Sunday: October
4th 2026
TWENTY-SEVENTH
SUNDAY
IN
ORDINARY TIME (A)
Second
collection: CAFOD Harvest
MASS
(OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 3rd October)
(Pro
Populo)
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am
(Roman
Franciszek Lemanski RIP)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Well-being
of John Smith)
X Refreshments in the hall after Mass
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• MONDAY, October 5th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 09.00am (Well-being of Joyce Hill)
• TUESDAY,
October 6th – Feria
NO MASS
TODAY
•
WEDNESDAY, October 7th
Our Lady of Rosary
NO MASS
TODAY
• THURSDAY,
October 8th – Feria
NO MASS
TODAY
Parish Open
Office with Fr Alex
NO OPEN DOOR TODAY
• FRIDAY,
October 9th - St John
Henry Newman
NO MASS
TODAY
• SATURDAY, October 10th – Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am
(Patrick & Teresa Capon RIP)
Confessions & Exposition (OLHoC):11.00am-12noon
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Next
Sunday: October 11th 2026
TWENTY-EIGHTH
SUNDAY
IN
ORDINARY TIME (A)
MASS
(OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 10th October)
(Pro
Populo)
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am
(John Scannell RIP)
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 VISITATION
Bishop
Paul Hendricks will be holding his canonical visitation to our Parish this
weekend 3rd -4th October 2026.
This is
an opportunity for the bishop to be with the parishioners, pray with them,
listen to them, talk to them, meet with them and above all confirm and
encourage them. He will start with two meetings on Saturday 3rd
October from 15h-16h15 with the Parish Finance and Properties Committee.
16h30-17h30:
Parish Representatives Group (PRG), 18h Mass. Sunday 4th October
9ham Mass; 11ham Mass, 13h-14h Meeting open to all the parishioners, that is
people who attend Mass at Our Lady and St Joseph’s Parish capable to make
contributions reflecting the true parish life and around 14h15-15h15 a meeting
with Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Fidelity. Any sick and
housebound parishioners who would like to benefit from such visit please let
Fr. Alex know and he will insert you into the Bishop’s timetable for the
visitation. Please, keep the Bishop and our Parish in your prayers.
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 SCAN THE QR CODE TO DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE PARISH, THANK YOU.
X CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY
APPEAL THIS HARVEST – 4th OCTOBER
Please
support the Family Fast Day collection and help communities facing shortages of
food and safe water. Your gift can help children like Tayla in Zimbabwe stay in
school through improved access to water, nutritious school meals, and school
gardens.
Donate using a CAFOD envelope in church, online at cafod.org.uk/envelope, or by calling 0303 303 3030
X FIRST HOLY COMMUNION INFORMATION SESSION – will take place on Saturday 10th October at 9am.
X CONFIRMATION CLASSES – start on 17th October at 10.00am.
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 INFANT BAPTISM – If at least one of the parents has been baptised and Confirmed Catholic, then the family in question is qualified to have their child/children baptised.
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 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
MARY AGNES RAE WHO DIED ON 12th SEPTEMBER. HER REQUIEM MASS WILL BE ON 12th OCTOBER AT 10.30 AM. Also for the repose of the souls 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: Mary Heath (27th Sept); Jim Austin, Margaret Knevett (28th Sept); Ida Toseland, Elizabeth Harry, Fr Kevin Fitzgerald (29th Sept); Ka Yin Chan (30th Sept); Eileen Milne, Kevin Sheridan, John Dempsey (1st October); Eileen Cotton, Capt Peter Scott, Christine Horsfall (2nd Oct); Edward Hughes, Maureen Jones (3rd Oct); Eric Gulland (4th Oct).
*HOW DO WE
PRAY? HOW DO WE BUILD A BETTER, MORE FULFILLING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
You are warmly invited to join an experiential programme called Teach Me to Pray facilitated by Southwark Diocesan Spirituality Commission. The programme will be online on Tuesdays, starting 6th October from 7pm to 8.15pm. Following 4 online sessions there is an invitation to conclude the programme with an in-person Reflection Day in a diocesan Retreat Centre on 5th or 12th December. There is no commitment to attend all sessions – join us whenever you can. For details/ to sign up see https://aecsouthwark.churchsuite.com/events/tnpn4hqd or email for further information spirituality@rcaos.org.uk
X FORTHCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS IN 2026:
● World
Mission Sunday (Missio): 18th October
● Archbishop’s Appeal: 8th November
X DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES:
24th October – SVP Quiz – see
poster in porch. Please ring 07864 581191 to enter your team.
7th November – Parish Christmas
Bazaar/Grand Draw
6th December – Parish Christmas
Lunch
X PARISH BAZAAR
The
Parish Bazaar is on Saturday 7 November and if you wish to donate items for
sale, please leave these at the back of the Church by the 1st November where
they will be collected by a member of the Pastoral and Social Committee for
storage. If you have any questions please contact Chi Davies 07702391961,
Ellen Fitzpatrick 07870405237 or Lesley Lansbury 07933106887.
X GRAND DRAW
The
tickets for the Grand Draw will go on sale shortly and we are looking for donations for
raffle prizes. If you have a good quality item worth over £10 and are
happy to donate this for the raffle please leave your item at the back of
Church and mark it as a Raffle Prize. The draw will take place during the
Bazaar and all winners will be notified. The Pastoral Social
Committee is grateful for your support.
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.
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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