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]
During Ordinary Time We are invited to pray for The Spread
of the Gospel, the Harvest, the fruits of Human Work and the
Reverent use of Creation; justice and peace in the World; all
victims of war; young people, prisoners and their families.
Readings for this week
MASSES and INTENTIONS
Intention
Day
Date
Time
Celebration
Sat
18th
10.30am
N.B. No Morning
Mass or Confessions
Sat
18th
6.00pm
(Fr Joseph)
Sun
19th
8.00am
(Fr Richard)
Sun
19th
10.00am
(Fr Richard)
Sun
19th
3.00pm
Baptism - David & Alexandra Vlaicu
Mon
20th
9.15am
Morning Prayer &
Holy Communion
Tue
21st
NO PUBLIC MASS
Wed
22nd
9.15am
SFX School - Year 5
Wed
22nd
1.00pm
ST. JOHN-PAUL II
Family Int. (M.L.)
Thu
23rd
9.15am
St. John of
Capestrano, Priest
Holy Souls
Fri
24th
1.00pm
St. Anthony, Mary
Claret, Bishop
Martin Gudge
R.I.P.
Fri
24th
6.30pm
Trad. Rite
Holy Souls
Sat
25th
10.30am
Votive Memorial of
Our Lady
Clark Int.
(Vigil) 30th Sunday
of the year
Monda Symonds
Sat
25th
6.00pm
Sun
26th
8.00am
Sun
26th
10.00am
Sun
26th
12.15pm
Sunday
(Vigil) 29th Sunday
of the year
6.00 pm
P.I. (Payne)
Psalter week
1
Extraordinary Ministers
of the Eucharist
Ministers of the Word
Frances Hetterley
Kathy Weston
Angela Holmes
Helen Booth
Jane Gennard
The Parish
29th Sunday of the
year
Year A
Sybil Prout
8.00 am
10.00am
Patricia Mills
Michael Elliot-Smith
Carola Morton
Vera McHale
Andy Milne
Offertory for Last Week - Thank you
Fr. M. Intention
30th Sunday of the
year
The Parish
Trad. Rite
Vocations
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Saturday 11.00 am - 12.00 noon and at call
Lately Dead:
Peter Cole
Remembrance:
Rita Edwards
Maria Carmela Criasia
Anne McManus
Malcolm Clark
Norman John Hunt
Sheelagh Schofield
Carol Joyce
1st
Running of the Parish
£566.83
2nd
Renovation
£334.95
Standing Orders
£339.75
PARISH NOTICES
We welcome into God’s Family David & Alexandra
Vlaicu who will be Baptised this Sunday at 3.00pm.
World Mission Sunday This Weekend is World
Mission Sunday and the retiring collection (collectors
please note) is one of only three Papal Collections.
Over 1000 Catholic dioceses overseas need our help.
Annual Mass Count. Week 3 Would all collectors
please count the number of Mass-goers (including
servers and choir) and then put totals on the sheet in
the Sacristy. Thank you
Guild of St Anne Meeting 2.00pm Monday 20th
October in the Presbytery.
The Lunch Club will meet on Monday 20th October
at 12.00 noon in the Parish Library. New Members
always welcome. Details from Jay Boodhoo 263138
Parish Mission - the theme for our
Parish Mission, next Lent, is
"Renewing Faith, Spreading Joy".
We also have a Mission Prayer, so
now is a good time to start praying
for the success of the mission - if you haven't already done
so.
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.
MESSAGE FROM ST FRANCIS XAVIER’S
SCHOOL - ADMISSIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2015.
We will be having two open day sessions on Tuesday 11th
November at 2 pm and Wednesday 26th November at
9.30 am. Prospective parents for September 2015 are
welcome to attend either session and there is no need to
book.
PILGRIMAGE TO FRANCE UPDATE We now have
sufficient numbers to ensure the viability of the
pilgrimage. There are still a few seats left! Deposits paid
will be processed and no further payments are required at
present. Further details and news of meeting will follow
in due course. Any queries contact John/Mary Cook: Tel:
01432 850231 E-mail: [email protected]
Envelopes for the November Dead List are now
available at the back of the church. Place the names of
your deceased loved ones in the envelope and Mass will
be offered for them during November,. Include the usual
offering and return as soon as possible. Thank you.
