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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Confessions: Sat 10.30am to Sat 30 Jan 6.00pm For You the People 10.50am, 5.15pm-5.45pm Sun 31 Jan 9.00am Francis Gambrah (RIP) 11.00am Angela Hyland & Family (Intentions) 60 Highbury Park, Mon 1 Feb 9.15am Deceased Members of the Hyland Family London N5 2XH Tues 2 Feb 9.15am For You the People T 020 7226 0257 Wed 3 Feb 9.15am Rita Walsh (RIP) E [email protected] Thu 4 Feb 9.15am Tom Rooney (RIP) www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk Fri 5 Feb 9.15am Paul & Barbara Smith (Intentions) Canon Gerard G King PP Sat 6 Feb 10.00am Sister Dolores (Intentions) 6.00pm For You the People Fr. Carlos Quito, Assistant Priest Sun 7 Feb 9.00am Keith Quartey (RIP) 11.00am Romol Bereaux (Intentions)

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Daily Walk? Something positive this Lent. Could you This Sunday is Racial Justice Sunday walk 10000 Steps either on one day or everyday this Lent? The This year’s Racial Justice Sunday is more important than ever. walk could be a sign of your solidarity with all those who do The effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, the killing of George not have access to a safe water source and who have to walk Floyd, and the powerful message on fraternity and equality by for water each day. Find out more or sign up online at Pope Francis in Fratelli Tutti speak of the need to actively www.cafod.org.uk/walk and go the distance this Lent and oppose racism and pursue racial justice with renewed vigour. help to end water poverty. Prayer “Lord Jesus Christ, in your ministry you were The SVP are in contact with some families where the approached by people of many different nations and parents are trying to home-school their children but cultures. You listened to their cry for help, treated them with don't have laptops. If anyone has a device- laptop, iPad, love and compassion, and brought them healing and notebook Chromebook that they don't want and are willing to wholeness. In our own time may we provide to all those who donate it to the SVP, please arrange a time to drop it off to the are suffer the help that they need and the care that they presbytery by calling 020 7226 0257. Please make sure that all require. May we respond to the invitation of the Holy Spirit personal data and browsing history is removed. Thanks – SVP! to dream of a world made new where the poor are not forgotten but are given the opportunity to live and flourish Journeying with the Bible New online, the series of talks with good health and equal prospects. We ask this in the presented by Father Javier Ruis-Ortiz PhD and Sister Monica name of Jesus the Lord. Amen” Cardona STL will look at the writings of St Paul on 9 February, from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Register at [email protected] What does the Catholic Church actually teach about racism and discrimination: Created in the image of the The Why: Prayer, Reflection and Discernment Caritas one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all men Westminster is offering an opportunity to reflect on have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the responses to COVID-19 in light of Catholic Social Teaching, on sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same 16th February from 2pm to 4pm. Register on Eventbrite at divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity. The www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-why-prayer-reflection- equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons discernment-on-our-response-to-covid19- and the rights that flow from it: “Every form of social or cultural tickets136485398501 discrimination in fundamental personal rights on the grounds of

sex, race, colour, social conditions, language, or religion must be How to donate to your parish. If you can, please consider curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God’s design.” a monthly gift by Standing Order. Our account details are: Account Name: WRCDT Highbury Sort Code: 40 05 20 SVP Food Bank January 2021 Update The SVP thanks you Account Number: 11096230. Please add your surname and first for your ongoing generous donations. A number of donors name as a reference to help our bookkeeper. You can also have asked us to provide ideas about which food to buy so we donate at https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/highbury/donate/ will regularly update this list which shows those items

currently in short supply. However, please note that anything at the The church is open for public Mass every day you provide is gratefully received so please don’t feel you have usual times. Livestream at www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk to buy from this list. Instant Coffee, Tinned Meats for example Ask your MP to sign a parliamentary motion calling (Casseroles, Frankfurters, Fray Bentos Pies, Meatballs, Minced Beef, Stews Tinned Soup (Chunky Soups, Vegetable and on the Government to introduce new guidance on Meat), Packet Rice – (Dried & Microwave Long Grain, fetal pain. A new parliamentary motion (EDM 1340) is calling Basmati).Jars of Curry and Pasta Sauce , Olive/Vegetable Oil. on the Government to introduce new guidance on fetal pain. The evidence that babies can feel pain in the womb, and Retrouvaille The Retrouvaille programme is offering a during many abortions, highlights the humanity of the unborn virtual weekend for couples from 25th to 28th February 2021. child and provides another important reason to introduce The programme is designed to help heal and renew marriages, legislation to protect the unborn child from abortion. Ask your and offers couples the chance to rediscover a loving MP to sign this motion calling on the Government to introduce relationship in your marriage. Find out more by visiting new guidance on fetal pain. Go to https://www.retrouvaille.org.uk/ or email www.righttolife.org.uk/FetalPainMotion [email protected]

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1. Face coverings are to be worn by everyone. (These can be removed briefly for the reception of Holy Communion).

2. All Mass goers must use sanitising gel on entry and exit, even if wearing rubber gloves. 3. Parishioners wishing to light a candle, should do so as soon as they enter the church and then go to their seat to say their prayers. 4. Stewards will direct you to your seat in order of arrival, you will not be able to sit in your usual place for the time being.(This is to stop people passing in front of each too closely). 5. Kneelers are out of use - we will either be standing or

sitting during Mass. 6. The distribution of Holy Communion will take place at the end of Mass after the final blessing. Stewards will guide Landings Online London Landings invites those exploring new parishioners row by row. ways to return to their faith to reconnect through an on-line, 7. There will be no collection during Mass but donations eight-week Landings Programme of informal sharing and can be left in large baskets as you exit the church. Thanks discussion. For info and to register interest in joining an on-line for you cooperation! We are also being asked to record the programme, email [email protected] names and contact details of those attending Mass so that

individuals can be notified in the event of any suspected St Peter’s Way of the Cross performed in our parish on Covid-19 case. In the case of couples or families attending Friday March 13. Our choir, along with some guest soloist and Mass we only need to ask one adult to give their musicians performed the piece. If you would like to hear a information. The record sheets for each Mass will be kept recording click on the following link in a secure place for 21 days after which they will be https://1drv.ms/u/s!An5VZAtVuZSbj6o77wHp1RFc0xjxzg?e=fi shredded.

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“Apply for settled status as soon as possible!” Bishop Kenney, a Swedish national, says those who are eligible should “Apply for settled status as soon as possible!” Bishop apply well ahead of 30 June 2021. The government requires urges European citizens who have made their homes European citizens who have made their homes in the UK to in the UK. Bishop William Kenney, a Swedish national, says make an application or risk losing their fundamental rights to those who are eligible should apply well ahead of 30 June live and work here. Everyone including children needs to go 2021. The government requires European citizens who have through the process. Bishop Kenney warned that while many made their homes in the UK to make an application or risk people have found it straightforward, others have faced losing their fundamental rights to live and work here. unexpected obstacles. He’s therefore urging people to get Everyone including children needs to go through the process. their applications in early and encouraging parishioners to Bishop Kenney warned that while many people have found it look out for others who might need support. Details and links straightforward, others have faced unexpected obstacles to the application process can be found at: navigating the government’s system or don’t even realise https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families Info they’re required to apply. He’s therefore urging people to get on assistance is available at: www.gov.uk/help-eu-settlement- their applications in early and encouraging parishioners to scheme The Catholic Church in England and Wales stands in look out for others who might need some support. Details and solidarity with all European citizens who have made their links to the application process can be found at: homes here. Irish Citizens are exempted from this process. https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families Information on assistance for those who may have difficulty WELCOME BACK – IT’S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!! applying is available at: www.gov.uk/help-eu-settlement- Below are a few “rules” which I ask us all to abide by. scheme The Catholic Church in England and Wales stands in Father Gerard

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solidarity with all European citizens who have made their and 196 abortion workers have quit their jobs. We still need homes here. Irish Citizens are exempted from this process. people to come and join us in prayer each day between 8am and 8pm until Palm Sunday. Contact Sarah 07776 256838 or Unfortunately due to the uncertainty caused by the email [email protected] to let us know what Coronavirus Pandemic our Celebratory Centenary times you can attend.

Mass with Cardinal Vincent has been postponed.

During the week I was in touch with Cardinal Vincent asking his advice as to whether we should go ahead with the Mass and parish party on October 11. We both felt that given the "The SVP are distributing 11,500 Vinnie Packs current restrictions it is hard to see how a full and joyful containing cold weather essentials to the homeless celebration would be possible in October. At the moment we this winter. Please could you consider sponsoring are unable propose a new date but must wait and see how packs at a suggested donation of £3.50 per pack? things develop over the next few months. This is all very disappointing but I guess we are all getting used to Donations can be sent to Vinnie Packs, PO Box 72264, postponements at the moment. London SW1P 9EZ with cheques made out to SVP or

by bank transfer to Nat West sort code 60-60-04, As we celebrate our centenary year we would like to account no. 4608 8237 . Thank you so much for your invite you to connect to our spiritual lives through the support." 'year of the word' programme. With this we are called to explore and celebrate the Word of God through the Scriptures, share the Word with others and respond to the "God who speaks" in the way that we live. This can be done on an individual level through guided readings or you are All EU, EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK are welcome to join an evening group. An example of guided required by the government to apply through its Settlement readings for lent can be found here: Scheme to continue living, working and accessing services https://cafod.org.uk/Pray/Lent-Calendar If you are interested here. The deadline for applications is 30 June 2021. Details and in joining a group please contact Claire Higgins on links to the application process can be found at: [email protected] to register your interest. www.gov.uk/eusettledstatus Information on assistance for those who may have difficulty applying is available at: Father Javier Ruiz-Ortiz’s Sunday reflection for this www.gov.uk/help-eu-settlement-scheme The Catholic Church Sunday. Meditate: There are parts of our lives which are in England and Wales stands in solidarity with all European hidden away from others and at times from ourselves. It takes citizens who have made their homes here. They are a valued finding someone we can trust, someone who accepts us for part of our parishes, schools and communities. who we are and then the hidden parts of ourselves can be disclosed. This experienced is called prayer, the place and time A Message from Cardinal Vincent Nichols concerning when we find someone who knows us through and through and all the same loves us without being judgmental. Act: The the resumption of Public Mass Samaritan woman was someone people avoided and most https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLsyL5yggVI&fe probably she did not speak to many people. Try to make ature=youtu.be conversation with someone who is in that situation at work, in the parish or in the neighbourhood. is a charitable organisation focused on life Right To Life UK The installation of our new Centenary Window will issues – combatting abortion and assisted suicide through work across education, politics and the media. They are begin this Wednesday and take three days! looking for hard-working, passionate, professional individuals

to join the team and help to deliver positive changes to policy 40 Days for Life Lent Campaign outside the Buffer Zone and culture which will save lives and support women with unplanned pregnancies. There are vacancies for the following (PSPO) around the Marie Stopes abortion centre in Ealing. full-time, permanent positions based in London: Media During 40 Days for Life campaigns 16,742 babies have been Officer, Director of Media, Full-Stack Developer. For more saved from abortion, 106 abortion centres have closed down

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information, visit righttolife.org.uk/jobs To apply, please send Hall, Henry Road N4 2UH (Manor House). Dates: 18 Feb, a covering letter and your CV to [email protected] 17March, 21 April, 19 May, 23 June & 21 July. Part of the Irish Elderly Advice Network’s Cultural Programme for London. Exploring the Our Father 4 Tuesdays, 3 to 24 March, 11am-

1pm, or 4 Wednesdays, 4 to 25 March, 7-8.30pm or one Saturday, 28 March, 11.00am-4.00pm. Mount Street Jesuit The Westminster Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes this Centre, 114 Mount Street, W1K 3AH. To book a place phone year runs from Saturday July 25 to Friday July 31 and is led by 020 7529 4844. https://www.pathwaystogod.org/ This short Cardinal Vincent. Father Gerard is not going this year but if you course is a series of reflections exploring the Our Father. We would like information just ask him. The cost is from £679 by will break open strange phrases like “hallowed be thy name”, train and from £837 by air per person. This includes round trip explore potentially off-putting language like “Father” and travel transfers and six night’s full board accommodation. “kingdom”, and consider its challenging request for God to Information is also available at http://www.tangney- forgive us, as we forgive those who hurt us – all to shed light tours.com/pilgrimages/lourdes/diocese-of-westminster-2020 on Jesus’ original words and their meaning.

Return of Servers’ Albs Not Being Used If you were a Young City Catholics St Mary Moorfields Church’s. YCC is a server at Mass in the past but no longer serve please be so group of Catholic young professionals in their twenties and kind as to return your alb and cincture (red rope for your thirties working in the City of London and Canary Wharf. For waist). These can either be brought to the sacristy or left at more details, visit www.ycc-london.co.uk or email info@ycc- the repository. Many thanks, Father Gerard london.co.uk

Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, May 4, 2020. £649.00 Cardinal’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament per person sharing. Price includes flight with 10kg hand Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 30 May, of Matrimony. luggage, all transfers, 4 nights’ in Knock House Hotel with 2020 at 3.00pm. The Cardinal will be inviting to this Mass all breakfast and dinner. All excursions included. Lunches on th th th couples in the Diocese who are celebrating their 5 10 , 25 , days out. Single supplement £100. Contact Patricia on 01268 th th th th 30 40 , 50 and 60 (and every year over 60) wedding 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email anniversary of Catholic marriage in 2019. If you are celebrating [email protected] Knock Pilgrimages is a an anniversary, please give your parish clergy the following member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected details: husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal by ATOL T7613 address and email (or phone number, if no email).

