TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (YEAR C)
Sections: News | Rotas | Upcoming Events | Mass Times
News
MASS CHANGES There will be no Mass on Monday, 2nd and Tuesday, 3rd September in Our Lady of Peace.
CLERGY CHANGES This weekend 31st August – 1st September will be Fr Andy and Fr Emmanuel’s last weekend in our Parish. A farewell Parish Party will take place on Sunday, 1st September at 6.00pm in St Andrew’s Church, hopefully if the weather is fine we will be able to go out into the garden for our buffet. We ask you to please bring a plate of finger food to share. We will welcome Fr Joseph Udoh who will be our new Parish Priest from weekend 7th – 8th September. Please keep our clergy in your Prayers.
CONGRATULATIONS to Leona Lily Coutinho and Lion-August Robert Hokan, who were Baptised in Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 31st August, and to Isla Joan Hanafin who is to be Baptised on Saturday, 7th September. Please pray for their parents, Grandparents and Godparents.
PHYLLIS WALLBANK will be 101 on the 1st September, if you would like to send her a card please give to Yvonne who will forward on to her.
DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET is prayed each Sunday after 11.30 am Mass in St Andrew’s for Priests.
PRAYING WITH BISHOP PETER for the election of our new Bishop. Bishop Peter, having offered his resignation as our Bishop to the Holy Father, asks you to pray with him for God’s Spirit to guide the election of a new Bishop for our Diocese. Prayer cards are available in the Church porches.
“Lord God, you are our eternal shepherd and guide. In your mercy grant your Church of Northampton a shepherd who will walk in your ways and whose watchful care will bring us your blessing. Lord, bless us with the fullness of your love. Give us the joy of having a shepherd to lead your Church of Northampton who will be pleasing and acceptable to you. Lord, in your love for us, give us the joy of receiving a shepherd who will be an example of goodness to your people and will fill our hearts and minds with the truth of the gospel.
Mary Immaculate – Pray for us. St Thomas of Canterbury – Pray for us”.
REJOICE IN MOTHERHOOD : MOTHERS PRAYERS returns from the summer recess at 10.30am on Thursday 5th September at Our Lady of Peace. 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 PARISH LIST OF THE SICK There is a book where you can enter the name of the person to be prayed for. In line with 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 in Our Lady of Peace Church.
NEW TO THE PARISH? If you are new to the Parish we ask you to introduce yourself to our point of contact for ‘newcomers’, or speak to either Fr Andy or Fr Emmanuel. Before the final blessing you will be invited up to be greeted/prayed for. The point of contact for 6.00pm Mass is Louise or Marie, for 9.45am Mass, Madeleine or any of the choir members led by Brid, for 11.30am Mass Fr Emmanuel or Edward. There are Parish forms available in the Church porches which we ask you to complete and return to Yvonne in the Parish office.
ART GROUP Would you like to join an informal art group? We meet at St Andrew’s on a Wednesday morning between 10.00am and 12.00 noon. Open to all who worship at St Andrew’s and members of Our Lady of Peace parish. A warm welcome awaits you.
GARDENERS We need volunteers to help in the garden at St Andrew’s, our current helpers are retiring after many years of faithful weeding! There is no need to cut the grass, all you need to do is weed, tidy and cut back where needed, all the edges and flower beds, and clear the leaves in the Autumn. Please contact Yvonne if you are able to help, 01628 605764, email using this link or use the contact form.
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.
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.
HELP AFTER SUNDAY 9.45AM MASS We are extremely grateful to all those who help tidy the Church after the 9.45am Mass each Sunday, please keep up the good work!
MESSAGE FROM BISHOP PETER Individual meetings for victims and survivors of abuse, their families and supporters with Bishop Peter. Bishop Peter is offering to meet with victims and survivors of abuse, their families and supporters. For more details, or to book a meeting with the Bishop, contact the Safeguarding office on: 01604 723514.
DIOCESAN DIRECTORY copies of the Northampton Diocesan Directory for 2019 are available in the Church porches priced £5 per copy.
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. Membership is £12 per year.
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 phone 0793 949 5774.
ST GILBERT’S MISSION PROJECT will still continue raising funds. 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 Our Lady of Peace.
PARISH MASS BOOKS 📚 We are using Volume 1 of the Mass books for Year C. As with Year A and Year B, 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. Please drive in as far as you can to allow us to use all the available spaces. 🚗
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 http://www.catholicsingles.org.uk or telephone 0161 941 3498.
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.
IN OUR PARISH Yvonne Cafferty, is our Parish Safeguarding Representative. 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 the bookings secretary on 07546 710834 to avoid duplication.
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
- Diocese Twitter page (includes the Bishop’s weekly engagements)
- 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.
7th – 8th September
Saturday – 6.00pm Readers : Val W and Norman G.
Sunday – 9.45am Readers : Tony W and Martin W. Eucharistic Ministers : Juliet S, Patrick A, Alexcia O-W, Robert B, Tina K.
Sunday – 11.30am Readers : Sharlotte P and Jaga H.
14th – 15th September
Saturday 6.00pm – Readers :. Patsy M and John B.
Sunday 9.45am – Readers : Barbara B and Wanda M. Eucharistic Ministers : Peter K, Georgia C, Robert B, Audrey T, Denise McC.
