Month: July 2014

WELCOME

Times of Mass and Devotions
Sat   12 Jul	5.30pm	HA	First Mass – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time	Special Intentions of the people of the Parish
Sun  13 Jul	9.15am	HF	14th Sunday in Ordinary Time	For peace in our world
	11.00am	HA		George Terziz (RIP)
Mon  14 Jul			NO MASS	NO MASS
Tue  15 Jul			NO MASS	NO MASS
Wed 16 Jul	9.30am	HA	Week 15 in Ordinary Time	Anna & Angelow Vella (RIP)
Thu  17 Jul			NO MASS	NO MASS
Fri    18 Jul	9.30am	HA	Week 15 in Ordinary Time	Oliver Ditchburn (RIP)
Sat  19 Jul	5.30pm	HA	First Mass	Special Intentions of the people of the Parish
Sun  20 Jul	9.15am	HF	Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time	Special Intentions of Michael Brandon
	11.00am	HA		Patrick Franklin (RIP)

 

Special Collection

TODAY there will be a Second Special Collection for the Apostleship of the Sea

Liturgy

13th July 2014 (15^th Sunday of Year A
Theme:  The seed that struggles to grow

Ent:                  HA: 685   HF:  27 All things bright ..
Offertory:         HA: 735   HF:  782 We plough the fields
Final Hymn: HA: 865   HF:  285 I the Lord of sea ..

Responsorial Psalm: 15^th Sunday Year A

 

 

Information

Confirmation 2015

If you will be 13 or over NEXT YEAR and would like to join the Confirmation Discovery Programme, please help yourself to a Confirmation Information leaflet at the back of the two Churches TODAY or speak to Fr. David, Deacon, John, Gloria or Hilary or call Rita at the Parish Office.  The Programme planners need to know as soon as possible to get a date for Confirmation. i.e. by the 1^st October, 2014.

Congratulations to the following adults who were confirmed at Holy Angels on Friday. Please remember them in your prayers:-

Jennifer Byers, Jon Clifford, Lisa DeJesus, Caroline Keogh, Gordon Veitch, Fleur Hollyer, Mary Maloney, Adriam Russell and David White

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMME 2014-2015

 Application forms are now available at the back of each church for the First Holy Communion Programme 2014 -2015.

Your child must be in YEAR 3 or above to be considered for the programme and as a family you are requested to be registered with the parish. Location of classes alternates between Holy Angels, Ash and Holy Family, Heath End and all the children must attend all lessons (you will find the dates on the sheet attached to the application form). If you require further information please contact Amanda Watson (amandawatty@sky.com).

100^th Anniversary of World War One Commemoration for our Two Churches: Monday 4^th August 7.30pm at Holy Angels Church (See website for further details)

MacMillan Cancer Support Charity Great Coffee Morning Friday, 26^th September.  Both Halls at Holy Angels and Holy Family are booked from 9.30am until 11.45am  for this event.  (Please see Father David, Deacon John or Rita in the Parish Office if you would like to help. Thank you

Youth Gather 2014:  Sunday, 28^th September, 2014 at St. Andrew’s School, Leatherhead.
Why not come and join in the fun from 10am-5pm. For young people, youth/Confirmation Groups, students, families, and anyone else interested, to come together to walk, talk, learn, eat and to engage in social action projects.  Led by Bishop Kieran. (See Church Notice Boards for more information)

 

Prayer Requests

For the sick: Deacon David Morgan, Newton Abrew and Michael Brandon.

Prayer Group:  The next Prayer Group for both Churches will take place once a month on a Tuesday at 7.30pm for a 7.45pm start.  The next dates are – 9^th Sept. 7^th Oct. and 4^th November.

Two Parishes Fun Day

All our worries about the weather were unfounded!  The sun shone to welcome well over a hundred parishioners from babies to 90 year olds and it was so good to see people chatting, greeting old friends or making new ones and having a really great time.

The food was absolutely fantastic – the tables in the priest’s house were groaning beneath the weight of every kind of food imaginable and the home made deserts would tempt even the strongest of wills.

For the children there was the Bouncy Castle, hook-a-duck, face painting and lots of other games as well as the under 12’s singing and dancing competition (special thanks to our 11 year old DJ)

For the young people over 12 and their parents there was a Rounder’s Competition in the big field at the back of the Church, as well as singing to guitar accompaniment and other activities.  Thanks to our Youth Group for organising the FREE (yes free!) Raffle as a Thank you to the people of the Parish for their support over the past year.  The Fire Engine was a great hit – especially when the children had the opportunity to hose their dads down with the fire hose.  Thanks to the parents who were such good sports and entered so enthusiastically into the spirit of the occasion.

The day surpassed all we could have hoped for and we must give a HUGE VOTE OF THANKS to the organisers for without their hardwork and support we would not have had such a wonderful parish gathering.

 

Baptisms

If you have had a baby recently, congratulations.  If you are planning to have the baby baptised within the first twelve months of the birth, it is an easy process.  The procedure to help you is stated on both Church Notice Boards and on the Website.

If the child is rising two and has a mind of its own, you could have problems in that the child needs to be willing to co-operate in having water poured over its head.  Unfortunately, every year there are one or two children who refuse to have water poured over their head and this means that although we can change the Baptism into a service of Blessing the child, we are unable to baptise until the parents have managed to win the child’s confidence that there is nothing to fear and it will make them very special in God’s eyes.

Father David and Deacon John will do absolutely everything they can to support and assist you in preparing your child for baptism, but in the end, it is only you the parents, that will be able  in love and gentleness to overcome any problems there may be.

 

St. Don Bosco

Many years ago the Salesian Priests came to this area and established a School for boys at Farnborough and also established a number of our local Parishes.

They were following in the footsteps of St. Don Bosco, who although he never came to England had a great love for the worldwide mission of the Church and it is because of his life and work that we here have benefited from Salesian Priests coming to work in our area.

Masses of Thanksgiving for Don Bosco’s Life and Mission will be held  on the following dates:-

The Metropolitan Cathedral of St George, Southwark, London Saturday 20th September 2014, 2:00pm
Gathering and self catering space available from 12:00 noon.
Reception following until 5:00pm

The Metropolitan Cathedral of St Andrew, Glasgow
Saturday 25th October 2014, 1:00pmZ
Gathering and self catering space available from 11:00am Reception following until 4:00pm

Parishioners from Holy Angels and Holy Family are invited to attend if they can.  If they can’t there will be a Mass at Holy Angels on 26^th October at 11am.

Anonymous Donations to the Church
We have been approached by two parishioners who for very personal reasons wish to contribute occasionally totally anonymously so that even the Priest will not know what they have contributed.  I have spoken to the Bank and the Diocese and they have advised me that anyone can make a charitable donation anonymously if they wish to do so by paying in personally at a Bank and we will then record it as an anonymous donation.  Obviously the church will not be able to claim Gift Aid on anonymous donations, so you may wish to take thisinto consideration when making your decision.  Details required for an anonymous donations are available confidentially from Rita in the Parish Office.

We would like to thank all who generously support our two Churches in any way.