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ST MARGARET’S PAGE 19th February 2017
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Lord (A)
Mass Times Vigil 6.30pm (Sat). Sunday 8.30am, 10.30am & 6.30pm Mon. Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat.10.00am Adoration Wednesdays 8-9.15pm Confessions Saturdays 10.30-11.00am Sundays 10.00-10.20am
St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, 130 St Margaret’s Road, Twickenham TW1 1RL
Tel: 020 8892 3902 E-mail: [email protected]
for ‘THE PAGE’ on line contact Westminster Diocesan Website : parish.rcdow.org.uk/stmargaretsonthames
Web: www.stmargarets-church.co.uk
Parish Priest: Canon Peter Newby. Parish Administrator, Jean McGinley; Catechetical Co-ordinator: Therese Teevan; Bookkeeper: Ann Edes
Fr Peter writes…...
Entrance Antiphon: O Lord, I trust in your merciful love. My heart will rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord who has been bountiful with me.
Response to the Psalm. The Lord is compassion and love
This weekend saw the first Marriage preparation course since my arrival
here in August. These courses were a regular part of the
St Mary Moorfields timetable and over the ten years of running them the
team of catechists must have prepared over 3000 couples. It was a fruitful
and enjoyable part of my ministry in the City. The period of marriage
preparation is a key time when every couple, is looking towards the
future, both with joy and excitement, and possibly with some trepidation,
if the statistics about marriage breakdown are to be believed. It is also for
perhaps, for those who attend such courses, the first time since
Confirmation that either spouse has received any catechesis about the
faith, and the vision the Church possesses of marriage. Though they do
not practise their faith, there is still the desire to be married in Church.
The cynic might think the Church is there to provide the setting, but it
better to think that some small shred of childhood formation has
stimulated the choice. To explore this tiniest shred of formation allows a
vista to open, that would lead, both through preparation and the gifts of
the Holy Spirit into the couple giving to each other the ‘total gift of self’.
This ‘total gift of self’ is both the fundamental matter and form of the
sacrament. The priest is both the witness to their mutual gift of self, and
invites the Holy Spirit to bless and dwell on the couple. To embrace this
vision, within one’s own individual limitations, is to co-operate with the
workings of divine grace.
The recent papal document on marriage, entitled ‘The joy of love’ (Amoris
Laetitia in Latin) begins by presenting the present conditions of family life
throughout the globe and the pressures facing individual families. These
trials and concerns of contemporary families mirror those found in the
Bible which is full of family incident from the time of the Patriarchs to the
family scenes in the Gospels. Jesus heals the daughter of the
Syrophoenician woman, raises Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary
and the widow of Nain’s son, to name but a few. The Gospels are the
divinely inspired accounts of the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus.
They are accounts too of ourselves, in the differing reactions to the
preaching and life of Jesus, not as simply individual believers but as
members of families and communities. individual meeting with Jesus
Christ is not to be set against the natural familial relations in which all
participate. The family is the first place where to learn the meaning of
Christian love and to exercise the lessons learnt.
One of the chapters of ‘The Joy of Love’ (Amoris Laetitia) begins with a
beautiful explanation of the passage by St Paul from the First Letter to
the Corinthians on the meaning of Christian love. The reading begins,
‘Love is always patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful…. The
reading is heard at most weddings. The qualities mentioned are both
learnt and practised in the family and never in the abstract. To be
patient is to recognise no-one is perfect, the world is not perfect, so
patience allows time for reconciliation and changes of mind and heart;
to be kind is the active side of patience of building bridges with others;
not to be jealous is to allow others their success, and to recognise the
gifts given by God; not to be boastful is to recognise that I do not need
to be the centre of attention or enter those competitive games
involving careers, house prices, health diets, holidays and much more
besides.
Love, concludes St Paul, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
things and endures all things. This is no recipe for passivity, of meekly
accepting destructive patterns of behaviour, but of engaging positively.
Love is an act of the will and not an emotional state alone. Thus, the
invitation is to limit our judgements on each other’s failures and
limitations; of family members being able to trust each other so
gradually becoming transparent to each other; not to despair about the
future, the death and Resurrection of Jesus throws an eternal
perspective on the problems of the present, the future is in God’s
hands; and lastly to remain positive when confronted by the challenges
of family life and cultivate the ability to resist wrongdoing and evil.
The meditation by Pope Francis takes what might seem a flight of
literary fancy that touches the heart on a wedding day, and into the
real world of individual family life, mine and yours.
