Fifth Sunday of Lent 25th March 2012

Parish Update

Church Cleaning volunteers required. If you have an hour to spare after 9.30am Mass on one Friday in four, please leave your details at Clergy House.

Cricklewood Homeless Concern. Collection of non perishable goods after all Masses this weekend.

Altar Servers. It would be appreciated if parents could take albs home and wash them in time for Easter. It is also noted that some of the albs need minor repairs. Please return them to a Sacristan. Do not hang them up. Thank you.

Easter Services. All readers and Extra-ordinary ministers of Holy Communion
please sign up for the Easter Liturgies. Lists are at the back of the Church.

First Holy Communion programme. Now that the children have completed their preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we remind you that they must make their First Confession prior to receiving their First Communion in May. Indeed, it is a requirement that all of us celebrate this Sacrament at least once a year. Confessions are heard on a Saturday between 10.30 and 11.00 and 5.30 and 6.15 or by arrangement with Fr Kevin or Fr Rohitha. There are also extra Confessions during Holy Week. Please see the separate timetable leaflet.

Repository. Easter cards and the new Sunday Missal are on sale now.

Konkanni Mass and Prayers will be held at English Martyrs Church Chalk Hill Rd, Wembley Park this Sunday 25th March 2012 at 12.40pm. All are welcome.

A Day with Mary on Saturday 14th April from 10am to 5.30pm. The venue is Holy Apostles Church, Winchester Street, SW1. Please bring a packed lunch. See www.adaywithmary.org for more details.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes. 8th to 12th May - £470 includes transport, full board at Alba Hotel and trips to Bartres and San Pierre – contact John O’Sullivan 020 8459 0279.

Gift Aid. If you have signed for gift aid but no longer pay income tax please inform the office with the date of change.

The Catholic Children’s Society fund raising Coffee morning raised £201.85. Many thanks for all your support.

Westminster Notices

Young Adults in the North, Sunday 25th March at St. George’s parish, 970 Harrow Road, Sudbury 5:30pm - 9:00 pm for those aged 17-35. Come and meet other young parishioners in our diocese in a relaxed atmosphere. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop John Arnold and will be followed by a time of hot food, reflection and discussion on the Sunday Gospel.

A Vigil for the protection of the unborn will take place at 7pm on the 30th March outside BPAS London Central, 26-27 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HP. The event is being organised by 40 Days for Life, London. Join Bishop Alan Hopes and Diocesan Youth Chaplain, Fr. David Reilly in praying for a greater respect for life in our nation. Christians throughout London are also invited to take part in the international 40 Days for Life effort from February 22nd to April 1st. In addition to 40 days of peaceful prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, please consider volunteering to pray outside the BPAS abortion clinic during the 40 days and spread the word to others about this important life-saving effort. To get more information, or to volunteer to help, please contact Robert Colquhoun at 40daysforlifelondon@gmail.com or 07947 698195. All are welcome!

Mount Street Jesuit Centre, Mount Street W1K 3AH www.mountstreet.info present the last event during March: 31st March 11am-4pm “Living with a Spouse: Is it still a Good Idea?” An opportunity to explore Church teaching, reflect on your own experience, and raise deeper questions about the issues arising.
Cleaners required for Most Sacred Heart, Ruislip and Our Lady of Lourdes & St Michael, Uxbridge. The salary range is £7-9 per hour. These are part time positions. Closing date for applications is 13th April and interviews will be held on 16th April.

Laundry Assistant at Allen Hall Seminary. A reliable person is required to undertake laundry and domestic duties at the Seminary based in Chelsea. The hours of work are Mon-Thurs 9am to 1pm, plus weekends during the months of July and August. The salary is £8.75 per hour. Closing date for applications is 13th April and interviews will be held on 16th April.

Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Archbishop Vincent invites you to join him on the 7th -15th November 2012. During the pilgrimage you will stay in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Galilee and show your support for the local Christian communities. The cost is £1480 per person based on two sharing a room. Booking forms can be obtained directly from Gerald Daly at geralddaly@rcdow.org.uk telephone 0207 7989173.

Fourth Sunday of Lent 18th March 2012

Parish Update

Topsy Turvey Quite often after Mass people look blankly at me when I tell them that my telephone number is on the newsletter and I often have to go and get one for them from the table in the porch. The newsletter is meant to be taken home with you but week after week people seem to put them back on their way out. Conversely, the guides to the Order of Mass are not meant to be taken home but every week I have to photocopy more. So, please take home the former and leave the latter. Many thanks.

