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Notices and Reports
FIRST
COMMUNION
AND
CONFIRMATION CLASSES HAVE NOW
BEGUN - Please sign mass registers at
the back of the church.
FAITH IN THE FAMILY MEETING for all
parents of Catholic children - Next
meeting Tuesday 18th November. Those
who complete the course will receive a
Certificate of Parish Family Catechesis
(which may be useful for applications for
jobs and entries into Catholic institutions).
Baptism Preparation for Parents - The
next baptism preparation meeting is 4th
November and 9th December at 8pm in the
parish room.
Servers’ Practice and Club will meet on
Saturday 8th November at 9.15am and will
end at 10.45am. Teaching, training,
refreshments and games.
Pizza and Prayer this Saturday for our
younger post-confirmation group (6.30pm).
Parish Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Italy
leaves on Sunday at 8.15am from St
Ethelbert’s. Please pray for the pilgrims
traveling with Fr Marcus. Your intentions
will be remembered throughout.
Pugin reading group continues Friday
7th Novemberr in the parish room at 5pm.
Sodality of Mary - Junior Girls meet (in the
parish room) on Friday 7th November 5pm
- 6pm / Seniors meet on Saturday 8th
November 6.30 pm - 7.30pm. Planning
events for Advent & consecration to
Immaculate heart of Mary.
Catholic Family Day for all day this
Saturday (25th October) starting at
10.15am in the parish hall - in the evening
after the 5.30pm mass special books for
the family will be distributed.
A NEW PARISH MASS AT 9.30am on
Thursday mornings at St Ethelbert’s - Fr
Joseph of the Divine Retreat centre will
offer Mass at 12noon each Thursday at St
Augustine’s. Please use these opportunities
Adult Polish Catechesis in the parish hall
every Saturday from 6.30pm-7.15pm.
House Rosary: 31st October, 3.00 pm at
Noreen Bolder’s, 11 Whitehall Road. The
house rosary is open to all. A great opportunity
to pray the Holy Rosary in the homes of the
parish and occasionally in the churches. There
is always time for tea and a chat too.
Counterfeit Christs Ancient and Modern CONTINUES AFTER HALF TERM Monday at 8pm, 3rd November. Ancient
heresies and moderns sects such as
Mormonism and the Jehovahʼs Witnesses).
We pray for the sick: N. Wall, K. Burton, M.
Marjoram, A. Fell, M. McVie, M. Green, E.
Smalley, M. Clark, D. Power, A. Shelts, J.
Ribet, D. Hall, T. Webster, M. Stanley, P.
Knowler, T. Bowell, M. Clarke, A. Coldwell,
V. Adsett, M. Dufau, P. Ryan; E. Evans, A.
Mauren, Baby Emily Pelling, H. Russell, J.
Easter, F. Coyle, S. McCann, P. Turner, M.
Whalley, R. Stagg, P. Crole, M. Cotton, D.
Cliffe.
Dates for your Diary
1st/2nd November - All Saints
3rdNovember - All Souls
Responsorial Psalm:
I love you Lord, my
strength.
Please remember that we need to
promote ‘Care Not Killing’ for our sick
and elderly. Say ‘No’ to Euthanasia.
Priests - Fr Marcus Holden, Fr Stephen Haylett, Fr Andrzej Blazkiewicz Deacon - Rev Peter Brown Secretary Kay Roberts; Parish Assistants - Frank Vandervord; Safeguarding Officer - Kate Morgan; Parish Church,
Office & Presbytery, 72 Hereson Rd, Ramsgate, CT11 7DS, 01843 592071 (Polish07719170818)
[email protected]; St Mildred’s Priory, Minster Abbey, Minster, Ramsgate, CT12 4HF, 01843
821254; St Ethelbert’s School, Dane Park Rd, Ramsgate, CT11 7LS, 01843 585555
Parish of Ramsgate and Minster
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
This Week
Saturday
- Catholic Family Day
Sunday
- Parish Pilgrimage departs
Monday
- No Parish Catechesis
Tuesday
- Adoration (all day)
- Benediction (6pm)
Saturday
- All Saints Missa Cantata
Sunday
- Solemnity of All Saints
Mass Times & Confessions
St Ethelbert’s:
9.30am - Mon, Tue, Wed, Sat
7.30pm - Thursday and Friday
5.30pm - Saturday
10.00am and 12noon - Sunday
St Augustine’s:
12noon - Daily;
8.30am and 12noon - Sunday
Minster Abbey:
9.00am - Mon-Sat. 10am Sun
12.00pm - Wed (St Mary’s)
Confessions: Thurs/Fri 12.30
(St Aug’s); Sat 10 & 5- 6pm (St
Eth’s); Sun 9.45-10.30am (Eth’s)
And always on request.
Loving the family means being able to appreciate its
values and capabilities, fostering them always.
Loving the family means identifying the dangers and
the evils that menace it, in order to overcome them.
