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:
9th November – Archbishop’s Appeal
23rd November – Catholic Youth Services
X MISSIO (WORLD MISSION DAY) – Missio is the Church’s official organ for the support of foreign missions. The collection taken on Wold Mission Sunday goes in its entirety to support churches, hospitals, schools and vocations in countries where the Church is new, young or poor. Missio works through local bishops, churches and missionary congregations to ensure that resources are distributed equitably and justly on the basis of need.
X THE RAINBOW CENTRE – is looking for a Winter Night Shelter Co-ordinator on a Wednesday, for our church’s weekly meal provision. We have 4 volunteer cooks but we just need someone to co-ordinate this activity with the Rainbow Centre. Driver essential. Please phone/email the Parish office to express interest.
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 CATECHETICAL WORKSHOPS Every parishioner, as well as teachers and parents in our schools, has free and unlimited access to the workshops created by the world-renowned Catechetical Institute. From Scripture to parenting workshops, to catechetical training and mentoring, there is something for everyone. For information on how to register your free account visit: https://aec.rcaos.org.uk/franciscan
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: Guiseppe Vanedola, Dora Rodgers, Julie Shirley, Evan Davies (19th Oct); Sister Constance Mary Ellinger, William Goldfinch, Ann Mitchell, Gerald Grey, Patricia Crawley (20th Oct); Frank D’Agostini (21st Oct); and Elizabeth Johnston, Benjamin Hayes, Winifred Perry, Reginald Broad, Madge Taylor (22nd Oct); Mary Megit, Eric Barton, Peter Rumsey, Jacqueline Durban (23rd Oct); Peter Patrick James Fowler (25th Oct); Zdzislaw Studzinski, Viola Ryder, Frank Hughes (26th Oct).
X PARISH NEW RCIA 2025/2026 –The first Session has taken place on October 13th, 2025, the next session is on Monday 27th October 2025 in the Parish Hall at 7pm. The recently received into the Church are also welcome to these sessions. Anyone who has approached Fr. Alex with the intention of preparing to join the Church, but has not yet returned the form or filled one is given the last chance to do so before, 1st of November 2025.
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.
There is a ‘Sign Up’ list of stalls at the back of the Church for the Bazaar. If you are willing to help, please add your name against the stall you would like to help on. Tickets for the raffle are available to buy after each Mass at the church door from a member from the Social Committee, and from the religious shop. Tickets are £1 each with 5 in a booklet. Please take some booklets with you to sell to friends and family. First prize is £150, with many other prizes to win. Thank you from the Pastoral, Social Committee.
X OUR PARISH
PLANNED GIVING & STEWARDSHIP DRIVES’ RESULTS -The
last three weekends, the above has taken place in our parish. I wish to thank
all the members of Our Parish Finance and Properties Committee for putting all
these three weekends’ materials together with the assistance of Sancia Da Costa
from Finance and Properties’ Department of the Archdiocese of Southwark.
My heartfelt gratitude to all who delivered the
message and distributed the materials, all who have taken active part and taken
the forms “My Parish Commitment” home/away for filling and consideration. Thank
you very much.
The next two weeks, I invite the people who
have taken the forms home for filling to return them to the parish letter box,
so that we can evaluate the result. Anyone who wasn’t here the last three
weekends is also encouraged to collect the form and consider it. Thank you in
advance.
It has been brought to my attention that an item under expenditure ‘Other Parish Expenses-incl. Sundry, Music’ has been singled out and negatively commented upon. I can assure you that, the single item in question did not cost the parish £30, 800, there are more than two items under that title. In some parishes, musicians are paid, this is not the case for our parish, and I thank our two parishioners who provide music for our Masses for their generosity. The truth is that as a parish our expenditure is higher than our income, it could have been higher if we have paid musicians, the higher expenditure is the reality each one of us is called to work towards. Your parish needs your Time, Talents, and Treasure, please reflect and consider what you can do to help or how you can improve what you are doing already. Thank you for giving back to God what he has given you for His Greater Glory.
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/
