FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (YEAR B)
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News
HAPPY MOTHERING SUNDAY 💐 to all our Mums.
MASS CHANGE There will be no Mass on Friday, 16th March at 9.30am in Our Lady of Peace. Mass will be at 7.30pm in St Gilbert’s.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 4th March : Loose £1,012.53. Envelopes £393. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,851.53. Many thanks for your generosity.
GIFT AID OFFERTORY ENVELOPES If you currently use offertory envelopes the new envelopes from April 2018 are now available, and can be found on the table at the back of Our Lady of Peace Church. 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. If you would like to make your offering through the envelope system then please contact Yvonne, or if you require any further information please ring Yvonne on 01628 605764 or email using this link.
EASTER FLOWERS There will be a second collection next weekend 17th – 18th March for the flowers for Easter. Our flower ladies who do the flowers each week produce beautiful displays and work hard throughout the year. Please be as generous as you can.
CONGRATULATIONS to Riley Paul Hutton who will be Baptised in Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 17th March. Please pray for his parents, Grandparents and Godparents.
PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Sarah Mallett, Victoria Clinton, David Bunce, Mary and Christopher Downes, Jim Barrett, TJ Cummins, Linda Pritchard, Linda Ward, Peter Truman, James Olexa, Tina Bowron, Jake Mayler, 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, 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, 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.
YEAR OF PRAYER & VOCATION Your Diocese is celebrating a Year of Prayer and Vocation. There are some prayer cards available at the Church entrances.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS During Lent Stations of the Cross will be held on Mondays in Our Lady of Peace at 7.00pm led by the Adoration Group, on Thursdays at St Andrew’s after 9.30am Mass, on Friday, 16th March they will be held in St Gilbert’s after the 7.30pm Mass. Please check the Bulletin (or Mass Times) for the time each relevant week. All welcome.
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.
LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE at Our Lady of Peace, Tuesday 27th March at 7.00pm with visiting confessors.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASSES The next session is on Saturday, 24th March from 9.30am – 11.00am in St Andrew’s Church, Cippenham. Please pray for our children so that they will grow in their appreciation of the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 2018 the Confirmation programme meet again on Thursday, 15th March at 7.00pm in Our Lady of Peace.
MY DAY BY DAY Infant and Junior Easter books, are available in the Church porches, priced £1 each.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 17th March at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
ETON WICK CHURCHYARD A planning application, number 18/00057, has been submitted to RBWM, to add a 25m x 30m extension to the graveyard. If this application is refused the Churchyard will be full by 2020 and there will be no new space for further burials or ash interments. Full details available on www.etonwickchurchyard.com Please support this application.
DIOCESAN DIRECTORY Copies available in the Church porches, now priced £2.00.
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. 🚗
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.
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 abroad. 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 in the Church porch.
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.
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 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
N.B. Use this link for the complete Mass Rotas.
17th – 18th March
Saturday 6.00pm – Liam Hayden and Marie Oke.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Maura Potter and Alexcia Ossei-Williams. Eucharist Ministers: Jennifer Ossei-Williams, Peter Koeniug, Lisa Mennone, Denise McClintock.
Sunday 11.30am – Zeena Mascarenhas and Prithi Mascarenhas.
24th – 25th March
Saturday 6.00pm – Jennie Phelan and Pat Parker.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Barbara Bryant and Wanda Murphy.Eucharist Ministers : Hadrian Lobo, Tina Koenig, Denise McClintock, Franka Deluca, Robert Bryant.
Sunday 11.30am Livinia Price and Jinu Elizabeth Abel.
Upcoming Events
LET IT BE – INSPIRING NEW VIDEO COURSE ON MARY We will be running the new CaFE film on the life of Mary past and present. Filmed around the world with well-known experts and down-to-earth testimonies about how the example and prayer of Mary can help us grow in our everyday faith.
