EAST HENDRED CATHOLIC PARISH St Mary’s East Hendred St Patrick’s East Ilsley Fr. Tom Taaffe EpV Assisted by Fr. Terence FitzPatrick OSB www.catholichendredandilsley.org.uk Week Commencing Sunday 14th December 2008 Sunday Cycle B Weekday Cycle
Third Sunday of Advent
SUNDAY MASSES: St. Mary’s, East Hendred 9.30am Canon Raab (FM) St. Patrick’s, East Ilsley 11.15 am WEEKDAY MASSES Wednesday 12.15pm St Mary’s East Hendred Friday 8.30am St Amandrs Chapel, Hendred House Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Friday between 3 and 4 pm. in St. Amand’s Chapel, Hendred House. Anniversaries. Charles Hunt, Margaret Crossman, Lawrence Roberts, Patricia Tonge, Mary Thorne,Beatrice Cahill, Kathleen Wood and Sadie Regan. May they rest in the peace of the Risen Lord Advent at the Monastery
This year we shall be taking a look at the liturgy of Advent, especially the prayers and readings of the four Sundays of Advent. We shall begin with a brief overview of the Advent season before tackling the 1st Sunday readings and prayers and end on 17 December with a talk on the "O antiphons" and liturgy of the week before Christmas. Meetings are open to all and will take place in the monastery as follows: . Wednesday 17 December at 2.30 pm, repeated at 7.30 pm. Please bring a Sunday missal if you have one. Refreshments will be served.
RECONCILLATION SERVICE
This will be held at St Mary’s on Thursday 18th December at 7.30pm. Thames-Isis Confirmation 2009 Are you in Year 8 or above? Would you like to be Confirmed? Next year’s Confirmation in the Thames-Isis Pastoral Area will take place on Tuesday 2nd June. Preparation will start in January. Please contact Helen Sutherland for further information by 21st December. ADVENT PRAYER AT ST PATRICKS Thursdayn18th December. 7p.m -8 p.m. St Patrick's will be open for a period of quiet prayer and reflection followed by a short Eucharistic Service at 7.45p.m.
St Amands Catholic Primary School
St Mary’s Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LF Tel: 01235 833342 www.st-amands.oxon.sch.uk The infants had their Christmas nativity play this week, holding two performances for their parents and friends. Everyone enjoyed what is always one of the highlights of the school year. Next week the older children will sing in the Christmas concert. We hope all who came to the Carol concert on Friday enjoyed it. The children certainly did, especially the lunch! Thanks to
those who made it for us. St. Amands is your local Catholic primary school, with a free bus from Didcot. You are welcome to visit the school at any time. Please contact Debbie in the school office to make an appointment. Applications are welcome from children for all classes. Please remember our school in your prayers TRANSPORT TO CHRISTMAS MASSES If you or someone you know would like a lift to church to enable you to attend Mass, please contact Chris Holmes or email stmaryseasthendred@fsmail.net. PARISH CLEAN AND PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS Calling as many volunteers as possible to help clean and prepare St Mary’s church for Christmas. This will take place after the 9.30am Mass next Sunday, 21st December.
HENDRED VILLAGE NATIVITY PROCESSION Sunday 21st December starts at 4pm from Hendred House drive. Come and join in singing carols and enjoy a glass of mulled wine afterwards! CLUTTER IN THE PARISH ROOMS The amount of crockery and cutlery left in the parish rooms, usually after parish events, seems to be increasing. A parish office is now being created in the rooms so there is less space to ‘store’ things. If you think there maybe items belonging to you in the parish rooms, will you please collect them before the end of the year. Soon, in the new year, unwanted items may either be acquired, perhaps for a donation, or will be disposed of. GATHERING TOGETHER IN CHRIST A group of us will be meeting on Wednesday 7th January, to practise lectio divina, using the Bible to help us pray. We shall be concentrating on a passage in the ninth chapter of Mark’s Gospel. Everyone is welcome and those wishing to come are encouraged to read prayerfully this chapter at least once before the meeting. We meet in the parish rooms at 7.30 p.m. For information contact Denis Smith, 01235 765564. At the meeting of the Pastoral Area Leadership Team held on Wednesday Dec 10th the following items were discussed: Pastoral Area confirmation programme and arrangements; a meeting for all the parish pastoral councils with the pastoral area leadership team to explain what work the leadership team has already done and to discuss the scenario of all parishes being amalgamated into one parish within two years with perhaps two priests and one deacon in the new parish; this to take place on 19th January in St Edmund’s parish centre at 7.30; a series of talks on St Paul to be given on Thursday evenings in Lent by local, interesting and entertaining scholars: the dates will be March 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th and the speakers who have so far agreed to take part are: Nicholas King, S.J., Richard Ounsworth, O.P. and Fr Jerome Bertram. For more information contact Fr Tom or Denis Smith, 01235 765564
Christmas Mass Times Christmas Eve St Mary’s 7.30pm Readings and Quiet Reflection 8pm Mass Wine and nibbles in the Parish Rooms after Mass
Christmas Day St Mary’s 9.30am, St Patrick’s 11.15am