Week of 29th July 2007

TODAY
We take up our annual Peter’s Pence retiring collection towards the Holy See of Rome.
We will also be making our Cricklewood Homeless collection of non perishable foods.

 Please see white leaflets in the porch explaining the Rwandan Orphans/ disabled children’s project. For which our below seaside trip will be in aid of (£2 of each ticket). Two local music therapists, Helen Leith and Judith Nockolds, have been travelling there to offer much needed skills. See white leaflets at back.

 New Compendiums of the Catholic Church are available from the Repository.

 White A5 sheets with Prayers before and after Mass available after Mass.

 FAITH MAGAZINE is on sale at the back of Church. Sex Ed.; Tony Blair, Limbo etc.

 “TEENAGERS: WHAT EVERY PARENT HAS TO KNOW” very well reviewed book, from the magnificent author Rob Parsons. Available in our Repository £7.99

Tomorrow: (Mon 30th) July 2:30 pm – Friday 3rd: 15 -30 Yr Olds Faith Summer Session
Tuesday: Prayer Evening- 7.00pm, Church for those interested in the Shrine of “Queen of Love “ in Schio, Italy – following upon Martin Plunkett’s recent talk. ALL WELCOME
Friday: First Friday Holy Hour for the intentions of the parish, especially the Journey in Faith, Padre Pio & Pioneers groups. Leaders please let Fr Hugh or Martin Plunkett have any prayers.

Next Saturday (4th)
 PARISH DAY TRIP TO THE SEASIDE (BRIGHTON) – Leaves the Church at 8.00am, returns 8.00pm. Cost £14 per adult. £5 for accompanied U-16 yr olds. Please contact Pattie, Anne or Jean through Clergy Ho or directly on 0208 450 2648. Ltd places available.

 GOAN LANGUAGE time of recollection Sat 4th August 3 – 5: Church

 PROMINENT QUALITY POLISH CHOIR will sing at the Holy Hour on Sat 4th (@5:45pm)
OTHER AUGUST EVENTS

 11-15 YR OLDS Mon 6th - Thurs 9th Parish trip to Faith Summer Break – This is a fruitful, well supervised time of fun & faith at Woldingham School, Surrey. – with Fr Hugh & Martin Plunkett

 PROMINENT QUALITY POLISH CHOIR will sing at Fri 10th 6:30 pm Mass & after

 Thursday 30th August: Wednesday Club trip to Southend. Cost £10. Please contact Kitty or Nora on 0208.459.3487 Limited places.

All the way through the month, until 19th September –an exhibition of new pictures by the amazing mystic & artist Elizabeth Wang, at the French church, 5 Leicester Place from 9.30am to 7.30pm daily


OCTOBER
RACE NIGHT at our local RISING SUN pub Friday 5th October, in aid of the schools fund.

NEW PARISHIONERS (and old), especially those who have joined our community in the last two years are invited for a coffee after the 10:30 am (i.e. 11:15) on Sunday 14th October. They will be especially prayed for at that Mass, and at the 12 noon.

CATECHISTS (and potential ones) AND GROUP LEADERS are warmly invited and encouraged to join a specially organized retreat day for them with the director of Birmingham’s Maryvale Institute on Sat 27th October at Ealing Abbey.

We welcome Fr. Joseph Sagayarajan to our community. He will be helping in the parish over the summer period. of the Diocese of Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, S. India.

SEPTEMBER
YOUTH CLUBS -- our two clubs will be each be moving their lower age limit up one year. i.e. the Y6-8 Tuesday Club will become a Y7-8 and moves to Fridays. The Y4Y5 club will become a Y5Y6 (staying on Thursdays and run for first half-term of this term). Parents of children in both clubs will be asked to help a little. Parents of children moving into Y4 should let us know if they would like to help develop something for this age group! So:

YOUTH CLUB for 11-13 (going on 14) year olds, Year Seven and Eight will start on Friday 21st September (timings to be decided but likely to be 6-8 or 6:30 – 8:30). New members very welcome. This has proven to be a great lead-up to confirmation preparation in Year 9.

We will be inviting a parent of each child to sign up a the beginning of term for one of ten term-time evenings, to be around in a supportive role. A rota will be available of the first evening.

Leaders meeting Thursday 6th September, 7 p.m. Clergy House.

