27th January 2019

 

Mass Times

Monday – Friday 09.30am    /   Saturday 10.00am / 7.00pm

Sunday 09.00am / 11.30am / 1.00pm (Polish) / 6.00pm

Eucharistic Adoration

Tuesday 7.30pm – 8:30pm & after Friday Morning Mass

Every Friday 8.00pm – 9:30pm (Polish)

Confession Saturday 10:30 am – 11:00 am & 6:15 pm – 6:40 pm

 

 

SECOND COLLECTION PAX CHRISTI PEACE SUNDAY last weekend amounted to £442.68.  May God bless you with your generosity.

 

NURSERY SIGNING.  Fr. Kevin will be offering Certificates of Catholic Practice on Wednesday 21^st February from 3.30 – 6pm in the Presbytery. Practice is estimated on your weekend Mass attendance. When the Priest has evidence that the Parent’s statement is true he will present them with a “Certificate of Catholic Practice”. APPLICATION FORMS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN AFTER MASS ON WEEKENDS AND NOT FROM THE PARISH OFFICE. Completed forms must be RETURNED back by Monday 18^th February.

 

PLEASE NOTE: CRIB DONATIONS GO TO THE BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY. CRIB WILL REMAIN UNTIL 2^ND FEBRUARY.

 

BAPTISM. Application forms for infant Baptism are available in the porch.  Please fill in and present to Parish Secretary during office hours and make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin.  It is unwise to organise a reception until the date of the baptism has been approved. It’s a Diocesan requirement that you are registered in this parish for at least six months and a regular church goer.  Please be aware that baptism will now be on First Saturday of every month at 11:30am.

 

MARRIAGE IN CHURCH.  Couples thinking of getting married later this year are asked to register in good time.  Make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin and he will help you from there.  Couples planning to marry in another parish or even outside the country should realise that the process properly begins here.

 

DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD RESTRUCTURING AND RENEWAL OF OUR DIOCESE. “VISION DOCUMENT: SHAPING OUR FUTURE” The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is available in the Diocese website www.dioceseofbrentwood.net under news section. Bishop Alan has recorded a video message to all parishioners can also be viewed on the Diocese’s website. The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is designed as an online resource and it has links through to other websites and documents. Viewing the document on line enables it to be read in large print and can be access with read aloud functions. Hard copies of the Vision Document are available from the repository for those who cannot access the online version.

 

 

THE ANNUAL LOURDES MASS will be celebrated by Bishop Alan at 3pm on Sunday 10^th February at Our Lady of Lourdes, Leigh on Sea.  During this Mass there will be an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of of the Sick.  It will be lovely to see all those of you who have a particular devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes.

 

BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY (bccs)- Head of School Services bccs are seeking to appoint an experienced and dynamic team manager who has the drive, enthusiasm and commitment to lead our School Service provision. The Head of School Services will provide professional support, supervision, training and leadership to social workers and counsellors who work in the school setting. Please visit our website at www.bccs.org.uk to down post details, or email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  for further information or to arrange an informal chat.

 

CATHOLIC TEACHING: Two fantastic opportunities from the Agnus Dei Teaching School Alliance 21/3/19 - "Get Into Teaching - Catholic Education" is a drop-in event in Billericay for anyone considering a career in teaching (primary or secondary) who wants to find out more about training and employment opportunities. 6/4/19 - "Moving Into Catholic Education" is a Saturday networking event with a free lunch provided in Brentwood for teachers working in any non-Catholic school. For more details please contact: http://tiny.cc/catholicteaching or email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

 

 

PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES, Lisieux, Paris, Nevers, Rocamadour & Montligeon by luxury coach from 25th May to 2nd June for £789 including all excursions. PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND from 3rd September to 11th September for £1259 including all excursions. PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND from 10th October to 17th October including all excursions for £89. For further information please call Mrs. Mozzi on 020 8472 0843 or 07859 027 301.

 

WHEN ENTERING THE CHURCH PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE.  CHEWING GUM AND EATING SWEETS, BISCUITS ETC IN CHURCH?  IT’S A NO NO. PLEASE!

