FR DAVID WRITES
Please pray for Sean Power and James Boyle who were ordained deacons on Saturday morning at Westminster Cathedral. They are candidates for the priesthood. Please also pray for Monsignor James Curry who is to be ordained as auxiliary bishop of Westminster this Tuesday, 12 noon at the cathedral. All are welcome to the episcopal ordination. Please remember that our special Mass at New Southgate Cemetery Chapel will take place next Saturday morning, 22nd June, beginning at 11 am. The prayers at Waterfall Road cemetery will follow at 12.30 pm. Finally, please sign up for our Afternoon Tea if you would like to.
MASS TIMES
8am Masses this week will be celebrated on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. The church will be open from about 7.15 am.
NEW LECTIONARY FOR MASS
The Bishops of England and Wales have authorised for a brand new Lectionary to be published for use in all Masses, using the English Standard Version (Catholic Edition). The Psalms will be taken from the Abbey Psalter. The change will come into effect on the 1st Sunday of Advent 2024. Fr David will give more information in due course, both for readers and the whole parish. There will also be a formation day for all our readers in the autumn. You can read more about this matter on the websites of the CTS (Catholic Truth Society) and CBCEW (Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales).
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL SUMMER FAYRE
Saturday 29th June 1pm—4pm. Come along and enjoy a range of stalls as well as a BBQ, arts & crafts, penalty shoot out, homemade cakes, raffle and much more. We would love to see you there!
NEW SOUTHGATE CEMETERY MASS
The annual Mass at New Southgate Cemetery chapel will take place on Saturday 22nd June at 11am. The blessing of graves at Southgate Cemetery (Waterfall Road) will also take place on Saturday 22nd June at 12.30pm.
PAULINE NEALE RIP
There will be a funeral service here for Pauline on Thursday 20th at 11am.
FAIR TRADE
The Fair Trade stall will be open after all Sunday Masses this weekend.
PARISH AFTERNOON TEA
A fundraising afternoon tea is being planned to take place in the Parish Hall on Sunday 21st July, between 2.30pm & 5pm. We plan to have a cream tea with scones and cakes etc and tea and coffee. We will have gifts for sale, a raffle as a well as an auction sale. Tickets will cost £10 per person. A list is in the porch for you to sign up and request the number of tickets you would like, no money is needed at the moment. Do come along for a lovely social afternoon, all money raised will go towards candles for the new altar. Janet Butterworth.
GENERAL ELECTION & RESOURCES
Catholic resources for the coming general election are now available on the websites of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales; the SVP; CAFOD, and SPUC (life issues). Please take a look at this helpful material. A reminder that the hall here will be a polling station on Thursday 4th July.
TOILET FACILITIES
Please use the parish centre toilets rather than the church toilet—if possible!
REFLECTION
Jesus spoke in proverbs so that his listeners would remember and understand. There is nothing better than a good story. How do you describe the Kingdom of God? He begins by speaking about the miracle of the seed and the crop it produces. We will never fully see the effects of our seed sowing, but we can be sure it will, in God’s time, produce a good harvest. Then he describes how even the smallest seed can produce a mighty tree. The mighty Oak tree comes from tiny acorns; how much greater will the Word of God produce when it is spread by faith through all humanity. David Frank