ST JOSEPH’S JOURNAL Volume 55 No: 26
CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION & SAINT JOSEPH
23 ST JOHN’S STREET, HERTFORD SG14 1RX
Email: hertford@rcdow.org.uk
Parish Priest: Canon Terence Phipps Tel: 01992 582109
DATE: 16 July
15TH 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
Fr Terry is still in Bury St Edmunds receiving nursing care.
Please keep him in your prayers while he awaits news of his operation.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASSES 2023/24
If you would like your child/ren to prepare for the sacrament of First Confession and First Holy Communion, please write to Mrs. Walker stating their name, date of birth, address and the school they attend. All children must be in year 3 or above.
POPE’S INTENTION FOR JULY
For a Eucharistic life We pray that Catholics may place the celebration of the Eucharist at the heart of their lives, transforming human relationships in a very deep way and opening to the encounter with God and all their brothers and sisters.
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 thechurch hall on Tuesday evenings at 7pm for recital of the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
THE LOBSTER POT LUNCH: Friday 21st July 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 07711
Thank you to the parishioners who donated to and supported the parish sewing group last week. Repairs to our church’s soft furnishings are fully underway and will be ongoing over the next few months. Our community is increasingly made stronger through the people we meet in activities such as these. We become part of our parish’s history in the work that we do to preserve, repair and enhance our church, as much as the charitable work we do to help others. Many of the beautiful items we care for here have been donated, created or gifted to our church by its members throughout our long existence.
The sewing group will continue to meet every other Monday from 10am-1pm. Our next meeting will be on the 17th. All are most welcome to join.
In view of the closure of the parish’s bank branch, it would greatly assist the parish if those who donate by cash would move over to a monthly Bankers Standing Order. If you wish to do this please go to the website and download the Standing Order form.
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday: 6pm
Sunday: 15TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
8.30am: People of the Parish
10.30am:
Monday: NO MASS
Tuesday: NO MASS
Wednesday: NO MASS
Thursday: CHURCH CLOSED
Friday: 12.15pm: Communion Service
Saturday: 6.00pm
RECENTLY DEPARTED: Margaret McDonagh, Clare Broadbent