ST PAUL’S PARISH NEWSLETTER
Fr Perry Sykes (Parish Priest)
Parish Office: woodgreen@rcdow.org.uk ; tel: 020 8888 2390 Fr Perry Sykes: perrysykes@rcdow.org.uk
Parish Website: https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/woodgreen/
Parish Safeguarding Rep: Eileen Riordan – woodgreensg2@safeguardrcdow.org.uk
Sophia Piper – woodgreensg@safeguardrcdow.org.uk
10TH MARCH 2024 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (LAETARE SUNDAY)
Parish Mass Book: 4th Sunday of Lent: Order of Mass Page 7; Prayers and Readings Page 166
| MASS TIMES Monday to Thurs 9:10am Morning Prayer 9:30am Daily Mass Friday 9:10am Morning Prayer 9:30am Mass 7pm Mass 7:30pm Stations of the Cross Saturday 6:30am Mass 7am to 5:15pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 5:30pm Vigil Mass | Sunday Masses 8am, 10am & 12noon Confessions Saturday: 11am – 12 noon 4:30pm – 5:15pm Stations of The Cross: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday after 9:30am Mass. Church opens at 7:30am Monday to Friday Church closes 4pm on Monday – Wednesday and at 2pm on Thursday & Friday On Saturday church opens at 9:30am and closes at 6:30pm. |
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER – WEEK 4 ON THE MASS
Having gathered, listened to the Word of God and brought our gifts to the altar we come to the Eucharistic Prayer.
How many Eucharistic prayers are there?
For many years the Roman Catholic Church used just one Eucharistic Prayer, often referred to as the Roman Canon (c. fourth century). Today there are eleven Eucharistic Prayers approved for use in England and Wales. Eucharistic Prayer II is an adaptation of a prayer first known in a document thought to date from the third century. Eucharistic Prayer III was a new composition, with an especially rich intercessory section where we pray for both the living and the dead. Eucharistic Prayer IV draws on the prayer traditions of the Church in the East. In the 1980’s and 90’s these prayers were joined by Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation, for Masses with Children, and for Mass with the Deaf. More recently the Church has approved a further Eucharistic Prayer for Various Needs and Occasions which offers a series of 4 texts. These texts acknowledge Christ as the Compassion of God and our way to the Father, and recognise the graces the Church receives as she seeks to journey to greater unity on the way of salvation.
LENT 2024
Monday – Friday Morning Prayer at 9:10am & Mass at 9:30am
Friday 15th March Mass at 7pm followed by Stations of the Cross at 7:30pm
Saturday 16th March Mass at 6:30am followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 5:15pm
Confessions 11am – 12 noon & 4:30pm – 5:15pm
H.C.P.T boxes We would ask you to return them to the Parish on Easter Sunday. Don’t send
donations directly to H.C.P.T
It costs £1025 to sponsor a child on the HCPT pilgrimage. Can we raise enough to sponsor 3 children?
MOTHER’S DAY – a Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums in our parish. We thank them for all that they do for their families and the family of the parish.
BAPTISMS – Please ring the Parish Office on 0208 888 2390 to arrange a time to come and meet with Fr Perry.
MASS INTENTIONS – We are booking Masses for April. Please note that if you asked for an intention on a specific date and a funeral is subsequently arranged on that day, the intention will be moved to the next available date.
MONTHLY DEVOTIONS TO OUR LADY – will be in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel on Wednesday 13th March at 2pm.
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – 17th March – We have a First Holy Communion group Mass and some of the Altar Servers will receive their St Stephen’s Medals at the 10am Mass. To mark St Patrick we will have Irish Refreshments after the Mass.
THANK YOU FOR THE COLLECTION OF – Sunday 3rd March – Total £1087.87 (Loose £701.47; Envelopes £386.40). Contactless £419. Standing Orders for February amounted to £5407.01
PARISH SAFEGUARDING REPS – After completing all the necessary paperwork and DBS checks – Sophia Piper has been appointed our second Parish Safeguarding rep (PSR). Sophia will work with Eileen our other PSR. Thank you to Eileen and Sophia for taking on these roles in our Parish Community.
