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EASTER SUNDAY | SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY (YEAR C)

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Parish Priest: Fr Anthony Dampson
Assistant Priest: Fr Marek Balawender

Notices

HAPPY EASTER to all our parishioners and clergy, and to our Anglican brothers and sisters at St Andrew’s.

MASS CHANGES Please note Mass on Monday, 18th April will be at 10.00am.

DECEASED Please pray for Heinrich Albisser RIP who died recently, his Funeral will be on Tuesday, 3rd May at 2.30pm at Slough Crematorium. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace, Amen.

MISSION WITNESS: ‘RED BOX’ THANK YOU AND APPEAL Next weekend – 23rd / 24th April, we welcome Fr Kevin Hughes MHM to give the five-yearly Appeal. Thank you to all parishioners who already give to the Pope’s official charity for overseas mission – Missio – and Britain’s own missionary order, the Mill Hill Missionaries, through the Red Box. There will not be a second collection, but if you do not currently have a Red Box, please do consider taking one. It would be fantastic if every home had a Red Box to help care for our Church family throughout the world. You can find more information or set up a Direct Debit online at missio.org.uk/about-apf

EASTER OFFERING Your Easter offering is your personal gift to your Parish Priest. You can make your Easter offerings using the online donation facility on our main Diocesan website through InvestMyCommunity (link below). If you use this option, we ask that you please indicate in the notes section which parish, including the parish name that you would like your donation to be attributed to i.e. Easter offering. Please note that there is the facility to Gift Aid any donation to your Parish: https://northamptondiocese.org/donate/

MANY THANKS to all those who turned up to help with the Church cleaning of Our Lady of Peace, and to those who help with the ongoing cleaning of the Church. A huge thanks to Fr Anthony, Fr Marek, Deacon Michael, Mairin and Des for the hard work removing the sticky tape on the floor which had been put in place two years ago for social distancing measures, it was not an easy task!

TWO WEEK NEWSLETTER This week’s newsletter will be for two weeks, then back to weekly from the weekend 8th May 2022, the deadline for notices will be Thursday, 14th April by 12noon. Please email notices to Yvonne on office.ourladyofpeace[AT]northamptondiocese.org or drop in the Presbytery door.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION For the weekend 10th April amounted to £907.18. Donations from the contactless digital collection plate amounted to £59. Many thanks for your continuing support to the Parish.

CONFIRMATION 2022 For those registered on the Confirmation programme, the first session will be on Thursday, 28th April at 6.30pm in St Andrew’s.

MY DAY BY DAY Infant and Junior books for Easter are available in the Church porches. £1 each.

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

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

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, 20th April the topic will be The Power of the Resurrection, the Speaker will be Rev Martin. The topic for Wednesday, 27th April is Lectio Divina and Reflections led by Deacon Michael. 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.

SPIRIT & LIGHT WORSHIP invite you on Friday, 22nd April to St Andrew’s Church from 8.00pm to 9.00pm in thanksgiving for grace received. We will adore the Lord Jesus through Scripture, Music and Worship. Please call 07957 594646 for more information.

CIPPENHAM SHARED CHURCH TRUST meet on Monday, 25th April in St Andrew’s.

BAPTISM ZOOM MEETING will be held on Tuesday, 26th April at 7.00pm.This is for first time parents who wish their child to receive the Sacrament of Baptism over the next few months. To register please email Yvonne on office.ourladyofpeace[AT]northamptondiocese.org

CONFIRMATION 2022 For those registered on the Confirmation programme, the first session will be on Thursday, 28th April at 6.30pm in St Andrew’s.

MASS FOR THE SICK 30th April, 3.00pm, livestream and Cathedral. Bishop David will celebrate a special Mass for the Sick on Saturday, 30th April at the Cathedral. This is specially for all our housebound, and we hope that they will be able to follow it on the Cathedral livestream via the Diocesan website: https://northamptondiocese.org/live/. There will be a downloadable Mass sheet so everyone can join in. All are also welcome to attend in person.

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 ). Google ‘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 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.

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Masses & Intentions

April 16th – April 24th
April 23rd – May 1st

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 16th – April 24th

Saturday 16th April | HOLY SATURDAY
EASTER VIGIL OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION
Mass Readings (Easter Vigil)
8.00pm Our Lady of Peace LS – Allen Kuthokathen Intentions (Kuthokathen); Margaret Lawrence RIP (O’Shea) | Mass booklet
Sunday 17th April | EASTER SUNDAY
Mass Readings (Mass of the Day)
Mass booklet
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Mary McMorrow RIP (Goldberg); Angela O’Donnell RIP (O’Donnell)
11.30am St Andrew’s – Special Intentions (Flynn); John Pace RIP (Family); People of the Parish
Monday 18th April
10.00am Our Lady of Peace LS – Conversion of Hearts of Indifferent Countries & Little Star Hobson RIP (Rosary Group); Harper Family Intentions (O’Donnell); Martin McCarthy RIP (14th Anniv.) (McCarthy)
Tuesday 19th April
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Margarita & Anthony Tharranna RIP
(Kuthokathen); Forgotten Souls of Migrants 2022; (Rosary Group); McGuigan (Foundation); Mary McCarthy RIP (1st Anniv) (McCarthy)
Thursday 21st April
9.30am St Andrew’s – Keogh (Foundation); Martin Kerrigan RIP (Rosary Group)
Friday 22nd April
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – For Peace in the World (Pepaj);
Families that Mourn (Rosary Group); Hilton & Mary Hughes RIP (Kuthokathen)
Saturday 23rd April
Mass Readings (Year C)
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Everard Family Intentions (O’Donnell);
Tricia Wright RIP (Potter)
Sunday 24th April | SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Mass Readings (Year C)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS– Special Intention (Conroy); FHC children, parents, Grandparents and Godparents (Rosary Group); Florian Tkaczyk Intentions
11.30am St Andrew’s – Olinda Nazareth & Katie Simoes RIP
(K Ratna & Sepala); People of the Parish

April 23rd – May 1st

Saturday 23rd April
Mass Readings (Year C)
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Everard Family Intentions (O’Donnell);
Tricia Wright RIP (Potter)
Sunday 24th April | SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Mass Readings (Year C)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Special Intention (Conroy); FHC children, parents, Grandparents and Godparents (Rosary Group); Florian Tkaczyk Intentions
11.30am St Andrew’s – Olinda Nazareth & Katie Simoes RIP (K Ratna & Sepala); People of the Parish
Monday 25th April | ST MARK, Evangelist
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Gerald Antao RIP (Barker); Susan Chukwudi RIP (Chukwudi)
Tuesday 26th April | ST GEORGE, Martyr, Patron of England
Mass Readings
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Patrick McMorrow RIP (Goldberg); Michael Jonathan Rodrigues (Birthday Remb.) Rodrigues
Thursday 28th April
9.30am St Andrew’s – Gearoid Molloy RIP (1st Anniv.) Tierney family; Families that Mourn (Rosary Group)
Friday 29th April | ST CATHERINE OF SIENA, Virgin & Doctor
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Winney Wade (Foundation); Alan Rosemeyer RIP& Christopher Potter RIP (Potter)
Saturday 30th April
Mass Readings (Year C)
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Special Intention (P & C); Yvonne & Des Int. (Gatt)
Sunday 1st May | THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Mass Readings (Year C)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – For Confirmed members of our Parish family, Parents, Godparents & Grandparents (Rosary Group); Isabella McGlynn RIP (Family); Sue & Jan Jones RIP (Jones)
11.30am St Andrew’s – Fr Nathaniel & Fr Chris Intentions (Gatt);
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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