THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (YEAR B)
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News
SS PETER & PAUL – HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Friday, 29th June. Mass will be in Our Lady of Peace at 9.30am and in St Andrew’s at 7.30pm.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 17th June : Loose £591.89. Envelopes £267.20. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,305.09. The retiring collection for Day for Life amounted to £417.87 Many, many thanks for your generosity.
SEA SUNDAY Next week is Sea Sunday, when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. There will be a retiring collection for Apostleship of the Sea, the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church. It provides practical and spiritual support to seafarers visiting our ports. As it is dependent on voluntary donations, please give generously. There are envelopes and Prayer cards available in the Church porches. For more information on the work of AoS please visit www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk
DECEASED Please pray for Winifred Rooney RIP who died last week, her Requiem Mass will be on Thursday, 28th June at 10.45am in Our Lady of Peace Church, followed by burial at Slough Cemetery. Also please pray for Harry Quarterman RIP who died recently, his Funeral Service will be on Thursday, 5th July at 1.15pm in Our Lady of Peace Church, followed by burial at Slough Cemetery. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
OUR PARISH LIST OF THE SICK Please pray for the sick of our Parish and for those who have asked for our Prayers. There is a book kept in the Sacristy where you can enter the name of the person to be prayed for, please obtain the consent of the person before entering their name in the book. This book will be placed on the altar during each Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church.
MISSIO The half-yearly change-over of Red Boxes will take place over the next week. If you would be so kind as to bring your current box into Mass and collect your new box from the back of the Church(es) it would be an enormous help. Please be sure your box is left with a known person.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 30th June, 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
CHURCH LINEN We are very grateful to all who help with the Church linen throughout the year, but more volunteers are urgently needed, if you would like to help with this Ministry please speak to Denise or Yvonne.
LIGHTHOUSE Preparations for Burnham Lighthouse 2018 are well underway. They still require more adult volunteers, please sign up if you can help, even if you can only manage a day or two, all help will be gratefully received. You can sign up using the following link: lighthousecentral.org/forms/leader-registration For children’s registration please go to: lighthousecentral.org/forms/child-registration
CAR PARKING Please when using the car park at the rear of Our Lady of Peace Church please keep the middle lane clear, this provides access for an emergency vehicle if necessary. Also 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. 🚗
CATHOLIC SINGLES is an organisation which helps single Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet other single Catholics, either one to one or through social events. For further information visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk or telephone 0161 941 3498.
GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED! new data protection legislation came into force in the UK on 25th May 2018. It governs how personal data is processed and we as a Parish now need to obtain your informed consent to continue to use your personal data in our Parish. A copy of our Data Privacy Notice is available here on the Parish website. Consent forms can be found in the Church porches, we ask that these are returned to the Presbytery, as soon as possible. A separate Consent Form is required for each adult within each family. If you have any questions, please contact the Parish office.
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.
PARISH MASS BOOKS If you have taken one of the Parish Mass books home by mistake please could you return it as soon as possible.
YEAR OF PRAYER & VOCATION Our Diocese is celebrating a Year of Prayer and Vocation. There are some prayer cards available at the Church entrances.
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.
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 2 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.
Appointments
DIOCESAN VACANCIES
Marriage and Family Life Project Worker
We are currently recruiting for Marriage and Family Life Project Worker to develop Catholic Marriage Preparation in the diocese. The closing date for applications will be Monday 16th July.
For further details of these vacancies, please call 01604 714840 or visit:
www.northamptondiocese.org/vacancies
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.
30th June – 1st July
Saturday 6.00pm – Val W and Marie G.Sunday
Sunday 9.00am – Pauline. 9.45am Readers : Melissa W and Sabah A. Eucharistic Ministers: Jennifer O-W, Alexcia O-W, Lisa M, Denise McC.
Sunday 11.30am – Jacinta and Boni N.
7th – 8th July
Saturday 6.00pm – Patsy M and John B.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Barbara B and Wanda M. Eucharistic Ministers : Hadrian L, Tina K, Denise McC, Franka D, Robert B.
Sunday 11.30am – Anita N and Noreen W.
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
**N.B. change of time this week**
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 7.00pm on Thursday 28th June. 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
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 30th June, 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
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
SUMMER REFLECTION DAY at Monastery of Christ Our Saviour, Jack’s Lane, Turvey, MK43 8DH. Saturday, 30th June from 10.15am to 3.45pm. Entitled ‘Talking of Love’ with tasters in prayer, keynote address Bro John OSB, with Mass, Prayer of Stillness and time with Prayer Places. As places are limited to 35 due to the space available, booking is essential. Book your place either by completing a booking form or via the NORES office, telephone 01582 723312, email Nores using this link. For further details please see poster and booking forms in Church porches.