CAFOD Westminster is currently looking for schools volunteers to help deliver their busy schools’ programme Notice about candles. Please note that only candles across the diocese. “Use your free time to inspire young people bought in the repository can be lit in the church. to build a fairer world - CAFOD is looking for volunteers who

have a passion for, and experience of, working with young SEIDs Mentoring. Could you spare one hour a month to people. We need people who have a commitment to CAFOD’s help mentor someone starting their own business? Why not aims and values and an interest in sharing our work in primary become a SEIDs mentor? SEIDs is a project of Caritas and secondary schools through delivering assemblies or Westminster with a mission to create decent and dignified workshops. CAFOD will provide training and support, and work opportunities for people who are unemployed or on a expenses will be paid. Volunteering assignments will be in local low income, by helping them start their own business. We do Catholic schools and you can either work on your own or as part this though our innovative 12-month Startup Business of a team. None of our work is possible without you, so join us Programme. If you’re interested and would like to know more an put your faith into action. If you are interested please email please contact [email protected] Chris Driscoll at [email protected] or call 07776 493162”

Irish Tea Dance Hackney – Third Tuesday of every month Family Holiday Club, February Half Term – th 1.00pm to 4.00pm. An afternoon of Irish and country music, Volunteers Needed! On Tuesday 18 February, from 11am- tea and cakes, raffle and dancing. At St Thomas More Church 2pm Caritas Westminster will be running the Blessed

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Sacrament Family Holiday Club. The club will include lots of fun First Holy Communion 2020 will be on Sunday 14 June activities for families to enjoy, followed by a hot nutritious Registration forms for children, in Year 3 and above, are now lunch and food to take home and cook together, all for free. available from Father Gerard and must be returned by next Caritas launched their clubs very successfully in October 2019, Sunday. serving over 400 meals to families. However, Caritas rely on volunteers to make the clubs happen, so to make sure they can run again in February they really need your help! If you Throughout October-November, we would be able to volunteer on Tuesday 18th February, between PackASack is back! 9am-3pm at Blessed Sacrament Primary School (N1 0UF) to will be collecting clothes (think jogging bottoms, t-shirts, support with kids activities, admin, or cooking the lunch sweatshirts), toiletries & rucksacks for the homeless. All please email [email protected] or call 020 7931 6077 to let us donations will be collected in the reception area at the end of know. You can also get in touch if you would like to attend the Mass on Saturdays & Sundays. To offer your help collecting or sorting donations email [email protected] Thanks! club with your children.

“If you do not worship God, you worship something,

and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a

duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be Those aged 14 and above are obliged to abstain from imperfect and unhappy.” Venerable Fulton J Sheen meat on Fridays as an act of penance in honour of our

Lord’s Passion. Beginning Experience Weekend A healing weekend for men and women who are separated, divorced or widowed will Parking Etiquette on Saturdays and Sundays!! Please be held from 3rd to 5th April 2020 at the Domus Mariae Centre, do not park in such a way as to take up two spaces. That is Chigwell, Essex. For details please contact Freda 01322-838415 please don’t leave a space behind you empty. Thanks! or Maura 01322-551503 or email [email protected] Parish Pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Joan of Arc Cost - £899 per person, (£220 France, 26 – 31 May 2020 Caritas Westminster is recruiting at least one single room supplement). Basic Price Includes Eurotunnel services Folkestone – Calais – Folkestone. Private coach Representative for Social Outreach from each parish to help throughout the pilgrimage beginning and finishing in communication between the Parish and Caritas to support Highbury. Accommodation based on sharing a twin-bedded and grow charitable activities. They will help to display room: 2 nights at a 3 or 4 star hotel near Domremy-la-Pucelle, posters, flyers, speak in Masses, learn about new tools and the birthplace and childhood home of St Joan of Arc, 1 night at models for social action and share best practice between a 3 or 4 star hotel in Chartres & 2 nights at a 3 or 4 star hotel in parishes. If you would like to become a Caritas Rouen where St Joan was burnt at the stake. Representative, please first obtain consent from your Parish 5 breakfasts and 5 dinners. Guided tours appropriate to the Priest, then contact us on 020 7931 6077 or email itinerary. Entrance fees appropriate to the itinerary. [email protected] Arrangement of religious services. ABTA financial protection.

Basic Price Does not Include Travel insurance, Single room

supplement of £220 for the 5 nights. Lunches. Drinks. Fuel

surcharges if passed on by the coach company. Gratuities to

guides, coach driver and accommodation. PLEASE DO NOT

send any completed booking forms to Pax Travel without first APPEAL FOR CLEANERS - our dedicated team of church allowing me to make a copy so I know who is going. If you cleaners would be very happy to have some more help. If you need someone to share with to avoid the single supplement can spare some time on a Saturday morning (8.30am to let me know and I will try and match people up. Please do ask 10.00am) please just turn up! Many hands make light work! me for more information. Father Gerard

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assembly program. This is a unique opportunity for September SVP Awareness Month – Members of our parishioners to experience something extraordinary for their Parish SVP Group will be sharing with us their work the own faith and be part of sharing this with others whilst weekend of 28-29 September – stay tuned! supporting schools in understanding more about Jesus. Walsingham, Sunday 6 October – Pilgrimage of Training and costumes are provided. All you have to give is some time. What you get in return is incalculable. To find out Reparation and Prayer for the Sanctity of Life – led by more, come to our information morning on 9th July 11am-1pm Bishop Mark O’Toole and Father Jeremy Davies of the in the Hinsley Room, Morpeth Terrace behind Westminster Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. Commencing with Mass at Cathedral in London. For enquiries contact Lucy at noon in the Chapel of Reconciliation. Coach departs from [email protected] Westminster Cathedral at 7.30am (prompt). Tickets from Domenica Rasulo on 07913434357. For more information go to The Passage annual Garden Party in the beautiful and www.prolifepilgrimage.org historic College Garden, Westminster Abbey on Friday 19 July,

from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm. Tickets at £45 each, include wine, St Ignatius College, Enfield. Open Evening. Tuesday soft drinks, buffet supper and live music. Tickets are available September 17, 5.30pm to 8.00pm (Headteacher’s Address at online through Eventbrite 7.15pm). Open Mornings Tuesday 24 September and https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-passage-garden-party- Thursday 26 September 9.00am to 10.00am. For information 2019-tickets-59008227196 Or from The Passage, St Vincent’s telephone 01992 71783.5 www.st-ignatius.enfield.sch.uk/ Centre, Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NL. Tel: 020 75921856.

Email: [email protected] It will not be possible to La Sainte Union Girls’ School, Open Evening Thursday purchase tickets at the Abbey. All proceeds in aid of The 26 September, 5.00pm to 7.00pm. Open Mornings Passage

Wednesday 2n& Thursday 3 October 9.00am to 10.30am. Open Afternoons Tuesday 8 b& Wednesday 9 October John Henry Newman: Saint for Our Times As we 1.30pm to 3.00pm https://www.lasainteunion.org.uk/ prepare for his canonisation in the autumn, a series of talks on the life and work of Blessed John Henry Newman by Fr Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School – Admission for Michael Lang will take place at St Wilfrid’s Hall at the Oratory, September 2020 Year 7 Admissions: Tuesday 17 September Brompton Road, London SW7 2RP at 8.00pm on the following th th th nd th & Thursday 26 September. The Head will speak at 4.30 pm and Wednesdays: 10 and 24 July, 7 and 22 August, and 4 6.00 pm. Guided tours of the school follow. Yr 12 (Sixth Form) September.

Admissions: Thursday 3 October and on Tuesday 15 October 2019. The Head will speak at 5.00 pm. Guided tours of the “A New Dawn in the Church” – A Catholic Family school will follow. The last tour will be held at 6.00 pm. Pilgrimage Conference. Monday 5 – Friday9 August, 2019 at

Walsingham, Norfolk. For more information and registration

www.newdawn.org.uk

Keeping your church clean! Our hardworking voluntary cleaners have asked that I mention to everyone the importance of us all trying to keep the church clean. Quite

often chewing gum is stuck to the pews and sweets and snacks are to be found on the floor after Sunday Masses. There shouldn’t be any eating or drinking in church, apart from You Can Help Your Marriage – Do you feel alone? water during the hot weather and litter put in the bin. Thank Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue … you very much – Father Gerard . or have you just stopped talking to each other? Retrouvaille

(pronounced retro-vi with a long i) helps couples through

difficult times in their marriages. There is no group therapy or Wintershall Education are looking for budding actors to group work. This programme has helped 10s of 1000s of take the story of Jesus into local schools as part of a free couples experiencing difficulties in their marriage. For

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confidential information about Retrouvaille’, or to register for why not book a place on our volunteer day on Saturday 11th the next programme commencing call or text 07887296983 or May? The meeting will be held in our office near Lambeth 07973380443 or Email [email protected] or North tube station. Contact Tony on 0208-449-6970 or www.retrouvaille.org.uk [email protected] for further details.

LOURDES Summer Retreat for Young Adults: The Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single Assumption Sisters and Fathers invite young adults in their 20- Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet other single 30s for an English-speaking spiritual retreat in Lourdes. Sat 3 Catholics, either one to one or through social events. For August - Fri 9 August 2019 with talks, prayer, silence, further information visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk pilgrimage, desert day and spiritual accompaniment. Info email [email protected] Cost: £300 (£220 for Spirit in the City Festival, 31 May & 1 June 2019. Theme students/low waged) - a limited number of subsidised places 'Life to the Full'. Catholic Faith Festival celebrating and are available. (Excl. travel - your flight to Lourdes) Register witnessing faith in London's Leicester Square. Starts Friday online: http://bit.ly/retreatlourdes evening from 7.00pm in Notre Dame de France Sadhana: A Way to God Six Wednesdays June 12-July 17, Church. Saturday all day in the Square gardens. Includes live stage music, street evangelisation, prayer teams, all day 2.00pm to 3.30pm Lynne Galloway, Mount Street Jesuit Adoration, Confessions, feet washing, activities for children, Centre, 114 Mount Street, W1K 3AH www.pathwaystogod.org talks, etc. Come be refreshed and renewed in your faith. For 020 7495-1673. Beginning with developing stillness and more information, contact Allegra, [email protected] or awareness, we move on to the use of our imagination and into call 0791 5537125. Or why not join the Mission Team and help opening our lives more fully to the love of God. We need to others encounter Christ through one of these areas? To wake up, open up our eyes, see what is real, both inside and register as a helper, visit www.spiritinthecity.org outside of ourselves. The greatest human gift is to be aware, to be in touch with oneself, one’s body, mind, feelings, thoughts, & sensations. Sadhana helps you do this. Volunteering Opportunity at Caritas Are you interested

in social outreach? Caritas Westminster, the diocesan social

action agency, is looking for Caritas representatives to help Parking Etiquette on Saturdays and Sundays!! record local poverty and social exclusion projects across Please do not park in such a way as to take up two spaces. That different areas of the diocese. They would also work closely with Caritas development workers to help respond to those in is please don’t leave a space behind you empty. Thanks! need in the local area. If you are interested, please contact

Caritas Westminster at [email protected]

Bereavement and Loss Group 1st Thursday of the month 11.30am-1pm: Mount Street Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, New Parish Recycling Initiative! In the light of recent W1K 3AH www.pathwaystogod.org 020-7495-1673 media coverage about plastic pollution around the world you can recycle those items not current recycled by the council. SVP Notice to the St Joan of Arc Community: Thank Please look out for the TerraCycle Box at the back of the you to all the wonderful and generous donations of food and church where Toothbrushes, Crisp Packets, empty medication toiletries to our food bank. We have been busy all winter blister packs & Sweet Wrappers can be recycled. distributing food and provisions to poor and vulnerable families and individuals. We have been replenishing stocks from our own funds but the demand for help has increased since Christmas. We are very short on some items and would Do you have public speaking skills? Want to help appreciate any donations: Pasta sauces, Curry sauce, Rice, tackle poverty and injustice? CAFOD wants to recruit Cooking oil, Tinned Veg, potatoes carrots, peas etc., volunteers in the Westminster Diocese to promote its work Juice/squash, Shampoo/shower gels, sanitary towels, cleaning for justice and development. We are looking for volunteers products, toilet paper Jam, biscuits, Coffee, Long life milk. with public speaking skills and the ability to work with, and co- Thank you once again and if you know anyone who might ordinate, small teams of volunteers locally. To find out more,

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need support and friendship from SVP or you would like to join the team then please refer or call our number: 07516690197

St Ignatius College, Enfield – 125th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, Friday 20 September, 2019. Details on SCHOOL CHAPLAIN the noticeboard. Tickets at Eventbrite. Last Saturday (April 27) marked the 5th anniversary of Could you be a Lourdes helper? The Lourdes pilgrimage team are looking to recruit volunteers to lend medical and the canonization of St. John Paul II, which coincided practical support for the pilgrimage from 20th to the 26th July with the Sunday of Divine Mercy. On this day, Cardinal 2019. If interested, please contact the Diocesan Pilgrimage Stanislaw Dziwisz, long-time secretary of St. John Paul II, Office at Vaughan House on 0207 798 9173 or email celebrated his 80th birthday. Cardinal Dziwisz was the [email protected] or [email protected] secretary of Archbishop Wojtyła and then Pope John Paul II Volunteering booking forms available online at for almost 40 years. “They often call me a friend of John Paul II. https://form.jotformeu.com/82291257422354 I can never use that word. I tried to serve him as a son because he was a father to us. He created a family where everyone felt good and loved him as a father,” emphasizes Cardinal Dziwisz. The canonization of Pope John Paul II took place in 2014, together with the canonization of Pope John XXIII. The The Sisters of Mercy, 40 Aberdeen Road invite you to Solemn Mass of Canonization of both Popes at St. Peter’s join them every Monday from 7: 30 pm - 8: 15 in prayer and Square was presided over by the Holy Father Pope Francis and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome. concelebrated by nearly 150 cardinals and 700 bishops from around the world, including the Pope emeritus Benedict XVI.

