FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT (YEAR C)
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Parish Priest: Fr Anthony Dampson
Assistant Priest: Fr Marek Balawender
Notices
COLLECTION FOR UKRAINE The shipment has now been collected and is on its way to the people of the Ukraine who need our support so badly. The shipment is significant, containing all of the critical items requested and shows just how much thought and love went into each and every item purchased. It is sent with our prayers and our love and we continue to hope and pray that the conflict will end and for peace to be restored. A huge thank you to everyone involved. This parish never fails to rise to the occasion to support anyone who needs our help.
CRISIS IN UKRAINE Please keep all those affected by this conflict in your prayers.
Loving God, we pray for the people of Ukraine, for all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them. We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices. We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in need. May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality for the people of Ukraine and for all the world. Amen
DECEASED Please pray for Rita Almeida RIP who died recently, her Requiem Mass will be on Monday, 11th April at 1.15pm 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.
CONGRATULATIONS to Hallie Moody and Fraser Irving, who will be Baptised on Saturday, 9th April, please pray for Hallie and Fraser, their parents, grandparents and Godparents.
EASTER FLOWERS There will be a retiring collection for the flowers at Easter this weekend. Please be as generous as you can.
CONFESSIONS OVER EASTER There will be Confessions heard at St Andrew’s on Thursday, 7th April from 8.30am to 9.15am. Also in Our Lady of Peace on Saturday, 9th April from 4.00pm -5.30pm.
CHURCH CLEANING FOR EASTER If you can spare an hour or two to help clean the Church for Easter please come along on Saturday, 16th April from 9.00am. Hot cross buns and tea/coffee provided!!
TAIZE PRAYER EVENING Friday, 8th April at 8.00pm in Our Lady of Peace. The idea is to hold a Meditative Prayer evening leading to the Passion of Christ and Holy Week. Fr Anthony and Fr Marek will lead the Prayers. Please come along for a spiritual preparation for the Easter celebrations.
PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER TRIDUUM SERVICES FOR OUR LADY OF PEACE AND ST ANDREW’S CHURCHES
| Date | Service | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th April | Vigil for Palm Sunday | 6:00pm | OLP |
| 10th April | Palm Sunday | 9:30am | OLP |
| 10th April | Palm Sunday | 11:30am | St Andrew’s |
| 14th April | Maundy Thursday | 8:00pm | OLP |
| 15th April | Good Friday | 3:00pm | OLP |
| 15th April | Good Friday | 3:00pm | St Andrew’s |
| 16th April | Saturday Vigil | 8:00pm | OLP |
| 17th April | Easter Sunday | 9:30pm | OLP |
| 17th April | Easter Sunday | 11:30pm | St Andrew’s |
OFFERTORY COLLECTION For the weekend 27th March amounted to £569.41. Donations from the contactless digital collection plate amounted to £88.02. Many thanks for your continuing support to the Parish.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be celebrated during Lent as follows :
- Each Sunday after 11.30am Mass in St Andrew’s.
- Each Monday in Our Lady of Peace from 7.00pm to 8.00pm during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
- 7.30pm Every Friday/ During Lent each Thursday in St Andrew’s Church, Seven Words, from 10.00am to 10.15am.
RETIRING COLLECTION FOR THE POOR will be taken after Stations of the Cross.
DIOCESAN DIRECTORIES available in the Church porches, £5 each.
UNWANTED DISABILITY AIDS Do you have unwanted disability aids at home? if so the Rotary Club of Burnham Beeches can collect them from you to be distributed overseas to those in need. Please contact Ken Smith on 07706 126174.
ST ANDREW’S CAR PARK Important message for car users at St Andrews – Starting on Monday, 28th March, on weekdays between 7.00am and 6.00pm you will only be able to park in the spaces facing the Church, and if disabled in the spaces at the front of the Church. In the evenings and at weekends there are no restrictions, you may park anywhere in the car park. This is because Feltham Construction have hired the 15 spaces in front of the Mart and facing Washington Drive during working hours. It will provide much needed funds to the CSCT without which we could not survive the loss of funds due to Covid.
PARISH OFFICE In line with Government changes and Diocesan guidelines, Yvonne, as Parish Secretary, will work from home two days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.00am to 2.00pm, and will be working in the office on Mondays and Fridays, from 9.00am to 2.00pm. For all Parish matters please contact Yvonne via email on office.ourladyofpeace[AT]northamptondiocese.org or telephone the Parish office on 01628 605764 and leave a message.
COVID There is still a risk associated with gathering for sustained periods in enclosed spaces and therefore we will continue to monitor our practices in the Churches to ensure we are as Covid secure as possible. Inside Churches we encourage you to continue to wear a mask if possible. There will be no social distancing but please be sensitive to the needs of others around you. For those wishing to maintain social distance the right-hand side aisle (looking at the altar) will be reserved for this purpose. The sign of peace can be re-introduced, and holy water stoups filled up again. We should continue to ensure there is good ventilation, balancing this against the need for church heating, especially at this time. If you experience any COVID-19 symptoms, stay at home. If you tested positive for COVID-19 and were in Church recently, stay at home and inform us immediately by calling 01628 605764 so that we can take the necessary steps. Thank you for your continued vigilance.
