THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST (YEAR A)
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News
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all our Dads.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 11th June : Loose £677.57. Envelopes £280. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,403.57. Many thanks for your generosity. Next weekend copies of our financial figures will be available to take home, there will also be a flyer attached asking if you are able to increase your offertory giving. There will be the opportunity as you leave the Church to give your details if you wish to pay by Standing Order or use the envelope system.
REV’D MICHAEL WESTNEY, a popular past Anglican Vicar at St Andrew’s Shared Church, died recently, his Funeral will be in St Peter’s Church, Burnham, on Friday, 30th June at 11.45am.
DECEASED Please pray for Joseph Shortall RIP, his Requiem Mass will be held in Our Lady of Peace on Tuesday, 20th June at 1.00pm, followed by committal at Slough Crematorium. Also please pray for Joe Carvill who died recently, Joe was Headteacher at St Joseph’s Catholic High School for 14 years, his funeral will be on Wednesday, 21st June at 1.00pm in Holy Family Church, Spinney Oak, Ongar Hill, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 1BP.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
DAY FOR LIFE This weekend there will be a retiring collection for Day for Life. Each year Day for Life provides an opportunity to reflect on the dignity of every human person, both young and old, and to pray for and support all life from conception to natural death. This year’s Day for Life provides us with an opportunity to reflect, to pray and to offer practical and emotional support, especially for those who have lost a child and for those women who are anxious about their pregnancy. There are cards available in the Church porches.
WE WELCOME the children from Class 3RH who are joining us at the 9.30am Mass on Tuesday.
PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Alan Harbinson, Baby James Lee, Jessie Gibbard, Des Cafferty, 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, 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.
MISSIO – Red Box swap-over will commence later this month. Your assistance in the exchange will be much appreciated. Please ensure your box is left in good care at church.
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.
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.
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
ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL
Learning Resource Centre Assistant. They are looking for a volunteer to help out in their LRC for a few hours a week. An interest in reading and an outgoing personality is ideal. If you are interested in becoming part of the St Joseph’s team, they would love to hear from you as soon as possible. Please email using this link or call the school for more information.
Also required Sport and Leisure Assistants. They are looking to appoint enthusiastic Sports and Leisure Assistants to join them in September as part of their new community multi-sports centre team. If you are interested in becoming part of the St Joseph’s team of committed and supportive staff, they would love to hear from you as soon as possible. Please email using this link or call the school.
St Joseph’s Catholic High School – Vacancies information
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
24th – 25th June
Saturday 6.00pm – Val Warner and Norman Grimmette.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Jennifer Ossei-Williams and Michelle Ossei-Williams.
Eucharist Ministers : Juliet Sokpo, Patrick Aigbomian, Denise McClintock,Robert Bryant, Tina Koenig.
Sunday 11.30am – Zeena Mascarenhas and Augustine Kuthokathen
1st – 2nd July
Saturday 6.00pm – Yvonne Cafferty and John Barry.
Sunday 9.00am – Fran
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Tony Wight and Martin Walker.Eucharist Ministers : Irene Ali, Georgia Clark, Barbara Bryant, Audrey Truman, Melissa Whatley.
Sunday 11.30am – Prithi Mascarenhas and Allen Kuthokathen.
Upcoming Events
PARISH RETREAT This year we are holding the retreat at the Sion Community in Brentwood. It will be a residential weekend running from the afternoon/evening of 29th September 2017 and finishing on Sunday, 1st October. We will be able to cater for individuals, couples and families. We would like to get some idea of the numbers interested in attending. The retreat will be led by Fr Simon and transport can be laid on for those who might need it. The cost has not been finalised yet but please do not let that be a barrier to attending. Please contact Bob Bryant on 01628 543650 or email Bob using this link for further information.
S.E.N.T. Brentwood – Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, Essex | CM15 9BX
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR LIFE Wednesday 21st June. On the vigil of SS John Fisher and Thomas More, please Pray and Fast for the end of abortion in this country. Thousands of babies are saved from abortion each year by Catholic, Pro-Life work, backed up with your Prayer and Fasting. http://www.goodcounselnetwork.com
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 or at 7.00pm on Thursday, 22nd June. All Christian faiths welcome. For further information please speak to Denise.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
BRIGHTLIGHTS FESTIVAL is an annual event for Catholic young adults (ages 16-30) taking place 23rd–26th June 2017 in the beautiful grounds of Alton Castle in Staffordshire. Come and join us for a weekend of live music from artists including One Hope Project, Guvna B & Written in Kings. To journey together in Faith through liturgy and worship and to hear stimulating input about the possibilities of living life: UNLIMITED. To find out more information or book tickets, visit our website: brightlights.org.uk, call 0300 0750115 or find us on social media: Twitter, Facebook & Instagram: BLFestival
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN PILGRIMAGE TRUST (HCPT) A Dance in aid of the Children’s HCPT Groups Easter Pilgrimage to Lourdes, will be held on Saturday, 24th June 2017 at Slough Irish Club. Dancing from 9.00pm until midnight. Music by Tony Kearney. Tickets £5 each will be on sale after most Masses from weekend of 10th – 11th June. All monies raised will pay for a child with special needs to travel to Lourdes next Easter (2018). Many thanks for your support.
