EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Day for the Unemployed)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Francis & Else McSwiggan RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Wedding Anniversary - George & Kathleen Arrowsmith)
BAPTISM (OLHoC):1.00pm
Chinekwu Catherine Idara Davies
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MONDAY, March 3rd
– Feria
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TUESDAY, March 4th – Feria
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WEDNESDAY, March
5th
ASH
WEDNESDAY
MASS & Ashing (OLHoC): 10.45am (People of the Parish)
MASS & Ashing (OLHoC): 7.30pm (Francesca Anopieme RIP)
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THURSDAY, March
6th – Feria
Parish Open Office with Fr Alex - 4.00pm-7.00pm at the Presbytery (OLHoC)
• FRIDAY, March 7th – Feria
Women’s World Day of Prayer
Stations of the Cross (OLHoC): 12 Noon
•SATURDAY, March 8th – Feria
9am FHC Class; 10am Confirmation Class
MASS (OLHoC):10.00am (Margaret Riordan RIP)
Next Sunday: March 9th 2025
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 8th) (Dr Chris Vickery RIP)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Liz Willis – well-being)
X Refreshments
in the Hall after this Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Pro
Populo)
X ASH WEDNESDAY is this Wednesday 5th March 2025. When Masses with the distribution
of Ashes will take place at 10.45am and 7.30pm.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: A Perfect Devotion for Lent. Stations of the Cross will start on Friday 7th March at 12 noon in the Church. Please come on Fridays through Lent and share in 'the Way of the Cross'. All are welcome.
X LENTEN
REFLECTION PROGRAMME –
“WE DARE TO HOPE”
Following on from the
successful 2024 programme “We Dare to Pray”, the programme for 2025 will be “We
Dare to Hope”. There will be five sessions of around one
hour each held during Lent in Our Lady’s Hall as follows: -
12 March – evening at
7pm: Christian Hope
19 March – morning
after the 10am Mass: The Decision to
Hope
26 March – evening at
7 pm: The Prayer of Hope
2 April -
morning after the 10am Mass: Hope
against Hope
9 April – evening at 7pm: Christ Our Hope
Refreshments will be provided, and the supporting booklet is now available to purchase from the Bookshop at a cost of £3 per copy.
X WE CALL TO
BEAR FRUIT
In his pastoral letter
on Called to Bear Fruit, Archbishop John Wilson, asked parishioners to gather
in small groups to reflect on the six key themes outlined in the consultation
document. To allow as many parishioners as possible to contribute to the
discussion two feedback sessions will be held in Our Lady’s Church Hall on
Sunday the 16th March one after the 09:00 Mass and one after
the 11: 00 Mass. Your points on the 6 theme areas will be captured
and submitted to the Call to Bear Fruit
team. For those who would like to make their
comments individually, please scan the pages and post a copy of these to
the presbytery. These will be collated and submitted with the
feedback from the two discussion sessions to the team.
X RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION DURING MASS – Only Catholics in state of grace receive communion during Mass. Those Christians who are not in full communion with the Catholic Church and Roman Catholics not able to receive Holy Communion are welcome to receive a blessing. Those wishing to receive a blessing are asked to approach the priest with their arms crossed over their chess. Those receiving Holy Communion in your hands please put it in your mouth before leaving the minister/priest.
X INFANT BAPTISM – May only happen after undergoing a preparation with the parish priest. Baptisms can then be celebrated at either 3pm on a Saturday or 1pm on a Sunday on the 1st or 3rd Sunday of the month. Please note from January 2025 the preparation for infant Baptism will take place every second Sunday of the month after 11 am Mass.
X WE PRAY FOR THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick or housebound and that they remain in our prayers including Blanche Ellis, Liz Willis, Robert Claridge, Ema Deba, Stacy Rodrigues, Ann Robinson, Uzo Mbanugo, Bob & Tess Vickery, Canon Luke Smith, Beulah Blomfield, John Lodge, Veronica Poulton, Margaret Woolley, and all those who have asked for our prayers.
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
X STELLA MARIS ICON
SCHOOL OPEN DAY – 8TH MARCH in the Parish Hall. Contact amandadepulford@gmail.com.
2-3pm free talk and presentation; 10am-1pm
masterclass in decorative motif (requires some painting experience).
X WE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED - Please pray for the repose of the soul of Kathleen Mary Brivio, Brian Davenhill, Pam Boxall, Sybil Conchita Henry, Obdulia Julie Di Martino, Margaret Angela Dixon, Bishop John Hine, Lillian Orfila, Robert Jones, Christine Mary Kissane, James Kissane, Ron Hall, Suchada Robinson (who was known as Jo or Jojo), Fr Wenna Henry Tiku and all those who have died recently, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time including: Frank McSwiggan, Gwen Plunkett (2nd Mar). (1st Mar); Frank McSwiggan, Gwen Plunkett, William King (2nd Mar); Sheila Booth, Francis McGurran, Albert Clover (3rd Mar); Hazel McCann, Edith Gilbert, Bernard Gibbens, John Byrne (4th Mar); Brian Hamer, Philip Townsend (5th Mar), Annie Pickering, Martin Kilduff (6th) Stephanie Langley, Eileen Wickman, Frederick Andrews, Michael Williams (7th), Mary Finnerty, Timothy O’Connell (9th)
X FORTHCOMING 2025 SECOND COLLECTIONS
· CAFOD Lent Appeal:
14th March
· Parish
Building & Maintenance: 16th March
· Poor Parishes: 23rd
March
● Holy Places of Palestine: 18th April
X ARCHDIOCESAN JUBILEE CELEBRATION DAY AT THE
FRIARS, AYLESFORD 7th JUNE 2025
Led by Archbishop John Wilson, we will gather as an Archdiocese at The Friars, Aylesford for a day of prayer, reflection, celebration, and fun. There will be lots of activities, for children as well as for adults. This will be the centre-piece event of the 2025 Jubilee in the Archdiocese of Southwark. There will also be a walking pilgrimage from St George’s Cathedral in Southwark to The Friars (2-6 June 2025). The event itself is free. You can find out more about the event, including how to join the walking pilgrimage, and the wider Jubilee Year plans in the Archdiocese at rcaos.org.uk/jubilee2025.
X AN APPEAL FOR AN ACT OF KINDNESS AND FAVOUR - Please, as you leave the Church at the end of Mass, return the books that
you use during Mass to the back of the Church.
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