SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2021

 


SUNDAY JUNE 27TH, 2021

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Charles Orfila RIP)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Well-being of Hannah and Ryan Mathew)

 

X Baptism of Martin Joseph Ward (OLHoC): 12 noon 

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MONDAY, June 28th - St Irenaeus

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Surapon Panrat RIP)


TUESDAY, June 29th

SS Peter and Paul

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Robert, Elizabeth, Mary & Violet Connolly RIP)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 10.45am (Well-being of Richard Deacon)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 7.30pm (Michael Finch RIP)

 

WEDNESDAY, June 30th Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Katie Walker RIP)

 

THURSDAY, July 1st Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Alan Wainwright RIP)

 

FRIDAY, July 2nd Feria

FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTIONS followed by

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Boris Petrov RIP)

 

SATURDAY, July 3rd St Thomas

MASS (St Joseph’s): 10.00am (Holy Souls)

X First Holy Communion Group (OLHoC): 9.00am

X Confessions and Exposition (OLHoC): 11am to 12 noon 

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Next Sunday: July 4th

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Second Collection: Apostleship of the Sea

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (For the well-being of Helen Barker)

 

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Jose Antonio Fernandez RIP)

 

 

MASSES AT OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS ARE BROADCAST LIVE AT

https://www.churchservices.tv/folkestone

 

These Masses are only available as a live stream and are not recorded

 

X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF – Roman Molnar, Austin Durcan and Ray Smith and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Emrys Hughes (28th June); Muriel Stammers, Mary Doherty (29th June); Emily Hipson and Mary Carsana (30th June); George Nolan, Gladys Hammond and Frederick Goodge (1st July); Eugene Palmieri (2nd July); Grace Couglan (3rd July); Henry McGlone and Ida Newton (4th July); Pabala Ranasinghe (5th July); Helen Brickell (6th July). 

X VISITING AND PRIVATE PRAYER AT OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS - the Church is open for visiting and private prayer on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8.30am – 4.00pm 

New signage has been put up at the entrance to advise all attendees that 24-hour CCTV is now in operation in and around the church. 

X  COVID GUIDELINES FOR OUR PARISH CHURCHES FOR MASS 

1.    Please take personal responsibility when visiting the church for using the Trace and Trace QR CODE.

2.    Use HAND SANITISER on ENTERING and EXITING church.

3.    Wear FACE COVERINGS (unless exempt) when in church.

4.    Keep doors OPEN if possible during services.

5.    Keep a 1 METRE safe distance.

6.    Congregational singing is not permitted at this time. Please hum or sing in your head at Sunday Mass. Due to current restrictions, there are no more than three people allowed in the choir (or a bubble) until further notice. 

MASS ATTENDANCE: 259 people came to the Sunday Masses in the Parish last week. Thank you for your cooperation and support in observing the Covid guidelines.

X  SS PETER & PAUL IS ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK, (June 29th) - please remember that this is a Holy Day of Obligation! There are Masses in the morning at both churches and an evening Mass at OLHoC at 7.30am. 

X FINANCE COUNCIL MEETING REPORT – the new Finance Council met last Tuesday to discuss the ongoing financial difficulty we are facing (so far this year we are running at a loss of nearly £9,000, although this is due to some higher cost planned maintenance works being done) and to look at the urgently needed current and future works programme. 

St Joseph’s: so far this year over £3,000 has been spent on work needed for the drains, patching the roof and the outer window frames which had deteriorated and to undertake a structural survey. In the next week, an additional £600 will be spent on urgently required electrical safety works in the church, hall and presbytery which were identified following a Diocesan inspection. 

Future work needed at St Joseph’s over the next year includes up to £50,000 on a new church roof, £50,000 to make the presbytery safe and habitable again, and up to £20,000 on replacing the boiler and moving to an alternative fuel source from the current oil heating in the church. Work will also be done to put new guards around the existing radiators in the church. 

Our Lady, Help of Christians and St Aloysius: over the past year we have spent nearly £1,000 on a new stable door for the shop which allowed it to continue trading despite Covid restrictions, and £7,000 on replacing the guttering around the church and repairing the roof which was leaking in a number of places. 

