Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1541.88
Loose £ 932.07
Total £ 2473.95
Many thanks.
Jubilee Trust Valentine Supper Evening 16th Feb.
Tickets for this evening are now available £15 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.
Thank You
Thank you to all those who helped to make the Churches Together in Ruislip Unity Meal on Thursday 24th January such a success. Particular thanks go to those parishioners who helped with readings, catering and tidying up; your assistance was much appreciated. After covering expenses, over £ 200 was collected for the Ruislip disabled children’s holiday charity ORCHYD.
Lenten Alms
Each year we collect Lenten Alms for those both “at home” and “abroad” who are most in need. Within the diocese the money collected will be for newly arrived migrants in the Diocese. Most especially the diocese will be supporting the work of the Brothers of St John of God in Euston, and the work of the Sisters of Mercy in the Women at the Well House in Kings Cross working with trafficked women. Outside the Diocese our Lenten Alms will be for the relief of the poor in Zimbabwe and for a particular project in South Africa. The Lenten Alms box is situated on the wall facing the altar on the left hand side below the second Station of the Cross. Please be as generous as you can
Fr. Michael’s Pilgrimage 2008
I have organised a pilgrimage to mark the 90th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima from 10th – 17th June 2008 to Fatima and Braga. Full cost £649. If numbers exceed 40 cost is £634. Brochures on table in porch; application forms from Fr. Michael. Would those with application forms please return them to Pax Travel with deposits as soon as possible. Anyone else interested should contact Fr. Michael. We have just 6 places to fill.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Fr. Agustin writes: Each year, on the first Sunday of Lent the Gospel recounts the Temptation of Jesus in the desert. This year in the Gospel of Matthew, the evangelist records that it was the Holy Spirit who led Jesus into the desert where he fasted for forty days and forty nights. His forty day fast in the desert is the model for our forty day journey through the Lenten season. Lent is a joyful season even if during this time we need to experience the desert and temptations, but the Spirit is leading us, as he did with Christ into the wilderness; our own
spiritual wilderness. The loneliness, the insecurity, the roughness of the desert can become for us a privileged place for an encounter with God’s mercy and forgiveness, an encounter with God himself. This is what the Lenten Journey wants to bring about into our lives; a spiritual renewal, a conversion of heart, an encounter with the living God.
Welcome
This Tuesday we are hosts to all the priests of the Hillingdon Deanery who will be meeting in the Coffee Lounge. We welcome them.
Welcome to Fr. Anthony Dwyer who is Vice Rector of Allen Hall who will celebrate 8.30 am and 11.30 am Masses today (Sunday) since Fr. Agustin is on retreat.
Congratulations
Congratulations and welcome to Laura May Beaton who is to be baptised today.
Preparation for First Holy Communion
Today at 10.00 am is the Mass of Preparation for 1st Holy Communion; we welcome all our children with their parents and catechists who will receive their First Holy Communion in May.
Rite of Election
Please pray for those in our RCIA programme who today will go to meet the Cardinal for the Rite of Election at 3.00 pm.
YCAP
YCAP will meet this Sunday and to mark the First Sunday in Lent there will be some scripture reflection. This will be followed by a social mix and the promise of making pancakes. If you are between the ages of 13 & 18 please come along and join them in what will surely be a fun and interesting evening.
Stations of the Cross
This Monday at 7.00 pm we have Stations of the Cross in the Church and every Monday of Lent. All are welcome.
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Tomorrow Monday is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of Prayer for the Sick.
St. Patrick
This year 17th March will fall on Holy Week, we will follow the decision of the Conference of Bishops to celebrate the Mass of St. Patrick on Saturday 15th March Hence the 10.00 am Mass on Saturday 15th of March will be the Mass of St. Patrick.
Evening Masses
There are no evening Masses next week as Fr. Agustin is away on retreat.
Parish Council Meeting
This Tuesday 12th February at 7.45 pm there is a Parish Council meeting.
CAFOD Family Fast Day
CAFOD Family Fast Day takes place on Friday 15th February. Next weekend at all Masses there will be a retiring collection for CAFOD. Envelopes will be available in the Church this weekend. Please share what you can with some of the poorest communities worldwide. Do not forget to fill in the Gift Aid details if you are a taxpayer and return it next weekend.
Mass in Polish
Mass in Polish will take place here at the Most Sacred Heart Church on Sunday 24th February at 3.00 pm. Confessions from 2.00 pm. Celebrant Fr. Adam Gliwinski. Mass will be followed by refreshments in Coffee Lounge. All are welcome. Please tell your Polish friends, also to bring some cakes etc along on the day.
Irish Night – Saturday 15th March
Tickets are now being sold for the Irish Social Night from 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm in Hesdin Hall. Tickets £15 for a three course supper, free welcome drink, full bar available, table quiz, Irish dancers, Grand Raffle and dancing to our own Eugene’s Irish Disco. Please book now to avoid disappointment, Paula Thompson or Tracey Morgan.
Mass Intentions
for the Week 9th February – 17th February 2008
Saturday 9th February 18.00 Charlie Carpenter, R.I.P.
Sunday 10th February 8.30 Sheila Rutherford (Speedy Recovery) 1st Sunday of Lent 10.00 For You, the People (C.L.) 11.30 Anthony Fernandes (Sung / English)
18.00 Mrs Murphy
Monday 11th February 10.00 Ints. of Tom & Mary Cox Lent Feria/Our Lady of
..............................................................................................................................Lourdes
Tuesday 12th February 10.00 Margaret Doorly, R.I.P.
Wednesday 13th February 10.00 Margo Hosea, R.I.P.
Thursday 14th February 10.00 Anna Clafferty SS Cyril & Methodius
Friday 15th February 10.00 Funeral Mass: Group Captain John Edward Smalley, R.I.P.
Saturday 16th February 10.00 Seamus Foley, R.I.P. (1st Anniversary)
18.00 Beatrice Abdullah, R.I.P.
Sunday 17th February 8.30 For You, the People 2nd Sunday of Lent 10.00 William Barrett, R.I.P. (Folk)(C.L.) 11.30 Frank Holley, R.I.P. (Sung / English)
18.00 Ellen Broderick, R.I.P.
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 and
Baby Jessica Head.
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
Edwin Moore, Sr. Lucy O’Byrnes, Patrick O’Brien, Paddy Walsh, Margaret Doorly,
Donald Maclachlan, Pauline Turner, Sheila O’Brien, Mary Weber, Norah Reynolds,
William Poulter, Arthur Brawn, Rose Welch, Gillian Wynn, Dennis Lakin, Mary Dale,
Edwin Mascarenhas, Alice Holly, Nicholas Donovan, Maurice Cleary, Robert Burrows.
