Readers and Eucharistic Ministers Mass This Sunday, 26 May Next Sunday, 2 June 1 st Reading Pat Crowe Una McAlinden 2 nd Reading Martin Brennan Siobhan Campbell Eucharistic Minister Catherine Davies Pat Crow Eucharistic Minister Clare Bevan Ros Penn Driver C./J. Gallagher David Toland Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton Pope Close, Flitwick, MK45 1JP Contact: 01525 715 109, 07711 953 926, www.sacredheartflitwick.co.uk Parish Priest, Father John Danford [email protected], 01525 372 321 Parish Deacon, Deacon Philip Pugh [email protected], 07711 953 926 Pastoral Administrator, Suzanne Yates [email protected]newsletter 26 May 2019 Sixth Sunday of Easter Follow us on Facebook Thank you for your contribution to the parish. For 19 May it was £321.80 and standing orders were £750.00. With thanks, the Finance Committee Mass Times at Sacred Heart Sunday 26 May 9.00 am Intentions of the Vooght Family Tuesday 28 May 9.30 am Eric Johnson, Anniversary, RIP Wednesday 29 May 9.30 am Service of the Word and Communion Thursday 30 May 9.30 am Service of the Word and Communion Thursday 30 May 7.30 pm Deceased of the Parish Friday 31 May 10.00 am Geraldine Bishop, Recently Deceased and Roy and Tina Stanyer, Anniversary CIRCLE OF PRAYER FOR MAY THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN WORK Dear God, thank you for providing us with the gift to share our talents. Provide our community, our nation, our world the fortitude to provide work for all which is decent and fair. Make us faithful stewards of your creation to enhance the human dignity of our global family. THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION – 30 MAY Catholic Parish of The Sacred Heart – Our Mission Through the power of the Holy Spirit we will be a parish renewed in our knowledge and understanding of the love of Jesus Christ, to enable each of us to fulfil our Christian mission The Gospel from the Ascension is taken from Luke 24:46-53 The Gospel of Luke Concludes with an account of the Ascension. Some scholars, however, do not believe Luke to be responsible for this account as there is a second and quite different account at the beginning of Luke's second volume, the Acts of the Apostles. In this account, Jesus and his followers went out to Bethany, a village some seven miles from Jerusalem. After blessing them he was parted from them and carried up to heaven. The disciples returned to Jerusalem with joy and praising God. The story of the Ascension is intended to explain how Jesus, his work on earth complete, returns to be with God. The people of the time believed that God was in heaven and that heaven was above the clouds. It was natural, therefore, for Jesus to ascend in order to return to God. Many people today consider the details of the story to be imagery used to convey the end of Jesus' earthly work and his glorious return to his Father. Some Christians still take the story literally. Taken from The Word of God, Year C by Robin Cooper HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION The solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is to be observed on Thursday, 6 th week of Easter time (30 May 2019) and is a holy day of obligation. We will have Service of the Word at 9.30 am and Mass at 7.30 pm.
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Readers and Eucharistic Ministers
Mass This Sunday, 26 May
Next Sunday, 2 June
1st Reading Pat Crowe Una McAlinden 2nd Reading Martin Brennan Siobhan Campbell Eucharistic
Minister Catherine Davies Pat Crow
Eucharistic Minister
Clare Bevan Ros Penn Driver C./J. Gallagher David Toland
Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton Pope Close, Flitwick, MK45 1JP
Contact: 01525 715 109, 07711 953 926, www.sacredheartflitwick.co.uk Parish Priest, Father John Danford [email protected], 01525 372 321
Thank you for your contribution to the parish. For 19 May it was £321.80 and standing orders were £750.00. With thanks, the Finance Committee
Mass Times at Sacred Heart Sunday 26 May 9.00 am Intentions of the Vooght Family
Tuesday 28 May 9.30 am Eric Johnson, Anniversary, RIP Wednesday 29 May 9.30 am Service of the Word and Communion
Thursday 30 May 9.30 am Service of the Word and Communion Thursday 30 May 7.30 pm Deceased of the Parish
Friday 31 May 10.00 am Geraldine Bishop, Recently Deceased and Roy and Tina Stanyer, Anniversary
CIRCLE OF PRAYER FOR MAY THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN WORK
Dear God, thank you for providing us with the gift to share our talents. Provide our community, our nation, our world the fortitude to provide work for all which is decent and fair. Make us faithful stewards of your creation to enhance the human dignity of our global family.
THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION – 30 MAY
Catholic Parish of The Sacred Heart – Our Mission Through the power of the Holy Spirit we will be a parish renewed in our knowledge and understanding of the love of Jesus Christ, to enable each of us to fulfil our Christian mission
The Gospel from the Ascension is taken from Luke 24:46-53
The Gospel of Luke Concludes with an account of the Ascension. Some scholars, however, do not believe Luke to be responsible for this account as there is a second and quite different account at the beginning of Luke's second volume, the Acts of the Apostles.
In this account, Jesus and his followers went out to Bethany, a village some seven miles from Jerusalem. After blessing them he was parted from them and carried up to heaven. The disciples returned to Jerusalem with joy and praising God.
