FR TOM WRITES
This Sunday the Church celebrates the Sunday of the Word of God, an initiative of Pope Francis to signify the importance of the Word of God in the daily life of every Christian. Our parishes and communities are called to have a living relationship with the scriptures, which is one way of God speaking to his Children. The Word of God is not only confined to a book: Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh and he speaks to us in many ways. The motto chosen by the Holy Father this year is a verse from Psalm 119, “I hope in your Word”. It is a cry of hope: in a moment of anguish, tribulation, and confusion, we cry out to God and put all our hope in him.
CANDLEMAS: THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
Next weekend, we will celebrate the Feast of the Lord’s Presentation, 40 days after his Nativity. This Feast marks the conclusion of the celebration of the Christmas mysteries in the liturgy. Next weekend, the Mass with the Blessing of Candles will take place at the 8.30 Mass on Sunday morning. Other Masses as normal.
FR SEAN CARROLL RIP
Fr Seán will be received at Sacred Heart Church, Ruislip at 4.30pm on Wednesday. At 7pm there will be a Mass with Bishop Curry. The Funeral Mass will be at 12 noon on Thursday, with the Cardinal. Please note that on Thursday there will be no 10am Mass to allow Fr David and Fr Tom to attend the Funeral.
TEA AND COFFEE AFTER MASS
We wish to once more encourage you to join us for tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat after the Sunday morning Masses. Please come and spend time together.
CARDINAL NICHOLS
Congratulations to the Cardinal who celebrates 33 years a bishop this week.
HOLY YEAR BOOKLETS
We have 50 Holy Year prayer booklets available in the church porch free of charge. If you intend to use it, please take one with our compliments.
BAPTISM APPLICATIONS
The next applications for Baptism will take place on Monday 3rd February at 6.30pm in the Parish Centre.
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES WITH BISHOP CURRY
Our feast will be celebrated here on Tuesday 11th February with a special Mass in the evening at 7pm, followed by a social. The 10 am Mass that day will be the celebration for the Primary School. There will be no 8am Mass that day.
SATURDAY CLUB
The next meeting will take place on Saturday 1st February 3.30pm—5.30pm.
8AM MASS
From Monday to Friday on the week commencing the 3rd February there will be no 8am Masses.
ANTONIO BISI RIP
The Funeral Mass will take place on Tuesday 28th January at 10am. RIP.
VIOLET REBELLO RIP
The Funeral Mass will take place on Wednesday 29th January at 10am. RIP.
FERDINANDO FLORIANI RIP
The Funeral Mass will take place on Wednesday 5th February at 10am. RIP.
JUNIOR CHOIR
Our Junior Choir continue to regularly support the celebration of the Saturday 6pm Mass with their singing. Deacon Ian has been helping train the young people, aged 8-14, and wishes to invite more of our young people to join the group. They meet each Saturday at 5.15pm in the small hall to practice.
LIVESTREAM & WIFI
As many of you know, we have been experiencing a problem with our internet connection, which is affecting the whole site. This has been entirely beyond our control. We are working to fix it. Due to the scale of the problem it means that the livestream will not be available for at least another 2 weeks. We understand how frustrating this is for everyone (including us!) and will do our best to restore the service as soon as possible.