Annexe Refurbishment During work on the roof of
the Annexe there will be no access to the disabled W.C.
Boyan Ensemble. There will be a concert performed here
in the Church by our good friends from Kiev next
Wednesday 22nd October at 7.30pm. Tickets from
Outback Records 01432 275063.
Parish Advisory Council. Please note that the next
PAC Meeting will be: Thursday 6th November 2014
in the Presbytery at 7.15 pm.
Telephone Prayer Line Further details from Eileen
MacGregor (01432) 352915 or Meg Furber (01432)
264560.
Parish Census. IMPORTANT NOTICE We need to
keep track of changes to our Parish Data Base. Please
return your Census Card as soon as possible and by
the end of October at the latest. It is vital that no-one
who considers themselves a Catholic and a parishioner
of St Francis Xavier’s is omitted. Thank you
Ministers of the Word and Extraordinary Ministers of
the Eucharist. Please let Paul in the office have any dates
in November or December that you are not available.
Prayer and Bible Study Group Friday, 10-11am
Petal’s Place. Ring 344218.
29th Week in Ordinary Time II 20th–25th October
2014
Feast Days Pope St. John Paul II 22nd October.
(In Wales) Six Welsh Martyrs & Their Companions
25th October
For the whole of this week’s daily 1st Weekday Mass
Readings, we will be listening, like Paul, to all the
good things the Lord has done for us.
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In Luke’s Gospel passages this week, we find Jesus
battling against his jealous enemies, still trying to
catch him out. We may find ourselves in such a
condition but we just have to keep on in our Journey
in Faith knowing that the Holy Spirit will never let
us down.
Some memorable statements:
If you keep the faith, ‘you will be built into a house
where God lives, in the Holy Spirit’.
So some of us, the gift was to be apostles, ‘If we live
by the truth and in love, we shall all grow in all ways
into Christ, who is the Head by whom the whole
body is fitted and joined together … … So the body
forms until it has built itself up in love’. Petal.
Fairtrade Goods Sale next Weekend 25/26th Oct.
After all Masses.
Christmas Fair 6th December Shirehall. Just
under 2 months to go to the ‘Big Day’ and we write
to tell you about what you can do to help us make
the Fair a success. As usual we shall need ‘Bric-aBrac’, books cakes, bottles, anything ‘Red or Green’,
toys quality goods and clothing. You can either bring
them to the church and leave in the Sacristy or ring
for collection 266435. Nearer the time we will be
asking for donations for the hampers. Let’s pray that
this year will be as good as last year. Many thanks
Pat Maclean.
And Finally don’t forget to put your clock back
1 hour next Saturday 25th October.
WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK
Please Pray For The Sick:
Joan Sheeran
Antoinette Perrot
Pat Morris
Pat Franklin
Catherine Rollings
Vince Hanna
Peter Gunter
Brian Daw
Jean Goldrick
Maureen Toner
Cynthia Barnett
Terry Goldrick
Winnie Doran
Flo Brown
Fr. Antony
Pat Clark
Alison Alder
Sheila Fawcett
Beryl Swain
Rhys Clement
Angela Rosier
Sarah Stansbury
Please let the office know if you wish to be added to the sick list
or feel that you no longer need to be included
Would the following Parishioner(s) collect mail from
the Sacristy - Stuart/Lucy Fox, Frank Kelly and Dyana
Martinez.
Mon 20th Oct
12.00 noon
Lunch Club Parish Library
Mon 20th Oct
2.00pm
St. Annes Guild Meeting. Library.
Wed 22nd Oct
7.30pm
Boyan Ensemble
WHAT'S COMING UP
Mon 20th Oct
12.00
noon
Lunch Club Parish Library
Mon 20th Oct
2.00pm
St. Annes Guild Meeting. Library.
Sat 1st Nov
7.30pm
Hereford Chamber Choir
Thu 6th Nov
7.15pm
PAC meeting. Presbytery
Sat 22 Nov
7.30 pm
Neath Male Voice Choir