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Connect2 Steering Group
Flowers for November
There will be a meeting for the Connect2
steering group in the Parish Centre this
coming Thursday 13th Nov at 7.30 pm.
Any one else is welcome to attend.
The flowers in front of the Sacred Heart
Statue have been provided by Mary Mason
for the Holy Souls for November.
Christmas Entertainment
After the Masses this weekend to celebrate
Remembrance Sunday the WW1 Banner on
the Sanctuary will be removed and replaced
with the Banner of the Angelus as we
approach Advent and Christmas.
Sunday 7th December at 7 pm.
The young Singers present: ’A Christmas
Story’ a retelling of the Birth of Jesus
through Song and Narration.
After the interval, when mulled wine and
mince pies will be served, the adults invite
you to their Pantoland Christmas Party,
with a few familiar characters and the usual
Christmas songs and carols to get you in
the mood for Christmastime.
Tickets on sale
Adults £7.00
Under 15: £4.00
Including mince pies and mulled wine
Change of Banner
Sacred Heart RC Church, Rochdale
and
Parish Centre
Kingsway, Rochdale. OL16 5BX
December 25th 2011
Christmas
Tel: 01706 645603
Parish Priest - Father David O’ Kane
November 9th 2014 Issue 640
Business is brisk
In the last fortnight: all boilers have been
serviced - security lights all serviced security cameras, of which there are 15,
have been checked and will be updated
with new lenses and the fire extinguishers
etc in the parish centre have been serviced so we are ready for the winter !
Rehearsals
Sean was busy
Young Singers each Saturday at 10.am.
Adults and Youth Choir this Sun Nov 9th
at 7.30 pm after the party has been
cleared away.
Sean Fogarty spent all day Monday on the
big field clearing leaves, cutting the grass
and taking all to the tip. He did a great job.
Dress Rehearsals Sun 30th Nov.
Christmas Cards, Cribs.
Young Singers 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Adults 5.30 pm
These, along with statues, Mass Cards etc.
are now on sale on the Piety Stall
6.00 pm Vigil
9.30 am
11.00 am
Nov
Ged Sweeney
Christopher Howard
Finola Kelly
8/9
Mary, Muriel, Matt & Margaret
Richard & Jackie Mellor
Wheatley Family
Nov
Catherine Simpson
Leonard Jones
Kathryn Ansley
15 / 16
Manwaring Family
Mawdsley Family
Westerman Family
[email protected]
Website : www.sacredheartchurchrochdale.org.uk
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Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Remembrance Sunday
At our Masses this weekend we pray for all who have died, in years gone by and
at present in our troubled world, as a result of conflict
May they rest in peace.
Senior Citizens Party
Nearly everything is ready and we are
looking forward to our Party to Celebrate
the Centenary of the First World War this
Sunday afternoon.
Please bring cakes/ desserts etc Sunday
morning.
Those making sandwiches etc. please
come to the Parish Centre at 9.00 am.
Guests please try to be here by 2.45pm.
Those helping need to be here no later
than 2.00 pm.
Have a wonderful time!!
NB. Because of the Party, the Parish
Centre will be closed after all the Masses
this weekend.
Pat and Jeanette Shine first organised these
events in the early 1980s in our Primary
School when there was no Parish Centre to
use.
Thanks to them for organising it once
again this year and to all who have helped
in any way: making cakes or desserts,
making sandwiches, providing transport,
preparing the room and helping on the day.
A special thanks to the young people who
will help to serve the drinks and act as
waiters/waitresses.
About 100 guests and many helpers will
enjoy good cheer and enjoyable entertainment from Tony and Marianne Downes.
This week in our Parish 9 - 15 November 2014
Sun 9 Nov
9.30 am
11.00 am
3.00 - 5.30 pm - Senior Citizens Party 7.30 pm - Adult / Youth Choir
Mon 10 Nov
9.30 am - St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor
White
First Aid Courses 5.30 - 7.00 pm :Young Singers 7.30 - 9.30 pm: Adults
Tue 11 Nov
9.30 am - St. Martin of Tours, Bishop
White
Wed 12 Nov
9.30 am - St. Josaphat, Bishop & Martyr
Red
Thu 13 Nov
9.30 am - Weekday
Green
Fri 14 Nov
9.30 am - Weekday
Green
Sat 15 Nov
10.00 am - Young Singers
12 noon - November Dead list
Purple
Green
6.00 pm - Vigil Mass
White
Reconciliation - Before both Saturday Masses. Marriage & Baptism by appointment
Mass Offerings
Lately dead: Mary Briggs (Chadderton).
