Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Envelopes £ 1830.74
Loose £ 716.99 Total £2547.73
Many thanks
Feast Day
Next Wednesday29th April is the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, a Patron of Europe.
RCIA Meeting
Next Thursday 30th April there is a meeting for our RCIA who were received into the Church at Easter.
Sacred Heart 70th Anniversary
Please keep free Friday 12th June at 7.30pm when Bishop George Stack will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 70th Anniversary of the opening of our present Church which was opened and consecrated on 15th June 1939
Parish Pilgrimage
There will be a meeting for all our pilgrims for the Florence trip this Monday 27th April at 7.30pm in the Coffee Lounge. This is an important meeting for final details. If you are unable to attend would you please contact me for coach payment and details.
Walsingham Prayer Group
Pilgrimage to Walsingham on Sunday 17th May with coach leaving Sacred Heart Church at 7.15am. Cost £12.00 pp. A list will be placed in the porch for your name/number of seats required. Enqs to Margaret Corbett.
Catholic Singles
This organisation helps single practising Catholics meet up, either one to one or through social events. For more info call 0161 941 3498 or visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk
CCS
Communicare Counselling Service, a registered charity based in Uxbridge has a runner in the London Marathon this year who is looking for sponsors. If you would like to sponsor our runner please visit the just giving website www.justgiving.com/communicarecs or Jo’s page www.justgiving.com/jotucker1. Alternatively leave your details of your sponsorship with the counselling service on 01895 256056. CCS offers professional counselling and psychotherapy and an important part of their ethos is that the counselling is available to all, regardless of income.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Parish Priest: Fr. Michael Johnston
Parish Administrator: Nicola Burke
Fr. Michael writes: We see from today’s Gospel the difficulty the disciples had experienced in accepting of the Resurrection. From openly expressing their doubts and disbelief, the disciples came to share the experience of others who doubted. It was in sharing weakness and doubt that they gained strength and knowledge from each other. At the same time Jesus kept making clearer his Resurrection. In this Gospel, they saw, heard, touched, even ate with him. Jesus guided them through the scriptures and let them see to whom the scriptures pointed. In seeing the risen Jesus they saw the meaning of all that had gone before. The Resurrection is our human destiny too and we must not forget that.
Welcome
Welcome this weekend to Fr. Thyagu who will celebrate 8.30am and 10.00am Masses.
Congratulations & Prayers
For all those children baptised into our church yesterday, Saturday:- Keiralee Van Rensburg; Orla Larkin; Natalie Field and Alfred Francis.
Vocations Sunday
Next Sunday is Good Shepherd Sunday or Vocations Sunday when we are asked to reflect on our vocation as being called by God. It is also the day when the Church asks to pray for more vocations, especially to the Priesthood and Religious Life. Next Sunday at all Masses there is a retiring collection for WEEF, the Westminster Ecclesiastical Education Fund which is the fund for the formation and training of our priests for the Dioceses. It costs about £20,000 a year to train a priest and training lasts six years. The Diocese is entirely dependent on donations so they really need help. Please take an envelope today after Mass from the back of the Church and try to give generously next weekend.
First Holy Communions
Next weekend we begin two Sundays of First Holy Communion Masses. We have around seventy children for First Holy Communion. Please pray for them all as we welcome them to the table of the Lord.
Flowers in May
May is by tradition the month in the Church dedicated to Mary. In our Church we have a lovely side chapel and statue of Mary. I would like to invite those with gardens and flowers to bring flowers in for our side chapel to Mary during the month of May. Our floral ladies group will keep an eye to make sure they are kept fresh. Some people may prefer to buy some flowers rather than take them from their gardens, but either way it would be lovely if during May our side chapel was decorated with flowers.
Gift Aid
Many thanks again to all those who have Gift Aided their offering to the Church thereby increasing our annual income, at no cost to themselves, by some £20,000 p.a. An important reminder though; we can ONLY claim the tax rebate if we have a record of payment to the Parish by means of an ENVELOPE, BANKERS ORDER or CHEQUE. Anyone who has Gift Aided their offertory but no longer pays any form of income tax should inform Michael Clark via the Priest's House.
St James R.C School, Burnt Oak – Reunion
A reunion has been organized at St. Mary & St. Andrew Parish Centre, Dollis Hill, NW2 6HE on Saturday 16th May at 7.30pm. This reunion group is for those who attended St. James from 1971-1977. You are welcome to bring guests. For more info please contact sue_mullins@hotmail.co.uk (Susan Heath), wembley3@rcdow.org.uk (Joanna Hurley) pab.3morton@tiscali.co.uk (Patricia O’Keeffe), Michaelohare2@yahoo.co.uk (Nora Kennelly). It would be good to see as many old friends as possible.
Pedal Against Poverty with CAFOD – Sunday 7th June
Join CAFOD for a sponsored bike ride to help raise funds for CAFOD’s poverty-fighting work overseas. The family friendly sponsored bike ride will take place on Sunday 7th June in the beautiful Lee Valley Country Park, Hertfordshire (10 or 19 mile routes available). For further details and a registration form, please contact CAFOD on 0208-449-6970 or e-mail westminster@cafod.org.uk. You can also download a registration form from CAFOD’s web page – http://www.cafod.org.uk/pedalagainstpoverty. Closing date for applications 22nd May
Mass Intentions for the Week -25th April - 3rd Mayl 2009
Saturday 25th April 10.00 Bill Boyle, R.I.P
18.00 James Egan, R.I.P.
Sunday 26th April - 08.30 Deceased members of Loughman, Brosnan & Barrett Families 3rd Sunday of Easter 10.00 ------- For You, the People
11.30 Mark Connelly, R.I.P (Sung / English) 18.00 Mary Warr, Ann.
Monday 27th April 10.00 Patrick Redmond, R.I.P
Tuesday 28th April 10.00 John Hand, R.I.P
Wednesday 29th April 10.00 John Hennessy, Ann. St. Catherine of Siena
Thursday 30th April 10.00 ---------Cornelius, Alice & Victor Dalton
Friday 1st May 10.00 Cathy & Terry Carlin, R.I.P St. Joseph the Worker
Saturday 2nd May 10.00 Robert & Johannah Tobin, R.I.P St. Athanasius 18.00 ,,, John Wilmhurst, R.I.P
Sunday 3rd May 08.30 For You, the People 4th Sunday of Easter -10.00 . Tony Boxall (Folk) 11.30 Anne Byrne, R.I.P (Sung / English) 18.00 -- Helen O’Reilly, Ann.
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, Mike Rumsey, Joan Hendricks, Sean O’Donnell, Baby Luca Vassallo, Kittie McCashen, Dorothy Rushbrooke, Claire Wilson, Nancy Brosnan and Albert Shaw
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME:
John Hand, Mary Warr, John Hennessy, Helen O’Reilly, Teresa Richardson and Winifred Barnes
