THE PARISH OF ST.THOMAS MORE, KIDLINGTON & ST.HUGH OF LINCOLN, WOODSTOCK

http://www.catholicparish.kidlingtonandwoodstock.uk

Parish Priest: Fr. (Dr) Prem Fernando Email: frpjfernando@gmail.com

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)

Messages from Fr Prem: I must be true to myself, a moto that I have kept, rather tried to keep

throughout my life from my early seminary days; I have been deeply touched by your very response to the

requests I have made. Thank you very much. It was so inspiriting to see many of you coming to mass on

Tuesday evening and the Wednesday to celebrate the Ss Peter & Paul, the solemnity and the day of obli-

gation. I thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord and for your love and concern shown towards me.

I have been noticing since a couple of Sundays ago, that there is a noticeable silence and quietness be-

fore we began mass and also after mass. I was wondering whether I have said something or done something

that has been terribly upsetting, which probably I am use to be doing, but then realised that I did write

about the silence that people observed before the mass of confirmation and not making the church to be a

market place or a community hall before and after mass. Wow, your response has been stunning. You

might have agreed or not with me, but you have shown me great love and regard that has brought tears to

my eyes before I started each mass. Thank you very much for that.

If you ask me, whether I wanted to see a monkishly praying parish or a warm and welcoming par-

ish. I would whole heartedly say, a warm and welcoming parish. A happy and a cheerful parish, in spite

of this grumpy, retired priest! Yes indeed, I wish the parish to be a warm and welcoming, cheerful and

happy parish. So please do, rather than, show a very sombre prayerful mood to those who come and visit,

do show a happy and welcoming parish. Do welcome those who stand next to you and have a chat, wel-

come them and ask how they are and doing. If you do not see the usual face find out about them. Don’t

fail to say hi and welcome to new faces. Yes above all let us be a loving, welcoming and a caring parish,

but certainly not one that wants to be nosy, gossiping and giggling as our preparation for mass.

Here’s the bit I rely on. We should be able to do both. A praying, but also a welcoming and a cheer-

ful parish. We need not be spoon fed. We should be able to judge to ourselves and do the best, with a con-

sideration to the presence of the Holy Eucharist and a worthy preparation to the mass. So thank you for

your wonderful response. I am deeply, deeply touched. Thank you for your love and care. ‘I call you

friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father’.

2nd—10th July 2016 14TH SUNDAY IN OT Psalter Week 2

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.

Parish Diary

26th February 2017 Parish As-sembly, after the 11am mass in Kidlington

11th June 2017, at 3.30pm Confirmation Mass with Bishop William Kenney

18th June 2017, Corpus Christie Sunday (await the confirmation for the First Holy Communion mass date and time)

Fund Raising Events 4th Friday of the Month—Soup

Lunch after Midday Mass—next 22ndJuly

14th August, Afternoon Tea

St Hugh’s Monthly Lottery draw - 1st Sunday of the month. All welcome.

SVP Events in the Parish 05th September an outing to the Cotswold Wild Life Park 20th November healing mass in

the parish with those who are sick and bereaved in the parish.

MISSIO

Dear APF Box Holders,

Kindly collect your brown envelopes from the porch, containing your Mission TODAY

summer edition. Many thanks for your

continued support of Missio.

Regards, Mary Laina

Woodstock Fundraising. There will be a coffee and cake morning after 9.30 Mass in Woodstock Church Hall on Sunday the 31st July 2016. As it is the 'jam making

season' we would also like to sell Jam and would ask those who have made jam or marmalade this year to donate a jar or

two to sell. Please give your donations of jams to --Verena Brogden, Liz Woodward or Clare Todd many thanks to all who are able to

support us in our endeavours.

FR PREM’S DIARY AND AVAILABILITY DURING A NORMAL WEEK

Sunday 9.30 am mass at Woodstock

11.00 am mass at Kidlington 4.00 for 6.00 pm mass at university until about 9.00 or later

Monday Fr Prem’s quiet day with mass on

most Mondays at 9.30 - avoid requesting meetings on Monday

Tuesday 7.00 pm mass - Morning at Uni./

available by appointment during the day.

Wednesday 12.00 am mass at Woodstock and

available by appointment / Fr Prem’s study day.

Thursday 9.30 am School mass . 10.30 am-

3.00 pm at the Uni. Chaplaincy with mass and availability for students and staff . News letter is prepared in the evening.

Friday Office day - 8.30 am - 3.30 pm Fr Prem

is normally available with parish secretary as-sisting from 8.30 am - 1.30 pm

Saturday - Baptisms and visits to the sick, 5.00

pm Confessions , 6 pm Mass Please note you can also meet Fr Prem an hour normally before and after services.

NORMAL ROUTINELY ACTIVITY

Community Morning Prayer - Mondays and

Thursdays 9.10am

Community Evening Prayer - Tuesdays

6.30pm

Adoration and Benediction - Every First Fri-

day of the month after 12.00 noon mass.

Visiting the sick - Every First Saturday of the

month

Baptisms - On the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of

the month

Parish meetings, marriage preparations -

Tuesdays before or after mass

Attending SVP Meetings First Wednesdays

Badminton or Table Tennis - Thursdays! Try

and keep up the challenge! Do not hesitate to Challenge. Ready for it!! Got to be good!! &Very

THE FOOD BANK please help the local people in need by donating non perishable food items. There is a box in the

church porch for your donations. Thank you

We offer our congratulations to Kim & Michael Groom who were married on the 18th June in South Africa.

