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Parish Newsletter 4.9.2022

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TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR (YEAR C)

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

SCHOOLS BACK! We trust the teachers and pupils enjoyed their Summer holidays, we hope those who are starting a new School settle in well.

TEA AND COFFEE We are delighted to announce that we are able to resume refreshments after the 9.30am Mass each Sunday. Please welcome the team back with your continued support!

DECEASED Please pray for the following members of our Parish who have died:

Florian Tkaczyk RIP, his Requiem Mass will be on Monday, 5th September at 11.00am in Holy Family Church, Langley, followed by committal at Slough Crematorium.

Mary Brown Dare RIP, her Funeral Service will be on Tuesday, 20th September at 11.15am in Our Lady of Peace Church, followed by burial at Slough Cemetery.

Henryk Bujakowski RIP, his Requiem Mass will be on Thursday, 22nd September at 11.00am in Our Lady of Peace, followed by committal at Slough Crematorium.

Geoff Barnes RIP, whose Funeral Service will take place at St James-The-Less Stubbings, Henley Road, Maidenhead, SL6 6QW, on Thursday, 15th September at 11.00am.

Please pray for the deceased, their family and friends. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace, Amen.

CONGRATULATIONS to Florence and Tony Matwiejczyk who celebrate 65 years of Marriage. There will be refreshments after the 9.30am Mass on Friday, 9th September to celebrate the occasion.

OFFERTORY The collection for 28th August amounted to £867.81. There are a number of Retiring Collections coming up over the next few weekends; there will be a Retiring Collection this weekend for the National Catholic Fund, and a Retiring Collection next weekend for Catholic Education Fund. We are very grateful for your continued support.

DEC PAKISTAN FLOODS APPEAL Devastating floods have hit Pakistan, leaving millions in urgent need of help to survive. A third of the country is now underwater (that’s an area almost the size of Great Britain). CAFOD are appealing for your help, their local partners support communities with clean drinking water, food, emergency medical assistance and shelter. Please pray for those affected and donate now at cafod.org.uk/give

Prayer for those affected by the Pakistan floods :

O Lord, in the goodness of your constant love, be with the people of Pakistan as they face devastating floods. At this time of great loss – loss of lives, homes and crops – may we be filled with your compassion and moved to reach out in love. As we stand alongside our sisters and brothers, we pray that they may find consolation in their sorrow, strength as they seek shelter and safety and courage to carry on. Forgive us, O Lord, for our part in the climate crisis, and inspire us all to play our part in protecting the earth, our common home. So that together we may build a world that reflects your glory, where hope drives out despair and all things are made new.

PARISH PRAYER LIST Please remember all those who are in our Parish Prayer list book, which is placed on the Altar at each Mass. If you wish to add a name to the list please obtain the permission of the person and write the name in the book.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL will meet on Monday, 26th September at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s.

ROSARY GROUP The Rosary Group recite the Rosary after 9.30am Mass each morning in Our Lady of Peace Church. Please join them if you can.

SLOUGH FOODBANK are appealing for more donations, the cost of living crisis has resulted in fewer donations and more clients and they are having to use their funds to buy food themselves to meet the current demand. The following link will take you to a list of items which they need. https://slough.foodbank.org.uk/give-help-2/foodbank-wishlist/

GOING INTO HOSPITAL? If you wish to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion and Anointing of the Sick before going into Hospital please let us know. A visit can be arranged from Fr Anthony or Fr Marek.

PERPETUAL MASS we have received some Perpetual Mass cards, they recommend £7 and £4 for a healing card. These can be purchased from the Sacristy in Our Lady of Peace.

FEELING ISOLATED? We realise there are many parishioners who are not on our data base who may be feeling isolated from the Parish because they hear nothing from us. To enable us to reach out and find out where people live and how they are managing, we are making a plea for Parishioners to contact people, via telephone, or from a safe distance wearing a mask, who have no access to the internet and encourage them to provide a telephone number to allow us to check on how they are. If you know of any parishioner, please let Yvonne know, either via email office.ourladyofpeace[AT]northamptondiocese.org or telephone the office on 01628 605764 or Fr Anthony on 07853 106000, email franthony.dampson[AT]northamptondiocese.org

PARISH OFFICE Yvonne, as Parish Secretary, will be working in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 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.

ST GILBERT’S MISSION PROJECT 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 SAFEGUARDING REPRESENTATIVE Máirín Comfort is our Parish Safeguarding Representative. The role of the Parish Safeguarding Officer is to provide support, advice and information on all matters concerning the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in the parish. If you have any queries, please contact Máirín via the Parish office.

