33rd Sunday of the Year- 18th November 2012

Parish News Last week’s collection was £1963.24 Thank you. First Holy Communion 2013. Application forms will be available from the back of the church this weekend. Please return completed forms along with baptismal certificates and the suggested offering to the parish office by 9th December. Cricklewood Homeless Concern collection next weekend of non perishable foods and toilet requisites– soap and face cloths only. Repository. A selection of Advent wreaths, candles, church art calendars , Christmas cards, cribs, books and Mass bouquets are on sale. CTS Year of Faith Books. Thank you to those who supported the CTS Bookstall a few weeks ago. For those who did not manage to visit, we do have a stock of some titles in the repository. There are also discounted Year C Sunday Missals (starting on 1st Sunday Advent.) Weekly Catechesis Leaflets. Leaflet 6 of our “Year of Faith” catechesis leaflets, on the harmony between Sacred Scripture and the tradition of the Church, is available on the table in the porch. Keep these and they will build up into a “mini-catechism” of 60 leaflets. St Mary Magdalen Wednesday Club will be holding their “Bring & Buy” sale on Wednesday 21st November from 1:30pm to 3:00pm, Kings Hall, Harlesden Road. All are welcome. St Mary Magdalen Wednesday Club. There are places available for the Christmas Special Trip to “Mickey’s Variety Club”, Wood Green, on Thursday 29th November. £25 inclusive of meal and coach. Call 0208 963 0973 or 0208 4596952 for bookings. There are eight places still available. The coach will leave outside the church, Peter Avenue at 10:30am sharp. Thanksgiving Mass. On Friday 30th November at 6:30pm, there will be a Mass for Mrs Andrea Gibbs, retired teacher at St Mary Magdalen Junior School. All parents and past pupils are very welcome to come and wish Mrs Gibbs a happy retirement. Kings Hall Family Christmas Variety Show on Saturday 15th December from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, Kings Hall Community Centre, 155 Harlesden Road. Tickets £5 adults (which includes a glass of mulled wine), £3 child, available from Mrs Norrie Fox. Kings Hall Family Christmas Variety Show on Saturday 15th December from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, Kings Hall Community Centre, 155 Harlesden Road. Tickets £5 adults (which includes a glass of mulled wine), £3 child, available from Mrs Norrie Fox. Diocesan Notices Vocations Discernment Group for young adults (18-30’s) is on Friday 23rd November, 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the Hinsley Room, Morpeth Terrace next to Westminster Cathedral, with a talk by Andrew and Angie Bull on Mary and Joseph. This is part of the “Figures of Faith in the Bible” series for the Year of Faith. For further information contact Sr Gabi at info@free2become.org or Fr Richard at richardnesbitt@rcdow.org.uk. AFF Retreat for parish adult faith formation leaders and those involved in various parish ministries and catechesis on Saturday, 24th November from 10:00am to 3:00pm in Nazareth House, 169-175 Hammersmith Road, W6 8DB. Suggested donation is £14 to cover the costs. Refreshments will be provided, please bring your own lunch. Booking is required to guarantee a place. Call 0207 798 9152 or email livingfaith@rcdow.org.uk. Ten Ten Theatre, the Catholic theatre company, will be performing their play “Healthy Heart” at the Leicester Square Theatre on Saturday 24th November at 4pm.  Telling the story of the relationship between an 11-year-old girl and her Polish grandmother, it is a funny and moving play about faith suitable for the whole family.  For tickets, please visit the Ten Ten Theatre website at www.tententheatre.co.uk or telephone the theatre box office on 08448 733 433. Guild of Our Lady of Ransom. Holy Mass in honour of St Edward the Confessor will be celebrated at St Edward’s Shrine, Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 24th November at 4:30pm. For a free ticket send a stamped addressed envelope to Mgr James Overton, 112 Clarendon Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 2QD. A retreat day for dating couples and singles Saturday 1st December, Carmelite Priory, 41 Kensington Church Street, W8 4BB. 10:00am - 6:00pm.  Explore the riches of the Church’s vision of marriage and how to make it a reality in your life, with testimonies, talks, silence, prayer, delicious food and live music. Numbers limited, booking essential, please contact Catherine MacGillivray cathmacgillivray@rcdow.org.uk or 020 7931 6064. A Day with Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, Acton High Street, W3 on Saturday 1st December from 9:30am to 5:00pm. Westminster Cathedral are privileged to host Dame Gillian Weir, world-renowned concert organist, this will be her final public performance on Wednesday 5th December at 7:30pm. Tickets are £15.00 available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or the Cathedral gift shop.