OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH NEWSLETTER 36, UTTOXETER ROAD, MICKLEOVER, DERBY. DE3 9GE Tel: 514107 Www.ourladyoflourdesparish.co.uk E.mail: [email protected] Parish Priest: Fr Paul Chipchase 30th November 2014 first Sunday of advent (B) Saturday SUNDAY 6.30 pm 8.00 am 10.00 am Patrick Ennis RIP People of the Parish Richard Fenton RIP (Barker) MONDAY St Ralph Sherwin & Martyrs of Derbyshire 7.00 pm Exposition & Benediction 7.30 pm Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion TUESDAY Advent Feria 9.30 am Anna Przyszlak (Barlow) WEDNESDAY St Francis Xavier 9.10 am St John’s Group—prayers for the bereaved 9.30 am In Thanksgiving (Hemsworth) THURSDAY Advent Feria 9.30 am Bob Neville RIP (Regan) Advent Feria 6.15 pm 6.30 pm Evening Prayer of the church Evlyn Riju Tyr (Woodman) Advent Feria 9.30 am Jean Ostler RIP (Beben) FRIDAY SATURDAY Saturday SUNDAY Second Sunday of Advent (B) 6.30 pm People of the Parish 8.00 am Martin Smith RIP (Hinchcliffe) 10.00 am Matilda McNamara RIP 6.00 pm Advent Prayer DIARY FOR THIS WEEK Sunday: Under 7’s Liturgy 10.00am Mass. Food Bank Collection will be over this weekend. (See News & Events). Ring of Silver (see News & Events) Meeting of FHC parents in the back room after 10.00 Mass. Coffee after 10.00 am. Mass. Tuesday: Tuesday Club 7.30 pm. Co-workers of Blessed Mother Teresa meeting at 7.30 pm in the back room of the Parish Centre. Please bring some food to share. All welcome. Wednesday: Ozanam Group meeting in the Byron Room after Mass. Coffee after Mass. All welcome. Thursday: Over 50’s. 2.00pm. Friday: Newmount Brass Christmas Concert 7.30 pm in the Parish Centre. Tickets £5 - call 518215 or pay on the door. Next Sunday: FHC children at 10.00 Mass. CHRISTMAS FAIR Fun starts from 11.00 am. See poster and News & Events for details. All proceeds to the charities already published. C.T.U. 6-8.00 pm. Anniversaries: Mary Rowland, Nora Parsons, Peter Bell, Sharmayne Langton Bernard Thompson, Charles Daniels, Mabel Smith Wladyslaw Janicowski, Michael Latymer Readers: This week: Next week: Counters: Offertory Sat. Mass: Offertory Sun. Mass: Cleaners: (5) Coffee after Mass: ROTAS Sat. 6.30 pm. 8.00 am. 10.00 am. B. & B. Hemsworth M. Dimech G. von Fragstein V. & H. Hughes T. Morgan A. & C. Lillie This week: Mr & Mrs Jarrett Next week: Dunne family This week: O’Connor family Next week: Rimmer family This week: Under 7’s Liturgy Next week: Under 7’s Liturgy Jane Buckley, Margaret Topham, Louise Carr This week: Swinson family, Gupta family Next week: Christmas Fair NEWS AND EVENTS There will be NO Advent prayer service at 6 pm this Sunday, the 1st in Advent, because of the Our Mickleover Fair.There will be an Advent Prayer service at 6 pm on the following two Sundays, 7th and 14th . Please come and prepare for Christmas with half an hour of Advent words and music. Our Christmas Fair is next Sunday (7th). As usual we are requesting your generous donations for the stalls please. Raffle prizes, Fancy Goods, Toys, and cakes. NO BRIC A BRAC. Please bring any items to the Presbytery Mon. Wed. or Fri. or place them in the box in the Gathering Area. Thank you. Outreach At the recent meeting it was decided that the recipients of the proceeds of this year’s Christmas Fair would be Padley Centre, CAFOD –Connect 2, Kids Aid Tanzania. Newmount Brass Christmas Concert Fri. 5th Dec. at 7.30 pm in the Parish Centre. Tickets £5 call 518215 or pay on the door. Christmas Tree Photo Decoration - THIS YEAR IT’S PERSONAL! By decorating our tree with photos of some of the people that make our church special. Please bring 2 photos of your loved ones, it could family and friends and even beloved pets. You will be provided with a specially cut frame which you can personalise by decorating it in your own unique style. Workshops will be available within the different clubs (Children’s Liturgy; CTU, Tuesday Club, etc). There will also be a workshop, after 