Saint Bartholomew’s Catholic Church Rev Fr Francis Antwi-Darkwah (Parish Priest), Rev Deacon Justin Cross, Tel:01727 850066 www.rcdow.org.uk/stalbanssouth email: [email protected]Registered Charity Number: 233699 WEEKLY OFFERINGS 29/09/2019 = £420.09 (includes envelopes but not Bankers Orders etc. which average £1602 per week). Thank you for your generosity! The Diocesan levy on Parishes is 33%. Text PARISH STALS to 70800 to donate £5 automatically. ORDINARY TIME CONTINUES Lectionary for Sundays: Year C. Weekday Lectionary: Year 1; Ordinary Time 27 Psalter: Week 3 POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER OF INTENTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER That politicians, scientists and economists work together to protect the world’s seas and oceans. SIGNING OF CERTIFICATE OF CATHOLIC PRACTICE FORMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL Please note that Fr Francis will be signing the certificates of Catholic Practice Forms after Sunday masses i.e. 6pm Saturday evening and 10.30am Sunday morning on the 5 th /6 th October, 12 th /13 th October, 19 th /20 th October and 26 th /27 th October. Fr Francis will not be signing any forms in the presbytery so please do not come to the presbytery to have your forms signed. They will only be signed after the above Sunday masses. WELCOME TO OUR PARISH If you are a visitor, we hope you will enjoy your stay with us and, if you are new to the parish, we invite you to fill out a parish registration form. The forms are available at the back of the church. Please join us for tea or coffee in the parish hall after Sunday 10:30 Mass. Could we introduce ourselves to someone we don’t know in this parish anytime we attend Mass, please? GOING INTO HOSPITAL? If you are going into hospital do ask to see a Catholic Chaplain. Please call 01923 217994 or 07776 598704 for Watford, Hemel and St Albans. ROSARY BEFORE SUNDAY MASS IN OCTOBER The Catholic Women's League will lead the Rosary before the 3 Sunday Masses in October, the Month of the Holy Rosary. We will pray for protection for the Church and for the healing of the world. Please join us at: 17:45 (Saturdays); 08:14 (Sundays); and 10:14 (Sundays) during the 4 weekends of October, so that together we can pray this most powerful prayer. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION / CONFIRMATION Forms are now available at the back of the church for the First Holy Communion and Confirmation sacramental preparation programmes, to be handed in as soon as possible. These forms are only available from the back of the church, not from the Presbytery. CANONISATION OF BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. All over the world people are preparing to celebrate the canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman on Saturday 13 th October. This is a time of special grace for us to join together and form links in a great chain of 6 TH OCTMBER 2019 27 th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sa 5 6:00 pm Colin & Frances Bennett (RIP) Su 6 8:30 am Frank Byrne (rec. dec) 10:30 am Giovanni Cicchirillo ( Anni) M 7 12 noon Our Lady of The Rosary Elizabeth A . Darkwah (RIP) Tu 8 9:00 am Feria W 9 9:00 am Blessed John Henry Newman Th 10 NO MASS Fr 11 9.30 am St. John XXIII Margaret Leahy (INTS) Sa 12 9.00 am Blessed Virgin Mary Parishioners 28 TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sa 12 6:00 pm Luciano Mesce (rec. dec) Su 13 8:30 am 10:30 am Josie & Claude Clemence (Anni) Mass times and intentions are subject to change if there is a funeral. Confessions: Saturday 9.30-10am; 5.15-5.45pm and at call Holy Matrimony: - in accordance with the norms of Canon Law, at least six months’ notice must be given, whether the marriage is here or abroad, to enable the required spiritual preparation to take place and for the paperwork to be gathered and, if necessary, submitted to the Chancellor of the Diocese. Please make an appointment to see either of the clergy. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: after Mass on Saturday morning Parish Centre Bookings: call the Parish Office or email: [email protected](£20 per hour for regular bookings; £25 per hour for occasional or single bookings.) The Parish Office is normally open on Monday and Friday 9.00 am until 12.00noon (term time only) The Parish Administrator is Mrs. Michelle Fitzgerald - [email protected]The Diocesan Privacy Policy can be read at rcdow.org.uk/diocese/privacy-policy
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Saint Bartholomew’s Catholic Church Rev Fr Francis Antwi-Darkwah (Parish Priest), Rev Deacon Justin Cross, Tel:01727 850066
(includes envelopes but not Bankers Orders etc. which average £1602 per week). Thank you for your generosity!
The Diocesan levy on Parishes is 33%.
Text PARISH STALS to 70800 to donate £5 automatically.
