Sunday: August 29th
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Confessions [Fr Louis] (OLHoC): 5.00pm - 5.45pm
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (Frank Glynn RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Pro Populo)
X Refreshments
in Parish Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Bryan Joques RIP)
X Refreshments
in the Parish Hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, August 30th
SS Margaret
Clitherow, Anne Line & Margaret Ward
MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Frankie McLaughlin RIP)
• TUESDAY, August 31st – Feria
MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Intention of Fr Alex Saba)
• WEDNESDAY, September
1st – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Ernesto Borza RIP)
X Tea/Coffee
and Cake in the Parish Hall after Mass
X UCM Meeting (Parish
Hall): 11.15am
• THURSDAY, September 2nd – Feria
MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Alan
Wainwright RIP)
• FRIDAY, September
3rd – St Gregory the Great
FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION
HOLY ROSARY (OLHoC) 9.00am
followed by MASS (OLHoC): 9.30am (Myra Pound RIP)
• SATURDAY, September
4th - Votive of the
BVM
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Pat & Tess Dillon RIP)
followed by Confessions with Fr
Capener
Next Sunday: September 5th
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.) (Pro Populo)
MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Harry Austin RIP)
X Refreshments
in St Joseph’s Church Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Dr Chris Vickery)
X Refreshments
in the Parish Hall after Mass
X TEMPORARY CHANGES TO MASS TIMES - please take note of the temporary changes whilst work in being carried out at the OLHoC. This week’s morning Mass on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday will be at St Joseph’s. Also, there will be no Mass on Monday 6th September, in the following week. Apologies for the disruption, but this is due to the renovation work at OLHoC.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK including Alice McLoughlin and Francis Dunn.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS of the relatives and friends of our parishioners who have died recently including Dr Chris Vickery and Angie Cross and all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Alexander Paterson (29th August); Viloet Bassett, Elizabeth Francis, Edna Sullivan (30th Aug); Delia Tulloch, Alexander McCaw, Dorothy Sobol (31st Aug); Ruby Thompson, Esther Blumire, Serafina Rico, Cyril Chantler (1st Sept); Janet Rynehart, Peter Hughes, Florence Bateson (2nd Sept); Annie Maxwell, Bronislav Bernas, William Davies, Neville Apthorpe, Yvonne Avanne (3rd Sept); Suzanne Boileau (4th Sept); Capt William Twyman DCM, Daniel Hennessey, Giovanni Pomponio (5th Sept)
X RIDE AND STRIDE – is on Saturday 11th September. Pat is doing it. Sara is doing it. Dylan is doing it. Steve is doing it. Are you doing it this year? There will be a clipboard at the back of each church for completion by parishioners who wish to sponsor participants at Our Lady, Help of Christians or St Joseph’s. If you would like to know more, contact Pat at OLHoC or Steve at St Joseph’s. Alternatively, visit the Ride and Stride website at: www.kentrideandstride.co.uk.
X DIOCESAN VACANCY AT ST GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL, LONDON SITE MAINTENANCE
AND CARETAKER
- We are looking
for an experienced person to join our site maintenance and caretaking team based
at the Cathedral site in London SE1, which includes residential and office
accommodation, as well as public access spaces and a car park. The primary
function of this role is to provide handyman/maintenance services across the
whole estate and act as a caretaker for the site. The full advert is on the Diocesan website www.rcsouthwark.co.uk or email hr@rcaos.org.uk for more details. Closing date 3rd September 2021.
X LET THE CHURCH LIGHT UP TO THE GLORY OF GOD – this week we have begun to install the new lights. There will be 38 new flood lights in the church. They are significantly brighter than those that we had previously and feature a warm day glow feature as well as being able to be changed to over three million different variations of colour. They are LED and switch on immediately and use considerably less electricity than our old lights and are therefore much more eco-friendly and cost effective.
You can donate to the renovation fund via
cheque payable to “The Parish of Our Lady and St Joseph, Folkestone” and placed
an envelope marked ‘Renovation Appeal’ posted to the Parish Office at the
Presbytery at 41 Guildhall Street or via bank transfer to The Parish of Our
Lady and St Joseph Folkestone, Sort Code 52-41-42 and Account Number 08605556.
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, and also to be gift aided via
the diocese at
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/olsj-folkestone
X OUR LADY & ST JOSEPH’S 100 CLUB SUMMER DRAW! – The next draw will be after the 11.00am Mass
on Sunday 29th August and new members are very welcome! Get your application in before the draw to
be included in the draw using the forms at the back of the church.
X JOB VACANCY AT THE RAINBOW CENTRE – SHEPWAY FOODBANK MANAGER (Salary: £19,200 per annum for a 30-hour week excluding lunch breaks). The post holder will manage the Warehouse Coordinator and volunteers at both the Warehouse and the Food Distribution Centres in Folkestone, New Romney and Lydd providing a seamless operation between the two service strands. The Manager will build the service and work with the CEO and Trustees to strategically plan and develop new provision to enhance our offer to our clients. If you are motivated and thrive working within a small team, then this role is for you.
For further details and an application pack, please contact: By email theresa@rainbow-centre.org or Telephone 01303 850733
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the role before applying, please contact the CEO on:01303 850733.
Closing date for
applications is Monday 13th September 2021 at 5pm and interviews will take
place during week beginning 20th September 2021
X SEASON OF
CREATION: “A HOME FOR ALL? RENEWING THE OIKOS OF GOD” - European
Church leaders invite Christians to observe the Season of Creation and to pray
for the climate conferences taking place this autumn. In a joint statement from
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco CCEE President and Rev. Christian Krieger CEC
President, the leaders said:
“We invite all Christians in the churches of Europe, parishes, church
communities and every person of good will to observe and celebrate the Season
of Creation from 1st September to 4th October in with an ecumenical spirit,
united in prayer and action. Furthermore, we invite everyone to pray for the
major international events of this autumn – the UN Summit on Biodiversity and
COP 26 – so that these events may take the necessary steps that the climate
emergency requires.”
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