 

ARE YOU AWARE that the Rosary is said weekdays morning in the Church at 9.05am (just before the morning Mass). Join us for this beautiful prayer.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Due to Fire and Safety Regulations, children and persons of limited mobility are NOT permitted in the gallery.  We also ask that when lighting a candle, you first place the candle in one of the cups provided. Please do not walk around with a lighted candle. Please do not let your children play around candles.

 

 

NOVENA PRAYER OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP every Wednesday at 10am. Everyone is invited.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the Church.

 

LEGION OF MARY meeting is held each Thursday after Mass at 10:15 am.  If anyone is interested in what we do you are very welcome to attend. For more information, come and meet us.

 

EL SHADDAI (CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC GROUP). Rosary prayer, praise and worship, preaching the gospel of the Lord, every Saturday, from 1pm – 4pm. All welcome to join.

 

A GOOD TIME TO TURN TO GOD.   BY JULIA ATTAWAY Posted in Power of Prayer. By 8:00 a.m. I was already thinking, “This is a bad day!”  At 8:01 I corrected myself, saying, “No. Something didn’t go well. That means nothing about the rest of the day except that you need to re-set your attitude and emotions.” I took a few slow, deep breaths and thought of something for which to give thanks, and felt a bit better.  Then at 8:04 the underground driver announced that there were delays due to a signal problem, and my stress level started to rise again. I pulled out my phone to use my morning prayer app. The opening sentence included “May we reflect your glory this day.” I frowned—it sure didn’t seem likely I was heading toward reflecting God’s glory, given the bumpy start I’d had already—but I prayed the phrase anyway. Then I prayed it for the people around me, prayed it for each of my kids, prayed it for each of the people I knew who were struggling. That helped re-set my spirit. Finally, around 8:15, the train began to move. By then a kid nearby was playing a game on his mum’s phone at high volume, someone holding on to an overhead bar was coughing down on me, and I was getting dire text messages from one of my teens. I read Psalm 42, “Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why are you so disquieted within me? O put your trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance and my God” (Psalm 42:6-7). That reminded me again to think of things for which I was thankful, and I spent the rest of my commute giving thanks. The rest of the day was just as up-and-down. My email didn’t work, I found out one of my kids lied to me, the printer ran out of ink when I had to get something out the door—it was one aggravation after another. Even though none of it was life-shattering it all felt huge. Life seemed far more difficult than it had to be. But maybe it did have to be that way. As I left work I realized that several good things did happen: —I’d chosen to give thanks—many times—instead of grousing. —I’d asked the Lord to help me reflect His glory.  —I’d opted to rebound each and every time I became frustrated, turning to God many times more often than I would have if everything had gone smoothly.  That made me smile. And it kind of took the edge off the train delay on the way home.

 

YOUR WORDS ARE SPIRIT, LORD AND THEY ARE LIFE.

20th January 2019

 

Mass Times

Monday – Friday 09.30am    /   Saturday 10.00am / 7.00pm

Sunday 09.00am / 11.30am / 1.00pm (Polish) / 6.00pm

Eucharistic Adoration

Tuesday 7.30pm – 8:30pm & after Friday Morning Mass

Every Friday 8.00pm – 9:30pm (Polish)

Confession Saturday 10:30 am – 11:00 am & 6:15 pm – 6:40 pm

 

 

SECOND COLLECTION PAX CHRISTI PEACE SUNDAY today at all Masses.  No one can be unaware of the tens of thousands of people around the globe who have been displaced and forced to leave their homes because of violence or climate related disasters.  For more information, please visit www.paxchristi.org.uk

 

BAPTISM.Application forms for infant Baptism are available in the porch.  Please fill in and present to Parish Secretary during office hours and make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin.  It is unwise to organise a reception until the date of the baptism has been approved. Please be aware that baptism will now be on First Saturday of every month at 11:30am.

 

MARRIAGE IN CHURCH.  Couples thinking of getting married later this year are asked to register in good time.  Make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin and he will help you from there.  Couples planning to marry in another parish or even outside the country should realise that the process properly begins here.

