THE PARISH OF ST.THOMAS MORE, KIDLINGTON & ST.HUGH OF LINCOLN, WOODSTOCK http://www.catholicparish.kidlingtonandwoodstock.uk Parish Priest: Fr. (Dr) Prem Fernando Email: [email protected]142, Oxford Rd, Kidlington, OX5 1DZ Tel: (01865) 377093 Fax: (01865) 842265 Part of the Arch Diocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity Number 234216 Parish School: Temp. Headteacher: Mrs.Breda Bowles Tel & Fax: 01865 373674 Parish Safeguarding Reps.: Sandra Lenagan (01993 812973) PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY FOR THE PREPARATION OF MASS Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, come to us and renew us as we gather to celebrate this Sunday Mass. As we connue our pilgrimage of life, help us to become beer Chrisans on earth so that we may rejoice with you for ever in Heaven. To the Holy Trinity be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 21st Jan - 5th Feb ‘17 3rd & 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Weeks 3 & 4 Parish Diary 26th February 2017 Parish Assembly, af- ter the 11am mass in Kidlington 11th June 2017, at 3.30pm Confirmation Mass with Bishop William Kenney 18th June 2017, Corpus Christi Sunday First Holy Communion Mass 3pm Fund Raising Events St Hugh’s Monthly Loery draw - 1st Sunday of the month. All welcome. 4th Friday of the Month—Soup Lunch after Midday Mass PETER’S PENCE ~ I have been asked to convey the thanks of the Holy Father to the people of the Archdiocese for their generous contribution to Peter’s Pence this year. The Holy Father is grateful for this donation and particularly for the devoted sentiments which inspired it. He knows that much effort was involved. Please convey this message to your parishioners. The Archdiocese contributed £34,777.14 to Peter’s Pence in 2016. ~ His Grace, the Archbishop Bernard Longley Catechists Training Course: This course will take place in the following three sessions, at 7.30 pm at the Kidlington Parish Hall in the new year. 12th January, 2nd February, 23rd February. It is highly recommended that all catechists try and attend this course and it is also open for all those who may be of inter- est. Please support in building a good team of catechists for the parish. Hope you will welcome and appreciate this effort. KINDLY SIGN UP ON THE LIST AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH Thank you for the support & encouragement ~ God bless, Sr Norbert Woodstock Tea & Coffee after mass - " We have arranged a cosy venue for the chilly win- ter months at the corner of Hensington Road and Oxford Street , "The Punchbowl" for our Sunday "Coffee and Chat". Robert Pound , the landlord extends a warm welcome to St Hugh's and will provide tea, coffee etc at a dedicated table for us for an hour after Mass. The "Punchbowl "often welcomes church groups so we will be in good hands. Sandra has kindly offered to liaise re any queries." ~ Marie Stubbs (Hall Project Team Leader)
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THE PARISH OF ST.THOMAS MORE, KIDLINGTON & ST.HUGH OF LINCOLN, WOODSTOCK
PRAYER TO THE HOLY TRINITY FOR THE PREPARATION OF MASS Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, come to us and renew us as we gather to celebrate this Sunday Mass. As we continue our pilgrimage of life, help us to become better Christians on earth so that we may rejoice with
you for ever in Heaven. To the Holy Trinity be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
21st Jan - 5th Feb ‘17 3rd & 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Weeks 3 & 4
Parish Diary
26th February 2017 Parish Assembly, af-ter the 11am mass in Kidlington
11th June 2017, at 3.30pm Confirmation Mass with Bishop William Kenney
18th June 2017, Corpus Christi Sunday First Holy Communion Mass 3pm
Fund Raising Events
St Hugh’s Monthly Lottery draw - 1st Sunday of the month. All welcome.
4th Friday of the Month—Soup Lunch after Midday Mass
Catechists Training Course:
take place in the following three sessions, at 7.30 pm at the Kidlington Parish Hall in the new year. 12th January, 2nd February, 23rd February. It is highly recommended that all catechists try and at-tend this course and it is also open for all those who may be of interest. Please support in building a good team of catechists for the parish. Hope you will welcome and appreciate this effort. Please do sign in the list at the back of the
Church ~
PETER’S PENCE ~ I have been asked to convey the thanks of the Holy Father to the people of the Archdiocese for their generous contribution to Peter’s Pence this year. The Holy Father is grateful for this donation and particularly for the devoted sentiments which inspired it. He knows that much effort was involved. Please convey this message to your parishioners. The Archdiocese contributed £34,777.14 to Peter’s Pence in 2016.