The celebration brought 800,000 faithful together in the

Vatican.

Spirit in the City Festival, 31 May & 1 June 2019. Theme Parking Etiquette on Saturdays and Sundays!! Please do not park in such a way as to take up two spaces. That 'Life to the Full'. Catholic Faith Festival celebrating and is please don’t leave a space behind you empty. Thanks! witnessing faith in London's Leicester Square. Starts Friday evening from 7.00pm in Notre Dame de France Church. Saturday all day in the Square gardens. Includes live Formation for Ministers of the Word. (I) : The Ministry stage music, street evangelisation, prayer teams, all day of the Laity & The Word with Sister Karen Marguerite d’Artois Adoration, Confessions, feet washing, activities for children, OP. Thursday, 21 February, 2019, 7.00 - 8.30 pm. At Vaughan talks, etc. Come be refreshed and renewed in your faith. For House, 46 Francis Street, London SW1P 1QN. Registration is more information, contact Allegra, [email protected] or required at [email protected] or 020 7931 6078. call 0791 5537125. Or why not join the Mission Team and help Suggested donation £5. others encounter Christ through one of these areas? To Formation for Ministers of the Word (II): register as a helper, visit www.spiritinthecity.org Understanding the World of the Word with Sister Karen Marguerite d’Artois OP. Saturday, 9 March, 2019, 10.00 am - 3.00 pm. At Vaughan House,46 Francis Street, London SW1P Physics and Maths Undergraduate Summer 1QN. Registration is required at [email protected] or Internship Programme The Cardinal Vaughan School will 020 7931 6078. Suggested donation £15. If you go the parish be running a four-week Physics and Maths internship will refund you the donation – just ask Father Gerard. programme over the summer term offering undergraduate university students the opportunity to be placed in a number Formation for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy for schools in West, East and North London. Participants will Communion (I) The Call of the Laity to Minister the Body of receive a £300 a week bursary for the 4-week programme, a Christ with Sr Anne Walsh OP. Monday, 25 February, 2019, 7.00 total of £1200. For further information and to apply go to - 8.30 pm. At Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, London SW1P www.BIT.LY/CVMSINTERNSHIP2019

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1QN. Registration is required at [email protected] or often chewing gum is stuck to the pews and sweets and 020 7931 6078. Suggested donation £5. snacks are to be found on the floor after Sunday Masses.

Formation for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy There shouldn’t be any eating or drinking in church, apart from water during the hot weather and litter put in the bin. Thank Communion (II). The Celebration of the Eucharist Through you very much – Father Gerard . The Ages with Sr Anne Walsh OP. Saturday, 30 March, 2019,

10.00 am - 3.00 pm. At Vaughan House,46 Francis Street, London SW1P 1QN. Registration is required at Meeting of ALL Youth Leaders this coming Wednesday [email protected] or 020 7931 6078. Suggested (January 9) at 7.00pm in the presbytery. Anyone interested in donation £15. If you go the parish will refund you the donation learning more about the possibility of becoming a youth – just ask Father Gerard. leader is also welcome to attend this meeting.

Young Seekers Group Meeting 2019 Father Mike Can you help run our Youth Group as a volunteer? The Maguire, Assistant Vocations Promoter, is calling on men St Joan of Arc Youth Group meets every Friday evening during between 18 and early 20s to join him for a Young Seekers school term time. We need of some new leaders, especially Group meeting on the last Thursday of every month at MEN. The commitment is one Friday evening about every five Westminster Cathedral with Mass at 6.30pm and the meeting weeks. If you are interested please see Father Gerard. All those from 7-8.30pm. The evening will include faith sharing and volunteering to work with children or vulnerable adults are vocation stories, and a talk on a particular theme. For details, subject to a background check. contact Father Mike at [email protected]

The Westminster Year Books are now available from the

Repository. They cost £4.50 (£5.00 ring bound).

Soul Food. Catholic Charismatic prayer group for young Pilgrimage to the Veneto Region of Northern Italy adults in their 20s to 40s. Meeting every Thursday for the next Led by Father Martin Plunkett and to include visits to: The 5 weeks 7.00pm to 9.00pm at St Charles Borromeo Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Love in Schio, The convent of St Church, 8 Ogle Street, London W1W 6HS. Close to both Josephine Bakhita in Schio and the city of Verona. Monday 29 Goodge Street and Warren Street Stations . Go to April to Saturday 4 May, 2019. Price £599. For more http://www.soulfoodgroup.org/liss for more information. information contact Pax Travel 020 7485 3003

[email protected] www.paxtravel.co.uk

The Sisters of Mercy, 40 Aberdeen Road invite you to join them every Monday from 7: 30 pm - 8: 15 in prayer and The Diocese of Westminster Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome. Calling Catholic Teachers Education Service is hosting an event to engage with Catholic New Parish Recycling Initiative! In the light of recent teachers and leaders currently working outside of Catholic media coverage about plastic pollution around the world we education on 26 November, 2018 7.00pm to 8.30pm at would like to give our parishioners the opportunity to recycle Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, SW1P 1QN. The occasion is those items not current recycled by the council. Please look designed to provide information how best to prepare for a out for the TerraCycle Box at the back of the church where role in a Catholic school and an opportunity to meet current items such as: Toothbrushes, Crisp Packets & Sweet Wrappers Catholic school leaders. There will also be an opportunity to can be recycled. For every 1kg of recycled waste TerraCycle register for a mentoring programme for those senior leaders will donate £1 to charity. who wish to be accompanied and supported on their journey into Catholic education. For further information and RSVP go

The Diocese of Westminster and The Parish of St Joan of to https://courses.rcdow.org.uk/

Arc, Highbury, in line with the General Data Protection

Regulation, take your privacy seriously. The Diocesan privacy policy is at: https://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/privacy-policy/

Keeping your church clean! Our hardworking voluntary cleaners have asked that I mention to everyone the importance of us all trying to keep the church clean. Quite

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speak to you regarding suitability and the possibility of financial incentives and bursaries. The fair will be held at The Cardinal Vaughan School, 89 Addison Road, W14 8BZ. If you

are interested in attending this event, please email Visit Why not use your gifts and talents to volunteer? [email protected] and register at the following website http://www.caritaswestminster.org.uk/volunteer.php to https://rbtsa_tickets.eventbrite.co.uk register for a free Caritas Volunteer Service account, and to

find the right volunteering role for you!”

SVP Notice To the St Joan of Arc Community: Thank you to all the wonderful and generous donations of food and toiletries to our food bank. We have been busy all winter distributing food and provisions to poor and vulnerable How to Pray the Angelus V. The Angel of the Lord families and individuals. We have been replenishing stocks declared unto Mary, R. And she conceived by the Holy Spirit. from our own funds but the demand for help has increased Hail Mary, etc... V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it since Christmas. We are very short on some items and would done unto me according to Your Word. Hail Mary, etc... V. And appreciate any donations: Pasta sauces, Curry sauce, Rice, the Word was made flesh (Bow), R. And dwelt among us. Hail Cooking oil, Tinned Veg, potatoes carrots, peas etc., Mary, etc... V. Pray for us, O most holy Mother of God. R. That Juice/squash, Shampoo/shower gels, sanitary towels, cleaning we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: products, toilet paper Jam, biscuits, Coffee, Long life milk. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, Thank you once again and if you know anyone who might that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made need support and friendship from SVP or you would like to known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross join the team then please refer or call our number: be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. 07516690197 Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single

Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet other single

Catholics, either one to one or through social events. For Do you support Catholic schools and the right of further information visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk or tel. 0161 941 3498 Catholics to send their children to them? The Government is making a decision on whether to overturn the

admissions cap which prevents Catholic schools from allowing

all Catholic pupils to attend. They have acknowledged that this

policy discriminates against Catholics and promised to

abandon it; now we need you to tell them not to U-turn on their promise to Catholics. Visit http://catholicnews.org.uk/ to write to the Government and urge them to drop their policy which bans new Catholic schools.

The Sodality of the Blessed Sacrament is a Confraternity honouring Jesus Christ, Truly Present in the Blessed Sacrament based at Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane,

WC2E 7NB. There is a monthly Mass, followed by Adoration and Benediction. The next Mass is on Thursday 11 January at Do you want to become a teacher? The Cardinal 6.30pm – Father. John Hogan, OCDS, Director of the Fraternity Vaughan School on behalf of the RBTSA alliance will be of St. Genesius, Parish Priest in the Diocese of Meath in Ireland holding an Initial Teacher Training Recruitment Fair on 1st will preach. For more information visit: March 2018 from 5pm to 8pm. This will be an opportunity to www.blessedsacramentsodality.wordpress.com meet with a number of schools and Alliances across London, offering a variety of School Direct teacher training and recruitment opportunities. There will be experts on hand to

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[email protected] / How to Pray the Angelus V. The Angel of the Lord http://dowym.com/events/echo-theology-body-retreat/ declared unto Mary, R. And she conceived by the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, etc... V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R. Be it done unto me according to Your Word. Hail Mary, etc... V. And the Word was made flesh (Bow), R. And dwelt among us. Hail

Mary, etc... V. Pray for us, O most holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. Join CAFOD’s team of school volunteers. CAFOD is looking for volunteers who would like to take the CAFOD Parking Etiquette on Saturdays and Sundays!! Please message into Catholic primary and secondary schools in this do not park in such a way as to take up two spaces. That is area. You will help to inspire children and young people please don’t leave a space behind you empty. Thanks! through CAFOD’s range of assemblies and workshops as to

how they can act to make the world a fairer place. To find out

more please call 0208-449-6970 or email

[email protected] Volunteers will be accepted on

successful completion of interview, training days and a DBS

(Disclosure and barring service) check.

Giving by Envelope or Standing Order? If you are no

longer paying income tax and have in the past signed a Gift Aid Offertory Collections for the first Quarter of the Year Declaration, please let Father Gerard know so that our return to HMRC will be accurate. Many thanks! – January- March, 2017. Loose Plate £11,402.02, Offertory Envelopes £6,398.05, Standing Orders £22,549.00 – total £40,349.07. Many thanks to all of you for your generous CARITAS Volunteer Service Caritas Westminster (the support. Social Action Agency of the Diocese of Westminster), has launched a new volunteer service, which aims to make

volunteering as easy as possible for the Catholic Community in the diocese. You can search on the site for opportunities from Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single organisations and parishes based on your interests, location Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet other single and availability, experience and skills. The service is open to Catholics, either one to one or through social events. Visit members of all faiths and none. Whether you have a wealth of www.catholicsingles.org.uk or tel. 0161 941 3498. volunteering experience or none at all, by sharing your gifts

and talents, you are making a difference to your community and to the individuals you work with. You can register at

www.caritaswestminster.org.uk/volunteer email:

[email protected] or telephone 020 7931 6077.

ECHO is a retreat for young adults aged 16-25. It is an opportunity to explore the beauty and depth of what the Polite Notice Just a reminder to everyone that when we Church teaches about what is to be human, and how we can come into the church we are entering a sacred space which be happy. We are inviting you to join us in a journey to discover means that we should all try to create an atmosphere of more of who you were made to be; we will have live music, reverence and prayer. To this end I would ask that we all sports, art, times for questions, times for prayer, times to refrain drinking and eating in the church, apart from teas and learn and lots of good food and conversations. Ever wondered coffees after 11.00am Mass in the vestibule. In addition mobile what you were made for? Want to live ‘fully alive’? Come join phones should be on silent and never used. Parents of very us to find what ECHOs in your heart. More information: young children are welcome to use the Lady Chapel if they

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wish and there are lovely children’s spiritual books there. I also advise parents with young children to sit at the front of the church during Mass as children do much better at Mass if they Return to Catholic Education. Catholic Schools in can see what is going on. Many thanks to everyone for their Hertfordshire need you! We wish to recruit teachers. We are cooperation. God bless you, Father Gerard seeking to appoint inspirational, forward thinking and highly

motivated teachers to join our staff teams. We are looking for

teachers who can encourage, motivate and support our

children and staff. We are specifically seeking candidates who A Foyer de Charité Retreat A Retreat with a Difference will demonstrate a love of learning and have the integrity to will be held at the new Retreat Centre in Walsingham, from nurture excellence with our children and our Catholic school Sunday 30 April (6pm) – Saturday 6 May (2pm). The theme is community. We can offer: A stimulating learning God’s Plan for the Fullness of Time, and the preacher will be environment. Caring children whose behaviour is outstanding. Mgr. Keith Barltrop. Foyer retreats are held mainly in silence, Welcoming, supportive and professional staff. Professional with three talks a day, and offer a holistic way of deepening development to suit your own learning needs and future our faith in the Church’s teaching and our life in Christ. The career. Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please Foyers are communities of consecrated lay people living with telephone the Holy Family School 01707 375518 and speak to a priest in order to help others grow closer to Christ and live Mrs Jackie Willcocks, School Business Manager to receive a list the Catholic faith more fully. For further information or to of Hertfordshire schools seeking to appoint. Hertfordshire’s book a place, please contact Monsignor. Barltrop: Catholic schools are committed to safeguarding and [email protected]; 07879 953953; St. Mary of the promoting the welfare of children and all appointments are Angels, Moorhouse Road, Bayswater, London W2 5DJ subject to the necessary checks being carried out.

