THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (YEAR B)
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News
DECEASED Please pray for Michael Hill RIP who died recently, his Requiem Mass will be in Our Lady of Peace Church on Tuesday, 19th December at 1.15pm, followed by committal in Slough Crematorium. Also please pray for Evette Freeman RIP who died recently, her Requiem Mass will be in Our Lady of Peace Church on Thursday, 28th December at 12.30pm followed by burial in Oakley Green Cemetery. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 10th December : Loose £522.38. Envelopes £292. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,260.38. The retiring collection for the Christmas flowers amounted to £259.07. Many, many thanks for your generosity
PARISH DANCE Thank you to all who came along to The Irish Club and supported the Parish Dance, it was a very enjoyable evening, and we raised £1,080 after expenses for Parish funds. Thank you again.
CIPPENHAM SHARED CHURCH TRUSTEES would like to thank all those people who so generously donated bottles for the tombola and raffle at the fair last Saturday, also a big thank you to those who helped man the stall on the day. We made a total of £192.70 which was a fantastic result.
ST ANDREW’S 300 CLUB the St Andrew’s Day draw for the 300 Club was drawn during the celebrations after Mass on 30th November at St Andrew’s. The winner of £100 was John & Peggy Vint.
CHRISTMAS SERVICE TIMES a red leaflet is available in the Church porches giving details of all the Christmas Service times listed below.
Opportunities for Confession during Advent |
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Friday 15th December |
St Gilbert’s Church |
5.30pm – 6.30pm |
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Monday 18th December |
Our Lady of Peace Church |
Advent Reconciliation Service 7.00pm |
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Thursday 21st December |
St Andrew’s Shared Church |
8.30am – 9.30am |
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Saturday 23rd December |
Our Lady of Peace Church |
11.00am – 12noon |
Christmas Eve |
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6.00pm |
Our Lady of Peace Church |
Christmas Mass |
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11.30pm |
Our Lady of Peace Church |
Carols and readings, followed by Midnight Mass |
Christmas Day |
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9.00am |
St Gilbert’s Church |
Mass |
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9.45am |
Our Lady of Peace Church |
Mass |
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11.30am |
St Andrew’s Church |
Mass |
‘HELP’ AT THE 6.00PM CHILDREN’S MASS AND 9.45AM CHRISTMAS DAY MASS sheets are available where you can sign up to help at the 6.00pm Children’s Mass on Sunday, 24th December and at the 9.45am Mass on Christmas Day. Readers and Extraordinary Ministers, ushers, welcomers and collectors will be needed.
SERVICE OF WORD AND HOLY COMMUNION over the Christmas period on Wednesday mornings there will not be a Service of Word and Holy Communion.
PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Jim Barrett, TJ Cummins, Linda Pritchard, Linda Ward, Peter Truman, James Olexa, Tina Bowron, Jake Mayler, Alan Harbinson, Baby James Lee, Janet Marchant, Hayley Hughes, Eric Bragger, John Lisle, Sandra Shrader, Hannah Millrain, Baby Findlay James William Conway, Marie Philps, Christopher Browne, Robert Ferguson, Chris Potter, Jeremy Best, Nathan Le Roux, Joe Gartland, Kathleen Magee, Nora Fitzgerald, Giacomo Fenech, Malcolm Glenn, Vincent Do Rosario, David Archer, Catherine Bryant, 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, Ann Cronin, Mabel McCulloch, Phyllis Wallbank, Joanna Glowski, Rosemary Conry, Ann Gurrie, Kathleen Jemmett, Fr David, Jerry Ellis, Jim Scott, Kathleen Richardson.
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS will be taking a break over the Christmas period and will resume again on Thursday, 11th January 2018.
TWO WEEK NEWSLETTER Next weeks newsletter will be for two weeks, then back to weekly from the weekend 6th – 7th January 2017, the deadline for notices will be Thursday, 4th January 2018 by 12noon. Please email notices to Yvonne (use this link for the email address), or drop in the Presbytery door.
MISSIO RED BOXES Second collection of the year. Would you kindly bring your RED BOX to Mass any day from now onwards, so that the money may be counted and banked before 31st December. Please be sure that you leave you box in secure hands at Church. Thank you for your co-operation.
