SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER or DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY (YEAR A)
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News
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 9th April : Loose £725.70. Envelopes £307. Standing Orders £446, Total £1,478.70. The retiring collection held on Maundy Thursday for the work of the poor amounted to £485.24., and the retiring collection on Good Friday for the Holy Land Shrines amounted to £603.30. Many thanks for your generosity.
MANY THANKS for your generous Easter collection and all your gifts.
PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Jessie Gibbard, Janet Marchant, Hayley Hughes, Eric Bragger, John Lisle, Sandra Shrader, Hannah Millrain, Baby Findlay James William Conway. Marie Philps, Christopher Browne, Robert Ferguson, Maria Rhodes, Tim Webb, Chris Potter, Jeremy Best, Nathan Le Roux, Joe Gartland, Kathleen Magee, Nora Fitzgerald, Giacomo Fenech, Malcolm Glenn, Vincent Do Rosario, David Archer, Catherine Bryant, Martin Waters, Patrick Porter, Carole Tearle, Carol Borowski, Fr Dennis Watters, Ann Messenger, John Fernandes, Alison Roach, Maisie McFarlane, Simon Holwell, John Norman, Raffaele D’Orsi, Eddie Phillips, Rahil Deans, Lawrence Deans, Ronald Deans, Iris Khan, Angela Brown, Mary Hughes, Jane McMahon, Abid Ali, Joan Langer, Caroline Tembe, Joanna Deverill, Sabah Ali-Marat, Deacon Douglas Denny, Michele Di Gangi, Daisy Wingrove, Mary Morrissey, Mary Green, Michele Deluca, Lynn Arnold, Graham Loudon, Ann Cronin, Mabel McCulloch, Phyllis Wallbank, Joanna Glowski, Rosemary Conry, Ann Gurrie, Kathleen Jemmett, Fr David, Jerry Ellis, Jim Scott, Kathleen Richardson.
CONGRATULATIONS to Elsie Grace Beale who will be Baptised at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 29th April 2017. Please pray for Elsie, her parents, Godparents and Grandparents.
GIFT AID OFFERTORY ENVELOPES If you currently use offertory envelopes the new envelopes from April 2017 are now available, and can be found on the table at the back of Our Lady of Peace Church. If you are a UK taxpayer, you could add 25p to every £1 that you give to your Parish (at no cost to yourself) through Gift Aid, this is a great help to Parish finances. Now that the Together in Faith campaign has ended you may feel able to increase your offering each week. If you require any further information please ring Yvonne on 01628 605764.
ST GILBERT’S MISSION Small plastic bottles are available in the Church porches for any loose change you would like to donate to the St Gilbert’s Mission Project. Please return full bottles to either St Gilbert’s or Our Lady of Peace.
CAN YOU HELP? At Funerals we need help with handing out the Order of Service and helping tidy the Church after the funeral. If you can help please just turn up when you see the notice in the Bulletin that there is to be a funeral held in the Church.
WALK WITH ME – a Lenten Journey of Prayer books, are available in the Church porches, priced £1.
NORES has Word of God Year A books available at £2.50 each. At the start of a new liturgical year, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent, there are books for purchase to help Readers with their understanding of the Gospels: Robin Cooper’s The Word of God, Year A Matthew’s Gospel. These are available for £2.50 each including p&p (paperbacks with 165 pages). Please send a request together with a cheque payable to RE Service to NORES, 33 Westbourne Rd, Luton, LU4 8JD. Please remember to include your return address.
DIOCESAN DIRECTORY Copies available in the Church porches, priced £2.50.
OUR LADY OF PEACE CHURCH ‘DEFECTS LOG’ BOOK There is a ‘defects log’ book on the bookcase in Our Lady of Peace Church. If you find any defects which need to be investigated in the Church please make a note in the book.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT every Monday at Our Lady of Peace from 7.00pm to 8.00pm. All welcome to join in Contemplating the Face of Christ through prayer, praise and stillness. There is also Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St Andrew’s every Thursday from 8.30am – 9.30am. All welcome.
ROSARY The Rosary will be said after the 9.30am Mass at St Andrew’s each Thursday.
MASS OFFERING FORMS are available in the Church porches which you can complete for any Mass intentions you wish to have offered. Please return the form, with your offering, in an envelope and hand to Fr Andy or Yvonne, or leave in the Sacristy or Presbytery.
PARISH MASS BOOKS We are now using Volume 1 of the Mass books for Year A (yellow cover). As with Year B and Year C, books if you would like to donate £1.95 for one of these books, or £7.95 for the large print books, please feel free to do so, and we will enter into the book a dedication for your intention. Just put into an envelope the offering and the name(s) you wish inscribed in the book(s) and hand to Yvonne at the Sacristy or Presbytery: for a deceased person please add ‘RIP’ to the name or names; for someone alive, please add ‘Intention’.
