to follow or a good man we should struggle to imitate. This Feast proclaims that Christ is truly the Son of God, his beloved Son, on whom his favour rests. Christ is the one who can bring in us the divine life of the Trinity.
Welcome
Today we welcome Fr. Dan O’Connell M.H.M who will help with Mass this weekend.
2008 White Flower Appeal
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) will be holding its annual White Flower Appeal this weekend. In common with the Catholic Church, SPUC defends and upholds the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. The Society opposes laws and policies which violate or threaten human life and provides trained speakers for schools, colleges and also a range of pro-life support services. Please give generously to this very worthy cause.
YCAP - Young Catholic and Proud
YCAP have the first meeting in 2008 on Sunday 13th in the Coffee Lounge from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm. If you are between the ages of 13 - 18 (Yr 8-13) and interested in taking part of the Parish youth group, come along and join us.
Baptism Preparation
The next session of Baptism Preparation will take place on Monday 14th January 2008 at 8.00 pm in the Coffee Lounge.
Confirmation
Session 1; what does “Confirmation” mean to me takes place on Tuesday 15th January at 7.30 pm. Candidates are expected in the Hesdin Hall at 7.25 pm.
Evening Masses
There are no evening Masses this coming week as Fr. Michael is away.
Hesdin Over 60’s Club
New members are always welcome to join us. The Club meets in the Coffee Lounge on Wednesday afternoons 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm for Bingo, chat and a cup of tea. For more details phone Eileen or Judy
Week of prayer for Christian Unity
To celebrate the Week of prayer for Christian Unity, the Sacred Heart Church is hosting a Unity Meal for Churches together in Ruislip. Everyone is welcome to come along to this shared meal and welcome our Christians friends at 7.30 pm on Thursday 24 January in Hesdin Hall. Please add your name to the notice at the back of the Church if you would like to come along. A small donation may be requested on the evening to cover cost.
Dates for your Diary
On Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd February we will have a Parish Visitation by Bishop Alan Hopes. He has requested he meet a number of groups and I have timetabled below:-
Saturday 2nd February 2008
10.30 am Parish Council - Coffee Lounge
11.00 am Finance and Properties Committee – Coffee Lounge
11.30 am U.C.M. – Coffee Lounge
12 noon All Catechists: 1st Reconciliation; 1st Communion; Confirmation & Sunday Groups – Hall
12.30 pm Child Protection Delegate - Presbytery
4.00 pm Readers and Eucharistic Ministers - Hall
5.15 pm Confessions
The Bishop will preach at all Masses that weekend. On Sunday he will visit a few housebound; he will be available from 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm for any parishioners who would like to see him (appointments through Fr. Michael) and he will celebrate the Mass of Enrolment for Confirmation candidates at
6.00 pm. All groups involved please note times.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 12th January – 20th January 2008
Saturday 12th January 18.00 Thomas James Flynn, R.I.P.
Sunday 13th January 8.30 For the Durkin Family Baptism of the Lord 10.00 Kevin Skinner, R.I.P. (C.L.) 11.30 Noel Banks, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 For You, the People
Monday 14th January 10.00 FUNERAL MASS: John Callaghan, R.I.P.
Tuesday 15th January 10.00 Peter Barrett, R.I.P. (1st Anniversary)
Wednesday 16th January 10.00 Mark O’Dea, R.I.P.
Thursday 17th January 10.00 Mary Alice Conroy, R.I.P. St. Anthony Abbot
Friday 18th January 10.00 Mariquita Smalley, R.I.P.
Saturday 19th January 10.00 Kitty Morrissey, R.I.P.
18.00 Frederick Laurence Bower, R.I.P.
Sunday 20th January 8.30 Sister Dympna (get well) 2nd Sunday of the Year 10.00 Angela Tanner, R.I.P. (Folk)(C.L.) 11.30 Bridie Humphreys, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 For You, the People
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, William (Billy) Smith, Mike Rumsey,
Noel & Joan Hendricks, Patrick & Mary Dowling, Sean O’Donnell, Mary de Michiel,
Baby Jessica Head and Arthur Bonnar.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
John Falconer, Marie-Louise Scott, Patrick Lyons, Kevin Skinner, Mary (Kit) Kala, Cecilia Hill, Francis Brown, Kathleen Dale, Mary McDonald, Ronan Zybert, Winifred Clark, Peter Balfour, Francis Vance, Alice Beatty, Margaret Lynam, Sheila Hennessy, Michael Quinn, James Banns, Kieran Egan, Louiza Papachristodoulou, Mark O’Dea, Lucie Gunter, Annie Murphy,
Patrick Fitzgerald, Charles Duffy, Romah Brown, William Jones, Joseph Walsh,
James Kavanagh, Irene Nimmock, Dorothy Poulter, Marion Fitch, Winifred Barnes,
Elizabeth Erlam, Catherine Lillis, John Power, Maureen Donnelly, Cezary Rosenthal, John Benn, Alfred Stubbs, William Flanagan, Thomas James Flynn.