Church Cleaning volunteers required. If you have an hour to spare after 9.30am Mass on one Friday in four, please leave your details at Clergy House.

Cricklewood Homeless Concern collection of non perishable goods after all Masses next weekend.

Repository -Easter cards and the new Sunday Missal are on sale now.

Stations of the Cross in Konkanni in the Church at 3.00pm this Sunday.

Altar Servers. It would be appreciated if parents could take albs home and wash them in time for Easter. It is also noted that some of the albs need minor repairs. Please return them to a Sacristan. Do not hang them up.

First Holy Communion programme. Now that the children have completed their preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we remind you that they must make their First Confession prior to receiving their First Communion in May. Indeed, it is a requirement that all of us celebrate this sacrament at least once a year. Confessions are heard on a Saturday between 10.30 and 11.00 and 5.30 and 6.15 or by arrangement with Fr Kevin or Fr Rohitha.

Easter Services- All readers and Extra-ordinary ministers of Holy Communion
please sign up for the Easter Liturgies. Forms are at the back of the Church.

Gift Aid. If you have signed for gift aid but no longer pay income tax please inform the office with the date of change.

Konkanni Mass and Prayers will be held at English Martyrs Church Chalk Hill Rd, Wembley Park on 25th March 2012 at 12.40pm. All are welcome.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes. 8th to 12th May - £470 includes transport, full board at Alba Hotel and trips to Bartres and San Pierre – contact John O’Sullivan 020 8459 0279.

Margaret Ginty would like to thank all who sent Mass bouquets and said prayers for her during her recent illness. A Mass will be offered for their intentions.
Luz Coogan & family would like to thank all who sent Mass cards, flowers and offered prayers after the lost of Patrick. A Mass will be offered for their intentions.

Westminster Notices

Images of God workshop is an opportunity for young adults(18-35) to explore the images of God presented to us in scripture and to reflect on how their own images of God. The workshop will be prayerful and experiential in nature. It will take place at Vaughan House on Thursday 22nd March at 7.30pm. There is no charge. Contact Fr David on davidreilly@rcdow.org.uk to book a place.

Vocations Discernment Group- A meeting will take place on Friday 23rd March for young adults (20’s and 30’s) from 7-9pm in the Hinsley Room, Morpeth Terrace, next to Westminster Cathedral. For further information contact Sr Gabi at info@free2becone.org.uk or Fr Richard at richardnesbitt@rcdow.org.uk .

Young Adults in the North Sunday 25th March at St. George’s parish, 970 Harrow Road, Sudbury 5:30pm - 9:00 pm for those aged 17-35. Come and meet other young parishioners in our diocese in a relaxed atmosphere. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop John Arnold and will be followed by a time of hot food, reflection and discussion on the Sunday Gospel. Nearest tube: Sudbury Hill (Piccadilly Line).

A Vigil for the protection of the unborn will take place at 7pm on the 30th March outside BPAS London Central, 26-27 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HP. The event is being organised by 40 Days for Life, London. Join Bishop Alan Hopes and Diocesan Youth Chaplain, Fr. David Reilly in praying for a greater respect for life in our nation. Christians throughout London are also invited to take part in the international 40 Days for Life effort from February 22nd to April 1st. In addition to 40 days of peaceful prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, please consider volunteering to pray outside of the BPAS abortion clinic during the 40 days and spread the word to others about this important life-saving effort. To get more information, or to volunteer to help, please contact Robert Colquhoun at 40daysforlifelondon@gmail.com or 07947 698195. All are welcome!

Mount Street Jesuit Centre, Mount Street W1K 3AH www.mountstreet.info present the last event during March: 31st March 11am-4pm “Living with a Spouse: Is it still a Good Idea?” An opportunity to explore Church teaching, reflect on your own experience, and raise deeper questions about the issues arising.

Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Archbishop Vincent invites you to join him on the 7th -15th November 2012. During the pilgrimage you will stay in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Galilee and show your support for the local Christian communities. The cost is £1480 per person based on two sharing a room. Booking forms can be obtained directly from Gerald Daly at geralddaly@rcdow.org.uk telephone 0207 7989173.

Third Sunday of Lent – 11th March 2012

Parish Update

Topsy Turvey Quite often after Mass people look blankly at me when I tell them that my telephone number is on the newsletter and I often have to go and get one for them from the table in the porch. The newsletter is meant to be taken home with you but week after week people seem to put them back on their way out. Conversely, the guides to the Order of Mass are not meant to be taken home but every week I have to photocopy more. So, please take home the former and leave the latter. Many thanks.

