Our Lady of Lourdes with Christ the Cornerstone Milton Keynes
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Our Lady of Lourdes with Christ the Cornerstone Milton Keynes
The Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes Diocese of Northampton: Registered charity No: 234091 40 Lloyds, Coffee Hall MK6 5EB Telephone & Fax. 01908 221228 E-mail: [email protected] Served by the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception Fr James Cassidy C.R.I.C. & Fr Allan Jones C.R.I.C. Parish website: www.ourladyoflourdes.org.uk Facebook group: Our Lady of Lourdes, Coffee Hall Diocesan website: www.northamptondiocese.org Pastoral Area website: www.mknpa.org.uk Our Lady of Lourdes with Christ the Cornerstone Milton Keynes 1st Sunday of Lent 21st/22nd February Psalm: Your ways Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant. Vigil Mass Saturday Sunday Mass 5.30 p.m. Cornerstone 10.00 a.m. St Paul‟s 6.30 p.m. St Augustine‟s Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Stations of the Cross Saturday 12.30 p.m. Cornerstone 8.00 a.m. Cornerstone 12.30 p.m. Cornerstone 9.30 a.m. St Augustine‟s 7.00 p.m. St Augustine‟s after Mass St Augustine‟s 10.00 a.m. St Paul‟s Cornerstone Website: www.cornerstonemk.co.uk St Paul‟s Catholic School, Moorgate Leadenhall, Milton Keynes MK6 5NA, The Church of Christ the Cornerstone 300 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes, MK9 2ES Telephone: 01908 237777 E-mail: [email protected] Malayalam Prayer Group: 1st Saturday of the month 6 p.m. at St Augustine‟s Polish Mass: Every Sunday – 1.30 p.m. St Augustine‟s Tamil Mass: 2nd Sunday of the month – 5 p.m. St Paul‟s Parish Prayer Group: 2nd & 4th Fridays at 7.30 p.m. The Presbytery, Coffee Hall Collection: 14th/15th February Envelopes: £284.50 Loose: £552.95 Total: £837.45 THANK YOU 2nd Sunday of Lent 28th February/1st March Second Collection CAFOD Fast Day Vigil Mass Saturday Sunday Mass Confirmation Session Sunday Mass 5.30 p.m. Cornerstone 10.00 a.m. St Paul‟s 5.00 p.m. St Augustine‟s 6.30 p.m. St Augustine‟s SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Friday after Mass at St Augustine‟s Heelands Saturday after Mass at St Paul‟s Moorgate Saturday 5.00 p.m. – 5.20 & after Mass at Cornerstone Readings for our Sunday Worship 21st/22nd February 1st reading: Genesis 9:8-15. 5.30 p.m. Christine Scotcher. 10.00 a.m. Francesca Kley. 2nd reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22. 5.30 p.m. Karina Boguta 10.00 a.m. Charlyn Kumadi. Gospel: Mark 1:12-15. Extra-ordinary ministers: 5.30 p.m. Joseph Akomian Asuo, Kofi Twumasi-Adutwum. 10.00 a.m. Joyce Sake, Margaret Sheehan, Leonie Arscott, Emmanuel Atta-Boakye. Hospital Communion: Bletchley. AFTER MASS REFRESHMENTS There is a basket for donations for refreshments after the 10 a.m. Mass, all donations accepted gratefully. CORNERSTONE COLLECTIONS On Mondays & Wednesdays there is a basket for donations for the upkeep of the church, thank you. CORNERSTONE PARKING Reserved for clergy, staff and volunteers thank you. GLUTEN FREE HOSTS are available, if you need them please contact Fr. James or Fr. Allan. THE FOOD BANK is grateful for the donations they collect. Urgent items required are long-life juice, tinned pasta, tinned vegetables, instant noodles, jam and rice pudding. Please leave items at Cornerstone. Thank you, FRIDAYS OF LENT These are special days of penance. Like other Fridays we abstain from meat. We should make some special effort either in prayer, or helping somebody in need. Please note Mass & Stations of the Cross at St Augustine‟s each Friday during Lent. HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY If you or someone you know is going into Milton Keynes Hospital, please let the chaplaincy know on 01908 243700. Anyone wishing to receive the Sacrament of the Sick, before admission, should speak to one of our priests. PASTORAL AREA COUNCIL Met recently, and decided to look at a „super-church‟ for MK. Our members of the Council are Pat McCarthy, Christine Scotcher, Liz Ruthven & OJ Paulson. CORNERSTONE SATURDAY & EVENING RECEPTIONISTS NEEDED We aim to have two volunteers on each shift and in order to achieve this we require people to cover shifts on evenings and Saturdays. If anyone is able to spare a few hours on a regular or ad hoc basis, please contact