NORES
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.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
OPEN MIRACLE HEALING SERVICE with the Cor et Lumen Christi Community takes place at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ on Saturday, 30th June 2018 at 6.00pm: “Please invite your friends and those who are sick”.
Tube: Euston Square or Euston Station
CIPPENHAM CARNIVAL will take place at Mercian Way Park, Cippenham, on Saturday, 7th July 2018 from 12noon-5.00pm.
ST ETHELBERT’S MEMORIAL MASS Fr Clemente was the first Parish Priest in Slough. This year marks the centenary of his death (he passed away on 17th July 1918), and he is buried in St Mary’s Church Cemetery, Slough. St Ethelbert’s being the Mother Church of all the Parishes in Slough is organising a Memorial Mass for him on Saturday, 14th July at 12.00 noon in St Ethelbert’s. They are inviting all the Priests and Parishioners in the Pastoral Area to attend the Memorial Mass. There will be tea and coffee at the back of the Church, please feel free to bring something to share. They also hope that after the Mass a group of representatives from each Parish can visit Fr Clemente’s grave.
St Ethelbert’s – Wellington St, Slough | SL1 1XU | Bus: 1, 4, 5, 12/13, 15
St Ethelbert’s Parish, Slough
NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS PILGRIMAGE Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham, on Sunday, 22nd July from 11.00am. Chief Celebrant Bishop Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia. Please see poster for more details.
CSCT meet on Tuesday, 24th July 2018 at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s.
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
PILGRIMAGE to Our Lady’s Shrine, Banneux, Belgium, for the 85th Anniversary of the Apparitions and Feast of the Assumption, 11th – 16th August. A coach will leave from St Edmund Campion Church, Maidenhead. Accommodation and full board (including travel): staying at the Hotel Halleux is £435 and staying at the Hospitalité is £320. The Hospitalité is for pilgrims who are sick, disabled or elderly. If you are interested and you would like more information or to reserve a place, please contact Fr Liam, Parish Priest at St Edmund Campion Church. Telephone number is: 07776580596, or email Fr Liam by using this link.
WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES NYMO invite young adults aged 16-30 years to the World Meeting of Families in Ireland in August 2018. Pope Francis is travelling to Dublin for this festival. From the 21st – 27th August, the trip costs £395 including travel, accommodation and conference tickets. For more information and to book a place email fiona at NYMO using this link or call 01582 720627.
NYMO Event information & downloads
PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 24th – 31st August 2018. Our Diocese is joining the Dioceses of Clifton, East Anglia, Southwark and Stonyhurst College. If you are interested please see the poster in the Church porches for more details or visit www.catholicassociation.co.uk Our contact for Northampton Diocese is Deacon Michael Fleming email using this link. There is a particular need for nurses, for which there is some financial support for nurses and assisted pilgrims. The deadline for the helpers’ to register is Friday, 1st June.
Mass Times & Intentions
23rd June – 1st July
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.
ADORATION of the Blessed Sacrament prior to the 6.00pm Mass on Saturdays, beginning at 5.15pm. Please respect the Lord and those who would like to pray by maintaining silence in Church prior to Mass.
Saturday 23rd June | THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
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 – William & Eileen Jackson RIP (P&C), Marie Oke Intentions (Cafferty), Paddy Conroy RIP (Conroy)
Sunday 24th June | THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
Mass Readings
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Martin Almeida RIP (Almeida), Lawrence Lobo RIP (Lobo), Anna Vito RIP (Luigi) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Vint family Intentions (Vint), Deacon Douglas Denny RIP (Eatwell), In thanksgiving (Eljie & Pepito), People of the Parish 👧👦
Monday 25th June
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – The Rosary Group Intentions (Denise), Deacon Douglas Denny RIP (Rosary Group), Dearing (Foundation)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 26th June
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Priests, Christians & Religious (Rosary Group), Magnifico family (Foundation), Nora McAuliffe Intentions (Morrissey)
Thursday 28th June | SAINT IRENAEUS, Bishop & Martyr
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Priti & Shaline Bodoni Intentions and Des in thanksgiving Intentions (P&C), Wilman (Foundation)
10.45am Our Lady of Peace – Requiem Mass for Winifred Rooney R.I.P.
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 29th June | SS PETER & PAUL, Apostles
Mass Readings
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mary Lawlor RIP (Birthday Remembrance) (Family), Frank Stewart RIP (Stewart)
7.30pm St Andrew’s – Persecuted Christians (Foundation)
Saturday 30th June | THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
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 – P&C and Marie Oke Intentions (Gatt), Patricia Kelly RIP & Martha Irwin RIP (Gatt)
Sunday 1st July | THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Kathleen McArdle RIP (1st Anniversary) ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Deacon Douglas Denny RIP (Potter) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Bill McQueen RIP, May Lynch & Marie Oke Intentions (Gatt), In thanksgiving (Eljie & Pepito), 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 