Holy Family RC Church Coventry

Website: www.hf-cov.org.uk

Email: Brennan6192@outlook.com Fr Pat’s Blog: Humblepiety.blogspot.com Twitter: @Pathound

Coventry CV6 4GF 02476 333128

Registered as a Charity. Birmingham RC Diocese No: 234216

8th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A Mass Book Page No. 142

Saturday 25th Feb 6 00pm Denis Edwards RIP (13th ) John McEnroe RIP (A) Kate Ferry, John Sheehan

Sunday 26th Feb 10.00 am Jack Harris RIP (2nd A)

Monday 27th Feb 9 15 am Tommy Flanagan RIP

Tuesday 28th Feb 9 15 am John Byrne RIP

Ash Wednesday: Lent begins.

Wednesday 1st Mar 9 15 am Sp Int

Wednesday 1st Mar 7 00 pm Sean Costello RIP

Thursday 2nd Mar 9 15 am People of the Parish

Thursday 2nd Mar 5 00pm Reception Daniel Paul McCarthy RIP

Friday 3rd Mar 9 15 am Anne Considine RIP

Friday 3rd Mar 11.30 am Requiem Daniel Paul McCarthy RIP

Saturday 5 15 pm –5 45pm Confessions

Saturday 4th Mar 6 00pm Vigil Betty Wainwright RIP

Sunday 5th Mar 10.00 am O’Shea Family Ints (A)

Sunday 5th Mar 5 00 pm Stations of the Cross

Lent 2017 This Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. On Wednesday ashes will be placed upon our foreheads at Masses, we are called to repent and believe in the gospel. In Lent we enter a period of penance, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Each Sunday at 5 pm during Lent there will be a public devotion of the Stations of the Cross to which I would encourage you to come to. During Lent the mood is one of hope, the vestments are purple in colour, symbolising penance, patience, waiting and the hope we have in Christ. There are Walk with me booklets for you to take to help with prayer for Lent.

Works being done in and around church. The cabinets at the back of church have been looked at and there is woodworm in the panels, these will be changed in the next few weeks. The confessional by the side door of the church will be renovated, made a little larger and more people friendly. The church sound system has been booked to be changed on the 7th/8th March, more speakers will be added and new microphones too. For security CCTV will be added to the side of the church and the front of the house. Also a quinquennial (Survey) of the church and the grounds will be taking place in the next month, to help identify potential works to be carried out to maintain the safety of the site.

Website Links: Diocese: www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk Deanery: www.coventry-catholicdeanery.org.uk

School: www.holyfamily.coventry.sch.uk

Head Teachers: Holy Family: Grainne Griffiths Cardinal Newman: Marina Kelly Parish Safeguarding Reps: Debbie O’Donoghue, Carmel Farrelly Gift Aid: Paul & Ann Yielding HForce Youth Group: Every Second Thursday Young at Heart: Coffee, tea & biscuits; chat, friendship, in the parish centre Thursdays at 10.00am. Toddlers Group: Tuesday mornings 915 am-11 15 am Parish Centre Information and bookings 02476 336345 Parish Grounds Tidy Up Team. Monday’s 2.pm volunteers welcome!

Marriages and Baptisms please refer to Fr Pat to make arrangements

Weekend 4th/5th March Parish Ministers

6 00 pm 10.00am

Extraordinary Ministers: Anne Stapleton Tony Stapleton Patricia Davies Carmel O’Sullivan Liz Mayne Joyce Smyth Ashling Richardson Dympna Campbell

Patsy McHendry Grainne Griffiths Readers: Janice Cramp Nellie Martin Mary Iggulden Kian Kirk

Counters: Ian & Martina Haggerty

100 Club Collectors: Volunteer Jill Murphy

Church Cleaning Team 2 Angela McKeown & Co 2nd March

Please pray for the elderly, the housebound, the sick; Jessica Graham, Fiona & Brian Burke, Cheryl Kenny, Sarah Higgins, and all who receive Holy Communion from the ministers, in nursing homes, hospital or hospices. May they know the healing touch of Jesus For all who have died recently especially, Audrey Underhill.

Please pray for all who have died recently... For victims of violence... For an increase in Faith For Pro-Life issues For Church Unity For Pope Francis For priests and deacons For the newly baptised For peace in the world... For all the lapsed… For the parish… for the schools and families... For recently married couples... for prayers answered… for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life…

Monday Grounds team Mondays 2.00pm Helping to keep the grounds around the church neat and tidy. New people always welcome! Tea provided.

Youth Group H-Force meet every other Thursday evenings in the hall. See Laura Kemp and the youth board in church for more details.

Knitting In the Church Monthly on Monday’s 10 am 11 00am For deserving causes.

Holy Family Weekly Offerings: Gift Aid £395.27 Loose £619.73 Thanks for your generosity.

Vocations: Wednesday 5th April 2017 Face 2 Face Just for Men: The diocesan vocation office is offering a free event for young men aged 14-18 from 9:30am to 17:30pm. A one-day of prayer. More information: www.vocations.org.uk

The Young at Heart Thursday’s after the morning Mass

Piety Stall. There is a good selection of gifts, religious objects and cards for sale each week Holy Communion cards and gifts available.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 8 am Friday until 9 00 am

Choir meets every other Monday evening in the church at 7 30 pm all welcome.

WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER: Fri 3rd Mar. ‘Am I Being Unfair To You?’ Praying for the Philippines. Service 11.00 am – 12.15pm Methodist Central Hall.

Jubilee Celebrations This year is the 60th priestly anniversary of Fr Bernard Anwyl, 16th March 1957 and the 25th priestly anniversary of Fr Patrick Brennan, 5th July 1992. We are planning a Mass and a celebration on Friday July 14th, to which you are all most welcome to attend. If you want to help with planning of the Mass and the refreshments after-wards please let Fr Pat know. It is a great joy to celebrate these important mile-stones with you, the diocese, and with our family and friends.

Also there are 5 priests in the deanery who are celebrating jubilees this year and Holy Family will host a Deanery Mass and celebration on Friday 30th June.