Immaculate Conception Church Within the Pastoral Area of Southampton East 346 Portswood Road, Southampton, SO17 3SB Tel: (023) 8055 5470 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.catholic-portswood.org.uk Twitter: @ic_portswood Sun 19 Oct 2014 Mon 20 Oct Tue 21 Oct Wed 22 Oct Thu 23 Oct Fri 24 Oct Sat 25 Oct Sun 26 Oct 29th Sunday of the Year Year A Mass in Spanish 30th Sunday of the Year 8.30am 10.30am 10am 10am 10am 10am 5.30pm 8.30am 10.30am Parish Priest: Fr Antony Gatt (8055 5470) Hospital Chaplain: Fr Michael Cronin (8079 8517) University Chaplain: Sr Catherine Cruz (8059 4622) Hall Bookings: Anne Brady (8055 9487) Safeguarding Officer: Pat Saunders (8044 2189) Confessions: Saturday at 10.30am after morning Mass Rosary: said weekdays, starting 25 mins before Mass + Catherine White + Maureen Townshend No Service + Mary & John McCaffrey + Gwen Durkin + + + + Kath Murray + World Mission Sunday: Today the Holy Father invites all Catholics to contribute to a special collection for Missio, his official charity for overseas mission. Your prayers and donations today will support the work of missionaries and young churches as they share faith, build churches and provide healthcare and education, often in difficult and dangerous circumstances. The World Mission Sunday collection will go in its entirety to support mission projects worldwide that bring God’s love and message of dignity for all. Please give what you can; every gift makes a real difference to people living in poverty who are yearning to hear the Good News of God’s love for them. Fr Paul: As many of you will already know, we were saddened to hear this week that Fr Paul had died. Fr Antony has contacted the diocese and suggested that as this was Fr Paul’s last parish, it would be fitting that his funeral takes place here. The diocese has accepted this suggestion. He gave the diocese the contact details of Lawrence funeral directors. When the date, time etc., have been arranged, we will send an email and place notices on the church door. However, it will probably take a week or two before the funeral is arranged. May he rest in peace. 2015 Calendar: Next year our church will be celebrating its 60th year. As part of the activities to celebrate this we are putting together a 2015 calendar. If you have any photos taken over the last 60 years at the church and you would like them to be considered for inclusion in the calendar please submit them to Rosemary in the parish office. You can submit them either electronically or hard copies. Please ensure any hard copies have your details so that we can return them to you. All proceeds from the calendar will be for the building fund. Any queries please contact Anastasia Hola!! Please join us for the first Mass to be delivered in the Spanish Language which will be held on Saturday 25 October at 5.30pm. This will be a good opportunity to bring together all the Spanish Speaking Community of Southampton and pray to the Lord. (NB there will be no morning mass on Saturday)  Remember! Clocks go back on Saturday night. One World Week 19-26 October This year's theme for One World Week, LIVING DIFFERENTLY, recognises that we all need to make changes now to secure a fairer, more satisfying life for everyone whilst protecting the planet's resources for future generations. Three simple steps can help to break the chains of the current food supply systems, consumer habits and money markets that damage the environment and communities worldwide. Together we can make the change by:  Sourcing food differently  Reducing wastefulness  Using money ethically to support the changes we want to see. The World Development Movement invites us to join in the fight for economic justice and an end to global poverty. Christmas Fair 2014 Saturday, 22 November There are now boxes in the porch for your donations, and we would be very grateful for:  Items for the hamper  Items for a "Silent Auction" - unwanted gifts, donations  Items for the Bottle Tombola and Gift Tombola – a bottle from every family would be great  Toys and Books in ‘as new’ condition please  Raffle prizes for the Grand Draw  Items for the Craft Stall – knitting, sewing ... Help -If you would like to help in any way, please give your name and telephone number to Rosemary or Carole [email protected]. Pre- Christmas sale on Sunday 2 November to include good quality toys, craft (orders taken), jewellery, and Parish Christmas Cards Raffle Tickets are on sale today Birthdays: Hollie-Anne Flecknell, Sebaztien Naguna, Yasmin Bown, Katherine Arden-Jones Medieval Southampton: Part 2 of the talk about First Holy Communion 2015: A further reminder Medieval Southampton is this afternoon at 3pm in our church hall. £5 a ticket, to include light refreshments. Proceeds to the IC Building fund. that if your child is in school Year 3 or above, registered in our Parish and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2015, please contact the Parish Office to register your interest by Friday 14 November, giving your child’s name, address, date of birth and date of Baptism (email [email protected] or ‘phone 023 8055 5470) and come to a meeting on Sunday 16 November after 10.30am Mass when application forms