ADVENT BOOKS copies of My Day by Day Infant and Junior Advent books are available from the Church porches, priced £1 each.
YEAR OF PRAYER & VOCATION As we begin a new Church year your Diocese celebrates a Year of Prayer and Vocation. There are some prayer cards available at the Church entrance.
Watch Bishop Peter’s video message on Youtube.
DO YOU SUPPORT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS and the right of Catholics to send their children to them? Then we need you to make your voice heard. The Government is making a critical decision on whether to overturn the admissions cap which prevents Catholic schools from allowing all Catholic pupils to attend.
They have acknowledged that this policy discriminates against Catholics and promised to abandon it, now we need you to tell them not to u-turn on their promise to Catholics. Visit catholicnews.org.uk/education-cap or search for ‘Catholic Education’ in your search engine to write to the Government and urge them to drop their policy which bans new Catholic schools.
HELP AFTER SUNDAY 9.45AM MASS Many thanks to all those who help tidy the Church after the 9.45am Mass each Sunday.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 2018 the Confirmation programme will be taking a break over the Christmas period, the next session will be on Thursday, 11th January 2018 at 7.00pm in Our Lady of Peace.
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 Christmas season there will be extra cars and we ask please could everyone park considerately. 🚗
CAFOD WORLD GIFTS CATALOGUE World Gifts are a range of unusual, ethical presents that will delight your friends and family. They help transform the lives of poor communities and families in developing countries. Pick up a catalogue as you leave the Church or see the gift range online at cafod.org.uk/worldgifts. Through World Gifts, you can give your loved ones great presents this Christmas while giving gifts of hope to others.
USED STAMPS FOR THE MISSIONS
Please save your stamps and put in the boxes available in the Church porches. Over the years used stamps have been collected at Slough and have been sold on to raise funds for work undertaken in schools, hospitals and Parishes by Sisters, Brothers, Lay People and Priests in the developing world. The used stamps are sold on to Dealers and Collectors, and the proceeds used to assist in funding Church projects. This can be done here in this Parish by as many people as possible depositing as many stamps as is possible in the Stamps for the Missions box at the back of Church. Please make a real effort to bring your used stamps to Church and help in this simple way to support the Church’s work abroad.
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.
ST ANDREW’S 300 CLUB If you wish to join the 300 Club please contact Shelagh Whitehouse on 01753 516502. Forms are available in the Church porches.
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 (this week at Our Lady of Peace) 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 using Volume 1 of the Mass books for Year B. As with Year A 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’.
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.
www.facebook.com/BurnhamCatholicParish/
SICK & HOUSEBOUND CONTACT Maura Potter, is our Pastoral Coordinator 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)
- Diocese of Northampton Flickr photo albums
- 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 albums
- News from the Vatican (in English)
Readers & Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers Rota
23rd – 24th December
Saturday 6.00pm – Marie Grimmette and Norman Grimmette.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Robert Bryant and Denise McClintock. Eucharist Ministers : Hadrian Lobo, Tina Koenig, Peter Koenig, Franka Deluca, Barbara Bryant.
Midnight Vigil and Carols
Reader 1: Chris Koeburg
Reader 2: Allen Kuthokathen
Reader 3: Patsy Murphy
Midnight Mass First reading: Leela Kuthokathen. Second reading: Barbara Bryant.
Eucharist Ministers: Millie Fernandes, Zenia, Madeleine Bowron, Irene Ali.
30th – 31st December
Saturday 6.00pm – Yvonne Cafferty and Marie Oke.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Edward Agbaje and Maura Potter.Eucharist Ministers : Irene Ali, Georgia Clark, Barbara Bryant, Audrey Truman, Melissa Whatley.
Upcoming Events
ADVENT RECONCILIATION SERVICE opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation with visiting Priests in Our Lady of Peace Church on Monday, 18th December at 7.00pm.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
SING YOURSELF BETTER – THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BENEFITS OF SINGING A new body of research reveals the overwhelmingly positive feeling that people get from singing in choirs — that singing in a choir impacts positively on their physical, social and emotional well being and suggests the potential of choirs to improve wellbeing. The findings of the study concluded that,
“The greatest benefits of singing in a choir came from reducing social isolation; stimulating cognitive function; alleviating low mood and anxiety; improving respiratory function; having fun and relaxing and obtaining a sense of mindfulness and transcendence from everyday worries”.
