FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (YEAR B)
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News
DECEASED Please pray for Michael John Dilley RIP who died recently, his Funeral Service will be on Monday, 23rd July at 11.00am in Our Lady of Peace, followed by burial at Parkside Cemetery. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
OUR PARISH LIST OF THE SICK Instead of publishing a list of the sick of the Parish in the Bulletin (and online) each week, we will be using a book where you can enter the name of the person to be prayed for. In line with new Data Protection legislation 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.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 1st July : Loose £756.16. Envelopes £385. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,587.16.The retiring collection for Peter’s Pence amounted to £487.14 Many thanks for your generosity.
SEA SUNDAY Today is Sea Sunday, when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. Without them we would not have most of the items we buy in the shops. Today’s retiring collection is for Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), the Church’s official maritime welfare agency. It supports seafarers both practically and spiritually. This collection is vital to enable it to continue its work, so please give generously and remember seafarers in your prayers. Thank you. To donate online please visit www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk There are stickers available for the children in the Church porches.
ST ANDREW’S 300 CLUB The winners of the 300 Club Summer draw are :ST ANDREW’S 300 CLUB The winners of the 300 Club Summer draw are : 1st Prize #70: W Rooney £60.00. 2nd Prize #33 Ms Maria Rawling £40.00. 3rd Prize #40 Mrs Pat Carmichael £25.00.
If you wish to join the 300 Club please contact Shelagh Whitehouse on 01753 516502. Forms are available in the Church porches.
YEAR OF PRAYER & VOCATION Your Diocese is celebrating a Year of Prayer and Vocation. Here is the prayer of Richard of Chichester which will be used throughout the Year:
Thanks be to you, our Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have given us. For all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. Most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace. Saturday, 14th July at 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.
GK CHESTERTON Bishop Peter has asked Fr John Udris to investigate if the cause for beatification of GK Chesterton should be opened or not. Fr John hopes to send his final report to Bishop Peter shortly. If you recite the GK Chesterton prayer or if Chesterton has influenced your life at all please email Fr John using this link. There are prayer cards available in the Church porches.
Links: Catholic GK Chesterton Society | The American Chesterton Society website | ACS audio podcast: ‘Uncommon Sense’ (iTunes link)
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.
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
Parish Secretary
Part time, 15 hours. We are currently recruiting for a Parish Secretary for the Parish of Blessed John Henry Newman in High Wycombe. The closing date for applications will be Tuesday, 10th July. For further details and an application form, please visit www.northamptondiocese.org/vacancies or call 01604 714840.
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, 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.
14th – 15th July
Saturday 6.00pm – Marie and Norman G.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Edward A and Maura P. Eucharistic Ministers : Barbara B, Andrea B, Mary McC, Franka D, Robert B.
Sunday 11.30am – Prithi M and Z M.
21st – 22nd July
Saturday 6.00pm – Liam H and Patsy M.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Denise McC and Robert B. Eucharistic Ministers : Juliet S, Patrick A, Hadrian L, Barbara B, Tina K.
Sunday 11.30am – Jinu A and Livinia P.
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. 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. Saturday, 14th July at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
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
GK CHESTERTON The 8th Annual GK Chesterton Pilgrimage Saturday, 28th July. 2.30pm Old Rite Mass, at The Bridgettine Convent, Fulmer Common Road, Iver, SL0 0NR.
You are welcome to attend the Mass even if you are not doing the walk (a lift from Uxbridge to the Convent may be possible, contact us). For those who wish to, you can then join the pilgrimage walk to Beaconsfield (7miles approx) where Chesterton lived, converted, died and is buried. We will say the prayer for the Beatification of GKC at his graveside.
The prayer can be found at: catholicgkchestertonsociety.co.uk, or join us at 9.15am, outside Ealing Town Hall W5 2BY, (Normally we meet outside the abortion centre at 87 Mattock Lane, Ealing, W5 5BJ, but currently Ealing Council have banned prayer on that road) where we stop for a few minutes prayer before walking on along the canal to Mass at the Convent.
If you would really like to walk the full 27 miles, meet us at 7.30am outside St George’s CofE Church, Aubrey Walk, London, W8 7JG, where GK Chesterton was Baptised as a baby. For more details or to join the pilgrimage, text 07795 205114, or by email using this link, or by following @CatholicGKCSoc on Twitter. Where ever you are, you can sign up on Facebook to join us in saying the GKC Prayer on the day of the Pilgrimage: facebook.com/events/2110234265924187
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.
HOLY FAMILY PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE 21st – 28th September by British Airways to Split. Price £560 half board. There are only 25 places available. Contact Matthew Fernandes on 07958 666067 or Myo at St Peter’s Pilgrimages on 0208 947 6369.
Mass Times & Intentions
7th July – 15th 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 7th July | FOURTEENTH 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 – Margaret Brown & Margaret Richie (P&C), Ava Kelly Intentions (Gatt)
Sunday 8th July | FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Rev Bosco Clarke 50th Anniversary of Ordination Intentions (Denise), Seanie Flynn RIP (Kirwan), Sharon O’Brien RIP (O’Brien) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – Angelo Da Costa RIP (Fernandez), In thanksgiving (Eljie & Pepito) People of the Parish 👧👦
Monday 9th July
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Priests, Christians and Religious (Rosary Group), Rawling family (Foundation)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 10th July
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Bailey (Foundation), Vocations for priests & Religious (Foundation)
Thursday 12th July
8.30am St Andrew’s – Keogh (Foundation), Sharon O’Brien RIP (Irwin)
10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers
Friday 13th July
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Anne Kuthokathen Intentions (Leela), Souls of Purgatory (Foundation)
Saturday 14th July | FIFTEENTH 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 – Martha Irwin RIP (O’Brien), Mary Harris RIP (Walsh)
Sunday 15th July | FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Jack & Maura Walsh RIP (Walsh), Deacon Douglas Denny RIP (Truman) ☕ 👧👦
11.30am St Andrew’s – James O’Rourke RIP (O’Rourke family), Deacon George Brooker RIP, 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 