This Year the Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place 23-29 July. I am leading a group from the parish.

I am traveling by train and staying at the Hotel Padoue (close to the Grotto). The total cost is £713 for the six nights full board based on 2 people sharing. If you would like a booking form The Catholic please ask Father Gerard for one. VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA) are seeking a Are you ready to Volunteer and make a difference in dedicated part time volunteer Development Officer with a Lourdes? Every year, the Diocese of Westminster takes a keen interest in the performing arts to join the team of this large number of sick pilgrims to Lourdes and we rely on the established, all embracing charity. The person appointed help of people like you to care for them. If you are between 16 would be expected to be proactive in steering the future of and 18, you can serve as a ‘Red Cap’, helping people in CaAPA, including raising its profile and finding new and wheelchairs and taking part in the processions and many innovative ways to reach out to the wider community by using other tasks. Please contact Katrina Lavery at the skills and talents of its members in order to raise funds for [email protected] If you are over 18, your charitable purposes. This post would suit a person with a help would be very much appreciated as a St Frai Helper. Some proven interest in the performing arts, generous in spirit and of our sick pilgrims in most need of support and medical care an enthusiastic outlook. IT skills including knowledge of social stay in a hospital-like building called the Accueil St Frai. media essential. To apply, please contact the Hon. Secretary – Helping in Lourdes is an extremely moving and rewarding e-mail: [email protected] experience, and working in the St Frai is an opportunity to give 7 March, care and company to our pilgrims and make a huge difference Faith Matters: Lent 2017 ‘Faces of Mercy’ in their lives. If you’re interested in helping in the St Frai, ‘When I was in prison…’ by Monsignor. Roger Reader, Prison please email chief helper Nick Leonard and team at Adviser, Catholic Bishop’s Conference. 14 March, ‘When I was [email protected] This is a marvellous a sick…’ by Father Peter-Michael Scott, The Cardinal’s Advisor opportunity and a wonderful witness to the call of the Gospel. for Healthcare Chaplaincy. 21 March, ‘When I was a 18 is the starting age, but there really is no upper age limit, as stranger…” by Sarah Teather, Director, Jesuit Refugee Service long as the volunteer is fit and able and keen to help. We will UK. 28 March, ‘Seeing Mercy’ by Father Geoffrey Wheaton, SJ, be going out to Lourdes on Sunday 23 July and will return on Jesuit Priest. Where: Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, SW1P Saturday 29 July. Father Dennis Touw. 1QN. When: 7.00-8.30pm. Registration is required. Email at

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[email protected] and indicate your name and the are also welcome to join our FB page where you can re- date of the event. Suggested donation - £4 per talk. connect with old school friends, share memories, photographs and keep up to date with current events too: London Evenings of Faith- February & March 2017 A https://www.facebook.com/PopePaulCatholicPrimarySchool series of talks on 'Reasons for believing’ which will take place Reunion at 7:30pm Tuesday 21 February, 7 March & 21 March). Talks are held in the basement of 24 Golden Square, London W1F The Passage are looking for enthusiastic volunteers

9JR Details at www.faith.org.uk/events/evenings-of-faith. to help in their kitchen during breakfast and lunch services for homeless people. Duties include serving food and drink, Westminster Cathedral Choir and Orchestra will be helping to prep food, tidying and washing up. They are looking having a Lenten Concert on Wednesday 29th March 2017 at for regular weekly commitment, get in touch 7.30pm. The concert will include the ever-popular Miserere by [email protected] or 0207 592 1863. Allegri, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams and the powerful meditation on the Seven Last Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult Words from the Cross by James MacMillan. Tickets are Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social available from the Cathedral Gift Shop, or from events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.ticketmaster.co.uk www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email [email protected] Beginning Experience There is a healing weekend for men and women who find themselves single again following Parking Etiquette on Saturdays and Sundays!! A divorce, separation or the death of a partner from 17 to 19 number of parishioners have asked me to appeal to those of March, 2017 at the Emmaus Centre, West Wickham, Kent. For you who use the church car park on Sundays not to park in details contact Freda 01322-838415 Sandra 01293-783965 or such a way as to take up two spaces. That is please don’t leave

John 01992-642443 email [email protected] a space behind you empty. I know that people do this because

they don’t want to get blocked in but if everyone leaves the car park after Mass this shouldn’t be a problem. Do you want to become a teacher? School Direct

Recruitment Fairs. An opportunity to meet with a number of th schools and Alliances across London, offering a variety of You are invited to join the 7 Diocesan Pilgrimage to School Direct teacher training and recruitment opportunities. the Holy Land led by Bishop John Sherrington. 31st October There will be experts on hand to speak to you regarding to 7th November. Price: Full board £1535 pp sharing; £370 single suitability and the possibility of financial incentives and room supplement. Contact Gill at Tangney Tours 01732 bursaries. Date: Thursday, 2 February Date: Time: 5.00pm - 886666 or Elizabeth Uwalaka Pilgrimage Administrator 020 8.00pm. School address: Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, 7798 9173 for information and booking forms.

89 Addison Road, London W14 8BZ. Link for tickets:

http://bit.ly/2hcjrWX : Date: Saturday, 29 April, Time: 10.00 am

- 1.00 pm, address as above. Link for tickets: http://bit.ly/2gjH2W6 New Year’s resolution: Make a difference with

Make 2017 the year you meet new friends, inspire School Reunion Celebrating 50 Years Calling all past CAFOD. others to act for social justice, and use your skills to help our pupils, teachers, parents and staff of Pope Paul Catholic sisters and brothers working to overcome poverty around the Primary School. As we are approaching our 50th Anniversary globe. Are you a people-person who would relish involving we invite you to be involved in the various celebrations we and encouraging others in your local area? Or maybe you are have planned as part of this very special occasion. You are a good communicator who would enjoy speaking in churches invited to join our School Reunion Date: Saturday 28th January or presenting assemblies and workshops in schools? Please 2017 Time: from 7.30 pm Venue: The Old Manor Pub and get in touch with us on [email protected] or 020 Restaurant, Wyllyotts Place, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 8449-6970 to find out more and book a place on one of our 2JD. We do hope you can come along. An evening of Understanding CAFOD information sessions: on Sat 28 friendship, laughter and nostalgia is guaranteed! Please let us January in Stratford E15 and Sat 4 February in Waterloo SE1. know if you would like to join us by emailing: [email protected] For those of you on FB, you

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The Stratford session has limited places so please contact us two shifts so there is enough time to rest, make your own early if this is your preferred session. pilgrimage, spend time with your groups and make new

friends. Although plenty of people come back year after year, Catholic Singles Evening for the over 50s - Friday 24th Feb at least half the people in your team will, like you, be working 2017, 7pm - £15 per person. Lebanese food tasting experience in the St Frai for the first time, and we organise training for all courtesy of Mandaloun Restaurant of Westfield and Fulham helpers beforehand to ensure that you are happy in Road, Chelsea. Cash bar. Register with claire@austin- everything you do. Helping in Lourdes is an extremely moving forum.org or call 020 8748 3254. Austin Forum, Augustinian and rewarding experience, and working in the St Frai is an Centre W6 8AU. All proceeds go towards funding our free opportunity to give care and company to our pilgrims and English Lesson programme. Find out more at www.austin- make a huge difference in their lives. If you’re interested in forum.org helping in the St Frai in Lourdes, please email chief helper Nick Leonard and team at [email protected] Serving

The Annual Diocesan Report & Accounts for the on a pilgrimage, in any capacity, is a hugely rewarding experience and an opportunity to make a very positive Diocese of Westminster These are available at the difference in the lives of the people we care for. Repository for review but must not be taken from the church.

They are also available online at www.rcdow.org.uk/publications

Cardinal’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament of Matrimony Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 3 June 2017 Parish Facebook Page Our Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) is at 3.00pm. The Archbishop will be inviting to this Mass all currently working on setting up a parish Facebook Page. If you couples in the Diocese who are celebrating their 10th, 25th, 30th, can help with this please email Sandra Brierley, the Chair of the 40th, 50th and 60th (and every year over 60) wedding PPC at [email protected] anniversary of Catholic marriage in 2017. If you are celebrating an anniversary, please give your Father Gerard the following Called to Teach? The Catholic Division of the West London details: husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full address Teaching School Alliance is currently recruiting graduates (2:2 and email (or phone number, if no email) or above) to train to teach in Catholic primary and secondary

schools in London. They are happy to consider career Are you ready to Volunteer and make a difference in changers. If you need any further clarification do please look Lourdes? Every year, the Diocese of Westminster takes a on their website www.wltsa.org.uk

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with Kate, Anne or Rachel. Alternatively you can email us at Can you help prisoners & their families? You are invited [email protected] to come & see the opportunities for you to volunteer to help

those in prison, prisoner’s families, and ex-offenders. The Catholic prison charity Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust )

works in several prisons across London and relies heavily on

volunteers to help those in need. Saturday 11 June. Drop in is an organisation which helps single adult Catholic Singles any time between 9.30am – 1.00pm, St George’s Cathedral Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social (Southwark), Amigo Hall. For more info contact Tom: events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website [email protected] or call 020 3031 6869 www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email [email protected]

School chaplain sought for Convent of Jesus and Mary (Willesden). The Catholic life of the school is outstanding in all

areas and this is a critical role that allows for work with staff and children. Further details are available on the school

website. www.cjmlc.co.uk

Spirit in the City (1-4 June 2016): Catholic festival of Mercy

in the West End of London. Join the programme of prayer, talks, celebrations in Notre Dame de France and the all day FREE drop in Translation and Info Service Fridays 11-12:30pm festival in Leicester Square gardens on Saturday. For details Austin Forum, Augustinian Centre, 55 Fulham Palace Road, W6 visit: www.spiritinthecity.org or T: 020 7440 2663 Full 8AU. For information email [email protected] programme: www.bit.ly/SitCfest2016

Full of Grace - a new Catholic film about Mary's last days on

earth. Join the opening night of Spirit in the City festival for this cinematic prayer experience in the Prince Charles Cinema on Wednesday 1st June at 6.30pm followed by panel discussion Tickets: £15 (£12 conc.) book at www.bit.ly/bookfullofgrace or

box office: 020 7494 3654.

th School Governor Vacancies: Blessed Sacrament School, 7 National Divine Mercy Pilgrimage to Walsingham, N1 0UF, has two vacancies for Foundation Governors. 11am-5pm Saturday 4 June 2016. Celebrating The Year of Mercy Foundation Governors are appointed by the Diocese with “the with Mary, Mother of Mercy. Shrine of Our Lady of particular responsibility of representing the Bishop in his role as Walsingham, Norfolk.. Led by Mgr Keith Barltrop and Marian teacher and leader of the Diocese”*. In a recent inspection Fathers. Programme includes Holy Mass, Eucharistic Blessed Sacrament was graded as “Outstanding” for the procession, Talk on Divine Mercy, Exposition, Devotion to the “Catholic Life of the School”. It would be particularly helpful to Divine Mercy. All Welcome. For more information and coach comply with regulations if one of the vacancies could be filled booking, contact Marian Fathers, Divine Mercy Apostolate, 1 by the parent of a child of school age. It does not matter which Courtfield Gardens, London W13 0EY (Ealing) 020 8998 0925 school the child attends. For further information please [email protected] www.divinemercyapostolate.co.uk contact the Chair of the Governing Body, Barbara Smith. [email protected] [* Westminster Diocese: Our Catholic Summer Accommodation in London Allen Hall Seminary Schools 3rd ed.] in Chelsea offer comfortable rooms in central London in July

and August. Beautiful gardens and chapel. Rooms from £50

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per night (including breakfast). Website: 1. 23 June: An academic symposium, Living Fully 2016: www.allenhall.org.uk Email: [email protected] Disability, Culture and Faith. Telephone : 020 7349 5600

Join CAFOD’S team of youth volunteers. CAFOD is 2. 24-26 June: A creative and vibrant conference, Living looking for volunteers who are confident and experienced at Fully 2016: Disability, Culture and Faith: A Celebration talking with and engaging young people. We need volunteers including a differentiated, parallel programme for who would like to take the CAFOD message into confirmation people who have been intellectually disabled, enabling groups in parishes (evenings and/or weekends). You will help them to celebrate and promote their vital place within to inspire young people to put their faith into action by your delivery of interactive workshops. You will be given full the Body of Christ training. To find out more please call 020 8449 6970, or email Nalini Nathan: [email protected] Volunteers will be Please do share the news and join us for these events. accepted on successful completion of interview and a DBS Information and how to book can be found on (Disclosure & Barring Service) check. www.livingfully2016.com or by calling Cristina Gangemi

How to get a Mass Masses can be offered for the repose of on 01883372114 or [email protected] the soul of deceased loved ones and for the intentions of the Evenings of Faith All are welcome to the forthcoming living e.g. the sick. Masses can also be offered for other series of talks organised by the Faith Movement on ‘The intentions e.g. In Thanksgiving for Favours Received. If you Sacraments: Sunshine for the Soul'. Talks take place every would like to have a Mass offered you must fill in one of the other Tuesday from 5 April 2016 at 7:30 pm. Full details at: special Mass Intention Envelopes available from the www.faith.org.uk/events/evenings-of-faith The new venue is Repository and either return it to the repository or give it to St Mary of the Angels, Moorhouse Road, London, W2 5DJ Father Gerard of Father Bill. Please make sure any names are except for talks on 19 April and 17 May which are at The clearly printed. Mass cards are also available at the repository Oratory, Brompton Road, London, SW7 2RP. which can, for example, be sent to the next of kin of the person for whom you are having a Mass offered. The standard FAMILIAS Friends’ Event 2016. London 16th May. 10 – minimum offering for a Mass in the Diocese of Westminster is 3pm. £10. However, those on limited incomes are free to give what Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse they can and those who can are free to give more. All are welcome at The Amigo Hall, St George’s

