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Parish Financial Report
Second Sunday of Lent 8th March 2020
Order of Mass: page 7 onwards; Mass readings: p.155-156; Latin Text for 11am Mass pages 77-78
As you leave the church today you will be given a copy of our financial report for 2019. We hope you will take it home and read it, especially as once again we have tried to make it much more than a boring list of figures. The bottom line is that once again we ended the year just about in the black on our ordinary income and expenses. This was due to two m a i n f a c t o r s : a continuing effort to cut costs, and seeking to maximise opportunities for Gift Aid. In fact, without the sizeable increase in our Gift Aid income we would almost certainly have been in the red at the end of the year. I would like to express my thanks and that of the Finance Committee and, indeed the whole parish, to the Gift Aid Team who work so hard in this area of parish finances. If you do not currently use Gift Aid
we really recommend it to you as an effective way of helping our parish finances. Gift Aid works if you pay UK Income or Capital Gains taxes. If you pay tax a t the standard rate you and donate £1000 to the parish, you will already have paid £250 tax on that amount. Gift Aid enables us to claim that £250 back from the Inland Revenue and so your Gift becomes worth £1,250.00. If you pay tax at the higher rate of 40% it gets slightly more c o m p l i c a t e d b u t b e n e f i c i a l t o y o u because you can also claim back 20% of the full amount received by the parish, in other words you claim £250 (£1,250x20%=£250) . That means, your gift of £1,000 actually only costs you £750 but is worth £1,250 to us (you can see why we have a Gift Aid Team to advise on all this stuff!). More information is available
on the Government website - just google Gift A i d ( o t h e r s e a r c h engines exist!). The other factor enabling us to end the year in the black was another round o f c o s t c u t t i n g . I n particular our fuel costs were down. This was partly due to the new contracts for gas and electricity and partly because we had a mild winter. Without those two factors our costs would have been very much higher. It is good to have ended in the black once again, however, we remain very close to the line. Two weeks ago we submitted three antique chalices f o r r es to ra t i on and shouldn’t have been surprised that they will cost over £1,000 each. The recent storms have damaged the flat roof of my office and I type this with a bucket next to me. With no slack in the budget the choice is to repair one or the other.
Parish Life & News
Miserere Mei St Elizabeth's invites you to a concert of music for Lent, featuring choral classics like Allegri's Miserere and Lotti's Crucifixus, alongside JS Bach's sublime but virtuosic motet Jesu Meine Freude (Jesus, my joy). Featuring some of the top young singers in the capital, you will be moved, but also provoked to deeper reflection on the season. Al legri ’s sett ing of Psalm 51, Miserere Mei, is a work of art so
hauntingly beautiful, the music such a mysteriously perfect match to the sentiments of the psalm, that it was for many years allowed to be performed only in the Sistine Chapel on Spy Wednesday and Good Friday, and it was forbidden to transcribe the music. Free entry with a retiring collection to help us develop the work of our music ministry.
Sunday 15th March, 3pm. Please invite your friends to join us as well.
Introductory Course on the Catholic Faith On Tuesday at 7.30pm we continue our course on the Catholic Faith - a sort of Basic Guide to Catholicism. It is for anyone wanting to learn more about the faith, to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, adults wishing to be received into the church, and Catholics who are simply looking for a refresher course. We will run every Tuesday evening until just after Easter.
Tuesday 10th March “Christian Discipleship” Tuesday 17th March “The Sacraments” Tuesday 24th March “Sacraments of Initiation”
Mission Week Sunday 15th March Focus students arrive and join us for lunch, Lenten Concert, evening Mass and Loretto Worship Night. Monday 16th March Mission Mass at 8.00pm Tuesday 17th March Mission Mass at 8.00pm Wednesday 18th March Mission Meal with Young adults 7.00pm Thursday 19th March Mission Mass at 7.00pm followed by Night Fever until 10.30pm Friday 20th March Free Day followed by Fish & Chips Supper for all. Saturday 21st March FOCUS Group departs
Parish Life & NewsCOVID-19
The bishops of England and Wales have prepared a three-step response if the current outbreak gets worse. The present advice is that we all exercise basic hand-hygiene. If the number of cases increases we may be asked to suspend the Sign of Peace at Mass.
