Wednesday Morning Mass at St Philip Howard
Please note that with effect from Wednesday 22nd March this Mass will take place at 9.00am.
Ministers of Holy Communion
If there are any Ministers who are able to take Holy Communion to the housebound and do not have anyone to visit, please let Langford Vincent know on 01329 280058.
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Lenten Penitential Service The Clergy of the Deanery will be attending. Details of other Penitential Services in the Deanery are on the notice board. |
Catholic Bible School April Programme
www.catholic-bible-school.org
- Saturday 8th April 10.00am to 3.30pm – Spiritual Warfare under the Leadership of Our Lady.
- Monday 24th April 10.00am to 3.30pm – Christian Spiritual Direction Course year 2
- Tuesday 25th April 10.00am to 3.30pm – Christian Spiritual Direction Course year 1
- Tuesday 25th April 7.45 – 9.45pm – Healing as Jesus Healed
- Wednesday 26th April 9.30am to 11.30am – Midweek Bible Study
- Thursday 27th April 10.00am to 12.00am – Open Door Retreat (9 weekly sessions)
Prior booking is appreciated – tel. 01243 371766 or write to The Catholic Bible School, Nutbourne House, Farm Lane, Nutbourne, Chichester, W. Sussex PO18 8SD.
Stations of the Cross
During Lent there will be Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 7.00pm at the Sacred Heart Church which will be followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. There will be Stations of the Cross at Our Lady of Walsingham Church on Sundays at 4.00pm.
Mass Intentions
Envelopes are available at the entrance to the church to enable you to arrange for a Mass to be celebrated for a particular intention. These envelopes allow you to write the intention as well as the date and time when you would prefer the Mass to be offered. The usual offering is £5.00. Please return completed envelopes to the parish office. Please note that Masses often are requested weeks in advance and so some notice is needed.
House Group
The next House Group meeting will be on Wednesday 22nd March at 101 The Avenue, Fareham. All are welcome. For more information ring 01329 847533.
Pre-School
St Philip Howard Pre-School has vacancies for children from two and a half years to rising fives. If you would like to find out more either pop in for a chat or ring Mrs Riggs on 07814870561.
THE UNION
Thought
for the Week
‘The very limit of human blindness is to glory in being blind’ Augustine of Hippo.
Statistics tells us that the number of people going to the Sacrament of Reconciliation has fallen drastically over the past decades. Is it possible that we may have developed a blind spot regarding this Sacrament or are we blind to our sinfulness and our need of God’s mercy? Jesus heals not only our physical blindness (man at the pool of Siloam) but also our spiritual blindness if only we turn to him.
Can we ignore his call to forgiveness as well as the opportunity to draw strength to live the Christian life? He calls us, he invites us to the Lenten Penitential Service (see details below). Do come along.
Langford Vincent
GIFT Bible Course
A Passover Meal
is being organised for Wednesday 12th April, open to all who have attended the Bible course however fleetingly. There will be a charge of £5.00 per head to cover the costs of catering and administration. This is a wonderful opportunity to embrace the atmosphere and teaching of the Jewish tradition. If you wish to come, please ring Rebecca Goodlad on 023 9238 1802.
Your prayers are requested
Please pray for Lena Meagher who has recently suffered a mild stroke. Lena and her husband, Tony, now live in Spain but were until recently, members of the parish.
Sick or housebound
If any parishioner knows of persons who are housebound and not receiving Holy Communion, please inform Langford Vincent. This applies also for short term illness e.g. three weeks.
Hampshire Children’s Information Service
Information is available on early education, childcare and leisure activities for children aged 0-14 (16 special needs). Find out about childcare and early education options available in your area – www.hants.gov.uk/childcare
Parish Lenten Appeal
This year’s Lenten Appeal is in support of Adopt Sri Lanka. With so many families still living in temporary shelter fourteen months after the tsunami, it is hoped through our Appeal, to fund the building of a simple house for a most needy family in southern Sri Lanka. During this season of Lent, let us look beyond ourselves and look forward to helping the poor. Please help in any way you can to support this Appeal. Buckets will be at the back of each church after the weekend Masses during Lent.
Lent Breakfasts
All are most welcome to share in the simple breakfasts which will be served each Thursday during Lent in the Sacred Heart Hall, following the 7.00am Mass. All proceeds from these breakfasts will go towards the Parish Lenten Appeal in support of AdoptSri Lanka.
Lent Lunches
The Portchester Churches will be holding Shoppers’ Services and Lent Lunches every Wednesday in Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, 1st March. The Services begin at 12.00 noon and take place at Portchester Methodist Church in Castle Street and are followed at 12.30pm by a simple lunch. Do support these lunches as all proceeds will be shared between CAFOD and Christian Aid. Catholics will be responsible for the lunch and service on 15th March.
Larger Pastoral Areas
Those who wish to respond to the Larger Pastoral Areas discussion document are reminded that their comments should be sent to the Implementation Steering Group at Peterhouse, St Peter Street, Winchester, Hants SO23 8BW by Friday 7th April.