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
The Sick: Rose Lorden, William Hamilton, Ethan Knott,
Caroline Horsbrugh, Colin Bertram, Gerry McEntee, Rose Williams, Brian Winter, Peter Coughlan, Carol Samba, Cesar Juan Urrutigoity, Mary English, Maureen Tanner, Mary Arnolda, Florence Clements, Carmen Bourne, Simon Barber, Amanda Lonergan , Mary Ethel Arnolda, Gerda Kerrigan and Mary Tippett.
Anniversaries: Eric Pinto, Dermot Morgan,
James Mason, Eileen Schmidt, Ellen Gallagher, Edwina Clark, Ivy Ollivier, Thomas CH Yong, Pat Brazier Kathleen Balmer, and Moira McDonnell,
Deanery Intentions for Mgr James Overton
and the parishioners of St Michael’s Ashford .
Mass Intentions Sat. 18 (Vigil) 6.30pm The Parish
Sun. 19 8.30am For the Unemployed
10.30am Christopher Walker’s Intention
(Blackwood)
6 .30pm For All Young People
Mon. 20 10.00am Sheila Gordon’s Intention
(Blackwood)
Tues. 21 10.00am Sharon Jennings Recovery
Wed. 22 10.00am Al Young Mothers
Thur. 23 10.00am Carmen Bourne’s Intention
Fri. 24 10.00am Vocations to the Priesthood
Sat. 25 10.00am Couples preparing for Marriage
Vigil 6.30pm James Walker’s Intention
(Blackwood)
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Leviticus 19:1-2.17-18 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Matthew 5:38-48
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Leviticus 19:1-2.17-18. 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Matthew 5:38-48
Baptism Course at St Margarets of Scotland
If you wish to have your child
Baptised it is a requirement that a
parent has followed a Baptismal
Course before the Baptism.
Don’t’ Forget The next Course ( 2 meetings)
will be here on Tuesdays 21st & 28 February
at 8.00pm in the Parish Library
Please contact the Parish Office to book yourself on the course.
St Margaret’s Murder Mystery Play, Saturday 18th March 2017
MURDER AT DINGLY DELL
This will be the 11th Year of our famous Murder Mystery Play; so we will be putting on extra special performances. We really hope that you will be able to support us. There will be a matinee at 3.30pm when families are welcome and the evening performance will be at 8.00pm. Last year well over 100 people attended so be sure to get your tickets as soon as they become available. Colin Messenger
DBS Forms/Safeguarding
Our new Safeguarding Officer for this Parish is Sarah Jones. Sarah can be contacted via email; [email protected]. She will be available on the first Sunday of every month in the parish office after 10.30am Mass for any enquires regarding DBS forms. She is also available this Sunday as a one off. As the Met . Police Office have a backlog of applications, it is advised that if people want to volunteer next academic year, that they think about getting their form done well before the summer holidays. For example, if you have a child making communion next year, you don’t have a DBS form and you think you would like to be a helper then please do try to get it done within the next few months
SPUC Youth Conference Twickenham & Richmond Branch of
the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children are willing to sponsor a young (between 16 and 35 years old) per-son's conference fee to attend the conference from Friday 3 March until Sunday 5 March 2017 in Stone, Staffordshire. The price of the conference includes all talks, food and accommodation.
The annual SPUC Youth Conference is a weekend filled with pro-life talks, workshops and many chances to meet other young pro-life people. The conference aims to cover all pro-life and family issues, including issues like abortion, euthanasia, IVF, contraception, population control and 'LGBT' issues. See www.spuc.org.uk/get-involved/events/youth-conference-2017 for more information.
Andy Scott [email protected]
Lenten Project 2017
Fr Peter suggests:
that we Fund Raise — for two Charities -
one local/domestic
and one overseas. Parishioners are invited to nominate a charity that they feel is deserving of support by Wednesday, Feb 22nd. Nomination forms will be available from the Parish Office - or from the Web; you can ask for them to be emailed to you. Please note that all funds raised through the Lenten Project will be given to the chosen charities. The nomination must be on a fully completed form and charities nominated must be registered UK charities.
Four shortlisted charities will be announced on Feb 26th and a presentation will be made at all Masses on March 4th/5th. Voting will follow. Results will be announced in ‘The Page’ and on the website. All funds raised during the Lenten project will be given to the chosen charity (ies)
Soup
Lunch
Friday 24th
February in
our Parish Hall
12.15-1.30pm
We hope you are free to come along and join us
on Friday to sample one of the soups donated.
You can also enjoy bread & cheese,
home-made cake and tea and coffee.
