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Readers and Eucharistic Ministers
Mass This Sunday, 12 May
Next Sunday, 19 May
1st Reading Brendan Spillane Michael Burgess 2nd Reading Siobhan Campbell Emma Burgess Eucharistic
Minister Adrian Hamilton Helen Burgess
Eucharistic Minister
Hilary Brennan Maggie Dullaghan Driver William Doyle Louis Chadwick
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 12 May 2019 Fourth Sunday of Easter
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Thank you for your contribution to the parish. For 5c May it was £436.00 and standing orders were £720.00. With thanks, Finance Committee
Mass Times at Sacred Heart Sunday 12 May 9.00 am Conchita Rincon and Cesar Rincon,
Anniversary RIP
Tuesday 14 May 9.30 am Peggy Thomas, Recently Deceased, RIP
Wednesday 15 May 9.30 am Service of the Word and Communion
Friday 17 May 10.00 am Jackie Lea, Recently Deceased, RIP and Mairead Jordan, Recently Deceased, RIP
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.
FEAST OF ST MATTHIAS – 14 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
He was not one of the Twelve, but after the treachery and death of Judas Iscariot someone was needed to take his place. Two candidates were selected, and lots were drawn to see which of them should be made one of the Twelve; the choice fell on Matthias. Nothing is known for certain about his subsequent history.
Drawing lots to select a candidate for an office sounds strange to us, but it was a recognised Jewish custom, for example, the priest who was to enter the Temple sanctuary and burn incense there was not chosen by some rota but by lot. Random events, independent of any obvious natural or human cause, were seen as a direct expression of God’s will. Drawing lots was not a substitute for human decision – human beings had chosen Matthias as a candidate, human beings decided which priests were eligible on which days – but a way of putting the final choice into the hands of God.
When we attain some high or responsible position, we may be tempted to congratulate ourselves on being the best candidate for the job. We would do well to remember that we have got there because of the people we have met and the things we have found ourselves doing, and, more fundamentally, because of the gifts and talents that God has given us. These things are essentially random: like Matthias, we have been chosen by lot.
Adapted from https://stjuliansparishchurch.co.uk
Christian Aid Week starts this Sunday. Envelopes will be given out after Mass today. Last year we raised £188.71 of the £3,298 for the area. The Churches Together service for Christian Aid Week, will be held at
Flitwick Methodist Church at 6.30 pm on 12 May.
Our 3rd BIG BREKKIE will be held at Flitwick Methodist Church on Saturday 18 May. Maybe this year, we can beat the total of £642 donated at last year’s breakfast.
This group will meet again on
22 May. 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 20 May. 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.
Newsletter copy deadline – Thursday midday. Newsletter contact: Suzanne Yates; 01525 840 661;
Pope Francis suggests that for April we try to reduce, reuse and recycle
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM 8 JUNE 2019
This year we will again share a coach with Sacred Heart Leighton Buzzard. The cost is the same as last year at £15.00. If you wish to attend please give Suzanne the £15 in an envelope with your name on it. Seats are limited The coach will leave from Sacred Heart Flitwick at 8.00 am prompt and arrive at Walsingham about 11.30 am, with a comfort stop on the way. You can bring a packed lunch or visit one of the local tea shops or restaurants. Any queries, contact Suzanne, 07919 263 147.
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.
There will be a second collection this Sunday 12 May. This collection is for the Priests’ Training Fund to cover the costs of training new priests for our diocese. Gift Aid envelopes are available this week. Please be as generous as you can.
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You are Invited to the Parish Pastoral Council’s AGM
on 23 May 2019 at 7.30 pm.
CATHOLIC BASICS ‘THE MORAL LIFE’, 16 May 2019
Come and join us to learn about the many-faceted jewel of the Church's teaching on.00 for those who wish. Course from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm (9.30 am for refreshments). Come and join us for an engaging day with full lunch, no qualifications needed. For booking, contact Jackie email [email protected] or phone 01582 723312.
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF FÁTIMA 13 MAY
This feast commemorates the visions of Our Lady seen near Fátima in Portugal in 1917 by three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto. The visions occurred on the 13th day of each month from May to October, and by October huge crowds were gathering at the site of the visions and reporting visions and miraculous occurrences themselves. Pope John Paul II was devoted to Our Lady of Fátima and attributed his survival of an assassin’s bullet on 13 May 1981 to her intervention. Jacinta and Francisco Marto, who died in the great Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919-20, were beatified on 13 May 2000.
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If you intend to attend the brunch on 2 June please let Deacon Philip or Suzanne know as we need an idea of numbers.
There will be afternoon tea on the above date for conversation and friendship. Guest Speaker – Hazel Kerr, talking about her Great Great Grannie’s Quilt. Tickets are on sale after Mass for £5.00.
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ADVANCE NOTICE Mass for the Sick and Anointing on Friday 21 June at 2.00 pm
We welcome Bianca, daughter of Justyna and Mariglent Tabaku, who will be baptised into the Catholic community today, 12 May. We ask the parish to pray for her and her family on this special day, and wish Bianca and her family all God's blessings on their journey of faith.