Why not bring a friend and come and check out Session 1. This course will run for six weeks from Friday, 13th April until Friday, 18th May. Each session will start at 7.30pm and will be held in Our Lady of Peace Church. If you wish to express an interest in participating, or require further information then please contact Yvonne Cafferty on 01628 605764 or Bob Bryant on 01628 543650.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
STATIONS OF THE CROSS During Lent Stations of the Cross will be held on Mondays in Our Lady of Peace at 7.00pm led by the Adoration Group, on Thursdays at St Andrew’s after 9.30am Mass, on Friday, 16th March they will be held in St Gilbert’s after the 7.30pm Mass. Please check the Bulletin (or Mass Times) for the time each relevant week. All welcome.
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
CIPPENHAM SHARED CHURCH TRUST AND CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE 🍲 will be holding Lenten lunches on Tuesdays during Lent. They will be held in St Andrew’s at 12.30pm, and will consist of soup and bread. The fourth one will be on Tuesday, 13th March.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE | Bus 4, 5
CHOIR PRACTICE 🎶 The choir rehearse every Tuesday evening at Our Lady of Peace starting at 7:30 pm until 9:00 pm. We would welcome new members at any time. Do not worry if you have never sung in a choir before, if you can just about hold a tune and would like to be part of a group that meet regularly, work hard and have lots of fun – you will fit in wonderfully! For more information please call Brid Vaughan on 07540-013181.
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 on Thursdays. All Christian faiths welcome. For further information please speak to Denise. Please feel free to request prayers for family and friends. There is a ‘Mothers Prayers’ request book on the bookshelf at the side entrance to the Church.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
NOVENA TO ST JOSEPH from 10th-18th March at St Joseph’s Church, Maidenhead. Each year the Mill Hill Missionaries prepare for the Feast of St Joseph, their patron, with a special Novena of Masses and prayers to ask for God’s blessing on their Society and the missionary outreach of the Church, as well as for the intentions of all those who support their work. All are invited to attend.
Masses are as follows: Saturday, 10th March at 10.00am, Sunday, 11th March at 10.45am, Monday, 12th to Friday, 16th March at 7.30pm, Saturday, 17th March at 10.00am, and Sunday, 18th March at 10.45am.
If you are unable to attend but would like to join in from home by praying the daily Novena prayer, you are welcome to send in your petitions and/or to request a Novena booklet. Please write to St Joseph’s Missionary Society, 58 Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7HT, or email by using this link.
Mill Hill Missionaries – Novena downloads (petitions & posters)
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, 14th March, at Chertsey Hall, Heriot Road, Chertsey, KT16 9DR. All welcome. Please contact Fr Andy if you need transport.
Cor et Lumen Christi Community
ST BERNARD’S CHAPEL During Lent there will be an early morning Mass on Friday mornings at 7.15am in St Bernard’s Chapel.
St Bernard’s Grammar School – 1 Langley Road, Slough | SL3 7AF | Bus: 7, 81
TWENTY FOUR HOURS ADORATION at Polish Church, Slough, from 10.15am on 16th March, to 10.00am on 17th March. All welcome.
Polish Church of Divine Mercy – 48 Pitts Rd, Slough | SL1 3XH | Bus 4, X74
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 17th March at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
CAFOD fundraiser event at Our Lady of Grace Church, 33 Squirrel Lane, Booker, High Wycombe HP12 4RS on Saturday, 17th March. It is a “Rich Man Poor Man” Lunch at 12.00-3.00pm. Tickets priced £10 per person, for tickets contact Sheila Ashmore on 07703 358102. Please see poster for more details.
ST PATRICK’S CELEBRATIONS ☘️ SATURDAY, 17TH MARCH – last chance to buy your tickets!! Come along and celebrate an evening with a traditional supper of bacon and cabbage, Irish Bingo, Irish dancers, a raffle and music. There will be a Licensed bar. Tickets on sale after most Masses, priced £10 for adults, children free under age 10, £10 over age 10. Donations of raffle prizes welcomed, please leave in the box in St Andrew’s or give to Yvonne in the Presbytery.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
DIVINE MERCY RETREAT Saturday, 17th March from 11.00am to 4.30pm at The Bridgettine Convent, Fulmer Common Road, Iver Heath, SL0 0NR. Please bring a packed lunch. All welcome.
