St Joan of Arc, Farnham - Saint Joan of Arc Church

St Joan of Arc, Farnham
Fr Niven Richardson
19 Tilford Road, Farnham, GU9 8DJ Tel: 01252 716711
Parish Office email: [email protected]
Website: www.stjoanofarcfarnham.co.uk
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
11th January 2015 Psalter Week 1 Cycle B Year 1
We gather to worship God in union with Francis I, Our Pope.
Saturday 10th January 2015
9.30am
Eucharistic Service
6.00pm
Mass: Bill & Betty Johnson RIP
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Sunday 11 January THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
9.15am
Mass: In Thanksgiving to the Holy
Family & St Joans.
11.15am
Mass: Jan Baptiste & Marguerite
Faure RIP
6.00pm
Mass: Mollie Edwards
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Monday 12 January
10.00am
Eucharistic Service
Tuesday 13th January
8.00pm
Mass: Harvey Harnett RIP
Wednesday 14th January
3.45pm
Memorial Mass:Lawrence Henry RIP
5.00pm
Reception of Elizabeth Miles RIP
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Thursday 15 January
11.00am
Requiem Mass: Elizabeth Miles
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Friday 16 January
9.30am
Mass: John Davies RIP
Saturday 17th January
9.30am
Mass: Mary Sollom RIP (anniv)
Confession & Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
10.45am
Baptism: Hugo Edworthy
5.30pm
Confession
6.00pm
Mass: Intentions of Ron & Sheila
Potter
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Sunday 18 January SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY
TIME
9.15am
Mass: People of the Parish
11.15am
Mass: Vera Arathoon RIP (anniv)
6.00pm
Mass: In Thanksgiving Matias &
Janeth Oliva
Thank you very much for your generosity. £2,437.14 (£1,292.14 £1,145
standing orders).Transformation Project standing orders average
£233pw.
Mass attendance: 3rd/4th January: Saturday Vigil 6pm= 140; Sunday
9.15am = 167; Sunday 11.15am = 182; 6pm =249 ; Total: = 738
ST JOAN’S PARISH OFFICE
Parish Office & Centre Bookings 01252 716711
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
The Parish Office is open from 9.30-12.30 Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday mornings.
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
smartphone or iPhone and will automatically download the parish website.
PARISH GROUPS
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP: Mondays 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: Thursdays 8pm in the Centre
Foyer. 2015 information online at stjoanlits.webstarts.com/2015.
MOTHERS PRAYERS: Fridays after 9.30am Mass in the Centre Foyer.
PRAYER MINISTRY takes place on the 2nd Sunday of every month in
the Blessed Sacrament Chapel after Sunday Masses.
PARENT TODDLER GROUP: Tuesdays 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
Friday 16th January Indoor Games in the Centre. Further details please
call 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: Please see item under Parish News..
Everyone is warmly welcome to attend these groups.
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Let us pray for those in our families who are unwell at this
time and especially for
Agnus Tunstall, Brian Wagstaff, Mrs Phil Keough, IIona Main,
Terry Taylor, Mary Tracey, Mary Lynch, Lydia Quicke,
Clare Caillard, Mary Myers
We pray for the recently deceased
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Elizabeth Miles RIP Requiem 15 January at 11am
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Bridget Kelly RIP, Requiem 22 January at 11am
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Mr Lawrence Henry RIP Remembrance Mass Wednesday 14
January at 3.45pm.
Fr John Geary CSSp RIP and Patricia Tomkins RIP
White Flower Appeal after all Masses 10th/ 11th January 2015.
And for all those whose anniversaries occur at this time
Sheila Bettin, Patrick Doherty, Margaret Riley, Catherine Hooker,
Barbara Wlasow, Barbara North, Peter Maxted, Barbara Wlasow,
Michael Chandler.
Fridays are a day of Penance and abstinence from eating meat.
May the Lord grant them all a place in His Kingdom
"Strength to Strength"
A 6-week DVD course to help you strengthen your prayer
life. This is the latest in the excellent series of CaFE
(Catholic Faith Exploration) programmes made by David
Payne with inspiring speakers and practical guidance.
Wednesday evenings 7th January to 11th February 8.009.30pm in the Parish Centre. No booking needed. No
charge: voluntary donations, and there is a £5 course book.
FOLK AND 60’s EVENING
Taking place
in St Joan's Centre with home-grown talent "Hidden Gem".
Saturday 17th January 2015 8.00pm -10.30
(N.B. No meal.)
Raffle and Donations towards Transformation Fund and
Apostleship of the Sea.
Information from Alastair (01252) 714809.
