PENTECOST SUNDAY
VIGIL MASS
(OLHoC): 6.00pm
(Sat. 27th May)
(Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC) 9.00am (Catherine Murray RIP)
Refreshments
in the Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC) 11.00am (Liz
Williamson RIP)
Multicultural
Pentecost Meal in the Hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, May 29th
Mary, Mother of the Church
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (James Gilbert & Agnes Gilbert RIP)
•
TUESDAY, May 30th
– Feria
NO MASS TODAY
• WEDNESDAY, May
31st
THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Julia & Josh – wedding anniversary thanksgiving)
X Tea/coffee and cake after Mass
• THURSDAY, June 1st
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Alfred Drake Brockman RIP)
Parish Open Office with Fr Alex. No appointment necessary 4pm-7pm
•
FRIDAY, June
2nd – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Ellen Eglinton RIP)
X OLHoC Choir Practice (OLHoC): Hall 6.30pm
New singers are always welcome.
• SATURDAY, June 3rd - St Charles Lwanga & Companions
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Well-being of Kathleen Bradley)
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC): 11.00am to 12 noon
Next Sunday: June 4th
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. June 3rd) (John William Wrigley RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (All Priests)
X Refreshments in the Hall
after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Pro
Populo)
Children’s Liturgy Session during Mass
X Refreshments in the Hall
after Mass
X MULTICULTURAL PENTECOST MEAL
Date: This Sunday, 28 May 2023 (Pentecost Sunday)
Time: After 11am Mass
Venue: Our Lady Help of Christians Church Hall
This is a bring
and share celebration. So, bring a dish from any part of the world,
packets of crisps, some fruit juice, salad etc to share. Or just come and Join
in.
Let us celebrate Pentecost Sunday Together. Acts 2 :46
For further information, contact Chi Davies on 07702 391961. We would like to have a raffle – if you have any unwanted new items that would be suitable please hand them into the Presbytery.
X ST JOSEPH’S, CHERITON – a working team is studying and considering all the options to enable us to open safely at St Joseph’s for Mass. The health and safety of parishioners and participants at anything that is done at St Joseph’s Church is taken seriously and is a priority. Thank you to all who are working quietly to get St Joseph’s ready for Mass again this year.
X FORTHCOMING DIOCESAN/NATIONAL SECOND COLLECTIONS
18th June – Day for Life 2nd July – Peter’s Pence 9th July – Sea Sunday
X MEMBERS OF THE UCM enjoyed a lovely day at Aylesford Priory last Saturday. They were joined by many UCM groups from across the Diocese. The mass was celebrated by Archbishop John Wilson. The UCM is open to ALL women of the Parish. All are welcome. For further information contact Cecilia Grace 250230.
X A REMINDER FOR JUNE 2023 IN
OUR PARISH
11 June – some of our children will celebrate their First Holy Communion with families, relatives and friends in the afternoon.
18 June – Bishop Paul Hendricks will confirm some of our young people in our parish.
25 June – The children celebrating First Holy Communion will celebrate with the parish community at the 11.00am Mass.
Let us keep the young people in our prayers
X HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROBERT JONES who is 91 years old this week.
Robert was a captain in the RAF during World
War 2. He is a decorated war hero. Blessed with a great voice Robert sang in many London Westend Operas, Messiah Creation, Elgar, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly etc. He was a cantor at Our Lady Help of Christians Church for many years.
He is a licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music and has a PhD. Robert is one of our senior Readers of the Sacred Scriptures during 11 am Mass.
🔔🎷🎷
X FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CARDS/GIFTS – a wide selection of First Holy Communion cards and gifts are now available from the Parish Gift Shop.
X THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick and housebound and that they remain in our prayers.
X PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED
Please pray for the repose of the souls of the following parishioners who died recently: Dudley Richard Hollington; Patricia Josephine Barry, Arthur Marcus Sambucci and Teresa Capon, Katrina O’Donnell, Neil Gerard McLaughlin and all those who have died recently or whose anniversaries fall at this time including: Thomazina Dumper, Pauline Forshew and Jack Evans, John Rafferty (5th June); Margaret Midgley, Christopher Murray (6th June); Mary Brady, John Beck (7th June); Mary McCormack, Albert Flower, Edita Taragosova, Marie-Germaine Janton, John McGarry, Andrew Kempson (8th June); James Prunty, Mary Lodge, Gaston Bartelous, Michael Goss (11th June); Marion Gambrill, Vincent Quinn, Luhana Rafaela, John Spicer (12th June).
This week is also
the third anniversary of Fr Edmund Hartley and we remember him in our thoughts
and prayers.
