Sunday: March 6th
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.) (Pro Populo)
MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Mary Wheaton RIP)
X Tea/Coffee in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Terry Paget RIP)
X Tea/Coffee in
the hall after Mass
• MONDAY, March 7th - Feria
MASS (OLHoC):
9.00am (David Stapley RIP)
X Catechism Class (OLHoC Hall): 7.30pm
• TUESDAY, March 8th - Feria
NO MASS TODAY
• WEDNESDAY, March 9th - Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Greta, her son and his father RIP)
Stations
of the Cross (St Joseph’s):
12.00 noon
• THURSDAY, March 10th – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00 am (Margaret Riordan RIP)
• FRIDAY, March 11th – Feria
CAFOD Lent Fast Day
Mass (OLHoC): 9:00am (Bill and Trudy RIP)
Stations of the Cross (OLHoC):
12.00 noon
X Lent – Reflection and Renewal (St Joseph’s Church Hall): 7.30pm
• SATURDAY, March 12th – Feria
MASS
(St Joseph’s): 10.00am (People of Ukraine)
Confessions & Exposition
(OLHoC): 11.00am to 12 noon
Prayers and Light a Candle for Peace in Ukraine (OLHoC):
12.30pm - 4.00pm
Tea and Coffee (OLHoC Hall): 12.00noon to 4.00pm
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Following Sunday: March 13th
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday 5th March) (Mick Kearney RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Pro Populo)
X Tea/Coffee in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Maurine O’Conner RIP)
X Tea/Coffee in the hall after Mass
X LENT – REFLECTION AND RENEWAL – “Let it be…..” Our Lent course, “Let it be…” starts this Friday at 7.30 in St Joseph’s hall. It’s the first of 5 sessions…come to as many as you are able. If you’re hesitant about going out at night, we’re offering door-to-door transport: ring 01303 258962 for a lift!
Join us as we make this Lenten journey that
takes us deeper into the heart of Mary and, through her, into the heart of
Jesus.
This week: Chosen by God.
·
Friday
11th March: Chosen by God – St Joseph’s hall at 7.30pm
·
Thursday
17th March: The First Disciple – OLHoC hall at 7.30pm
·
Thursday
24th March: Mother of All – St Joseph’s hall at 7.30pm
·
Thursday
31st March: Queen of Heaven – OLHoC hall at 7.30pm
· Thursday 7th April: Help of Christians – St Joseph’s hall at 7.30pm
X TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO CHURCH THIS LENT - Churches are safe and the doors are “wide open,” says Cardinal Vincent Nichols as we prepare to celebrate the prayerful season of Lent. In a message to Catholic school pupils [and all Catholics], Cardinal Nichols stresses the importance of “coming into the presence of God” to “join in fully in the prayer of the Mass.”
The Cardinal encourages young people to be part of the parish community – a family of the faith. “When we come [to Mass], we receive the gifts of God. We receive His compassion, we receive His love. We come to know how to serve others and to give to them what we receive from the Lord.”
X GIFT AID ENVELOPES - the new Gift Aid envelopes for 2022/23 are now ready and available for collection from the back of the church. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to Gift Aid. We get an additional 25% back from the taxman for your donations and this makes a huge difference to the parish’s income. Thank you for your continued generosity.
If you are a taxpayer, and currently give to the Church using any method, but don’t currently use Gift Aid, can I urge you to start using Gift Aid. It is very simple and more details can be obtained by speaking to Dylan or emailing folkestone@rcaos.org.uk
A CANDLE AND A PRAYER FOR UKRAINE - We look on with horror and dismay as events unfold in Ukraine; the need for peace is imperative. On Saturday 12th March at Our Lady, Help of Christians, from 12.30pm to 4.00pm, you are all invited (as well as passers-by) to drop in for a moment of prayer and to light a candle for peace in Ukraine; there’ll be gentle music and a prayerful ambience as we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with all our sisters and brothers who yearn for peace.