 

PLEASE NOTE: CRIB DONATIONS GO TO THE BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY. CRIB WILL REMAIN UNTIL 2^ND FEBRUARY.

 

DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD RESTRUCTURING AND RENEWAL OF OUR DIOCESE. “VISION DOCUMENT: SHAPING OUR FUTURE” The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is available in the Diocese website www.dioceseofbrentwood.net under news section. Bishop Alan has recorded a video message to all parishioners can also be viewed on the Diocese’s website. The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is designed as an online resource and it has links through to other websites and documents. Viewing the document on line enables it to be read in large print and can be access with read aloud functions. Hard copies of the Vision Document are available from the repository for those who cannot access the online version.

 

HEALING SERVICE. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, emotionally / psychologically broken or generally struggling with life, you are warmly invited to attend the English Martyrs' Healing Service from 6-8pm Saturday 26^th January for emotional, psychological and spiritual healing.  To register your attendance please email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or contact Mandy on 0780 1470 516. English Martyrs RC Church, 240 Alma Ave, Hornchurch RM12 6BJ.

 

VICARIATE FOR EVANGELISATION EVENT 26^TH JANUARY 2019: You are warmly invited to our next Formation Day.  Michelle Moran & Fr Gareth Leyshon will be leading the day.  They will be talking about our Baptismal calling to evangelise, what is evangelisation, why do we need to evangelise and some practical ideas to take back to your parishes. Please do remember to bring a packed lunch, refreshments will be provided.  Please use the doodle link  to sign up https://doodle.com/poll/xytz4tyr2y2hc2gn Course aim: To have a better understanding of evangelisation and to learn practical examples of how to put it into practise in the Parish or Parish Partnership.  Venue: Cathedral Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood.  CM15 8AT.  Times: 10 am – 3.30 pm (optional parish Mass at 9.15 am in the Cathedral).

 

THE ANNUAL LOURDES MASS will be celebrated by Bishop Alan at 3pm on Sunday 10^th February at Our Lady of Lourdes, Leigh on Sea.  During this Mass there will be an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of of the Sick.  It will be lovely to see all those of you who have a particular devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes.

 

HOW WOULD YOU COPE IF YOU HAD NO ELECTRICITY FOR A SHORT WHILE?  In the rare event of a power cut, you can get help from UK Power Networks.  This company looks after the electricity network in your parish (no matter who you pay your energy bill to) and also runs a free Priority Services Register for people with medical needs, families with babies and the elderly.  Being on the Register gives you free access during a power cut, a home visit by our staff or the British Red Cross and a 24 hours priority phone number.  To join the Priority Services Register for extra help during a power cut call: 0800 169 9970,

email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , visit: ukpowernetworks.co.uk/priority

WHEN ENTERING THE CHURCH PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE.  CHEWING GUM AND EATING SWEETS, BISCUITS ETC IN CHURCH?  IT’S A NO NO. PLEASE!

 

ARE YOU AWARE that the Rosary is said weekdays morning in the Church at 9.05am (just before the morning Mass)? Join us for this beautiful prayer.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Due to Fire and Safety Regulations, children and persons of limited mobility are NOT permitted in the gallery.  We also ask that when lighting a candle, you first place the candle in one of the cups provided. Please do not walk around with a lighted candle. Please do not let your children play around candles.

 

NOVENA PRAYER OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP every Wednesday at 10am. Everyone is invited.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the Church.

 

LEGION OF MARY meeting is held each Thursday after Mass at 10:15 am.  If anyone is interested in what we do you are very welcome to attend. For more information, come and meet us.

 

EL SHADDAI (CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC GROUP). Rosary prayer, praise and worship, preaching the gospel of the Lord, every Saturday, from 1pm – 4pm. All welcome to join.

