SUNDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2022

 

Sunday November 6th

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Second Collection: Heating Fund

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6pm (Sat. 5th Nov.) (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Sr Anne Dillon & her brother John RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Florentino Bautista RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

X Baptism of Elliyah Ada Slodkowska-Griffin (OLHoC): 1pm

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• MONDAY, November 7th – The Dedication of the Cathedral Church of St George

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (A solider killed in action)

 

• TUESDAY, November 8th – Feria

NO MASS TODAY

 

• WEDNESDAY, November 9th – The Dedication of Lateran Basilica

MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (90th b’day of Mrs Anne Parker)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

• THURSDAY, November 10th – St Leo the Great

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Brian Felton RIP)

X Open Office (no appointment necessary)

OLHoC Presbytery 4.00-7.00pm

 

• FRIDAY, November 11th – St Martin of Tours

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Ann Patricia Wilson RIP)

X Cremation of Ann Patricia Wilson at Hawkinge: 11.30am

 

• SATURDAY, November 12th – St Josaphat

MASS (St Joseph’s): 10.00am (Winifred Coling RIP)

 Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC): 11.00am to 12.00 noon

 

Special Mass for the deceased since 2017 (OLHoC): 1.00pm

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Next Sunday November 13th

THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

2nd Collection: Archbishop’s Appeal

 

MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 12th Nov.) (Pro Populo)

 

MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Canon James Walters RIP)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

REMEMBRANCE MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am

(For the dead of the two world wars)

X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass

 

X NOVEMBER ENVELOPES FOR THE DEPARTED ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BACK OF CHURCH. November is the Month of the Holy Souls, and so throughout the month we continue to keep in our liturgical prayer those special people, particular to us, who have died. 

A plenary indulgence, applicable only to Holy Souls, may be gained once in any church either on All Souls’ Day, on the preceding or following Sunday or on the Feast of All Saints, on the usual conditions, viz a visit to a church, where Our Father and Creed are recited, sacramental confession, Holy Communion and prayer for the Holy Father’s intention. 

X  THE GRAND BAZAAR raised a grand total of £1,172.16 which was an amazing effort by all to help raise funds to support the work of our parish. A huge THANK YOU to all who helped organise such a splendid day and to all who came and bought things or contributed in any way. 

X A SPECIAL MASS will be held on Saturday 12th November at 1.00pm at Our Lady, Help of Christians and St Aloysius, for the deceased for all those who have lost someone since 2017.  All are welcome to this Mass and it will be followed by refreshments in the Hall. 

If you are coming to this Mass you are welcome to bring anything that you hold in memory of your beloved departed.  A place will be organised in the Church to put them all together during the Mass. We hope to see you there. For further information, please speak to Ellen or Father Alex. 

X CHILDREN’S LITURGY AT 11AM MASS - every Sunday starting 27th November 2022. 

The children will be invited by Fr Alex, at the appropriate time, to accompany the Catechists to the Hall for their liturgy. They will take part in religious activities designed specifically for children. 

All children of any age up to the age of 8 are invited. A parent or guardian must accompany children below 5 years. The liturgy will last for 25 minutes, and they will rejoin their parents in the Church for the rest of the Mass.                                   

BRING YOUR CHILDREN ALONG!

X  FIXING THE HEATING – there is good news for St Joseph’s this week. Boiler Heathcare Company, who are repairing the boiler at St Joseph’s have sourced the burner parts needed following the recent service carried out and will install this on Monday. We will then flush out the system to ensure that there is heat in our radiators and St Joseph’s Church is once again a warm place to attend Mass. 

The total cost of all these works is £3,032.70 so we need to do a fair bit of fundraising to get the money needed to pay the repair and maintenance bills. Additional money is also required for Our Lady, Help of Christians church heating too. 

You can also donate towards the cost of this work via cheque payable to “RCAS Folkestone” and placed in an envelope marked ‘Heating Appeal’ posted to the Parish Office at the Catholic Presbytery at 41 Guildhall Street or via bank transfer to RCAS 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 ADVENT REFLECTION DAY – before Advent begins we’re holding a preparation day in the OLHoC Hall on Saturday 19th November, to help enrich your celebration of the Advent season.  Everyone’s invited!  We’ll be discussing the Gospel readings for the four Sundays of Advent and how they impact on our lives. 

Programme:

10.00am        gather in church for Mass

11.00            coffee in church hall

11.15            opening liturgy

11.25            reflection on Gospels, discussion

1.00             lunch (provided by Parish’s Social & Pastoral Committee)

1.45             closing liturgy

2.15             depart 

It is designed to give participants: 

·         The opportunity to study and reflect on one of the four Advent Sunday Gospels

·         To encourage participants to reflect on how, in the light of the Advent Gospels, they may plan for, and live, a spiritually meaningful Advent

·         To share thoughts and insights with other groups 

For further information, please speak to John Philpott, Karen Ingelbrecht, Annie Homsey or Liz Willis.

X OUR LADY & ST JOSEPH’S 100 CLUB  DRAW! – The next draw will be made on Monday morning and new members are very welcome! Get your application in before the draw to be included in the draw using the forms at the back of the church. 

X  SECOND COLLECTIONS – there will be a second collection this Sunday towards the cost of heating repairs in our parish. 

Next Sunday, the second collection is for the Archbishop’s Appeal. This collection seeks to invest faith, hope, love and charity into three  areas of mission and ministry in our Diocese. 

X THE POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR NOVEMBER 2022 IS FOR CHILDREN WHO SUFFER. “We pray for children who are suffering, especially those who are homeless, orphans, and victims of war; may they be guaranteed access to education and the opportunity to experience family affection.” 

X  STELLA MARIS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL IS NOW ON TWITTER – a new project funded by a grant from KCC and Folkestone Town Councillor Dylan Jeffrey, designed to promote the work of the school, Catholic teaching and engage with families of children at the school and the wider community, has started recently. 

You don’t have to be a member of Twitter to follow what’s going on but if you are, please do follow them at @StellaMarisCPS or go to https://twitter.com/StellaMarisCPS  

X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS of Ann Patricia Wilson and Peter Fowler who died recently and for all  those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Pauline Kearney, Brian Tudball, William McGonigle, Mary Mahoney (6th Nov); Patricia Jennings, Joan Devine (7th Nov); Ann Maroney (8th Nov); David Rushton (9th November); Winifred McCall, Eric Morgan, Andrew Kuroczycki, Winifred Marsh (9th Nov); Cyril Scamp, Yvonne Rutt (10th Nov); John Brady, Patrick Dempsey (11th Nov); Susan Perry, Emelia Tweedie, Florence Rodgers, Frank Gallagher, Herbert Baker, Joseph Swinburne, John Philpott (12th Nov); David Jones, Margaret Peace, Mavis Christie (13th Nov).