X RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION DURING MASS – Only Catholics in state of grace receive communion
during Mass. The priest/minister raises the host slightly and shows it to each
of the communicants, saying The Body of Christ; Response: Amen.
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 SCAN THE QR CODE TO DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE PARISH, THANK YOU.
X FORTHCOMING DIOCESAN/NATIONAL SECOND COLLECTIONS:
14th September – The Catholic
Education Service
21th September–Evangelii Gaudium
Sunday (Home Mission)
X FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES ANNUAL SPONSORED RIDE & STRIDE 2025 – will take place on Saturday 13th September. We would like to be able to welcome walkers/cyclists to our church and sign off their sponsor forms in person. If you are able to help for an hour or two, please put your name down on the sheet at the back of the church. Thank you. For further information please contact Sara Adams 07745 247102
X PARISH BAZAAR – This will take place on Saturday 15th November 2025.
Preparation and planning start now – please leave any donations of items
at the back of the church for the following stalls Crafts, Bric-a-Brac,
toys, gifts, books, Christmas items, preserves, bottle store. Please put the
date in your diary.
X WELCOME TO A NEW ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL YEAR
2025/2026 - I take this opportunity to welcome and wish
us all a very good academic and pastoral year 2025/2026. Our focus during this
new year is to reflect together on how to increase the involvement of many and
all our parishioners in the life of the parish. God has given each one of us
TIME, TREASURE AND TALENTS to be used for his greater glory, and in so doing we
return God’s gifts to Him through our service to the community, worship of God,
commitment to the faith, financial maintenance and our contributions to the
spiritual growth and mission of the parish.
Many parishes in our Archdiocese of Southwark
have used “Planned Giving Drive” to help their members to make use of their God
given gifts as mentioned above. Our parish will be reflecting on “Planned given
Drive” on 27th/28th September; 4th/5th
October and 11th/12 October 2025. My desire is to encourage all the
parishioners to take part of the three slots by attending Mass in the parish
during those three weekends. Please keep the dates in your diaries, so that you
can attend Mass in the parish, to experience what “Planned Given Drive” means.
Thank you all for your generosity in sharing Time, Treasure and Talents with
your parish.
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 the preparation for infant Baptism will take
place every second Sunday of the month after 11 am Mass in the Hall.
X WE PRAY FOR THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick or housebound and that they remain in our prayers including Catalina Fernández, Anne Sharp, Kathleen Lynch, Bernadette Pay, Blanche Ellis, Liz Willis, 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 WE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED - Please pray for the repose of the soul of Ema Deba, Christine Mary Kempson, Ortila Yvonne Maroney, Debbie Jones, Charles Barr, Robert Claridge, Silvana Costa-Solaro, and all those who have died recently, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time including: James Donoghue, Dierdre Barfoot, Jan Karaban, Martin Starr, Joseph Kotowski (7th Sept); Evelyn Boot, Mella Phelan (8th Sept); Clive Goble, Mark Burton, Donato Lazda (9th Sept); Robert Raeburn (10th Sept); Monica Lucy Price [Sister Gregory], Patrick Murphy, Theresa Nevin (11th Sept); Margaret Gray (12th Sept); Mollie O’Connor, Suzanne Michael (13th Sept); Robert Benson (14th Sept).
X ENROLMENT FOR SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME FOR 2025/2026.
Anyone, within the following categories, who is thinking about First Reconciliation; First Holy Communion; Confirmation for young people; Reception into the Church as unbaptised; Baptised Non-Catholic; and an adult Catholic who has not been confirmed is now called to fill in the appropriate form available at the back of the church and return it to the Presbytery for their enrolment.
All the sacramental Programmes start in October – so please spread the word to those you know are in the categories listed above.
X REMINDER AND LAST CALLS – re the above. The deadline for enrolment for First Holy Communion, First Reconciliation, Confirmation and Order of Christian Initiation for Adults is 30th SEPTEMBER 2025. Please anyone wishing to celebrate the Sacraments in 2026 is urged to return their forms as soon as possible. First Session 7pm on 13th October 2025 in the Church.
X AMARIYE IS RUNNING OR WHEELING ALONG IN THE
GREAT NORTH RUN - Hello fellow
parishioners, some of you may know me. I am Amariye and I go to the 11.00 Mass. I am 12 years old and have Wolf
Hirschhorn Syndrome and permanently use a wheelchair. I am a happy boy and my
mama says I am beautiful and mamas are always right! I would like to help raise
funds to improve disability access in our lovely church and hall. Will you help
me please? I am going to be ‘running’ or wheeling along in The Great North Run on September 6th this year
with Mama in my papa Brian’s memory. It would be wonderful if you could sponsor me please. Any amount great
or small would be appreciated. In the next week or so I will be setting up a
‘Just Giving Page’ with a QR code. Everything raised will be ring-fenced for
disability improvements. If you prefer there will be a form at the back of the
church to sign your name with your promised amount and we can collect after the
event. We have a little way to go but if
we all pull together we can do it! Watch out for other fundraising events too.
Wish me luck Thank you. Love Amariye.
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of
mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor
banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping
in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy
toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy
womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.
WE FLY TO THY PROTECTION
We
fly to Thy protection, O Holy Mother of God.
Do
not despise our petitions in our necessities, but
deliver us always from all dangers,
O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.
PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our
protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him,
we humbly pray; And do
thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell
Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Presbytery and Parish Office:
41 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1EF
Tel: 01303 252823
e-mail: folkestone@rcaos.org.uk
Parish Priest: Fr Alex Saba MA, MSLR, MCL, JCL
Hall Bookings: hallbookingonline.com/folkestone/
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