May God bless them all their lives

Forthcoming Baptisms Let us keep them in our pray-ers and welcome them to our

Masses as their preparation for the

celebration of the sacrament .

St Hugh’s, Woodstock

2nd July– 12noon—Alanna Maria Styles 9th July— 12noon- Cora Elizabeth Denning

16th July –12noon—Willow Theodara Ghislaine Tuttle

16th July- - 1pm– Finlay Peter Raby

St Thomas More , Kidlington 30th July—12noon—Gabriel Michael McErlain

We Welcome

Baby Nicole Remi Challenger

who was baptised in our parish last

Saturday and offer our

congratulations to her parents

Anwar and Lorna

Kindly send your news items for the bulletin by Wednesday.

Newsletter for parishioners and friends of the parish, feel free to take it with you and share it with others especially the sick and the home bound. Kindly check for the availability of the hall with

May souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Jane Lemon, Iris Ative, Lisa Crisp, Eileen Groom, John Pollard, Catherine Elford (McCann), Mark Selwood,

Rebecca Lambert, Jonathan Fitzpatrick, William Hayes, Derek and Ella Osborne, Kit Murphy, Mary Couchman, Tina & Ray Hazell, Anne Howard, Sue Rugman, Ian Robertson,

Fr Donald Cahill, John Morris, June O’Leary, Tracy Richards, Bridget Spark, Jean Neale, Margaret Clancy, Pat Hornsby, Ambrose Hargreaves, Lord John Kerr, Rosemary Brown,

Pauline Lilley, Mona & Jimmy Doherty, Christopher Brown and Rosemary Hardwick. (Kindly keep us updated to remove names from the sick list as and when required)

AND FOR ALL THOSE WHOSE DEATH ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR DURING THIS TIME:

Mary Tivnan, Vincenzo Berretta, Mary Crorkin, Connie Crooks and Tom Goughley.

Last Sunday s Collection: St Thomas More: £296.50 St Hugh’s: £245.02 Retiring Collection for: Peter’s Pence: £100.35

Next retiring Collection is 10th July for Apostleship of the Sea . Thank you

Morning & Evening Prayers Before Mass on Monday, Tuesday and

Thursday Holy Rosary

Before Mass on Saturday evening Adoration

After Mass on 1st Friday of the month

Pro-Life Early Day Motion 123 — The Royal Col-lege of Midwives is being forced by their chief to support a campaign to completely decriminal-ise abortion, which would permit abortion up until birth for any reason, scrapping the current 24 week upper limit. Many midwives are ex-tremely upset by this, as you can imagine. Cath-olic MP Robert Flello has tabled an Early Day Motion (123) opposing both the policy and cam-paign to decriminalise abortion up until birth. Only 11 MPs have signed it to date. See poster. Web link https://www.parliament.uk/edm/2016-17/123

CTK Kidlington Flower Festival—July 16th & 17th at St. Marys Church (see poster for details). Helpers are needed on the Sunday 17th ( 1 hour slots) if you are able to help please add you name to the list in the church porch. All proceeds to Christian Aid.

ST THOMAS MORE, KIDLINGTON

SUNDAY 3rd July

14th Sunday in OT

9.30 am

Special Int. for Mark Humphries

WEDNESDAY 6th July

Feria in Ordinary Time

12.00 noon

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SUNDAY 10th July

15th Sunday in OT

9.30 am

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SATURDAY 2nd July

Sunday Vigil Mass

6.00 pm

Death Anni. Dennis Ryder

Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalms 65

Galatians 6:14-18 Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

or 10:1-9

SUNDAY 3rd July

14th Sunday in OT

11.00 am

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MONDAY 4th July

Feria in Ordinary Time

- - Hosea 2:16, 17-18, 21-22

Psalms 144 Matthew 9:18-26

TUESDAY 5th July

Feria in Ordinary Time

7.00 pm

- Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13

Psalms 113b Matthew 9:32-38

WEDNESDAY 6th July

Feria in Ordinary Time

12.00noon

Mass at Woodstock

Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 Psalms 104

Matthew 10:1-7

THURSDAY 7th July

Feria in Ordinary Time

9.30 am

- Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8-9

Psalms 79 Matthew 10:7-15

FRIDAY 8th July

Feria in Ordinary Time

12.00 noon

Death Anni. Herbert & Eileen

Hinchen

Hosea 14:2-10 Psalams 50

Matthew 10:16-23

SATURDAY 9th July

Sunday Vigil Mass

6.00 pm

- Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Psalms 68

Colossians 1:15-20 Luke 10:25-37

SUNDAY 10th

15th Sunday in OT

11.00 am

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ST HUGH’S, WOODSTOCK (Morning Prayer daily at 11.30)

‘Tea/ Coffee - chit chat’ at the Hall after 9.30 and 11 Masses. Stop by for a sip!

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays normally 5-5.30 pm

BAPTISMS & MARRIAGES by appointment with

Fr Prem Please make sure

you attend the parish regularly to ask for

sacraments

Scripture Study Group Next meeting is on Monday, 11th July. Come join us to read a scripture passage,

and then to reflect and pray together. Contact Eileen Perkins on 01865 374129. All are most welcome.