ORDINARY TIME CONTINUES Lectionary for Sundays: Year C. Weekday Lectionary: Year 1; Ordinary Time 27 Psalter: Week 3 POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER OF INTENTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER That politicians, scientists and economists work together to protect the world’s seas and oceans. SIGNING OF CERTIFICATE OF CATHOLIC PRACTICE
FORMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL Please note that Fr Francis will be signing the certificates of Catholic Practice Forms after Sunday masses i.e. 6pm Saturday evening and 10.30am Sunday morning on the 5th/6th October, 12th/13th October, 19th/20th October and 26th/27th October. Fr Francis will not be signing any forms in the presbytery so please do not come to the presbytery to have your forms signed. They will only be signed after the above Sunday masses. WELCOME TO OUR PARISH If you are a visitor, we hope you will enjoy your stay with us and, if you are new to the parish, we invite you to fill
out a parish registration form. The forms are available at the back of the church. Please join us for tea or coffee in the parish hall after Sunday 10:30 Mass. Could we introduce ourselves to someone we don’t know in this parish anytime we attend Mass, please?
GOING INTO HOSPITAL? If you are going into hospital do ask to see a Catholic Chaplain. Please call 01923 217994 or 07776 598704 for Watford, Hemel and St Albans.
ROSARY BEFORE SUNDAY MASS IN OCTOBER The Catholic Women's League will lead the Rosary before the 3 Sunday Masses in October, the Month of the Holy
Rosary. We will pray for protection for the Church and for the healing of the world. Please join us at: 17:45 (Saturdays); 08:14 (Sundays); and 10:14 (Sundays) during the 4 weekends of October, so that together we can pray this most powerful prayer. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION / CONFIRMATION Forms are now available at the back of the church for the First Holy Communion and Confirmation sacramental preparation programmes, to be handed in as soon as possible. These forms are only available from the back of
the church, not from the Presbytery.
CANONISATION OF BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. All over the world people are preparing to
celebrate the canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman on Saturday 13th October. This is a time of special grace for us to join together and form links in a great chain of
6TH OCTMBER 2019
27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sa 5 6:00 pm Colin & Frances Bennett (RIP)
Su 6 8:30 am Frank Byrne (rec. dec) 10:30 am Giovanni Cicchirillo ( Anni)
M 7 12 noon Our Lady of The Rosary Elizabeth A . Darkwah (RIP)
Tu 8 9:00 am Feria W 9 9:00 am Blessed John Henry Newman Th 10 NO MASS
Fr 11 9.30 am St. John XXIII Margaret Leahy (INTS) Sa 12 9.00 am Blessed Virgin Mary Parishioners
28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sa 12 6:00 pm Luciano Mesce (rec. dec) Su 13 8:30 am 10:30 am Josie & Claude Clemence (Anni)
Mass times and intentions are subject to change if there is a funeral.
Confessions: Saturday 9.30-10am; 5.15-5.45pm and at call Holy Matrimony: - in accordance with the norms of Canon Law, at least six months’ notice must be given, whether the
marriage is here or abroad, to enable the required spiritual preparation to take place and for the paperwork to be gathered and, if necessary, submitted to the Chancellor of the Diocese. Please make an appointment to see either of
the clergy.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: after Mass on Saturday morning Parish Centre Bookings: call the Parish Office or email: [email protected]
(£20 per hour for regular bookings; £25 per hour for occasional or single bookings.) The Parish Office is normally open on Monday and Friday 9.00 am until 12.00noon (term time only)
The Parish Administrator is Mrs. Michelle Fitzgerald - [email protected] The Diocesan Privacy Policy can be read at rcdow.org.uk/diocese/privacy-policy
prayer, where are call upon the soon-to –be saint to crown our prayers with his intercession in heaven. We encourage you to form links in the chain in joining in our novena with Newman – nine days of prayerful preparation for the Canonisation, starting on Friday 4th Oct and finishing on Saturday 12 Oct in the eve of the Canonisation.
