Come and pray with the Church during Advent!

Morning Prayer (9.10-9.25am –not Saturdays) and Evening Prayer (5.10-5.30pm) are recited daily. 

You are warmly welcome to drop in and pray at these services (even if you cannot stay for Mass at 9.30am). 

Opportunities to pray with others, each day in the St James’ chapel (front right of church).

Welcome to Mass – Advent 2.  John the Baptist tells us to “prepare a way for the Lord”. 

Millions are spent on building better roads, on improving communication, but there still remain many obstacles among people and nations to communicate with one another. 

In the same way there are many obstacles to the coming (“advent”) of Christ into our world.  People put up road blocks and we have to remove them, so that his mercy and freedom, his justice and love may reach all people.

We ask Christ in our Eucharist that we may be the road to him and that we may bring him near to others.

Notices for this week
Monday 7/12/09	6.00pm – St James’ Primary School Advent service in the church (NOT 9thDecember as originally circulated). 8.00pm – Baptismal preparation evening in church meeting room.
Tuesday 8/12/09	10.00am – Finance Committee in Presbytery. 7.15pm Mass ....a rather different experience.... 8.00pm - Christmas choir practice.
Thursday 10/12/09	7.00pm – Cub District Carol Service
Next Sunday 13/12/09	11.00am – Making Christingles (for 20th December) in the hall (Clare Wakefield). Over 60s Christmas lunch (the Guides) – list in porch
Monday 14/12/09	8.00pm -Journey in Faith Christmas party (for all JinF members) in the Presbytery; for all who have become Catholics in the past two years (spouses most welcome).
Tuesday 15/12/09	6.15pm – Please come and sing carols at Petts Wood Station for Harris HospiceCare (until about 7.00pm, then mince pies at Methodist Church)
Wednesday 16/12/09	9.30am St James’ School Mass in church
Sunday 20/12/09	5.30pm – Christingle Service for children and parents, light refreshments at 6.00pm. 6.30pm – “Now Thrice Welcome Christmas” carols, choir, readings and poems. 7.30pm – Mulled wine, etc.
Wednesday 23/12/09	7.00pm onwards– decorating the church for Christmas (NOT the 18th as on the calendar).  All hands on deck please!

Notices and Items of Interest

Wanted!  Leader for St James’ Pre-School (copies of advertisement in the porch) – URGENT

Mass attendance last week – 684

Masses during the Week of Sunday 6th December 2009 The 2nd Sunday of Advent (C)
Saturday	6.00pm	Kenneth Jackson, RIP
Sunday	10.00am	People of the Parish
	11.30am	Dickie Dyckhoff, RIP (B Shea)

Monday St Ambrose	9.30am	DR & F Cushman Family, RIP (E Cushman)
Tuesday The Immaculate Conception	9.30am	Mrs Irene Hilborne, RIP (the Huntington family)
	7.15pm	Peggy and Gerry Colman –Thanksgiving (P Colman)
Wednesday Feria	9.30am	Relatives and Friends of the Fyson family (Foundation Mass)
Thursday Feria	9.30am	The Intentions of Betty Cotter (Ned O’Connor)
Friday Feria	9.30am	John McNamee, RIP (Pat and Albert Murray)

Next Sunday 13th December, 3rd Sunday of Advent (C )
Saturday	6.00pm	People of the parish
Sunday	10.00am	Fr J Tinneny, OFM, RIP (Myriam Stanley)
	11.30am	Reg Smith, RIP (A Kenny)

Daily Morning Prayer:- Monday - Friday at 9.10am

Weekday Masses:- Monday- Friday at 9.30am and Tuesday 7.15pm unless otherwise stated

Confessions are heard:- Saturday at 5.00-5.30pm and Monday at 10.00-10.30am

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:- Mondays at 10.00-10.30am

Wednesday 9th December 2009

Coffee	B  Bridle E Chavannes		Church cleaning	C Price  M Thompson T Forde
Sunday 13th December 2009
Welcomers	6pm	10am		11.30am
	E Day	L Thomas J Haslett		W David S David

Readers	6pm	10am	11.30am
	I Callinan J Shittu	R Morrison C Delf	Parade Mass

Ministers of Holy Communion	6pm	10 am	11.30am
	B Bajorek P Driscoll C Cahill M Cahill C Cosgrave	P Murray C Price S Poulton T Wells M Breslin Smith R Wright	A Scripture V Terry M Travers T Troy M Akpata-Adesida B Bridle

Bar	Tellers	Coffee 10am	Coffee 11.30am
W Fleeman P Troy	J Scott M Ardron	L Lynch S Barradell S Smyth	Guides V Place D James M Bryan