Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10.30 – 12.00
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
10.30 – 11.30
17.15 – 17.30
Collections
Collections
Envelopes £1338.52
Loose £ 505.78 Total £1844.30
Many thanks
Many Thanks
To all who came along to the Carol Service last Sunday – to those who read; the groups who sang and to the UCM for the mulled wine and mince pies. It was a wonderful evening.
Church Cleaning
We urgently require 3-4 people to help with cleaning the sanctuary. It takes approx. 1 hour every 12 weeks. Please contact Sarah Bignell if you can help.
Christmas Message
Please take a copy of the Christmas Message from the back of the Church. This will tell you all our Christmas and New Year service times.
Knights of St Columba Cryptic Quiz
Congratulations to Brian Parks who was the winning entry with 28/50 answers correct. If The Ancient Mariner composes another quiz for next year, it will be slightly less devious so as to encourage more entries to be submitted!
Altar Servers
Thank you for letting us know your availability for serving at Christmas; the rota is displayed on the usual boards this weekend. You are all reminded that you should attend the Annual Festal Mass at 10.30am on the Feast of St Stephen, 26th December, when new servers will be enrolled into the Guild and receive their medals, several Certificates of Merit will be presented and one server will receive her Silver Medal.
Christmas Envelopes
This weekend again Christmas envelopes are available at the back of the Church. These are for your gifts to the priests of our Parish at Christmas. It is this money, together with the Easter collection which makes up our annual salary as priests. Please take an envelope and if you are not here over Christmas, drop it in beforehand.
Tuesday Toddler Group, 1.00-2.30pm
If anyone is interested in coming along to this group, please contact Dee Twomey as due to low attendance the group may have to close temporarily.
Westminster Year Book 2010 (£4.00)
These are now available from the Repository.
Church
of the Most
....Sacred Heart
73 Pembroke Road, Ruislip, HA4 8NN
......Tel: 01895 632739
Parish Priest: Fr. Duncan M Adamson
Parish Administrator: Nicola Burke
Fr. Duncan writes:Dear parishioners, This Sunday we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent and begin the last week of our preparation for the celebration of Christmas, the birthday of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. As we prepare for this great feast with cards, presents, food, drinks, decorations, etc., let us not forget our own spiritual preparation. We have our Penitential Service on Monday evening at 7.30pm and there will be seven priests hearing confessions. On Christmas Day at all our Masses my thoughts and prayers will be for the people of our parish, for those visiting our parish at Christmas and for your families, wherever they may be. At this time of year we remember all parishioners who have died and those families who have lost someone close to them during this past year. We appreciate your loss and want you to know that we are thinking of you at this time. ____________________________________________________________________________
Fr. John White
This weekend we welcome Fr. John White who this year celebrates his Silver Jubilee of priesthood. He was ordained in our Parish on 22nd December 1984, he will be joining us for the 6.00pm Mass here on Saturday 19th December.
Baptism Congratulations
Congratulations to Daniel Quinlan, Nirvan Simmons, Samuel Waller and Ruby Ryan who were all baptised into our Church yesterday, Saturday.
Parish Reconciliation Service
Our Christmas Reconciliation Service will take place this Monday 21st December at 7.30pm. Please put this date in your diary now as amid all the preparations for Christmas, this will be the most important of all. Don’t forget to tell your family and friends.
Christmas Services
I give below the days and times of services for the coming week. These times are also in the Christmas Message and on the doors and windows of the porch. Please try not to telephone asking the times of services as they only pile up on the answer-phone and we cannot telephone each person who leaves their details to be contacted with the times of services.
Mon 21st December: Mass as usual -10.00am, Exposition 10.30am – 12.00 noon
Parish Reconciliation Service - 7.30pm
Tues 22nd December: Mass as usual -10.00am, Exposition 10.30am – 12.00 noon
Wed 23rd December: Mass as usual - 10.00am, Exposition 10.30am – 12.00 noon
Thurs 24th December: Mass as usual – 10.00am, Exposition 10.30am-12.00 noon Christmas Eve Carols - 6.30pm, First Mass of Christmas - 7.00pm
Carols - 10.00pm, Midnight Mass - 10.30pm
Fri 25th December: Masses - 8.30am, 10.00am and 11.30am. Christmas Day The Church will close after 11.30am Mass today.
