FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Day of
Prayer for Expectant Mothers
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.) (Dr Chris Vickery RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Pro Populo)
X There are no Refreshments after this Mass
until 7th January 2024
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Anna Fitzgerald-Clark RIP)
Children’s Liturgy session during Mass
X Refreshments in the Hall
after Mass
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With Parents and Children (Priest’s intention)
MIDNIGHT MASS
10:30 CAROLS
11PM MIDNIGHT MASS
• MONDAY, December 25th
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
CHRISTMAS DAWN MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am
(Priest’s
intention)
CHRISTMAS DAY MASS
(OLHoC):11.00am
(Pro Populo)
'A SAVIOUR HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU. HE IS CHRIST
THE LORD' (Luke2:11)
• TUESDAY, December 26th
ST
STEPHEN
NO MASS TODAY AT OLHoC
• WEDNESDAY, December 27th
ST JOHN
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Dorothy Wrigley RIP)
X There are no refreshments in the Hall after this Mass
• THURSDAY, December 28th
THE HOLY INNOCENTS
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Cyril Chopin RIP)
No Parish Open Office this week
• FRIDAY, December 29th
ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
MASS (OLHoC): 9:00am
(Dr Nicholas Rozario RIP)
• SATURDAY, December 30th - Sixth Day of Christmas
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Adam Joy RIP)
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC): 11.00am -
12 noon
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Next Sunday: December 31st, 2023
THE HOLY FAMILY OF
JESUS, MARY and JOSEPH
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat.)
(Mary Heath RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Deceased members of Divine & Kleinman families)
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 CHRISTMAS OFFERING: Please remember that
Christmas Day is the Monday, so the collection is your personal offering to Fr
Alex, your parish priest at Our Lady and St Joseph, Folkestone.
X LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES: www.kentchurches.com/churches/olhc/
X PARISH GIFT SHOP – the new 2024 Catholic
Diaries with Mass Setting are now available.
X A BIG CHRISTMAS THANK YOU – I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has got involved in our parish over the past year.
From the cleaners in the church, the coffee volunteers in the hall, the organists and singers, the ministry of readers, the helpers with the meals and bazaars, the flower ladies, the counters, the assistance in the parish office, the helpers with the holiday club and the members of the various Parish Committees and more.
Many of you have donated your time, effort and money, helping to make our parish a special place to be together as one.
X THE ANNUAL WALK OF KINGS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 6TH JANUARY - this is a fundraising event for the Folkestone Rainbow Centre. You can chose your starting point and the distance you want to walk. All walkers and supporters are invited to arrive at St Peter and St Paul Church, Saltwood for a light lunch at noon. This will be followed by a short service at 12.45pm.
You can also chose whether to raise funds by seeking sponsorship or by making a donation. If you would like to walk as part of a parish group, please contact Judy Doherty on judy.doherty59@gmail.com. Judy plans to walk from Our Lady Help of Christians to Saltwood and would welcome company or sponsorship.
X THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick and housebound and that they remain in our prayers including Bob Vickery, Canon Luke Smith, Sheelagh (Mary) Crowther, Beulah Blomfield, Veronica Poulton, Margaret Woolley and all those who have asked for our prayers.
X WE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED - Please pray for the repose of the souls of Sister Sophie, Leonard Loader and Eugene Molloy and all those who have died recently or whose anniversaries fall at this time including: Florence Clutton, Kathleen Day, Michael Halloran, (24th Dec.), Dragica Gillett (25th Dec.); Norman Perkins, Laura Cooke (26th Dec.); Anne Morgan, Mary Chopin (27th Dec.); Dennis Parry (28th Dec.); Paulette Miller, Dr Nicholas Rozario, Kristina Laskowski (29th Dec); James Redmond (30th Dec).
X COLLECTIONS – last week’s collection raised £580.92. Thank you for your generosity.
A provisional full list of second collections for the year will be published next week.
X PLEASE NOTE there is no Coffee from Sunday 24th Dec for 9am for two weeks. Mass. Coffee will resume after the 9am Sunday Mass on 7th January, 2024. Coffee and refreshments will still be served after the 11am Mass during this period.
There is no coffee from Wednesday 27th December after the Morning Mass for two weeks. Coffee will resume on Wednesday 10th January 2024.
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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