~ His Grace, the Archbishop Bernard Longley
Catechists Training Course: This course will take place in the following three sessions, at 7.30 pm at the Kidlington Parish Hall in the new year. 12th January, 2nd February, 23rd February. It is highly recommended that all catechists try and attend this course and it is also open for all those who may be of inter-est. Please support in building a good team of catechists for the parish. Hope you will welcome and appreciate this effort.
KINDLY SIGN UP ON THE LIST AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH
Thank you for the support & encouragement
~ God bless, Sr Norbert
Woodstock Tea & Coffee after mass - "We have arranged a cosy venue for the chilly win-ter months at the corner of Hensington Road and Oxford Street , "The Punchbowl" for our Sunday "Coffee and Chat". Robert Pound , the landlord extends a warm welcome to St Hugh's and will provide tea, coffee etc at a dedicated table for us for an hour after Mass. The "Punchbowl "often welcomes church groups so we will be in good hands. Sandra has kindly offered to liaise re any queries." ~ Marie Stubbs (Hall Project Team Leader)
Sunday, 29th January ~ White Flower Appeal outside the church
ST THOMAS MORE, KIDLINGTON Christmas Time / Week 2,1
Scripture Study Group - Monday, 6th February, 1.30pm. Come join us to read a scripture passage, and then to reflect and pray to-gether. Contact Eileen Perkins on 01865 374129. All are most welcome.
‘Tea/ Coffee - chit chat’ at the Hall after 9.30 and 11 Masses. Stop by for a sip!
SATURDAY 21st Jan
Sunday Vigil Mass
6.00 pm
Intentions of the Parish Isaiah 8:23--9:3
Ps 26, 1 Corin 1:10-13, 17
Matt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
SUNDAY 22nd Jan
3rd Sunday OT Octave of prayer
for Christian unity
9.30 Am
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11.00 am
Woodstock Intentions of the Parish
50th Death Anni. Rose Billington
TUESDAY 24th Jan
Memorial St Francis de
Sales, Prayer for Christian Unity
10.00 am
Eucharistic Service Hebrews 10:1-10
Ps 39, Mark 3:31-35
WEDNESDAY 25th Jan
Feast, Conversion of St Paul
12.00 Noon
Eucharistic Service at Woodstock
Acts 22:3-16, or 9:1-22 Ps 116, Mark 16:15-18
THURSDAY 26th Jan
Memorial, Ss Timothy &Titus
10.00 am
Eucharistic Service 2 Tim 1:1-8 or
Titus 1:1-5 Ps 23, Mark 4:21-25
Friday 27th Jan
Feria OT 12.00 noon
Holy Mass Soup Lunch
Heb 10:32-39, Ps 36, Mark 4:26-34
SATURDAY 28th Jan
Sunday Vigil Mass
6.00 pm
Sybil Ottewell
Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 Ps 145,
1 Corin 1:26-31 Matthew 5:1-12
SUNDAY 29th Jan
4th Sunday Ordinary Time
9.30 am
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11.00 am
Woodstock J Stasia & H Kantor (RIP)
Kidlington Intentions of the Parish
CAFOD ~ ‘No Place Like Home’: Exploring Palestinian realities after 50 years of occupation Saturday 28 January, 11am-1pm (refreshments served from 10.45am)
St Francis Hall, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham,B15 2TT Followed by a bring-and-share lunch at 1pm
The Jerusalem Legal Aid Centre is a pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation and CAFOD partner, providing pro-bono legal aid and services to some of the poorest and most marginalised people and communities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Join us to hear from JLAC’s Director Mr Issam Aruri and EU Project Co-ordinator Ms Shu’la Abdelhadi about the realities of life under occupation. For more information contact CAFOD Birmingham at [email protected] or call 01922 722944.
Please email your news item to Fr Prem by Thursday, 2nd February
This Newsletter is for the parishioners and friends of the parish. It is for private circulation. Feel free to take it with you and share it with others especially the sick and the home bound.
It can be an opportunity to engage with families and those who are responsible for the care of an elderly relative but unsure of how to approach the subject; promoting it regularly in the parish newsletter may be of help for them and the housebound who may not otherwise know about it. Ordering from the Pastoral Care Project’s online shop is straightforward via: www.pastoralcareproject.org.uk.
