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
24th May 2015 Pentecost Sunday
TIMES OF SERVICES THIS WEEK MONDAY 11.00 a.m. MASS at Carmel 25th
St Bede the Venerable TUESDAY 11.00 a.m. MASS at Carmel 26th
St Philip Neri WEDNESDAY 11.00 a.m. Mass at Carmel 27th Fr. John is at the Council of Priests in Westminster
St Augustine of Canterbury THURSDAY 9.45 a.m. Morning Prayer 28th 10.00 a.m. MASS 5.00 p.m. Meeting with Diocesan Building Surveyor & Architect
FRIDAY 11.30 a.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 29th 12.00 noon MASS
SATURDAY 1.00 p.m. Nuptial Mass: Sean McAuley & Kelly 30th Reynolds 6.30 p.m. FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY
SUNDAY 8.30 a.m. MASS 31st 10.30 a.m. MASS 1.00 p.m. Baptism: Jessica McWeeney The Most Holy Trinity Mass Book Page 286 Response to today’s Psalm “Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.”
READINGS NEXT WEEK Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40, Psalm 32:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 response v 12 Romans 814-17, Gospel Matthew 28:16-20 MONEY COUNTING TEAM NO 2 THIS WEEK
CHURCH CLEANING This week Shell Baffa & Sharon Selfe, thank you.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION’S THIS WEEKEND
Sunday 24th May 10.30 a.m. Sofia, Chloe, Catherine, Daniel & Kieran
Sunday 24th May 2.00 p.m. Salvatore, Angela, Elspeth, Liam, Sinead Jake, Richard, Ethan & Keenan ______
CATECHECTICS 2015/16
FOR CHILDREN OF FAMILIES WHO REGULARLY WORSHIP HERE AT SACRED HEART
FIRST COMMUNION 2015 This is for Children who will be in Year 3 or above in September 2015 in.a Catholic Primary School. Please ask Fr. John for a Registration Form for this Course which will start immediately after the Summer Holidays. ______
FAIR TRADE WINE-TASTING EVENING
There will be a Wine Tasting Evening with Fair Trade Wine on Friday 5th June at 8.00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Tickets are £6.00p and on sale after Masses. Funds will go towards the Church Hall Extension.
Justice & Peace Group ______
READERS ROTA The new rota is available for collection from the Porch. Thank you. ______RECOMMISIONING OF EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Please collect your letter from the porch if you haven’t received it by email. Thanks Mary.
CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is an award winning, national debt counselling charity, offering free help and advice through a network of debt centres based in the local church. CAP offers hope and a solution to people in debt through its top- quality, in-depth service, as well as financial education through the CAP Money Course and helping people back into employment through CAP Job Clubs. Christ Church and Springs Christian Fellowship have partnered with CAP to offer debt counselling services in our community. The service offered is completely free. Please see leaflets at the back of the Church for more details or call 0800 328 0006 to book an appointment with the Ware Debt Centre. ______
FOUNDATION DEGREE IN HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCY
St Mary's University, Twickenham, is recruiting students to begin its successful Foundation Degree in Healthcare Chaplaincy. This part-time two year course provides Priests, Religious and lay people with a recognised NHS qualification to be appointed as a Roman Catholic Hospital Chaplain. Supported by the Diocese of Westminster and the Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales, the 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 Cardinal’s Advisor for Healthcare Chaplains: Fr Peter Scott at [email protected]
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NEW CHURCH CLEANING ROTA
The new rota is now available and ready for collection by those who kindly give their time to clean the Church each week. Your work is greatly appreciated. Please take your copy from the Church Porch, thank you.
GRASS CUTTING
Many thanks to those parishioners who have kindly come forward to offer their services to cut the Church grass. A rota is now in place & each person’s copy has been left in the porch. Please take your copy. ______
ROSARIES ABROAD Since 2009 The Catenian Rosary Group has been sending Rosaries to Aboriginals in Australia and to Missions in Africa. To date they have sent over 150,000 Rosaries and many more are needed. Please search your cupboards and drawers for surplus Rosaries and help The Catenian Association to get them into the hands of those who will love, cherish and pray them. A collection basket is available at the back of the church this weekend. ______
SPIRIT IN THE CITY
Spirit in the City festival welcomes Saltmine Theatre's production of THREE WITNESSES - a remarkable play based on the Gospel of St Luke for its London premiere at Notre Dame de France church on Wednesday 10th June 2015 at 7.30 pm. An evening not to be missed! Tickets: £7 book online: www.bit.ly/3wtickets or telephone 020 7440 2663, email: [email protected] www.spiritinthecity.org
PRAY AND FAST FOR THE CLIMATE
You are invited to Pray and Fast for the Climate on June 1st at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, between 7.00 p.m.-9.00 p.m. In the lead-up to the Climate Lobby on June 17th prayers are needed that our politicians will work for an effective agreement at the World Climate talks in December in Paris. Prayers will be followed by discussion and a light meal. Notify St Martin's if you plan to stay and eat. [email protected] ______
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT 117. Q. How could the Holy Spirit work in, with and through Mary?
A. Mary was totally responsive and open to God (Lk 1:38). Thus she was able to become the “Mother of God” through the working of the Holy Spirit-and as Christ’s Mother to become also the Mother of Christians, indeed, the Mother of all mankind. Mary made it possible for the Holy Spirit to work the miracle of all miracles: the Incarnation of God. She gave God her Yes: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). Strengthened by the Holy Spirit, she went with Jesus through thick and thin, even to the foot of the Cross. There Jesus gave her to us all as our Mother.