Sunday: September
13th
TWENTY-FOURTH
SUNDAY
IN
ORDINARY TIME (A)
Second
collection: Catholic Education Service
(Archbishop’s
Pastoral Message on the Occasion of Education Sunday available at the back of
church)
MASS
(OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 12th September)
(Pro Populo)
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am
(Aguida
Garado - RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Janine & Eugene Fela RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, September 14th
The Exaltation of The Holy Cross
MASS (OLHoC): 09.00am (Winifred E. Brown - RIP)
•
TUESDAY, September 15th
Our Lady of Sorrows
NO MASS
TODAY
• WEDNESDAY, September 16th
Saints Cornelius and Cyprian
MASS
(OLHoC): 10.00am
(Holy Souls)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
• THURSDAY,
September 17th – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC):9.00am
(Holy Souls)
Parish Open
Office with Fr Alex
4.00pm-7.00pm at the Presbytery (OLHoC)
• FRIDAY, September 18th – Feria
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am
(Holy Souls)
• SATURDAY, September 19th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am
(Holy Souls)
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC):11.00am-12noon
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Next
Sunday: September 20th
TWENTY-FIFTH
SUNDAY
IN
ORDINARY TIME (A)
Second
collection: Evangelii Gaudium Sunday
MASS
(OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 19th September)
(Well-being
of Ann Robinson)
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am
(Pro
Populo)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Holy Souls)
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.
Please note that the Bishops of England and
Wales have decreed ‘Virtual viewing’ of Mass does not fulfil the Sunday
Obligation. The streaming is for the sick housebound and people in care homes
and hospitals.
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 HOW TO FILL OUT MASS INTENTION ENVELOPES – When you complete the envelope asking for a Mass to be said, please write the full name of the person after Intention of Mass for e.g. George Smith RIP, even if he is one of your parents, relatives and friends, do not write for my Dad, Mum, brother, girlfriend, boyfriend and so forth. Likewise, if the Mass is for several people e.g., do write down: for the deceased members of the Smith family, or for the wellbeing of the members of the Smith family and so forth. Thank you for your help with this simple and important matter.
X FORTHCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS IN 2026:
● Evangelii Gaudium Sunday: 20th September
● CAFOD Harvest: 4th October
● Archbishop’s Appeal: 8th November
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 in the Hall at 13h
(1.00pm).
X WE PRAY FOR THE SICK -
We
remember all those who are sick or housebound and that they remain in our prayers including Margaret Marlow, Ruth Ngbonyebi, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Eileen
Taylor, William Millbery, Mrs Eileen (aka Ellen) Varrall, Catalina Fernández, Kathleen
Lynch, Bernadette Pay, Blanche Ellis, Liz Willis, Stacy Rodrigues, Ann
Robinson, Uzo Mbanugo, Bob & Tess Vickery, Canon Luke Smith, Beulah
Blomfield, John Lodge, 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 Douglas Raymond MacArthur, Patricia Clare Barnacle, Veronica Poulton, Anne Sharp, Maureen Patricia Rossi, Mary Kaye, Gerard Ryan, and all those who have died recently, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time including: Mollie O’Connor, Suzanne Michael (13th Sept); Robert Benson (14th Sept); Ron Hall, Alfred Langley, Jean Borucki, Jeannette Phillips (15th Sept); Josie Kernan, Edmund Boughton (16th Sept); Violet Persse (17th Sept); Oliver Quinn (19th Sept) Linda Murphy, William Robinson, Peter McMulkin (20th Sept).
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 ENROLMENT FOR
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMMES IS NOW OPENED AND WILL CLOSE ON 30TH
SEPTEMBER 2026 – Parents with children
in year four and above are now encouraged to enroll them for their preparations
for the celebrations of First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion in 2027.
Young people in year
8 and above are also invited to enrol for their preparations for the
Celebration of Confirmation in May 2027. Please note there are two forms to
return for Confirmation Candidates. One for the Candidates and the other for
the sponsors.
Adults who have not yet celebrated Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy
Communion, and those who were baptised in non-Catholic Churches and are now
considering to join the Catholic Church are also invited to enrol for the
RCIA/OCIA programmes using the forms at the back of the Church and following
the instructions given therein. Thank you.
X UNVEILING AND BLESSING OF REFURBISHED CRUCIFIX, ST PAUL'S CHURCH – Monday 14th September
2026 is the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. This year it will be celebrated
with a special mass presided over by the Parish Priest, Fr Gabriel
Onoyima, who will unveil and bless the refurbished large crucifix located at
the front of the church. The mass is at 6pm followed immediately by a
celebratory social in the hall including a talk on the history of the crucifix
and its refurbishment given by Deacon Barry and Paul Smye Rumsby and
Christopher Quinn respectively.
REFUGEE FAVERSHAM PARISH
TALK: ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me’ (Matthew 25:35)
Along with Mark Choonara, Director of Caritas, Archdiocese
of Southwark and Matthew Partridge (Parishioner/Volunteer), we are organising
an evening to highlight the plight of refugees, please keep, Monday 28th
September 2026 at 7.00 pm in your diaries and come along to this
informative evening at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Tanners St, Faversham, ME13
7JP
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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