EIGHTEENTH & NINETEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (YEAR B)
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News
DECEASED Please pray for Nora McAuliffe RIP who died last week, her Requiem Mass will be on Friday, 31st August at 11.30am in Our Lady of Peace, followed by burial at Slough Cemetery. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Wednesday, 15th August is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is a Holyday of Obligation. Mass times are as follows :
- 9.30am at St Andrew’s.
- 7.30pm at Our Lady of Peace.
MASS CHANGE There will be no Mass on Friday, 17th July at 9.30am in Our Lady of Peace, Mass will be at 7.30pm in St Gilbert’s, Eton Wick.
PARISH FINANCES Weekend 29th July : Loose £459.82. Envelopes £384. Standing Orders £446. Total £1,289.82. The retiring collection for Lighthouse Burnham amounted to £443.53 Many thanks for your generosity.
BULLETIN This weeks Bulletin is for two weeks. If you require any notices to be included in the next Bulletin, which will be on weekend of 18th – 19th August, please e-mail Yvonne or drop in the Presbytery door. Deadline for notices is Thursday, 16th August by 12noon.
CONGRATULATIONS to Fr Simon who has been appointed Parish Priest of St Martin de Porres Parish in Luton. Fr Simon will take up his new appointment in September.
WALK WITH ME ‘Eucharistic Reflections’ book available in the Church porches, priced £1 each.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 11th August at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
HELP AFTER SUNDAY 9.45AM MASS Thank you to all who have helped over the last couple of weekends. Please can you spare 15 minutes to help tidy the Church after the Sunday 9.45am Mass, all that is needed is to collect the Hymn and Parish Mass books and place them back in the bookshelves, and to clear any Bulletins/papers and litter lying around.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING WITH MARRIAGE CARE Catholic Marriage Care is a faith-based organisation, that draws on its Catholic tradition and contemporary research, to help couples in both good times and bad. Most relationships face difficulties at some point. Talking to a relationship counsellor can help. Our local centre in Reading offers relationship counselling with fully-trained counsellors. For further information please call 0800 389 3801.
If you are a trained relationship counsellor, could you volunteer with Marriage Care? Further counsellors are needed for our Reading centre – expenses and supervision is provided. For further information, please contact Sue Cooper using this link or telephone 0793 9495774.
Marriage Care website
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.
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.
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’.
If you have taken one of the Parish Mass books home by accident, please could you return it as soon as possible.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11th – 12th August
Saturday 6.00pm – Jennie P and Pat P.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Peter K and Karen R. Eucharistic Ministers : Hadrian L, Tina K, Denise McC, Franka D, Robert B.
18th – 19th August
Saturday 6.00pm – Sandy McC and Mike C.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Maura P and Alexcia O-W. Eucharistic Ministers : Andrea B, Mary McC, Peter K, Madeleine B.
Sunday 11.30am – Kerwin F and Shirley F.
25th – 26th August
Saturday 6.00pm – Val W and Norman G.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Robert B and Madeleine B. Eucharistic Ministers : Juliet S, Patrick A, Denise McC, Alexcia O-W, Tina K.
Sunday 11.30am – Mary M and Kay A.
Upcoming Events
ST VINCENT DE PAUL meet at 2.00pm on Tuesday, 7th August in the Sacristy at Our Lady of Peace. New members would be welcome. If you know of anyone who would like a visit from the SVP please advise Yvonne.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
SVP (England & Wales) website | » Contact the Presbytery
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 11th August at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
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.
HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST Sponsored ride and stride, Saturday, 8th September. Cycle 🚴, horseride 🐎 or walk 🚶 around Buckinghamshire and adjacent counties to raise money for the Church of your choice. Sponsor forms available in the Church porches. For further details contact Jo Eden on 07947 698106 or email using this link.
Bucks Historic Churches website – Ride + Stride
SLOUGH FOODBANK ‘RIDE FOR FOOD 2018’ 🚴 8th Annual ‘Ride for Food’ will take place on Sunday, 16th September. Bring your own bicycle and meet at 12.45pm outside The Empire Cinema, Slough, SL1 1DD. Registration required, for information on how to register or donate email Toby using this link, or telephone 07738 028508, or visit the Slough Foodbank website. Please see poster in Church porches, there are entry forms and sponsor forms attached to the poster.
THE DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE is organising a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Portgual from 11th to 17th September 2018. Cost £795 per person includes return flights from Heathrow to Lisbon, half board 6 nights accommodation in en suite rooms, 23 kgs check-in luggage plus hand luggage, all coach travel.
We will be visiting Aljustrel, homes of the Shepherd children; Santarem, Shrine of the Eucharistic Miracle; historical monastery at Bathala and Alcobaca and seaside town of Nazare. Daily Mass, Retreat talks and Hour of Mercy.
