St Patrick s (Woolston, SO19 9BD) & Annunciation (Netley, SO31 5BW) Parishes Southampton East Area, Diocese of Portsmouth, Registered Charity 246871 Phone 023 8044 8671, Email: [email protected]. www.ckscolasb.org.uk Parish Priest: Fr. Claro V. Conde, Parish Administrator: Deacon Peter Silsbury, (Tel. 02380 477158) Mrs. Marion Patient, parish registrar (11am – 1:00pm Mondays and Tuesdays) Safeguarding Reps: Barbara Reed, Coleen Smith & Anne Patient (02380 448 671) For emergency calls please txt 07803191502 29th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – 19th October 2014 WELCOME! Failte! Witajcie! Willkommen, Merhba! Mabuhay! Nno! EnnaVishayam! Bienvenidos! स्वागत (Svāgat) ahlan wa sahlan ‫ أهًال و سهًال‬, Selamat dating COME & WORSHIP WITH US SATURDAY VIGIL Mass: 6 pm (St Patrick’s) SUNDAY 9am Mass Annunciation (Netley Abbey) 11am Mass & Baptism St. Patrick’s (Woolston) Confessions before the Masses 20th October Monday Feria 11.00am Funeral Mass: Anne Renouf (St. Patrick’s) 21st October Tuesday Feria 9:30am Mass (Annunciation) 22nd October Wednesday Feria 9.30 am Mass (St. Patrick) Tea and Coffee afterwards 23rd October Thursday St John of Capestrahno 9:30 Service (St. Patrick) 24th October Friday St Anthony Claret 9:30am Service (Annunciation) MASS COUNT AT ALL MASSES IN OCTOBER INTENTIONS for October: Mark Angeline rip; Anne Renouf rip; Ken Anderson rip; George O’Brien rip; Paul Howe rip; Margaret Redpath rip; Gemma Champion rip (26 Oct); Bill Clothier rip (25 Oct) Josephine Zammit rip (30th Anni. 31st Oct) BIRTHDAYS: Alba Natalias Robins (20 Oct); Piotr Breudzel (21 Oct); Mary Hannant (22 Oct); Mollie May Bartlett (22 Oct); Deanna Reed (22 Oct) SAVE TREES. You can have the newsletter sent by email. Let us know. Reduce our Carbon Footprint PASTOR’S CORNER Today we formally enrol our 1st Holy Communion Candidates. There are more than 30 of them. Let us welcome them. We welcome their parents or guardians who will be tutored by our parish volunteer catechists so that they will learn, appreciate and receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist will great and deep faith. On Wednesday, 22 October is the feast of St. John Paul II who was canonised by Pope Francis last year. The Polish community of our parish is leading an honour to him as his portrait will be offered during this Sunday’s mass. Today is the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI that will take place today at the conclusion of the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the family. Southampton East Pastoral Area is now part of the Southampton Deanery which includes Southampton Central and West. The Dean is Msgr. Canon Vincent Harvey. The concept of the Deanery is to help in evangelisation and coordinate our efforts. Remember! Clocks go back on Saturday night. God Bless, Fr. Claro BAPTISMS in October: Sienna & Kara West (26 Oct). MASS FOR THE BEREAVED. This year’s Mass will be on Tuesday 11th November at St Patricks Church 7.30 pm. While praying for ALL those who have died, there will be an opportunity for everyone present to light a candle in remembrance of their own loved one. If you wish to do so will you please fill in one of the forms to be found at the back of the church, printing the name clearly so that it can be read out in the Litany for the Dead. PASTORAL AREA NEWSLETTER for October see website www.ckscolasb.org.uk Sign up for Portsmouth Diocese E-News: www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Recently died: Father Paul Spellman, priest of the Diocese of Portsmouth, who died this evening, Monday 13th October. Details of the funeral arrangements will follow in due course. FINANCE AND FUND RAISING Second collection next weekend : Bamenda St Patrick total: £739.89 Loose plates: £98.11; Envelopes: £315.55; Raffle: £13.00; Candles: £81.12; CAFOD: £5.00; Foreign Missions: £107.11; NAS: £120.00 Standing Order for August £675.50 The Annunciation total: £328.67 Loose plates: £47.00; Envelopes: £37.00; CAFOD: £5.00; B&M Loose plate: £48.87; B&M Envelopes: £12.00; Fundraising draw: £154.00; Lottery: £24.80 Standing Order for August £673.18 Important Notice Standing Orders The majority of Offertory Giving is now by Standing Order. This makes counting quicker & avoids people searching for loose change to put in the bag on Sunday Morning. If you would like to set up a Standing Order (which we can claim Gift Aid if you are a tax payer) please speak to Irene Chapman or Peter Chilton or Fr. Claro. FOR GIFT AID Donation scheme please contact Irene Chapman (Woolston) or Peter Chilton (Netley) LEGACY: PLEASE REMEMBER the PARISH and the MISSIONS in Your WILL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. TRAINING for CATECHISTS and LAY LEADERS led by the Dominican Sisters of St. Joseph Sat. 22nd Nov. 10 am—1 pm St Edward’s Church Hall Chandler’s Ford SO53 2DU. Optional workshop till 3 pm. Bring a packed lunch. Book online www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk or call 01590 681 874 CaFE series “Strength to Strength”. There are just two weeks left in the popular CaF E series.Next 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. The fifth talk in the six week series is on Wednesday 22nd October 7.30 pm9.15 pm At Christ the King and St Colman’s parish hall Commercial Street Bitterne SO18 5EG. Please come along and enjoy the company of other parishioners as we listen and share together and learn to depen our prayer life. Refreshments provided. Please note that the date for the Carol Service has been set for Sunday 21st December, 4pm at the Annunciation. There is a team of parishioners planning the service, publicity, refreshments etc. More details to follow nearer the time for the newsletter. Thanks Anne 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] QUIZ NIGHT – ST PATRICKS. Saturday 25th October from 7 pm in St Patrick’s Hall. Ham, Cheese or Quiche Ploughmans supper included. Bring your own drinks. Tickets £7.00 now available from Saturday evening St Patrick’s – Anne Jack; Sunday St Patrick’s – Sylvia Morton and Sunday Netley – Maureen Herring. RCIA. Are you thinking about becoming a Catholic or do you know someone who is? Would you like to explore the faith? …then come along to the RCIA programme Tuesdays at St Patricks 7 pm. If you would like further information please speak with Deacon Peter. Readers’ Course: Readers please make a note of this date: Tuesday 2 December for a revision course at Immaculate Conception in Portswood. If you are new to the parish, or if you have not let us have your details before, please fill in one of the ‘new parishioner’ forms in the porch, and post it through the presbytery door. Also, if you move within the parish or out of the parish, please let us know .Thank you. DISCLAIMER: The parish is not responsible for whatever transactions the advertisers have to anybody who responds to this advert.