PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION (YEAR B)
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News
EASTER SERVICES a lilac coloured leaflet is available which gives details of all the Easter Service times. Please take home a copy. Also there are lists available for you to sign up if you are able to help on Maundy Thursday, we need Eucharist Ministers. We also need Welcomers and Ushers for the Easter Sunday 9.45am Mass.
View the Easter Service times during Holy Week.
DECEASED Please pray for John Kelly RIP who died recently, his Requiem Mass will be held in Our Lady of Peace Church on Wednesday, 28th March at 10.30am followed by burial at Slough Cemetery. Please also pray for Peter Truman RIP who died recently, Peter’s body will be received into Our Lady of Peace Church on Monday, 9th April, his Requiem Mass will be at 12noon on Tuesday, 10th April, followed by committal at Amersham Crematorium. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
ST PATRICK’S EVENING ☘️ Many thanks to all who supported our St Patrick’s evening, it was a very successful evening. Thank you to all the team who worked so hard.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 18th March : Loose £617.34. Envelopes £340.60. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,403.94. The retiring collection for the Easter flowers amounted to £197.04. Many thanks for your generosity. There will be a retiring collection held on Maundy Thursday for the work of the poor, and on Good Friday for the Holy Land Shrines. Your Easter offering is your personal gift to your Parish Priest.
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.
RING FOUND A ring was found in Our Lady of Peace Church last weekend, to claim please contact Yvonne in the office on 01628 605764.
NEWSLETTER 📰 The newsletter for next weekend, 30th March – 1st April will be for two weeks. If you require any notices to be included please email Yvonne using this link or drop in the Presbytery door. Deadline for notices is Thursday, 29th March by 12noon.
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, 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, Caroline Tembe, Joanna Deverill, 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.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be held on Monday in Our Lady of Peace at 7.00pm led by the Adoration Group and on Friday at 7.30pm in St Gilbert’s. All welcome.
LENTEN RECONCILIATION SERVICE at Our Lady of Peace, Tuesday 27th March at 7.00pm with visiting confessors.
PARISH MASS BOOKS If you have taken one of the Parish Mass books home by accident, please could you return it as soon as possible.
EASTER CLEAN UP On Saturday, 31st March from 8.30am a special clean up of Our Lady of Peace Church, together with cleaning of the brass etc. Please try and spend an hour to help, hot cross buns and tea and coffee supplied!!!!
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASSES The next session is on Saturday, 28th April from 9.30am – 11.00am in Our Lady of Peace. Please pray for our children so that they will grow in their appreciation of the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion.
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS will be taking a break for Easter and will resume again on Thursday, 12th April at 10.30am.
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.
MY DAY BY DAY Infant and Junior Easter books, are available in the Church porches, priced £1 each.
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.
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. 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.
7th – 8th April
Saturday 6.00pm – Sandy McCabe and Mike Connolly.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers: Tony Wight and Martin Walker. Eucharist Ministers: Juliet Sokpo, Patrick Aigbomian, Mary McCarthy, Robert Bryant, Tina Koenig.
Sunday 11.30am – Clement Francis and Anitha Francis.
14th – 15th April
Saturday 6.00pm – Val Warner and Norman Grimmette.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Melissa Whatley and Sabah Ali-Maraj. Eucharist Ministers : Irene Ali, Georgia Clark, Barbara Bryant, Robert Bryant, Denise McClintock.
Upcoming Events
OUR LADY OF PEACE CHILDREN’S LITURGY, 9.45AM MASS 👧👦 All children aged 4-7/8 years (School Reception to year 3) are warmly invited to come along and listen to the Gospel especially adapted for this age group, with reflection and prayer time. Children who have made their First Holy Communion are encouraged to remain in the main Mass. If you are interested in helping or becoming a leader, please contact Lisa Mennone 07807 495998, email using this link, or Fiona Arterton 07721 763235.