SPIRIT AND LIGHT WORSHIP EVENING at St Andrew’s on Friday, 23rd March at 7.30pm. These evenings are led by Fr Andy, and involve praise and worship in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament, together with gentle prayer ministry where we invite the Holy Spirit to come to bless us. All welcome, especially those who desire the Lord’s healing touch. Please speak to Fr Andy if you would like any more information.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE | Bus: 4, 5
THE PASSION – The Parish Evangelisation Team will be showing the BBC film “The Passion” on Palm Sunday, 25th March starting at 2.00pm in the Sacristy or in the Church, depending on numbers. The certification for this film is 12. The film is long and there will be an Interlude with refreshments provided. The film starts with Jesus entry into Jerusalem and finishes with His appearances after the Resurrection. This film was first shown during Holy Week 2008. If you would like to see this film, please contact Bob Bryant on 01628 543650 or Yvonne Cafferty on 01628 605764 to register your attendance.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
GOOD FRIDAY WALK FROM ETON TO DORNEY Meet at St John the Evangelist, Eton at 9.30am, walk to St John the Baptist, Eton Wick, and join them for a service at 10.30am and hot cross buns, continue the walk to St James the Less, Dorney for a service at 12.30pm.
St John the Evangelist, Eton – Church Close (Eton High St), Eton | SL4 6AP
PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK SHRINE Fully escorted, 23rd April 2018. £599 per person sharing. Price includes flights with 10kg hand luggage, all taxes, luxury transfers, 4 nights in 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 £100. Groups and Individual bookings welcome. Contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email using this link. Knock Pilgrimages is a member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected by ATOL T7613.
HOLY FAMILY PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 25th to 30th June. Heathrow to Toulouse and then by Luxury Coach to Lourdes. Price £550 inclusive of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Spiritual Director Fr Michael Bates. Contact Matthew Fernandes, 01753 675786 or Mobile 07958 666067 or Kitty Flood on 01753 533230 or Mobile 07496 784160.
Mass Times & Intentions
10th March – 18th March
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
SERVICE OF WORD AND HOLY COMMUNION
Unfortunately we have had to take the decision to no longer hold a Service of Word and Holy Communion on Wednesdays, this is due to a lack of Parishioners to lead the Service which is normally not very well attended.
Saturday 10th March | FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
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 – Special Intention and Rita Mifsud Intentions, Patsy and Carol Intentions (Shiels)
Sunday 11th March | FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Deceased of the Leone family Maureen, Daniel & Karin Cronin RIP (Geraldine) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Billy Lonergan RIP (Sweeney), Thomas Fernandez Intentions (Millie), People of the Parish 👧👦
Monday 12th March
Mass Readings for the fourth week of Lent (Mon-Fri)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Jack & Maura Walsh RIP (Walsh), Barney Morgan RIP (Baker), Matt & Sara Intentions (Hamed)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Stations of the Cross (Adoration Group)
Tuesday 13th March
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Deacon Douglas Denny Intentions (Rosary Group), David Whitehouse RIP (Whitehouse)
Thursday 15th March
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Patsy & Carol Intentions (Shiels), Alan Rosemeyer RIP (Potter)
10.00am St Andrew’s – Stations of the Cross
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 16th March
N.B. No 9.30am Mass today.
7.30pm St Gilbert’s – Howell Roberts RIP (O’Donnell), Eamon & Maureen Troy Anniversary Intentions (Shiels)
8.00pm St Gilbert’s – Stations of the Cross
Saturday 17th March | FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
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 – Rodney Kelly RIP (Kelly), Padraic Gorham RIP (1st Anniversary) (Gorham), Alfie Morrissey RIP (Morrissey family)
Sunday 18th March | FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Peppina Coutinho RIP (Almeida), Terry & Elizabeth Murphy (Golden Wedding Anniversary) (Michael & Sue) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Anna O’Rourke RIP (O’Rourke family), Thomas Fernandez Intentions (Millie), Marian Bellamy RIP (Bellamy family), 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 