Volunteers will also be opening the Hall throughout for tea, coffee and a chat from 12.30pm to 4.00pm this Saturday, so please come along.
St
Vladimir of Kyiv, pray for us!
A PRAYER FOR UKRAINE
Loving God,
We pray for the people of Ukraine,
for all those suffering or afraid,
that you will be close to them and protect them.
We pray for world leaders,
for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices.
We pray for the world
that in this moment of crisis,
we may reach out in solidarity
to our brothers and sisters in need.
May we walk in your ways
so that peace and justice
become a reality for the people of Ukraine
and for all the world.
Amen.
X CAFOD LENT FAST DAY: FRIDAY 11TH MARCH -The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development invites you to donate to its Lent appeal to help support the Ukraine appeal.
This Friday is CAFOD Lent Fast Day. Please consider reducing what you eat this Friday and donate the money you’ve saved to the CAFOD appeal. Baskets will be out next weekend or you can return your envelope to the church or parish office…. or you may donate online at cafod.org.uk
X MASS ATTENDANCE - last weekend there were 261 people came to Sunday Masses. It was also good to see the hall full after Mass. On Ash Wednesday 364 people attended Mass to receive ashes.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR IN HOSPITAL including Margaret Woolley, Lilian Orfila, Yenny Marcela Torres, Beulah Blomfield, Margaret Murphy and Margaret Foster.
X STATIONS OF THE CROSS take place at noon on Wednesdays at St Joseph’s and at noon on Fridays at Our Lady, Help of Christians.
X PARISH RECONCILLIATION SERVICE FOR EASTER is on Saturday 26th March at 4.30pm.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS of those who have died recently, including Moira Veronica Murill, and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including: Martin Kilduff, Jeanne Christou (6 Mar); Ronnie McIntyre, Francisca Armijo, Eileen Whickman, Stephanie Langley, Frederick Andrews (7 Mar); Rosemary Stone, Maura Finnerty, Timothy O’Connell (9 Mar); Margaret Smithers, Brian Blomfield (10 Mar); Leon Falkowski, Mary Clare, Pasquale Gallone (11 Mar); Robert Bowder, Lawrie Palmieri, Freda Walton (12 Mar); Paulene Wood, Catherine Mills, Ivy Willoughby, William Conroy, Margaret Savage (13 Mar).
X CATECHISM AND CATHOLIC STUDY CLASS takes place on Monday nights at 7.30pm in the Hall at Our Lady, Help of Christians. These sessions usually finish around 9.00pm and are engaging, enthusing and enable all participants to explore their faith further. In the past two weeks we have discussed in more detail aspects of purgatory and death, and began looking at different forms of sin and whether war can ever be just. Classes are open to all who want to explore their Catholic faith further. Please come along and join in this amazing experience if you are free.
X VACANCY FOR SCHOOL CHAPLAIN AT ST EDMUND’S CATHOLIC SECONDARTY SCHOOL -A vacancy has arisen at St Edmund's Catholic School for a School Chaplain. Our Chaplain should provide support and leadership of liturgical events, to act as a link between the school and local clergy and to provide support and counsel to students, staff and parents, including providing counselling as needed. A full job description and personal specification is attached, against which candidate’s applications will be considered.
St Edmund's Catholic School is a small, caring community where students and staff thrive. It is part of Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership, one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country, consisting of 5 secondary schools and 19 primary schools. In December 2019 St Edmund's Catholic School was awarded 'Outstanding' in our Section 48 Inspection.
For more information, please email Mrs C Sedgwick at recruitment@st-edmunds.com.