PARISH NEWS
MR LAWRENCE HENRY It is with sadness that we
announce the death of Mr Lawrence Henry the former head
teacher of St Polycarp's school. Mr Henry's funeral will be in
Milton Keynes on Thursday 15th January.
Mrs Gunn has asked that we have a ‘Remembering Mr
Henry Mass’ so that staff, governors, parents and students
can come to pray for him and his family.
We will hold this Mass on Wednesday 14th January at
3.45pm to allow All Hallows students to travel to St Joan's.
The St Polycarp's school community and St Joan's parish
and the school's feeder parishes are all praying for Mr Henry
and his family at this sad time. May he rest in peace. Amen.
THE SECOND MONDAY CLUB: DON'T FORGET! (those
who have signed up) - CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT THE CAFE
ROUGE RESTAURANT THIS MONDAY, 12th JANUARY at
12.45 PM FOR 1 O'CLOCK. It's a date! See you there!
NB. We will NOT be meeting in the Wright Room this month
for our usual get-together.
MEN’S GROUP EVENING on Wednesday 21 January
(8PM) at the Bishop’s Table, West St, Farnham to get
together, but also to find practical solutions for helping each
other and the parish in the power of the Holy Spirit. We will
be joined on this occasion by Father Niven to discuss
defending our faith in the workplace.
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LADIES SKITTLES EVENING Thursday 22 January
7.30pm for 8pm start at The Jolly Farmer, Blacknest GU34
4QD. Sign up sheets are in in the church porch. Basket
meals/ploughmans will be available to order.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION – VOLUNTEER FOR
CAFOD!
Would you like to use your spare time to help people in
poverty throughout the world? The Catholic Agency For
Overseas Development are in need of volunteers in the area
to help in particular in schools (experience of teaching is not
required) but also in Parishes and in various other ways.
2015 is a very key year for CAFOD, could you help them? If
so, get in touch with the local CAFOD office on 01483 898
866 or [email protected] See
http//cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/
<http://cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/> for more
information on volunteering and our ‘Understanding CAFOD’
sessions later in January.
We would like to say a big ‘Thank you’ for all of your
generous support last year.
WHITE FLOWER APPEAL, WEEKEND OF JAN. 10/11: please give
generously to the Society for Protection of Unborn Children
(SPUC) which has supported the Glasgow midwives in their legal
struggle to avoid being involved in abortions. The Supreme Court
ruling, which had been expected during 2015, was in fact issued
early, before Christmas – they rejected the midwives case and
severely restricted legal protection for conscientious
objection. Now there will be costs to be paid and further funds
needed for the task of seeking to redress this ruling.
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WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY SUNDAY 18 TO
SATURDAY 24TH JANUARY This year’s theme “The Well is Deep”
comes from the churches of Brazil and invites us to acknowledge
that diversity is part of God’s design and we should approach one
another in trust and see the face of God in all men and women.
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United Service, Sunday 18 January, 4pm, St Mark’s Church,
Alma Lane, Upper Hale. Daily Prayer meetings – please see
details in the church porch.
VOCATIONS MATTER
11 JANUARY: BAPTISM OF THE LORD As the Christmas
season comes to an end, we hear the voice from heaven
proclaim, "You are my Son, the Beloved". Lest we should
be in any doubt, the Church, in celebrating this feast today,
helps us to see and to know that it's only Christ that matters;
that he, and he alone, is favoured by the Father in bringing
life, peace, forgiveness and joy to the world. Let's choose to
be disciples of this light shining in the darkness, for this is
where we discover who we're called to be.
THANK YOU To the nineteen parishioners, and two little
ones, who gallantly turned up on Sat. 13 December 2014 to
sing Christmas carols, in the Lion and Lamb Courtyard, a
very sincere thank you. We collected £83.69 in the one hour
we were singing. This money has now been despatched to
Mary's Meals for the feeding and education of vagrant
children, many of them AIDS orphans, in different parts of the
world. From Dorothy McIntosh
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2015
Thank you for all those who have registered their child for
the First Holy Communion Programme.
Further details will be issued shortly.
A Big Thank you to everyone who organized and
was involved in this year’s Christmas celebrations,
to the musicians, singers, flower ladies, church
cleaners, altar servers, sacristants and everyone
behind the scenes a big big thank you.
YOUTH OF ST JOAN OF ARC
CONFIRMATION EXPERIENCE 2015
Please sit in pews allocated for you at the front of the church on
Sunday evenings. Please check your emails for updates.
Please collect a prayer card from Fr Niven at the end of Mass.
THE ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON DIOCESAN TRUST IS A REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 252878
CHILDREN OF ST JOAN OF ARC
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