THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (YEAR A)
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News
MANY THANKS to all who signed up to make their giving through the Offertory envelope system or to pay via Standing Order. If you requested to use the offertory envelope scheme the boxes of envelopes are in the Sacristy marked with your name on, please collect your named box. If you requested to pay by Standing Order, forms have been posted to you, please return to Yvonne in the Parish office.
If you are a UK tax payer and we receive your donations directly from your Bank, through Standing Order, or through the offertory envelope scheme, the Church can claim an additional 25% of the value of your contribution from the Government through their charitable donations scheme which is also known as Gift Aid. It is not too late to sign up for offertory envelopes or to pay by Standing Order, please contact Yvonne via the website using this link, or on 01628 605764. Again many thanks, we are very grateful.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 25th June : Loose £673.24. Envelopes £285.40. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,404.64. Many thanks for your generosity. This weekend there will be a retiring collection for Peter’s Pence.
OFFERTORY ENVELOPE BOX NUMBER 62 Please could you write your surname on your offertory envelope for the next couple of weeks.
APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA: SEA SUNDAY 🚢 Next week is Sea Sunday, when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. There will be a retiring collection for Apostleship of the Sea, the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church. It provides practical and spiritual support to seafarers visiting our ports. As it is dependent on voluntary donations, please give generously. For more information on the work of AoS please visit www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk
MISSIO RedBoxes for the APF/MILL HILL MISSIONARIES are available today at the back of the Church. It would be of great assistance to the team of Promoters if you would collect your NOMINATED box at the rear of the Church and return your December boxes during the next two weeks. If you have any boxes surplus to requirement please bring them in. They are always in demand at changeover time. Anyone requiring a box for the first time please make contact.
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PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Jake Mayler, Alan Harbinson, Baby James Lee, 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, 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.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 2018 If you are in Year 9 or above and would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2018, we are hoping to start a course in October 2017. Further details will be given once the course dates are arranged.
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/
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. There are also 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.
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
8th – 9th July
Saturday 6.00pm – Marie Grimmette and Norman Grimmette.Sunday
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Melissa Whatley and Sabah Ali-Maraj. Eucharist Ministers : Jennifer Ossei-Williams, Alexcia Ossei-Williams, Michelle Ossei-Williams, Lisa Mennone. Sunday 11.30am – Christopher Koburg and Livinia Price.
15th – 16th July
Saturday 6.00pm – Yvonne Cafferty and Marie Oke.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Barbara Bryant and Wanda Murphy. Eucharist Ministers : Hadrian Lobo, Tina Koenig, Denise McClintock, Franka Deluca, Robert Bryant.
Sunday 11.30am – Colleen Koburg and Boni Ngu.
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
ST VINCENT DE PAUL group meet at 2.00pm on Tuesday, 4th July 2017 in the Sacristy at Our Lady of Peace. New members would be welcome. If you know of anyone who would like a visit from the SVP please advise Yvonne.
St Vincent de Paul (England & Wales)
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. All Christian faiths welcome. For further information please speak to Denise.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
MIRACLE HEALING SERVICE with Damian Stayne and the Cor et Lumen Christi Community on Saturday, 8th July, from 6.00pm, at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ (next to Euston/Euston Square Stations). Free, and all welcome!
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
ST ANDREW’S CLEAN UP DAY Please just turn up if you would like to help in a ‘clean–up’ session on Saturday, 29th July 2017 at 10.00am until midday. Thanks in advance!
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
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.
“PILGRIMAGE TO KRAKOW” Journey with the Saints this November with fellow pilgrims from the Diocese. Departing 20th November 2017 spend 4 nights in a 5☆ hotel with breakfast. ✈ Flights included from Heathrow. Early bird offer of £485 available until 30th July. To find out more visit aglowpilgrimages.com/krakow20nov or call 0800 689 4792.
Mass Times & Intentions
1st July – 9th July
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
Saturday 1st July | THIRTEENTH 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 – Mary Harris RIP (28th Anniversary) (Cafferty), Padraic Gorham RIP (Conroy)
Sunday 2nd July | THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year A)
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Paddy Conroy RIP (Anniversary) (Conroy), Maire Cooper RIP (Rowe) ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Martin Almeida RIP (Birthday remembrance) (Almeida), James Naughton RIP ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – John & Pauline Rafter RIP (Rafter family), Silvia Fortino RIP (1st Anniversary) People of the Parish 👧👦
Readings during the week
Monday 3rd July | ST THOMAS, Apostle
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Marjorie Rosemeyer RIP (Potter), Yvonne, Des & Family Intentions (Denise)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 4th July
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Regina & Eugene D’Souza RIP (Almeida), Bignell (Foundation)
Wednesday 5th July
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 6th July
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Joe Tharakan in thanksgiving, Friends of Suffering Souls (Rosary Group)
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 7th July
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – John & Betty Talty RIP (Robert) John Griffin RIP (P. Healy)
Saturday 8th July | FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year A)
5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Margaret Brown RIP & Michael Oke RIP (P&C)
Sunday 9th July | FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year A)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Sue Valentine RIP (Robert), Frank Stewart RIP (Vint) Gabriel & Michael RIP ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Joan Langer RIP (SVP), Peggy Casey RIP (Anniversary) (Dolan), 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 