HOLY ANGELS CHURCH is open Monday – Friday
9am – 1.00pm
For Visits and Prayer.
WELCOME
Times of Mass and Devotions |
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| Sat 12 Jan | 5.30pm | HA | Children’s 1st Holy Communion Mass | Frank Boyle (RIP) |
| Sun 13 Jan | 9.15am | HF | Youth Mass | Special Intentions of the people of the Parish |
| 11.00pm | HA | The Baptism of the Lord | Elizabeth Morris (RIP) | |
| Mon 14 Jan | NO MASS | |||
| Tue 15 Jan | 9.30am | HF | Week 1 in Ordinary Time | John & Margarite Lewis (RIP) Nov. List |
| Wed 16 Jan | 9.30am | HA | Week 1 in Ordinary Time | Members of the Lee family (RIP) |
| Thu 17 Jan | 7.30pm | HF | Liturgy of the Word & Holy Communion (Deacon John) | Ursula Lewis (RIP) Nov. List |
| Fri 18 Jan | 12.00pm | HA | Week 1 in Ordindary Time | Members of the Burns family (RIP) Nov. List |
| Sat 19 Jan | 5.30pm | HA | Vigil Mass for Sunday | Special Intentions of the people of the Parish |
| Sun 20 Jan | 9.15am | HF | Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | Frank Packwood (RIP) |
| 11.00am | HA | Mary & Maureen O’Shea (RIP) | ||
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: First Friday of month after 12pm Lunchtime Mass
Holy Family, Farnham: First Thursday of month after 7.30pm Evening Mass
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday at Holy Family @ 7.00pm (in Church Hall)
(Parish Office Hours: 9.30am – 1.30pm)
Please note: HF = Holy Family, Heath End, Farnham and HA = Holy Angels, Ash
Liturgy
The Baptism of Jesus
Entrance: HA: 94 HF: 575 On Jordan’s Banks
Offertory: HA: 721 HF: 568 O Lord my God
Final Hymn: HA: 768 HF: 268 How lovely on the mountains
Information
Mass Intentions: If you would like a Mass Intention on or as near as the anniversary of the death of a loved one, please kindly let Rita in the Parish Office know in plenty of time. Weekday Masses need a couple of weeks notice and Sundays which are obviously more popular do require 4-6 weeks notice if you are to have the Mass said on your chosen date.
Vacancy for a Foundation Governor – St. Polycarp’s School have a vacancy for a Foundation Governor at the School. If you are interested please contact the School direct
Date for Diary: Saturday 9th Feb Join fellow parishioners for a Parish Games Afternoon at Holy Family on Saturday 9th February 2013. Timing: 2pm for 2.30pm finishing at 5pm for a ‘fish and chip’ supper. The afternoon has been designed by our Confirmation and Youth group and any surplus funds will be donated to their chosen charities. Tickets cost £7 fadult and £3 child ticket. Do come and join in and have some fun.
Prayer Group: The next Prayer Group for both Holy Angels and HolyFamilyChurches will take place once a month on a Tuesday. Anyone is welcome
Next dates: 5th February, 5th March and 2nd April
Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea
Youth Mass at Holy Family on the 13th January, 2013 followed with a cake sale to raise funds for theYouth Retreat. (Please be aware of the cake sale taking place after Mass if you are parked in the Church car park and allow for this when parking if you need to leave on time.
Farnham Churches Together – Farnham Christian Unity Service will take place at St.Thomas on the Bourne on Sunday 20th January at 3pm all are welcome. It will be followed by a bring and share tea.
There will also be a daily prayer service in the St. Joan of Arc Centre at 10.30am From Friday 18th January to Friday 25th excluding Sunday.
Mother and Toddler Group – Holy Family Parent & Toddler Group will re-open on Thursday 17th January. It will be co-ordinated by Joy Appleton 07796 692609
Thank you – Gloria Craven would like to thank all those who attended the Advent Group before Christmas and very much appreciated all your good wishes expressed to her.
Holy Angels Catholic Parish for Ash, Nr. Aldershot, Ash Vale, Tongham & Normandy
Mother and Toddler Group – Meet Tuesdays in St. Mary’s Room from 10.30am until 12.00pm.
Baptisms
Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism.
Prayer Requests
Please continue to remember in your prayers: Robert Edwards, baby Rosie Partridge and Daniel. (We pray Lord for their complete recovery. Amen)
Message from Father David
The week of Prayer United Service this Year for Churches Together in Farnham will be at St. Thomas-on-the Bourne on Sunday, 20th January at 3pm. Our Parish belongs to Churches Together in Farnham and we have a very good relationship with the other ChristianChurches in the group so I hope a number of people from our parish will be able to represent us by attending the United Service.
St. Patrick’s Day this year (17th March) falls on a Sunday. There has been a suggestion that there may be some parishioners who would like to get together for a shared simple lunch at Ash on the 17th at 1.15pm. We are thinking of Irish stew and Potatoes for £3 per head. (bring your own wine or Guinness!) As catering would be for no more than 20, booking before hand would be absolutely essential. (If you are interested, please leave your name and telephone number and the number of places you would be interested in on the list in the Church porch).
This Sunday we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. This week it would be good to reflect on our own baptism and how it relates to this very historic event in the life of Jesus. Can we remember or do we know when we were baptised and where we were baptised? Do we know who our Godparents are? When was the last time we had contact with our Godparents?
The beautiful carved stone font in the medieval gothic style came to Holy Angels from the old St. Dunstan’s Church in Woking.
This Sunday at all Masses in place of the Creed water will be blessed and we will have the opportunity to renew our Baptismal Promises. During the first verse of the Offertory Hymn, we will be blessed with the Holy Water reminding us of the Baptism of Jesus and our own Baptism.
Affirmation of Faith
Priest: Do you believe in God, the father almighty, creator of heaven and earth?
All: I do
Priest: Do believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, and was buried, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father?
All: I do
Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?
All: I do
Priest: This is our faith. This is the faith of the Church. We are proud to profess it, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
All: Amen.
It is a sobering thought that Lent begins on the 13th February (Ash Wednesday).
First Holy Communion Mass – This Saturday at 5.30pm. I would like to thank all those involved in helping organise the Mass and for the work our FHC Leaders do in preparing our young children for their First Holy Communion.
Youth Mass – There will be a Youth Mass TODAY followed with a cake sale to raise funds for the Youth Retreat. Again, I would like to personally thank all those involved in the support of our Youth and for the great deal of organisation that goes into making this an enjoyable time for them all. God Bless, Father David
Meditation on Parenthood and Children Kahlil Gibran
Your Children are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and he bends you with his might that his arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.