Archbishop Peter Smith Our former Archbishop has been diagnosed with cancer and is in hospital. Please remember him in your prayers.
Fr Stephen Away This weekend Fr Stephen is in Belfast where he is scheduled to give a day of recollection to the priests of Down and Connor Diocese and also a retreat to the prospective seminarians of that diocese. Please keep his work in your prayers. He will be back late on Sunday evening.
School Reference Forms School reference forms are a record of Mass attendance for the purpose of getting a reference for a place at a Catholic school. Trying to cheat the system by pre-dating forms without going to Mass is unfair on our regular parishioners. It is also foolish as the perpetrators identify themselves! Please note that we will not give a reference to people who cheat in this way.
Loretto Praise & Worship Night After the 5.30pm Mass we have a weekly
Praise & Worship Night in the crypt. From 6.30pm, there will be a time of praise and worship, a period of Eucharistic Adoration, and a talk by Pippa Baker on “Living Aware of the Light: Practising the Presence of God”.
Bible Study The Bible Group will next meet in the presbytery at 8.30am on Friday 20th March.
Stations of the Cross A reminder that during Lent there will be Stations of the Cross on Friday at 7.00pm
Natural Fertility Matters For more information about natural ways to achieve or space out pregnancy please visit: naturalfertilitymatters.com or call Freda McMahon on 07887 676 923 for a f ree and conf ident ia l consultation. Natural Family Planning can a lso he lp women prone to miscarriages.
Lost Property Box There is a lost property box behind the Welcome Desk. Please take a look for any items you may have left in Church.
Creative Community Group Following a popular ‘pilot’ session, the next meeting of the Creative Community Group will be on Friday 20th March from 10.30am to 12.30pm - Lower Crypt.
Making An Appointment with Fr Stephen Calendly - the online Diary
The process is simple: just visit the website: https://calendly.com/frstephenlangridge
There you will be able to see his availability up to twenty one days in advance and book either a fifteen or thirty minute appointment. There is also the option of booking an appointment to discuss a baptism or a wedding.
Parish Contact Details: St Elizabeth of Portugal The Vineyard, Richmond, TW10 6AQ Tel. 020 8940 2439
Mass Attendance Last Week:
Sat. 5:30pm 102
Sun. 9.30am 188
Sun. 11.00am 102
Sun. 5.30pm 149
Total: 541
Thank You Thank you for your offering last week which is shown below.
The Second Collection for Poor Parishes raised a total amount of £487.32. Thank you for your support for this worthy cause.
Gift Aid £276.50
Not Gift Aid £546.56
Total: £823.06
Mass Intentions this WeekSaturday Second Sunday of Lent 5:30pm For Annie and Jim
Sunday 9:30am Fiona Mann RIP 11:00am Daniel Cipriani 5:30pm Pro Populo
Monday Feria 9.00am A Special Intention
Tuesday Feria 9.00am Eleanor Patricia Higgins RIP
Wednesday Feria 9.00am Father George Barrett RIP
Thursday Feria 7.00pm Deceased Members of the O’Brien Family
Friday Feria 10.00am George Frederick Hough RIP
7.00pm Stations of the Cross
Saturday Third Sunday of Lent 5:30pm Tom & Joan Bryan & Julie Lambert RIP
Sunday 9:30am Charles Scullion RIP 11:00am Gerry Breen RIP 5:30pm Pro Populo
Please Pray for: Margaret Moore, Judiel Valdez, Juliana Ditsche, Ava Borsley, Christopher Browne, Gaye Delanghe, Ben Horgan, Ella Dale, Stella Richards, Sha Smith, Anne Wilkinson, Peter Connor.
Also please pray for all those mentioned in the Parish Prayer Book at the back of the Church.
Confessions: After each weekday Mass and Saturdays 4.45pm-5.15pm.
Email Addresses Parish: [email protected] Gift Aid: [email protected] Safeguarding Team: [email protected]