Cathedral, Lambeth Rd, SE1 6HR. Caritas Events 2016 There are a number of events coming Entry: £10 for FAMILIAS members, associates, up over the next few months. These include: Refugee friends; others £20. Please bring a packed lunch Volunteer Training, Thursday 14 April. Volunteer Evening, Booking essential please contact: Phil Pond T: 020 Tuesday 7 June. Mass for Volunteers, Saturday 10 September. 8651 2477 E: [email protected] Please see noticeboard for more information. A new way to support St Joan of Arc Parish is now

Living Fully 2016: Disability, Culture and Faith available to us – through text giving on your mobile phone! Just text PARISH HIGHB to 70800 to donate £5 ‘In June this year, Bishop Paul Hendricks alongside the automatically. This will be added onto your phone bill. An easy Kairos Forum UK and in partnership with the Pontifical way to make offerings or to top-up your regular giving, or to Council for Culture, will be coordinating two exciting give if you’re visiting. You can also use this if you are away on events in Rome, for the Jubilee Year. These events are holiday. Thank you in advance for your generosity! (Make sure creative, international and ecumenical. Our celebratory you leave a space between PARISH & HIGHB) activities will interweave the Gospel with the lives, Beginning Experience There is a healing weekend for men stories and experiences of people of all abilities’. and women who find themselves single again following divorce, separation or the death of a partner from 15 to 17 April 2016 at the Emmaus Centre, West Wickham, Kent. Please

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contact Sandra 01293-783965, Freda 01322-838415 or John 01992-642443 email [email protected]

Free safeguarding training available to all Father Bill writes: “William's Win” by Caroline members of the Catholic Community! The National Bowder first appeared as a radio comedy on Irish radio in Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC) has worked with 1997. Now Caroline has adapted it for the stage and I would Educare to provide an online, interactive E-Learning like to produce it here in our parish this August in the safeguarding course which is now available to all in the community hall. The play is set in an old people's home where Catholic Church. If you have a role (voluntary or paid) working one of the residents, William, wins the lottery and decides to with children/adults at risk or have an interest in safeguarding, give a party in the Home, helped by his grandson and despite the online training is a great opportunity to learn how to the disapproval of the Home's Director, Sister Dominic. It's a better protect children/ adults at risk in your care and lot of fun and there will be auditions for the various parts after community. To register please email: Easter. Auditions in the Choir loft in the church between 7.00 [email protected] with your following pm and 8.00pm on Tuesday 29 March and on Sunday 3 April. details: parish/order/congregation, and your role e.g. parent, The parts are William, ex-farmer aged about 68, Sister catechist leader. For more info please ask for a brochure from Dominic, the Director of Newton House, small and stern, Lady your safeguarding rep Helen O’Shea.

Isolda , aristocratic 70 year old resident who remembers the Diocese of Westminster Pilgrimage to Walsingham house from 'the old days', the Colonel, 70, gentlemanly, stoic, th Spike, William's grandson, aged 18-20, motorbike rider and Saturday July 9 . Join Cardinal Vincent Nichols on the plays electric guitar, Myrtle, 18-20, lively, kind, helps in Home, Diocesan Pilgrimage to “England’s Nazareth” during the Year Sister Agnes, a kind nun, one of the nursing staff, Father John of Mercy. This will be a very special event. It will be a long, but Mulcahy, the young curate, Tommy Doherty, band leader and wonderful day. I need a good idea of the level of interest ASAP accordion player, middle aged, Mary, an old resident and so if you would like to go please write your details of the list at the back of the church. Father Gerard various female residents and Sisters who also act as a Chorus.

Message from the SVP If anyone knows someone who is

struggling or isolated and would welcome help or a befriending “I Am a Catholic” Cards Westminster SVP have produced visit from the SVP then please leave details at the Presbytery. credit card size cards called "I AM A CATHOLIC" designed to be kept in your wallet or purse. The idea is that, in the case of an accident or illness, the Catholic hospital chaplaincy will be notified so that a priest can visit. If you would like one please Year of mercy Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. collect one from the repository at the back if church. Cardinal Vincent will lead the 6th Diocesan Pilgrimage to the

Holy land. 4 -12 November. Price £1495 per person sharing; Mother Teresa will become a canonized saint £320 single supplement. Full board. Contact Gil Didino at September 4 in Rome. During the week it became official Tangney Tours for a booking form. [email protected] when Pope Francis signed the decree for the canonization of 01732 886666

Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, and announced the date and venue of the ceremony for her and ATTENTION SENIORS! The Youth club are entertaining the four others. The Pope signed the declaration at the ordinary Seniors this year with Fish and Chips on 15 April 2016, at public consistory of cardinals and promoters of the causes of 6.00pm in the Community Centre. A list has been prepared at the saints in the Vatican, which formally ended the process of the back of church, with the names of all those who attend the approving a new saint. There has been much speculation that Bingo on Tuesdays and any other Seniors of the Parish are Blessed Mother Teresa’s canonization would be held welcome to attend by adding your name to the list. If you September 4. On October 19, 2003, Mother Teresa was require transport on that day kindly mark a "T" in the end beatified after Pope St. John Paul II recognized her miraculous column. The list will be with Una at the Repository! healing of an Indian woman with a tumour in her abdomen.

On December 17, 2015, Pope Francis recognized the miraculous healing from the late sister’s intercession of a Brazilian man with multiple brain abscesses.

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Rowse OP: Vessels of Mercy: What St Paul thinks of us now. 8 Interested in the Christian approach to Punishment Mar: Father Nicholas Crowe OP: The Peace of Christ: Corporal Pact – Prison Advice & Care Trust, a Catholic and Prison? and Spiritual works of Mercy. Where: Vaughan House, 46 prison charity is seeking two new trustees to give guidance, to Francis St. SW1P 1QN. Booking is required as places are limited. ensure good governance, strategic oversight and direction. Register at [email protected] or if you have no access Pact is a growing, award-winning independent Catholic to the Internet call at 020 7931 6078 to leave your details. national charity working in prisons and communities across Suggested donation is £4.50 per talk. England & Wales. Its aim is to offer realistic hope of a fresh start thousands of prisoners, ex-prisoners, offenders, children

and families. For info www.prisonadvice.org.uk/get-involved or call Chris Dunne: 020 7735 9535

Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social Cardinal’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament th events. Please telephone 0161 941 3498, visit the website of Matrimony Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 14 May www.catholicsingles.org.uk [email protected] 2016 at 3pm. The Archbishop will be inviting to this Mass all th th th couples in the Diocese who are celebrating their 10 , 25 , 30 , 40th, 50th and 60th (and every year over 60) wedding The Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies (CCRS) is anniversary of Catholic marriage in 2016. If you are celebrating for people engaged in the communication of their Catholic an anniversary, please give your Father Gerard the following Faith, whether directly or indirectly. It is open to catechists, details: husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal people involved in liturgical work and other interested adults. address and email (or telephone number, if no email) by the The CCRS can provide general theological knowledge and 7th March 2016 offer a better understanding of the Catholic faith. It will help participants to increase their practical application of the faith Please support our Catholic newspapers. Every week in their ministry in the Church. It provides the means to most of our papers go unsold. Why not buy one this week and accurately and effectively communicate the principles of see what you think? Catholic teaching. More info at www.brs-ccrs.org.uk or call 020 7901 1900 Children’s Liturgy during 11.00am Mass on Sundays is

available to all children aged from age 3 up to school year 2. Free safeguarding training available to all Children in year 3 and above should be attending the full Mass The National with their parents. members of the Catholic Community!

Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC) has worked with Educare to provide an online, interactive E-Learning safeguarding course which is now available to all in the Natural Family Planning The Natural Family Planning Catholic Church. If you have a role (voluntary or paid) working Teacher’s Association (NFPTA) will be running a 6-session with children/adults at risk or have an interest in safeguarding, teacher training course in London for participants to become the online training is a great opportunity to learn how to fully proficient in teaching couples the Symptothermal better protect children/ adults at risk in your care and Method to help them achieve or avoid pregnancy. The cost community. To register please email: of the course is £500 and will run over six Saturdays - one per [email protected] with your following month – from March to September 2016. For more details: parish/order/congregation, and your role e.g. parent, information on the dates and to book, and to find out about catechist leader. For more info please ask for a brochure from their 12 week online distance learning course, please visit www.nfpta.org.uk. your safeguarding rep Helen O’Shea.

Faith Matters: Lent 2016. Year of Mercy. Time: 7.00pm CTS - The Catholic Truth Society – Booklets Our parish to 8.30pm. Dates: 16 and 23 Feb, 1 and 8 Mar 2016. 16 Feb: holds a number of booklets to help you to explore more Father Bruno Clifton OP: ‘Justice… or revenge?’ Mercy in the deeply the different Seasons, Feasts and Jubilees celebrated Old Testament. 23 Feb: Father David Rocks OP: Jesus the by the Church throughout the year. Jubilee Year of Mercy -8 Jubilee: The Mercy of God in Luke's Gospel. 1 Mar: Father Paul December 2015 until 20 November 2016 This year Pope Francis

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proclaimed an ‘Extraordinary Jubilee Year’ that is one in information contact: [email protected] addition to the usual 50 or 25 year cycle, and its focus is on or call 020 3031 6953 ‘Mercy’. It starts on December 8 2015 on the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady and also the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council and continues until the Feast of Christ the King on Sunday November 20 2016. In Rome St Peter’s Basilica’s Holy Door will Proclaim 15! Your voice, however young or old you are be unsealed and will also remain open for the same period of needs to be heard. Next Sunday at 10.15am a chance to share time. Leaflets giving more information on the ‘Year of Mercy’ ideas on Spreading the Gospel. At the back of the church will are available at the back of the church, please take one if you be three tables with chairs and leaflets. Join one for 20 are interested. Booklet titles include: The Door of Mercy-In the minutes. As part of Proclaim 15, The Bishops have asked us to words & life of Pope Francis - Corporal Works of Mercy . Some give them ideas, based on these leaflets of a different short Holy Year facts: The Holy Year tradition was started by Pope story each week of how someone’s life was changed. Hear Boniface VIII in 1300. More than a half a million pilgrims visited Janet, Eric and Danny’s story – what do the stories say to you? Rome for the Jubilee of 1825. A selection of seasonal What ideas do these stories give you on how we share the Advent/Christmas booklets are also available. news of Jesus and His Church? Your are most welcome.

Faith Matters: Advent 2015. 'Behold, this is our God'

Where: Vaughan House, 46 Francis St, SW1P 1QN. When: 7.00pm – 8.30pm. 1st Dec 2015, 'Waiting for Christ with the Fathers' by Fr. Thomas Skeats OP. 8th Dec 2015, 'Christ and Chalcedon' by Fr. Dominic Ryan OP. 15th Dec 2015, 'Christ the Fulfilment of our Hope' 'Fr Gregory Pearson OP. Registration is required to secure your place. Please e-mail at [email protected] or call 020 7931 6078. There is a Mass in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Jubilee suggested donation of £4.00 per talk. Year of Mercy. The Mass takes place at 2.00pm on Youth Worker Training days! Saturday 12 March: Behaviour Management, Games, and Recruiting and Using Saturday 6th February 2016. Volunteers. Saturday 16 April: Safeguarding, Prayer, and Practical’s and Session Planning. Both days will run from 12:30pm-4:30pm at Newman House, Gower St, Fitzrovia, London WC1E 6AR. Any youth leader can attend please ask Father Gerard for details on how to register.

Help for refugees Islington Town Hall is opening its doors for donations of clothes, tents, and other items to support people living in camps in Calais. http://www.islington.gov.uk/advice/asylum-

immigration/refugees_migrants/Pages/Refugee-Homes-and-

Donations.aspx

Can you help prisoners & their families? Come & see the opportunities for you to volunteer to help those in prison, prisoner’s families, and ex-offenders. The Catholic prison Winter Night Shelter. A neighbouring parish, Our Lady of charity Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust ) relies heavily on Good Counsel in Stoke Newington, is looking for volunteers to volunteers to help those in need. Saturday 14 November help look after homeless guests on Tuesday 10.00am – 2.30pm. Westminster Cathedral Hall. For more nights/Wednesday morning. The guests enjoy a cooked supper, a night’s sleep and a hot breakfast. They can also have

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a shower and wash their clothes. To find out more please see after 3 months. Travel expenses paid. For more information www.hwns.org.uk or contact [email protected] telephone 020 3317 5774 or alternatively email [email protected]

Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult

Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social events. 0161 941 3498, or visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email [email protected] Events for East London Catholics! East London Catholics is for Catholics in their 20s and 30s living and praying in East Be the best Parent you Can Be! Free local course for London who wish to socialise with other faith-minded parents wanting to improve their communication for the Catholics and discover the eccentricities of East London life benefit of their children. Free childcare and refreshments and Catholic social projects. If you want to get out, meet available. For more information email people and ‘make a mess’ as Pope Francis says, email [email protected] or phone 020 7241 [email protected] or call Brice (pronounced 7456 – website www.family-action.org.uk/parents-partners Breece), on 07415858532.

