SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR B)
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News
MASS CHANGES Please note Mass on Monday, 7th May will be at 10.00am in Our Lady of Peace. Thursday, 10th May is The Ascension of the Lord which is a Holy Day of obligation, there will be Mass at 9.30am in St Andrew’s and at 7.30pm in Our Lady of Peace.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 29th April : Loose £730.36. Envelopes £345.05. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,521.41. Many thanks for your generosity. There will be a retiring collection next weekend for World Communications Day (Mass Media), there are Prayer cards available in the Church porches.
GIFT AID OFFERTORY ENVELOPES the new envelopes from April 2018 should now be used, Please can you write your name on the outside of the envelope for the next couple of weeks. 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 e-mail Yvonne.
UNEXPECTED EXPENSES! We have just had the boiler replaced in the Sacristy at Our Lady of Peace which was an unexpected expense of £2,306.40. We also have had external lighting and the car park lines and disabled bays repainted. This was something which was required for Health and Safety reasons. Many thanks to those who have made donations, we are very grateful. If you feel able to make a donation towards these costs it would be greatly appreciated. Please enclose in an envelope marked ‘Boiler/White lining’.
CONGRATULATIONS to Harri Alexander Martin who will be Baptised in Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 12th May. Please pray for his parents, Grandparents and Godparents.
PLEASE REMEMBER the sick of our Parish: Mary Whiteford, James Bryant, Howard Hoare, Tony Richardson, 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, 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, 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, Jerry Ellis, Jim Scott, Kathleen Richardson.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHILDREN WHO MAKE THEIR FIRST HOLY COMMUNION ON SATURDAY, 12TH MAY 2018:
Daniel Adeduro, Oskar Baprawski, Wiktoria Blaszkiewicz, Kingsley Chukwudi, Martyna Cieslewicz, Alessandro Cusimano, Noah Devereux, Adam Dudek, Abigail Francis, Piotr Gwozdz, Viktoria Jankowska, Alexander Kuldo, Paige Lomas, Ryan Mbitiru, Ayanna Philip, Kewin Polkowski, Daniel Pyncher, Oliver Quelch, Bradley Rodrigues, Leonardo Tadzik, Oliver Torok-Pena, Dollie Valimaa.
Please continue to pray for our children so that they will grow in their appreciation of the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion.
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’s 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 next couple of weeks with the children making their First Holy Communions there will be extra cars and we ask please could everyone park considerately. 🚗
BAPTISM PREPARATION COURSE The next Baptism Preparation course that Deacon Marek will be running begins on Wednesday, 23rd May 2018 at 7.00pm and will be held in the Sacristy at Our Lady of Peace. If you wish for your child to be Baptised over the next few months, you will need to attend the course. This is especially important for first time parents. If you have not already advised that you will be attending, please contact Yvonne on 01628 605764.
Contact the Presbytery
MISSIO expresses its gratitude for your huge efforts. The APF-MHL collection for the year ended 31st December 2017 amounted to £4,573.18 – another record sum. Of this figure Red Boxes accounted for £3,337.18 and bank transfers for £1,236.00. Please see posters in the porch.
Missio website
THE ROSARY GROUP has enrolled the Parish where prayers will be offered daily in Church of Our Lady in Pompeii, for all benefactors every Wednesday for their intentions, remembering especially both their living and deceased loved ones.
SPUC PETITION There is currently a petition asking the Prime Minister not to de-criminalise abortion. Such a move would strip from unborn children any effective legal protection from abortion, and keeping abortion within the law offers some safeguards for mothers and their unborn babies. Decriminalising abortion would mean vulnerable pregnant women buying online abortion pills and taking them with no medical supervision and abortion up to birth for any reason. Please sign the petition at the back of church or online at www.spuc.org.uk
BURNHAM YOUTH CLUB are seeking volunteers from the community who would like to give a small amount of time to our youngsters in the village. Those who have skills in performing arts, gardening, arts and crafts, street dancing and music as well as skills in IT, for mixing and recording in our music studio. They are also looking for a sports development youth worker who can deliver a sports programme for the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening sessions. Please contact Paul Sherrif on 01628 665539 or email using this link.
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.
DIOCESAN DIRECTORY Copies available in the Church porches, now priced £2.00.
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. 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.
12th – 13th May
Saturday 6.00pm – Patsy Murphy and Pat Parker.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Audrey Truman and Cedrica Lobo. Eucharistic Ministers : Juliet Sokpo, Patrick Aigbomian, Denise McClintock, Robert Bryant, Mary McCarthy
Sunday 11.30am – Sandra Beale and Mayor J Martin.
19th – 20th May
Saturday 6.00pm – Sandy McCabe and Mike Connolly.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Robert Bryant and Denise McClintock. Eucharistic Ministers : Irene Ali, Georgia Clark, Barbara Bryant, Audrey Truman, Melissa Whatley.
Sunday 11.30am – Andrea Costanza and Leela Kuthokathen.
The new Readers Rota for St Andrew’s is posted on the notice board there. Please check it for the date you are scheduled to read.
Upcoming Events
CATHOLIC HISTORY WALKS Please see poster in the Church porches for details of the various walks through London and Westminster. Cost £5, concessions available. Walks may take up to 2 hours. Please wear suitable footwear and plan for the weather! Further details email by using this link.
