ROSARY Is Prayed Twenty Minutes Before Weekday Masses

HEART TO HEART The Newsletter of the Sacred Heart Parish 148 Ashcroft Road, Stopsley, Luton LU2 9AY Fr Chris Whitehouse (Parish Priest) ( 723099 Rev James Bannan (Deacon) Diana Enstone (Parish Secretary) Jenny Dowsett & Sandra Dias (Pastoral area Reps) Margaret Berry, Pat Abela (Safeguarding) Wesley Weekes (Parish Centre) Web site: sacredheartluton.org email: [email protected] Hospital Chaplain: Fr Michael Patey ( 663706 Hospice: Fr Tony Brennan ( 502400 Sacred Heart School: ( 730781 Cardinal Newman School: ( 597125 Part of the Diocese of Northampton, Province of Westminster & Deanery of St Alban Charity Number: 234091 2nd Sunday of Advent Psalter Week 2 10th December 2017 Saturday: 6.30pm Harry Sheridan RIP First Mass of Sunday Sunday: 9.00am People of our Parish Commissioning of Readers 11.00am John Comerford RIP Monday: 9.30am Pryce Family intentions Tuesday: 9.30am Reynolds Family intentions Our Lady of Guadalupe Wednesday 3.00pm Funeral Service: Nicholas Walsh 7.30pm Daniel Gois RIP St Lucy, Virgin & Martyr Thursday 9.30am Mat Brennan RIP St John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor 11.00am Requiem: Bridget Gallagher Friday 9.30am Lilian Vinzon Kightley RIP Saturday 6.30pm Rosine & Willy Ayen RIP Entrance O PEOPLE OF SION, BEHOLD, THE LORD WILL COME TO SAVE THE Antiphon: NATIONS & THE LORD WILL MAKE THE GLORY OF HIS VOICE HEARD IN THE JOY OF YOUR HEART. Psalm Response LET US SEE, O LORD, YOUR MERCY & GIVE US YOUR SAVING HELP Gospel Alleluia, alleluia. PREPARE A WAY FOR THE LORD, MAKE HIS Acclamation: PATHS STRAIGHT & ALL MANKIND SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD. Alleluia. Communion JERUSALEM, ARISE & STAND UPON THE HEIGHTS, Antiphon: & BEHOLD THE JOY WHICH COMES TO YOU FROM GOD. CONFESSIONS: Saturdays 10.00 – 10.25am (with exposition) & 6.00 - 6.15pm ROSARY is prayed twenty minutes before weekday Masses. MORNING PRAYER: is prayed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday at 8.50am. Collection: Last week’s plate collection came to £1,305.23 Thank you. 9.00& 11.00am Entrance 575 On Jordans Bank Advent Candle 366 Chorus plus V2 Gospel accl: 368 chorus Prep. of gifts 243 Hark a herald Sanctus, Great Amen, Agnus - ANPM Communion 164 Father we adore Recessional 831 You shall go out Sunday 12noon Coffee and chat. All welcome! Hall Monday 8.00pm Legion of Mary Sacristy Tuesday 10.00am Church cleaning (all welcome) Church 7.15pm Choir Practice Church Thursday 10.00am Parish Coffee Morning Hall Friday 10.00am Prayer Group Sacristy Saturday 10.45am New Altar Servers Training Church READERS: commissioned at all Masses this weekend. See ceremony below. PARISH PROJECT: our Parish Project for the current financial year is Mary’s Meals. They provide meals to over 1 million children around the world with the proviso, the children must be at school to receive them. Education gives them a future. They say they have secured sponsorship which will match any donation on a £1 for £1 basis, (every £1 donated will be worth £2 for the project). Donations received by 10th December (in the Parish Project Box in the church porch) will be sent on to take advantage of this offer. We will of course still be supporting the charity in the New Year but would like to maximise the amount we are able to donate now. Thank you ALTAR SERVERS: Training for new altar servers on Saturday 16th December at 10.45am in church. Please come along and see what is involved. BISHOP’S VISITATION: Bishop Peter will meet the Parish Council and Finance Committee in the hall on Saturday 16th December at 5pm. He will celebrate each of the Masses that weekend and looks forward to meeting people at the Coffee and chat after the 11am Mass. RIP: Please pray for Nicholas Walsh and Bridget Gallagher whose funerals are this week. CONGRATULATIONS: to Judy & Wesley Weekes who are celebrating their golden Wedding Anniversary. CARDINAL NEWMAN: Carol service Monday 11th December 7pm in the school hall. All are welcome to join us for this service of readings music & drama. Refreshments afterwards. TOWN PENITENTIAL SERVICE: at Holy Family church on Monday 18th December at 7pm. All welcome. The town’s Priests will hear confessions. CHRISTMAS DINNER: Mary Maybury would like to invite those who will be on their own (or unable to prepare a full Christmas Dinner) to come, celebrate and enjoy a 4 Course Christmas Dinner with others at St Martin De Porres Church on Christmas Day, 25th December 1.30 - 5.00pm. Cost per person £5 or a donation & transport will be provided if needed. Contact Mary on 754850 or 07866 989254. VACANCIES: PARISH ADMINISTRATOR at St Martin de Porres, Luton (16 hours per week). For further details please visit: northamptondiocese.org/vacancies. The closing date for applications Friday 15th December 2017. NOAH: collection of donations next weekend, warm clothing hats, gloves & scarfs would be much appreciated. Items can be left in the blue bins. CHRISTMAS CRIB, TREE & DECORATIONS: helpers would be very welcome to prepare the church on Monday 18th December after the 9.30am Mass. Refreshments afterwards in the Presbytery. BISHOP PETER WRITES: DO YOU SUPPORT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS & THE RIGHT OF CATHOLICS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THEM? Then we need you to make your voice heard. The Government is making a critical decision on whether to overturn the admissions cap which prevents Catholic schools from allow allowing all Catholic pupils to attend. They have acknowledged that this policy discriminates against Catholics & promised to abandon it, now we need to tell them not to u-turn on their promise to Catholics. Visit hhtp://catholicnews.org.uk/education-cap or search for ‘Catholic Education’ in your search engine to write to the Government and urge them to drop their policy which bans new Catholic schools. THANK YOU: from all the family of the late Bernie Flanagan for all the prayers, Masses, generous donations and kind support. ANNIVERSARIES: Please pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Gerrard West 1962, Mary Walker 1964, Andrew Smith 1988, Michael McHugh 1998, Jolan Mizsei 2004, Frank Nemeth 1998, Mary Kinnane 1959, Charles Gauron 1976, William Fleming 1977, Nicola Lemmon 1987, Martin McDonald 1997, Patricia Gallagher 2013, Michelle Coleman 1981, John MacGuire 1984,Charles Graham 1964, Colin Reynolds 1968, Catherine Higgins 1989, Frances Edmunds 1995, Mary Murray 2001 & Margaret O’Riley 2002  May their souls & the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen. CHRISTMAS TIMETABLE

Monday 18th December 7.00pm Town Penitential Service at Holy Family

Saturday 23rd December 10am & 6.00pm Confessions 6.30pm (first Mass of 4th Sunday of Advent) Sunday 24th December 11.00am Mass. (Note: no 9.00am Mass).

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

Sunday 24th December, 6.00pm Children’s Mass (first Mass of Christmas) 9.30pm Carols by candlelight 10.00pm “Midnight” Mass

Monday 25th December (Christmas Day) Mass at 9.00am & 11.00am. Tuesday 26th December, Mass at 10.00am