Saint Thomas More Catholic Parish Church, Towcester PARISH PRIEST: The Rev. Dr. B.C.P. Killeen, 1 Meeting Lane, Towcester, NN12 6JX Tel: (01604) 768483 & (01327) 359151 PARISH WEBSITE: www.saint-thomas-more.com [Northampton General Hospital - Please tell the Cathedral staff if you or a relative are going in - Tel: (01604) 714556] Sunday 12th October 2014 - 28th Sunday of the Year Sat. 11 Sun. 12 Mon. 13 Tue. 14 Wed. 15 Fri. 17 Sat. 18 Sun. 19 4.45pm-5.15pm 5.30pm 10am-10.45am 11am After Mass 5pm-7pm 9.30am 8pm 8pm-9pm 9.30am 9.30am 2.30pm 4.45pm-5.15pm 5.30pm 11am After Mass 12.30pm (A) Confessions & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Vigil Mass (Int: People of the Parishes) First Communion Class Mass (Int: Pat Kershaw Anniv.) Refreshments in the Lombard Room Inspired Youth Group - all welcome - please see below Mass St. Edward the Confessor (Int: Tom Griffin) SVP Meeting Julian Meeting - Contemplative Prayer - all welcome! Mass St. Teresa of Avila (Int: Mrs. Gheney RIP) Mass St. Ignatius of Antioch (Int: Eric Gunn RIP) Baptism & Confirmation of Joseph Fitzgerald Confessions & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Vigil Mass for 29th Sunday of the Year (Int: Derek Duncan Anniv.) Mass with Baptism of Beatrice Fox (Int: William Bradley Anniv.) Refreshments in the Lombard Room Baptism of Vlake & Vree Kebeng REPOSITORY & LIBRARY - In the Lombard Room. Cards & small gifts available. See the display of new items! REFRESHMENTS AFTER 11AM MASS - To help, please sign up on list. Proceeds go to local work of our SVP. BISHOP PETER - Thank you to everybody who made Bishop Peter so welcome. He thoroughly enjoyed his visit. FIRST COMMUNION - Class 10am to 10.45am this Sunday (12th). A list of dates is available. CONFIRMATION - Please take a form from the back of church and return it completed through my letterbox as soon as possible. Confirmation candidates should be in at least school Year 5. Details of classes will soon be available. INSPIRED YOUTH GROUP - Meeting here this Sunday (12th), 5pm-7pm. For all of secondary school age. CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP - Meeting at Hunsbury this Monday (13th), 7.30pm-9pm. All welcome! RETREAT DAY - ‘Your personal encounter with Christ’. A day of teaching & silent prayer led by Catholic evangelist Derek Williams. Here Saturday 25th Oct, 9.30am-4pm. Drinks provided but please bring a packed lunch. CHILDREN’S LITURGY - As a rule of thumb, the minimum age for Children’s Liturgy is four. Once they begin preparation for First Holy Communion they no longer go out. Obviously flexibility is required for parents with children of varying ages. Please note that the Children’s Liturgy is an act of worship based on simplified readings of the Mass; as opposed to a crèche. Many thanks! CHOIR - Singing at the Sunday 11am Mass on: Nov 9th, Nov 30th, Jan 25th, Feb 22nd, Mar 29th, [also the Triduum from Apr 2nd to 4th], Apr 26th, May 17th, June 7th, June 28th. Practices beforehand at 10.20am. Also, there will be practices at 7.45pm on the following Thursdays: Oct 23rd & 30th; Nov 6th, 20th & 27th; Jan 15th & 22nd; Feb 12th & 19th; Mar 5th, 19th & 26th; Apr 16th & 23rd; May 7th, 14th & 28th; June 4th, 18th & 25th. Newcomers welcome! FOLK GROUP - The Folk Group will be playing at the following Sunday 11am Masses: Oct 12 th, Nov 2nd, Nov 23rd, Dec 14th, [also the 5.30pm Children’s Christmas Eve Mass], Jan 11th, Feb 8th, Mar 8th, Apr 12th, May 10th, June 14th, July 12th. There will be practices beforehand at 10am. All musicians and singers are most welcome! THE BIG SLEEP - On October 24th Chris Nikel of our Folk Group will be sleeping out at Spitalfields Market to raise money for Street Child United. He can be sponsored at www.justgiving.com/Chris-Nikel1 SHARED SERVICE - Thanks to everyone who came to the service, as well as the refreshments and AGM afterwards. PARISH PRAYER LINE - Please pray for those who are unwell, especially Christopher Browne, Michael Ingram, Duncan Robinson, Mirek Pindelsky, Helen Betts, Bridget O’Dwyer, Alison McClements, Sue Fortune, Daniel Souster, Ray Lindsay, David Foster, Mgr. Anthony Bickerstaffe, Margaret Steele, Bet Rodwell, Rebecca Breese, Angela Tilley, Julia Beagley, Sam Boothby, Gail Comerford, Francis Steele, Trevor Hopkins, Bob Jones, Lizzie Jones, Pat Landergan, Joanne Adams, Mike Scott, Mike Day, Tony Lochmullar, Myra Gannon Dwyer, Margaret Griffiths, Ginfranco