TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (YEAR C)
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News
WE WELCOME Fr Joseph Udoh joins us as our new Parish Priest from this weekend. Please keep Fr Joseph in your Prayers as he settles in to life in Our Lady of Peace Parish.
GRATEFUL THANKS Fr Andy and Fr Emmanuel would like to say a huge “thank you” to everyone for all your farewell cards, gifts, messages and wishes, and for such a wonderful and moving farewell party at St Andrew’s! We both felt very blessed, loved and supported as we move on to pastures new, but sad also to be leaving such a wonderful parish. Please be assured of our prayers and please also keep us in prayer during this time of transition. God bless you all!
DECEASED Hazel Mitchell RIP who was one of the original Anglican CSCT Trustees died recently, her Funeral will be in St Andrew’s on Thursday, 12th September at 12.30pm May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.
CONGRATULATIONS to Alice Divinyecz, who will be Baptised in Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 14th September. Please pray for her parents, Grandparents and Godparents.
14TH – 15TH SEPTEMBER: NEXT WEEKEND IS HOME MISSION SUNDAY The Home Mission Office exists to help the Church throughout England and Wales to share the joy of the Gospel. It can seem daunting to share such a personal part of our lives as our faith in Jesus Christ. However, we can pray that the people we carry in our hearts will encounter him for themselves.
Prayer cards and prayer maps for families can be ordered from www.homemission.org.uk. If you would like to pray for the spread of the Good News on a regular basis, please sign up to their newsletter via their website.
Please consider contributing to the retiring collection next weekend. The money received from this collection ensures that the Catholic Faith Centre is resourced and is able to respond to those who have questions about the Catholic Faith. It is also possible to donate online at: www.catholicnews.org.uk/Home/Donate
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, until the feast of St Francis on 4th October, is celebrated by many Christian denominations as the Season of Creation. It used to be one day but because of effects of climate change it is now a whole month. Pope Francis asks us during this time to do what we can to reduce our impact on the environment. He asks us to consider what we eat, what we buy, how we travel, together with our use of water and fossil fuels. Let us do whatever we can to rescue our planet from the effects of some of the many choices we make.
EXTRAORDINARY MISSIONARY MONTH The Church has designated October 2019 an Extraordinary Missionary Month. It challenges us to fully embrace our call to mission in our daily lives among family, friends, and community, while embodying the theme “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on a mission in the world.”
In order to provide us with an inviting and practical pastoral tool, the Pontifical Mission Societies have asked Magnificat worldwide to prepare a special October 2019 issue to help the faithful receive the many graces flowing from this Extraordinary Missionary Month. In addition to the regular features, daily Mass and Prayer for the Morning and Evening inspired by the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, each day of this special issue will include a mission-themed meditation, a profile of a missionary saint, and a prayer intention for the mission.
The October issue of Magnificat is a perfect way to engage the faithful in prayer day after day. To help equip our parish to become a thriving missionary community filled with “missionary disciples”, we have obtained copies which will be available over the next couple of weeks, priced £4.99.
MANY THANKS to the team who provide the tea/coffee after 9.45am Mass each Sunday for their generous donation of £250. “Thank You” to all who support them each week.
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”.
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.
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.
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 Fr Joseph. 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 Joseph 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.
CHURCH CLEANING at Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 14th September at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
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!
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 Joseph 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 Yvonne.
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 Joseph 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.
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
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.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE The CWL will meet on Monday, 9th September at 2.00pm in the Sacristy. All welcome.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL | Bus: 12, 53
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR will be held in Holy Family Church, Langley, on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th September from 7.00pm to 10.00pm. The programme is conducted by International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Leader, Br Romeo Fernando, from the Community of the Good Shepherd Vasai, Mumbai, Renewal, individual Confessions, Spiritual Counselling, Baptism of the Holy Spirit and Formation of the Renewed Community are the main topics covered in the seminar. Come and join with your families and get renewed in Spirit. There will be special sessions for the youth. Please see flyers in Church porches.
Holy Family Parish Centre – Trelawney Avenue, Langley | SL3 7UD | Bus: 7
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
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 on Saturday, 14th September at 8.30am. Please try and spare an hour to help.
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
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
ST BERNARD’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL Open Mornings on Thursday, 3rd October from 9.30am – 11.30am, and Saturday, 5th October from 10.00am – 12noon. To book a place please email using this link.
St Bernard’s Prep School, Hawtrey Close, Slough | SL1 1TB
St Bernard’s Prep School website
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
September 7th – September 15th
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.
September 7th – September 15th
| 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 👧👦 |
| Monday 9th September 9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Parsons (Foundation), Edward Agbaje in thanksgiving (Edward) 7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament |
| Tuesday 10th September 9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Thanksgiving (Mary Magdalene) |
| Thursday 12th September | ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 8.30am St Andrew’s – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9.30am St Andrew’s – Sr Regina Corrigan SS CC (Whitehouse) 10.30am Our Lady of Peace – Mothers Prayers |
| Friday 13th September | THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS Mass Readings 9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Miller (Foundation), Holy Communion children & Baptised children and Families (Rosary Group) |
| Sunday Mass Readings (Year C) Saturday 14th September | TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 5.15pm-5.45pm Our Lady of Peace – Confessions 6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Pat Turmer RIP (Evelyn), Alma Hayden RIP (Hayden), Tom McLoughlin RIP (Birthday Rembrance) (Family) |
| Sunday 15th September | TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 9.45am Our Lady of Peace – Patrick & Juliet Intentions, Mary & John Lawlor RIP (Rosary Group), Jose Tharakan RIP (Family) 👧👦 ☕ 11.30am St Andrew’s – Tom Sherry RIP (Gatt), 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 