 

 

3 TIPS FOR BEATING THE JANUARY BLUES.  Do you get that gosh-I-wish-it-were-still-Christmas feeling sometimes? Do you stare at a Christmas present and wish it were still under the tree waiting to be opened? Do you look up at the sky and wish that the sun would linger just a little longer?  If so, you may have a case of the January blues. Here are three possible antidotes: 1)  Pray through Christmas cards  I’m always touched that anyone sends us a Christmas card, especially since we never send them ourselves. But there they sit, in a bowl, wondering when they’re going to be thrown out. Before you put them in the recycling bin, recycle a little of the joy they stand for. Take a card a day and put it in your pocket or purse or briefcase and remember that person, that family, those friends, that loved one. Hold a good thought for them. See how long the stack lasts. Maybe till Easter!  2)  Be glad of the date Do you keep putting the wrong date on things? It takes me a week, two weeks, or a month before I put down 2019. I keep on putting down 2018. At least I can change that eight into a nine easily enough. It’ll be harder in 2020!  Every time you stumble over the year, pause and give thanks for this year. We can’t redo what is past, and it’s no use worrying about what might happen in the future. Be here now. In this year, this God-given moment that we’re meant to savour. It’s 2019! 3)  Find that puddle of sun In the middle of winter I’ve been known to stand at a bus stop and wait for a bus I have no intention of taking. Just because there was a sliver of sunlight to enjoy. Okay, the sun is not as strong as it is in the summer (and remember how devastatingly hot it can be in the summer), so when it comes out—and you might have to wait a day or two—savour it. Give thanks for that sun low on the horizon. It’s saying, “I’m coming up in the world. You might not know it yet, but the days are already getting longer. Change is on the horizon.”  So look up. There’s always something to be grateful for.  By Rick Hamliin.

13th January 2019

 

Mass Times

Monday – Friday 09.30am    /   Saturday 10.00am / 7.00pm

Sunday 09.00am / 11.30am / 1.00pm (Polish) / 6.00pm

Eucharistic Adoration

        Tuesday 7.30pm – 8:30pm & after Friday Morning Mass

   Every Friday 8.00pm – 9:30pm (Polish)  

Confession Saturday 10:30 am – 11:00 am & 6:15 pm – 6:40 pm

 

 

SECOND COLLECTION PAX CHRISTI PEACE SUNDAY next weekend at all Masses.  No one can be unaware of the tens of thousands of people around the globe who have been displaced and forced to leave their homes because of violence or climate related disasters.  For more information, please visit www.paxchristi.org.uk

 

BAPTISM.Application forms for infant Baptism are available in the porch.  Please fill in and present to Parish Secretary during office hours and make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin.  It is unwise to organise a reception until the date of the baptism has been approved. Please be aware that baptism will now be on First Saturday of every month.

 

PRE-BAPTISM MEETING on Friday 18^th January at 7.30pm in the Presbytery.  Please note that this meeting is for parents only.

 

MARRIAGE IN CHURCH.  Couples thinking of getting married later this year are asked to register in good time.  Make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin and he will help you from there.  Couples planning to marry in another parish or even outside the country should realise that the process properly begins here.

 

DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD RESTRUCTURING AND RENEWAL OF OUR DIOCESE. “VISION DOCUMENT: SHAPING OUR FUTURE” The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is available in the Diocese website www.dioceseofbrentwood.net under news section. Bishop Alan has recorded a video message to all parishioners can also be viewed on the Diocese’s website. The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is designed as an online resource and it has links through to other websites and documents. Viewing the document on line enables it to be read in large print and can be access with read aloud functions. Hard copies of the Vision Document are available from the repository for those who cannot access the online version.

 

PLEASE NOTE: CRIB DONATIONS GO TO THE BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY.

 

NIGHTSHELTER.  The Nightshelter Rota is now up. We need three volunteers for each Friday (starting 4th Jan) and we need at least one male volunteer. Please contact Ann Shean for further information: 07875658086.

 

SPRING SPIRITUALITY TALK-Mgr David Manson will be giving a talk on “The Spirituality of Pope Francis”-  Saturday 19^th January 2019 - 10.30am-12.00noon at  Cathedral House Conference Centre,  Brentwood. Contact details:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Tel. 01277 265285.

 

HEALING SERVICE. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, emotionally / psychologically broken or generally struggling with life, you are warmly invited to attend the English Martyrs' Healing Service from 6-8pm Saturday 26^th January for emotional, psychological and spiritual healing.  To register your attendance please email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or contact Mandy on 0780 1470 516. English Martyrs RC Church, 240 Alma Ave, Hornchurch RM12 6BJ.

