Sunday: February 22nd 2026
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
(A)
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 21st February)
(Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am
(Holy Souls)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Brian Donlan Anniversary RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, February
23rd – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am (Holy Souls)
X RCIA JIF: 7.00pm
• TUESDAY,
February 24th – Feria
NO MASS TODAY
• WEDNESDAY, February 25th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Alikutty Chacko RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
X Lenten
Reflection: “We Dare To Ask”
after Mass in the hall
X Sacrament of
Reconciliation, 1HC: 5pm
in the church
• THURSDAY, February 26th – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC):9.00am
(Holy Souls)
Parish Open
Office with Fr Alex
4.00pm-7.00pm at the Presbytery (OLHoC)
• FRIDAY, February 27th – Feria
Lent
Fast Day
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Holy Souls)
X Stations of the Cross: 12.00noon
• SATURDAY, February 28th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am
(The
safe travelling & homecoming of Mary & Keira)
X Confirmation class:
10.00am
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC):11.00am-12noon
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Next 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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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 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 chest. 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 SCRIPTURE PASSAGE FOR YOUR
MEDITATION AND PRAYER AT HOME
This week please read and pray with:
Exodus Chapters 24 and 34; Deuteronomy chapter 9 and 34; 1Kings 19
and Psalms 89 and 90.
X FORTHCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS IN 2026.
· CAFOD Lent
Appeal: 1st March
· Parish
Building & Maintenance: 14th/15th March
· Poor Parishes: 22nd March
● Holy Places of Palestine: 3rd April
X WEDNESDAY COFFEE MORNING - Coffee will begin again weekly on 25th February from
10.30am. Please come and support this friendly get together for coffee, cake
and conversation! All are welcome.
X WE PRAY FOR THE SICK - We remember all those who are sick or housebound and that they remain in our prayers including 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: Margaret Brogden, Margaret Young (22nd Feb); Michael Naima (23rd Feb); Charlotte Atkinson, Sidney Davey, Dorothy Pain, John Willoughby (24th Feb); Joseph Punnett, Mary Quinn, Charles Mitchell (25th Feb); Elvina Davies (26th Feb); Aristhea Poile, Walter Borucki, Martin Morgan (27th Feb); Freda Spencer (28th Feb); John Zabrocki, Mary Rowe, Joan Fitzgerlad (1st 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 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:
·
Wednesday
25th February –
after the morning Mass
·
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 WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
For the past 50 years Worldwide Marriage Encounter has been offering marriage enrichment retreats all around the world. Focused on couples who want to enrich their relationship and gain a deeper understanding of the Sacrament of Marriage, the retreat offers a unique experience. It’s a chance to explore your relationship at a deeper, more intimate level, regardless of how long you have been together. Thousands of couples in the UK have benefited from a Marriage Encounter weekend retreat, the next 2 retreats are 27th Feb-1st Mar 2026 in Swindon and 15th-17th May 2026 in Maidstone, why not find out more at wwme.org.uk
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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