Y5Y6 CLUB for 9-10 (going on 11) yr olds will start on Thurs 20th Sept 6 pm -7:30. We will be inviting a parent of each child to sign up at the beginning of term for one of the six meetings in the first half-term, to be around in a supportive role. A rota will be available on the first evening. Leaders meeting Thursday 13th September, 7:30 p.m. Clergy House.


JOURNEY IN FAITH for those interested in moving towards getting baptized and/or confirmed as a Catholic. Starts Saturday 15th September, 11 am-12:30. Please do let us know if you or someone you know might like to join this group.

MEMBERS OF PARISH FORUM will be outside Sun Mass Sept 15th/16th to meet parishioners.

SECONDARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS The diocese’s latest guide is available at www.rcdow.org.uk

Mass will be offered for the intentions of all who sympathised or prayed for the Late Mrs Noreen Cronin.

Week of 22nd July 2007

Please see white leaflets in the porch explaining the Rwandan Orphans/ disabled children’s project. For which our below seaside trip will be in aid of (£2 of each ticket). Two local music therapists, Helen Leith and Judith Nockolds, have been travelling there to offer much needed skills. See white leaflets at back.

FAITH MAGAZINE is on sale at the back of Church. Main theme: Sex Ed. Also William Oddie on Tony Blair becoming a Catholic, and on unbaptised babies and Limbo
“TEENAGERS: WHAT EVERY PARENT HAS TO KNOW” very well reviewed book, from the magnificent author Rob Parsons. Available in our Repository £7.99

Next weekend we will have our annual Peter’s Pence retiring collection towards the expenses of the Holy See of Rome. We will also be making our Cricklewood Homeless collection of all non perishable foodstuffs.

Saturday 4th August
 PARISH DAY TRIP TO THE SEASIDE (BRIGHTON) – Leaves the Church at 8.00am and returning at 8.00pm. Cost £14 per adult person. £5 for accompanied under-16 year olds. Please contact Pattie, Anne or Jean through Clergy House or directly on 0208 450 2648. Limited places available.

 GOAN LANGUAGE time of recollection Sat 4th August 3 – 5: Church

 PROMINENT QUALITY POLISH CHOIR will sing at the Holy Hour on Sat 4th (5:45pm a Divine Mercy chaplet).

OTHER AUGUST EVENTS

 PROMINENT QUALITY POLISH CHOIR will sing at evening Mass & afterwards, Fri 10th, 6:30pm

 15 -30 Yr OLDS FAITH SUMMER SESSION – Mon 30th July – Friday 3rd Quality talks in a holiday atmosphere at Woldingham School, Surrey. With Fr Hugh and Chris Hack

 11-15 YR OLDS Mon 6th - Thursday 9th Parish trip to Faith Summer Break – This is a fruitful, well supervised time of fun (e.g.Games, Swimming sports & Chessington Theme Pk) and faith (e.g. Talks & Prayer) at Woldingham School, Surrey. – with Fr Hugh & Martin Plunkett

 Thursday 30th August: Wednesday Club trip to Southend. Cost £10. Please contact Kitty or Nora on 0208.459.3487 Limited places.
All the way through the month, until 19th September –an exhibition of new pictures by the amazing mystic and artist Elizabeth Wang, at the French church, 5 Leicester Place from 9.30am to 7.30pm daily. “ A time of prayer and reflection on Saturday 15th Sept as part of the exhibition at 2.00pm . all welcome, no tickets required.

The Monday evening Prayer group (which is steadily growing in popularity) will not meet during August. Nor will formal Morning Prayer.


We welcome Fr. Joseph Sagayarajan to Clergy House,who is visitng London and will be helping in the parish over the summer period. He is a priest of the Diocese of Ootacamund, which is one of the dioceses of Tamil Nadu , in South India . He has been a parish priest for seven year, more recently rteaching the semionary. He uis currently studying in Paris in order to be able to go back and teach philosophy in a seminary.