ST THOMAS MORE, KIDLINGTON Week 4
MONDAY 30th Jan
Feria OT 9.30 am
Hebrews 11:32-40, Ps 30
Mark 5:1-20
TUESDAY 31st Jan
Memorial, Priest St John Bosco
7.00 pm
Hebrews 12:1-4, Ps 21
Mark 5:21-43
WEDNESDAY 1st Feb
Feria OT 12.00 Noon
Holy Mass at Woodstock
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15 Ps 102, Mark 6:1-6
THURSDAY 2nd Feb
Feast, Presentation of
the Lord
9.30 am
School Mass Malachi 3:1-4 or
Hebrews 2:14-18, Ps 23, Luke 2:22-40
FRIDAY 3rd Feb
Feria OT First Friday
12.00 noon
Mass followed by Adoration
Hebrews 13:1-8, Ps 26 Mark 6:14-29
SATURDAY 4th Feb
Sunday Vigil Mass
6.00 Pm
Sybil Ottewell Isaiah 58:7-10 Psalms 111
1Corinthians 2:1-5 Matthew 5:13-16
SUNDAY 5th Feb
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
11.00 am
SUNDAY 29th Jan
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30 am
J Stasia & H Kantor (RIP)
WEDNESDAY 1st Feb
Feria OT 12.00 Noon
Intentions of Mary D’arcy
SUNDAY 5th Feb
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9.30 am
Deceased Mem . Of O’Leary & Compton
families
ST HUGH’S, WOODSTOCK (Morning Prayer daily at 11.30)
Parish Office is closed until the
25th January For any urgency
or funerals kindly contact Sr Lucy
on 01865 433143
Please keep this newsletter for these two weeks given above. Thank you for your understanding!!
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18 - 25 January
Noon Day Prayers: …..Monday 23 Baptist Church, Tuesday 24 St. John's, Wednesday 25 St. Mary's Kid-
lington.
United Service, Sunday 22 January, 6.30pm at the Baptist Church.
Fellowship Meal, 7.00pm at the Baptist Church on Tuesday 24 January 2017. The speaker is John Grav-
er from Christians against Poverty. Tickets £4 are available from Kate Hamilton.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Baby David Ruth, Jim Foley, Jane Lemon, Iris Ative, Lisa Crisp, Eileen Groom, John Pollard, Mark Sel-wood, Rebecca Lambert, Jonathan Fitzpatrick, William Hayes, Derek and Ella Osborne, Kit Murphy, Mary Couchman, Tina & Ray Hazell, Anne Howard, Sue Rugman, Fr Donald Cahill, John Morris, June
O’Leary, Tracy Richards, Bridget Spark, Jean Neale, Margaret Clancy, Pat Hornsby, Ambrose Har-greaves, Lord John Kerr, Rosemary Brown, Pauline Lilley, Mona & Jimmy Doherty, Christopher Brown, Rosemary Hardwick, Joan Knatt, Zoe Kamen, Charlie Ellington, John Donnelly, Terry Walden, Pat Bar-
field, Agnes Pomfret & Christopher Browne (Kindly keep us updated to remove names from the sick list as and when required)
WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHOSE DEATH ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR DURING THIS TIME Hugh Franklin, Patrick Carney, Catherine Moore, Harold Thakurdas, Pauline Flynn, Elizabeth Gloyne, Geoffrey Neale, Joan Darvell, Stephen Molloy, Hilda Hayes, Maria Carmen Larkin, Francis Devaney,
Donald Green, Connie Phipps, Jean Jakeman, Anthony East, Mary Jenkins, Maria Wright, Doreen Owen, Arthur Mould, Norah Bouse, Patrick Cairns and Freda Aykroyd,
Did you spot it!! There are three new items for Kidlington, two at the altar, one outside of the church and one outside for Woodstock did you notice it?
First Holy Communion 2016/2017 Programme PARENTS MEETINGS
Tuesday September 20th, 7.30pm Tuesday March 21st , 7.30pm
Tuesday June 6th, 7.30pm Celebration Masses Sunday
11.00am 2nd October, 27th November –Giving Mass,
29th January 2017, 5th March, 2nd April, 30th April, 21st May
First Confession– Catechist Session
2nd Oct—Pages 8-13 19th Oct—Pages 14-19,
30th Oct - Pages 20-25
6th Nov—Pages 26-30, 20th Nov—Pages 31-39,
27th Nov—Pages 40-46
First Confession Tuesday 6th Dec 1.45pm
First Holy Communion-Catechist Sessions
15th Jan 2017, 29th Jan, 19h Feb, 5th Mar,
19th Mar 2nd Apr 30th Apr 14th May 4th Jun
*Catechists sessions exact days, times and place will be arranged after the first parents meeting