Come join our very own choir at Our Lady of Peace – recruiting now – in time for Christmas – and reap these benefits. We can promise a relaxed atmosphere, plenty of laughs and wonderful sense of wellbeing. We meet every Tuesday evening – 7.30pm in Our Lady of Peace. We are an informal choir and all voices, of all kinds are very welcome.
THE ART CLASS 🎨, which meets every Wednesday at St Andrew’s Church, would welcome more members to join them into their friendly and creative club. Times are from 10.00am until noon. A minimal charge of £1 per session includes your tea/coffee and biscuits and funds Art Class projects, usually in the form of gifts to the Church. You might be the next Picasso!!
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT COURSE Session 6 – Living in the Spirit – will be held on Friday, 22nd December at 7.30pm in Our Lady of Peace Church.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
CHRISTMAS CHURCH CLEANING This will take place on Saturday, 23rd December at 8.30am. Please come along and try and spare an hour to help clean the Church in preparation for our Christmas services. Mince pies and tea/coffee will be supplied!
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS will be taking a break over the Christmas period and will resume again on Thursday, 11th January 2018.
Mass Times & Intentions
16th December – 25th December
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
Saturday 16th December | THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Mass Readings (Year B)
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 – Clarry & Winifred Murphy RIP and Jack & Daphne Lavender RIP (P&C), Mary Hirth Intentions (Morrissey)
Sunday 17th December | THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Kevin Fox RIP (5th Anniversary) (Fox), Hadrian & Cedrica Wedding Anniversary (Cedrica) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Helen Hutchinson RIP (Birthday rememb) (Payne)
People of the Parish 👧👦
Monday 18th December | O Adonai
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Alan Shorter and Sydney Maasch RIP (Denise), Philip Hearne RIP (Vint)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Reconciliation Service
Tuesday 19th December | O Root of Jesse
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – McClintock family Intentions (Denise), James Burke Intentions (Sugrue)
1.15pm Our Lady or Peace – Requiem Mass for Michael Hill RIP
Wednesday 20th December | O Key of David
9.30am Our Lady of Peace No Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 21st December | O Rising Sun
8.30am St Andrew’s – Confessions
9.30am St Andrew’s – Phil Ward RIP (Shiels), Kay & Vince Gatt Intentions (Cafferty)
Friday 22nd December | O King
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Joseph Tharakan RIP, Gordon Campbell RIP (Foundation)
Saturday 23rd December | FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Mass Readings (Year B)
11.00am-12noon Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
4.45pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Alice O’Neill RIP (Anniversary) & Charlie O’Neill RIP (Flannery), Andy Madden RIP (1st Anniversary) (Madden)
Sunday 24th December | FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Anne Maasch RIP (Anniversary) (Denise), Maureen Boyle Intentions (Hamed)
11.30am St Andrew’s – George Massoud RIP (3rd Anniv.) & Toufica Massoud RIP (40 day Anniv.) (Massoud), People of the Parish
Sunday 24th December | THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST
Mass Readings
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Tom & Peggy McLoughlin RIP & Martin Downes (The family), Mass especially suitable for children 🐄
11.30pm Carols and Readings
Monday 25th December | THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST
Mass Readings
12.00midnight Our Lady of Peace – Mary Harris RIP & Francis Flynn RIP (Cafferty), Mary Lawlor RIP (The family), Val Corcoran RIP (Corcoran) 🥂
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Neville & Maire Cooper RIP ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Philomena Rosario RIP (1st Anniv.) (Rosario) Kathleen Burke Intentions (Sugrue) ☕
11.30am St Andrew’s – Marian Bellamy RIP (Bellamy), Romaldo & Josephine DeSouza RIP and Manuel & Lavinia Fernandes RIP (DeSouza) 🐄
🥂 Drinks available after Mass.
☕ Tea and Coffee available after Mass.
👧👦 Children’s Liturgy for ages 4-7 during Mass.
🐄 Children are invited to come dressed as Mary, Joseph, Kings, shepherds, angels, stars, donkeys or cows (see Christmas Service Times)
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 