FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR A)
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News
WE WELCOME BISHOP PETER who is making a Pastoral Visit to Our Lady of Peace Parish this weekend and celebrating all our Masses. Bishop Peter will also meet with the Parish Pastoral Council on Saturday, 13th May at 7.30pm in the Sacristy.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 7th May : Loose £647.40. Envelopes £264. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,357.40. The retiring collection held for Priest’s Training Fund amounted to £747.06. Many, many thanks for your generosity.
MASS CHANGE Please note there will be no Mass at 9.30am on Friday at Our Lady of Peace, Mass will be at St Gilbert’s at 7.30pm.
PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Jessie Gibbard, Des C, 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, 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-Maraj, 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.
DECEASED Please pray for Máire Cooper RIP who died recently, her Requiem Mass will be held in St Gilbert’s on Tuesday, 16th May at 11.15am followed by committal at Amersham Crematorium. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
CONGRATULATIONS to Joshua Dexter Wilson Oscar Gabriel Sobala and Lihanna Joanita Coutinho, who will be Baptised at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 20th May 2017. Please pray for their parents, Godparents and Grandparents.
CHURCH CLEANING Saturday, 20th May at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
FACEBOOK A Facebook page for Our Lady of Peace Church has been set up and can be found by seaching @BurnhamCatholicParish on facebook (or use the link below) as a forum for advertising parish life. It’s early days but you are all welcome to ‘follow’ on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/BurnhamCatholicParish/
GIFT AID OFFERTORY ENVELOPES 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.
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.
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.
Appointments
OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC PRIMARY & NURSERY SCHOOL
TEACHERS required to start in September 2017 Full Time, Permanent. Job Salary: MPS or Upper Pay. Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary & Nursery School offers an exciting opportunity to join our newly formed Primary school following the amalgamation of our Infant & Junior schools in April 2016.
The Headteacher and Governors are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and suitably qualified teachers to join a staff team who are committed to promoting the achievements of all our pupils, within the warm and caring ethos of this Catholic school.
The successful candidates will be highly motivated, hard working with the drive to contribute to the development of the school. They will enjoy working as part of a team and be able to use their teaching skills to enable all children to enjoy and achieve.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed; please phone for an appointment on 01628 661886. Only applications submitted on the School’s (CES) application form will be accepted and can be emailed, email the school using this link.
Closing Date: Thursday, 18th May 2017. Interview date: Week commencing 22nd May 2017. Applications welcome from NQTs and experienced teachers.
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School.
FOUNDATION GOVERNORS for Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary School.
Are you a practising Catholic? Do you care about Catholic education? Can you commit to 10-12 hours a month? If you think that you might make a good foundation governor, you should nominate yourself for consideration for appointment. The main role of a governing body is to operate at strategic level, ensuring that the Catholic vision and ethos of the school is upheld, holding the Headteacher and leadership team to account and overseeing the financial performance of the school.
Foundation Governors are appointed by the local Bishop specifically to preserve and develop the Catholic ethos of the school and represent the Bishop’s education policy to the governing body. There is no magic formula about what makes a perfect Foundation Governor, they come from all walks of life and all ages. But it is important that each governing body has a good mix of skills, knowledge and experience.
If you are interested in supporting our parish Primary school and would like more information on the role of Foundation Governor, please speak to Fr Andy or email our current Chair of Governors, Lisa Timms by using this link, both of whom will be happy to discuss the role in more detail with you.
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
20th – 21st May
Saturday 6.00pm – Patsy Murphy and John Barry.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Audrey Truman and Cedrica Lobo. Eucharist Ministers : Juliet Sokpo, Patrick Aigbomian, Denise McClintock, Robert Bryant, Tina Koenig.
Sunday 11.30am – Jenna Massoud and Edward Agbaje
27th – 28th May
Saturday 6.00pm – Marie Grimmette and Norman Grimmette.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Robert Bryant and Denise McClintock.
Eucharist Ministers : Irene Ali, Georgia Clark, Barbara Bryant, Audrey Truman, Melissa Whatley.
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 is at Our Lady of Peace, they meet at 7.30pm in the Sacristy. 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
CSCT Meeting for Trustees, Tuesday 16th May at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
FIRE & LIGHT WITH COR ET LUMEN CHRISTI COMMUNITY “Come and join us for special evenings of praise, worship, healing and empowering prayer ministry in the glorious presence of the Eucharistic Lord,” 8.00pm on Wednesday, 17th May, at Chertsey Hall. All welcome. Please contact Fr Andy if you need transport.