CAR PARKING Please when parking at Our Lady of Peace we ask that you take care not to block pavements or the corner of the road leading into St Michael’s Court. It is very difficult for residents of St Michael’s Court to access Lower Britwell Road when cars are parked on the corner obstructing the view onto the road. When using the car park please drive in as far as you can to allow us to use all the available spaces.
Over the next couple of weeks with the children making their First Holy Communions there will be extra cars and we ask please could everyone park considerately.
SICK & HOUSEBOUND CONTACT Maura Potter, is our Pastoral Co-ordinator for the sick and housebound, email Maura using this link or telephone 01628 666278. If you, a relative, friend or neighbour are sick or house bound and would like to receive Holy Communion please ring Maura on 01628 666278.
If you are a commissioned Eucharist Minister and would be willing to join the team who take Communion to our sick and housebound parishioners then please contact Fr Andy.
HIRING/USING ST ANDREW’S All proposed events, bookings or cancellations in any part of St Andrew’s Church must be made via Kerry Kipping, 07928 526927 to avoid duplications.
HOLY FAMILY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP A monthly meeting held on the first Saturday of each month, facilitated by parishioners. Please contact Fr Kevin on 01753 543770, or email using this link for further information, or visit the Holy Family, Langley website.
Holy Family Church – 226 Trelawney Av. Langley | SL3 7UD
ARE YOU REGISTERED WITH THE PARISH? If you previously completed the census forms for the Together in Faith Campaign then you will be registered, If not registration forms are available in the Church porches, or e-mail Yvonne or phone the presbytery.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE PARISH WEBSITE/WEEKLY NEWSLETTER can be sent to Yvonne (Click on this link for the email address). Items on paper and print are also accepted and can be given to Yvonne or Fr Andy or delivered to the Presbytery. The deadline for items for the printed bulletin is Thursday 12 noon (20th April).
Appointments
ST BERNARD’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL currently have a vacancy for a Caretaker. For further details contact Margherita Brugognone, PA to the Headmaster. Telephone 01753 521821.
St Bernard’s Prep School website
MARIST CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL West Byfleet, Surrey. Vacancy for a Deputy Headteacher, September 2017. Please visit – http://www.marist.surrey.sch.uk/recruitment.
News Links
- Diocese News
- The Vine (Journal of the Diocese of Northampton)
- News from the Catholic Church in England & Wales
- Videos on Vimeo from the Catholic Church in England & Wales
- Catholic Church in England & Wales Flickr photo album
- News from the Vatican (in English)
Readers & Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers Rota
29th – 30th April
Saturday 6.00pm Sandy McCabe and Mike Connolly.
Sunday 9.45am Readers : Barbara Bryant and Wanda Murphy. Eucharist Ministers : Jennifer Ossei-Williams, Alexcia Ossei-Williams, Michelle Ossei-Williams, Lisa Mennone, Pearl Eatwell.
6th – 7th May
Saturday 6.00pm Patsy Murphy and Pat Parker.
Sunday 9.45am Readers : Edward Agbaje and Maura Potter. Eucharist Ministers : Hadrian Lobo, Tina Koenig, Denise McClintock, Franka Deluca, Robert Bryant.
Sunday 11.30am Adam Gentry and Kellan Fernandes.
Upcoming Events
LANDINGS Do you know someone who may be thinking along these lines:
“I want to go back to Church, but I am afraid… it has been so long”
“I am not sure what I believe… will I be judged?”
“I am not a perfect Catholic, am I good enough for others to accept me?”
Landings is primarily a listening programme. A place where a returning Catholic can safely ‘land’, explore and share their experiences and hear other people’s stories.
Landings group has just started in Our Lady of Peace, they meet at 7.30pm in the Sacristy. It is not too late to register your interest. It is primarily a listening/sharing group so no preparation or homework involved! For more information contact Bernie Garfitt on 07508 7871222.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS For Mothers who wish to pray together for their children and grandchildren – Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunties! Please come and join us as we pray for our children, Our Lady of Peace Church at 10.30am (as normal) or at 7.00pm on Thursday, 27th April. Please note for those unable to attend the regular 10.30am Thursday meetings, once a month there will be an evening meeting at 7.00pm. All Christian faiths welcome. For further information please speak to Denise.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
GOOD COUNSEL NETWORK On Thursday, 27th April 2017, the 49th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion, please pray and fast for the end of abortion and euthanasia. Your prayer and fasting is urgently needed. Pray especially that ‘bubble zones’ will not be introduced around abortion ‘clinics’. For information on the day of Prayer and Fasting contact; The Good Counsel Network on 020 7723 1740.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASSES The next session is on Saturday, 29th
April from 9.30am – 11.00am in Our Lady of Peace Church. It is
important that your child attends this class as we will hold a rehearsal of
the format for the First Holy Communion day. Please continue to pray for our
children so that they will grow in their appreciation of the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE EVENTS On Sunday, 30th April, the CWL will be holding a cake sale after the 9.45am Mass. Proceeds will go to CWL charities. The CWL will be holding the annual World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations Service on Tuesday, 9th May 2017 at Our Lady of Peace Church at 7.00pm. This will be followed by cheese and wine. All are welcome.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
MEMORIAL MASS for Sr Mary Stephen at St Bernard’s, Slough, on Tuesday, 2nd May 2017 at 6.30pm. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Kevin O’Driscoll and there will be Sisters from both Communities present. All are welcome especially staff, students, parents, governors, friends, (both former and present).