The story of the Ascension is intended to explain how Jesus, his work on earth complete, returns to be with God. The people of the time believed that God was in heaven and that heaven was above the clouds. It was natural, therefore, for Jesus to ascend in order to return to God. Many people today consider the details of the story to be imagery used to convey the end of Jesus' earthly work and his glorious return to his Father. Some Christians still take the story literally.
Taken from The Word of God, Year C by Robin Cooper
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION The solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is to be observed on Thursday, 6th week of Easter time (30 May 2019) and is a holy day of obligation. We will have Service of the Word at 9.30 am and Mass at 7.30 pm.
This group will meet again on
5 June. Please contact Nicky Paterson on 01525 750 654.
The sewing group will meet on 10 June from 2.00 pm till 4.00 pm. For information contact Clare Bevan 01525 403 589.
Everyone is welcome to come for tea and coffee after Sunday Mass.
Mothers’ Prayers will next meet on Monday 3 June. We meet fortnightly to pray for our children and have had many answers to our prayers. Ring Sue Barley on 01525 634186 for details.
INFORMATION CONFESSION Confession will be at 8.40 am on Sundays and at 9.45 am on Fridays. PRAYER LINE Please ring for intercessory prayer on 01525 634 186. We have some wonderful answers to prayers. Be assured of full confidentiality.
CARDS, GIFTS, etc. Are available for sale in Sacred Heart church after Mass. All are priced. Please put money in the repository box at the back of the church. SAFEGUARDING For information contact Paula Bates at
CHURCH NEWSLETTER ONLINE http://www.sacredheartflitwick.co.uk IN HOSPITAL, SICK OR HOUSE-BOUND? Please let us know of anyone who needs a visit or requires Holy Communion at home.
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LITTLE ’UNS Meet every Friday 10.30 am to 11.45 am in term time, in the church hall. This is a group for babies and pre-schoolers. For further information please contact Deacon Philip at
MASS INTENTIONS For Mass Intentions, contact Suzanne Yates who will arrange for Fr. John or another local priest to say a Mass.
Pope Francis suggests that for April we try to reduce, reuse and recycle
NOTICE OF PILGRIMAGE 2020 PLANNING MEETING
We are pleased to announce a parish pilgrimage to Ireland in May 2020. We shall be giving a presentation on Saturday 22 June 2019 at 2.00 pm, in the Canon Dennis Room, Sacred Heart Church, Flitwick. Please speak to Ros Penn or Deacon Philip should you need any information.
Kate Mansford invites you to a Mass of Thanksgiving and Brunch on 2 June. Please let Deacon Philip or Suzanne know if you intend to come. There is no charge but we need to know numbers.
BOOK CLUB NEXT MEETING
Thursday, 5 September at 7.30 pm in the home of Ros Penn. Tea/coffee and snacks will be served. (Please ask Suzanne Yates, Pastoral Administrator for the address)
New members are made very welcome and we will chat about the following two books as we are not meeting until September,
Five People You Meet in in Heaven by Mitch Albom and
Hind’s Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
FEAST OF VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – 31 MAY
This is a fairly late feast, going back to the only 13th or 14th century. It was established widely throughout the Church to pray for unity. The present date of celebration was set in 1969, in order to follow the Annunciation of the Lord and precede the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Like most feasts of Mary, it is closely connected with Jesus and his saving work. The more visible actors in the visitation drama (see Luke 1:39-45) are Mary and Elizabeth. However, Jesus and John the Baptist steal the scene in a hidden way. John, upon the arrival of Mary, leapt in the womb of his mother; he was then cleansed from original sin and filled with the grace of God. Elizabeth, in turn, was filled with the Holy Spirit and addressed words of praise to Mary – words that echo down through the ages. It is helpful to recall that we do not have a journalist’s account of this meeting. Rather, Luke, speaking for the Church, gives a prayerful poet’s rendition of the scene. Elizabeth’s praise of Mary as ‘the mother of my Lord’ can be viewed as the earliest Church’s devotion to Mary. As with all authentic devotion to Mary, Elizabeth’s (the Church’s) words first praise God for what God has done to Mary. Only secondly does she praise Mary for trusting God’s words. Then comes the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). Here, Mary herself – like the Church – traces all her greatness to God.
Adapted from https://www.franciscanmedia.org
MASS FOR THE SICK AND ANOINTING FRIDAY 21 JUNE
Sacred Heart SVP has arranged with Fr. John and Deacon Philip for Mass for the Sick to be held at 2.00 pm on 21 June. There will be an opportunity for the sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) before Mass. Tea and coffee will be served afterwards in the parish room to which all are invited. There will be no morning Mass on this day.
DATES FOR THE DIARY 1. Novena to the Sacred Heart
starting 19 June 2. Men’s Breakfast
22 June 3. Presentation for
Just one House is on Sunday 30 June after Mass.
4. Parish Retreat 14 September
Churches Together in Ampthill and Flitwick Celebrate Pentecost with Us at the Birthday Party of the Churches in
Ampthill and Flitwick 9 June
Ampthill Great Park Bring a picnic lunch for 1.00 pm and