Chertsey Hall – Heriot Road, Chertsey | KT16 9DR
Cor et Lumen Christi Community
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). 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
CHURCH CLEANING Saturday, 20th May at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
SLOUGH FOODBANK There will be a quiz on Saturday 20th May from 7.30pm. The venue is St Andrew’s Church Hall in Stoke Poges. The tickets will be £10 per person which includes a hot supper. A bar will be available, and hot drinks will also be on sale. There will be a raffle with very exciting prizes to be won. For further details please see poster.
Slough Foodbank
St Andrew’s Church Hall – Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges | SL2 4LN
A DAY WITH MARY National Shrine of Our Lady Walsingham on Sunday, 21st May. The day begins at 11.40am in the Basilica and concludes at the village of Walsingham. Further details please see poster in Church porches or the A Day with Mary website.
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR SYRIA Novena of Prayer prior to Pentecost. Prayer evenings are being organised between 25th May and 3rd June, culminating with a night vigil in Our Lady of Peace on 3rd June 2017. These evenings will involve as many local faith denominations as possible. More details to follow as a programme is finalised.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
ETON WICK & DORNEY Churches Together invite you to 9 Days of Prayer, 25th May to 4th June 2017 (see poster). Services include a Prayer Breakfast at St Gilbert’s at 8.30am on Saturday 3rd June followed by Prayer for our Villages, 10am-12pm. Also a Teddy Bear’s Picnic at 3.30pm on Sunday 4th June at Hayward’s Mead (opposite St Gilbert’s).
St Gilbert’s – Eton Wick Rd, Eton Wick, Berks | SL4 6JH
VOCATIONS WEEKEND 26th – 28th May 2017. A retreat weekend for young women considering the vocation to religious life. There will be input from FCJ sisters on different aspects of vowed life, as well as opportunity for prayer, reflection and discussion with other young women who are considering the vocation to religious life. For more information or to book a place, contact: Sr Lynne fcJ using this link:
Faithful Companions of Jesus website
DAY PILGRIMAGE TO COVENTRY We are visiting Coventry Cathedral on Saturday 3rd June, we will be leaving St Andrew’s at 8.30am. Evensong will be in the cathedral. Cost is £14 per adult, £7 per child 0-12 years. To book please phone Rev’d Janet on 07856 047960.
“COME HOLY SPIRIT, FIRE OF MERCY” celebrating Pentecost Sunday on Sunday, 4th June at St Andrew’s Shared Church, 2.30pm Worship, 3.15pm Holy Mass and 4.15pm Service of Anointing for Seven Holy Gifts followed by Reception. All welcome. David Wells, an internationally renowned speaker for Portsmouth Diocese on the New Evangelisation, will be at St Andrew’s Shared Church, on Tuesday, 6th June 2017 at 7.15pm. All welcome to hear deep truths of faith presented in a context of great joy. Call Millie on 07957 594646.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
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
13th May – 21st May
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
Saturday 13th May | FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
11.00am Our Lady of Peace – First Holy Communion Mass
2.00pm Our Lady of Peace – First Holy Communion Mass
5.15pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Sill Donnelly RIP (Gatt), Frank Stewart RIP (Murray)
Sunday 14th May | FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – In thanksgiving (Ashley), Bob & Theresa Galsworthy RIP (Rowe) ** ♦
11.30am St Andrew’s – In thanksgiving (Walsh), Graham Loudon Family Intentions (P&C), People of the Parish ♦
Monday 15th May
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Lenoy Tharakan thanksgiving, Dearing (Foundation)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 16th May
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Deceased Boundy Family (Boundy), Green (Foundation)
11.15am St Gilbert’s – Requiem Mass for Máire Cooper RIP
Wednesday 17th May
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 18th May
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Ellen Ryan and Sisters RIP (Whelan), Special intention (Sepala)
Friday 19th May
(N.B. no 9.30am Mass today)
7.30pm St Gilbert’s – Kay & Vince Gatt Intentions (Shiels), Howell Roberts RIP (O’Donnell) Birthday remembrance
Saturday 20th May | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
5.15pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Frank Stewart RIP (CWL & Turmer), Padraic Gorham RIP (Hogg Family)
Sunday 21st May | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Anne Maasch RIP (Denise) (Birthday remembrance), Demetri Macri RIP (Macri Family) ** ♦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Special intention (Sepala), In thanksgiving Zeena (Zeena), 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 