Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Community Herne Bay, Kent
Clarence Road, Herne Bay, Kent - 01227 375095 - Parish Priest: Fr Mark White CP (mwhite8684@aol.com); Assistant Priest: Fr Patrick CP (743727); Deacons James Foley (366841) & Barry Walker (368685) - website: www.ourladyhernebay.co.uk
tWenty-sixth sunday in ordinary tiMe (Year B) 26/27 SEPTEMBER 2015 Entrance Antiphon All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with true judgement, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy. St Vincent de Paul 27 September is the feast of St Vincent de Paul and although we do not celebrate the feast this year as it falls on a Sunday, St Vincent will not be forgotten because Jan Hamilton, the president of our parish SVP group, will be speaking at all the Masses. Jan will be describing the great work currently being undertaken by our SVP Conference and she will be outlining the various ways we can help. The parish is wonderfully supportive of the work of the SVP already but we look forward to seeing in what further ways we may be involved in their mission of reaching out to those who are struggling with life and are on hard times. Jubilee Year of Mercy Pope Francis announced earlier this year that the Jubilee Year of Mercy will commence on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec) and conclude on the Solemnity of Christ the King (20 Nov 2016). In the Papal Bull announcing the year the Pope writes that ‘the Church is commissioned to announce the beating heart of the Gospel, which must penetrate the heart and mind of every person’. He continued ‘the theme of mercy must be proposed again and again with new enthusiasm... it is essential that the Church live and testify to mercy’. More on the parish response to this call on p.3.