Upcoming Events
CARE AND SHARE TALK Lisa Pope, from Care and Share Burnham, will be giving a talk at St Andrew’s on Monday, 4th April at 2.00pm. Please come along and hear about the great work being carried out by this group to help those in need. Please bring an item of food e.g. tinned goods, coffee/tea, packets of pasta, UHT milk or anything you think might be suitable. If you are unable to attend donations can be left at Burnham Park Hall. This talk is being organised by the Catholic Women’s League.
SHEKHINAH PRAYER GROUP meet weekly on Wednesdays from 7.00pm to 8.30pm via Zoom. Catholic teachings on different topics and Lectio Divina (Praying the Scriptures) are handled on alternative weeks, on Wednesday, 6th April the topic will be The Power of the Cross , preceded by the Stations of the Cross, the Speaker will be Mrs Philomena Nortey. If you are interested in joining the group please contact Yvonne via email: office.ourladyofpeace[AT]northamptondiocese.org and a link will be sent to you.
TAIZE PRAYER EVENING Friday, 8th April at 8.00pm in Our Lady of Peace. The idea is to hold a Meditative Prayer evening leading to the Passion of Christ and Holy Week. Fr Anthony and Fr Marek will lead the Prayers. Please come along for a spiritual preparation for the Easter celebrations.
NYMO YOUNG ADULTS BRUNCH April 9th 2022, 11.30am-1.30pm at NYMO Offices in Luton, LU4 8JD. Free to attend, over 18’s. Visit nymo.org/brunch for more info.
CHURCH CLEANING FOR EASTER If you can spare an hour or two to help clean the Church for Easter please come along on Saturday, 16th April from 9.00am. Hot cross buns and tea/coffee provided!!
PILGRIMAGE to Our Lady’s Shrine, Banneux, Belgium, for the 89th anniversary of the Apparitions and for the Feast of the Assumption, 11th -17th August 2022. A coach will leave from St. Edmund Campion Church, Maidenhead SL6 4PY.
Accommodation and full board (including travel and excursions): staying at the Hospitalité is £400. (Single room supplement +£60). The Hospitalité is very spacious and can accommodate all pilgrims, especially those who are sick, disabled or elderly. It also includes a full catering and medical staff. Fr. Liam Cummins (St Edmund Campion Parish) will be the Spiritual Director for this pilgrimage and has been going to Banneux since 1996.
If you are interested and you would like more information or to reserve a place before June 30th, please contact Lisa Pirie, pilgrimage director, on 07500 288384; banneuxndgb@gmail.com or Father Liam, on 07776 580596 (email him on lcummins[AT]portsmouthdiocese.org.uk ). Goggle ‘Our Lady’s Shrine, Banneux’, for history and more detail. The GB pilgrimage has been going for 60 years and it looks like this will be the last official trip from England, so get on board!
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE PARISH WEBSITE OR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER can be sent to Yvonne. Items on paper and print are also accepted and can be given to Yvonne, Fr Anthony, or delivered to the Presbytery.
A PARISHIONER HAS VERY KINDLY OFFERED TO PRINT AND DELIVER COPIES OF OUR WEEKLY BULLETIN to those unable to attend Mass each week, this would only be posted through the letterbox. If you know of anyone who would like a copy delivered, please contact Yvonne via email or contact the Parish office on 01628 605764. Please obtain the permission of the Parishioner to provide their address to Yvonne.
MASS BOOKINGS Kindly drop off your intentions at the Presbytery, place it in the donation box in the Church or give it to Fr Anthony. You can still make a request for Masses by email and telephone.
PARISH ONLINE PRAYER SERVICE A dedicated email has been set up for you to send prayer requests. The email address is: prayerministry.ourladyofpeace[AT]northamptondiocese.org Meanwhile, let us continue to support and pray for one another in the parish.
Parish Donations
FINANCES We are extremely grateful, not only for your financial support, but also to the volunteers who help in so many ways for the Church to remain open for Masses.
Your valued ongoing support to the Parish can be made through the following options:
- Donating by phone: ‘Giving Tuesday’ – Telephone Donation In addition to the online donation facilities currently available, the Diocese has begun a ‘Giving Tuesday’. Each Tuesday between 10:00am and 4:00pm, you can call this number, 01604 712065, and donate to your parish.
- Online Donation Our online giving platform provider, VirginMoneyGiving closed their online giving platform for charities at the end of November 2021. We are now using a new provider ‘Invest My Community’ who work with other Catholic Diocese, schools and charities. You can access our online giving page via the donate button on our Diocesan Website or by using the following link https://northamptondiocese.org/donate/ If you would like to use this facility to make your regular, one off donations please ensure you indicate this along with the name of your parish, and any other message detail in the ‘Public Message’ box. Please note this information is not made visible to the public.
