ST JOSEPH’S JOURNAL Volume 55 No: 34
CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION & SAINT JOSEPH
23 ST JOHN’S STREET, HERTFORD SG14 1RX
https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/hertford Email: hertford@rcdow.org.uk Tel: 01992 582109
Parish Priest: Monsignor Séamus O’Boyle
DATE: 10 September
23rd SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
The page numbers for the prayers for this Sunday’s Mass are at the front of The Parish Mass Book. Please note that there is a Loop system in the Church.
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THE VIEW FROM THE PRESBYTERY
Well – I have landed! The move on Wednesday went very smoothly from my former home in Angel, Islington. Of course, the steamy tropical-like weather has made some of the unpacking and settling in that little bit more tiring, but I should not complain!
I am delighted to be here as your Parish Priest and look forward very much to getting to know you and serve you as best as I can. However, it is slightly bittersweet having to take over from Canon Terry Phipps whom I have known for fifty-five years and consider a good friend. We were at the same Secondary School together – though he is much older than I (!) – I was a First Year and a Treble in the School Choir when Canon Terry was preparing to sit the entrance exam for Oxford and was already a star Tenor! We were to meet years later when I was a few years his senior in the Venerable English College in Rome where we both trained for ministry. He sang the Responsorial Psalm at my Ordination forty-two years ago in Kilburn, and I was present at his Ordination in Harrow-on-the-Hill forty years ago. I know his having to retire through ill-heath is devastating for him – and assure him of my prayers and very best wishes for the future. I hope we will be able to have him back and celebrate his fortieth in style as soon as he is more mobile! Please keep him and me in your prayers as we begin new chapters in our lives as priests.
May the Good Lord bless us all!
Fr Séamus
POPE’S INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER
For people living on the margins. We pray for those persons living on the margins of society, in inhumane life conditions; may they not be overlooked by institutions and never considered of lesser importance.
IF YOU GO IN TO HOSPITAL: If someone is sick in hospital, please let us know here at the Presbytery, and/or ask the staff on the ward, so that your loved one can be visited whilst in hospital, and receive Holy Communion and any other Sacraments from the Chaplain. John O’Neill 01438 314333 at the Lister hospital. The staff on the wards can also contact the Chaplain.
ROSARY GROUP: Come and join us in the church hall on Tuesday evenings at 7pm for recital of the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
THE CARDINAL VAUGHAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL Open Evenings for Year 7 (First Form pupils) These events are designed for parents and prospective pupils to attend. They will include an address from Mr Stubbings, Headmaster, and a tour of the school. Thursday 14th September 2023 & Tuesday 19th September 2023. The Headmaster will speak at 4.30pm and 6.00pm. Full details are available on our website
The Divine Mercy Apostolate, London is hosting a PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF KNOCK, Co Mayo from November 9 to 14 to Pray for the Holy Souls. It will by the Marian Fathers. Package includes: Return flights by Aer Lingus from Heathrow Airport, half board, 5 nights, accommodation in en suite twin rooms, hand-luggage (10 kgs), all transfers and Airport Development fee. The Retreat will include daily Mass and Hour of Mercy and retreats at Glendalough and Kylemore Abbey. Cost £800. All Welcome. Please call Millie on 07957594646 for more information
During the weekend of the 21st-22nd October 2023, Young Catholic Adults and the Traditional English Association of Catholic History will be organising a pilgrimage to York and will visit the shrine of St. Margaret Clitherow, York Oratory, the Bar Convent and St. Mary’s Abbey.
This event is aimed at Young Catholic Adults and Catholics interested in history.
For details of how to book onto this free weekend and for more info see:- https://bookwhen.com/youngcatholicadults-yorkpilgrimage2023
THE LOBSTER POT LUNCH: Friday 15 September at 12.45pm in the church hall. Lunches cost £15 for a three-course meal, glass of wine, coffee and chocolates. Please call Sue on 077115845
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday: 6pm: People of the Parish
Sunday: 23rd SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
8.30am:
10.30am: George Robert Emmett (RIP)
NO EVENING MASS
Monday: 10.00am
Tuesday: 12.15pm:
Wednesday: 10.00am
Thursday: CHURCH CLOSED
Friday: 12.15pm: Laurie Carroll (RIP)
Saturday: 6.00pm
RECENTLY DEPARTED: Brenda Farratt, Joss Landers Steven Davies