Call Divine Mercy Apostolate on 0208 998 0925 or write to Divine Mercy Apostolate, 1 Courtfield Gardens, London W13 0EY or contact Millie on 07957 594646.
Divine Mercy Apostolate UK website
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS is taking a break for the Summer. They will resume again on Thursday, 20th September at 10.30am.
Mothers Prayers is for those who wish to pray together for their children and grandchildren – Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunties! 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
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.
NORTHAMPTON JUSTICE & PEACE CONFERENCE on modern day slavery and trafficking, on Saturday, 13th October 2018 in St John’s Parish Hall, 296 Sundon Park Road, Luton, LU3 3AL. 10.00am – 1.30pm followed by a shared lunch. Speakers Sr Patricia Mulhall csb and Michael Duthie (Deputy Director Santa Marta Group). For more details see poster in the Church porch or contact Stephen Forster on 01494 875485, email using this link.
Northampton Diocese website – Justice & Peace Commission pages
YOUR GOD WILL BE MY GOD A retreat based on the Book of Ruth. Saturday, 20th October 2018 from 10.30am – 4.00pm, at The Bridgettine Guesthouse, Fulmer Common Road, Iver Heath, SLO ONR. Cost £30 per person, includes lunch, tea and coffee.
To book your place please send a cheque with your name, telephone number and email address, made payable to ‘R.E. Service’, to Diocesan Pastoral and RE Centre, 33 Westbourne Road, Luton, LU4 8JD. Telephone 01582 723312, or email NORES using this link. Please see poster in Church porches for further details.
NORES website
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND 18th – 27th March 2019. For further details and itinerary, please contact Nabs on 07432 152933, or David on 07771 542994. For further details please see brochure on Church noticeboards.
Mass Times & Intentions
4th August – 19th August
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 4th August | EIGHTEENTH 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 – Jack & Daphne Lavender RIP and Clarry & Winifred Murphy RIP (P&C)
Sunday 5th August | EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.00am St Gilbert’s – Fr David Anniversary Ordination Intentions ☕
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – John & Helen Griffin 40th Wedding Anniversary, Joseph Dias RIP (1st Anniversary) (Lobo), Lesley Brennan RIP (Baker), Arthur O’Keefe RIP (4th Anniversary) (Glenister) ☕
11.30am St Andrew’s – John Oates RIP (Oates), Eileen Davies RIP (Deignan), People of the Parish
Monday 6th August | TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
Mass Readings
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Constance Marguerite Mann (Foundation), Mrs E O’Neil RIP (Healy)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 7th August
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – John Hayden RIP (Hayden), Denis Sugrue RIP
Thursday 9th August | ST BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, Martyr
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Pat Cafferty RIP (Anniversary) (Cafferty), Wiseman (Foundation), Kate & Malcolm Glen Intentions (Rosary Group)
Friday 10th August | ST LAWRENCE, Deacon and Martyr
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Barry (Foundation), Margaret Johnson RIP (Potter)
Saturday 11th August | NINETEENTH 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 – Ray Shiels RIP (Gatt), Dick Pierce RIP (Griffin)
Sunday 12th August | NINETEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Cyril Maasch RIP (Anniversary) (Denise), Denis Sugrue RIP (2nd Anniversary) (Family) ☕
11.30am St Andrew’s – Agnieszka & Marek in thanksgiving, Mary Magdalina in thanksgiving (Mary), People of the Parish
Monday 13th August
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Janina & Zygmunt Kozimor RIP (Morgan), Hugh McGlynn RIP (Hamed)
7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday 14th August | ST MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, Priest & Martyr
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – In thanksgiving (Torok-Pena), Ingpen (Foundation), Vocations to the Priesthood (Rosary Group)
Wednesday 15th August | ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Mass Readings
9.30am St Andrew’s – John Irwin Intentions (Cafferty), Fiona Carmichael RIP (Carmichael)
7.30pm Our Lady of Peace – Sick & Housebound of the Parish
Thursday 16th August
8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9.30am St Andrew’s – Kathleen Julian RIP (Rumble), Millie Fernandez Intentions (P&C)
Friday 17th August
*N.B. no 9.30am Mass today.*
7.30pm St Gilbert’s – Fr Roy Dunstan RIP (McCarthy)
Saturday 18th August | TWENTIETH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Theresa Van Wyck RIP (Potter), Frank Stewart RIP (Potter)
Sunday 19th August | TWENTIETH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year B)
9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Alice Deignan RIP (Deignan), Thanksgiving Cornelious & Philomena Rosario, Wedding Anniversary (Holwell), Basil Potter RIP (Anniversary) (Potter) ☕
11.30am St Andrew’s – Private Intention (Gatt), Mary Magdalina in thanksgiving (Mary), 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 