Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Year A 17 April 2011
TODAY.
• . Tickets for Willesden Green Pioneers annual dance 6tth May at St Mary and St Andrew’s Social Club, Dollis Hill Lane NW2 6EH - t £5. each are on sale after all masses. Proceeds in aid of St Mary Magdalen Special Needs Group.
• Holy week and Easter – please pick up a copy of the yellow timetable at back of church
• The Brent Citizens Advice Bureau is among numerous local institutions receiving large cutbacks at present. Given this institution’s effective work for some of the most vulnerable you may wish to sign the petition at the back requesting a cut in the cut.
• Blue “confession” leaflets are in the porch wall holders. The Church strongly recommends that Catholic “confess their sins once a year”, especially during Lent – it requires that serious sins are confessed at least once a year.
• 10:30 am MASS: Palms for distribution at all masses will be blessed at the Grotto at 10.15am followed by procession to Church.
• Post-Confirmation Youth group are off on retreat this afternoon please pray for them.
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May Cake and Wine evening to mark the beatification of Pope John Paul II, (& the Royal Wedding) there will be a screening of the film 'John Paul II: The Movie' at 7pm in the annexe. This film charts the life of the late pope from his youth in Poland until his moving final days. £3 donation, including wine (we’ll toast the Royal Couple), coffee & cakes, with proceeds going to the Maryvale Institute.
Magdala magazine relaunch - During Eastertide, we hope to be able to publish the first edition of our exciting, new-look Magdala magazine! In each edition we would like to feature photographs from our many groups and activities. We want this magazine to really reflect what's going on in our parish, so please do remember to take your camera to events and send any good photos to magadalaphoto@gmail.com for publication. Thanks
For those who are sick: Brigid O’Sullivan, Jimmy Enright, Maria Andrews, Giovanni Barcevich , Finbar Lehane and Anne Henneghan.
For those whose anniversaries are around now: Molly Ayres, Christopher E Doran Blaithin Ramsden and James Hayes,
For those who have died recently: Michael Cronin, Eileen Meape and Lilian Woolf. Kathleen Bradley
HOLY WEEK AND THE TRIDUUM (please see yellow timetables at back)
In essence, the Triduum is one great Mass which lasts for three days. By participating in it all we powerfully participate in the one act of Christ – the first Mass that began with the Last Supper and ends with his Ascension into glory. So from the greeting and the Sign of the Cross at the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, on Maundy Thursday, until the Solemn Blessing and double Alleluia Dismissal at the Easter Vigil there are only two Signs of the Cross –at 8pm Thursday and about 11pm Saturday. Please come to it all.
--LENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE will take place on Mon (18th) 7.00pm. Confessions until 9pm
--Church will be closed on Tues 19th April after 9.30am Mass to facilitate cleaning for Easter.
ALTAR SERVERS who would like to volunteer to serve over the Easter Tridium please sign sheets in sacristy, details of rehearsal times hereunder
TRIDUUM REHEARSALS
For Maundy Thursday: Thursday 1st April: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
For Good Friday: Friday 2nd April : 10:15 am - 11:45 am
For Easter Vigil: Saturday 3rd April: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Servers need to make whole of rehearsal. Readers for a period towards beginning of rehearsal.
Extraordinary Ministers for a period towards end of rehearsal.
--MAUNDY THURSDAY – “Watching until Midnight”. N.B. after the 8pm Mass our post-Confirmation group will be following the Roman tradition of visiting seven Altars of repose before returning back here for midnight. Any with a car can join us. Just let Fr Hugh know
--GOOD FRIDAY is a Day of Fasting and Abstinence from meat.
Childrens’ Good Friday workshop 10am-12noon- Reception age to Year 6, in sacristy.
Ecumenical Witness outside St Andrews Church, Good Friday, 1p.m. See front of newsletter.