St Bernard’s Grammar School (formerly St Bernard’s Convent) – 1 Langley Road, Slough | SL3 7AF
PILGRIMAGE to pray for the family with Bishop Peter Doyle on the Feast day of Our Lady Of Fatima, Saturday, 13th May 2017, which will be held in the Northampton Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Great Billing. They have 100 places available and bookings are essential – there is no cost to the pilgrimage. Please see poster for further details.
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour – High St / Elwes Way, Great Billing, Northampton | NN3 9EA
DIOCESAN ALTAR SERVERS MASS – SATURDAY 13th MAY Bishop Peter has very kindly agreed to celebrate a votive Mass of St Stephen at the Cathedral on Saturday, 13th May at 12 noon for the altar servers of our Diocese. This invitation is extended to clergy, family, friends and parishioners and is not exclusive to members of the Guild of St Stephen, they very much would like to see altar servers from all of the parishes in the Diocese and would encourage them to join with what promises to be a memorable occasion.
Altar servers are asked to be at the Cathedral from 11.00am onwards ready to process into the Cathedral by 11.45am. Altar servers should bring their albs/cottas with them. After the Mass, they hope to have a buffet on the lawn of Cathedral House.
Northampton Cathedral – A508 Kingsthorpe Rd, Northampton | NN2 6AG
PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK Fully escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, Ireland, 11th June 2017. £599 per person sharing. Price includes flights from Luton or Stansted with 15kg checked in bag, all taxes, luxury transfers, 4 nights’ in newly refurbished Knock House Hotel with full Irish Breakfast each morning and 4 Course Dinner each evening. All entertainment, excursions and guided tours included. Wheelchair accessible rooms in the hotel. Limited single rooms at supplement of £60. Groups and Individual bookings welcome. Contact Patricia anytime on 07740 175557 or email Knock Pilgrimages using this link. Knock Pilgrimages is a member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected by ATOL T7613.
Mass Times & Intentions
22nd -30th April
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
Saturday 22nd April | SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
5.15pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Sill Donnelly RIP (Shiels), Theresa & Bob Galsworthy RIP (Cooper)
Sunday 23rd April | SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Patrick McMorrow RIP (Lawlor family), Vincenzo Cocia RIP (2nd Anniversary) (Tearle) ** ♦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Olinda Nazareth & Katie Simoes RIP (Sepala & K Ratna) ♦
Millie & Thomas Fernandez Intentions (Fernandez), People of the Parish
Monday 24th April | ST GEORGE
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mark Ward Intentions (Shiels), Madam Ayiratu Agbaje RIP (Birthday Remembrance) (Edward)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 25th April | ST MARK
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Nathan Le Roux in thanksgiving (Denise), Bob & Theresa Galsworthy RIP (Marie, Maria & Corcoran family)
Wednesday 26th April
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 27th April
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Paul Walsh RIP (Rowe), Frank Stewart RIP (Whitehouse), Michael Jonathan Rodrigues RIP (Rodrigues)
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 28th April
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Lauren O’Brien RIP (Almeida), Lizzie McKeon RIP (McLoughlin)
Saturday 29th April | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
5.15pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Christopher Potter RIP, Michael McCarthy RIP, Alan Rosemeyer RIP (Potter), Mary Morgan RIP
Sunday 30th April | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Paul Walsh RIP (Rosary Group), In thanksgiving (Ashley) ** ♦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Jack & Maura Walsh RIP (Walsh), People of the Parish ♦
** Tea and Coffee available after Mass.
♦ Children’s Liturgy for ages 4-7 during Mass.
Morning Prayer is prayed before every weekday Mass and the Rosary is prayed after Mass: all are welcome to join us.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
St Gilbert’s – Eton Wick Rd, Eton Wick, Berks | SL4 6JH
Our Lady of Peace 