EAST HENDRED CATHOLIC PARISH St Mary’s East Hendred St Patrick’s East Ilsley Fr. Tom Taaffe EpV Fr. Terence FitzPatrick OSB stmaryseasthendred@fsmail.net www.catholichendredandilsley.org.uk Week Commencing Sunday 28 September 2008 Sunday Cycle A Weekday Cycle 2
The Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time SUNDAY MASSES: St. Mary’s, East Hendred 9.30am Moira Burton RIP St. Patrick’s, East Ilsley 11.15 am Matilda Dearlove (FM) WEEKDAY MASSES Wednesday 12.15pm St Mary’s East Hendred People of the Parish Friday 8.30am St Amands Chapel, Hendred House Canon Raab (FM) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place every Friday between 3 and 4 pm. in St. Amand’s Chapel, Hendred House. Anniversaries Ida Stafford-Nothcote, Bride Hudson, Horace Tuson and Adrain Wells May they rest in the peace of the Risen Lord Last weeks total weekly offering was £ 351 of which 71% was Gift Aided. Thank you AN EVENING WITH RICHARD BUDGEN. Deacon Richard, our Pastoral Area Deacon, will hold an informal evening talking about his journey to the Catholic Church and the Diaconate; what a Deacon is and does, on Friday. 3rd. October at our Lady and St. Edmund's Church : Abingdon. There will be Mass at 7.00pm. followed by the talk, at the end of which there will be an opportunity to ask questions. CATHEDRAL COLLECTION There will be a second collection today for the upkeep of the Cathedral. GATHERING TOGETHER IN CHRIST A group of us meet once a month to read the bible, discuss and pray. Our next gathering will be Wednesday, October 1st, 7.30 p.m., in the parish rooms. We shall be concentrating on a passage in the sixth 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 intend to continue meeting on the following dates; Wednesday 1st October, Thursday 6th November, Tuesday 2nd December, Wednesday 7th January, Thursday 5th February and Tuesday 3rd March. For information contact Denis Smith, 01235 765564. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION If your child is 7 years old and would like to make their first Holy Communion next year please contact Catherine Eckold 01235 833483. The programme will begin in the new year. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Last Sunday I received the following in an email from a friend of mine in Dubai. Although it is written in email shorthand the meaning is clear enough and I think it deserves our attention and our prayers: At Jebel Ali church, there was a lot of emotion about recent attacks on Christians in India. Of course there are many in the congregation and some of the priests too. It turned out that one of priests now in Dubai, his previous Indian parish had been set alight and people seriously hurt. He had called the Bishops House to confirm this and
they are all in a state of shock. We moan about having to drive and these people are in fear of their lives. They have got a petition up for the Indian government to do something - hope it does some good. Fr. Terence MRS JANE CURLEY Please keep Jane in your prayer as she passed away on Friday afternoon. Her body will be received into St Mary’s church on Wednesday 1st October at 12.45pm, after 12.15pm Mass. She will remain in the church overnight. Her Funeral Mass will take place on Thursday 2nd October at 11am. CHILDREN’S LITURGY
This will take place at St Mary’s next Sunday, 5th October. All primary school aged children welcome. MILTON MANOR
The last Mass of the year to be held in Milton Manor will take place next Sunday, 5th October at 6pm. All welcome. ROSARY GROUP
This group will meet on Tuesday 7th October at 7pm in St Amands Chapel, Hendred House. All Welcome.
St Amand’s Catholic Primary School St Mary’s Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LF Tel: 01235 833342Fax: 01235 861320 HYPERLINK "http://www.st-amands.oxon.sch.uk" www.st-amands.oxon.sch.uk Date for your diary: Friday 26th September – PTA Beetle Drive (7.30pm) Thursday 2nd October – Harvest Festival Wednesday 8th October - Sponsored Walk Thursday 16th October – School Open day Saturday 18th October – PTA School Ball.
St Amand’s is your local Catholic primary school, with a free school bus from Wantage, Grove and Didcot. You are
welcome to visit at any time. Please phone Debbie, the school Administration Officer to make an appointment. Applications are also welcome from children new to the area for other classes. Please remember our school in your prayers.