Sunday: March 1st 2026
SECOND SUNDAY OF
LENT (A)
Second collection for CAFOD Lent Fast Day
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 28th February)
(Holy Souls)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am
(Paddy Clarke - RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Pro Populo)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, March 2nd – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am
(Francis and Else McSwiggan - RIP)
X RCIA JIF: 7.00pm
• TUESDAY, March 3rd – Feria
NO MASS TODAY
X Lenten
Reflection: “We Dare To Ask”
7.00pm in the Hall
• WEDNESDAY, March 4th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Darshan Chahal - RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
X SVP meeting in the hall: 11.00am
X First Holy Communion: 5.00pm
• THURSDAY, March 5th – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC):9.00am
(Fr. Padraig Faughnan RIP)
Parish Open
Office with Fr Alex
4.00pm-7.00pm at the Presbytery (OLHoC)
• FRIDAY, March 6th – Feria
Women’s
World Day of Prayer
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Fr. John Smethurst RIP)
X Stations of the Cross: 12.00noon
• SATURDAY, March 7th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Brian Bucktrout - RIP)
X Confirmation class: 10.00am
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC):11.00am-12noon
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Next Sunday: March 8th 2026
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
(A)
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 7th March)
(Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am
(Brian Patrick Blomfield - RIP 30th Anniversary)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Margaret Riordan - RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
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X PARISH MASS STREAMING – To watch the Mass online, you need to go to the parish website: https://catholic-folkestone.blogspot.com. Once there, click on the Parish Mass Streaming tab.
X SCAN THE QR CODE TO DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE PARISH, THANK YOU.
X SCRIPTURE PASSAGE FOR YOUR
MEDITATION AND PRAYER AT HOME
This week please read and pray with:
Exodus 34; Jude 25; Romans 7, Galatians 3, Psalms 33;34 and 35.
X WEDNESDAY COFFEE MORNING – Refreshments will be in the hall after 10.00am Mass. Please come and support this friendly get together for coffee, cake and conversation! All are welcome.
X FORTHCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS IN 2026.
· CAFOD Lent Appeal: 1st March – envelopes available at the back of the church
· Parish Building & Maintenance: 14th/15th March
· Poor
Parishes: 22nd March
● Holy Places of Palestine: 3rd April
X CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY COLLECTION
This Lent,
live out the Gospel call to love your neighbour. By fasting and giving what you
save, you join in Christ’s compassion and help another family put food on the
table. Your donation can help families around the world grow food in difficult
conditions – such as on flood-resistant floating gardens or using solar powered
water pumps in times of drought. Collect a CAFOD envelope to bless others with
your support, donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope
or call 0303 303 3030. Text CAFODLENT to 70085 to donate £10.
X LENTEN REFLECTION SESSIONS – LENT 2026
Parishioners are warmly invited to join a
series of Lenten Reflection Sessions during Lent 2026.
These gatherings offer a prayerful opportunity to pause, reflect, and deepen
our faith as we journey toward Easter together.
Location: Our Lady’s Parish Hall
Dates & Times:
·
Tuesday
3rd March –
7:00 pm
·
Wednesday
11th March –
after the morning Mass
·
Tuesday
17th March –
7:00 pm
·
Tuesday
24th March –
7:00 pm
All parishioners are most welcome. The booklet accompanying these sessions, ‘We Dare To Ask’ is available at our bookshop for £3. Please come along and take part in this meaningful Lenten journey.
X STATIONS OF THE CROSS – During Lent, Stations of the Cross will take place at 12 noon each Friday starting on 20 February and finishing on Friday 3rd April, Good Friday.
X WE PRAY FOR THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick or housebound and that they remain in our prayers including Dylan Jeffrey, John Meers, Mrs Eileen (aka Ellen) Varrall, 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 Mary Kaye, Gerard Ryan, Ema Deba, and all those who have died recently, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time including: John Zabrocki, Mary Rowe, Joan Fitzgerlad (1st Mar); Frank McSwiggan, Gwen Plunkett, Gabriel Lockley (2nd Mar); Hazel McCann, Edith Gilbert, Bernard Gibbens, John Byrne (4th Mar) Brian Hamer, Philip Townsend (5th Mar); Martin Kilduff, Jeanne Christou (6th Mar); Ronnie McIntyre, Francisca Armijo, Eileen Whickman, Stephanie Langley, Frederick Andrews (7th Mar).
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 EXTRACT
FROM POPE LEO’S LENTEN MESSAGE
…Dear friends, let us ask for the grace of a Lent that leads us to greater attentiveness to God and to the least among us. Let us ask for the strength that comes from the type of fasting that also extends to our use of language, so that hurtful words may diminish and give way to a greater space for the voice of others. Let us strive to make our communities places where the cry of those who suffer finds welcome, and listening opens paths towards liberation, making us ready and eager to contribute to building a civilization of love. I impart my heartfelt blessing upon all of you and your Lenten journey. From the Vatican, 5 February 2026, Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr. LEO PP. XIV.
X A DAY WITH MARY is taking place at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 14 March 2026 (9.45am to 5.00pm). Further information is available at https://www.adaywithmary.org/ or https://eventcatholic.com/
HAIL HOLY QUEEN
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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