Sunday: February 6th
FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
The Angelus will be said two minutes
before Mass
MASS
(St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Pro Populo)
X Unfortunately,
there are NO Refreshments after Mass
X Unfortunately,
there are NO Refreshments after Mass
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• MONDAY, February 7th –Feria
MASS (OLHoC):
9.00am (Peter Collins RIP)
X Church closed 10.15am to 11.30am for School
Mass
X FILM SHOW (St Joseph’s Hall): 7.30pm
• TUESDAY, February
8th - Feria
NO MASS TODAY
• WEDNESDAY, February 9th - Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Theresa
Sharp RIP)
X Refreshments after
Mass (OLHoC Hall)
• THURSDAY, February
10th – St Scholastica
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00 am (John & Patricia Heffernan RIP)
• FRIDAY, February
11th
OUR LADY OF LOURDES
(World Day for the Sick)
Holy Rosary followed by Mass (OLHoC): 10:00am (Mary Mahon RIP)
with Anointing of the Sick, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament of Reconciliation concluding with Stations of the Cross 12:00 noon
• SATURDAY, February 12th – BVM
MASS
(St Joseph’s): 10.00am (Dr Jo Galea
RIP)
Followed by Confessions at St
Joseph’s
Confessions & Exposition
(OLHoC): 11.00am to 12 noon
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Following Sunday: February 13th
SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
(Racial Justice Day) & Second Collection
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.) (Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (the Rossi
family)
X Refreshments
in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Agata & Ernesto Borza RIP)
X Refreshments
in the hall after Mass
X OUR LADY OF LOURDES – WORLD DAY FOR THE SICK ON FRIDAY 11TH FEBRUARY - The 11th February is the World Day of Prayer for the Sick. We will turn to Our Lady of Lourdes and ask her to pray for us, and with us, that the Lord might take away all our illness and make us all whole. As a parish, we will mark our faith in God who heals us in Christ with a day of Prayer, Penance, Stations of the Cross and a Mass during which the sacrament of the sick will be administered to those who wish to receive it.
Please note that Mass this Friday will be at 10.00am and will conclude with Stations of the Cross at 12 noon.
X NO MASS ON TUESDAYS – please note that for the foreseeable future, there will be no Mass on Tuesdays in the Parish. However, the church at OLHoC in Guildhall Street will continue to open for private prayer on Tuesday mornings.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR IN HOSPITAL including Margaret Woolley, who has had a serious fall and is in hospital but is making small steps of recovery and is once again eating after five days and issuing instructions to the family about Mass attendance. Please also pray for Margaret Foster who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
X FILM SHOW of Charlie Chaplin in 'The Great Dictator' this Monday 7th February at 7.30pm in St Joseph's Hall. Entry is free, and coffee and tea will be provided although you will need to bring your own snacks.
X SHEPWAY FOOD BANK – a reminder that you can continue to give generously to our food bank donation points. You can also donate cash during February via the box at St Joseph’s marked ‘Peter’s Pence or via the poor box located at the back of the church at OLHoC in Guildhall Street. All money collected over the next month, until the end of February, will be split with the Winter Shelter.
X CATECHISM CLASSES will resume on Monday 21st February at 7.30pm in the OLHoC Hall. These classes are open to all who want to explore their Catholic faith further.
X REFURBISHMENT OF OUR CHURCHES – this week we had visits from the heating engineers to look at problems with the boiler at St Joseph’s and a couple of the radiators at OLHoC. The boiler at St Joseph’s was installed in 1969 and unfortunately needs new parts including the burner to be able to function properly. The parts are being sourced and we hope that they can be found to avoid the expense of a new boiler. Once this is done there can be a full service and the radiators in the church flushed through to make them hot again rather than the current occasional lukewarm. We are still investigating solutions for the longer-term at St Joseph’s for our heating.
A reminder that along with our work with heating engineers, we are in discussion with consulting engineers, architects, roofers and building surveyors about the work needed at St Joseph’s. As stated last week, the work is almost finished at Our Lady, Help of Christians, but there is still much more to be done like window replacements in the hall toilets and new carpets required.
We were very pleased to be offered donations towards the costs of new carpets and we will be giving more information about this once this is fully confirmed.
We are still nearly £19,000 short of the money needed to pay the bills for work already carried out at both churches and do desperately need your support. Again, as previously stated, when we set out on this journey, we were transparent with the costs, however, there have been unexpected problems along the way like trees growing in drains under St Joseph’s church and extensive damp in the back wall at Our Lady, Help of Christians. All have needed urgent and expensive work to put it right.
The work also included the cost of the new replacement lights, with which we are able to produce a multitude of colours in the church at Our Lady. The lights, which are LED, come with the colours at no extra cost and were desperately needed. The old obsolete lights were gradually failing and we had less than two-thirds working, two on their last legs and one flickering causing discomfort to those with conditions such as epilepsy. The new lights, although expensive, have a lifetime of around 25 years and use considerably less energy, thereby saving money and our planet by reducing our carbon footprint.
You can donate to the parish 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 or placed in the collection basket. Alternatively you can make a donation 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/ debit card or by PayPal with no fees athttps://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/olsj-folkestone
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS of Theresa Dawson, Mary Wheaton, Ann Craggill and Peter Collins who died recently, and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including: Hannah Stapleton, Margaret Walsh, Anthony Noonan (6th Feb); Dr john Heffernan, Peter Bennett, Edward Pedder (7th Feb); Reginald Mills, Carolina Parker, Rose Challis (8th Feb); Peter Mathews (9th Feb); Rogelio Custodio, Geraldine Brooker, Mary Grace, Terence Driscoll, Thomas Dowler (10th Feb); Mary Mahon, Brenda Horsfield, Joan Balston (11th Feb).
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
X PARISH LENT COURSE IN MARCH ON THURSDAY NIGHTS – news coming next week!
X TEA AND COFFEE IN THE HALL AFTER SUNDAY MASS – will resume next Sunday 13th February. Refreshments after Wednesday morning’s Mass have resumed and tea, coffee, cake and chat is now served on Wednesday.
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