HCPT | Slough Irish Club
Slough Irish Club – Sheehy Way, Slough | SL2 5SS
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CHILDREN PROCESSION You are all invited to Blessed Sacrament Procession on Sunday, 25th June 2017 at 3.00pm in Our Lady of Peace Church, with tea and cake afterwards to celebrate their First Holy Communion. Please bring a plate of food to share and please could the children wear their First Holy Communion clothes. The children will be presented with their First Holy Communion certificates.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
UNVEILING CAFOD Would you like a better understanding of CAFOD’s history, values and work including how your donations are used? Then come and join us : Tuesday 27th June, 7.00pm for 7.30pm prompt start until 9.30pm, St Aidan’s Hall, Little Chalfont.
Northampton CAFOD events
St Aidan’s Hall – Finch Lane, Little Chalfont, Bucks | HP7 9NE
ST ANDREW’S TRUSTEES are having a cake stall at Cippenham Community Carnival (Mercian Way Rec) on 1st July to raise funds for the maintenance of St Andrew’s. They welcome donations of cakes which they can sell on the day and for your support. Contact 07941-432706 to arrange for collection/delivery or for more information.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE OF THE SICK to Walsingham, on Sunday, 2nd July 2017. The coach departs St Ethelbert’s at 7.30am, or Holy Family at 7.45am, and returns approximately 9.00pm. Tickets £15. Please bring a packed lunch. Contact Kay on 01753 642641 or Jim McErlean on 01753 546366.
St Ethelbert’s – Wellington Street (A4), Slough town centre | SL1 1XU
BIBLE TIMELINE – THE GREAT ADVENTURE This is a comprehensive course looking at the story of Salvation. It will run for 24 weeks (but not during school holidays). This course will help you to understand Gods’ plan for mankind and teach you how to read and understand the Bible.
It will also help you to understand the Liturgy of the Word during Mass and encourage you to read your Bible more regularly. We are hoping to start this course after the school summer break.
If you are interested please register your interest with any of the Parish Evangelisation Team as follows – Laurent Janot, Cedrica Lobo, Leela Kuthokathen, Ed Kwiatkowski, Anna Kwiatkowski, Bernie Garfitt or Bob Bryant. There will be a presentation evening during July for those interested.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
WALSINGHAM ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE of Reparation and Prayer for the Sanctity of Life, Sunday, 17th September 2017, led by Cardinal George Pell. All are warmly invited to come. To book please contact Denise on 07572 480408 or Yvonne on 01628 605764, tickets £17 include entrance to the Priory grounds, please bring a packed lunch. For further details see poster on noticeboard or pick up a flyer from the porch.
Mass Times & Intentions
17th June – 23rd June
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
Saturday 17th June | THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
Mass Readings (Year A)
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 – Canon Bosco Clarke Int. (49th Anniversary Ordination) (Rosary Group), Padraic Gorham RIP (Morrissey)
Sunday 18th June | THE MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST
Mass Readings (Year A)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Steve Guerin RIP (Anniversary) (Guerin family), Laurence Brennan RIP (Birthday remembrance) (Baker) ** ♦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Helen Hutchinson RIP (McLoughlin), Bernard Brophy RIP (Basey), People of the Parish ♦
Monday 19th June | DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL
Readings during the week
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Edward Agbaje in thanksgiving (Edward), Eatwell (Foundation)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 20th June
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Fr Andy Intentions (Anniversary Ordination) (Rosary Group), Lily Coutinho RIP (Birthday remembrance) (Almeida)
1.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Requiem Mass for Joseph Shortall RIP
Wednesday 21st June | ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 22nd June | SS JOHN FISHER & THOMAS MORE
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Cafferty family (P&C), Lawrence Lobo RIP (Lobo)
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 23rd June | THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Mass Readings (Year A)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Ingpen (Foundation), Phil O’Sullivan RIP (Robert)
Saturday 24th June | TWELFTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year A)
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 – Jack & Eileen Jackson RIP and Fr Brian Godden RIP (P&C), Brendan O’Sullivan RIP (Anniversary) (Family)
Sunday 25th June | TWELFTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year A)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Denise McClintock in thanksgiving (P&C), Martin Almeida RIP (Almeida), Philomena Rosario RIP (Rosario) ** ♦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Paddy Spellman RIP (Price), Bernard Brophy RIP (Basey) 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 