21st December, 2013 – First Mass (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

 

WELCOME

Times of Mass and Devotions
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)
Mon 23 Dec			NO MASS	NO MASS
Tue 24 Dec	5.30pm	HF	Children’s Mass and Tableau
	11.30pm	HA	Midnight Mass with Carols
Wed 25 Dec	9.15am	HF	Christmas Day Mass with Carols
	11.00am	HA	Christmas Day Mass with Carols
Thur 26 Dec	9.30am	HA	Holy Mass
Fri    27 Dec			NO MASS	NO MASS
Sat  28 Dec	5.30pm	HA	First Mass	Deceased members of the Leahy family (RIP)
Sun 29 Dec	9.15am	HF	The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph	Special Intentions of the people of the Parish
	11.00am	HA		Gloria Holland (RIP)

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: Saturday, 21st December from 4.20pm to 5.20pm followed with (Eve. Mass)

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

 

Liturgy

22^nd December 2013 Third Sunday of Advent
Theme: The Angel telling the shepherds the news – prayer for our localk community.

Entrance:          HA:  133  HF: 8910 While Shepherds ..
Offertory:         HA:  112  HF: 522  O come, O come
Final Hymn:      HA:  159  HF:  520 O come all ye faithful

 

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

Children’s Tableau – 5.30pm at Holy Family this year.  Children from both parishes are welcome.  Two children will be chosen to be Mary and Joseph who will lead the procession (costumes provided).  If interested, please place your child’s name and contact details on the form at the back of the church. All children are invited to dress up as Shepherds, Angels, Kings etc.  Liturgy and activity downstairs as normal.  [Please contact Julie Mulhern on julie_pettigrew@hotmail.com or 07957 387754 for more details.]

Justice and Peace Team

Advent Lunch: Thank you to all who attended the Advent Lunch on Friday.  It was a great success and donations from those who attended, proceeds from the raffle, and donations from those who couldn’t attend meant we raised a magnificent £200 towards the Philippine’s disaster.  Thank you all so much.

Also all back packs are ready to be sent off to Mary’s Meals and (together with backpacks from Plymouth Brethren Focus School at Hindhead) we have been able to send off 75 backpacks absolutely amazing!

Thank you to all those kind souls who made such an effort to help others in need. A truly Christian accomplishment.

 

Philappines Aid for Typhoon Victims:
The amount raised on Saturday, 14^th December at the Curry Supper was £465.  It was an amazing turn out and Elena and Stuart Parsons from Holy Angels along with all those helping on the night would like to say a Very Big Thank you to all those who came along on the night and all those who bought tickets.  Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the food and had a very enjoyable evening.  The total amount raised for Aid to the Philappines combined with the amount raised by Holy Family is a grand total of £665.00

Youth:  This weekend will be the last chance to ‘Guess the number of sweets in the jar at both Churches. There are two jars one for each Church so the estimates will be different.  Many thanks Two Churches Youth Club.

 

  Baptisms

For Baptisms in the New Year:  Please see Father David or Deacon John Edwards

 

Prayer Requests

For the sick: Barbara O’Brien, Deacon David Morgan, Newton Abrew, Tony Rankmore, Edd Turnell and Paul Gibson’s Mother, Judy.

(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.)

Please could you also remember in your prayers two relatives of Michaela Powney – Paul Hatton and Julie Roberts who sadly passed away recently. May they rest in Peace.

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 – 4^th Sunday of Advent

This Sunday we light the fourth and final candle on the Advent Wreath.  As we do so we reflect on how the news of the coming birth of Jesus spread from the Angel Gabriel telling Mary (when we lit our first candle) and prayed for our Mothers; to Joseph when we lit our second candle and prayed for Fathers; to Elizabeth and the wise men when we lit our third candle and prayed for our relatives and those who will be away from their homes at Christmas.  Today as we light our fourth candle, we remember the Angel telling the Shepherds and we pray for all in the town or village where we live.

A very special word of thanks to those who have been thinking of those who need help this Christmas and have organised the Advent Lunch at Holy Family and the ‘Eat wall you can Supper’ at Holy Angels.  Both event for aid for the Philippines.  Thank you also to those who organised and helped with the wonderful Carol Service on Thursday in aid of Child Refugees from the Syrian War.

 

The Christmas and Easter Offering are your gift to the Priest and they help towards his personal living expenses.

 

 

God Bless you all,       Father David