- Standing Order via donor’s own bank: You can set up a standing order for donations to your parish using either your online bank account or in branch. You can also make a one-off payment to the parish. The information required to make the donation is as follows:
Bank: NatWest.
Sort Code; 60-06-11.
Account Name; 46716203. Account Name; RCDN Our Lady of Peace.
Payment Ref: Our Lady of Peace, Slough. - Standing Order using the form: https://northamptondiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/GAD-general-June-18-v2-revision.pdf You can complete the standing order form for donations to your parish with the option to Gift Aid. Please indicate on this form if you are not a tax payer but would like to set up a standing order only. There are two sides/sheets to this form, it should be printed, completed, signed and returned to our Parish office, we will then forward to central offices at Bishop’s House for processing at a later date. Please remember to state which parish this standing is for i.e. ‘For the benefit of Our Lady of Peace, Slough Parish’ section at the top of the form. Banks will require 7 working days from receipt of these forms to activate the request so please ensure the start date reflects this 7 day period to ensure the S.O. can take effect.
- There is also a donation box in Our Lady of Peace for Mass intentions, offertory, donations, etc.
- Contactless Donations 💳 We have installed ‘Digital Collection Plate’ contactless terminals in the Churches, allowing you to donate using a contactless debit/credit card, NFC smartphone or watch. Simply enter the amount you wish to donate and hold your card (or NFC device) to the reader. You can also opt-in for Gift Aid to increase your donation by 25%. If you are a UK taxpayer then donating with Gift Aid means that we can claim an extra 25p for every £1 received.
- Parish Donations Portal 💳 After a successful trial of the physical digital collection plate in our Churches, we are pleased to announce that a web portal is now available as a queue-free alternative. Either use the link (Gift Aid giving is available using one-time registration): https://portal.mydona.com/assets/webPay/index.php?cid=419 or with your QR code reader mobile app, scan the code in the printed newsletter, click on the link to mydona.com, and it will give you the same options available on the Digital Plate in Church. Also look out for the DONATE HERE sign with QR Code in the Church. Thank you.
N.B. To access this service, select links titled: Parish Donations Portal.
Thank you for any help you are able to give and God bless.
News Links
- Diocese News
- Diocese Twitter page (includes the Bishop’s weekly engagements)
- The Vine (Journal of the Diocese of Northampton)
- Diocese of Northampton Youtube
- 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)
Masses & Intentions
April 2nd – April 10th
Sunday Readings: Year C.
Weekday Readings: Cycle II.
Universalis – Daily Mass Readings (updates automatically).
Live streaming of Masses at Our Lady of Peace can be found on
Facebook: ourladyofpeacecatholicchurchburnham and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCegtpwudlmz48G-m3gPNy4Q
April 2nd – April 10th
| Saturday 2nd April 10.00am Our Lady of Peace LS – Benediction and Mass |
| Saturday 2nd April | FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Mass Readings (Year C) 6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Bill & Rose Brophy RIP (Tierney); Frank Stewart RIP (Stewart); Margaret Lawrence RIP (Kuthokathen) |
| Sunday 3rd April | FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Mass Readings (Year C) 9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Margaret Lawrence RIP (1st Anniversary), Patrick & Katherine Ward RIP, Alice & Charlie (Anniv.) O’Neill RIP (Flannery); Uruvath Kuthokathen RIP (Kuthokathen) 11.30am St Andrew’s – Fr Joseph Intentions; People of the Parish |
| Monday 4th April 9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Madam Ayiratu Abeni Agbaje RIP (Birthday Rembrance) Agbaje; Ellen Hambleton RIP (37th Anniversary) (Crouch); Dunne (Foundation); Pepaj family (Pepaj) 7.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Stations of the Cross |
| Tuesday 5th April 9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – For Catechists (Rosary Group); Rod & Margaret Mallinson RIP (O’Donnell) |
| Thursday 7th April 9.30am St Andrew’s – Lewis Intentions (Grandparents); Anne Baudry Intentions (O’Shea); Sr Mary Stella (Birthday Intentions) (P&C) 10.00am St Andrew’s – Seven Words |
| Friday 8th April 9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Forgotten souls of Immigrants in Mediterranean Sea (Rosary Group); Sylvia Morton RIP (Potter) |
| Saturday 9th April | PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION Mass Readings (Year C) 6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Frank & Margery Christian (O’Donnell); Dr Michael Gompertz RIP (Gompertz); Davies family RIP (Stewart); |
| Sunday 10th April | PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION Mass Readings (Year C) 9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Joan O’Keefe & Nora Conroy RIP (Conroy); Sir David Amess RIP (Rosary Group) 11.30am St Andrew’s – Fr Anthony & Fr Marek Intentions; People of the Parish |
Notes:
LS = Mass livestreamed on Facebook and Youtube.
Liturgy Office resources:
Calendar notes for 2022 (PDF)
Our Lady of Peace Church – Lower Britwell Road, Burnham | SL2 2NL
St Andrew’s – Elmshott La/Washington Drive, Cippenham, Berks | SL1 5RE
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