SUNDAY 31ST JULY 2022

 

Sunday July 31st

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 30th July) (Private Intention of Angelo Strinati)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Pro Populo)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Fr Cyril Walmsley RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

Syro-Malabar Mass (OLHoC): 3.00pm

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• MONDAY, August 1st – St Alphonsus Liguori

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Fr Francis Capener RIP)

 

• TUESDAY, August 2nd – Feria

NO MASS TODAY

X Parish Summer Holiday Children’s Club (St Jo’s)

 

• WEDNESDAY, August 3rd – Feria

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Mary & Michael Dillon RIP)

Please note, there will be no tea/coffee/cake in the hall after Mass on a Wednesday during August

 

RECEPTION OF THE BODY AND VIGIL MASS of FR FRANCIS CAPENER (OLHoC): 7.30pm

 

• THURSDAY, August 4th – St John Vianney

 

FUNERAL MASS of FR FRANCIS CAPENER (OLHoC): 12.30pm

 

• FRIDAY, August 5th – Feris

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Ajith Ranasinghe RIP)

 

• SATURDAY, August 6th – The Transfiguration of The Lord

MASS (OLHoC): 10am (Dec’d relatives of Annie Court)

 

Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC): 11.00am to 12 noon

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Next Sunday: August 7th

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 6th Aug.) (Fr Francis Capener RIP)

 

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Pro Populo)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Mary & William Duncan RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

X FR FRANCIS CAPENER RIP (1931-2022) FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS – there will be a Reception of the Body and Vigil Mass this Wednesday, 3rd August 2022 at 7.30pm at Our Lady, Help of Christians and St Aloysius. 

This Thursday, 4th August, there will be a Requiem Mass at 12.30pm at Our Lady, Help of Christians and St Aloysius with Archbishop John presiding, followed by cremation at Hawkinge Crematorium at 2.30pm. 

Everyone is invited to join the funeral gathering in the Church Hall immediately after the Vigil Mass on Wednesday and the Requiem Mass on Thursday.  

The Reverend Francis Capener’s Funeral Liturgy it is strictly no flowers, but donations may be made, if people wish, to: 

·         Bees for Development

·         Aid to the Church in Need 

We continue to keep Fr Capener and his family in our prayers and commend his soul to the Lord. May he rest in peace and rise in glory. 

Please note, parking for the Vigil Mass and Requiem Mass is available at council car parks at Foresters Way CT20 1BU, St Eanswythe’s Way CT20 1DZ and Payers Park CT20 1EZ. These car parks are free in the evening but require payment 8am to 6pm. Alternative car parks are available at NCP or Asda car parks located near the church.

X LAST FEW PLACES REMAINING FOR THE PARISH CHILDREN’S SUMMER HOLIDAY CLUB TAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST FOUR TUESDAYS IN AUGUST –  a Summer Club in the Parish for children aged 5 to 14 years old taking place from 10.00am until 4.00pm on the first four Tuesdays of August at St Joseph’s Hall. 

It will be led by volunteers who are fully DBS checked and will include lunch, snacks and many activities and will be free to attend! 

The themes for each week are as follows:

·         2nd August: Crafts and Painting

·         9th August: Cooking followed by a film.

·         16th August: Music, singing and dance.

·         23rd August: Gardening followed by a film. 

Forms are now available at the back of the church for children to be registered for any of the available dates. Get yours in today! 

X PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK, IN HOSPITAL OR RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS, SURGERY OR TREATMENT including Margaret Woolley, Francis Dunn, Lilian Orfila, Beulah Blomfield, Margaret Murphy, Pam Boxall and Bridgette Wotton. 

X OUR LADY & ST JOSEPH’S 100 CLUB SUMMER DRAW! – The Summer Draw will take place on Sunday 14th August with a guaranteed cash prize of £100. New membership forms for the 100 Club are now available so please consider joining this excellent fundraising activity for our parish and forms for the 2022/2023 are at the back of each church. It costs £25.00 per number per year. New members are very welcome (and you can have as many numbers as you like!). 

Get your applications in asap! 

X JOB VACANCY - The Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis is looking for a Departmental Administrator on a part-time, 1-year fixed-term (initially) contract. The successful candidate will support Some Definite Service, the diocesan approach for parish growth in evangelisation, catechesis, and formation supported through local people, plans, and prayer. Closing date is 5 August 2022. For more information, please visit: https://aec.rcaos.org.uk/latest/job-vacancy 

X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL of Fr Francis Capener, Mary Roberts, Gerald and Margaret Whitfield, Mary McPartlin and Miriam Myland, who all died recently, and  all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Jane Van Wyk, Patrick Hartnett, David Anderson, Angie Cross (31st July); John Noble, Rosina Alger, Kathleen Brown, Rose Hopping, Brenda O’Shea (2nd August); John Sinclair, May Copping (3rd August); Andreas Savvides, Gary Wilkinson, Gertrude Stone (4th August); Brian McGarrity, Mary Webster, Helen Stevenson, Robert Walsh (5th August); Diane Gunaydin, Elizabeth Newman, Sheila Lawson (6th August); Patricia Miles, Paolo Mazzoni, Walter Walsh, Mary Rigby (7th August); Magdalene Pratt, Donald Commane, Francesca Jefferson, Ernesto Borza (8th August). 

X POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR AUGUST 2022 IS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES - We pray for small and medium sized businesses; in the midst of economic and social crisis, may they find ways to continue operating, and serving their communities.