29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 20.10.2024

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

Sun 20th Oct​​

8.30am​ People of the Parish

​10am​​​ Paulette Vocanson, RIP

​12 noon ​​​Holy Souls

Mon 21st Oct         ​Feria

10am         Michael McAvoy, 1st anniversary

Tues 22nd Oct           ​Feria

10am           John Fernandes, 18th anniversary

Weds 23rd Oct​

10am​ NO MASS

Thurs 24th Oct​ Feria

10am​ Cornelius McGlynn, 5th anniversary

Fri 25th Oct​ Feria

​10am​           ​​Cornelius and Mary Sullivan, anniversary

Sat 26th Oct​ 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5pm​ Mr and Mrs Sarthal and family, intentions

Saturday 10 am to 11 am and 4.30pm – 5pm: Confessions and Exposition

YOUR PRAYERS:

Let us keep in our prayers: David Ryan, James McCormack, Margaret Ryan, Michael O’Boy, Christina Cahill, Eric Nicholas Darwent,  Therese Kemp, Jose Luis Pérez,  Karina McKiernan, Jonathan Heller and Izabela Lissowska – all unwell at this time. We also pray for: Alice Bree, Kwok Chui Tsui, Yuen Kuen Tsui, Bill McCleary,  Rodolfo Icban, Luis Goncalves, Sean Duffy, John O Shea, Raffaella Di Trolio, Mercedes Bahillo, Amber Wood, Eileen Sweeney, Arcangela Moretto, Gino Tomei, Lucia Josephine Rayappu, Rose McGrory, Patrick Jean Noel Louis-Auguste, Eddie Maher, Anne Gorman, Agnes Day, Jose Barreto, Peter Krausher, Phyllis Conroy, Michael McLoughlin, Renza Mortali, Piera Tomei, Robert Quiambao Tolentino, Baby Alpha Budhdeo and Helen Murphy whose anniversaries occur at this time or have died recently. May they Rest in Peace.

OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS

Week ending 13th October: The Offertory Collection was £583.53.  The Contactless Machine is temporarily out of order – amounts will be communicated when the issue is resolved. September 2024 Standing Orders amounted to £3,398.00, Stripe Donations amounted to £35.00 and Online Donations amounted to £330.00.

CAFOD: _ SECOND COLLECTION

Last weekend’s Second Collection for CAFOD raised £929.60.  Thank you for your generosity and support of this worthy cause.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION REGISTRATION

If your child is baptised, is in year 3 (or above) and you would like them to make their First Confession and First Holy Communions at St Mary’s in 2025, please ask Fr Peter for a “First Communion Registration Sheet” after one of the Sunday Masses. Registration for this programme will remain open until the end of the month.

ST MARY’S SAFEGUARDING MEETING – CHANGE OF DATE:

Due to a busy workload the parish meeting on Safeguarding has been postponed until Monday 18thNovember at 7:30pm in the Parish Centre. This is a chance for you to ask questions and meet Eimir Read the Parish Safeguarding Representative. A new noticeboard to the right of the church, has been set aside for safeguarding.

NOVEMBER IS THE MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS

Blank forms are available at the back of the church for you to complete with the names of loved ones who have died. Put your list of loved ones into the brown envelope (also at the back of the church) and return either into the Holy Souls box (at the back of the church) or through the presbytery letterbox.

ST MARY’S CHRISTMAS FAIR - 2024

Our Christmas Fair will take place on Sunday 1st Dec 11am to 2pm. Thank you very much to those who remembered to bring donations for our Christmas Fair.  *Please take home a flyer and stick on your fridge as a reminder of what to donate.  

*We particularly need bottles and chocolate for the Tombola; home-baked fruit cakes and prizes for the raffle.

*This week we are still appealing for two volunteers to come forward to run the Hamper Stall.  Please see Fr. Peter or e mail Helensarahdoran@gmail.com

*Next planning meeting is today after the 10am Mass in the blue hall.  All are welcome.  If you can help us there are sign-up sheets at the church entrance.

*RAFFLE TICKETS – Please look out for raffle ticket sellers after Mass.  1st prize £200, 2nd prize £100, 3rd prize £75 and many other prizes.  A book of 5 tickets costs £5.

Please take-home raffle tickets to sell to family and friends and don’t forget to complete the register at the church entrance.  Please return completed stubs and cash to the sacristy.

SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSFER FORMS

Understandably, Fr Peter will only sign Catholic Certificates of attendance or faith school declarations for those families who regularly attend weekend Mass.

ST MARY’S YOUTH……

The Sunday before last was a showdown of the parish's bowling youth champions, and what a blast it was! Big shout out to Ria, Eric, Ruth, Albert, Lily, Aidan, Elliot, Angel, Leandre, and Grazziela for bringing the fun and fierce competition! After an exciting, nail-biting match, everyone refuelled with a well-deserved McDonald's feast, only to jump right back into action with some epic football battles! And guess what? The fun’s not over—next up is a popcorn and pizza movie evening on Sunday 17th November – details to follow…

OUR LADY OF LOURDES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS FOR RECEPTION AND NURSERY

Applications are invited for the Reception Class for September 2025 –this is for children born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021. The deadline to return this to the school office is 15th January 2025. The forms are available to download on the school website.

Please also be advised that you must also complete a CAF (Common Application Form) from Barnet -the on-line system is already open: https://www.eadmissions.org.uk/

Applications are invited for the Nursery for the Academic Year starting September 2025. This is for children born between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023. The deadline to return applications to the school office is 31st January 2025. Please contact the office or visit the school website for an application pack.

FOR 10 REASONS TO OPPOSE ASSISTED SUICIDE

Go to the website of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/reasons-to-oppose-assisted-suicide/