Newsletter - St. Francis Xavier`s Church

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
19 Broad Street, Hereford
HR4 9AP
Parish Priest
Telephone (01432) 273485
Dom MICHAEL EVANS
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sfxhereford.org.uk
Newsletter email:
[email protected]
St. Francis Xavier’s School
Tel: 01432 273941
Parish Safeguarding Rep
Brenda Williams Tel: 01432 850414
During Lent we are invited to pray for these intentions;
Candidates for the Sacraments, (especially on the Sundays of
Lent), women, the Needy and Hungry of the Word, Penitents
and Wanderers.
Readings for this week
Year B
Sunday
Archdiocese of Cardiff Charity no. 242380.
MASSES and INTENTIONS - Feb 2015
Sat
21st
10.30am
4th week of Lent
Mrs Pat Cotterell
WEDDING
Ursula Hankinson &
Xavier Faux
5th SUNDAY OF
LENT (Vigil)
Clare O’Sullivan
Alex Barnacle S.I.
Sat
21st
2.00pm
Sat
21st
6.00pm
Sun
22nd
8.00am
Sun
22nd
10.00am
5th SUNDAY OF
LENT
Sun
22nd
3.30pm
Mission Service
Sun
22nd
6.30pm
Dom Michael at Our Lady's
Mon
23rd
7.00am
5th week of Lent
Dec’d rels Mills/Phillips
Mon
23rd
9.15am
5th week of Lent
Dilys O’Connor
Mon
23rd
7.00pm
Mission Service
Tue
24th
7.00am
5th week of Lent
Thomas C.J.
Tue
24th
9.15am
5th week of Lent
Horace Thomas
Tue
24th
7.00pm
Mission Service
Wed
25th
7.00am
Wed
25th
9.15am
Wed
25th
1.00pm
THE
ANNUNCIATION
OF THE LORD
Wed
25th
7.00pm
Mission Service
Thu
26th
7.00am
5th week of Lent
Thu
26th
9.15am
5th week of Lent
Thu
26th
7.00pm
Mission Service
Fri
27th
7.00am
5th week of Lent
Dec. Rels. Hanley
Fri
27th
9.15am
5th week of Lent
Dec. Rels. Keilly
Fri
Please see timetable enclosed for details of
27th 12.30pm Stations of the Cross
the Mission Services and Adoration this week.
Fri
27th
1.00pm
5th week of Lent
Aina Flor Prendergast
S.I.
Fri
27th
7.00pm
Fri
27th
N.B. NO Evening Latin Mass
6.00 pm
Psalter week
1
Extraordinary
Ministers of the
Eucharist
Ministers of the Word
Wendy Winterburn
Helen Booth
Paul Williams
Frances Hetterley
8.00am
Angela Holmes
Mike Kennedy
10.00am
Thomas Kottuppallil
Val Vaughan-Williams
Vera McHale
The Parish
Offertory for Last Week - Thank you
1st
Running of the Parish
£677.05
2nd
Renovation
£369.60
Standing Orders
£270.00
Please Pray For The Sick:
Joan Sheeran
Antoinette Perrot
Pat Morris
Pat Franklin
Sr Catherine
Jackson OP
Vince Hanna
John Ward RIP
Peter Gunter
Brian Daw
Jean Goldrick
Dec rels Lawless
Maureen Toner
Cynthia Barnett
Angela Rosier
Jessica Kent RIP
Winnie Doran
Flo Brown
Fr. Antony
Pat Clark
Alison Alder
Sheila Fawcett
Dec. Rels. O’Connor
Jean Lewis
Pat Cotterell
Joshua Romel
S. I. of Cynthia Barnett
Kay Herderschee
Mission Service
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Saturday 11.00 am - 12.00 noon and at call
PARISH NOTICES
Congratulations and Prayers for Ursula and Xavier
who are getting married this Saturday.
Dec. Rels Jones/Mead
Sat
28th
10.30am
5th week of Lent
Sacrament of the
Sick
Sat
21th
6.00pm
PALM SUNDAY
(Vigil)
Dec. Rels Barry
Sun
29th
8.00am
PALM SUNDAY
Dec. Rels Edward
Sun
29th
9.45am
PALM
PROCESSION
Sun
29th
10.00am
PALM SUNDAY
Sun
29th
N.B. No 12.15 Latin Mass
The Parish
Stations of the Cross Please note that during Lent there
will be Stations of the Cross at 12.30 pm on Fridays
(immediately before the lunch-time Mass). We apologise
but there will be no Stations of the Cross in the evening
this year.
Easter Flowers Last weekend’s special retiring
collections for Easter Flowers raised £378.76. Thank
you.
