14th December, 2013 – First Mass (Third Sunday of Advent)

WELCOME

Times of Mass and Devotions
Sat    14 Dec	5.30pm	HA	First Mass	Mick Best (RIP)
Sun   15  Dec	9.15am	HF	Third Sunday of Advent	Special Intentions of the people of the Parish
	11.00am	HA		Mick Best (RIP)
Mon  16 Dec			NO MASS	NO MASS
Tue  17 Dec	10.00am	HF	Third Week of Advent	Dennis and Marjory Bray (RIP) Holy Souls
Wed 18 Dec	9.30am	HA	Third Week of Advent	Jimmy, Mary and John Cash (RIP) Holy Souls
Thu 19 Dec	7.30pm	HA	Community Carol Service with Boys Choir
Fri    20 Dec	12.00pm	HA	Third Week of Advent	Jay Chester and Joward Brown (RIP) Holy Sould
	1.00pm	HF	Wedding of Katherine Munroe
	3.00pm		Funeral of Terry McCourt at Guildford Crematorium
	7.30pm	HF	Confessions followed with Holy Mass
Sat   21 Dec	5.30pm	HA	First Mass	Dorah Carroll (RIP)
Sun  22 Dec	9.15am	HF	Fourth Sunday of Advent	Special Intentions of the people of the Parish
	11.00am	HA		Father Jim Martin (RIP)

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) during Advent
Holy Angels, Ash: Saturday, 14th December and 21st December from 4.20pm to 5.20pm (Eve. Mass at 5.30pm)
Holy Family, Farnham: 20th December at 6.15pm to 7.15pm followed by Mass at 7.30pm
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every 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

 

Second Collection

 

15^th December 2013 Third Sunday of Advent
Theme: The coming of Jesus is revealed before hand  to the wise men who were told to embark on a long journey and follow the star.

Entrance:          HA:  880  HF: 684 Tell out my soul
Offertory:          HA:  852  HF:  778 We have a gospel..
Final Hymn: HA:  94    HF:  575 On Jordan’s bank

 

 

Last Weekends Collections at Holy Family and Holy Angels Church
Holy Angels:   £259.80
                       £161.70  (Christmas Flowers)
                       £1020     November Standing Orders.
Holy Family:   £ 228.70 + Standing Orders
                       £  75.52 (Christmas Flowers)

Information

Advance Notice for the week of Prayer for Christian Unity:

Sunday 19^th January:3pm at St. Mark’s, Normandy. Taize Service (Anglican, Catholic and United Reformed Churches Together in Prayer). Please support this event.
For Christmas Services at St. Mark’s, Normandy for our Parishioners who have Anglican partners. [See public Notice board outside Holy Angels Church]

Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

Sunday 26^th January:
4pm at Holy Family, Songs of Praise by Churches Together in Farnham & District.

Youth:  The youth for Holy Angels and Holy Family raised £85.97 after offering minced pies and mulled wine at Holy Angels  last Saturday – all of us would like to say a BIG THANK YOU.  Also this weekend and the following weekend, our youth at both churches will be asking parishioners to ‘guess the number of sweets in the jar’ The number of sweets for each Church will be different.

Baptisms

Next Baptism Course: TBC. Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism. If you are new to the Parish, please complete pink Registration Form and make yourself known to Father David or Deacon John after Mass.

Prayer Requests

For the sick: Barbara O’Brien, Deacon David Morgan, Newton Abrew, Tony Rankmore, Edd Turnell and Paul Gibson’s Mother. Thank you. (If you would like prayers for friends or family members, please first check with that person that they are happy for their name to be mentioned in the weekly Newsletter.)

Prayer Group – for Holy Angels and Holy Family takes place once a month on a Tuesday.  The next date is Tuesday, 14^th January, and 11^th February, 2014.Coffee at 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. To be held in the Parish Office

Father David Message

Countdown to Christmas – Week 3
Third Sunday of Advent

This week as we light the 3^rd Advent Candle we recall how the news of the coming birth of Jesus continued to spread, this time not by Angels but by Mary telling her cousin Elizabeth and the Wise-men using their minds to investigate the signs foretelling the birth of Jesus.  The wise men had many days of travel in front of them asking where and how far to the place where Jesus would be born.  On the 3^rd Sunday of advent we pray for our relations preparing for Christmas and also those who like the wise men may be away from family and friends at Christmas.

 

Many of you will be aware of the tragic traffic accident in Alma Lane last Sunday.  Please remember in your prayers the man who died and also those who very narrowly escaped serious injury and all who have been affected by this tragedy.

Christmas Offertory Envelopes for the Priest are available at the back of both Churches this Sunday.

God Bless you all,       Father David