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Anne
Embleton, Lily Rigley, Lily Bowler, Jake Brant, Kathleen Leahy,
Geoff
Field, John & Vanessa Hyde, Claire Coburn, Theresa Denton,
Patrick
Lavery, Paul Taylor, Graham Johnston Jim Williams, Geoffrey Scanlan,
Patricia Meyerstein, Jacqueline Gray, Sue Moreland, Marion Uttley,
Perla Davies, Sabina Sienko, Krzysztof Czyzewski, Paola Cavadini.
RECENTLY
DEAD
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ANNIVERSARIES
Christan Rajakone, Alexsander Atputhanar, Mariam Pili Alexander,
Alexsander Arulamma, Francis Anthonipillai, John Cuff,
James Ward, Linda Howkins, Joyce Gilliver.
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PARISH NOTICES
Divine Office: Week 1; Mass Readings: Week 33.
Sunday Readings: Prov.31.10-13,19-20,30-31; Ps.127;
1Thess.5.1-6; Mt.25.14-30
Mon: Rev.1.1-4,2.1-5; Ps.1; Luke.18.35-43(St. Elizabeth of Hungary)
Tues: Rev.3.1-6;14-22; Ps.14; Luke.19.1-10
Wed: Rev. 4.1-11; Ps.150; Luke.19.11-28
Thurs: Rev.5.1-10; Ps.149; Luke.19.41-44
Fri: Rev.10.8-11; Ps.118; Luke 19.45-48 (Presentation of Our Lady)
Sat: Rev.11.4-12; Ps.143; Luke.20.27-40 (St. Cecilia)
*WELCOME*
We welcome newcomers to our worshipping Community. Please take and keep
a copy of our handbook and complete one of the “New
Parishioner” forms. Both can be found at the back of church to
the right of the main door as you go out. Thank you and Welcome.
THE LITURGY -_ WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
To
the Greeks, a Liturgy was a good work done for the benefit of the whole
Community – building a hospital or a Library. The Liturgos
was the one who did the good work. In Christian times, it
soon became accepted to see that the greatest of all liturgies was that
of Jesus (the greatest of all liturgists) when He gave His life as a
ransom for all in the work of Redemption, carried out for the benefit
of all Mankind. When the Church celebrates the mysteries of the Life,
Death and Resurrection of Jesus, she celebrates liturgy and in doing
so, draws us ever more deeply into the mystery and effectiveness of
Jesus’s continuing Mission to His people. In due time, the
Church’s celebrations became fixed within the context of a
recurring period of twelve months. But this was not as in our own
calendar year, but began with the period of preparation for the Feast
of the Incarnation, Christmas. The Church’s year,
therefore, begins with the first Sunday of Advent and ends (as it will
next week) with the celebration of the Kingship of Christ, which sums
up all the mysteries of Jesus’s Mission. Every
liturgical celebration is therefore a holy and sacred act and we need
to examine ourselves as to how we can or should rightly prepare for
such an act, especially when it is the Mass, the centre and source of
the whole life of the Church.
DIOCESAN PRAYER
Father, our Faith is a gift from you.
Help us by the power of your Spirit to grow in love,
so that we may be
faithful to our Baptism,
alert to the needs of your world,
inspired to proclaim your Word,
tireless in upholding justice,
hopeful in forming the future.
By handing on our Faith as a gift, may we share the hope given us by Jesus your Son. Amen
This week at Saint Mary’s…
Sunday: SMASH Youth Group (Seniors) – 7.00 - 8.30pm. – Dreams and their stories
Monday: RCIA Group at 7.30pm in the Presbytery.
Tuesday: NO Scripture Group
Wednesday: Prayer group in Chapel at 7.30pm U.C.M. meeting after
Attention all Welcomers, Readers and Extraordinary Ministers! New
Rotas for the next four months are now available from the repository
counter. Please remember to collect them today. Thank
you.
‘POSADA’:
Parishioners who have kindly volunteered to take part in the Crib
journey for Advent will receive a letter containing the details of
their following hosting family as well as of the family from whom they
will receive the Crib. We do hope that all hosting families will
be able to pass on the Crib in good time. The list of hosting families
is now full, but those who still wish to take part can do so by taking
the prayer cards we shall issue in good time for Advent.
KWEDIBOMA
Many
thanks to all for your generous donations towards the Dispensary at
Kwediboma. The collection Box for this is under the CTS
rack at the Repository. NOW WANTED: Baby clothes for 0-18months ONLY,
please, and also baby blankets. Please leave these in the Library
with label marked: KEITH, KWEDIBOMA. Thank you
Applications to St. Mary’s School:
First-time applications are invited from parents and carers if they
wish their child to start school in September 2009. Parents and
carers are urged to complete an application form as soon as
possible. Please contact the school office for further
details.
The Loughborough Group for people with Disabilities
would like to thank everyone for their donations and help during the
Autumn Fayre. We raised the fantastic sum of £1,400.
We are also organizing a day trip to York on Sunday, 6th
December. There are some spare seats available at just
£7.50. For more information please ring the Parish Office
Preliminary notice for SILENT WITNESS.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is holding a Silent
Witness on Epinal Way – West side, i.e. between Ashby Road and
Forest Road between11.00am and 1.00pm on Saturday 29th November.
We will stand along the edge of the pavement holding placards. We
need as many people as possible to do this. Please give it a
thought.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD 2008…
Once again, due to your very generous response to the Shoebox Appeal,
over 450 boxes will go by lorry to Romania on November 22nd.
Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way, with boxes, gifts,
money and knitting. Hopefully, each child who receives a box for
Christmas will find a little happiness from ‘love in a
box’. There are two OCC Videos and CDs available at the
back of Church; please take, pass on or bring back.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY GROUP:
If you still have any empty shoeboxes around, the Children’s
Liturgy Group would be grateful for any before the beginning of Advent-
empty copier-paper boxes and lids too! If you can help, perhaps
you could leave them in the Library? Thank you.
Dates for the Diary -
PARISH CHRISTMAS FAYRE
– After all Masses next Saturday and Sunday. Bottle Stall &
Tombola prizes still needed. Stall-holders will be able to set up in
the Hall from 9.00am until 11.30am on Saturday.
In response to a specific request from CAFOD we shall take a Retiring Collection after all Masses THIS weekend in aid of the Appeal for the people of the Congo.
After the 9.00am and 11.00am Masses this Sunday, members of the Friends of St. Mary’s School will be selling Raffle Tickets in aid of school funds.
ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICES: Thursday, November 27th and Tuesday, December 16th, both at 7.00pm.
SILENT WITNESS:
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is holding a Silent
Witness on Epinal Way – West side, i.e. University side, between Ashby
Road and Forest Road between 11.00am and 1.00pm on Saturday 29th
November. We will stand along the edge of the pavement holding
placards. We need as many people as possible to do this. Please give
it a thought.
Senior Citizens –
We
now have tickets for ‘Cinderella’ at Nottingham on Wednesday afternoon,
January 7th. Tickets still available in the Stalls £16.00 (plus coach
fare!). Ring Ian if you want to come. Coach leaves at 12 noon.
Our next meeting is on November 26th at 2.00pm when we will be entertained by two gentlemen. New members are always welcome.
Why
not make a copy of this Newsletter (or email it) for someone
who
cannot get to Mass - or who used to be a member of our Parish?
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