FOURTH
SUNDAY OF ADVENT
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.) (Pro Populo)
MASS (St Joseph’s): 9.00am (Deceased members of the Devine & Kleinman Families)
X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC):
11.00am (Stephen &
Agnes NG RIP)
Children’s Liturgy Session during
Mass
X Refreshments in
the Hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, December 19th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Margarida Rodrigues RIP)
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
• TUESDAY, December 20th – Feria
NO MASS TODAY
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
• WEDNESDAY, December 21st – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Ann Sharp – in thanksgiving)
X Refreshments after Mass
• THURSDAY, December 22nd – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Helen
Ryan RIP)
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
Parish
Open Office with Fr Alex
no appointment necessary is on Thursday 4pm to 7pm
Catholic Presbytery, 41 Guildhall Street, next to the entrance to the church
•
FRIDAY,
December 23rd – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Kathleen & Reginald Philpott RIP)
X Folkestone Churches Together Carol Service (Harbour Arm Station Platform): 5.00pm
• SATURDAY, December 24th – Feria
NO MASS THIS MORNING
CHRISTMAS
MASS SERVICES
IN THE PARISH
OF
OUR LADY AND
ST JOSEPH
PLEASE NOTE THE TIMES BELOW:
CHRISTMAS
EVE,
SATURDAY
24TH DECEMBER, 2022
YYYYYYY
Y
YYYYYY
CHRISTMAS
DAY,
SUNDAY
25TH DECEMBER
YYYYYY
Y
CHRISTMAS DAY MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
Y
THE HOLY FAMILY of JESUS, MARY and JOSEPH
FRIDAY 30TH DECEMBER
MASS
(St Joseph’s): 9.00am
X 100 CLUB WINNER CHRISTMAS DRAW – the winner of this year’s £100 Christmas draw of our Parish 100 Club is Carol and Bob Chittock. A cheque is on its way to you and many congratulations.
X CHRISTMAS FLOWERS – If you missed this opportunity and you would like to contribute, please place your donation in an envelope marked “Christmas Flowers” and put it through the Presbytery letter box at 41 Guildhall Street. Thank you so much for your generosity and helping to ensure the church looks truly splendid for Christmas.
X BEACON PLUS COMMUNITY CAFE – will be closed from 23rd December until 3rd January 2023. Thank you for supporting this initiative in our community.
X RECEPTION OF COMMUNION AT MASS – those not in Full Communion with the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Catholics not able to receive Holy Communion are always welcome to come forward to receive a blessing.
Those wishing to receive a blessing are asked to approach the Priest with their arms crossed over their chest and their hands touching each shoulder.
X FOLKESTONE CHURCHES TOGETHER CAROL SERVICE is being held on Friday 23rd December at 5.00pm on the station platform at the Harbour Arm.
X BIG CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023 is a Christian Music Festival held in West Sussex on 27-28 May 2023 with camping/caravanning available onsite from 26th to the 29th May. Join with over 35,000 people from across the UK and beyond to worship together in the jaw-dropping surrounding of the Wiston Estate in the company of some of the best Christian artists in the world including recently announced Gable Price and Friends, J Vassell, United featuring Taya Smith-Gaukrodger, Sam Henshaw and many more to be announced.
On the Sunday morning, there will also be a Roman Catholic Mass held outdoors.
Please be advised the early bird sale ends on 31st December, so get in now if you want to get a discounted ticket. You can book tickets, camping and caravanning facilities and pitches including renting tents and glamping at www.bigchurchfestival.com
X THE FOLKESTONE FOODBANK – PLEASE KEEP CONTRIBUTING! Both before and after Christmas there is a significant rise in requests for food parcels as many face additional hardship over the Christmas period. Boxes are available for donations at the back of St Joseph’s church and in the orange bin in the porch at the entrance to OLHoC.
Urgently needed items are:
·
Breakfast spreads
·
Custard
·
Tinned fruit
· Washing pods
They currently have plenty of the following items:
·
Soup
·
Pasta
· Baked beans
X HOLY COMMUNION FOR THE SICK OR IN HOSPITAL
For those sick at home – The parish has a team of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, who are all commissioned by the Archbishop and DBS checked. Their ministry is to take the Sacrament of Holy Communion to people who are long-term sick or disabled, and who are thus unable to get to Mass. If you know of anyone in this category who is not currently receiving the Sacrament at home (or where they are living), please inform Fr Alex Saba via the Parish Office on 01303 252823 or email folkestone@rcaos.org.uk
For those in hospital - people who are seriously ill or undergoing operations may ask for the
Anointing of the Sick. Those who are going into hospital should remember to ask
for a visit from the hospital’s Catholic Chaplain: If not a priest, they will
arrange for a Catholic minister or an extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion to
visit them, or - if anointing is required - for a priest to visit (but,
hopefully, you will have already asked for anointing before you go in).
Catholic chaplains are often clergy or laypeople from the hospital’s local
parish. Contact the parish office 01303 252823 or email
folkestone@rcaos.org.uk
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