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
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.
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
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, 9th May, at Chertsey Hall, Heriot Road, Chertsey, KT16 9DR. All welcome. Please contact Fr Andy if you need transport.
Cor et Lumen Christi Community
ECUMENICAL NOVENA TO PENTECOST 2018 11th May – 19th May 2018. ‘Churches Together in Burnham’ will conduct nine short prayer services leading up to Pentecost, to pray for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Details of times and venues are on the attached leaflet and on the notice board. For further information, please contact Bob, or leave a message on 01628 543650. Your support in this is greatly appreciated.
NATIONAL BOARD OF CATHOLIC WOMEN ‘All Creation Shines with the Glory of God’ A day of reflection for Catholic Women on the theme of ‘Creation Spirituality’. Led by Sr Gemma Corbett, Provincial Leader, Sister of the Holy Family of Bordeaux. On Saturday, 12th May at St John the Apostle, Sundon Park Road, Luton, LU3 3AL, from 10.30am–3.00pm. Please bring a packed lunch. Organised by the Diocesan Branch of the National Board of Catholic Women. For further information please see poster in Church porches, or contact Maura Potter on 01628 666278.
THANK YOU PARTY All The London & Slough Run Volunteers and benefactors, together with their Partners, are invited to a thank you party, to be held on Saturday, 12th May at 7.00pm in the Parish Centre, St Joseph’s, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RY. Buffet, Cocktails and an update on all the activities and achievements of the Charity over the last year. All food and drinks have been kindly donated for the fun evening. To help with the numbers for the food and drink please email the London & Slough Run using this link.
London and Slough Run website
BLESSING OF THE GRAVES the Blessing of the Graves will take place on Sunday, 13th May at 2.30 pm at Slough Cemetery, Stoke Road, Slough.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE on Monday, 14th May, the CWL will be holding a service to celebrate the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations Day. This is an annual event and will be at 2.00pm in Our Lady of Peace Church, followed by cheese and wine. Please do join us.
Catholic Women’s League
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL | Bus: 12/13
COME HOLY SPIRIT, FIRE OF MERCY 🔥 Celebrating Pentecost Sunday on Sunday, 20th May at St Andrew’s Church, 1.45pm. Worship, 2.30pm. Holy Mass and 3.30pm Service of Anointing for Seven Holy Gifts, followed by Reception. All welcome, call Millie on 07957 594646 for further information about the Holy Spirit Novena.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE | Bus: 4
VOCATIONS WEEKEND for young women (20s and 30s) Theme: Discerning God’s Call in my life. Dates: 25th -27th May. Location: Liverpool. The weekend is organised by the sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ). There will be input from the FCJ sisters on different aspects of vowed life, and time for prayer, reflection and discussion with other young women who are also considering a vocation to religious life. It’s an opportunity to live community life for a weekend and meet some sisters! For more information email Sr Lynne fcJ using this link, or visit their website: www.fcjsisters.org
HCPT DANCE IN AID OF THE CHILDREN’S EASTER PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2019 on 2nd June, in Slough Irish Club, tickets £5. Kay will be speaking at the Masses this weekend. For more information or tickets please contact Kay on 07759 560894.
HCPT | Slough Irish Club
Slough Irish Club – Sheehy Way, Wexham Lea, Slough | SL2 5SS
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.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL AND THE CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE invite you to a celebration of Mass with the sacramental anointing of the sick at St Andrew’s on Saturday, 30th June 2018 at 2.00pm. This will be followed by a tea party. Transport can be arranged, if required please contact Bernie on 01628 603315.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
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
5th May – 13th May
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 5th May | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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 – Margery Intentions (P&C) Margaret Kennedy RIP (Conroy)
Sunday 6th May | SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Maire Cooper RIP (1st Anniversary), Francis Lipscomb RIP (Anniversary) (Lipscomb), Sue & Janette Jones RIP (Jones) ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Daniel Cronin RIP and Mary Hughes RIP (Rosary Group) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Mary Magdalene Intentions (Mary), Thanksgiving (Thomas & Millie), People of the Parish 👧👦
Mass Readings for the sixth week of Easter
Monday 7th May
10.00am Our Lady of Peace – In thanksgiving (McClintock), John Kelly RIP (Sugrue) Susan Gallagher Intentions (Hamed)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 8th May
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Patrick Duffy RIP, Peter Truman RIP (Eatwell), Mary Lawlor RIP (8th Anniversary) (Family)
Thursday 10th May | THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Mass Readings
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Mary Magdalene Intentions (Mary), Bernie & Tony McGovern & Ann Intentions (Gatt)
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
7.30pm Our Lady of Peace – Denise Intentions (Cafferty)
Friday 11th May
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Iris Goldberg RIP (Birthday Remembrance) (Family), Paddy Troy RIP (Shiels)
Saturday 12th May | SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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 – Deceased Rooney family (Walsh), HCPT & Yvonne and Des Intentions (Gatt)
Sunday 13th May | SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Pearl Eatwell Intentions (Rosary Group), Martin McHugh RIP (Deignan) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Mary Magdalene Intentions (Mary), 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
Our Lady of Peace 