Sunday 11.30am – Readers : Jacinta N and Boni N.
Upcoming Events
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
IRISH T/DANCE at Holy Family Parish Centre (Trelawney Avenue, Langley, SL3 7UD) on Thursday 5th September (1.30p.m. – 4.30p.m.). Music by Finbar and Paul. All welcome.
DIVINE ADORATION Praise and worship before the Blessed Sacrament with Prayer Ministry on Friday, 6th September at 8.00pm, Upper Room, St Augustine’s RC Church, 24 Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, HP13 6NZ.
Saint Augustine’s, High Wycombe
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BURNHAM & TAPLOW COMMUNITY PICNIC
3-5pm on Sunday 8th September in front of Burnham Park Hall (If wet, next door in the URC Church Hall). Come and catch up with some of your Lighthouse friends. Puppets will be there. Bring your own picnic. Tea and squash provided. Bouncy Castle. Fun and Games for all. All are welcome. For more information contact Pauline Poole on 01628 604227.
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,” at 8pm on 11th September, 6th November and 11th December, at Chertsey Hall, Heriot Road, Chertsey, KT16 9DR. All welcome. For those who would like to share a lift please meet at Our Lady of Peace at 7pm.
Cor et Lumen Christi Community
HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST Sponsored ride and stride, Saturday, 14th 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 01753 525962 or email using this link.
Bucks Historic Churches Trust – Ride & Stride
CAFOD SUPPORTERS’ EVENT – ALL WELCOME Come and hear about CAFOD’s work in Uganda, our Harvest focus country. You will also hear first-hand experiences from our amazing speakers. Saturday, 7th September – St Mary’s Hall, Asplley Hill, Woburn Sands MK17 8NN. Saturday, 21st September – St Teresa’s Hall, 40 Warwick Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 2PL. Both days are from 10.30am – 1.30pm (coffee/tea from 10.15am with shared lunch from 1.30pm). Please let us know you are coming – 01494 863 777 email using this link.
CAFOD Northampton website
HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH There will be a Mass for the Sick and Housebound on Saturday, 21st September 2019 at 2.00pm in Holy Redeemer Church. All are welcome.
Holy Redeemer Church – Wexham Road, Slough | SL2 5QR | Bus: 6
Holy Redeemer, Slough
MASS for victims and survivors of abuse, their families and supporters at St Mary’s in Woburn Sands at 12 noon on 12th October 2019. All victims and survivors of abuse, their families and supporters are invited to this Mass. The focus will be on healing, reconciliation and the forming of compassionate links with the Church. There will be light refreshments after the Mass.
St Mary’s Church – Aspley Hill, Woburn Sands, Bucks | MK17 8NN
St Mary’s, Woburn Sands website
Mass Times & Intentions
August 31st – September 8th
N.B. Changes and new events are in bold text.
There is 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.
Morning Prayer is prayed before every weekday Mass and the Rosary is prayed after Mass: all are welcome to join us.
August 31st – September 8th
| Sunday Mass Readings (Year C) Saturday 31st August | TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions 6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Deceased members of Fernandes & Puthampurakal families and Lihanna & Leona Coutinho in thanksgiving (Fernandes), Ray Shiels RIP (Shiels) |
| Sunday 1st September | TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Joe & Carmel Gartland Intentions (Rosary Group), Mary & Hilton Hughes RIP (Rosary Group), Fr David Donaghue Intentions (Denise) ☕ 11.30am St Andrew’s – Canute Simoes RIP (K Ratna & Sepala), Thanksgiving (Mary Magdalene), Katherine Ward RIP (Collings), Thomas Anthony RIP, People of the Parish |
| Monday 2nd September N.B. NO 9.30am MASS TODAY 7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament |
| Tuesday 3rd September | POPE ST GREGORY THE GREAT N.B. NO 9.30am MASS TODAY |
| Thursday 5th September 8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30am St Andrew’s – Joanna Intentions (Sister), Wilman (Foundation), John Walsh RIP (Walsh) 10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers |
| Friday 6th September 9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Woodard & Griffin (Foundation), Laurence Brennan RIP (Baker), Frank Stewart RIP (Stewart), Lucinda Borges RIP (9th Anniversary) (Borges) 10.00am Our Lady of Peace – 24 hours Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament |
| Saturday 7th September 10.00am Our Lady of Peace – George & Clitilde Rawling RIP (Rawling), Peggy Boundy family Intentions (Rosary Group) |
| Sunday Mass Readings (Year C) Saturday 7th September | TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions 6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Annie Smythe RIP (Anniversary) (Gorham), Thanksgiving Holwell family, Una Deery RIP (Bradley) |
| Sunday 8th September | TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Hadrian in thanksgiving (Lobo), For Our Lady (Cedrica), Mrs Judith West RIP (Gannon), In thanksgiving (Brid) 👧👦 ☕ 11.30am St Andrew’s – Sr Regina Corrigan SS CC (Whitehouse), People of the Parish 👧👦 |
☕ Tea and Coffee available after Mass.
👧👦 Children’s Liturgy for ages 4-7 during Mass.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
Our Lady of Peace 