SOLEMN VESPERS CANONISATION OF J.H.NEWMA For canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 19/10/10/2019 at 3.30pm. seating from 2.45pm. presided by HIS EMMENCE CARDINAL VINCENT with guest preacher the MOST REV. JUSTIN WELBY, Archbishop of Canterbury. All are welcome to attend. ADULT FAITH FORMATION
1. Formation for Liturgical Ministries AT: Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, SW1P 1QN Ministers of the Word: When: Thursday 17th Oct’19, 7-8.30pm
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion When: Thursday 14th Nov’19, 7-8.30pm Suggested donation £5. AT: Niland Centre, 93 Elstree Rd, Bushey WD23 4EE Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion When: Saturday 12th Oct’19, 10.00-3.00 Ministers of the Word When: Saturday 26th Oct’19, 10.00-3.00 Suggested donation £15. Please register at [email protected]
2. ‘Living as if we believed in God –
Scripture from Scratch’ with Sr Anne Walsh OP
When: Selected Thursdays 7.30 – 9.00pm (refreshments from 7.00 pm) First session: 26th Sep. For dates, see: www.nilandconferencecentre.co.uk Where: Niland Conference Centre, Rosary Priory, 93 Elstree Road, Bushey Heath, Bushey WD23 4EE Suggested donation £5 per session. To register, e-mail at [email protected] or call 07746 707247. St. Columba’s College and Prep School, the
independent Catholic boys’ school in St Albans, will be holding an Open Morning for both the Prep and Senior School (4-18) on Saturday 5th October 2019 from 9.00am – 12.00pm. Means-tested bursaries are available for a small number of Catholic boys entering Year 3 and Year 7. Bursary applications for September 2020 entry must be made by the end of October 2019 and, if eligible, boys will need to be successful in the entrance exams to be held in January 2020. For further information, please contact Mrs Hilary Causer, Admissions Registrar. Email address: [email protected]
Direct line: 01727 892040 MISSION APPEAL BY MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (MAfr – White Fathers) We warmly welcome Fr. Frank Nolan into our Parish this weekend for the mission appeal. Please let us be generous in giving to support their missionary work in the world- most especially in Africa. WALSINGHAM PILGRAMAGE – SANCTITY OF LIFE – SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER – Pilgrimage to the Catholic
National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham – England’s Nazareth - to pray for the sanctity of life, led by Bishop Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth. Coach departs from St Bartholomew’s, Vesta Avenue at 7.30am. Please contact Geraldine on 07971 028415, [email protected] £17.50 Adults, £8 children & full-time students.
CATHOLIC WORKER FARM As we start to forge links with the Catholic Worker Farm, located near Rickmansworth, they have requested an urgent need for VEGETABLES. Our Justice and Peace group will be collecting donations of vegetables each Sunday in this harvest month of October and taking them
to the residents and volunteers at the Catholic Worker Farm. So, please, donate generously, leaving your offerings in the Church porch. The Catholic Worker Farm provides shelter, food and a safe space for women and children left homeless in London who are refugees or victims of human trafficking, slavery or other abuses. Very few shelters take women with their children. Not many of us can live out the Gospel in quite this way, so they deserve our support. Thank you. 200 CLUB It is that time of year for the 200 club to start again. Last
year we raised nearly £1,000.00 for the HCPT Group to take a child to Lourdes. Let’s make this year even better. Please take a form at the back of Church and sign up to this good cause. CAN YOU HELP? A delightful but frail lady in her early nineties, who lives just off Holywell Hill, would like to hire a lady to be with her, 6.30-7.30 pm. Monday to Fridays, to provide her with a warm evening meal, and to sit with her while she eats it. If
you can help please phone Maureen Anderson: 01923 404250. WELCOMERS ROTA FOR WEEKEND OF 05 & 06/10/2019
6:00pm Mass M. Fernando T. Whitbourn
8.30am Mass J. Owen M. White
10.30am Mass S. Bond L. Ahern
WELCOMERS ROTA WEEKEND OF 12/13/10/19
6:00pm Mass C. Keegan F. Keegan
8:30am Mass C. Simpson M. Simpson
10.30am Mass M. Bateman P. Groves
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS WEEKEND 0F 05/06
6:00 am Mass Veronica Hutchison
Geraldine Philips
8:30am Mass Jo. Walker Geoff Walker
10.30am Mass Gladys Cummings Morris Asielue
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS WEEKEND OF 12/13
6.00am Mass Jonathan Woodley
Claire Thenuwara
8.30am Mass Paul O’Connor Lesley Brown
10.30am Mass Anne McCarthy Paul O’Connor
COUNTERING THE MONEY WEEKEND OF 06/10/2019; 13/10/19; 20/10/19 & 27/10/19
06/10/2019 Eithne Campbell Dominic Tang
13/10/2019 Daniella Broxton Eleanor Christie
20/10/2019 Peter Bussandri Steve O’Driscoll
27/10/2019 Lorraine Paul Edward Behan
Please are you interested of helping in any of these ministries in the Parish? Please think about it and contact either Fr. Francis or Rev Justice. Many thanks.
Stephens and St Julians and One World Week 20-17 October
2019- Working together for a just, peaceful and sustainable world
We invite members of St Barts, St Chiswell Green United Reformed parishes to join together and celebrate living in a shared world with a tea party on Sunday 20 October from 4-5.15 pm, To be held at St Bart's parish centre on Sunday 20 October 2019.We look forward to seeing you there For further details please contact Christine Lambert ([email protected]) or Veronica Grant.