Sally Reilly (Oregon U.S.A.) Celine &
Liam McDevitt. Catherine
Batemen.
Margaret Kelly Cyril O’ Connor.
Sick: Mary Bennett. Sick Parishioners.
Anniversaries / Birthdays: Annie Taylor
Other Intentions:
Special Intentions,
Reade & Carroll Families. Those with noone to pray for them.
Please pray for:
Sick: Monica Reade. Mary Rice. John
Day. Michael Paul. Michael Thompson.
Jennifer Dewis. Gerard Reeves. Maria
Earnshaw. Jean Burns. Winnie Blomfield.
Anna Stepniewska Michael King. Francis
Pickering. Dolores Pomfret. Pat Wild.
Teresa Oswell. Margaret Valentine. Hassa
Deriss. Mary Bennett. Maria Farbotko.
Computers and Printers
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Offertory Collections
Envelopes 628.60
Loose
261.59
Total
£890.19
One collection only this weekend.
Second collection next weekend for
the Diocesan Administration Fund.
Monday 8th Dec Feast of the
Immaculate Conception
We will have Mass in the evening at
7.30pm. That morning Bishop John Arnold
will be installed as our new bishop at
St. John’s Cathedral Salford.
Holy Souls Envelopes
Please take time to sit down and list
deceased family, neighbours, friends,
priests and parishioners you would like to
remember each Saturday at the 12 noon
Mass in November. Put the envelopes in
the box on the altar steps and they will be
placed on the altar during Mass.
Envelopes are available in the Narthex.
Looking at Mass Times and the
Sacramental Programme
Number of Weekend Masses
On Saturday 29th Nov the children who
have been taking part in the Sacramental
Programme and attending weekend Mass
regularly will receive the Sacrament
of Reconciliation for the first time.
In the New Year 2015 we will have a
survey of Mass attendances, number of
Masses required, the times of Mass to
accommodate priest, organists, choir,
congregation and good liturgy.
Fairtrade Stall next
weekend.
The Fairtrade Stall will be open
after each Mass in the Parish
Centre next weekend. Please try to buy at
least one thing to help the farmers of the
developing world. Only a few parishioners
support this very worthy cause - do you ?
Funeral Arrangements
Please. Please, never arrange the day and
time of any funeral - that you want me to
take - with the undertaker, without seeing
me personally first.
Christmas Mass Times 2014
Wednesday 24th Dec - Christmas Eve
6.00 pm & 8.00 pm
Thursday 25th Dec - Christmas Day
10.30 am.
The Choir and congregation will
sing Carols before each Mass .
World Youth Day Krakow
2016
At the moment I have had three names of
those wishing to attend the World Youth
Day with Pope Francis.
Names have to be sent to the Diocese in
January of the New Year 2015 - must be
16+ with parents’ consent.
Meetings for Reconciliation
.Parents: Thursday 27th Nov at 7.30 pm.
Children: Saturday 29th Nov at 10.00 am
The following children were at Mass last
weekend: Aoife Brown. Maya Hardman.
Bradley Holt.
Keane Kennedy. Calum
Lucas. Lilli Maguire. Olivia Marriott.
Brooke Miller. Lennon Ogden. Danielle
Richardson. Ricardo Santos. Tylor Wood.
Julia Stefanska. Malakai Traynor.
I’ll be in the Parish Centre
If anyone wishes to have a Mass Card
signed or to see me I will be available in
the Parish Centre after each of the weekend
Masses.
For Special Occasions
Two Pilgrims from Fatima have donated a
beautiful ‘cut lace’ altar cloth which we
will use at Christmas and Easter. Many
thanks to them
A Great Success
The Exhibition of Our Lady’s Statues was a
great success; what a beautiful selection
admired by all. Many thanks to all those
who brought them in and to Mary Park who
displayed them so beautifully.
Web Camera viewers for Oct
Total 2652 from 38 countries
e.g. Germany, Canada & Poland.