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
First Friday Lunch
Please note this will take place in January on the 2nd Friday - 8th January due to the first Friday being New Years Day. Why not come along for a delicious home-cooked meal with friends in the Coffee Lounge. Lunch £4.00 with all proceeds to charities of the Church’s Trust.
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.
Poetry Lovers
A small group meets up once a month to write, recite or just listen to poems. If you would like to join the group please contact Kathy Blessing.
Marriage
If you are planning to get married next year either here or abroad, please can you come and register with Fr. Duncan. You need to give at least 6 months’ notice so that marriage preparation/paperwork can be completed.
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.
Hesdin Hall Bookings 2010
Please note that all hall bookings requiring a drinks licence for 2010 must be arranged through Nicola in the Presbytery and we can only have 12 licences per year.
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 is the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. When God entered human history as the man Jesus Christ, he did not just appear out of nowhere, but chose to be born into a real family, to be raised by them like any other child coming into the world. As we celebrate this Feast today, we celebrate the fact that because God’s son was born into a family, God has blessed the life of every family.
Next Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. The word Epiphany means ‘manifestation’, showing. This great feast commemorates the manifestation of God through Christ to the whole world symbolised by the Three Kings from the East who came to Bethlehem to see the infant king in the manger. On this day we celebrate the fact that Jesus, Son of God, reveals himself to all peoples as their Saviour. On that day we gather to do him homage. ____________________________________________________________________________
Pastoral Letter
At all Masses on the weekend of 26th/27th December there is a Pastoral Letter from His Grace, the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, to mark the Feast of the Holy Family.
Christmas Services
Please note the Mass times for Sunday 27th December whenthere will be no 6.00pm evening Mass. Mass times will return to normal from Monday 28th December.
Christmas Offerings
I am very grateful for your generosity in the Christmas offerings. I thank you for your many cards and gifts. May God bless you all.
Many Thanks
To everyone who helped to make Christmas such a lovely celebration in our parish, to the Choir; Sarah and the Folk Group; Adrian our Organist; Clement and the altar servers; Readers and Eucharistic Ministers; the Flower Ladies for the lovely floral arrangements; collectors and sidesmen; sacristans and cleaners and Andy and Co. for the cribs and Christmas Trees, also to Nicola, our Parish Secretary. Grateful thanks also to the vast numbers who attended all of our Christmas Services from the Carol Concert; the Reconciliation Service and all of our Christmas Masses. Fr. Duncan thanks you for all your hard work and dedication throughout the past year and for the warm welcome you have extended to him in Ruislip. May the Lord bless all your efforts in the coming year.
Baptism
Parishioners who want to have their children baptised in our parish are asked to attend a Baptismal course. Parishioners are those are registered and who come regularly to the sacraments in this parish. The next course will be on Monday 4th January. For more information or to book a baptism, please contact Nicola in the office.
Hillingdon Foodbank
Many thanks to everyone who brought tinned and dried food for the Hillingdon Foodbank. We have collected more than 10 boxes of food for Hillingdon people in crisis. This weekend, 26th/27th December is the last weekend we will be collecting at present but your generosity this Christmas will be appreciated
Mass Intentions for the Next Two Weeks:
26th December 2009 – 10th January 2010
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, Ann. Holy Family 10.00 -------- For You, the People 11.30 Rita Dolan, R.I.P (Sung / English)
Monday 28th December 10.00 Cath & Terry Carlin, R.I.P Holy Innocents
Tuesday 29th December 10.00 John Murphy, R.I.P, Ann. St. Thomas Beckett
Wednesday 30th December 10.00 Phyllis Houton, R.I.P, Ann.
Thursday 31st December -----. 10.00 ---.Frances Whelan, R.I.P, Ann.
Friday 1st January 10.00 Agnes & James Adamson, R.I.P, Ann. Mary Mother of God
Saturday 2nd January 10.00 Tony & Irene O’Connell, 50th Wedding Ann. Ss. Basil & Gregory 18.00 Michael McInerney, R.I.P, Ann.
Sunday 3rd January 08.30 For You, the People Epiphany of the Lord 10.00 Patrick McNamee, R.I.P (Folk) 11.30 Alan Pain, R.I.P (Sung / English) 18.00 Michael Rowan, R.I.P
Monday 4th January 10.00 Mary Cox’s Intentions
Tuesday 5th January 10.00 Michael Rowan, R.I.P
Wednesday 6th January 10.00 Kathleen O’Byrne, R.I.P, Ann.
Thursday 7th January ------ 10.00 ---.Brendan Doorly, R.I.P, Ann.
Friday 8th January 10.00 J P Regan’s Intentions
Saturday 9th January 10.00 John Fitzpatrick, R.I.P
18.00 Thomas James Flynn, R.I.P, Ann.
Sunday 10th January 08.30 Mary Rogers, R.I.P, Ann. Baptism of the Lord 10.00 Kevin Skinner, R.I.P 11.30 The Keogh Family, R.I.P (Sung / English) 18.00 For You, the People
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, Maureen Kilbane and Colin Smith
AND FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY OCCURS ABOUT THIS TIME: Elizabeth Crawford, Michael Loughman, John Murphy, Phyllis Houton, Frances Whelan,
Agnes Adamson, Michael McInerney, Kathleen O’Byrne, Brendan Doorly, Thomas James Flynn, Mary Rogers and Jack Walsh