--NEXT SUNDAY is Easter Sunday
At the Saturday 9:00 pm Easter Vigil service eight people will be baptised and confirmed
Cricklewood Homeless: Collection of non perishable food stuffs at all Masses
Mass in Sinhalese: at 5.00pm
• . Tickets for Willesden Green Pioneers annual dance 6tth May at St Mary and St Andrew’s Social Club, Dollis Hill Lane NW2 6EH - t £5. each are on sale after all masses. Proceeds in aid of St Mary Magdalen Special Needs Group.
• Holy week and Easter – please pick up a copy of the yellow timetable at back of church
• The Brent Citizens Advice Bureau is among numerous local institutions receiving large cutbacks at present. Given this institution’s effective work for some of the most vulnerable you may wish to sign the petition at the back requesting a cut in the cut.
• Blue “confession” leaflets are in the porch wall holders. The Church strongly recommends that Catholic “confess their sins once a year”, especially during Lent – it requires that serious sins are confessed at least once a year.
• 10:30 am MASS: Palms for distribution at all masses will be blessed at the Grotto at 10.15am followed by procession to Church.
• Post-Confirmation Youth group are off on retreat this afternoon please pray for them.
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May Cake and Wine evening to mark the beatification of Pope John Paul II, (& the Royal Wedding) there will be a screening of the film 'John Paul II: The Movie' at 7pm in the annexe. This film charts the life of the late pope from his youth in Poland until his moving final days. £3 donation, including wine (we’ll toast the Royal Couple), coffee & cakes, with proceeds going to the Maryvale Institute.
Magdala magazine relaunch - During Eastertide, we hope to be able to publish the first edition of our exciting, new-look Magdala magazine! In each edition we would like to feature photographs from our many groups and activities. We want this magazine to really reflect what's going on in our parish, so please do remember to take your camera to events and send any good photos to magadalaphoto@gmail.com for publication. Thanks
For those who are sick: Brigid O’Sullivan, Jimmy Enright, Maria Andrews, Giovanni Barcevich , Finbar Lehane and Anne Henneghan.
For those whose anniversaries are around now: Molly Ayres, Christopher E Doran Blaithin Ramsden and James Hayes,
For those who have died recently: Michael Cronin, Eileen Meape and Lilian Woolf. Kathleen Bradley
HOLY WEEK AND THE TRIDUUM (please see yellow timetables at back)
In essence, the Triduum is one great Mass which lasts for three days. By participating in it all we powerfully participate in the one act of Christ – the first Mass that began with the Last Supper and ends with his Ascension into glory. So from the greeting and the Sign of the Cross at the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, on Maundy Thursday, until the Solemn Blessing and double Alleluia Dismissal at the Easter Vigil there are only two Signs of the Cross –at 8pm Thursday and about 11pm Saturday. Please come to it all.
--LENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE will take place on Mon (18th) 7.00pm. Confessions until 9pm
--Church will be closed on Tues 19th April after 9.30am Mass to facilitate cleaning for Easter.
ALTAR SERVERS who would like to volunteer to serve over the Easter Tridium please sign sheets in sacristy, details of rehearsal times hereunder
TRIDUUM REHEARSALS
For Maundy Thursday: Thursday 1st April: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
For Good Friday: Friday 2nd April : 10:15 am - 11:45 am
For Easter Vigil: Saturday 3rd April: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Servers need to make whole of rehearsal. Readers for a period towards beginning of rehearsal.
Extraordinary Ministers for a period towards end of rehearsal.
--MAUNDY THURSDAY – “Watching until Midnight”. N.B. after the 8pm Mass our post-Confirmation group will be following the Roman tradition of visiting seven Altars of repose before returning back here for midnight. Any with a car can join us. Just let Fr Hugh know
--GOOD FRIDAY is a Day of Fasting and Abstinence from meat.
Childrens’ Good Friday workshop 10am-12noon- Reception age to Year 6, in sacristy.
Ecumenical Witness outside St Andrews Church, Good Friday, 1p.m. See front of newsletter.
--NEXT SUNDAY is Easter Sunday
At the Saturday 9:00 pm Easter Vigil service eight people will be baptised and confirmed
Cricklewood Homeless: Collection of non perishable food stuffs at all Masses
Mass in Sinhalese: at 5.00pm
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