SUNDAY 13TH JUNE 2021

 

SUNDAY JUNE 13TH, 2021

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 

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

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Marion Nash - RIP)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Mary Fitzgerald RIP) 

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• MONDAY, June 14th – Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Austin Duncan RIP)

X RCIA Meeting (OLHoC Parish Hall): 7.30pm

 

• TUESDAY, June 15th – Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Winifred E Brown RIP)

 

• WEDNESDAY, June 16th – Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Richard Furlong RIP)

 

• THURSDAY, June 17th – Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Well-being of Hannah and Ryan Mathew)

 

• FRIDAY, June 18th – Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Holy Souls)

X Funeral of Ray Smith (Hawkinge Crem.): 2.30pm 

 

• SATURDAY, June 19th – Votive of the Blessed Virgin Mary

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Mary Fitzpatrick RIP)

X Confessions immediately after Mass

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

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Next Sunday: June 20th

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)

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

The Lord measures out perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude of our deeds, but by the manner in which we perform them.’  St John of the Cross

X OFFETORY AND FINANCE – The income for May received from Collections was as follows: 

Cash £3,047.49; Bankers Orders £1,085.00; CollecTin Card Machine at OLHoC £485.00; Renovation Fund £70.00; 2nd Collection’s: Catholic Trust for England & Wales £66.95 

Excluding the Renovation Fund and 2nd Collections, based on the five Sundays in May 2021, this equates to an average of £923.40 per week in Offerings to the Parish. A comparison to pre-Covid giving in May 2019 is that our Parish Collections averaged £1,227.75 per week, and this would equate to a loss in income of nearly £16,000 per annum at present. It is hoped that once people return to Mass that the Parish finances will recover once again to enable us to do God’s work here. 

THANK YOU for your continued generosity in supporting your Parish. 

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.  

X GIFT AID – If you would like to join the Parish Gift Aid scheme, whereby we get an additional 25% of your donations from the Government if you are a UK taxpayer, then please contact the parish office or speak to George Pound, our Gift Aid co-ordinator, so we can get you set up. 

X NEXT WEEKEND’S RETIRING COLLECTION on 19/20 June will be for the Day of Prayer for Human Life. Day dedicated to celebrating the Sacredness of Life. Collections provide core funding for the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and other life related activities supported by the church through grants to charities.  

X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS  OF - Austin Duncan and Ray Smith and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them, Graham McLeod, Vincent Quinn, Ana Hines, Julia Thompson, Ines Clark, Mary Starr and Henry Byrne. 

The funeral of Ray Smith is on Friday 18th June at 2.30 pm at Hawkinge crematorium. Pray for Ray and his family. 

X MFL BEREAVEMENT "GRIEF AND LOSS, HOPE IN CHRIST" RETREAT WEEKEND - Aylesford Priory 8 - 10th October 2021. This is an opportunity for those who have lost a loved one through death. It is a time to mourn and share with others. For more information, please contact the Retreat House: 01622 717272 or email enquiry@thefriars.org.uk 

X TRAINING DAY FOR CHILDREN’S LITURGY VOLUNTEERS – Thursday 24th July in Parish Hall at OLHoC. 

X MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT: BUILDING A BETTER MARRIAGE – MFL Southwark An online ‘Building a Better Marriage’ opportunity is being held on Saturday 10 July 2021 between 9 am -1 pm. The course offered means that participants can attend from the comfort of their own home and there is no group sharing. For further information contact Carole: Tel: 07983 524 727 or email: mflkent@rcaos.org.uk 

X ALTAR SERVERS - We are now looking at bringing back Altar Servers, starting with Mass on Sundays. Altar servers assist the priest and the deacon and may carry the cross, the candles, the thurible, the bread, the wine, and the water. 

The role of an Altar Server is integral to the celebration of Mass and should be mature enough to understand their responsibilities and to carry them out well with reverence. They should also have already received Holy Communion for the first time and receive the Eucharist whenever they take part in the liturgy. If you are interested, please let Fr Alex know via email on folkestone@rcaos.org.uk so that you may receive proper formation before beginning your ministry as an Altar Server.

 

X  WE FLY TO THY PROTECTION –

We fly to Thy protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers,O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.

 

X  PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL -

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.  Amen.