10.00 am Mass today. If you have any queries or can spare some time to help. Please contact Luisa 07796 331022. Food Bank Collection will be over this weekend. The usual items are required please. Members of the CTU will be available before and after each Mass over the weekend to receive your donations. Thank you. Zambia. We will make a 'Ring Of Silver 'for Kaoma over this weekend (29th/30th) with any loose coins. A thank you letter from Sister Vianney and the latest news from Zambia is on the notice board. CTOG will again be providing carol singers for the ‘Our Mickleover’ Christmas Fair held on Sun. 30th Nov. Do come and join us, 5.00 pm outside the Post Office to sing well known carols. The African Catholic Community invite you all to their End of the Year Thanksgiving Sung Mass in African Languages, by Africans and friends in Derbyshire. St. George's Church, next Sunday (7 th) at 2.00 pm. Child Contact Centre & Derby Churches Night Shelter - A Christmas Concert at Holy Family Church, Allestree, DE22 2LG. On Friday 5 December at 7.30pm - Performance by the Derventio Choir. Tickets £6 available at the door, children free. Children’s Christmas Nativity-Casting Now! for the following parts: Mary; Joseph; Angel Gabriel; Inn Keepers; Shepherds; Angels and Narrators. ALL SPEAKING PARTS. Performance is on Saturday 20th Dec. at 3pm. Rehearsals after Sunday Mass. Please contact Luisa 07796 331022 to register your interest. Council 92, Derby, The Knights of St. Columba would like to invite you all to their annual Carol Service and Blessing of the Crib around the Christmas tree in Derby Market Place. 17th December at 7.30 pm. when Fr John Trenchard, from St. Joseph's will Bless the Crib. ‘Messiah' from scratch Sunday Dec. 21st.chance to sing Handel's Messiah here in the church, and raise a Christmas present for the Kaoma and Jeel-Amal orphanages!!!All welcome to join us for the afternoon s rehearsal and sing in the Evening concert. Further information and application forms available from the Gathering Area and on-line at: charitymessiahmickleover.tumblr.com Confirmation 2015 will be celebrated here on Friday 23rd October 2015. All young people in Year 8 and upwards on that date, who have been baptised are eligible to be confirmed. Please complete an application form (pale blue) from the Gathering Area if you wish to be confirmed and return it to the Presbytery a.s.a.p. Advent Extra Copies are available in the Gathering Area, price £1.50. Please put your remittance in the envelopes provided. Thank you. Sunday Missal 2015 there are a few copies available from the Presbytery Mon. Wed. or Fri. Price £5.20p. Coffee after Mass The new rota is being prepared and we really do need some more volunteers please to prepare and serve tea & coffee after the Sunday 10.00 am Mass. The more teams we have the fewer times in the year you would be participating. If you can offer your help please contact Fr Paul or leave a message at the Presbytery, it would be most appreciated by all. Cleaning rota is also being prepared. If anyone would like to join these teams in their worthwhile contribution to our community please contact Eileen ( 511705) a.s.a.p. Thank-you for all your donations for the ‘faith in families’ hampers, all the items have now been delivered to them for packing into the hampers ready to be delivered before Christmas. Thank-you to all those who supported the Macmillan appeal, £313-65 was raised. Poppy Appeal £312.71p was raised by OLoL this year, the total for the district was £17,685. Classteacher Required from: January 2015 The Governors of The Priory Catholic Academy for two terms to cover maternity leave. Closing date 2nd December. See notice board. From the Hemsworths As Brian continues to make steady progress at home, we'd like to send our heartfelt thanks to our parish family who pulled us through bad time with their prayers, Masses and support. God bless you all. Barbara and Brian.