Future works planned are for approximately £10,000 to redecorate the church and sacristy in the first week of August when the walls will be washed, filled where necessary and two coats of paint applied. The stained glass windows will be cleaned and all the lower wood panelling in the church will be cleaned and waxed. Also in August, the presbytery will have a new shower room installed to replace the very old bath which is currently being used. The presbytery will also need repairs done to the windows and window frames which need to be managed carefully as it is a listed building. The total cost of these works will be around £3,000. Also taking place in the summer will be improvements to the exterior lighting of the church in the side alley and around the hall which will be updated at a cost of approximately £1,500 and there will be works done around the church, hall and the car park including new parking lines in thermal plastic, side gate refurbishment and new signage around the premises at a cost of approximately £2,500. 

We hope to refurbish the damaged toilet hall windows further into the future and also adapt the old disabled toilet in the hall into an office as the new toilets are now adapted for disabled use. The final huge task at OLHoC will be to replace the failing lighting in the church and we expect this to cost up to £25,000. We are also planning to replace the old carpet on the altar. 


Costs and Fundraising:
the total cost of the work is estimated to be in the region of £175,000 to £200,000. We have the ongoing appeal and have raised some money through generous grants and promised donations for specific work that we have received, but this will be a huge task to get the work done and the money raised to do it. So far, we have got grants of £2,000 and our appeal has raised an additional £11,000. 

You can donate via cheque payable to “The Parish of Our Lady and St Joseph, Folkestone” and placed an envelope marked ‘Renovation Appeal’ and posted through the Parish Office door at the Presbytery at 41 Guildhall Street on any day or via bank transfer to The Parish of Our Lady and St Joseph Folkestone, Sort Code 52-41-42 and Account Number 08605556 with the reference ‘Renovation’.

 

Alternatively, you can use our Just Giving page online, a link is on our parish website, which allows for payments to be made by credit and debit card or by PayPal with no fees at

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/olsj-folkestone

 

 

PARISH INFORMATION

 

Presbytery and Parish Office:

41 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1EF

Tel: 01303 252823

e-mail: folkestone@rcaos.org.uk

 

Parish Secretary: Mr Dylan Jeffrey BA, PGCE, MSc

 

Clergy

Parish Priest: Fr Alex Saba MA, MSLR, MCL, JCL

 

Priest: Fr Francis Capener MA

Deacon: Rev. Dr Gehad Homsey MB, BCh

01303-253601 / 07917 134250  e-mail: gehadhomsey@yahoo.co.uk

SUNDAY 20TH JUNE 2021

 


SUNDAY JUNE 20TH, 2021

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Second Collection: Day for Life

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (C.K. Mathew RIP)

 

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Alan Wainwright RIP) 

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MONDAY, June 21st

ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA

(CONSECRATION OF OLHoC)

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (David Hawkins RIP)

X Finance Council Meeting (OLHoC Parish Hall): 7.00pm

 

TUESDAY, June 22nd SS John Fisher and Thomas More

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Deceased relatives of Alice Reynolds-Peyton)

 

WEDNESDAY, June 23rd Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Bino Cotter RIP)

 

THURSDAY, June 24th

THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Patrick Lawrence RIP)

FUNERAL MASS of ROMAN MOLNAR (OLHoC): 11.00am

followed by his burial (Hawkinge Cemetery): 12 noon

 

  FRIDAY, June 25th Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Michelle McDonagh RIP)


SATURDAY, June 26th – Votive of the Blessed Virgin Mary

MASS (St Joseph’s): 10.00am (Thanksgiving to Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary)

X Confessions after Mass (St Joseph’s) 10.30am

X Confessions and Exposition (OLHoC): 11am to 12 noon 

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Next Sunday: June 27th

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Charles Orfila RIP)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Well-being of Hannah and Ryan Mathew)

 

X Baptism of Martin Joseph Ward (OLHoC): 12 noon

 

MASSES AT OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS ARE BROADCAST LIVE AT

https://www.churchservices.tv/folkestone

 These Masses are only available as a live stream and are not recorded

 

X PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS those who are unwell, recovering or in hospital including Angie Jane Cross, Sr Sophie Pepper and Tony Gilbert. 