Evenings of Faith: ‘God and Our Environment' All welcome to the forthcoming series of ‘Evenings of Faith' on Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult the theme ‘God and Our Environment'. Selected Tuesdays at Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social 7:30pm from 29 September. The Back Room, Parish House, St events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website Mary of the Angels, Moorhouse Road, Bayswater, London, W2 www.catholicsingles.org.uk or alternatively you can email 5DJ (Tube: Bayswater). Talks are organised by the Faith [email protected] Movement and full details and titles are at www.faith.org.uk/events/evenings-of-faith

Can you help with teas & coffees after 11.00am Mass on Sundays? We are in need of more volunteers because some volunteers have left the parish. If you can help you will Urgently required: Volunteers for the SVP charity be put on a rota to help about once a month. Please let Father shop at 484 Kingsland Road, Dalston, Hackney. Work will Gerard know if you can help. You can email him at include sorting donations, pricing, steaming, operating the till [email protected] many thanks! and customer service. Full training given. You will be part of a

happy, friendly team doing very rewarding community work. Please pop in for a chat or call Louise on 020 7249 3511.

Young Vincentian Coordinator Vacancy An opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced administrative Call for Volunteers. Could you help bereaved people? assistant to work part-time in the Young Vincentians The Islington Bereavement Service needs volunteers to department of the St. Vincent de Paul Society National Office, befriend bereaved people. You don’t need any previous based at Elephant & Castle. Please check the noticeboard for experience, just good communication and listening skills, more details or contact Elizabeth Hanley on 020 7703 3030 or empathy and flexibility. Help others by: offering [email protected] for an application form. companionship and a listening ear, providing emotional support accompanying people to medical appointments, the Summer Accommodation in London. Allen Hall library, or on a local outing, directing people to important Seminary in Chelsea offer comfortable rooms in central services. What commitment do you need to give? You must be London in July and August. Beautiful gardens and able to offer 5 – 6 hours of your time per month. You need to chapel. B&B from £50 per night www.allenhall.org.uk attend induction training. They ask for a minimum [email protected] 020 7349 5600 (option 0) commitment of 6 months. What do you get in return? New skills and experience. Supervision and support. A reference

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in stock; also lots of Malawian rice - every 90kg sold makes enough to send a Malawian teenager to secondary school for a year! Thank you for supporting Fair Trade!!!! The LGBT Catholics Younger Adults Group (LGBT YAG) aims to provide support and fellowship for Catholics in

their 20s, 30s and 40s who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or

transgender, and their families. They meet regularly for Mass

at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, as Marriage Preparation Course Our Lady of the Rosary well as organizing monthly spiritual and social events. For Church, 211 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT. Tel No. more info email [email protected], or visit 0207 723 5101. Tuesday 13th October, Tuesday 20th October www.lgbtcatholicsyag.org.uk rd Tuesday 3 November 2015 All Evenings commence at . 7.00pm and finish at 9.00pm. Couples must attend all three evenings. Further details from Parish Secretary – telephone 15 to 0207 723 5101 Westminster Youth Ministry pilgrimage to Taizé 24 August, ages 16-30. 16-24 year olds are only £170 and 25-30 The Youth Club is a drop off session that takes place every year olds just £190 - price includes travel, accommodation and Friday from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in the Community Centre food for the whole week! To book contact during the school term. Children in Year 6 to the age of 16 from [email protected] or call Christine on 0207 529 8637. the entire community are welcome. Due to its popularity, the club operates on a membership basis of up to 60 children supported by an adult to child ratio of 1 to 10. The purpose of New Full Members of the Church Congratulations to the the youth club is for children to come together and have fun RCIA Elect and Candidates who are now full members of the in a safe and supervised environment. Activities include Catholic Church. To stay in touch, deacon Bill and your other outdoor football, basketball and netball, indoor table tennis, catechists would like you to join them for coffee after the pool, table football, play station, badminton and board games. 11.00am Mass on Sunday 3 May along with others who were Each year the club aims to organise a special summer outing members of the RCIA group and catechists over the last few as well as seasonal activities including a Christmas pantomime years. We may then decide to meet again, keep involved with and a summer BBQ. The group also organises a lunch party for activities of the parish, maybe have a meal. One idea is that we the parish senior citizens each year. To put your child on the could look after the coffee/tea after Mass once a month on a waiting list, please speak to any Youth Leader or to Father rota basis. Do come along after Mass on 3 May. Gerard. The Youth Group oordinator is: Denise Severinatne 07711 526073 or [email protected]

‘Parish Social Event’ After discussion at our Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) meeting it was agreed that we should try a ‘Parish Social Event’ after the 11.00am Mass on the first Sunday of each month starting on the first Sunday of May. On these Sundays there will be no repository (apart from candles, Mass

cards and newspapers) and no CAFOD stall. The purpose of this

is to encourage more parishioners to stay around so that they

can chat and socialise. This will be a trial and we will review Cafod Fair Trade Stall On the first Saturdays in June how it is going in July. and July there will be a Fair Trade Stall after 6.00pm Mass instead of the Sunday stall. Fair Trade helps growers in poor communities around the world get a fair price for Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult their products so they can feed and look after their families. Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social We have our delicious Fair Trade honey from Guatemala back events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website

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www.catholicsingles.org.uk or you can email them at paying tax at any point please let us know. Thanks, as always, [email protected] for your support. Father Gerard

Diocesan Holy Land Pilgrimage 2015 Cardinal Vincent Summer Volunteering at Westminster Cathedral invites us to join the 5th Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Would you like to be a Volunteer Guide in Westminster Holy Land. 3 – 11 November 2015. The pilgrimage will be led by Cathedral this Summer? You need to be over 18. Full training Bishop Nicholas Hudson. Those going will renew their will be given. Hours to suit. For more details please contact: encounter with the Lord, as they follow Jesus’ footsteps from Anne Marie Micallef email [email protected] Galilee to Jerusalem and on to Bethlehem, led by their Telephone 020 931 6067 scripture guide, Father John Farrell OP, Provincial of the Dominicans. They will also meet the local Christian communities of the Holy Land, praying with them, visiting A special kind of retreat…A Foyer de Charité Retreat outreach projects and showing support for them. Price: £1495 will be held at the Sion Community, Brentwood from Sunday per person sharing a room; £275 single room supplement. For 12 July (6pm) – Saturday 18 July (2pm). The theme is God’s Plan further details and a booking form contact Gerald Daly at the for the Fullness of Time, and the preacher will be Mgr. Keith Diocesan Pilgrimage Office: Tel: 020 7798 9173 email: Barltrop, with help from Foyer members and past retreatants. [email protected] or Gill Didino at Tangney Tours Tel: For further information or to book a place, contact Mgr. 01732 886666

Barltrop: 07879 953953; St. Mary of the Angels, Moorhouse

Road, Bayswater, London W2 5DJ; [email protected] Lourdes Pilgrimage The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, Healthcare Chaplaincy. This part-time two year course led by Archbishop Vincent Nichols, will take place 26 July to 1 provides Priests, Religious and lay people with a recognised August. Father Gerard will be leading a group from the parish. NHS qualification to be appointed as a Roman Catholic The cost, traveling by train, is £610 per person based on two Hospital Chaplain. Supported by the Diocese of Westminster sharing on a full board basis. Travel by air or coach is also and the Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales, the available. For more information see Father Gerard. Foundation Degree combines pastoral experience with Theological learning to equip chaplains and volunteers to work on behalf of the Church serving patients and staff within the NHS. For more details or to enrol for October, please email The Beginning Experience. There is a healing weekend for the Cardinal’s Advisor for Healthcare Chaplains: Fr Peter Scott people who find themselves single again following divorce, at [email protected] separation or the death of a partner from 20 to 22 March 2015

at the Emmaus Centre, West Wickham, Kent. For more Please donate Your Foreign/Old Coins to Help the information please ring Freda on 01322 401243 or Sandra on SVP Do you have any odd change leftover from your holidays? 01293 783965. The SVP is able to collect foreign coins and banknotes, old and obsolete money and convert it into cash that can be used for St Gildas' Catholic Junior School, Crouch End the work of the Society. There is a box at the back of church celebrates its centenary (1915 – 2015). A centenary launch event will take place at the school on Thursday 29 January 2015 for donations. between 3.00pm and 9.00pm; all those associated with the

school in any way over the past 100 years are welcome to

attend, feel free to ‘drop-in’ at any time. This is a great

opportunity to share your memories and meet other people, Important Announcement from George Rego, our both past and present. If you have had any association with Parish Gift Aid Co-ordinator. If you are a Gift Aid donor, the school over the past 100 years, the school would love to and make your donations by standing order, from a joint bank hear from you. For further information, please email: account, it is VERY important that you request your bank to [email protected] visit the school website: quote a reference. This should be the initial and surname of the www.stgildas.co.uk or contact the school on 020 8348 1902. person who has signed the Gift Aid Declaration. Also, if you cease

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2015, 3.00pm. The Cardinal is inviting to this Mass all couples Can you help run our Youth Group as a volunteer? The in the Diocese who are celebrating their 10th, 25th, 30th, 40th, St Joan of Arc Youth Group meets every Friday evening during 50th and 60th (and every year over 60) wedding anniversary of school term time. We are in need of some new leaders, Catholic marriage in 2015. If you are celebrating an especially MEN. The commitment is one Friday evening about anniversary, please give Father Gerard the following details: every five weeks. If you are interested please see Father husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal address Gerard. All those volunteering to work with children or young and email (or telephone number, if no email). adults are subject to a background check.

Have you any unwanted baby items such as prams, In case you are admitted to hospital...... In light of data cots, baby clothes or toiletries etc.? Please donate to protection please indicate on entering hospital that your City Pregnancy Counselling & Psychotherapy for poor clients details are to be passed to the Catholic Chaplain. Also state struggling to obtain these things. They can collect. Contact that you would like the Catholic Chaplain to visit you. This has Agnes Rees 020 7638 5440, text 07904 87059 or email to be done because the priest is not allowed to ask people if [email protected] they are Catholic or not!!

Chorister Open Morning at Westminster Cathedral Coir Calix in London is an association of Catholic alcoholics who School. Is your son a Catholic aged 6 or 7? Could he join the are maintaining their sobriety through affiliation with and world’s leading Catholic choir? Come visit on Sunday 8th participation in the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. It February, 2015 10.30am to 2.30pm. To register contact Lucy promotes the spiritual development of its members by Auger [email protected] 020 7798 9081 offering weekly meetings, celebrations of Mass, prayer and reflection. New members always welcome. Go to

www.calixsociety.org.uk or ring 07762 570361 Preparation for Infant Baptism Once a month, on the first Saturday from 11.00am to 12.30pm, there will be a Volunteers motivated by their Christian faith are preparation class for those who wish to have their children needed to support people coming out of prison baptised. In addition, if you have been asked to be a Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust) are looking for Christian godparent in another parish you are very welcome to come volunteers to support newly released prisoners, helping them along and prepare for this important commitment that you to resettle into the community and not re-offend. Volunteers are making. To register for the class please contact Father form Basic Caring Community (BaCC) groups of four Gerard or Bill Bowder on 020 7226 0257. volunteers and one ex-prisoner. For more information contact

us at [email protected] / call 0207 7359535 or watch Looking for something new in 2015? CAFOD needs your a short video at www.prisonadvice.org.uk/bacc help in ending poverty and injustice overseas. Find out how you can live your faith and put your skills to good use at Growing in Faith – New Videos Online Are you Understanding CAFOD Day on Saturday, 24 January, in London interested in learning more about our seminarians, the work SE1, from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Book online at www.understandingcafod.eventbrite.co.uk 020 8449 6970. of Caritas and how we care for our retired priests? Visit the Growing in Faith website http://rcdow.org.uk/growing-in-

faith/ and watch five short videos on each of these pillars of Delicious Freshly Brewed Coffee & Tea after our Church in Westminster. Your generosity is already giving 11.00am Mass every Sunday – do join us!!!!! us ways and means with which we can grow in our faith now and in the future. Thank you for your continued support.

Alb Amnesty for servers There may be some albs for Cardinal’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament former altar servers which have not been returned to St Joan of Matrimony Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 23 May of Arc's. As we are blessed in having a good number of altar

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servers (though there is always room for more!) we need as SmartLoving is for couples who want to take their many albs as possible. If you have an alb at home which you marriage to new heights and deepen their love for each do not need for altar serving could you bring it and leave it at other with God’s grace and insights from St John Paul II’s the back of the church next Sunday? Theology of the Body. Next seminar 18 & 19 October, contact New term - Parents and Toddler's playgroup. The Catherine 020 7931 6064 or [email protected] for more Parents and Toddler's playgroup has resumed. The playgroup information is a 'drop-in' session open to the entire community that runs from 10:00 – 12:00 every Tuesday morning during the school Catholic Speed Dating is finally here! Come along with term in the Community Centre on Kelross Road. Lots of friends and enjoy the chance to meet lots of other like-minded activities for the children and a great way to get to know other people. Register with Claire at [email protected] families in the area! Come along! beforehand and come along to Austin Forum, Hammersmith

on Sunday 28 September at 7.30pm, £5 only.