Cataldi, Anne Howard, Margery Burnett, Alice Neate, Catherine Dickinson, Stephen Hewitt, Maurice Roll, Mike Greenhalgh and Mary Mahony. ALSO, we pray for those who have died, in particular Pat Kershaw, Eric Gunn and Irene Nikel. Saints Francis & Therese Catholic Parish Church, Northampton PARISH PRIEST: The Rev. Dr. B.C.P. Killeen, Ss. Francis & Therese Church, Overslade Close, East Hunsbury, Northampton, NN4 0RZ Tel: (01604) 768483 PARISH WEBSITE: www.ss-francis-and-therese.org.uk PARISH SISTER: Sr. Margaret Walsh DHS [Northampton General Hospital - Please tell the Cathedral staff if you or a relative are going in - Tel: (01604) 714556] Sunday 12th October 2014 - 28th Sunday of the Year Sat. 11 Sun. 12 Mon. 13 Tue. 14 Wed. 15 Thur. 16 Sat. 18 Sun. 19 9.30am 10am-10.30am 11.30am 6.30pm-7pm 7pm 9.30am After Mass 6pm 2.30pm 7.30pm-9pm 9.30am 7pm-8.30pm 7.30pm 9.30am 9.30am 10am-10.30am 11.30am 6.30pm-7pm 7pm 9.30am After Mass After Mass (A) Mass Our Lady (Int: Alan & Gavin Hill RIP) Confessions Baptism of Antonina Aptapska Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Vigil Mass (Int: Special Intention) Mass (Int: Mike Senior birthday) Refreshments in the O’Donnell Room Shared Service - please see below - all welcome! Funeral Mass for Rita Narramore Charismatic Prayer Group - all welcome! Mass Feria (Int: Special Intention) Spiritus Music Group Practice [Tuesday - not Wednesday!] Pastoral Area Council Meeting Mass Feria (Int: Johnny O’Keeffe RIP) Mass Feast of St. Luke (Int: Special Intention) Confessions Baptism of Shai Baker Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Vigil Mass for 29th Sunday (Int: Alphonse Knapp Anniv.) Mass (Int: Brendan Byrne RIP) Refreshments in the O’Donnell Room First Communion & Confirmation Classes - until 11.30am REPOSITORY & LIBRARY - In the O’Donnell Room. Cards & small gifts available. BISHOP PETER - Thank you to everybody who made Bishop Peter so welcome. He thoroughly enjoyed his visit. SHARED SERVICE - Here this Sunday (12th) at 6pm with other local Christians. Please come along! INSPIRED YOUTH GROUP - Meeting this Sunday (12th), 5pm-7pm, at Towcester. For all of secondary school age. JULIAN MEETING - At Towcester this Tuesday (14th), 8pm-9pm. Contemplative prayer. All welcome! FIRST COMMUNION & CONFIRMATION - Classes next Sunday (19th) after Mass until 11.30am. RETREAT DAY - ‘Your personal encounter with Christ’. A day of teaching & silent prayer led by Catholic evangelist Derek Williams. Towcester Saturday 25th Oct, 9.30am-4pm. Drinks provided but bring a packed lunch. KEYBOARD PLAYER - A very big ‘thank you’ to both Amy and Laura for playing the keyboard for the Spiritus Music Group. They are now both at university. I am sure they will play for us when they are at home. However, in the meantime we are looking for any volunteers to replace them. If you are interested have an informal chat with Alan, either at the end of the 9.30am Mass or on 07756639199. Thank you! SPIRITUS MUSIC GROUP - Practices 7pm-8.30pm on: Tuesday 14th Oct, Wed 12th Nov and Wed 17th Dec. Then playing on Sundays: 19th Oct, 16th Nov, 21st Dec (with practices beforehand at 8.45am). WORLD WAR I - This Tuesday (14th) at 7pm Dr. James Hagerty will be giving a talk at the Cathedral entitled ‘Catholic Military Chaplains in the First World War’. PARISH PRAYER LINE - Please pray for those who are unwell, especially David Lewis, Mark Metcalfe, Samuel Dixon, Lawrence Eastbury, Yvonne Liddy, Sadie Hill, Elsie Robinson, Oli Roberts, Mary Baran, José Fernandez, Dennis Vaughan, Jean Harrison, Francis Beatty, Carmelina Fernandes, Michael Hogg, Julian Lee, Jacob Murphy, Emily Wheeler, Michael Robinson, Carol Robinson, Louisa Crilly, Bernadette Eymard, Waldemar Alvarez, Dora Andreoli, Michael Moore, Richard Mannion, Laura Martinez, Josephine Fordham, Michelle Clinton, Trinidad Terana, Sheila Harrington, Joseph Nickson, John Knox, Sean Willis, Pat Griffin, Tristan Dixon, John McQuillan, Dave Carson, Pam Garrett, Anne Smithson, Bernard McDonnell, Reg Warwick, Kevin Daly, Richard Manton, Eileen Moon, Diane Tompkins, Sister Margaret, James Tallon, Anne-Marie Campbell, Violet Sweeney, Mary Jones, Catherine Dickinson, Johana Williams, Patricia Chisholm, Sarah Bryan and Joan Larkin. ALSO, we pray for those who have died, in particular Rita Narramore, Brendan Byrne, Johnny O’Keeffe and Alan & Gavin Hill.
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