Sue Greaves: [email protected] or 01908 237777). Full training will be given. SHARE A BOOK Peter Ballantine, Team Vicar Stantonbury and Willen, will be retiring later this year, to mark this Peter will be sharing three books that have shaped his thinking on Monday 23rd February 2.30 - 4.00 pm at Willen library at the Well: “Born of a Virgin?” by Andrew Lincoln, “Out of the Deep” by Gordon Mursell & “Evangelical verses Liturgical” by Melanie Ross. This will be followed by afternoon tea. Numbers are limited, please contact the Well to reserve your place [email protected] or 01908 242693. CAFOD LENT FAST DAY: FRIDAY 27TH FEBRUARY Storms, droughts and floods are having a devastating impact on our poorest brothers and sisters around the world right now. CAFOD works with local expert organisations to ensure affected people are not only able to survive, but to thrive. Fast Days are our opportunity to support that vital work. Collect your Fast Day envelope from church this week, and don‟t forget to hold your fast on Lent Fast Day! There is good news: the UK Government has promised to match every pound and penny you give this Lent up to the value of £3.5m. Please give as much as you can in next week‟s collection, so that long-term, deep-rooted devastation from extreme weather doesn‟t become a fact of life. DIARY DATES: LENT GROUPS will meet at Cornerstone during the weeks beginning 22 February and 1,8,15 and 22 March. It would be helpful in planning the groups if you could let us know that you are hoping to take part. Please contact me on 01908 692578 or email to [email protected] or sign the sheet in reception. CAFOD SUPPER & QUIZ An opportunity to have an Indian meal with friends, to learn more about CAFOD‟s work and to raise money to help with the work of CAFOD on Saturday 28th February at 7 p.m. at Cornerstone. Tickets are £7 per person, please bring your own drinks. Tickets need to be bought this weekend and are available from the Cornerstone shop and after weekend Masses. Special diets catered for with advanced notice. WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Services will take place at Cornerstone on Friday 6th March at 12.30pm and 6pm. There are opportunities to take part, please contact Hilary Webb ([email protected]) if you would like to. EXPOSITION OF BLESSED SACRAMENT On Saturday 7th March there will be a day of adoration at St Augustine‟s, Heelands beginning at 11a.m and concluding with a Malayalam Mass at 7.30 pm. All are welcome. LOURDES 2015 We hope to have a group of young people (16+) from the parish going to Lourdes with the diocesan pilgrimage: August 20 – 29. There is a preparatory meeting after the 6.30 p.m. Mass at St Augustine‟s on 8th March. – Details from Fr. James. FAITH IN POLITICS Milton Keynes Theology Forum has an open discussion on Faith in Politics, with personal reflections by Cllrs. Sam Crooks, Andrew Geary & Martin Petchey. How can Christian beliefs & values enable effective engagement in society Monday 9th March, 7.30 - 9.00 pm Holy Cross, Two Mile Ash. WOMEN OF THE BIBLE: WHAT CAN THEY TEACH US TODAY? A Lenten afternoon for ladies at St Augustine‟s, on 15th March, 3 p.m.-4.30 p.m. PASTORAL AREA LENTEN RETREAT At St, Mary‟s Church, Woburn Sands; 14th March: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Led by Sr. Yvonne Pilarski, please bring a packed lunch. BISHOP’S MASS FOR THE SICK The Bishop will preside at a Mass for the anointing of the Sick on 17th March: 7.30 p.m. at St Edward‟s, Shenley Church End. THE PASSION ACCORDING TO MATTHEW The next of the St Paul's Thinking Theology Lectures will be on Monday 16th March at 7 p.m. in the School Chapel. Brian Purfield will be talking about the Passion Narrative and how it can be read as a free-standing piece, the goal and climax of the Gospel story that precedes it. He will look at the relationship between the theology of Matthew‟s Gospel and its Passion Narrative. There will be posters directing you to the chapel when you arrive. COPE APPEAL We are taking advantage of a special offer to buy some copes for the parish. (These are the special vestments worn on Palm Sunday, at Funeral Services, and other occasions). If you would like to contribute to Cope Fund please put your donation in the collection in an envelope marked Copes. The cost for 4 copes is £560.