The aim of the Catholic Under 35s Group is to help young Catholics meet other young Catholics in London. They Faith Movement London Talks: 'Why The Church?' run socials events each month that are fun and different and are a great place to meet new people. The events they’ve organised include dinners, drinks, picnics, trips to museums Tea and Coffee after 11.00am Mass Do stop by, have a and art galleries. To find out more information go to nice cup of “proper” coffee and a chin wag with your fellow http://www.catholicunder35s.com and request to join. parishioners! Build up our community! The Christian New Media Conference 2014 Transforming Church, Transforming Society 10am to 5:20pm on 1 November 2014 at the Brewery in

London. Tickets £39. This one-day conference is aimed at any Christian who wants to use digital media to bring New Youth Leaders needed, probably 6-8 as many are transformation to their church or community. Find out more finally stepping down who have been leaders for ten years or at www.nmce.org.uk/conference more. If you can help please let Father Gerard know. Also if any child in year six or seven would like to go on the waiting

list to join after the summer give details to Father Gerard

Local charity, St. Augustine's Playgroup is looking for a volunteer treasurer/ bookkeeper to act as a trustee. We are

hoping to find someone with bookkeeping and Excel skills, is

enthusiastic about providing financial reporting and guidance Singers and any other musicians required for 9.00am to the management committee of this vibrant early years Mass. Please come and join our group if you can play any setting. For an informal chat about what's involved contact instrument. We are especially in need of singers. It's truly a Fiona on 07887616202 [email protected] lovely way to start a Sunday and very relaxed group. Email Emma.brant@bbc.co.uk or [email protected] Class of 63 Sacred Heart Hammersmith*. If you or

anyone you know where in this group we would love

OUR SVP FOOD BANK IS RUNNING LOW, PLEASE to hear from you for a possible reunion. Please BRING DONATIONS NEXT WEEKEND. THANKS! contact Carole(nee Agius) on [email protected] or 07962171695 Many

thanks Carole Appleford

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per night (including breakfast). Website : www.allenhall.org.uk Email: [email protected] Telephone : 020 7349 5600 (option 0)

Aid to the Church in Need

Walk for Peace The Dioceses of Brentwood, Southwark and Westminster together with Pax Christi invite you to walk for peace and commemorate peace-making and peacemakers Explore is a charity bringing married couples into schools and between 1914-2014 Saturday 28 June 2014 Schedule: Full walk parishes to allow 14 – 17 year olds to explore what marriage is 10.00am from Gandhi’s statue, Tavistock Square. Shorter walk all about, to learn in a dynamic way the importance of lasting 11.30am Edith Cavell Statue. Trafalgar Square. Lunch 1.30pm relationships and to inspire them to aspire to lifelong Archbishop’s Park, Lambeth Road. Short service, 3.00pm marriage. Volunteer couples find their own marriages Tibetan Peace Garden, Imperial War Museum Gardens. enriched through this urgent apostolate. Please consider Children, families, all welcome. Contact volunteering (only twice or three times a year) visit [email protected] or tel 020 8888 4222 for information. www.theexploreexperience.co.uk talk it over with your spouse and for further info, contact Edmund Adamus

[email protected] or 020 7798 9363.

Our Parish Repository has a supply of Confirmation cards and gifts, First Communion cards and gifts, Baptism cards and gifts. Also in stock are Mass Cards, occasional cards, statues, Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult rosaries, medals and many more items. Do stop and have a Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social look, Una Paloma Blanca and Bridget Bardow will be very events. For more information call 0161 941 3498, happy to help you. www.catholicsingles.org.uk or [email protected]

CTS - The Catholic Truth Society works to develop and disseminate as widely as possible completely reliable publications about the faith, teaching and life of the Catholic Sacred Heart High School Hammersmith – Church. It has worked over 125 years virtually without Determined Admission Arrangements for September interruption when resources were plentiful and when scarce 2015 – Year 7 and Sixth Form are available to view on the at to ensure that inexpensive publications are accessible for www.sacredhearthighschoolhammersmith.org.uk both the faithful and all other enquirers. With your help it will Next Sunday Palm Sunday 11.00am Mass will begin in the continue to do this work for as long as is needed. In addition school playground followed by a procession to the church. to the repository our parish has a good stock of these CTS booklets which are split into various headings which cover a Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult wide variety of topics. For the Months of May and June we Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social carry booklets such as: CTS Companions, St Joseph Feast Day events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website May 1. CTS Saints of the Isles Forty Martyrs of England and www.catholicsingles.org.uk or [email protected] Wales Feast Day May 4, Thomas More Feast Day June 22. CTS Great Saints Series Rita of Cascia Feast Day May 22, Philip Neri

Feast Day May 26, Anthony of Padua Feast Day June 13. CTS

Biographies Pope John XXIII. A number of other titles are held under these headings which can be viewed at the back of the church. Please take a look and see for yourself. Over the next Diocesan Holy Land Pilgrimage 2014 Cardinal Vincent few months we hope to introduce to you the range of other invites us to join him on the 4th Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to CTS publications held. the Holy land. 17 – 25 November 2014. Those going will renew

their encounter with the Lord, as they follow Jesus’ footsteps Summer Accommodation in London Allen Hall Seminary from Galilee to Jerusalem and on to Bethlehem, led by their in Chelsea offers comfortable rooms in central London in July scripture guide, Father John Farrell OP, Provincial of the and August. Beautiful gardens and chapel. Rooms from £50 Dominicans. They will also meet the local Christian

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communities of the Holy Land, praying with them, visiting 7931 6064 [email protected] . NO GROUP outreach projects and showing support for them. Price: £1495 SHARING! per person sharing a room; £275 single room supplement. For further details and a booking form contact Gerald Daly at the Diocesan Pilgrimage Office: Tel: 020 7798 9173 email: Support for survivors of abuse. The Diocesan [email protected] or Gill Didino at Tangney Tours Tel: Safeguarding Service is hoping to set up a support service for 01732 886666 survivors of child abuse. It is intended that a list is retained, confidentially by the safeguarding service, of professional

counsellors, who have experience of this area of work. When

requested by a survivor the safeguarding service can supply a list of counsellors from which the survivor will be able to Archbishop’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the choose from. If you are interested in adding your name to the Sacrament of Matrimony Westminster Cathedral, list, please forward your full details, by email, and relevant Saturday 7 June 2014 at 3.00pm. The Archbishop will be experience to Peter Turner, the Diocesan Safeguarding inviting to this Mass all couples in the Diocese who are Advisor at [email protected] th th th th th th celebrating their 10 , 25 , 30 , 40 , 50 and 60 (and every year over 60) wedding anniversary of Catholic marriage in

2014. If you qualify, please give Father Gerard the following

details: husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal address and email (or telephone number, if no email).

Delicious Freshly Brewed Coffee & Tea after 11.00am Mass every Sunday – do join us!!!!!

The latest rotas for Eucharist Ministers, Readers, the

Fairtrade Stall and Tea & Coffees can be downloaded Choose Life, Choose Love Friday 28 Feb – Sunday 2 from the parish website at March. A conference on “Beauty, Freedom & the Family” at St http://www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk/rotas/

Patrick’s church, 21a Soho Square W1D 4NR. Full Conference £50 / One Day £30. Advance booking essential, contact Alcoholics Anonymous Did you know that there is an AA Edmund Adamus, Director for Marriage and Family Life Meeting every Monday in our Parish Community Centre, [email protected] 020 7798 9363. Kelross Road, at 8.00pm? They also have lunchtime meetings on Bank Holidays.

SmartLoving non-residential marriage enrichment weekends draw on the wisdom of authentic Catholic teaching and Theology of the Body, bringing a fresh perspective and SVP Charity Shop, Kingsland Rd, Hackney. The SVP renewed joy in your marriage. Don’t be content to coast along shop is short of volunteers. Anyone with some spare time who – give each other the precious gift of just two days out of your would like to help please contact the shop at: SVP Shop 484- busy lives on 21 & 22 June or October 18 & 19 and feel the 486 Kingsland Road London E8 4AE Tel: 020 7249 3511. Travel difference. www.smartloving.org/marriage telephone 020 expenses can be reimbursed.

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[email protected] or telephone 020 7931 6078. Suggested donation per lecture is £3. ,

Delicious Freshly Brewed Coffee & Tea after 11.00am

Mass every Sunday – do join us!!!!!

Youth Support Team Member (Leadership and skills)-£18-22k

per annum (neg)

Fair Trade Stall - The St Joan of Arc Fair Trade stall is The Centre for Youth Ministry based at St Aloysius parish in back! We have Fair Trade tea, coffee, juices, biscuits, honey, Somers town will be home to the Diocesan Youth Support jam and other delicious products. Please come and visit the Team whose principle aim is to facilitate, co-ordinate support stall in the church foyer after 11 o'clock Mass on Sundays and and develop parish based youth ministry, the promotion and help producers in poor countries to make a decent living. development of young adult networks and the co-ordination Thanks for your support. of diocesan youth events.

Have you seen our photos from the 50th Anniversary Responsible for ‘Volunteer & Youth Leadership’ the Youth Support Team Member will develop and deliver training for celebration in September? If not go to volunteer youth ministers and young leaders. The successfully http://www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk/gallery/ and enjoy! candidate will therefore be able to work with people of all

ages and should have proven experience of preparing, delivering and developing youth ministry programmes and training for young people and adults youth and young adults.

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, 9am to 5.30 pm Monday to Friday. Evening and

weekend work will also be required Closing Date: 15 February

2013 Interview date: w/c 18 February 2013

For a job description, person specification and application

form, please visit our website at www.rcdow.org.uk or email:

[email protected]

Year of Faith: Faith Matters, A Series of Talks for Lent

2013. Celebration of Faith: Sacraments. Redeeming Beauty 28 Feb, 7, 14 & 21 March 2013, 7.00pm – 8.30pm, Westminster All Night Vigil in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes: The Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, SW1P 1QJ. second in a series of four Vigils being held during the Year of ‘O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness’: Art and Faith to celebrate Mary’s place in the history of salvation takes Architecture, Poetry and Music at the Service of the Liturgy by place on Friday 8 February. It begins with Exposition of the Archbishop George Stack of Cardiff. Eucharist: Sacrament of Blessed Sacrament at 10.00pm, followed by Mass at 11.00pm Healing, of Unity and of Life by Rev Dr Andrew Cameron- and continues with devotions and liturgies ending with Mass Mowat SJ. Reconciliation. Wasted Sacrament or Valued Gift? at 6.00am. Church of Our Lady, 54 Lodge Rd, St Johns Wood, by Bishop John Arnold, Diocese of Westminster. ‘A Treasure of NW8 8LA. Prayers will be said especially for those in the Inestimable Value’ – Music as Liturgy and Prayer by Andrew medical and caring services. Carwood. These are public lectures and all are welcome. Cafe style table discussions with tea and coffee provided. Registration is required and you can register at Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult www.beta.rcdow.org.uk/faith/faith-matters or by email Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website

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www.catholicsingles.org.uk or alternatively you can email whether you are an experienced cyclist or fancy taking your [email protected] shopping bike out for a spin - there will be a guide cyclist for your ability. Contact Aileen Stirman on 020 7222 1602, or [email protected] for more info. Register now and help raise the £20,000 needed to build one

of five new flats at the Cardinal Hume Centre. These flats will be a secure home for young homeless people leaving the

hostel system, where they can start to live independently.

Change a child’s life forever… Foster carers look after other people's children in their own home, either short or long term and your help can really make the difference to a child’s life. Christmas is the season for family and being around those you love so it can be a particularly difficult time for foster children. They will be away from their family and will be World Youth Day 2013 The next World Youth Day will take remembering those they have had to say goodbye to. It is also place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 23-28 July, 2013. The a time for making new memories and as an Islington foster Diocese hopes to organise a young adult pilgrimage for those carer you will help build these happy experiences. aged between 18 and 35. If you would like to be a part of the You don’t need qualifications but you do need to be good with pilgrimage and would be interested in representing our parish children and young people, be able to keep them healthy and please speak with Father Gerard. The cost of the pilgrimage is safe and to help them make good progress at school. This also yet to be finalised, but is likely to be between £2,000 and means you must have a good standard of both spoken and £2,500. It may be that some of the cost could be found from written English. As well as the satisfaction of helping a child sponsorship. At this stage however, it would be helpful to you will also receive generous financial allowances to help know who would be interested. with their care and of course Islington foster carers get full training and 24-hour support. For an information pack or an Traveling worldwide and need to locate a Catholic church? Go informal chat please ring 0800 073 0428 or email us at to www.TheCatholicDirectory.com and click on the World [email protected] or online at Map tab and go from there! It’s a great site. www.islington.gov.uk/fostering

The Calix Society was founded by recovering alcoholics who saw their Catholic faith as a sure path to serenity without alcohol. The objectives of the Society are helping members

remain sober and drug free; giving an opportunity to New Youth Leaders Needed! If you would like to help with the participate in Mass and group discussions; helping each running of our Youth Group on Friday nights please let Father member become the person that God wants them to be. For Gerard know. Please note that all youth leaders are CRB checked.

Would you like to help teach our First Communion Classes? We are in need of new volunteers to help as First Communion Catechists. Please ask Father Gerard for details of what’s involved or email him at [email protected] Please note that all catechists are CRB checked.

