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
Fourth sunday in ordinary tiMe (Year C) 30/31 JANUARY 2016
Entrance Antiphon Save us, O Lord our God! And gather us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and make it our glory to praise you. Parish Mission (13-28 Feb) Our Parish Mission begins in two weeks’ time... A Mission is a time to take a fresh look at our faith and it helps to have people from outside who can come and present the fundamental teachings of the faith in a new and, hopefully, inspiring way. It’s a bit like going on a retreat; only that the retreat is given to us where we are. The first week of the mission is given over to parish visiting. A team will be arriving on Saturday 13th and will be trying to get to as many of our parish addresses as they can by Friday 19th. The purpose of the visiting is to encourage us in our faith – the plan is to stay for no longer than 15 mins.The visitors will be going out in two’s. And the expectation is that these visits will be above all a prayerful experience. There will be prayer going on in the church all the time the visiting teams are out, praying for God’s blessings on all the encounters. On the weekend of 20/21 Feb there will be Young people’s event on the Saturday evening after Mass and there will be a Family Service on the Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm. During the second week there will be special evening services in church at 7pm, lasting no more than an hour. These services will not include Mass. The morning Masses in the parish for both weeks will include a brief reflection or a short teaching on prayer (continued on p.3).