OCTOBER 2024 – Thank you to those who came for the meeting
- It was agreed at the meeting that St Paul’s is a Welcoming Community but it would be good to have more people join our committed team of Welcomers. After Easter we will be inviting more parishioners to become part of the Welcoming Team.
- The ‘welcome back Sunday refreshments’ in September was felt to be a good initiative and one that we could undertake every couple of months.
- Our Parish tool for Evangelization is the Alpha programme. We will continue to encourage the community to reach out to those who don’t know Christ. 5 of the people attending ‘About Being Catholic’ came through the Alpha sessions which we had in the autumn last year.
Any activities of the parish are dependent on the generosity of parishioners volunteering.
What gifts and talents could you share with the parish?
How could you be more involved in the life of our community?
MEET YOUR LOCAL COUNCILOR – Tuesday 19 March 2024 from 2pm – 3:15pm – Woodside Ward Councillor Lucia das Neves will be here for a surgery session in the Parish Centre. Come and meet her to discuss any issues or raise matters with the Council.
PENITENTIAL SERVICE – will be on Friday 29th March from 7pm until 8:30pm. The following priests will be available for Individual Confession – Fr Perry, Canon Tom, Fr Michael, Fr Carlo, Fr Luis, Fr Enrique and Fr Javier
Confessions will be heard in the following languages – English, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese. During the time of Confession there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Please take this opportunity to come and celebrate the Sacrament in preparation for Holy Week and Easter. There will be no Confessions on Saturday 23rd March
LOURDES PILGRIMAGE – Departs 29th May 2024 and returns 3rd June 2024. Cost £675 sharing (£835 in single room). Children 6 – 10 years of age £525 each. Children 11 – 15 years of age £575 each. Booking Forms to be returned to Northern Star with a deposit of £275 per person. Those who had booked for the Holy Land Pilgrimage should have had an email from Adrian at Northern Star during the last week. If you haven’t received any message, please contact Northern Star. All bookings for Lourdes should be made directly with Northern Star.
ANNUAL MASS OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY – Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 25th May 2024 at 2:30pm. The Cardinal is inviting to this Mass all couples in the Diocese, who are celebrating their 5th 10th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th (and every year over 60) wedding anniversary of Catholic marriage in 2024. If you are celebrating an anniversary, please give the following details: husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal address and email (or telephone number, if no email) to Fr Perry or to the Parish Office.
REPOSITORY – We have lots of new stock – including St Patrick’s Day Cards and Easter Cards.
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR – will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s retelling of St John Passion. The event will take place on Thursday 14th March 2024 at 7.30pm at Westminster Cathedral. J.S. Bach’s setting of the Passion story was first performed in 1724 and has since become a popular staple of the season of Lent. This is a wonderful chance to hear the Cathedral’s superb choir performing one of the greatest pieces of Easter music ever written. As a way of encouraging as many as possible from our parishes across the diocese to benefit from this spiritual preparation to the Holy Week; you can buy your tickets at a discount of 30%.
Discounted tickets are available at the following link, using the password below.
https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/ Password: SJP30
HOW WE GET TO CHURCH – Could you walk or take the bus to come for Sunday Mass, especially for the 10am & 12 noon Mass?? The school playground at both the 10am and 12 noon Masses is full and the entrance into church is very congested. Please consider leaving the car at home!
POPE’S INTENTION FOR MARCH – For New Martyrs – Let us pray that those who risk their lives for the Gospel in various parts of the world might imbue the Church with their courage and missionary drive.
| PARISH DIARY Sunday 10th March Refreshments after 10am Mass Monday 11th March 7:30pm ABC Group Tuesday 12th March Refreshments after 9:30am Mass Church Cleaning after Mass 7:30pm Lent Course Wednesday 13th March 12am to 3pm Welcome Space 7:30pm Meditation Thursday 14th March 2pm – 4pm SVP Bingo 7:30pm Pre Marriage Course Friday 15th March ASCENT 7pm Mass 7:30pm Stations of the Cross | Saturday 16th March 6:30am Mass followed by Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament until 5:15pm 10am FHC Children’s Session 3pm – 4:30 pm Confirmation Session Sunday 17th March Refreshments after 10am Mass NEXT SUNDAY 17TH MARCH – 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT 1st Reading 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 2nd Reading Ephesians 5:8-14 Gospel John 9:1-41 |