Please pray for Fr Nimal, who celebrates his twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood this Tuesday. He is safely back in Colombo, until he returns in early Sept the monthly Sinhalese Mass will continue after that date.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: We will have an Advent Parish mission here the week of 8th December onwards, led by the dynamic St Patrick’s Evangelizartion community from Ireland – including ex-gangster John Pridmore


IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN HOSPITAL you, or relatives/friends, need to tell hospital authorities that you would like to see a Roman Catholic priest. Over the coming months there may not be a duty priest between Thursdays-Sat.s so you’ll need details of which parish you are in so that they can contact your P.P. E.g.fill in & keep one of the dark blue cards in porch

FEELING FAINT? An increasing amount of people have been during Mass on a hot day. Please don’t feel you have to stand & kneel if you are feeling a little weak. Also it would be useful for priests to know of any parishioners who have First Aid training or would like to.

A “BABY BELLY” ELECTRIC COOKER If you have a spare one our youth clubs would much benefit from it.


Many thanks for the generous donation of £301.82 raised from the Parish Feast and Famiy Day, towards the British Heart Foundation.

Week of 15th July 2007

TODAY: We will have the National Day for Life retiring collection for the excellent Linacre Centre for Ethical Research (moved from 2 weeks ago due to our other collections).


Thursday 7:30 pm LIFE ISSUES TALK: On Thursday 19th July at 7:30 pm in the Annexe we will have a talk & discussion of the past, present and future of the divergence between modern society and Catholicism. All views welcome. It will be led by Fr Hugh, Dr Michael Jarmulowicz (parish deacon-to-be) & Chris Hack (parish pastoral assistant). See purple A5 leaflets.


Tuesday 9:30 am Mass, will include veneration of the Relic of St Edmund Campion, who was hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn (Marble Arch). He is the Patron Saint of the Knights of St Columba.


AUGUST EVENTS
 Sat 4th August: PARISH DAY TRIP TO THE SEASIDE (BRIGHTON) – Leaves the Church at 8.00am and returning at 8.00pm. Cost £14 per adult person. £5 for accompanied under-16 year olds. This includes a small donation to Rwandan Orphans/ disabled children’s project. Please contact Pattie, Anne or Jean through Clergy House or directly on 0208 450 2648. Limited places available.

 PROMINENT QUALITY POLISH CHOIR will sing at the Holy Hour on Sat 4th (5:45pm a Divine Mercy chaplet) & at evening Mass & afterwards, Fri 10th, 6:30pm

 Thursday 30th August: Wednesday Club trip to Southend. Cost £10. Please contact Kitty or Nora on 0208.459.3487 Limited places.


MANY THANKS to all who helped to organize last Sunday’s Feast and Family Day, and especially the towards 400 people who attended the Mass. And the many others who joined us for the afternoon’s sunbathing and/or sports.
Last Tuesday’s Youth Club’s Open Evening raised £102 for South African orphans.
Many thanks to Mr O’Donnell who has repainted our Lourdes Grotto statues, blessed last Sat eve.


A “BABY BELLY” ELECTRIC COOKER If you have a spare one our youth clubs would much benefit from it.


FAITH MAGAZINE is on sale at the back of Church. Main theme: Sex Ed. Also William Oddie on Tony Blair becoming a Catholic.


“TEENAGERS: WHAT EVERY PARENT HAS TO KNOW” very well reviewed book, from the magnificent author Rob Parsons. Available in our Repository £7.99.


Please remember that at all Masses the annexe is usually available for any families with toddlers who might be participating a bit ‘too much’. There is a speaker in there relaying the Mass.


YOUTH SUMMER TRIPS WITH FR HUGH AND A PASTORAL ASSISTANT
11-15 YR OLDS Mon 6th August - Thursday 9th August Parish trip to Faith Summer Break – This is a fruitful, well supervised time of fun (e.g.Games, Swimming sports & Chessington Theme Pk) and faith (e.g. Talks & Prayer) at Woldingham School, Surrey.

15 -30 Yr OLDS FAITH SUMMER SESSION – Mon 30th July – Friday 3rd August Quality talks in a holiday atmosphere at Woldingham School, Surrey.


A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: We will have an Advent Parish mission here the week of 8th December onwards, led by the dynamic St Patrick’s Evangelizartion community from Ireland – including ex-gangster John Pridmore.


IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN HOSPITAL you, or relatives/friends, need to tell hospital authorities that you would like to see a Roman Catholic priest. Over the coming months there may not be a duty priest between Thursdays-Saturdays so you’ll need details of which parish you are in so that they can contact your P.P. e.g. fill in and keep one of the dark blue cards in the porch.


