Sunday January 29th, 2023
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Pro Populo)
X Refreshments
in the Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Work of the
SVP – 30th Anniversary)
Children’s Liturgy Session during Mass
X
Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
Folkestone Churches Together Joint Service (South Kent Community Church): 6.00pm
Preacher is an Anglican Bishop, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, from the Church of England.
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MONDAY, January 30th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (John McDermottroe & Brian Donlan)
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Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
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TUESDAY, January
31st – St John Bosco
NO MASS TODAY
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Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
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WEDNESDAY, February
1st - Feria
REQUIEM MASS
(OLHoC): 11.00am
for Mario
Sambucci RIP
(There will be no refreshments in the hall after Mass)
• THURSDAY, February 2nd
THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Private intention)
Your candles will be blessed with a
procession
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Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
Parish Open Office with Fr Alex no appointment necessary - 4pm to 7pm
• FRIDAY, February 3rd – St Laurence of Canterbury
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am
There will be a Blessing of the Throats at this Mass
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Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
• SATURDAY, February 4th – Votive of The Blessed Virgin Mary
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (John McDermottroe & Brian Donlan)
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC): 11.00am to 12 noon
Next Sunday: February 5th, 2023
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
2nd collection: Racial Justice Sunday
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Margaret Sinclair RIP)
Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (John McDermottroe & Brian Donlan)
Children’s Liturgy Session during Mass
X
Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
X KEEP THE DATE IN YOUR DIARY: SATURDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2023 – CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY FOR THE SICK WITH OUR LADY OF LOURDES: when all are welcome to this special parish pilgrimage day.
Our parish will mark our annual celebration of our Lady of Lourdes, World Day of Prayer for the Sick with:
10.00 am Rosary
followed by
Mass with the anointing of
the sick
11.00 am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for adoration, during which the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available for all those who wish to go to confession.
12.00 noon Celebration of the Stations of the Cross
2.00 pm Fr Garry will share his missionary
experience in Liberia with us. This year marks his 50th anniversary as a priest.
Fr Garry will then be preaching at all the Weekend Masses of 11th/12th February.
X CHURCHES TOGETHER FOLKESTONE JOINT SERVICE is tonight, Sunday 29th January at South Kent Community Church, The Cornerstone Centre, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone CT20 2QR (by Folkestone Central station) at 6.00pm. As always in Folkestone, it’s a privilege to meet together, worship together and hear God’s word.
X NEXT WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION is for Racial Justice Sunday supporting our work to promote racial justice in our schools and parishes.
X SECOND COLLECTION DATES IN 2023 – please be advised of some of the second collections coming up in February.
5 February – Racial Justice Sunday
12 February – SMA (Liberia
Mission) Appeal
19 February – Parish Building Fund
X UCM
MEETING is now on Wednesday 8th February.
X COLLECTION – a total of £770.91 was raised at last week’s cash collection.
In addition, the second collection for the Building Fund raised £412.12 and the coffee mornings raised £125.33, which makes £307.83 so far this year across all our coffee morning activity. Thank you for your generosity.
X PARISH SECRETARY LEAVING AND NEW BEGINNINGS – Dylan will officially be leaving the post of our Parish Secretary this Friday, 3rd February. Don’t worry, you will still see him about the parish volunteering with some administration and general tasks. Dylan has agreed to continue and will help out in the office, along with the Sara Adams, until a new person is in post.
The Parish Secretary vacancy is for 4 hours per day, 10.00am to 2.00pm, on Monday and Friday (pay is currently NMW of £9.50 per hour). If you are interested and want to know more, please talk to Fr Alex.
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X VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THREE ASPECTS OF PARISH LIFE: our Parish Finance and Property Committee (FPC) is responsible for three key aspects of Parish life:
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Finance, Accounts & HR,
·
Halls Management & Operations and
· Buildings & Maintenance (Parish Estate) Management.
We are currently looking for additional willing Parishioner Volunteers to join each of the above Teams. By bringing ideas, knowledge and experience or just pure enthusiasm, we have a much better prospect of raising and managing desperately needed funds and completing the required works our Parish Churches and Buildings require over the coming months and years.
If you have an interest in, or experience to offer, or would just like to be involved and help shape the future of the Parish, please make yourself known to either of the FPC Co Chairs (John Devine on johndevine56@outlook.com or 07860 457492, or Andre Kleinman on 07980 579339 andrejlkleinman@gmail.com).
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OR THOSE IN HOSPITAL OR RECOVERING at this time including John McDermottroe, Margaret Wooley & Lilian Orfila.
X CONNECT
CLUB – Monday 6th February
in St Joseph’s Hall 2.00pm to 4.00pm and weekly every Monday from 13th February
9.45am-12.00 noon at the Beacon Plus Community Cafe in OLHoC Hall.
X SVP CELEBRATION MASS The 1st inaugural meeting was held on 19th January 1993 so this year is the 30th Anniversary of the Parish SVP. The Conference was started after a Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes and John Wrigley was the first Conference President. We remember past members and friends. Please join us in the hall after the 11.00am Sunday Mass this Sunday. 29th January, for tea and cake to celebrate.
X REQUIEM MASS We pray for repose of the souls of Mario Sambucci and Leslie Armstrong.
The Requiem Mass of Mario Sambucci will be celebrated on Wednesday 1st February at 11.00am and all are welcome to attend.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS of those who have died recently and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Isabella Brooker, Nuala Lieghio (29th Jan); Sister Martina [Winifred Parsons], Michael Galvin, Margery Ridler, Rafaela Morris (30th Jan). Dorothy O’Clee, Denise Del Signore (1st Feb); Rosemary Cocking, Jeannie Flavin, Charles Newman, Cora Thornely, Margaret Harrison (2nd Feb); Jeanne Russell-Maguire, Leslie Eede, Wlada Studzinski (3rd Feb); Thomas Horsfall; Sister Beatrice [Hawkins], George Vincent, Patrick Eccles, Irene Murphy, Kathleen Jones (4th Feb), Sister Jordana [Paula Pohl], Thomas Terrell (5th Feb).
X READERS - Sunday 29th January
6.00pm – Monica A. and
Anne G.
9.00am – Earl M. and
Annie H.
11.00am – Patrick D.
and Gerardine M.
Next Sunday 5th February
6.00pm
(Saturday) – Monica A. and Dylan J.
9.00am – Annie H. and
Glyn H.
11.00am – Nathan M.
and Caroline N.
