FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
(YEAR B)
Sections: News | Rotas | Upcoming Events | Mass Times
News
CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES
Christmas Day – Morning |
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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 |
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 17th December : Loose £689.07. Envelopes £346. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,481.07. Many thanks for your generosity.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our clergy and parishioners at Our Lady of Peace, St Andrew’s and St Gilbert’s, and to our Anglican brothers and sisters at St Andrew’s, especially Rev Janet Minkkinen.
MANY THANKS to all those who have helped in the Parish throughout the year in varying jobs and ministries, especially at Christmas. Grateful thanks to: our Sacristans Denise, John, Millie and Marie; the Church cleaners; the flower ladies who provide such beautiful displays throughout the year; the altar servers; our musicians and choirs; the readers; the extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion; the collectors; parish welcomers/ushers; the team of counters; the 9.45am Mass Tea/Coffee team; the CWL; the SVP, the PPC; the Finance Committee; the Parish and Youth Evangelisation Teams; Children’s Liturgy; all the Catechists; and John our faithful Gardener. “THANK YOU” TO YOU ALL. And finally thanks especially to Yvonne Cafferty, the parish secretary, for all her hard work.
DECEASED Please pray for Yvette 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 her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
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.
CONGRATULATIONS to Max Dobbyn and Brooke Kerr who will be married on Friday, 29th December at Our Lady of Peace. We wish them every blessing.
MASS CHANGES There will not be weekday Mass at 9.30am on the following dates:
St Andrew’s –
Thursday, 28th December.
Thursday, 4th January.
Our Lady of Peace –
Friday, 29th December.
Tuesday, 2nd January.
Friday, 5th January.
Mass on Tuesday, 26th December will be at 10.00am.
Mass on Monday, 1st January will be at 12noon.
Normal weekday Masses will resume from Monday, 8th January.
View Mass Times
SERVICE OF WORD AND HOLY COMMUNION Please note that over the Christmas period on Wednesday mornings there will not be a Service of Word and Holy Communion.
DOUBLE ISSUES of The Universe and The Catholic Times are on sale, both priced at £2.60.
SLOUGH FOODBANK MESSAGE: Thank you to you, and fellow members of the congregation of your Church, for your continued support and the donation of food from your recent collections on 4th, 11th, 18th October and 1st November. The food weighed in a total 27.5kgs, which is equivalent to approximately 28-30 individual meals. Please thank all your parishioners who contributed to this donation. We are grateful for their thoughtfulness, encouragement and continued support. We understand that there are many other worthy charities in Slough, and that we would not be able to assist local people in crisis without the continued support of churches such as yours.
CATHOLIC DIARIES are available in the Church porches, a donation of £1 each is welcomed.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH CAFOD Try something that is calorie-free and not injurious to your health but can be life giving and joyful. We really need people to go into our Catholic schools to inspire students to act on their sense of justice. You don’t have to be a teacher to do this role, only a passion for CAFOD’s work and an ability to communicate well with children and young people. All necessary training, travel expenses and resources will be provided. Please get in touch with Northampton CAFOD by using this link or 01844 274 723.
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 This newsletter is 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.
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. 🚗
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
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.
6th – 7th January 2018
Saturday 6.00pm – Jennie Phelan and Pat Parker.
Sunday 9.00am – Alison
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Maura Potter and Alexcia Ossei-Williams. Eucharist Ministers : Jennifer Ossei-Williams, Lisa Mennone, Pearl Eatwell, Denise McClintock, Robert Bryant.
Sunday 11.30am – Millie Fernandes and Kerry.
Upcoming Events
SPIRIT AND LIGHT WORSHIP 🔥 on Friday, 29th December at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church, led by Millie. All welcome for powerful Anointing. Come and be filled with the Spirit of God and thus be renewed and strengthened in your inner self.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
FAMILY TREE HEALING MASS with Fr Angelus at the Polish Church of Divine Mercy, Slough on Tuesday, 9th January at 7.00pm. All welcome. Please call Millie on 07957 594646 for more information.
Polish Church of Divine Mercy – 48 Pitts Rd, Slough | SL1 3XH | Bus 4, X74
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS will be taking a break over the Christmas period and will resume again on Thursday, 11th January 2018.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
Mass Times & Intentions
23rd December – 7th January
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
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) 🐄
Tuesday 26th December | ST STEPHEN, Deacon & Protomartyr
10.00am Our Lady of Peace – Eileen Cane RIP (Corcoran)
Wednesday 27th December | ST JOHN, Apostle & Evangelist
No Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 28th December | THE HOLY INNOCENTS, Martyrs
No Mass at St Andrew’s
12.30pm Our Lady of Peace – Requiem Mass for Yvette Freeman RIP
Friday 29th December
No Mass
Saturday 30th December | HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
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 – John Fulham RIP (Maisie), Frank Stewart RIP (Stewart family)
Sunday 31st December | HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – James ‘Jimmy’ Gallagher RIP (Atherton), Denis Sugrue RIP (Sugrue)
11.30am St Andrew’s – Angelo Nazareth RIP (Sepala and K Ratna), Rita & Reg Carvalho RIP (Anniversary) (Carvalho), People of the Parish
Monday 1st January 2018 | MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
Mass Readings
12 noon Our Lady of Peace – David & Mai Knibbs Intentions (P&C)
Tuesday 2nd January | BASIL THE GREAT & GREGORY NAZIANZEN, Bishops , Doctors of the Church
No Mass
Wednesday 3rd January
No Service of Word and Holy Communion
Thursday 4th January
No Mass
Friday 5th January
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Richard Quille RIP (Quille)
Saturday 6th January | EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Mass Readings
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 – Val Corcoran RIP (Marie), Melanie MacFarlane & son Jamie Int (Rosary Group)
Sunday 7th January | EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Mass Readings
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Anna Rooney RIP (Gatt), Fr Noel Connolly & the Carmelites Intentions (Gatt) ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – John Hill RIP (Anniversary) (Sharp), Bridie & Michael O’Connor Int. (Brid & Mairin) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Jacek Holdanowicz (Birthday Int.) (Heyes family), People of the Parish 👧👦
Normal weekday Masses will resume from Monday, 8th January.
🥂 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 