Church Cleaning volunteers required. If you have an hour to spare after 9.30am Mass on one Friday in four, please leave your details at Clergy House.
Repository. St Patrick‘s Day and Easter cards and the new Sunday Missal are on sale now.

Catholic Children’s Society Fund raising cake sale in the annexe at 10.00am on Friday 16th March. Please support this worthy cause.

Stations of the Cross in Konkanni in the Church at 3.00pm on Sunday 18th March.
Altar Servers It would be appreciated if parents could take albs home and wash them in time for Easter. It is also noted that some of the albs need minor repairs.

First Holy Communion programme. Now that the children have completed their preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we remind you that they must make their First Confession prior to receiving their First Communion in May. Indeed, it is a requirement that all of us celebrate this sacrament at least once a year. Confessions are heard on a Saturday between 10.30 and 11.00 and 5.30 and 6.15 or by arrangement with Fr Kevin or Fr Rohitha.


Konkanni Prayer and Mass will be held at English Martyrs Church Chalk Hill Rd Wembley Park on 25th March 2012 at 12.40pm. All are welcome.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes. 8th to 12th May - £470 includes transport, full board at Alba Hotel and trips to Bartres and San Pierre – contact John O’Sullivan 020 8459 0279

Westminster Notices

Catholic teaching on marriage. At Masses this weekend, we receive a letter from Archbishops Vincent Nichols and Peter Smith on behalf of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. It is a statement of our Catholic faith about marriage and issued in the light of the forthcoming consultation by the Government on changing the legal definition of marriage. In the light of this letter, you are asked to consider signing the Coalition for Marriage’s online petition which can be found at www.C4M.org.uk. It reads: “I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I oppose any attempt to redefine it.”

Young Adults in the North Sunday 25th March at St. George’s parish 970 Harrow Road, Sudbury 5:30pm - 9:00 pm. For those aged 17-35. Come and meet other young parishioners in our diocese in a relaxed atmosphere. Mass will celebrated by Bishop John Arnold and will be followed by a time of hot food, reflection and discussion on the Sunday Gospel. Nearest tube: Sudbury Hill (Piccadilly Line).

A Vigil for the protection of the unborn will take place at 7pm on the 30th March outside BPAS London Central, 26-27 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HP. The event is being organised by 40 Days for Life, London. Join Bishop Alan Hopes and Diocesan Youth Chaplain, Fr. David Reilly in praying for a greater respect for life in our nation. Christians throughout London are also in invited to take part in the international 40 Days for Life effort from February 22nd to April 1st. In addition to 40 days of peaceful prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, please consider volunteering to pray outside of the BPAS abortion clinic during the 40 days and spread the word to others about this important life-saving effort. To get more information, or to volunteer to help, please contact Robert Colquhoun at 40daysforlifelondon@gmail.com or 07947698195. All are welcome!

Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Archbishop Vincent invites you to join him on the 7th -15th November 2012. During the pilgrimage you will stay in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Galilee and show your support for the local Christian communities. The cost is £1480 per person based on two sharing a room. Booking forms can be obtained directly from Gerald Daly at geralddaly@rcdow.org.uk telephone 02077989173.

Spiritual Care of Dementia Ealing Abbey are hosting a talk by Dr. Adrian Treloar, consultant and senior lecturer in old age psychiatry, on the Spiritual Care of Dementia on Thursday 15th March 7.30pm in the parish hall of St. Benedict’s church, Ealing Please email any enquiries to krysia.carr@live.co.uk Poster giving full details is at the back of the church.

Mount Street Jesuit Centre Mount Street W1K 3AH www.mountstreet.info present the following events during March:17th March 11am-4pm “Archbishop Oscar Romero - Utterly Radical and Utterly Orthodox Saint for the 21st Century?”
Besides talks and discussion, the workshop will include the showing of a still-unreleased 2010 film "Monseñor: the Last Journey of Oscar Romero".

31st March 11am-4pm “Living with a Spouse: Is it still a Good Idea?” An opportunity to explore Church teaching, reflect on your own experience, and raise deeper questions about the issues arising.

Second Sunday of Lent 4th March 2012

Parish Update

Repository. St Patrick‘s Day and Easter cards and the new Sunday Missal are on sale now.

Parish Lenten Charities are Holy Family Sisters of the Needy and to Aid to the Church in need. Collection boxes are at the back of Church and opposite Our Lady’s altar.

