5th Sunday of Easter 28.04.2024

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

Sun 28th Apr​​

​8.30am​​​ Jimmy Kiley, RIP

10am​​​ Steve Appiah, RIP

​12noon​​​ Sean Duffy, RIP

​Mon 29th  Apr      St Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the ​​​​Church

10 am   ​Bridie Kilcommons, RIP

Tues 30th  Apr        Easter Feria

10am                   ​Holy Souls

Weds 1st May​ NO MASS

Thurs 2nd May     Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

10am​ Funeral Mass for Noel O’Hara

​Fri 3rd May​     ​Saints Philip and James, Apostles

10am​ Michael and Maria McEvoy, RIP​

Sat 4th May​ Sixth Sunday of Easter

5pm   Phil McGovern, anniversary

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

Your Prayers:

Let us keep in our prayers: Agnes Day, Margaret Ryan, King Charles III, the Princess of Wales and all those suffering from cancer,  Michael O’Boy, Christina Cahill, Eric Nicholas Darwent,  Therese Kemp, Bina, Noel, Jose Luis Pérez, Karina McKiernan, Jonathan Heller and Izabela Lissowska – all unwell at this time.

We also pray for: Alice Bree, Noel Ohero,  Kwok Chui Tsui, Yuen Kuen Tsui, Bill McCleary, Fr Michael Daly, Rodolfo Icban, Marjorie Reid, Luis Goncalves, Sean Duffy, Iride Villa, John O Shea, Raffaella Di Trolio, Mercedes Bahillo, Amber Wood, Eileen Sweeney, Arcangela Moretto and Gino Tomei whose anniversaries occur at this time or have died recently. May they Rest in Peace.

Offertory Collections

The offertory collection for the week ending 14th April was £ 645.14. Contactless offertory collection for week ending 14th April was £129.78.

Standing Orders for Jan 2024 came to £3,394, Feb 2024 = £3,102.00 and March = £3,114.00.  Stripe Donations for Jan 2024 came to £9.80, Feb 2024 = £9.80 and March 2024 = £9.80.  Online donations for January 2024 came to £85.00, Feb 2024 = £ 25.00 and March 2024 = £30.00. Many many thanks for your generosity.

The Men’s Group:

The Men’s Group will meet on Saturday 4th May at 9am in the presbytery. Please bring something for breakfast to share. All parish men are welcome.

Update on Finchley Foodbank

Finchley Foodbank, founded in 2013 as an ecumenical project of St Mary's Church and other local churches and organisations, transitioned to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in September 2022. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to St Mary’s parishioners for your steadfast support throughout our 11-year journey. We provide approximately three days of emergency food for people living in financial hardship in the London Borough of Barnet. This is done through two weekly sessions at the parish centre. In addition, we offer support through advisory services, a monthly newsletter and assistance in enhancing digital literacy skills. At present, our outreach encompasses 250 households weekly. Clients are interviewed when registering with us in order to ascertain their needs and are required to provide a letter/bill/statement, dated not more than three months from registration date, showing their name and address. We operate on a basis of trust, a principle rooted in the legacy of St Mary’s former parish priest. Our dedicated team of over 195 volunteers embodies the rich diversity of our local East Finchleycommunity. We are incredibly fortunate to have individuals generously offering their time, expertise and talents. “Thank you very much for helping people who don’t have food by giving food. And using your time to make sure everybody has food. I will try to help by not wasting my food and donating food for the foodbank.”  Client Aged 9

More information about FFB and the results of a recent client survey are available at www.finchleyfoodbank.org.uk

Fr Peter; D Oyewole; H Pugh and H Doran - Trustees of Finchley Foodbank