 

FR. PIERLUIGI MACCALLI SMA.  Our SMA Provincial Leader, Fr Michael McCabe, is asking parishioners to continue to pray the Angelus for the safe release of Father Maccalli [from Italy] who was kidnapped in Niger Republic on 17 September where he has been a missionary for over ten years. There is still no news of his whereabouts. If you don’t remember the Angelus a prayer card is available in the Porch. Thank you for your support.

 

HOW WOULD YOU COPE IF YOU HAD NO ELECTRICITY FOR A SHORT WHILE?  In the rare event of a power cut, you can get help from UK Power Networks.  This company looks after the electricity network in your parish (no matter who you pay your energy bill to) and also runs a free Priority Services Register for people with medical needs, families with babies and the elderly.  Being on the Register gives you free access during a power cut, a home visit by our staff or the British Red Cross and a 24 hours priority phone number.  To join the Priority Services Register for extra help during a power cut call: 0800 169 9970,

email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , visit: ukpowernetworks.co.uk/priority

ARE YOU AWARE that the Rosary is said weekdays morning in the Church at 9.05am (just before the morning Mass)? Join us for this beautiful prayer.

 

WHEN ENTERING THE CHURCH PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE.  CHEWING GUM AND EATING SWEETS, BISCUITS ETC IN CHURCH?  IT’S A NO NO. PLEASE!

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Due to Fire and Safety Regulations, children and persons of limited mobility are NOT permitted in the gallery.  We also ask that when lighting a candle, you first place the candle in one of the cups provided. Please do not walk around with a lighted candle. Please do not let your children play around candles.

 

NOVENA PRAYER OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP every Wednesday at 10am. Everyone is invited.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the Church.

 

LEGION OF MARY meeting is held each Thursday after Mass at 10:15 am.  If anyone is interested in what we do you are very welcome to attend. For more information, come and meet us.

 

EL SHADDAI (CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC GROUP). Rosary prayer, praise and worship, preaching the gospel of the Lord, every Saturday, from 1pm – 4pm. All welcome to join.

 

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD. Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Baptism of Our Lord. This brings to an end the season of Christmas. The Church recalls Our Lord's second manifestation or epiphany which occurred on the occasion of His baptism in the Jordan. Jesus descended into the River to sanctify its waters and to give them the power to beget sons of God. The event takes on the importance of a second creation in which the entire Trinity intervenes.

 

FUNNY STORY: A little boy was listening to a long and excessively boring sermon in church. Suddenly the red sanctuary lamp caught his eye. Tugging his father's sleeve, he said, "Daddy, when the light turns green can we go?"

 

 

   THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE

6th January 2019

 

Mass Times

Monday – Friday 09.30am    /   Saturday 10.00am / 7.00pm

Sunday 09.00am / 11.30am / 1.00pm (Polish) / 6.00pm

Eucharistic Adoration

        Tuesday 7.30pm – 8:30pm & after Friday Morning Mass

   Every Friday 8.00pm – 9:30pm (Polish)  

Confession Saturday 10:30 am – 11:00 am & 6:15 pm – 6:40 pm

 

 

 

As the old year of 2018 ends we thank God for His blessings during the year and as we begin a New Year, I pray that the Lord will bless and protect all parishioners and give them peace, strong faith and good health.

 

On behalf of the SMA Fathers, we thank parishioners for a very generous Christmas collection which came to £3030.00A sincere thanks also for your many Gifts & Cards that I received over the Christmas Period. May God reward you all. 

-         Fr. Kevin –

 

We would like to thank parishioners for all the warm greetings and gifts.  May you have a Blessed 2019! – Marife & Marta

 

BAPTISM. Application forms for infant Baptism are available in the porch.  Please fill in and present to Parish Secretary during office hours and make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin.  It is unwise to organise a reception until the date of the baptism has been approved. Please be aware that baptism will now be on First Saturday of every month.

 

MARRIAGE IN CHURCH.  Couples thinking of getting married later this year are asked to register in good time.  Make an appointment to see Fr. Kevin and he will help you from there.  Couples planning to marry in another parish or even outside the country should realise that the process properly begins here.

