St Joan of Arc, Farnham ST JOAN’S PARISH OFFICE Parish Office & Centre Bookings 01252 716711 Email: [email protected] Email:[email protected] The Parish Office is open 9.30-12.30 Tuesdays to Fridays. Fr Niven Richardson 19 Tilford Road, Farnham, GU9 8DJ Tel: 01252 716711 Parish Office email: [email protected] Website: www.stjoanofarcfarnham.co.uk St Joan’s Year of the Holy Spirit 2014 DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA 9th November 2014 Psalter week 4 Cycle A Year 2 We gather to worship God in union with Francis I, Our Pope. Saturday 8th November 9.30am 5.30pm 6.00pm Sunday 9th November 9.15am 11.15am 6.00pm Mass: Jerry Widger RIP Confession & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Confession Mass: DRF Thompson Family DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY Mass: Malcolm Boyd RIP Prayer Ministry in Blessed Sacrament Chapel Mass: Dead of Two World Wars Prayer Ministry in Blessed Sacrament Chapel Youth Mass: Intentions Valerie Fernandes Prayer Ministry in Blessed Sacrament Chapel Monday 10th November 10.00am Eucharistic Service Tuesday 11th November 8.00pm Mass: Kathleen McInroe RIP Wednesday 12th November 3.30pm Mass: DRF Borelli Family Thursday 13th November 9.30am Mass Year 4: DRF Miss Down th Friday 14 November 9.30am Mass: Malcolm Boyd RIP Saturday 15th November 9.30am Mass: Hazel Tarpey RIP Confession & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 5.30pm Confession 6.00pm Mass: Joan Davis RIP (anniv) Sunday 16th November 33rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9.15am Mass: Bernard Manning RIP (anniv) 11.15am Mass: Private Intention 6.00pm Youth Mass:Janina & Eugeniusz Lotocki RIP Helen & Percyval Hart Dyke RIP Thank you very much for your generosity last week. 2nd Collection next weekend 15th/ 16th November The Cathedral Maintenance Fund (Gift Aid) Mass attendance: Saturday Vigil 6pm=132; Sunday 9.15am = 228 Sunday 11.15am =155; 6pm =207; Total: = 722 Fridays are a day of Penance and abstinence from eating meat. WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS/PARISH MAGAZINE: Please send articles to [email protected] PUBLICITY: Tony Tunstall Tel:703219 email:[email protected] WEBSITE: Contact Mary Nolan at [email protected] with any changes/updates to the website. ARCAID: Funding small charitable projects overseas. If you have a project you would like us to consider, please contact Jenifer Davis Tel: 794369. GIFT AID CONTACT: Gerry O’Donnell [email protected] Tel: 724169 RADIO STATION www.heavensroadfm.net Sisters of the Holy Spirit: Sr Sujata, Sr Dolorina, Sr Simone, Sr Krystyna Tel: 722329 St Polycarp’s Catholic Primary School: Head - Mrs A.Gunn Tel: 716307 All Hallows Catholic School & 6th Form College: Head – Mrs E. Lutzeier Tel: 319211 The e-logo at the top of column 1 of this newsletter can be scanned with a GROUPS smartphone or iPhone andPARISH will automatically download the parish website. CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP: Monday 10.30-11.15am in the Centre Foyer. ROSARY GROUP: Meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.25pm in St Joan’s Church. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP: Thursday at 8pm in the Centre Foyer. MOTHERS PRAYERS: Fridays after 9.30am Mass in the Foyer. PRAYER MINISTRY is on the 2nd Sunday of every month in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel after Sunday Masses. PARENT TODDLER GROUP: Tuesday 9.00-11.30am in the Centre, during term time. ST JOAN’S YOUTH CLUB: Fridays 7.00-9.00pm Year 7’s and above.14th November Possible ‘Kung Fu/Self-Defence’ Farnham Sports Centre. Further details please 'phone Clive 07980177601 or Vince 733876 email:[email protected] THE SECOND MONDAY CLUB (2:2 Club) Second Monday of the month 2pm - 4pm in the Centre. All retirees welcome. Games, chat, songs and tea. Next Club 10th November. Everyone is warmly welcome to attend these groups. Let us pray for those in our families who are unwell at this time and especially for Geraldine Tod, IIona Main, Eileen Mulvin, Linda Weston, Mary Walsh, Terry Taylor, Tim Greenwood, Bob Locking, Benedikta Rowe, Mary Tracey, Mary Lynch, Lydia Quicke, Clare Caillard, Mary Myers We pray especially for Miss Nora Robinson RIP who died recently and whose Funeral will be here at St Joan’s on Monday 17th November at 10am. And for all those whose anniversaries occur at this time William Cooper, Brian Gunstone, Leonard Waters, Peter Jackson, Daniel Mercer, Madeleine Fowler, Mary Othen, Ben Hardie, Andree McCrossen, Mary Dunne, Lt. Col Kevin Sheridan, Doreen Sheridan, Beatrice Archer May the Lord grant them all a place in His Kingdom th GOLDEN JUBILEE FESTIVAL 5 July 2015 The Diocese celebrates 50 years of existence in 2015. There is to be a major event at Brighton & Hove Football Ground. . Fantastic speakers, family activities, entertainment and Mass of Thanksgiving. Thank you to Susie Duffy who has volunteered to be our Parish Contact for Jubilee 50. YEAR OF THE HOLY SPIRIT This year in our Parish we are focusing on the Holy Spirit, learning how He helps us to pray and grow in our Catholic faith. If people were to listen to the Holy Spirit, they would hear him say, ’God loves you.’ Amen. Pope Francis Homily Summary 2nd November 2014 We all know we are sinners. We are also saints. The word saint means holy. When we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus in Holy Communion we are made Holy. We become saints. We use this saintliness by being a follower of Jesus in the week that lies ahead for us. PARISH NEWS/EVENTS ARCAID AGM ST JOAN’S CENTRE TH MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2014 at 8.00pm You are all warmly invited to come along to hear about ARCAID’s activities in the past year. Wine, beverages and nibbles will be served. ARCAID is St Joan’s own small, independent, overseas aid charity; founded in 1989 and spending more than £40,000 per year of your generous contributions. Our guest speaker this year is Dr Karilyn Collins, MBE. Karilyn is a palliative care physician, specialising in HIV care and treatment. She is founder of Muheza Hospice Care in Tanzania - a wonderful organisation supported by Arcaid this year. All parishioners are members of Arcaid, and many are subscribers. STOP PRESS - The Parish Gold Cup will be drawn at the Friday Coffee Morning on November 21! So just this weekend and next weekend left to buy a horse and be in there with a chance! Winning horse gets £100 with £50 each to second and third. The Fundraisers’ Horse of the Year will sell on until December 21 and will be drawn after the Carol Service. A £200 Christmas gift for the lucky winner. REMINDER! MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER is our next SECOND MONDAY CLUB MEETING! This month there will be a craft session run by our own Anne Cheesman. She will be showing us how to make our own Christmas cards. Sounds good and worth a try! PARISH MEN’S GROUP The next Parish men's group evening, is on Wednesday 12th November at 8pm at the Bishop's Table, West St, Farnham . PARISH WALK Come and Enjoy our next Parish Walk led by John Harvey on Tuesday 18th November. Meet in the Church car park at 9.30 a.m. as usual. Optional pub lunch is an excellent finish after a good morning's walk! THE HOLY SPIRIT ASSOCIATION I would like to invite all of you who are willing to share the original fire of missionary enthusiasm to come and join our Association. 7 years ago, more or less, Sr. Adel started a group of the Holy Spirit Association in the Farnham community. Now our mission starts anew. I would like to invite all members of that previous group and all those who are interested to join as. Our first th meeting will be on the third Monday 17 of November 7.30-9,00pm in the Convent of the SSpS, 78 Firgrove Hill, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8LW Sr.Krystyna 722329. SMALL GROUPS FOR ADVENT:Groups will be meeting in the parish to help prepare spiritually for Christmas. There will be four weekly meetings when we will read and reflect on Scripture. Sign-up sheets are now in the Link. Please choose your group and add your name to the sign-up list. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. APPEAL FOR A CHEF to supervise the cooking at Farnham’s traditional Christmas Day Lunch for about 80 people who would otherwise spend Christmas Day on their own. Full support from a team of helpers given. Do you know someone we could invite to do this job? Please ‘phone Michael 01252 712600 – the lunch can’t happen without a cook! CHRISTMAS LUNCH FOR WALKERS, Past, present, future th on 11 December at Café Rouge. Sign up sheet in church porch. ST JOAN OF ARC LEGENDARY CHRISTMAS BAZAAR th Saturday 29 November 10.45am-1.30pm “A great time to do some Christmas Shopping.” May we appeal …. for the Grand Raffle, gifts, Whiskey, Chocolates and for the other stalls… gifts, cosmetics, toiletries, jewellery, books, toys, vegetables, fruit, plants. Bottles for the Bottle stall, sweet jars, handbags and on the day CAKES, CAKES, CAKES!! th LADIES BRING A DISH Wednesday 19 November 7.30pm at Jen Hepworth’s home. Sign up sheets are in the church porch or contact Jen on [email protected] THANK YOU to Michael & Linda Maher and the Confirmation Experience group for a wonderful quiz night on Saturday evening. A fantastic £485 was raised for the Transformation Fund. REPOSITORY / CHURCH/SHOP Christmas Cards, Gifts, Advent candles, calendars and diaries are for Sale in Repository after weekend Masses. CHILDREN OF ST JOAN OF ARC FIRST HOLY COMMUNION SIGN UP SUNDAY 16TH NOVEMBER AFTER 9.15am Mass St Teresa of Avila: Presentation The year 2015 is the 500th anniversary of St Teresa of Avila There will be a presentation of her life and her writings on prayer by Jan McGrory TUESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 7.45 – 9.00PM In the Parish Hall ALL ARE WELCOME THE ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON DIOCESAN TRUST IS A REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 252878 Please bring a copy of the child’s Baptismal Certificate. YOUTH OF ST JOAN OF ARC CONFIRMATION EXPERIENCE 2015 Session 1 rd 23 November 4.30-5.30 followed by 6pm Youth Mass Help me to journey to my Confirmation with thoughtfulness and reflection. Amen