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
STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be held on Monday in Our Lady of Peace at 7.00pm led by the Adoration Group and on Friday at 7.30pm in St Gilbert’s. All welcome.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
St Gilbert’s – Eton Wick Rd, Eton Wick, Berks | SL4 6JH
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 will be taking a break for Easter and will resume again on Thursday, 12th April at 10.30am.
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
EASTER CLEAN UP On Saturday, 31st March from 8.30am a special clean up of Our Lady of Peace Church, together with cleaning of the brass etc. Please try and spend an hour to help, hot cross buns and tea and coffee supplied!
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Celebrations at Polish Church of Divine Mercy, Slough, starts with ’24 Hours for the Lord Adoration’ on Friday, 6th April at 10.15am ’till Saturday, 7th April at 10.00am. The Feast continues on Sunday, 8th April at 1.30pm with Penitential Procession, Holy Mass, Hour of Great Mercy and Veneration of Merciful Jesus and Relics of St Faustina and St John Paul II, followed by reception in the Parish hall. All welcome. Please contact Millie on 07957 594646 for more information.
Polish Church of Divine Mercy – 48 Pitts Rd, Slough | SL1 3XH | Bus 4, X74
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
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.
DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE 7-Day Pilgrimage and Retreat to Warsaw, Poland and Vilnius, Lithuania. Visiting Shrines connected to the Message of Divine Mercy. Thursday, 28th June – Wednesday, 4th July. Cost £865 per person. Organised by the Marian Fathers of the Divine Mercy Apostolate. Please see flyers in Church porches. For more information contact 0208 998 0925 or email using this link.
Mass Times & Intentions
24th March – 1st April
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
View the Easter Service times during Holy Week.
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 24th March | PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
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 – Ray Dance RIP (O’Donnell), Martha Basey Intentions (Rosary Group)
Sunday 25th March | PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
Mass Readings (Year B)
🕑 N.B. British Summer Time starts, clocks go forward today.
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Alice & Jim Deignan RIP (Deignan), Ena Lobo RIP (Lobo) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Dorothy Brooker Intentions (Brooker), Ellen & Grinton Sepala RIP (K Ratna & Sepala), Thanksgiving (Thomas & Millie), People of the Parish 👧👦
Monday 26th March
Mass Readings for the sixth week of Lent (Mon-Wed)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – MHM retired Priests in gratitude (Rosary Group), Fr Andy & Fr Simon Intentions (Lobo)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Stations of the Cross (Adoration Group)
Tuesday 27th March
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mary & Martin McCarthy Intentions, In thanksgiving (Walsh)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Lenten Reconciliation Service
Wednesday 28th March
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Requiem Mass for John Kelly RIP
Thursday 29th March | MAUNDY THURSDAY
11.00am Northampton Cathedral – Chrism Mass
7.30pm Our Lady of Peace – Mass of the Lord’s Supper | Mass Readings
Friday 30th March | GOOD FRIDAY
10.00am St Andrew’s – Ecumenical Service
12noon-1.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
3.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Good Friday Liturgy | Mass Readings
6.30pm St Gilbert’s – Confessions
7.30pm St Gilbert’s – Stations of the Cross
Saturday 31st March | EASTER VIGIL
Mass Readings
8.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Kay & Vince Gatt Intentions & Iain Mackay RIP (Shiels)
Sunday 1st April | EASTER SUNDAY
Mass Readings
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Baby Hannah Louise Gerardine McCarthy RIP & Patrick and Win McCarthy RIP (McCarthy), Gwyn Davies RIP (O’Donnell) ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Concetta Lawor RIP (1st Anniversary) (Tearle), Helen Hutchinson RIP (1st Anniversary) (Payne) ☕
11.30am St Andrew’s – Peggy & Michael Moran RIP (Rafter), Lavinia & Manuel Fernandes RIP (De Souza), Thanksgiving (Thomas & Millie), 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
Northampton Cathedral – A508 Kingsthorpe Rd, Northampton | NN2 6AG
Our Lady of Peace 