 

DIOCESE OF BRENTWOOD RESTRUCTURING AND RENEWAL OF OUR DIOCESE. “VISION DOCUMENT: SHAPING OUR FUTURE” The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is available in the Diocese website www.dioceseofbrentwood.net under news section. Bishop Alan has recorded a video message to all parishioners can also be viewed on the Diocese’s website. The Vision Document: Shaping Our Future is designed as an online resource and it has links through to other websites and documents. Viewing the document on line enables it to be read in large print and can be access with read aloud functions. Hard copies of the Vision Document are available from the repository for those who cannot access the online version.

 

PLEASE NOTE: CRIB DONATIONS GO TO THE BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY.

 

NIGHTSHELTER.  The Nightshelter Rota is now up. We need three volunteers for each Friday (starting 4th Jan) and we need at least one male volunteer. Please contact Ann Shean for further information: 07875658086.

 

 

SPRING SPIRITUALITY TALK-Mgr David Manson will be giving a talk on “The Spirituality of Pope Francis”-  Saturday 19^th January 2019 - 10.30am-12.00noon at  Cathedral House Conference Centre,  Brentwood. Contact details:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Tel. 01277 265285.

 

FR. PIERLUIGI MACCALLI SMA.  Our SMA Provincial Leader, Fr Michael McCabe, is asking parishioners to continue to pray the Angelus for the safe release of Father Maccalli [from Italy] who was kidnapped in Niger Republic on 17 September where he has been a missionary for over ten years. There is still no news of his whereabouts. If you don’t remember the Angelus a prayer card is available in the Porch. Thank you for your support.

 

HOW WOULD YOU COPE IF YOU HAD NO ELECTRICITY FOR A SHORT WHILE?  In the rare event of a power cut, you can get help from UK Power Networks.  This company looks after the electricity network in your parish (no matter who you pay your energy bill to) and also runs a free Priority Services Register for people with medical needs, families with babies and the elderly.  Being on the Register gives you free access during a power cut, a home visit by our staff or the British Red Cross and a 24 hours priority phone number.  To join the Priority Services Register for extra help during a power cut call: 0800 169 9970,

email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , visit: ukpowernetworks.co.uk/priority

 

ARE YOU AWARE that the Rosary is said weekdays morning in the Church at 9.05am (just before the morning Mass)? Join us for this beautiful prayer.

 

WHEN ENTERING THE CHURCH PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE.  CHEWING GUM AND EATING SWEETS, BISCUITS ETC IN CHURCH?  IT’S A NO NO. PLEASE!

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Due to Fire and Safety Regulations, children and persons of limited mobility are NOT permitted in the gallery.  We also ask that when lighting a candle, you first place the candle in one of the cups provided. Please do not walk around with a lighted candle. Please do not let your children play around candles.

 

NOVENA PRAYER OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP every Wednesday at 10am. Everyone is invited.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the Church.

 

LEGION OF MARY meeting is held each Thursday after Mass at 10:15 am.  If anyone is interested in what we do you are very welcome to attend. For more information, come and meet us.

 

EL SHADDAI (CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC GROUP). Rosary prayer, praise and worship, preaching the gospel of the Lord, every Saturday, from 1pm – 4pm. All welcome to join.

 

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD. The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Saviour of the world. the great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee. In the magi, representatives of the neighbouring pagan religions, the Gospel sees the first-fruits of the nations, who welcome the good news of salvation through the Incarnation. The magi's coming to Jerusalem in order to pay homage to the king of the Jews shows that they seek in Israel, in the messianic light of the star of David, the one who will be king of the nations. Their coming means that pagans can discover Jesus and worship him as Son of God and Saviour of the world only by turning towards the Jews and receiving from them the messianic promise as contained in the Old Testament. The Epiphany shows that “the full number of the nations” now takes its “place in the family of the patriarchs”, and acquires Israelitica dignitas (is made “worthy of the heritage of Israel”).

 

 

ALL NATIONS SHALL FALL PROSTRATE BEFORE YOU, O LORD