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

ROSARY GROUP The Rosary Group recite the Rosary after 9.30am Mass each morning in Our Lady of Peace Church. Please join them if you can.

DIVINE ADORATION You are invited to another beautiful evening of Eucharistic Adoration, including praise and worship and prayer ministry, at St Augustine’s, Amersham Hill, High Wycombe HP13 6NZ, on Saturday 10th September, at 7.00pm. A date for your diary. Everyone is welcome. Please invite your friends and family.

SONGS OF PRAISE On Sunday, 11th September at 3.00pm, our Local Churches Together invite you to come sing, enjoy familiar hymns, and learn new ones. The organist and choir of St Nicolas, along with singers from local Churches, will host the event at St Nicolas, Taplow, SL6 0ET. Tea and cakes will be served afterwards.

HCPT DANCE in aid of the Children’s HCPT Groups Easter Pilgrimage to Lourdes in Easter 2023. Saturday, 24th September at Slough Irish Club, Sheehy Way, Slough, SL2 5SS. Dancing from 9.00pm until Midnight. Music by DJ Brian. Tickets £5. All monies raised will pay for a child with special needs to travel to Lourdes next Easter 2023. Kay will be selling tickets each weekend after all Masses until the dance. Please support.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL will meet on Monday, 26th September at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s.

YOUTH GROUP AGED 11+ please join us for the next meeting which will be on Sunday, 18th September after 9.30am Mass. This meeting will be in preparation for our first Youth Mass on Sunday, 16th October. Any enquiries contact olpyouth22[AT]gmail.com

RETROUVAILLE A Program for Couples Struggling in their Marriages. Help Your Marriage – Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue… or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? Retrouvaille is a program to support couples who have difficulties in their marriage. It brings a positive focus, new hope and helps nourish and grow your marriage. Tens of thousands of couples headed for divorce have successfully saved their marriages by attending and using the tools provided. The program helps spouses uncover or re-awaken the love, trust and commitment that originally brought them together. It helps them through difficult times whether they are disillusioned or in deep misery. There is no group therapy or group work.

For confidential information about ‘Retrouvaille’ or to register for the next program commencing with a Virtual weekend on 13 – 16 October 2022 or a Face-to-Face weekend in Welwyn Garden City on 24th – 26th February 2023, call or text 07887 296983 or 07973 380443 or email retrouvailleukinfo[AT]gmail.com – or visit www.retrouvaille.org.uk

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

September 3rd – September 11th

Sunday Readings: Year C.
Weekday Readings: Cycle II.

Universalis – Daily Mass Readings (updates automatically).

Live streaming of Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Peace can be found on
Facebook: ourladyofpeacecatholicchurchburnham and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCegtpwudlmz48G-m3gPNy4Q

September 3rd – September 11th

Saturday 3rd September | ST GREGORY THE GREAT, Pope & Doctor of the Church
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Benediction and Mass
Saturday 3rd September | TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year C)
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Dr Michael Gompertz RIP (Brackenridge); Ann Shiels Intentions (Cafferty)
Sunday 4th September | TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year C)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Bernie O’Donnell Intentions (Rosary Group); Mary Coll RIP (O’Donnell); Kathleen Corp (Eatwell)
11.30am St Andrew‘s – Carmel Karunaratna RIP (Sepala); Lavina & Manuel Fernandez RIP (Fernandez); People of the Parish
Monday 5th September
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Sr Louisa Dell ‘Orto RIP & Persecuted Chrstians (Rosary Group); Richard and John Kempson RIP (Kempson)
Tuesday 6th September
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Gerry Byrne RIP (O’Donnell); Lucinda Florina Borges RIP (12th Anniv.) (Borges)
Thursday 8th September | NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
9.30am St Andrew’s – Marianna Tharakan RIP (Kuthokathen); Thanksgiving (Rodrigues); Thanksgiving (Lobo); PPC Int. (Rosary Group); Ramesh Sriram RIP
Friday 9th September
9.30am Our Lady of Peace – Florence & Tony Intentions (Parish); Holy Souls in Purgatory (Kuthokathen)
Saturday 10th September | TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year C)
6.00pm Our Lady of Peace – Angela O’Donnell RIP (O’Donnell)
Sunday 11th September | TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Mass Readings (Year C)
9.30am Our Lady of Peace LS – Jim Deignan RIP (Deignan); Donal O’Connor RIP (Birthday Remembrance) (Family); Janina Haynes RIP (Rosary Group)
11.30am St Andrew‘s – Sr Tryphonia Juliana Joanes RIP (Roselin); 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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