X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF – Roman Molnar, Austin Durcan and Ray Smith and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Mary Collins (20th June); Ana Hines and Thomas Cullagh (21st June); Kathleen Collins, John Moran and Ethel Hughes (22nd June); Mary Shevlane, Henry Byrne and Bernice Nevery (23rd June); Charles Orfila and Elizabeth Fox (24th June); Kathleen Gilheaney, Antana Gliaubicius and John Stratford (25th June); Terry Hughes, Margaret Nicholl, Helena Wetniak and Howard Atkinson (26th June). 

X CHAPEL AT ST EDMUNDS – St Edmunds are pleased to report that the original Chapel at St Edmunds has been returned to its use as a place of prayer and worship. The staff and students are delighted to see our Chapel return to its original purpose.  On Thursday, Fr John and Fr Leo led the Blessed Sacrament Procession and liturgy yesterday.


X DAY FOR LIFE 2021 is the day in the Church’s year dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage and in every condition. The Church teaches that life is to be nurtured from conception to natural death. This year’s Day for Life is celebrated on 20 June in England and Wales and there is a retiring collection basket at Sunday Mass to raise money to assist the work of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and other life-related activities supported by the Church. 

Bishop John Sherrington, the Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Church in England and Wales, has written to his brother bishops about this year’s Day for Life. 

“This day, inaugurated by Saint John Paul II, presents an opportunity to pray for the gift of life from conception to natural death, to raise awareness of the precious gift of life, and to support the work of protecting life in its most vulnerable stages through the annual collection. This assists pro-life organisations who raise awareness, engage in parliamentary work and pastoral outreach.

Global Pandemic

The fragility of life and the reality of death has been brought into sharp focus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the UK alone, more than 126,000 people have died from Covid-19. Yet in the face of such suffering and death, we have also witnessed the extraordinary dedication of healthcare professionals and their loving care for the sick and dying. We too have each made sacrifices for the greater good during this pandemic. These acts of heroic love are a powerful testimony to the fundamental dignity of the human person and to the respect owed to each life, particularly through proper care and love in the last moments of life.

Assisted Dying

Against this backdrop of loving care, we are now faced with the very real threat of the legalisation of ‘assisted suicide’ in our country. It is not a question of ‘if’ this challenge will come, it is now a question of ‘when?’ There is now a Private Members Bill in the House of Lords on so-called ‘Assisted Dying’ and it is only a matter of time before the issue is back in the House of Commons.

This year’s theme for Day for Life focuses on assisted suicide and the respect owed to life. The online resources are produced to inform Catholics about this threat to life and to share with people our response to such a threat: a true compassion as the just response to the immense value of the human person.

 

X VISITING AND PRIVATE PRAYER AT OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS 

Monday 8.30am – 4.00pm (except during Mass) 

Tuesday 8.30am – 4.00pm (except during Mass) 

Thursday 8.30am – 4.00pm (except during Mass) 

Friday 8.30am – 4.00pm (except during Mass) 

New signage has been put up at the entrance to advise all attendees that 24-hour CCTV is now in operation in and around the church. 

Exposition and Confessions

Saturday 11.00am – 12.00 noon

 

X  COVID GUIDELINES FOR OUR PARISH CHURCHES FOR MASS 

1.    Please take personal responsibility when visiting the church for using the Trace and Trace QR CODE.

2.    Use HAND SANITISER on ENTERING and EXITING church.

3.    Wear FACE COVERINGS (unless exempt) when in church.

4.    Keep doors OPEN if possible during services.

5.    Keep a 1 METRE safe distance.

6.    Congregational singing is not permitted at this time. Please hum or sing in your head at Sunday Mass. Due to current restrictions, there are no more than three people allowed in the choir (or a bubble) until further notice.

 Thank you for your cooperation and support.

 X FINANCE COUNCIL MEETING – our newly formed Parish Finance Council will meet at 7.00pm on Monday 21st June in the Parish Hall at Our Lady, Help of Christians.  

 

PARISH INFORMATION

 

Presbytery and Parish Office:

41 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1EF

Tel: 01303 252823

e-mail: folkestone@rcaos.org.uk

 

Parish Secretary: Mr Dylan Jeffrey BA, PGCE, MSc

 

Clergy

Parish Priest: Fr Alex Saba MA, MSLR, MCL, JCL

 

Priest: Fr Francis Capener MA

Deacon: Rev. Dr Gehad Homsey MB, BCh

01303-253601 / 07917 134250  e-mail: gehadhomsey@yahoo.co.uk