This lunch raises funds to assist the impoverished
and suffering people in the Zambia Parish where
Fr David Cullen works. Our donations become
the sign of God’s love for his people and bring
hope to those in desperate need. Please come
along and bring a friend.
Please pick up a copy of Fr David’s Letter
from Zambia available at the back of the church
Would you like to join the Parish Communications Team?
We are seeking to form a small team to assist with communication in the parish. Primarily this will be to help run the parish website (www.stmargarets-church.co.uk) along with its social media accounts, but also to produce some printed materials. The only requirement is to be comfortable using a computer. There are many roles you could take on
within the team, for example:
· Reporter- Writing about parish events on the website.
· Content Manager- Ensuring information on the website is up to
date and of good quality.
· Photographer- Documenting events for the website, improving photos for group pages and providing suitable photos for
leaflets etc.
· Web Developer- Assisting in the maintenance and development
of the website.
· Support/Advocate- Assisting parishioners in using the website
and encouraging them to participate online.
· Social Media Manager- Running the Facebook and Twitter accounts for the parish to promote events and interact with the
community.
· Graphic Designer- Assisting with the production of the printed
material for parish information.
We don't expect to fill every role, a team of about 4 people would be perfect to get things started. This might be an ideal opportunity for younger members of the parish to spend a year or two involved with in order to gain some experience for their CV. If you would be interested in joining, please email Andrew Polland ([email protected]) including some details on how you would be able to help. Or feel free to speak to Andrew after 10:30 Mass if you would like to find out more. In a few weeks there will be a meeting to plan the way
ahead for those who have expressed interest.
CHARITY
SALE
Furniture & kitchen equipment in great condition
for sale!
Everything must go by 27th February 2017!
Pick up dates between 20th - 27th February, Viewings welcomed.
All money collected will be donated to St. Margaret’s Catholic Church.
Please take a leaflet from the narthex if interested.
[email protected] Text/call: 074 7484 7479
Mustard Seed
Prayer Meeting Saturday 25th February.
‘Praise and worship, with and time for quiet
and personal prayer’.
Visiting speaker is John Ryeland from the Christian Healing Mission who has a very gentle approach to training in effective prayer in the area of holistic Christian healing.
8.00pm -10.00pm with refreshments beforehand from 7.45pm. Everyone welcome. Enquiries to Gavin & Sally Evenhuis [email protected]
The youth club for January was a
great success and those who
came are looking forward to the
next one which will be held on
Friday 24th February 2017 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The
theme will be ‘Garbage Art’, so if you are thinking of com-
ing please save boxes/cartons/useful rubbish to be used.
This club is for anyone Year 4 and up. All welcome!!!
Family Mass Notice
There will not be family Mass this month due to it still being
Half Term at that time!
Children’s Liturgy & First Holy Communion
Sessions Notice
There will not be a Children’s Liturgy or
First Holy Communion Classes for the next 2 weeks.
The next date for both is Sunday 26th February.
Men’s Breakfast - Saturday
4th March 2017 Come and enjoy a hot cooked break-
fast, it’s a great opportunity to chat and
share time with like-minded chaps.
Paul Valler is our the speaker of the day
– a really interesting guy, formerly Finance and Operations
Director of Hewlett-Packard Ltd; Paul is Chair of the London
Institute for Contemporary Christianity and a regular conference
and seminar speaker. He has written a book
‘Get a Life – Winning Choices for Working People’ and his
seminar Integrating Work and Life has run in over 50 locations
nationally and in Europe. You may have heard him interviewed
on Premier Christian Radio . Colin Messenger
Women’s World Day
of Prayer 2017 Venue: St Edmunds Church,
Nelson Road Whitton
Friday 3rd March at 10.30am.
An opportunity once again to meet and pray with our
fellow Christians. Ten local churches are represented
this year praying with and for, The
Women of the Philippines
who have prepared the booklets for the service.
All (men and women) most welcome
Contact: Maria Sharratt [email protected]
Job Title Dept Hours Per Week
Lifelong Learning
Manager
Caritas St Josephs
Hendon
28 hours
Lifelong Learning
Manager
Caritas St Josephs
Hendon +Parish
Connect centres
21 hours
Safeguarding
Personnel support
Officer
Safeguarding 35 hours
Support Worker Bakhita House 35 hours
Parish Secretary Walsingham 16 hours
Lead Parish Catechist Harrow on the Hill 35 hours
Parish Catechetical
Co-ordinator
New Barnet 15 hours
Youth Worker Justice and Peace 21 hours
Diocese of Westminster
Job Vacancies
Riona Scannell Senior HR Advisor 020 7798 9167
See application details on Notice Board
