Last Sunday Mass Attendance – 694

 

Mass Intentions

This Sunday

                (Sat)   6.00pm    ‘Special’ (Welf)

                     10.00am   Peter Stanley RIP

                     11.30am   David Bridle & Daphne Fisk RIP

Daily Morning Prayer   Monday – Saturday at 9.10am

 

Weekday Masses

Monday         9.30am     Feria – Andy D’Souza RIP

Tuesday        9.30am     St Mary Magdalene – Owen Porter RIP

Wednesday   9.30am     St Bridget (Patron of Europe) – St James’ School Leavers’ Mass

Thursday       9.30am     St Sharbel Makhluf (Priest) – Tony & Margaret Valente RIP

Friday            9.30am     St James ‘the Great’ (Apostle) – Ekpoudom Family (Welf)

Saturday        9.30am     St Joachim & St Anne (Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

                                      Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion

 

Next Sunday 27 July – Seventeenth Sunday in ordinary time

                (Sat)   6.00pm    Barry Knox RIP

                     10.00am   Colin Smith RIP

                     11.30am   People of the Parish

Confessions heard Saturday 5.00pm-5.45pm and Monday 10.00am-10.20am (NB new times.)

 

A warm welcome to Mass today – and especially to any visitors who may be on holiday! Do you find it difficult to pray?  Don’t worry – today’s reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans teaches us that it is the Spirit of God that actually prays in us, and who comes to our aid.  All we have to do is be still and receptive to what God wishes to give us.  This is praying and it is good if we can pray like this for a short while each day.  Have a go!

 

Monday:         No Journey in Faith this week

Wednesday:   St James School Leavers Mass at 9.30am.  This will be a very special Mass for our year 6 children as they move onto secondary schools, but it will also be the last Mass with Pauline Sammon as Head Teacher and there will be a presentation from the parish.  All parishioners are welcome to this Mass.

 

Teddy Bear’s Picnic at 3.15pm in Presbytery garden (CWL) £2 adults, £1 children (teddy Bears free!!)  Raffle (no unaccompanied children please)

Friday:            Our Patron Saint’s Day – St James the Great – but we shall be celebrating next Sunday with our Bring & Share Picnic (personal barbecues welcome) at 12.30pm.  Hopefully we can celebrate together as one community.  Coffee after 10am will be extended and I do hope that Saturday Mass goers come along also.

Forthcoming events

CWL Meeting – 28th July 2008 at 8.00pm

 

Next Sunday’s Briefly will be the last until 31st August.  All Mass intentions will be published and will be available online.

 

A notice from SPUC (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children)

The Government has now postponed until autumn the final stages of its Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, including debate on pro-abortion amendments.

 

SPUC believes the government’s decision was influenced by the marvellous opposition of courageous church leaders, churchgoers and supporters to this profoundly unethical bill, for which SPUC is enormously grateful.

 

More help is now needed to campaign against the bill over the summer.  Telephone SPUC on 020 7091 7091 or email political@spuc.org.uk

Youth Training Course

Could completed forms for this course please be returned to the Presbytery as soon as possible (four Tuesdays starting 16th September).  This is a Deanery course which we are hosting here and it is filling up fast.

 

Do you play a musical instrument?  My hunch is that we have a symphony orchestra out there in the congregation!  Come on, folks, dust down that violin, polish that trumpet, tootle your flute etc...  and take a form from the porch so that we can see who can play what.  Please return to Presbytery.

 

There will be a rich, wide and varied programme for our parish beginning in September through to Christmas and this will be published in due course.

 

In particular the new Journey in Faith Group will begin on Monday 8th September at 8pm in the Presbytery and any non-Catholic (18 years plus) is most welcome and also Catholic spouses.  It is encouraging so many people have expressed an interest.  Remember the website – all parish news is regularly updated.

 

Every blessing – Fr Bryan

 

 

Church and Social Centre Rotas

Wednesday Coffee

Church Cleaning 23 July

A Scripture

B D’Arcy

S Barradell

J keen

E Chavannes

 

Next Sunday 27 July

Bar

Tellers

Coffee 10.00am

Coffee 11.30am

M Wright

N Longhurst

Philip Cosgrave

M Jones

G Somerville

C D’Arcy

T Lowe

C Battista

V Volney

 

Readers

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

K Lydon

D Rogerson

W Morley

S Howell

P Fabbricatore

R Del Guercio

 

Ministers of Holy Communion

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

A Babb

B Babb

B Bajorek

D Lydon

J Bajorek

P Crosland

B D’Arcy

W David

C Delf

D Hairs

J Headington

V Terry

M Travers

T Troy

D Walters

M Akpata-Adesida

B Bridle

 

Welcomers

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

E Muzzelle

E Chavannes

P Luckett

L Samuels

J Samuels