SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR B)
Sections: News | Rotas | Upcoming Events | Mass Times
News
MASS CHANGE There will be no Mass on Friday, 18th May at 9.30am in Our Lady of Peace, Mass will be at 6.30pm in St Gilbert’s, Eton Wick.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 6th May : Loose £736.44. Envelopes £331.25. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,513.69 Many thanks for your generosity. There will be a retiring collection this 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 using 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 Donatello Tomasz Tadzik who will be Baptised in Our Lady of Peace on Sunday, 13th May, also to Henry Jaxon Hurt and Fraser James Mac Donald who will be Baptised in Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 19th May. Please pray for their 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.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday 19th May, 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
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
OUR LADY OF PEACE CHILDREN’S LITURGY 9.45AM MASS All children aged 4-8 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.
For more information, or if you are interested in helping with the Liturgy, please email Lisa Mennone using this link or call 07807 495998, or call Fiona Arterton 07721 763235. The Children’s Liturgy is run in accordance with the Diocesan Safeguarding procedures, and any new volunteers will be required to have a DBS check.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE 👜 📚 The CWL will be holding a stall at the 2018 Donkey Derby on Saturday, 26th May in Burnham Park. We would be grateful for donations of handbags, gardening books, cookery books, costume jewellery and unwanted gifts. There is a green box in Our Lady of Peace Church porch for donations. Proceeds will be donated to charity. Thank you.
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.
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.
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.🚗
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.
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.
26th – 27th May
Saturday 6.00pm – Val Warner and Marie Grimmette.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Peter Koenig and Karen Rakowska. Eucharistic Ministers: Jennifer Ossei-Williams, Alexcia Ossei-Williams, Lisa Mennone, Tina Koenig.
Sunday 11.30am – Kerry and Millie Fernandes.
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
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
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
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.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday 19th May, 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
CHURCHES TOGETHER A prayer breakfast will be held on Saturday, 19th May at 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, SL4 6NE. 8.30am meeting for prayer, 9.15am breakfast. All welcome.
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
OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL invite you to Holy Mass on Friday, 25th May at 10.00am. We invite all parishioners to join us in our celebration followed by tea or coffee afterwards. We look forward to welcoming you to our School. This will be our Parish Mass for that day.
Our Lady of Peace School – Derwent Drive, Slough, Berkshire | SL1 6HW
SPIRIT AND LIGHT WORSHIP EVENING at St Andrew’s on Friday, 25th May at 7.30pm.
Update: This event has been cancelled.
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, Upton Lea, Slough | SL2 5SS
SLOUGH FOODBANK
Free 6 x 2.5 hour sessions cooking and budgeting course – Starts 4th June.
Slough Foodbank is running a free six week cooking/ budgeting course (Eat Well Spend Less) to show how to make nutritious food on a tight budget. Sessions are once a week for two and a half hours. The course demonstrates and allows participants to practise making home-made meals, as well as giving practical advice and hand-outs about how to plan weekly menus and avoid spending more money on food than you need to.
The course is very interactive and the participants can take home the food that they make in the classroom. The course would benefit people who are feeling under the pressure of increasing food costs, but who may lack confidence in cooking for themselves and their families. If you know anyone, who would like to enrol on this fun, interactive and free course, please email Slough Foodbank using this link. or call 01753 550303.
Slough Foodbank
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
12th May – 20th 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 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 👧👦
Mass Readings for the seventh week of Easter
Monday 14th May | ST MATTHIAS, Apostle
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Torok-Pena children (Family), Irwin & Lynch families (Gatt)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 15th May
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Peter Truman RIP (Cafferty), Florence Matwiejczyk Intentions (Denise)
Thursday 17th May
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Mary Magdalene Intentions (Mary), Eldred RIP (Zeena), Special Intention (Sepala)
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 18h May
N.B. No 9.30am Mass today.
6.30pm St Gilbert’s – Jim & Rose Maclean Intentions (Gatt), Mary McCarthy Intentions (Rosary Group)
Saturday 19th May | PENTECOST
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 – Josie Walsh and P&C Intentions (Cafferty), Martha Irwin RIP (Cafferty)
Sunday 20th May | PENTECOST
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Anne Maasch RIP (Birthday Remembrance) (Denise), Peter Truman RIP (Bamber) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Mary Magdalene Intentions (Mary), Thanksgiving (Thomas & Millie), Arthur K Ratna RIP (Anniversary) (K Ratna & 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 