Lately Dead:
Pauline Lane
Veronica King
Ronald Morgan
Remembrance:
Angela Bassi
Jean Scott-Simpson
Margaret Hossack
Sean Simon Podmore
Ita Maria Godfrey
Bridget Morgan
Barbara (Bobby)
Powell
Patricia Mary Llewellyn
George Turnbull
PARISH MISSION 14-29TH MARCH 2015
April and Holy Week copies of Magnificat are on sale
now at the back of the church. There are also a few
Lenten ‘Walk With Me’ Booklets left. Please put money
in the ‘Papers Box’.
Next Weekend the Palm Sunday Procession meets at
9.45 am in the Palace Yard and we invite all children to
dress up in suitable costumes to celebrate the arrival of
Jesus in Jerusalem. The Donkey has been booked!
Parish Mission Prayer
Loving God, Creator and Giver of all things,
bless our Parish Mission.
Send Your Spirit to renew our faith
And help us spread the joy of the salvation
that Your Son wrought for us.
Grant us Your grace, that we may serve our community,
glorify You, and be sanctified ourselves.
We ask all this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Our Lady, Cause of our Joy, pray for us.
St. Francis Xavier, pray for us.
St. John Kemble, pray for us.
S.F.X. Parish Social Evening. On Saturday the 28th
March at Our Lady's Church Hall at 7.30pm. As part of
the Mission S.F.X. Parish will be holding an informal
evening for all Parishioners. A chance to relax and
renew old friendships and make new ones. Light
entertainment. Finger buffet will be provided, bring your
own drinks (wine/soft). Raffle prizes still needed. So we
have an idea about numbers please put your names on
the list at the back of the church. Jane Gennard Tel:
356248
A very big THANK YOU to all our visitors from the
Sion Community and the blessings and wisdom they
have brought with them. The fruits of their work may
well not become immediately apparent but God will
surely work silently upon the good seeds they have
sown this week in all the homes of the parish. Thank
you for visiting us and God Bless you!
Transport for Mission events There is transport to any
of the mission events. A team of volunteers is waiting
for the call! If you want to get to any of the events and
do not have access to transport, please give the Coordinator, Stephen Cleeve a ring on 01432 851632 or
07547792139 (not as reliable). There is an answerphone
on the landline, please leave a message and we will get
back to you.
Gift Aid envelopes available for collection a the back
of the Church Please take yours but do not use before
12th April. Stephen Cleeve.
Would the following please collect their letter(s) from
the Sacristy Maureen Johnson, Ginny Thompson and
Rytis Simanskas, Jenny Hughes,Stuart Fox ,Andy Ling.
MISSIO BOXES I would be grateful if all red
box holders could bring in their boxes for the
spring count by this Sunday 22nd March. There
are several spare boxes if anyone else would like
to keep a box in their home to collect spare
change and help Mill Hill missionaries in other
countries share their faith and provide education
and health care where it is desperately needed.
MISSIO is the Holy Father's own charity with
the remit to sustain and build the Church
wherever it is young or too poor to be selfsufficient. Thank you. Mary Roberts 01432
278328.
London Marathon Runner. Katie Bythel, one
of our young parishioners, is to run the London
Marathon in aid of CLIC Sargent the Children’s
Cancer Charity. If you would like to donate or
sponsor her please use the envelopes provided
at the back of the Church and return via the
office. Thank you.
OTHER NOTICES
Churches Together in Hereford The annual
Good Friday ‘Walk of Witness’ will take place
on 3rd April, and starts at 10.30 am. Gather in
the new ‘Old Market Shopping Centre’ opposite
the Odeon Cinema and finish in High Town.
March 30th is the deadline for questions for the
parliamentary candidates who will form the
panel for the CTH Electoral Forum next month.
Ceilidh on the 21st March at St Nicholas
Church, 7 - 10 pm. Fun for all the Family.
CTiH Prayer Diary. Your prayers are asked on
Monday, for the Community of Bodenham
Chapel, Christian Fellowship.
And Finally next weekend the clocks go
forward 1 hour on Saturday Night
WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK
Mon 23rd March
2pm
21st -29th March
Parish Mission - Celebration Week
St. Anne's Guild. Presbytery
Sat 28th March
7.30pm
SFX Parish Social in Our Lady's
Church Hall.
WHAT'S COMING UP
Mon 30th March
2pm
St. Anne's Guild. Presbytery
Thu 16th April
7.30pm
Poetry for Pleasure. Presbytery
Fri 17th April
7.00 pm
Pilgrimage Meeting SFX
Annexe