Magdala Parish Magazine will be on sale after all Masses this weekend.
St Mary Magdalen Wednesday Club is organising a trip to a Jubilee Variety Day
(lunch and entertainment) in Wood Green on Thursday 15th March 2012. Cost including coach is £22.50. There are 5/6 places available. To book, please phone 020 8963 0973

First Holy Communion programme. Now that the children have completed their preparation for the sacrament of reconciliation, we remind you that the children must make their First Confession prior to receiving their First Communion in May. Indeed, it is a requirement that all of us celebrate this sacrament at least once a year. Confessions are heard on a Saturday between 10.30 and 11.00 and 5.30 and 6.15 or by arrangement with Fr Kevin.

Children and Lent. If you wish to help your children understand the meaning of Lent more fully there is excellent material available at www.missiontogether.org.uk.

Altar Rails As you will know, the original altar rails and sanctuary gates given in memory of Michael and Caroline Fitzgerald were truncated and removed respectively when the sanctuary was reordered. In the past few weeks our pastoral centre at London Colney has closed and all the furniture and church fittings were offered to parishes around the diocese. I asked for some altar rails and was successful in my application. As you can see they are almost the precise height, width and length that we need and fit in well with the existing structures. Now that they run full length of the sanctuary step I hope those of you who kneel for Holy Communion will find it easier to do so and I remind everyone that you may receive either kneeling or standing, on the tongue or in the hand. But be careful, they are not fixed to the floor yet!

Konkanni Prayer and Mass will be held at English Martyrs Church Chalk Hill Rd Wembley Park (beside Lidl) on 25th March 2012 at 12.40pm. All are welcome.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes. 8th to 12th May - £470 includes transport, full board at Alba Hotel and trips to Bartres and San Pierre – contact John O’Sullivan 020 8459 0279


Westminster Notices

CAFOD Lent Fast Day-Friday 2 March 2012. This Lent, CAFOD invites us to help people living without one of God’s most precious resources - clean water. A child under five dies every 20 seconds because of diarrhoea caused by dirty water. For this Lent only, the UK government will match pound for pound every donation given to CAFOD, giving us the chance to help twice as many people gain access to water and other vital services like health and education. Your Fast Day envelopes are available in church. Please give as much as you can.

A Vigil for the protection of the unborn will take place outside at BPAS London Central, 26-27 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HP. The event is being organised by 40 Days for Life, London. Join Bishop Alan Hopes and Diocesan Youth Chaplain, Fr. David Reilly at 7pm on the 30th March in praying for a greater respect for life in our nation. All are welcome.

Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Archbishop Vincent invites you to join him on the -7th -15th November 2012. During the pilgrimage you will stay in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Galilee and show your support for the local Christian communities. The cost is £1480 per person based on two sharing a room. Booking forms can be obtained directly from Gerald Daly at geralddaly@rcdow.org.uk telephone 02077989173. Please see the poster on the notice board.

Westminster Vacancies
Receptionist-Clergy House A friendly, flexible and enthusiastic person is required to provide reception duties at Clergy House, part of Westminster Cathedral. Hours of work: 27.5 hours (Monday to Friday) Closing date: 9 March 2012
Interview date: 15th March 2012 Proposed start date: 16 April 2012. For details of how to apply for this position, please visit our website at www.rcdow.org.uk/jobs.


Lenten Retreat ‘Jesus Christ - Passion, Death, Resurrection’ at St Benedict’s Parish, Ealing Abbey, Marchwood Crescent, Ealing, W5 2DY, on Saturday March 10th, 10.00am – 4.30pm. Led by Fr. Irenaeus Vincent, a Dominican Friar. The day will include:- Holy Mass, Divine Office, Sacrament of Confession, Spiritual Talks, Holy Hour and a Hot Lunch. Cost: £10.00. Phone Ealing Parish office (020 8862 2160) to book a place.

A Day with Mary at the Immaculate Conception Farm Street, London W1 on Saturday
10th March 2012 commencing at 10.00am. Full details at the back of Church.

Mount Street Jesuit Centre Mount Street W1K 3AH www.mountstreet.info present the following events during March:17th March 11am-4pm “Archbishop Oscar Romero - Utterly Radical and Utterly Orthodox Saint for the 21st Century? Besides talks and discussion, the workshop will include the showing of a still-unreleased 2010 film "Monseñor: the Last Journey of Oscar Romero".

31st March 11am-4pm “Living with a Spouse: Is it still a Good Idea?” An opportunity to explore Church teaching, reflect on your own experience, and raise deeper questions about the issues arising.