SUNDAY 22ND AUGUST 2021

 

Sunday: August 22nd

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Second Collection: Parish Renovation Fund 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (Dr Chris Vickery RIP)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Wedding anniversary of Andy and Julie Orfila)

X Refreshments in the Parish Hall after Mass

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Pro Populo)

X Refreshments in the Parish Hall after Mass

 

X St Joseph’s Hall Committee Summer Barbeque (St Joseph’s Church Hall): from 12.30pm onwards

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• MONDAY, August 23rd – Feria

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am

 

• TUESDAY, August 24th – St Bartholomew

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am

• WEDNESDAY, August 25th – St Louis

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Edward & Olive Knight RIP)

X Tea/Coffee and Cake in the Parish Hall after Mass

 

• THURSDAY, August 26th – Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Christopher McGloin RIP)

 

FUNERAL MASS of Angela Cross (OLHoC): 1.00pm

followed by cremation at Hawkinge

 

• FRIDAY, August 27th – St Monica

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Dr Chris Vickery RIP)

 

• SATURDAY, August 28th – St Augustine

MASS (St Joseph’s): 10.00am (Efren Viernes RIP) followed by Confessions 

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Next Sunday: August 29th

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

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

X TEMPORARY CHANGES TO MASS TIMES - please take note of the temporary changes whilst work in being carried out at the OLHoC. Morning Mass on Monday or Tuesday will be at St Joseph’s. In addition, Mass on Thursday morning this week is at St Joseph’s at 9.00am and there is a Requiem Mass at OLHoC on Thursday afternoon at 1.00pm. 

X THURSDAY MORNING MASS AT ST JOSEPH’S FOR BLESSED DOMINIC BARBERI – when the altar at St Joseph’s was dedicated in February 1992 by Bishop John Jukes OFM, Bishop of Strathearn and Auxiliary in Southwark, relics of Blessed Dominic Barberi were placed and sealed in the altar. This Thursday is the Feast Day of Blessed Dominic Barberi CP, Apostle to England. 

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: Francis McGettigan, Helena Riordan (22nd August); Derek Bennie (26th Aug); Frank Morgan, Michael Flavin (27th Aug); Clive Foster, Patrick Slevin, Dorothy Pougher (28th Aug); Alexander Paterson (29th August). 

X OUR LADY & ST JOSEPH’S 100 CLUB SUMMER DRAW! – The next draw will be after the 11.00am Mass on Sunday 29th August. New members are very welcome (and you can have as many numbers as you like!). Get your application in before the draw to be included in next week’s draw using the forms at the back of the church. 

X RIDE AND STRIDE – is on Saturday 11th September. A wonderful opportunity to visit many of our local church building, including some of which are no longer in use and all for a good cause. The Parish receive half of the money raised by our members, so please do consider taking part or sponsoring somebody you know. We also need volunteers to meet and greet riders and striders at our two parish churches on the day. For sponsorship forms and listing of participating churches etc., see Pat Goldsmith or Steve Press. Alternatively,  visit the Ride and Stride website at:  www.kentrideandstride.co.uk.

X ST JOSEPH’S HALL COMMITTEE SUMMER BBQ – this Sunday (22nd August) starting at 12.30pm at St Joseph’s Church Hall and running through the afternoon with fun and games for all including a raffle. Tickets for members and children is £1.00 and for non-members £3.00 

X CHURCH MAKEOVER AT OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS AND ST ALOYSIUS – the work is swiftly continuing and we are sure everyone will see a real difference this week in how the inside of the church is looking, although there is still much work to be done in the sacristy and to the outside of the church and presbytery.

Thank you to everybody who has helped raise funds to have this very important work carried out. To date we have raised over £15,000 which is nearly half way to our revised target of £35,000 for all the work, including recent repairs at St Joseph’s, so please pray together that we can make our target and pay for the work being undertaken. To assist with this, we will be having an emergency second collection this weekend. 

You can also donate 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 THE POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST 2021 The Church Let us pray for the Church, that She may receive from the Holy Spirit the grace and strength to reform herself in the light of the Gospel.

 

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 on 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 3^rd September 2021.

 

X PRAY FOR AFGHANISTAN – After the Angelus last Wednesday, Pope Francis called for dialogue in Afghanistan “I ask all of you to pray with me to the God of peace so that the clamour of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue. Only thus can the battered population of that country – men, women, elderly and children – return to their own homes, and live in peace and security, in total mutual respect.”

X FUNERAL MASS OF ANGIE CROSS – is on Thursday 26th August at 1.00pm taking place at Our Lady, Help of Christians and St Aloysius. All are welcome as there is no longer a limit on numbers attending. Our thoughts are with Rosa and all the family and may Angie sleep with the Angels and rise with the Saints.