will be given out . CaFE series ‘Strength to Strength’: There are just two weeks left in the popular CaFE series “Strength to Strength’. This week David Payne will be talking to us on the subject of ‘Lord teach us to pray’. This series is designed to help us with our daily prayer life, to renew ourselves each day with prayer as nourishment for our soul and to live our faith in our daily lives. This fifth talk is on Wednesday 22 October, 7.30 to 915pm at Christ the King & St. Colman’s parish hall, Bitterne. Please come along and enjoy the company of other parishioners as we listen and share together and learn to deepen our prayer life. www.faithcafe.org/collections/strength-to-strength Readers’ Course: Readers please make a note of this New Deanery: Southampton East Pastoral Area is now part of the Southampton Deanery which includes Southampton Central and West. The Dean is Mgr Canon Vincent Harvey. The concept of the Deanery is to help in evangelisation and coordinate our efforts. Lift needed: If anyone could occasionally provide a lift Ministers of the Eucharist training course: The final to Sissi Racz and Baby Zane to the Sunday 10.30 am mass from Lordshill, please get in touch on 07595 435695. (Fuel costs will be paid.) Many thanks! session is this Tuesday, 21 October, at 7.30pm. Alya: Grateful thanks from Alya Dawood who returned Remembering those who have died in conflict /war/terrorism: A reminder to return a form by 1st to her family in Dahuk City in Northern Iraq. She is truly appreciative of the care and friendship that was shown to her by Fr Antony and fellow parishioners while at the University of Southampton. She asks for our continued prayers for her very troubled country. date: Tuesday 2 December for a revision course. November if you wish a family member (civilian or military) to be entered in the Book of Remembrance. For info, please speak to Mary Gobbi. Diocesan Youth Retreat: Believe@Bournemouth; Young people aged 16 to 30 are warmly invited to this year’s diocesan youth retreat which takes place from Friday 31 October, 5pm, to Sunday 2 November, 2pm, at St Peter’s School, Bournemouth. Young people themselves lead this retreat, as Pope Francis said: “The best instrument to evangelise young people is other young people.” The retreat is ideal for post-Confirmation teenagers and will include engaging talks on the essentials of Catholic faith, Mass and opportunities for Confession, workshops and discussion groups, and time for participants to meet and socialise with other young Catholics. Last year, over 100 young people from around the diocese participated in this retreat. Bishop Philip will celebrate Mass during the weekend. To book your place, email [email protected] The suggested donation is £60 waged, £45 students. More details from Will Hince 07780221686. www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/youth. Voice in the Desert: Saturday 15 November, 10:30am – 4pm. If you are aged between year 8 – young adult, we warmly invite you to join us for our preparation event for National Youth Sunday 2014! The day will kick-start with a performance from award-winning theatre group, TenTen theatre, and will involve workshops on everything from drama to music to spiritual survival. The day will build towards our final Mass, which will be celebrated by Bishop Philip. Cost: £10. Venue: Saint George Catholic College, Leaside Way, Swaythling, SO16 3DQ. Bookings and more info: Will Hince 07780221686 [email protected] Office hours this week: Because of visitors, Rosemary is not sure when she will be in the office. If you need to speak to her, please phone home (8055 6651) and leave a message if necessary. Money!  Main collection last Sunday: Cash in basket £351.29; Cash in Gift Aid envelopes (inc tax) £136.87; Standing orders (inc tax): £630.93  Donated to CAFOD at Kate O’Shea’s funeral: £1249  The second collection today is for Missio  There is no second collection next week  CAFOD cake stall on 5 October: £134.74 How is CAFOD responding to Ebola? “Our Church partners are urgently scaling up their response to the crisis, and aim to reach two million people over the coming weeks. Their work includes: Raising awareness: Many communities do not have access to accurate information on Ebola, or hygiene facilities to protect themselves. Our partners are working with priests and imams to spread the word about hand-washing and safe sanitation, and to distribute hygiene kits. Providing safe burials: Ebola can spread through contact with the bodies of people who have died from the disease, so our partners are training priests and communities to carry out safe burials. Supplying food: As the spread of Ebola widens, the day to day task of buying or stocking food is becoming more challenging. Farmers have been unable to work together to harvest their crops, prices have risen, and food is becoming scarce in districts that have been quarantined. We plan to make sure vulnerable families in Sierra Leone and Liberia have enough food. We would be very grateful for prayers for our partners and all the communities affected. If you would like to find out more about the work of our partners and how to support it, please visit cafod.org.uk/ebola”