FEELING FAINT? An increasing amount of people have been during Mass on a hot day. Please don’t feel you have to stand & kneel if you are feeling a little weak. Also it would be useful for the priests to know of any parishioners who have First Aid training or would like to receive it.

Week of 8th July 2007

TODAY

Today’s 12 noon Mass will be in the Donnington Rd Sports Centre Stadium. THERE WILL BE NO MASS IN THE CHURCH AT 12 NOON. Other Masses will take place as normal in the Church.

 COLLECTION BOXES FOR BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION- for any person wishing to contribute to our Parish Feast & Family Day Collection at back of church.
 July editions of “Bible Alive” (on paper rack)&“May Day by Day” (in pamphlet rack)
 New CTS Pamphlets are in the pamphlet rack
 Blue & White Sea Sunday envelopes available, to support ministry to seafarers


PARISH FEAST & FAMILY DAY: 12 noon - 4 starting with Mass
Willesden Sports Centre, Donnington Rd – the other end of Peter Ave.
Bring your picnic/beach chairs/blankets - Changing facilities and lockers are available.

 Junior Fun Run: one lap of the stadium (U-10’s etc.)
 Senior one mile Fun Run (four laps of the stadium)
 Tuck and Tea shop.
 Bouncy Castle, Netball, Long Jump, Hop, Skip&Jump, Egg&Spoon Race, Football
FREE ENTRY ALL DAY - Proceeds to the British Heart Foundation.


NEXT SUNDAY: We will have the National Day for Life retiring collection for the excellent Linacre Centre for Ethical Research (this collection is moved from last week due to our school’s fund collection, and this week collecting for the British Heart Foundation).
Last week’s Day for Life purple inserts are still available at back–entitled “Mind the Gap” i.e.between the anti-life attitudes of modern society & the pro-Life attitude of Christ


IN AID OF AFRICAN ORPHANS WITH WHOM PARISHIONERS HAVE CONTACT
-- This Tuesday: OUR YOUTH CLUB will be OPEN for and parishioners to visit and be entertained etc from 6 p.m. – 7:15 pm in aid of South African orphans with whom Mrs Liz John, recently retired teacher from the Infant Convent, worked last yr. She will be there to inform us about this project.


-- Sat 4th August: PARISH DAY TRIP TO THE SEASIDE (BRIGHTON) – Leaves the Church at 8.00am and returning at 8.00pm. Cost £14 per adult person. £5 for accompanied under-16 year olds. This includes a small donation to Rwandan Orphans/ disabled children’s project. Please contact Pattie, Anne or Jean through Clergy House or directly on 0208 450 2648. Limited places available.


RACE NIGHT – 13th July in Tony’s Bar, start at 8.00pm. All proceeds go to School buildings fund. All welcome.

LATEST GREAT PUBLICATIONS FROM CARE FOR THE FAMILY

TEENAGERS: WHAT EVERY PARENT HAS TO KNOW: very well reviewed, from the magnificent author Rob Parsons. Available in our Repository £7.99

LATEST SINGLE PARENT FAMILY newsletter. On bottom shelf of our parish library in the annexe. Single parents can get above book half-price at (029) 2081.0800


YOUTH SUMMER TRIPS WITH FR HUGH AND A PASTORAL ASSISTANT
11-15 YR OLDS Mon 6th August - Thursday 9th August Parish trip to Faith Summer Break – This is a fruitful, well supervised time of fun (e.g.Games, Swimming sports & Chessington Theme Pk) and faith (e.g. Talks & Prayer) at Woldingham School, Surrey.

15 -30 Yr OLDS FAITH SUMMER SESSION – Mon 30th July – Friday 3rd August Quality talks in a holiday atmosphere at Woldingham School, Surrey.



A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: We will have an Advent Parish mission here the week of 8th December onwards, led by the dynamic St Patrick’s Evangelizartion community from Ireland – including ex-gangster John Pridmore


FEELING FAINT? Finally we are being promised some warmer weather” During the last such period a surprisingly large number of people fainted in Church. Please don’t feel you have to stand & kneel if you are feeling a little weak. Also it would be useful for the priests to know of any parishioners who have First Aid training or would like to receive it.


The Special Needs Group would like to thank the Pioneers group and all others who supported their coach trip to Worthing on Sat 16th June where a good time was had by all.

The Union of Catholic Mothers would like to thank all who supported their cake sale, £351.40 was raised towards their annual charities.