The closing date is 1st April 2022 and more details can be found at https://www.kent-teach.com/Recruitment/Vacancy/VacancyDetails.aspx?VacancyId=97954
X CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE NEW OFFICERS IN OUR PARISH
·
UCM President – Pat Goldsmith
·
SVP President – Liz Willis
·
Chair of Parish Finance
and Maintenance Committee – John Devine
·
Chair of Pastoral Care and
Social Committee – Dr Chi Davies
·
Chair of Liturgy Committee
– Dr Patrick Davies
· Chair of Evangelisation and Formation Committee – John Philpott
And also to thank and acknowledge all the other officers on the committees including Vice-Chairs and Secretary and to all the other volunteers on the committees and in the parish.
X COLLECTING FOR CHARITY – Bernadette Pay organises various collections for charity using throwaway items.
·
Used stamps for Cancer Charity
and the Donkey Sanctuary
·
Bottle tops for Guide Dogs
for the Blind
· Crisp Packets for the Kent Air Ambulance
If you can collect any of these items, please drop them off at the back of the OLHoC church in the ‘stamp box’ or give them to Mass Co-ordinators Dylan, Earl, Annie, Karen or Terry and they will pass them on.
X BEACON PLUS COLLEGE, FOLKESTONE are holding two events this week as part of their Enrichment week. The events and activities are designed to connect and give back to our local community.
The Beacon Plus learners would like to invite you to a soup kitchen they are running on the 8th March 2022 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm with the offer of a free homemade bowl of soup and a roll and on Thursday 10th March from 12.00noon to 2.00pm they are holding a Charity cake sale for South Kent MIND. Both events are being held in their pop-up cafe - Abercrombie's Community Kitchen, 3 Mill Bay, Folkestone, CT20 1JS.
Everyone is Welcome!
X 2021 ACCOUNTS SUMMARY – the 2021 Financial Accounts were presented to the Finance and Maintenance Committee held on 24th February 2022.
The past few years have seen a huge amount of work carried out in the parish on the refurbishment and redecoration and general maintenance of our church halls, our two churches and the presbyteries. As with all old buildings, they have required lots if TLC and we are gradually getting them, one by one, to a state of needing less urgent work on them. The headline is that we have spent a lot of money over the past four years and will continue to do so over the next 12 months. Our reserves are almost exhausted and we are now relying on the continued generosity of all of you to meet the costs of making our parish a place for continued worship for all Catholics and the whole of our community.
|
|
Income |
Expenditure |
Loss/Surplus |
|
2018 |
£ 132,367.05 |
£ 152,569.62 |
-£ 20,202.57 |
|
2019 |
£ 158,868.54 |
£ 170,457.19 |
-£ 11,588.65 |
|
2020 |
£ 86,373.31 |
£ 102,244.85 |
-£ 15,871.54 |
|
2021 |
£ 93,482.04 |
£ 108,892.58 |
-£ 15,410.54 |
X ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS AND HOLY COMMUNION – many have recently been asking why they cannot receive the Sacrament if they have been Baptised as Christians. The Prayer and Liturgy Directory [OF the Bishops’ Conference], under section 4.4.3.2 explains:
Here great sensitivity is required because other Christian denominations follow inter-denominational liturgical disciplines that differ from that of the Catholic Church. For example, the Church of England admits all baptised Christians who are in good standing with their own church – irrespective of denomination – to Holy Communion, whereas the Catholic Church generally only admits those who are in full communion with it.
The rationale behind Catholic teaching on full communion is that unity in faith and unity in sacramental practice go together. The unity between the Catholic Church and other denominations is not complete: we do not agree with each other about how the Church should be structured and what it believes, and until those differences are resolved the Catholic Church holds that full communion between Christians is not possible. The Liturgy expresses what the Church is and what it believes, and therefore, for Christians of other denominations to receive Holy Communion at Mass or sacramental absolution at a service of Reconciliation is not possible.
It is the teaching of the Church, therefore, that the exercise of
liturgical ministries should be carried out by those who are in full communion with
the Catholic Church. Consequently, other Christians should not be invited to
exercise ministries such as reading from the Scriptures during the celebration
of the Sacraments.
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