Clustered
with St Dunstan’s Parish, Bourne End
Permanent
Deacon: Rev Michael Phelan ( 01494 675259
E-Mail:
MikePhelan@aol.com
Parish
Secretary: Suzannah Goode ( 01494 673018
E-Mail:
Office@littleflower.co.uk
4th/5th
October 2008
Dear
Friends,
A
group of us will be departing on Thursday morning for the pilgrimage to Paris,
returning
on Sunday night.
Please
pray for our safe journey.
Fr
Stan Condon will be celebrating Masses with you next weekend and I’m sure that
you
will make him feel very welcome.
Fr
Francis
Congratulations
Blessing of Pets
To celebrate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, we are
going to have a blessing of pets in the presbytery garden this afternoon. Please gather at 3 pm for this special
blessing of animals.
Paris
Pilgrimage
Please note that the coach pick-up from St Teresa’s
car park is now at the earlier time of 7
am on Thursday, due to the problems caused by the Channel Tunnel fire.
Children’s Religious Education
Our CoG and CoOL groups began to meet again last Monday afternoon in the
Borlase Hall. The sessions are primarily
designed for children aged 4-11 who attend non-Catholic primary schools to help
the children grow in their Catholic faith through prayer, games, music and
other activities. Fr Francis, Sr
Winifred and Suzannah are leading one of the groups and Victoria Lunt and Paula
Aitken are leading the other. Please
pick up a leaflet from the narthex or just come along on Mondays from 4.30 –
5.30 pm.
Concert for Mongu
The
Heath Singers will be presenting a varied and enjoyable programme of music from
Beatles to Greensleeves in aid of the Leonard
Cheshire Children’s Home in Mongu, Zambia.
The concert will take place in St Teresa’s on Friday, 17th
October, starting at 8 pm. Tickets cost
£6 (£3 concessions) and will be available after all Masses this weekend or from
Sarah Moroz on 01628 529955.
October Mass
Count
The annual Mass
count will take place over four weekends, commencing this
weekend.
Fire Meets Ice!
when IGNITE youth group go ice-skating on
Friday, 10th October. We will meet in St
Teresa’s car park at 7.30 pm and car
pool. Cost £7 (including skate hire), but for groups over 15 people, we can prebook and get a discount price of £5. If you are interested, please contact Siobhan
Canham as soon as possible at sgcanham@aol.com or on 01494 674569.
Sharing Our Faith
Last year, four
adults were received into the Church from our two parishes. They had all been part of our ‘Sharing Our
Faith’ group as a way of preparing. If
you, a friend or a family member would like to find out more about becoming a
Catholic, we will begin to meet together on Monday evenings from 13th
October at 8 pm in the presbytery.
Leaflets giving full details are available from the Narthex.
Chesterton
The
next meeting will be on Wednesday, 15th October at 7.45 pm in the
Borlase Hall.
‘A
Miscellany of Men’ - Chesterton's quizzical yet upbeat outlook at a
variety of aspects of our world - prophetically relevant to today's
difficulties. Join in the discussion. All welcome.
Money Matters
£58.93.
Many thanks.
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill
The report stage is expected
at any time after 6th October when more crucial votes will be
taken. New amendments have been tabled
to the Bill, some good and some bad, and the Speaker of the House of Commons
will be choosing which ones will be up for debate during the allocated time
slot. Handouts are in the Narthex
explaining some of the proposed amendments and giving guidance for writing a
letter to Cheryl Gillam MP. Please do try and engage with this very
complex issue. This Bill has already been
delayed due to opposition from the general public. Let us keep our voices heard.
Annual Rosary Crusade of Reparation
Procession from Westminster Cathedral to Brompton Oratory with the statue of
Our Lady of Fatima and the 15 decades of the Rosary on Saturday, 11th
October, starting at 1.45pm in the Cathedral piazza and ending at the Oratory
with the solemn crowning of the statue and solemn Benediction. This procession
is offered for the downfall of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill.
Exploring
Our Faith Group
The next session
will take place in the St Francis Room at St Dunstan’s in Bourne End on
Tuesday, 28th October, when Mike Coote will be giving a talk and
presentation on his work for CAFOD.
Classical Spectacular:1812
Overture
There are two
tickets available for the above at the Royal Albert Hall on the evening of
Sunday, 23rd November. Please
call 01494 677412.
Parish Weekly Lottery for Mongu
This
week’s lucky winner of £5 is no. 65.
St Thomas More
Deanery Pastoral Council
The Deanery has their AGM on Thursday, 16th October at St
Peter’s Church, Marlow at 8 pm, preceded by Mass at 7.30 pm. All are welcome to attend.
Beacon
The latest edition of Beacon, our parish magazine, is available from the
Narthex this weekend - please take a copy home with you.
Liturgies
for the Week
Year A (Matthew)