Children’s Liturgy
If you are able to help with Children’s Liturgy at St Philip Howard Church please notify the Parish Office.
Monks hailed for the “art of belonging”
“In today’s Europe of believing without belonging, where the family is fragile, monasteries teach the art of belonging to each other,” Cardinal Cormac told monks at Downside Abbey. The Cardinal spoke at a Mass on the community’s patronal feast day of St. Gregory, as part of the Benedictine Abbey’s 400th anniversary celebrations. He said a monastery “is not a flight from the fragility of human nature, but a way of meeting it and transforming it.” It is a place of “mutual caring and covenant relationships” where “people learn to relate, to love others, to meet the person behind the label……….” He praised the rule of St Benedict which he described as “a rock, but not a hard place.” He said he wished everyone could see the Church’s own rules and doctrines in the way that St Benedict intended his: “as gentle prods to change, not weights and burdens; and as lessons in the school of love.”
Seminaries are overcrowded in Vietnam
The Church in Vietnam needs new facilities to accommodate the increasing number of candidates to the priesthood. In the archdiocese of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh there are 230 seminarians living in a small facility. Two reasons for the overcrowding are that the archdiocese receives candidates from six southern dioceses and that the government has stipulated that they allow all applicants to be admitted. In Hanoi, St Joseph’s Major Seminary supplies priests to eight northern dioceses and currently has 235 students. About 6 million of Vietnam’s 83 million inhabitants are Catholic.
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RC Primary School
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Third Sunday of Lent 18th/19th March 2006
The Year of St Mark |
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APF
This weekend we welcome Fr Frank Thompson MHM, who will be making an Appeal for membership of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith.
Healing Service/Mass for the Sick
This will be held on Saturday 25th March 2006 at 3.00pm in St Philip Howard Church. Could Lay Ministers of Communion arrange to advise the sick/housebound of this and organise transport wherever possible? Tea will be provided in the hall after the Service. Should anyone need transport, please contact Mary Cadogan 01329 235987 or Anne Lamb 01329 289721.
The Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament
“The two sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance are very closely connected. Because the Eucharist makes present the redeeming sacrifice of the cross, perpetuating it sacramentally, it naturally gives rise to a continuous need for conversion, for a personal response to the appeal made by Saint Paul to the Christians of Corinth: ‘We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God’” (2 Cor 5:20) – Pope John Paul II.
Contacts:
Contacts: Fareham - Lily Peach on 077 678 98885, Portchester
- Veronica Reeves on 023 9237 2864 or Rose Andrews on 023 9238 8494.
Lone Parent Drop in at Oak Meadow
Mums and dads are welcome at Oak Meadow, Tewkesbury Avenue, Fareham on alternate Saturdays from 2.00 – 4.00pm on 25th March, 8th April and 22nd April. Any parent who is on their own or has weekend contact is welcome. Bring your children and have fun, meet other parents and enjoy free refreshments.
Thanks………
The UCM would like to thank all their friends for supporting the lunch time quiz on Sunday 2nd February. A great time was had by all and £111 was raised for UCM Funds. Watch this space for the next one.
Fairtrade – “Thank you to all who supported our first Fairtrade weekend of sales. We sold over £123 worth of goods. We will be doing this on a monthly basis – the April date is to be arranged.” John Vivian
Via Satellite Russian Catholics pray with the Pope
Hundreds of Catholics in Russia joined Pope Benedict XVI in praying the rosary recently when a dozen European and African cities were linked via satellite with the Vatican. This marked the second time that Russia took part in an event of this type. The church of St Ekaterina in St Petersburg was the venue where the connection took place. Some 600 people gathered for the event. After the celebration of Mass, at 7.00pm local time, the five screens installed in the upper church began to transmit live, from Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, the procession of the cross. Young people were the focus of the rosary but older people and a number of children also attended, some standing for more than four hours. St Petersburg was chosen to lead the fifth mystery of the rosary. Unlike groups in other participating cities, which prayed the first part in their native language and the second in Latin, in the Russian city each of the 10 Hail Marys was prayed entirely in Latin. A university student from St Petersburg said “the union of Catholics from different countries helps us very much. In this way, we know we are not alone, that there are many people who feel like we do, and that is brilliant!”
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Finance
Offertory Collection - £1525.45
Lent Appeal to date - £1376.70
CAFOD/ Family Fast Day - £636.00
Forthcoming Collection –
25/26th March – Clergy Assistance Fund
Are
You New?
Are you new to this parish? If you have recently moved to this area, please
fill in one of the 'Are you new?' forms to be found at the entrance to
the church and return this to Father Joe or to the Parish Office. Alternatively
complete our online form.
Interested
in Becoming a Catholic?
A series of meetings and talks takes place each year for those interested
in becoming a member of our Church. If you would like to know more, please
fill in the form and return it to Father Joe, or complete the online
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