St Mary’s Catholic Church Clapham! Clapham Park Road Clapham London SW4 7AP! Served by the Redemptorists since 1848! Parish Team: Fr Michael McGreevy CSsR, Fr Joseph Musendami CSsR.! Telephone No 020 7498 3005! www.stmarys-clapham.org.uk! St Mary’s Hall 07817756402 St Mary’s School 020 7622 5479 Ace of Clubs 020 7720 2811! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sunday Mass Times:! 5.30pm (Sat Vigil), 8am, 10am, 12 noon! Portuguese Mass:! Sunday 5pm. Chaplain Fr Marcos Pinto 020 7587 0881! Weekday Masses:! 7am and 12.30pm Saturday Masses: 9.30am and 12.30pm! Confessions on Saturday 10am-10.30am, 4.45-5.15pm, 6.30-7pm, 7.30pm! Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help every Saturday at 7pm! ! The thirty-third Sunday in O. T. - 16th November 2014 ! ! ! This Sunday we welcome Bishop Patrick Lynch to St Mary’s and rejoice in the Confirmation of some of our young parishioners. The image of the dove is a traditional way of depicting the Holy Spirit bringing peace and good news to the world. The Spirit is also depicted as a flame in descending upon the disciples at Pentecost - able to set our lives on fire. And, of course, the Spirit brings new strength to the life of each Christian: through many gifts (Cf Isaiah 11:2) and many fruits (Cf Galatians 5:22-23). The Holy Spirit enables each of us to give witness with confidence and courage to the love of God in the world. ! ! ! Do you shop on line? You can support our Spire Fund if you buy online from Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, Tesco or any of 2700 retailers. Go to this website first: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ causes/stmarysspire. Then click on the retailers you want and they will give us a percentage of your shop value. Do try it out. Thanks to everyone who has already started using this. It’s very easy to do. This week the Spire Fund has benefited again to the tune of £73.84. Our prayers are asked for the following who are sick: Sr Chris Fealy FMDM, John Rossiter, Frank Griffith, Joanna Elliott, Christina Kraffit, Carmen Woolmington, Deirdre Wetheral, John McGuckin, Sanjai Manani. ________ Those who have died recently: Tony Buckley, Margaret Rose, Peter Puzacz. ________ Those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Mario Faria, James Hanrahan. ________ Prayer Intention: We ask the blessing of God on our parishioners being Confirmed today and pray that every one of us will be open to the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. ________ Those we have loved: there is a Book of Remembrance at the front of the Church where you may write the names of those who have died whom you would like to be remembered in our prayers during the month of November. The names of those in the last 12 months here in St Mary’s Parish will be read out at the 12.30 Mass on Saturday, 29 November. The Church is generally open each day with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 1pm until 7pm. ________ Parish Surgeries with Fr Michael - no appointment needed on the following days: Tuesday, 18 November, 4-6pm. Wednesday, 26 November, 4-6pm. Wednesday, 3 December, 4-6pm. ________ Last week’s collection: Gift Aid envelopes £628.11 Loose plate £1172.83 Diocesan Administration Fund £196.66 SVP collection £412.69 Many thanks to one and all. ! Gift Aid Scheme: if you are a tax-payer and you normally contribute via the loose plate you could join the Gift Aid Scheme and add an extra 25% to the collection. Many thanks for your continued support. ________ So Sorry! we have had to cancel the Christmas Fair and the Senior Citizen’s Christmas Lunch because of the building work still going on in the Monastery. We hope to make up for this in the New Year with a Senior Citizen’s banquet and a Fair in the Spring time. ! Meantime, there’s a “Lifeline Christmas Party” at St Peter’s Church Hall, Prescott Place (off the High Street) on Saturday, 29 November 2pm - 4pm to which our parishioners are invited. See Invitation forms from Fr Michael and return them to St Paul’s Rectory Grove. Volunteers to help also needed and very welcome. ________ ! Confirmation At St Mary’s - Today Bishop Patrick Lynch will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation at the 12noon Mass. _________ Redemptorist Youth Ministry (RYM) We had a fantastic start and great turnout for the new RYM Young Adult Group on Thursday evening - a great number for the first meeting. If you are 18-35 and want to learn about, share and develop your faith with other young adults - why not become part of this new group. Next meeting will be Thursday, 27 November, 7pm in the Clement Room in the Monastery. For more info contact Paul Murphy on 07751237473 or [email protected] Follow RYM on Twitter @RYM_GB!! (RYM) YOUNG ADULT ADVENT RETREAT WEEKEND Want to prepare properly for Christmas? Are you 18-35? Make time for yourself & Christ by joining us for our RYM Young Adult Advent Retreat Weekend from Friday 5th December (evening) until Sunday 7th December (lunch) at Hawkstone Hall in Shropshire! Weekend includes faith, food, friendship, Praise & Worship, Adoration, Reconciliation, Mass, walks & social time! Cost is £100 (waged) / £50 (students/ unwaged) for all accommodation, meals & spiritual input! Contact Paul Murphy as above for more info or to book your place ________ Marriage: Please note, Diocesan Policy is to require six months notice. If you are planning to get married in a Catholic Church here or abroad please contact St Mary’s Office as soon as possible. Redemptorist Calendar for 2015 available now from the Sacristy or Monastery Reception for £2.00 St Mary’s own Christmas Cards are available from reception. Special bargain price of 8 for £2.00. Cash in and support the Spire and Restoration Fund. Do you love to sing? Come and sing along to your favourite Christmas Carols as part of a choir on Christmas Eve (Wed 24 Dec). Rehearsals starting soon, For more information, please send contact details (name, number, email) to Antony or Margaret at: [email protected] Redemptorist Vocations - You can find out more by contacting Fr Richard at [email protected] or check the poster in the church porch. Maybe this is for you! _________