Charity Bike Ride! Join the Cardinal Hume Centre's first ever Bike Ride Challenge! Friday 21 September a 60 mile bike ride up to Oxford. All abilities and paces are catered for, so

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comments reported in the Irish Independent the following day. Even the Association of Catholic Priests, which is noted for its liberal position on a variety of doctrinal issues, came out against the proposal: "I certainly wouldn't be willing to break the seal of confession for anyone,” said Father Sean McDonagh of the Association, according to the Irish Independent. There is some confusion, however, on whether the bill will actually oblige priests to break the seal of confession. An April 26 article published in the Irish Times said that the Justice ministry was not able to confirm on Wednesday night whether priests would be obliged to report to police offences that they become aware of when hearing confessions. Nevertheless, in comments reported by the Irish

Times last Friday the Justice minister said that the new law would compel priests to disclose information obtained in confession. He also said that complaints by the Church over this issue were a “diversion” from the Church’s failure to Getting ready for our Golden Anniversary Celebrations Do adequately report abuse committed by priests. The bill will be you have any fond memories of our parish? Perhaps you were introduced into the Irish parliament in a few weeks time. married or your children were baptised here? Or you have witnessed the many positive changes to the parish over the years? Over the next few months, I will be creating a time line display for our Jubilee Celebration. I would love to hear from anyone who has any photographs, memories or stories that could be included. Please contact Sandra Brierley by email: [email protected] or on 020 7688 0064

The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith has released information about improvements to the accessibility of its Sacrament of Confession Threatened by Irish Legislation documents. A new domain www.doctrinafidei.va has been Prelates, Priests Affirm Resolve to Protect Inviolable Seal added to the Vatican's website www.vatican.va in order to facilitate consultation of these documents. Last Wednesday the Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter, announced the publication of a bill related to the protection of children regarding sexual abuse.

The Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012l “is one element of a suite of legislation to protect children and vulnerable adults to which the Government is committed,” according to the government’s press release on the matter.

Under the proposed legislation it will be a criminal offence to withhold information on sexual offences committed against a child or a vulnerable person. The proposal has caused an outcry because of concerns that the obligation to report this information will include matters confessed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, thus obliging priests to break the seal of confession. "The seal of the confessional is inviolable as far as I am concerned, and that's the end of the matter," declared Bishop Raymond Field, an auxiliary bishop of Dublin, in

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8HU, 21 Apr - Coptic Orthodox Church Centre SG2 8NP. To register for a GET SET Training Day, visit

www.morethangold.org.uk/your-church/ Further info:

[email protected] or 0845 475 2012.

Archbishop Vincent invites you to join him on the Annual Archbishop’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament of Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 7-15 November 2012. Matrimony, Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 26 May, 2012 at During the pilgrimage you will stay in Jerusalem, Bethlehem 3.00pm The Archbishop will be inviting to this Mass all couples and Galilee. The cost is £1480 per person for 2 sharing a room. in the Diocese who are celebrating their 10th, 25th, 40th, 50th & Places are limited so ask for a booking form ASAP. Booking 60th+ wedding anniversary of Catholic Marriage in 2012. If this forms can be obtained directly from Gerald Daly at applies to you and you would like to go to the Mass please give [email protected] tel: 02077989173. Father Gerard the following details: husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal address and email address (or telephone number, if no email).

Foundation Governors are needed to serve the Diocese in First Holy Communion class dates are on our new website: both primary and secondary schools. If you would like to know Keep up-to-date! Parents and Catechists can now find all the about the role of a Foundation Governor and how to apply to dates for this year's First Communion Programme at be one go to www.rcdow.org.uk and click on “schools” and http://www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk/sacraments/first-holy- then “governors”. communion/ and also on the Google Calendar.

Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.catholicsingles.org.uk or alternatively you can email [email protected]

Lourdes Pilgrimage The Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, led by Archbishop Vincent Nichols, will take 22nd-28th July. Father Gerard will be leading a group from the parish. The cost, traveling by train, is £598 per person based on two sharing on a full board basis. For more see Father Gerard

Catholics in Training for the 2012 Olympic Games How will our parish and school communities engage with London’s most exciting summer ever? Information and training days hosted by More Than Gold, the churches’ charity serving the Games, will help schools and parishes prepare to engage with the Olympic Torch Relay, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Olympic and Paralympic Games. These take place on Saturdays and run from 10:30am to 4:00pm, costing £10 per person. London dates and regions are: 25 Feb - St John & St Stephen’s, Reading RG1 3JN, 10 Mar – Holy Trinity Brompton SW7 1JA, 17 Mar - Christchurch SE10 9EQ, 31 Mar - St Angela’s Catholic School E7

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Ten Ten Theatre, the Catholic theatre company, are looking for more professional actors to join their company. If you are an actor / actress and interested in learning more about the company, please visit www.tententheatre.co.uk

Rotas Now on our New Website If you are a Reader,

Eucharistic Minister or work on the Fair-trade Stall, you can now download your rota (going up to December) from our new website at www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk/rotas/

Alcoholics Anonymous Did you know that there is an AA

Meeting every Monday in our Parish Community Centre,

Kelross Road, at 8.00pm?

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HELP FOR HEROES If you would like to help this charity which is helping our injured servicemen and women after they return from Afghanistan or Iraq please bring your used postage stamps and put them in the box at the back of the church. When cutting the stamps out of envelopes, leave approximately 1cm of envelope bordering each stamp. Thanks!

CANON LAW SNIPPET

PLEASE PRAY AND FAST FOR THE END OF ABORTION & EUTHANASIA this Tuesday. The Good Counsel Network 020 7723 1740, e-mail [email protected] www.goodcounselnetwork.com

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CONFIDENTIAL POST-ABORTION HELPLINE 0845 603 8501, 7pm-10pm.

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CATHOLIC SINGLES helps single practising Catholics meet up, either one to one or through social events. For info telephone 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email [email protected]

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO A CHILD’S LIFE – FOSTER WITH ISLINGTON Call 0800 073 0428 or email [email protected] for full information.

IRISH ELDERLY ADVICE NETWORK London Irish Centre, 50/52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB 020 7428 0619

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE CHARITY LIFE – training given. Phone Agnes Rees (Coordinator for London) 07515578598 or email Agnes at [email protected]

Would you like to sing in our Parish Choir at the 11.00am Mass on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month? Call Pippa Robinson on 07763 170563 for more information. “He or she who sings prays twice.” St. Augustine www.groupsandevents.com lists most of the Catholic groups Fantastic New Parish Website www.stjoanofarcparish.co.uk and events in London in a simple way and will be up-to-date. It Visit often! was made especially for those people that come along to church on Sunday and may need the support of these groups and benefit from these events and yet are unaware of them, but I think it could be interesting for everyone. Father Gerard

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ISLINGTON NEEDS FOSTER CARERS AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES You don’t need to have any formal qualifications but you will need a good sense of humour, love and patience as well as an understanding of children and young people and the difficulties they may go through. You will have to keep the child safe and healthy and be able to encourage them to reach their goals. To help you achieve this all Islington carers benefit from training and 24 hour support. If you would like to care for a young person and feel you can offer a stable home and the support they might need, please contact us on Fostering 020 7527 933 or 0800 073 0428 Adoption 0800 073 3344.

A.P.F MISSION BOX HOLDERS are asked to kindly to return their red boxes to Una at the repository for emptying.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Did you know that there is an AA Meeting every Monday in our Parish Community Centre, Kelross Road, at 8.00pm?

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A.P.F MISSION BOX HOLDERS are asked to kindly to return their red boxes to Una at the repository for emptying.

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USHERS NEEDED FOR SUNDAY MASSES Please let Father Gerard know if you would like to volunteer for this important role.

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BRIGHT SPARKS is Islington’s new Repair and Reuse Shop bringing small electrical items back to life. The shop sells and repairs small electrical items. Bright Sparks provides Islington residents with easy ways to reuse, repair or recycle their old electrical items rather than putting them in the rubbish bin which causes carbon pollution and damages the environment. It also provides a service for affordable repairs and replacement to help limited budgets go much further on other essentials. The repairs are carried out at a new workshop that has created training and volunteering opportunities for the unemployed helping the local economy. Bright Sparks is at 225 -229 Seven Sisters Road, London N4 2DA. Telephone: 020 7561 5515 or email: [email protected]

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LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINCY You will be pleased to know that, if you are a student at London Metropolitan University, it has a Chaplaincy. Sr. Mary Kenefick is the Catholic Chaplain. She is at City Campus on Tuesdays (CMGN-45) and at North Campus (TM3-08) Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please call in and say ‘Hello’ or email Sr. Mary on [email protected]

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO A CHILD’S LIFE – FOSTER WITH ISLINGTON Call 0800 073 0428 or email [email protected] for full information

HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP OR ANY OTHER CLOSE RELATIONSHIP? Why not consider approaching Marriage Care for assistance? Trained counsellors can help you get back on track in an atmosphere of respect and confidentiality. For more information telephone 020 7371 1341 or [email protected]

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CATHOLIC SINGLES is an organisation which helps single, widowed, separated and divorced Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet, either one to one or through social events. All members receive a monthly bulletin, called Catholic Networking. For information tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email [email protected]

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THE CATENIAN SOCIETY was founded in Manchester in 1908. Yet many people have never heard of it and have, therefore, been precluded from the joys of membership. It is a worldwide society of Catholic men whose aim is to strengthen family life through friendship and faith. It provides a social network which helps Catholic lay men live out their various vocations as husband, father, friend, work colleague committed Christian and active Catholic. They meet monthly and the meeting is followed by dinner (wives of Catenians are invited to many of these dinners). They also provide social activities for the families of members. They undertake charitable activities and many members are closely involved in the life of their own parishes. The local group (or Circle as it is called) meets once a month at the Park Inn in Southampton Row (between Holborn and Russell Square tube stations). You may have heard about the Catenians but have always wondered who they are. Now is your chance to find out. There is a poster on the notice board and there are some leaflets at the back of the church which give more details, or you can contact Kevin Nash on 01296 658810 [email protected] He will be happy to give you more information without any obligation and, if you are interested, to invite you to an informal dinner with their members.

St Joan of Arc Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster Registered Charity no. 233699

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ISLINGTON NEEDS FOSTER CARERS AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES for children and young people that for various reasons can no longer live with their own families. You don’t need any formal qualifications but you will need a good sense of humour, love and patience as well as an understanding of children and young people. You will have to keep the child safe and healthy and be able to encourage them to reach their goals. To help you achieve this all Islington carers benefit from training and 24 hour support. If you would like to care for a young person and feel you can offer a stable home and the support they might need, please contact us on Fostering 020 7527 933 or 0800 073 0428 Adoption 0800 073 3344

A.P.F. MISSION BOX HOLDERS are asked to return their boxes for emptying. Thanks very much.

CELEBRATING OUR PARISH HISTORY Let’s brighten up our Community Centre by displaying photos that reflect the terrific history of our community so that everyone who uses the centre from our children up can see and appreciate the wonderful past and vitality of Saint Joan of Arc Parish. If you have any old or recent photographs that reflect the parish and its people in any way please show us. Pictures can be handed in to the presbytery and returned once copied. Make sure you put your name and contact number on the envelope you put your photos in. A Parish Pastoral Council Initiative.

St Joan of Arc Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster Registered Charity no. 233699

January 31, 2021 NEWSLETTER The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Returning to Catholic Education or New to Catholic Education Are you an experienced Catholic Teacher working in a non- Catholic school but want to return to working in a Catholic school? In particular are you looking for leadership promotion in a Catholic School but have never taught in a Catholic School or have less recent experience of doing so? If the answer is yes then you may be interested in attending a Course at Vaughan House, Westminster on Sat 26th September 10.00 am to 1.00pm. If you would like further information email Maureen Roe at [email protected]

HERE I AM LORD - A group for young adult men and women who wish to explore a calling to the religious life or priesthood. The group meets for input, discussion, prayer and fellowship, with invited speakers from different traditions and charisms offering formation on related themes. When? Twice a month - mid and last Thursdays @ 7:30pm Where? Newman House Catholic Chaplaincy, 111 Gower Street, WC1E 6AR. For more information about this group, contact Joanna Gilbert Carmel-in-the-City is an opportunity to discover the treasures [email protected] or visit www.universitycatholic.net of Carmelite prayer, spirituality, and its prophetic tradition of Tel: 02073876370, Mob: 07595761483. service with the poor, and action for justice. It offers a space in the heart of the City of London to explore one of the Catholic Church’s richest spiritual traditions for those thirsting for God. Carmel-in-the-City takes place on the 1st Saturday of each month, from 11.30 am – 15.30 pm, at St. Joseph’s Church, Lamb’s Passage, off Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8LE . The November Carmel-in-the-City will begin with Mass at 11.30 am, celebrated by Fr. Damian Cassidy O.Carm.

St Joan of Arc Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster Registered Charity no. 233699

January 31, 2021 NEWSLETTER The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

some of these after Sunday Masses in aid of CAFOD? Islington Council has offered to assis

ST JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL is a Catholic, Voluntary Aided Primary School situated in the Borough of Islington. The school serves three parishes, St Joan of Arc, St Thomas More in Manor House, and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Stoke Newington. The school aims to provide a Catholic Education for all the pupils and accepts 60 children in reception and 26 in the nursery. Our Admission Policy now gives priority to Baptised Catholic Children from practising Catholic families with one or more sibling(s) attending the school at the time of enrolment. A copy of the Policy is on display the church notice board. Prospective parents are invited to an Open Evening on Wednesday 18th November at 7.30pm. The evening will comprise of short talk by the Headteacher, the Chair of the Admissions Committee and a tour of the school. All welcome.

2012. Thursday 24 November 2011 at 7pm in the school hall. The evening will comprise of a short talk by the Headteacher and Chair of Governors and a tour of the school.

Garden Space at the Back of the Presbytery There is a good sized plot at the back of the presbytery that could be cleared and used to grow vegetables, herbs etc. Maybe we could sell

St Joan of Arc Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster Registered Charity no. 233699