FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
World Day of Prayer for Vocations to the
Priesthood and Religious Life
(Second collection for The Priest Training
Fund)
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 20th Apr.) (Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Sheelagh Crowther RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Birthday Blessings for Annie)
Children’s Liturgy Session during Mass
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
BAPTISM (OLHoC): 1.00pm
of Raphael Alexander
Magowan
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• MONDAY, April 22nd - Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Edel Dillon RIP)
• TUESDAY, April 23rd –
ST GEORGE, Patron of England
NO MASS TODAY
• WEDNESDAY, April 24th - Feria
MASS (OLHoC):10.00am (Beverley Ann Hyham RIP)
X SVP meeting in the hall after Mass
• THURSDAY, April 25th – ST MARK
MASS (OLHoC):9.00am (Helen Spence & Stella Burton RIP)
Parish Open Office with Fr Alex
4.00 pm to 7.00 pm at the Presbytery (OLHoC)
• FRIDAY, April 26th - Feria
MASS (OLHoC):9.00am (Anthony Albert Hall RIP and all deceased members of his family)
•SATURDAY, April 27th - Feria
MASS (OLHoC):10.00am (Sheelagh Crowther RIP)
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC):11.00am-12 noon)
X First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion Program (OLHoC): 9.00am
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Next Sunday: April 28th
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
(Second collection for the Maintenance of St George’s Cathedral)
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.) (Sheelagh Crowther RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Pro Populo)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Patrick Lawrence RIP)
Children’s Liturgy Session during Mass
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
X PRIEST TRAINING FUND SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND - the priesthood has always been essential to the life of the Church, from the time of Jesus until today. Good Shepherd Sunday is the day we pray for vocations, for our priests, and take up the Priest Training Fund second collection. This fund pays for the formation of men to become priests in our Archdiocese.
After their ordination, our priests dedicate their lives to serving Christ and His people in our parishes, hospitals, schools, chaplaincies, prisons and in service to the needy, throughout South London, Kent and Surrey. We are blessed to have 5 men in formation to the Priesthood for our Archdiocese and a further 3 joining next year. However, it costs £30,000 a year to sponsor each seminarian. They study for 6 years before being ordained a Catholic priest.
We therefore rely on your generous support and
prayers. Please support our priests of the future with a gift today. Thank you!
X COLLECTIONS – last weekend’s
collection raised £681.29. Thank you for your generosity.
X THE CELEBRATION OF THE PARISH PATRON SAINTS WILL BE ON SUNDAY 5TH MAY 2024 AT 11AM - this year’s celebration of the parish patron saints will take place on Sunday 5th May 2024 at 11am in the Church.
Please
note that this Mass is to bring all of us together, therefore there will be
only two Masses in the parish to fulfil the Sunday Obligation. Saturday at 6.00pm
and Sunday at 11.00am that will be followed by a time of celebration in the
Hall where all our parishioners are encouraged to come along. Those attending
the 6.00pm Mass on Saturday are also invited to join us for the celebration for
all parishioners in the Hall following the 11.00am Mass on Sunday.
X A FILM ON THE LIFE OF ST BERNADETTE – will be shown on Saturday 11th May in the Hall at OLHoC starting at 2.00pm. Refreshments will be available. Again, please sign the sheet at the back of church if you would like to come along.
X SVP APPEAL FOR NEW MEMBERS – The St. Vincent DePaul charity befriends the lonely, the housebound, poor and homeless. We need help here in Folkestone & Cheriton to meet the increasing needs of our community for visits, food & heating vouchers and basic necessities of home life! We do need money but of greater importance we need volunteers who are willing to give an hour a week to bring Christ’s compassion and charity to those in need. Please, if you are interested, stop by Liz and Sara on your way out of Mass and give us your name and contact details; without your support we may no longer be able to function SO please hear our call for HELP. Alternatively please ring 07864 581191
X LIFE IN SPIRIT SEMINARS - Pope Francis has asked for the Life in the Spirit Seminars, which explore what it means to live your life in the power of the Holy Spirit, to be made widely available throughout the church.
Come and find out for yourself why the Pope is so keen on them, by joining this year's Seminars, starting on St George's Day, 23 April, at various locations around the diocese including St George's Cathedral and St Thomas’s, Canterbury or on Zoom.
To learn more about the course, including bios of our great Speakers, or to register to attend at one of the other locations or on Zoom, please visit https://bit.ly/LISS2024
X DETAILS OF
THE LIFE IN SPIRIT COURSE AT ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY
Location: the entrance
to St. Thomas Hall is in Canterbury Lane, next to the bookshop, CT1
2HL. Tuesday sessions at St Thomas
start with tea and coffee at 7.30 pm, with the session itself starting at
8 pm and finishing at 9.30 pm.
Dates and times:
- GOD'S
LOVE - Tuesday 23 April -
Speaker: Joan Fernandes
- SALVATION - Tuesday
30 April - Speaker: Canon Gerard Bradley
- NEW
LIFE -
Tuesday 7 May - Speaker: Janet Iannicelli
- RETREAT
DAY AT THE CATHEDRAL - Saturday 18 May (Pentecost
Saturday) - Speaker: Fr Emmanuel Mansford CFR
- GROWTH - Tuesday
21 May - Speaker: Allegra Mutanda
- TRANSFORMATION - Tuesday 28 May - Speaker: Gary Stephens
X WE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED - Please pray for the repose of the souls Anne Houlahan, Malcolm Slade, Sheelagh (Mary) Crowther and all those who have died recently or whose anniversaries fall at this time including: Ernest Rodway, Nicola Povey (21st); Marie Cabon, Colin Kearns, Alice Wafer, Dorothy Boot (22nd); Monica Stacey, Pauline Paynter, Beverley Hyham, Joseph Hughes (23rd); Patrick Lawrence Eunice Kenny-Levick, Cesira Williams (24th); Noel Harris, Eileen Langley, Maria Spalding, Mary Burke, Martin Evans, Constance Sinclair (25th); Anne Singa Rajah (26th); Barrie Pape, Patricia Gibson (27th); Zack Martin (28th).
X THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick and housebound and that they remain in our prayers including Ann Robinson, Paul Croft, Uzo Mbanugo; John McDermottroe, Bob Vickery, Canon Luke Smith, Beulah Blomfield, John Lodge, Robert Jones, Veronica Poulton, Margaret Woolley, Ema Deba, Rosaleen Kelly, King Charles, Angelo Strinati, The Princes of Wales, and all those who have asked for our prayers.
X QUEEN OF HEAVEN (LATIN: REGINA CAELI) – this is said throughout Eastertide from Easter Sunday through Pentecost to the seventh Sunday after Easter.
The Regina caeli is also said in place of the Angelus during Eastertide.
Queen of Heaven
V. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
R. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.
V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia.
R. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world
through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech
Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may
obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