Sat 26th December: Mass - 10.30am, all servers should attend this Mass. Feast of St. Stephen No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament today. No Confessions.
First Mass of Sunday - 6.00pm
Sun 27th December: Masses – 8.30am, 10.00am, 11.30am Holy Family The Church will close after 11.30am Mass today.
(Please note there is no 6.00pm Mass)
Hillingdon Foodbank Churches Together in Ruislip, the Ruislip council of the Knights of St Columba and Sacred Heart Mothers and Toddlers invite you to join us in support of the Hillingdon Foodbank charity this Advent. This is designed to help individuals and families in crisis through the provision of emergency food supplies. You can support by contributing non-perishable food such as breakfast cereal, tinned food, long life milk, dried rice or pasta. PLEASE ENSURE ALL FOOD DONATED IS WITHIN IT’S SELL-BY DATE. Please leave your donations at the collection point in the foyer between 5th and 30th December and we will transport them to the Hillingdon Foodbank. Thank you for your help in supporting local people this Christmas.
Quiz Nights for 2010
The Jubilee Trust will run a quarterly quiz usually on the fourth Friday of the Month. The first quiz night will be on 22nd January. Tickets will be £5.00 per person, bring your own drink and nibbles, maximum 8 per table and tables can be made up on the night. The Knights of St Columbia will also run a quarterly quiz starting in February which will follow the same format. If there are any other parish organisations that would like to run a quiz please contact Martyn Luscombe and we may be able to run a monthly quiz night in the Parish Hall.
200 Club
Congratulations to Maria Luscombe and Marietta Pires who won £50 in the October and November 200 Club draw and congratulations to Kathleen Ruleton who won the December draw for £400.
Mass Intentions for the Week: 19th – 27th December 2009
Saturday 19th December 10.00 Dennis Batten, R.I.P, Ann.
18.00 John & Thelma Pluck, R.I.P
Sunday 20th December 08.30 Anne & Jim Moran, R.I.P 4th Sunday of Advent . 10.00 ........... Denis & Siobhan Murphy, R.I.P (Folk) 11.30 Kurt Bachtler, R.I.P Ann. (Sung / English) 18.00 For You, the People
Monday 21st December 10.00 Noel Hendricks, R.I.P, Ann.
Tuesday 22nd December . 10.00 Jerry Maloney, R.I.P, Ann.
Wednesday 23rd December .10.00 Alan Cox, R.I.P
Thursday 24th December .......10.00 .....Arthur & Florence Brawn & Ray Newton, R.I.P
....................................................19.00 ..... Maria Hicks Ints.
....................................................22.30 Private Ints.
Friday 25th December 08.30 Bernard Bower, R.I.P, Ann. Christmas Day ......... 10.00 Deceased Members of Bonnar Family, R.I.P (Folk)
11.30 For You, the People (Sung / English)
Saturday 26th December . 10.30 Stephen David Connell, R.I.P St. Stephen 18.00 Elizabeth Crawford, R.I.P, Ann.
Sunday 27th December 08.30 Michael Loughman, R.I.P Holy Family 10.00 For You, the People 11.30 Rita Dolan, R.I.P
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND: Trevor Denham, Lily Fehin,
Peter Flaherty, Carmel Galanty, Ann Holland, Doreen Jones, Mary Maloney, Kitty McCashin,
Seán O’Donnell, Dolores Osborne, Rose Pick, Christopher Redmond, Mike Rumsey, Dorothy
Rushbrooke, Albert & Marjorie Shaw, Caroline Titley, Luca Vasallo, Claire Wilson, Edna
Winwright, Mary Worley, Geoff Hadden, Bernadette Campbell and Maureen Kilbane
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME: Nicholas Pereira, Dennis Batten, Kurt Bachtler, Noel Hendricks, Jerry Maloney, Bernard Bower, Elizabeth Crawford and Joseph Solis
