SUNDAY 14TH AUGUST 2022

 

Sunday 14th August 2022

THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 13th Aug.) (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Martin & Catherine Murray & their daughter Catherine Teresa Clark)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Eileen Pendlebury RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass 

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Please note the change in Mass venues due to the installation and fitting of the new carpets on the altar and in the sacristy at OLHoC, which will be closed on Monday 15th, Tuesday 16th, Thursday 18th and Friday 19th August.

 • MONDAY, August 15th – Feria

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Fr Capener RIP)

 

• TUESDAY, August 16th – Feria

NO MASS TODAY

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

 

• WEDNESDAY, August 17th – Feria

FUNERAL MASS of JOHN VELHO (OLHoC): 11.00am

 

• THURSDAY, August 18th – Feria

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Catherine Clark RIP)

 

• FRIDAY, August 19th – Feria

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Bob Dowds RIP)

 

• SATURDAY, August 20th – St Bernard

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Well-being of Mary Carthy)

 

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

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Sunday August 21st

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 20th Aug.) (Pro Populo)

 

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

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Stephen & Agnes Ng RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

X Parish Special Lunch & Talk (OLHoC Hall): 12.30pm

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 by 5.00pm on Sunday 14th August to be included in the first summer draw!

X SPECIAL LUNCH AT OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIAN’S CHURCH HALL ON SUNDAY 21ST AUGUST at 12.30pm followed by a talk about the new Folkestone Fishing Museum at Folkestone Harbour given by Alan Taylor. Tickets are £5 each and available now from Ann Berry or Margaret Irving.

X WHO IS WATCHING US? – since we began live streaming of our Masses, initially brought in at the start of the Covid pandemic, we have had 85,469 unique viewers, that is different known viewers watching from 93 different countries around the world. Although the number is now dropping off as we return home to our churches, there have still been 13,383 unique viewers watching since the start of the year from 56 countries.

We still have around 50 unique viewers who watch Mass for at least one hour each week and we regularly get over 100+ unique viewers who tune in to watch funerals that take place at OLHoC. This service has proved a vital link to so many and we would like to continue to keep it but it costs over £1 per month. Are you able to assist with a small contribution to these costs? Please give what you can afford to our special second collection for the cost of live streaming that we are holding over the next two weeks to continue to get the world of God out there to those who still cannot make it to church or who follow our work from further afield.

X A DAY WITH MARY - St George’s Cathedral in Southwark will be hosting 'A Day with Mary' on Saturday 27 August 2022, between 10.15 am and 5.15 pm.

This will be a day of instruction, devotion, and intercession, based on the message given at Fatima in 1917, involving the celebration of Mass, Exposition, and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament.  There will also be a Procession of Our Lady, the Holy Rosary and other devotions, and sermons by visiting priests. Confessions will be available throughout the day and a full schedule will be available shortly so please save the date.

X CHRISTMAS ORDERS – Eileen in the shop has requested orders for any special Christmas gifts and for advance orders for next year’s 2022 Catholic Diary (with Order of Mass), which is available in the usual colours. Please talk to them in the shop about your orders or preferences.

X FR JOHN HARTLEY RIP – it is with sadness that we report the death of Father John Hartley, the last of three Hartley brothers ordained to the priesthood, that included our own Fr Ed. Father John died peacefully early morning on Saturday 23rd July 2022 in Coloma Court, West Wickham.

We keep Father John, his family and friends in our prayers, along with Father Ed and Father Francis Hartley, who both died in May 2020.  May Father John rest in peace and rise in glory.

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: Eileen Pendlebury, Suzanne Carney, Hannah Keeler (14th August); Joan Seagrove, Matthew Jozefaciuk (15th August) Winifred Green, Keith Catterick (16th August); Renee Adamson, Antoinette Jones, Sadie Mears (17th August); Edmund Farley CBE, Winifred Barnes (18th August); Maureen Seaby, Vera Butler (19th August) Daniel Donnelly, Carmelina Woodhead (20th August); Francis McGettigan, Helena Riordan (22nd August); Derek Bennie (26th Aug); Frank Morgan, Michael Flavin (27th Aug); Clive Foster, Patrick Slevin, Dorothy Pougher (28th Aug).

X A BIG THANK YOU to some of our local councillors who provided funding for our Parish’s Summer Holiday Club. Ann Berry from Folkestone and Hythe District Council provided £300.00, and Rory Love and Dylan Jeffrey from Kent County Council provided a further total of £1,500.00.

A massive thank you also goes to all the volunteers who took part and to the members of the Parish’s Pastoral and Social Committee who oversaw the project. It is hoped that this will be the forerunner for future children’s clubs in our parish. Without the support of all involved it would not have been possible to put the club on for our children. A big THANK YOU once again to all involved.

X CATHOLIC CERTIFICATE IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES - The CCRS is a knowledge-based, internationally recognised qualification that provides participants with an understanding of the teachings of the Catholic faith.  It enhances the understanding that education within the Church is a life-long process which leads to greater intimacy with Jesus Christ.  This course presents the basic foundational teachings of the Catholic Church in a manner that is captivating, inspiring, and applicable.  The CCRS is designed and intended to support the Archbishop’s vision of missionary parishes and schools by cultivating an evangelistic spirit.  Participants will be equipped to make an informed and practical contributions to their chosen field of ministry within the Church.  

Please visit https://aec.rcaos.org.uk/ccrs for further information.  Modules begin 13 September.