Last Sunday Mass Attendance – 637

Mass Intentions

This Sunday

(Sat)	6.00pm	Ted Bray – Welfare (N O’Connor)
	10.00am	People of the Parish
	11.30am	Dora Price RIP (G Price)

Daily Morning Prayer: Monday – Saturday at 9.10am

Weekday Masses: 9.30am unless otherwise stated

Mon	9.30am	Feria	Loretta Jones – Welfare
Tue	9.30am	Feria	Eileen, Patrick & William Keane – Welfare
Wed	9.30am	CHRISTMAS EVE		Teresa & John Lynch – Welfare
	6.00pm (Vigil)			Mrs Bridget Kerr RIP
	12 Midnight Carols 11.15pm			Tomas & Mary Ann Lorigan RIP
Thu	10.00am	CHRISTMAS DAY		Colin Smith RIP
	11.30am			Widows of KSC
Fri	10.30am	St Stephen		John Breslin RIP
Sat	10.30am	St John		Robin Oakley-Smith – Welfare

Next Sunday 28^th December – THE HOLY FAMILY, JESUS, MARY & JOSEPH

(Sat)	6.00pm	People of Parish
	10.00am	Margaret Cushman RIP
	11.30am	Richard Angel Welfare

A warm welcome to everyone – and especially to visitors to our parish during this Christmas week. We hope you enjoy your stay in the area and will feel part of our parish community!

“In the bleak mid-winter...” for many people in the world and in our society this Christmas will be bleak. We should remember that Christ was born into a difficult and often violent world , but “where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in.” May this be your experience this Christmas time and throughout 2009 and may God bless you and your loved ones.

Today: after 10am Mass Christingles being made in the Social Centre for the vigil Mass on Christmas Eve

12.30pm Children’s Choir Practice for Vigil Mass (Choir Gallery)

5.30pm Christmas Choir practice

6.30pm Now Thrice Welcome Christmas – carols, readings, poems and music on a Christmas theme, followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the Social Centre. A great way to prepare for Christmas – let’s have a really full church!

Daily Mass Times

Please note that daily Mass, from 26^th – 31^st December will be at 10.30am (morning prayer at 10.10am). On New Year’s Day, Mass will be at 12Noon, and then we revert to daily Mass at 9.30am.

Christmas season is very special and you are encouraged to come to Mass during the week, even if you never usually have the opportunity. Remember the Christmas season ends on the Feast of the Epiphany (6^th January, although this year transferred to Sunday 4^th).

Confessions this week:
Monday 22^nd	10-10.20am
	7.30-8.30pm
Tuesday 23^rd	10-10.20am
Wednesday 24^th	10-10.20am
Saturday 27^th	10-10.30am
	5.15-5.45pm

Southwark Diocesan Directory (2009) now available at £3.50 which is excellent value!

Christmas Posters for your windows. Please take a poster and display. Also many reduced publications – please try and clear the table this weekend!

School application forms must be with me today (21^st) at the latest.

Used Postage Stamps

The Knights of St Columba wish to thank those who have donated their used stamps over the past year, which helped to raise £500 for charitable causes. Please keep donating.

Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make Christmas here a worthy celebration, including decorators, flower arrangers, servers, musicians, readers and ministers. Thank you, also, to the many people who work so hard for the parish throughout the year – it is all greatly appreciated.

Teresa, the family and I also thank you for your many cards and gifts. As always we are greatly touched by your kindness.

Fr Bryan

Church and Social Centre Rotas

Wednesday Coffee			Church Cleaning 24^th December
M Cahill	J Longhurst	B Babb		E O’Connor	M Walters

Next Sunday 28^th December

Bar	Tellers	Coffee 10.00am	Coffee 11.30am
P Keen M Wright	A Barradell L Bryan	E Said A Crosland	B Bridle T Troy J Cosgrave

Readers

6.00pm Sat.	10.00am	11.30am
R Dudley S Paris	C Hairs M Morley	P Dabrowski M Bunnage

Ministers of Holy Communion

6.00pm Sat.	10.00am	11.30am
H Rothan A Babb B Babb B Bajorek J Bajorek	T Wells R Wright P Crosland B D’Arcy W David C Delf	A Bunnage O Clutton C Hawes A Murphy Y Sykes R Del Guercio

Welcomers

6.00pm Sat.	10.00am	11.30am
E Muzelle	L Thomas J Haslett	D Wills A Wills