Loving the family means endeavoring to create for it
an environment favorable for its development. The
modern Christian family is often tempted to be
discouraged and is distressed at the growth of its
difficulties; it is an eminent form of love to give it
back its reasons for confidence in itself, in the riches
that it possesses by nature and grace, and in the
mission that God has entrusted to it. "Yes indeed,
the families of today must be called back to their
original position. They must follow Christ”. ST JOHN
PAUL II on the family (Familiaris Consortio)
COUNTERFEIT CHRISTS
Parish Services and Information
ANCIENT AND MODERN - OLD HERESIES,
N E W P E R M U TA T I O N S , N E W L A B E L S
MONDAYS 8PM
13TH, 20TH OCTOBER
3RD, 10TH NOVEMBER
IN THE ST ETHELEBERT’S PARISH HALL
(72 Hereson Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7DS)
A four week course with Fr Marcus Holden and Danielle Plant.
Provides a deeper understanding of God and Christ and
(crucially) our own sharing in the divine life. It will strengthen
and enhance our own devotional life. This is a course not just
about dusty 'who cares' doctrine. It is a subject that really
makes a difference. We will look at the heresies of the early
times and encounter modern cults and modern sects (such as
the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons) that surround us.
NOVEMBER APPROACHING - THE MONTH
FOR THE HOLY SOULS WHO HAVE DIED
PLEASE PLACE THE NAMES OF YOUR FRIENDS AND
FAMILY WHO HAVE DIED IN THE ENVELOPE FOR MASSES
AND PRAYERS TO BE SAID DURING THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER. NAMES WILL BE PLACED ON A LIST AND
READ OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF MASSES. PLEASE PUT
YOUR DONATION /STIPEND IN THE ENVELOPE IN THE
COLLECTION BASKET OR GIVE/POST IT TO THE PRIEST. IF
THERE ARE TOO MANY REQUESTS WE WILL CONTINUE
TO OFFER MASSES FOR THE HOLY SOULS THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR. PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN
INDIVIDUAL MASS FOR ONE PERSON BY FILLING IN THE
ORDINARY MASS INTENTION FORM. THESE OFFERINGS
CAN BE GIFT AIDED (PLEASE SIMPLY USE YOUR
NUMBER).
Special Masses for All Saints and All Souls
All Saints - 1st/2nd November
12noon 1st November at St Augustine’s
All Masses on 2nd November(transferred feast)
All Souls - 3rd November
9.30am - St Ethelbert’s
12noon - St Augustine’s (Latin)
6.30pm - St Augustine’s
6.30pm - St Ethelbert’s
7.30pm - St Ethelbert’s (Polish)
Blessing of Graves with Holy Water and
Prayers
Ramsgate Cemetery (Cecilia Rd) - Monday 3rd
November at 10.30am - start in cemetery carpark
St Augustine’s Cemetery - Monday 3rd
November after 12noon Mass and on Sunday 9th
November after 12noon Mass
St Ethelbert’s Small Ashes Burial Plots Monday 3rd at 10.15am after the 9.30am Mass
MASSES
Time & Location
Intention
Feast
Sunday
26th October
5.30 pm (Sat) Eth
08.30am
Aug
10.00am
Eth
12noon (Polish) Eth
12noon(LatinOF)Aug
Norman Cotton RIP
McGlaughlin Family, living
Margaret Walley
Thirtieth
Sunday
(A)
Pro Populo
Monday
27th October
12.00pm
Aug
Tuesday
28th October
9.30am
12.00 noon
Eth
Aug
Wednesday
29th October
9.30am (OF)Latin Eth James
12.00noon
Aug Pelosi intention
12.00noon
SM
Feria
Thursday
30th October
9.30am
12.00pm
7.30pm
Feria
Friday
31st October
12.00pm(OF Latin) Aug
7.30pm (Polish) Eth
Forgotten Souls in Purgatory
Saturday
1st November
9.30am
12.00 noon
5.30pm
LATIN SUNG MASS - ALL SAINTS
Mrs. L. Mayne RIP
Sunday
2nd November
9.30am
08.30am
10.00am
12 (Polish)
12 (Latin EF)
Eth
Eth
Aug
Eth
Eth
Aug
Eth
Aug
Eth
Eth
Aug
St Augustine’s: open for visitors
10.00am-4.00pm every day.
Exposition/Adoration: At St Ethelbert’s
Mon-Fri 8.30-9.15am; Tues 10am-6pm
(Rosary from 9.10am); At St Augustine’s
on Thurs 12.30-1pm; At Minster Abbey
(8pm-8.45pm every day except Wed&Sun)
‘Mothers’ Prayers’ every 2nd Tues of the
month. ‘Padre Pio prayer group’ every 4th
Tues (both at 7pm in parish room).
Donna & family, happiness & wellbeing
Private intention
Feria
Martin Hennessy RIP
Ss Simon
and Jude
Betty Thompson FM
Feria
Pro Populo
P. O Connell
All Saints
(Latin Mass
St
Augustine’s)
All Saints
House Rosary: 31st October, 3.00 pm at
Noreen’s, 11 Whitehall Road.
Prayer candles: Norman Cotton, RIP; David
Cliffe; Mary Roberts, RIP;
Parish Surgery takes place in the parish room
at St Ethelbert’s on Friday 6pm-7.30pm.
Last Sunday: Mass numbers were 515 1st
collection: £659.39 (excluding Minster)
2nd
collection: £252.65 The second collection this
week is for urgent parish building fund.