THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS & SAINT JOSEPH, WARE
e.mail: [email protected] Parish Priest: Fr. John Gray website: www.sacredheartware.com Parish Deacon: Rev. Adrian Cullen telephone: 01920 462140 Pastoral Assistant: Mary Hallett Parish Secretary: Tracy Moloney
27th July 2014 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
TIMES OF SERVICES THIS WEEK
MONDAY 8.00 a.m. MASS at Carmel 28th 8.00 p.m. Prayer Group in the Hall
TUESDAY 8.00 a.m. MASS at Carmel 29th
St Martha WEDNESDAY 9.45 a.m. Morning Prayer 30th 10.00 a.m. MASS
St Peter Chrysologus THURSDAY 8.45 a.m. Morning Prayer 31st 9.00 a.m. MASS
Fr. John & Tom will be attending the Funeral later this St Ignatius of morning of Fr. Horace Hosford R.I.P. in New Southgate Loyola FRIDAY 11.30 a.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 1st August 12.00 noon MASS including the Sacrament of the Sick St Alphonsus Liguori SATURDAY 1.00 p.m. Nuptial Mass: Aaron Edwards &Rachel 2nd Blatter 6.30 p.m. FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY St Eusebius of Vercelli SUNDAY 8.30 a.m. MASS 3rd 10.30 a.m. MASS 1.00 p.m. Baptism: William Aldridge
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Book Page 108 Response to today’s Psalm “Lord, how I love your law!”
READINGS NEXT WEEK Isaiah 55:1-3, Psalm 144, Romans 8:35, 37-39, Gospel Matthew 14:13-21 MONEY COUNTING TEAM NO 3 THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEKEND Next weekend is the First Weekend in August and there will be Confessions on Saturday at 11.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. The Cake and Jam Stall in the Hall & 100 Club Lottery Draw Could you bake a cake or buns for sale to raise money for our extension fund? If so, just bring them along to the Hall before ANY of the masses next weekend. Thanks to all who already “bake” for our monthly sale!
100 CLUB LOTTERY – JULY WINNERS
1st £50 Fiona Bancroft 2nd £30 Michael Woodford 3rd £10 Kevin Woods 4th £5 Mary Hallett 5th £5 Marie Lang Many thanks to all of you who take part in this fund raising activity and to Tom Stapleton, who organises it. ______
100 CLUB LOTTERY MONTHLY DRAW For the Church/Hall Extension Fund How can you help? By taking an application from the table at the back of Church and returning the completed form to the Presbytery together with your cheque of £26 for 6 months or £50 for 12 months subscription. Please make the cheque payable to Ware Catholic Church. The first draw will be on 7th July 2014 in the hall after the 10.30 a.m. Mass. Prizes 1st £50 2nd £30 3rd £10 4th £5 5th £5. ______CHURCH CLEANING
This week Tina & Angelo Cipolla, thank you.
THE PASSAGE Radio 4 Appeal
David Dimbleby will be appealing on Radio 4 on behalf of The Passage – the homelessness charity based in Victoria. Do listen to hear more about the work of this Catholic Charity. The broadcasts are on Sunday 27th July at 7.55 a.m. & 9.26 p.m. and Thursday 31st July at 3.27 p.m. ______
HAPPY HOLIDAY
To those of you who are going away for a summer break, we hope that you have a happy and refreshing time and come back to us safe and sound. Remember, however, that God himself does not have holidays and that there will be Sunday Mass wherever in the world you may visit. For those of you with computers, you will be able to ‘Google’ the place you are going to, together with ‘Catholic Church’ and hopefully you will find out the location of the Catholic Church. If you need help in locating a church in another part of this country, please feel free to phone the Presbytery and we’ll happily look it up for you in the Catholic directory.
RAFFLE IN AID OF DIABETES UK
Thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets last weekend for the hamper. We raised a total of £110 exactly for Diabetes UK. The winning ticket is: 68 If you are the holder of the winning ticket (likely to be someone at 6.30 p.m. Mass Saturday 5th July) please call Kate Corcoran-Snowden on 07745 122636.
THANK YOU
We gratefully thank the young people of ‘Young Life’ for clearing away the overgrowth behind the Church and the walled area in the front of the Church. Thank you so much. ______Sponsored Bike ‘n Hike – Saturday 13 th September
Have fun cycling or walking to churches and chapels in the area and at the same time raise funds for our church. You can visit as many or as few churches as you like any time between 10.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. Plan your own route. There are 14 churches on the list in Hertford and Ware alone and many more in the surrounding area. The Bike ‘n Hike raises money through sponsorship. Half the money raised goes to the Beds and Herts Historic Churches Trust to offer grants for church repair projects the other half goes to our church. Details including a list of the 600 churches open for visit and sponsorship forms from Judy King 01920 467223 or collect a Sponsorship pack from the back of the church. ______
ISABEL HOSPICE STARLIGHT WALK
The Starlight Walk will be on Saturday 13th September, starting at 8.30 p.m. at Fanshawe Pool & Gym, Ware, SG12 0DP. The route is 10 km long and follows the river trail to Hertford before looping back on itself to finish at Ware. The evening will have an 80’s theme, with fancy dress optional! It is events such as this that enable the Isabel Hospice to continue to provide their comprehensive services free of charge to our local community at a time when it is needed most. Entry fee is £15 adult and £12 child (minimum age 12 years old to participate). If you would like to enter please sign up online at www.isabelhospice.org.uk or phone 01707 382500 ______
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD 77. Q. What does it mean to say that Jesus Christ is at the same time true God and true man?
A. In Jesus, God really became one of us and thus our brother; nevertheless, he did not cease to be God at the same time and thus our Lord. The Council of Chalcedon in the year 451 taught that the divinity and the humanity in the one person Jesus Christ are united together “without division or confusion.