THE BOURNEMOUTH ORATORY IN FORMATION Sacred Heart, Bournemouth & University Catholic Chaplaincy

served by the Fathers and Brothers of the Oratorian Community of Saint Philip Neri

CONFESSIONS 20 minutes before each Mass. Wednesdays 11-12 noon. Also 1

st Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm.

Saturdays 11-12 noon & 4-5pm.

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Year C Parish Mass book page 82 (Psalter week 1)

Readings: Jerem. 33:14-16; 1 Thess. 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-36

Sunday Bulletin

2nd December

2018

DEVOTIONS

Eucharistic Adoration: Sundays 6pm Benediction. Wednesdays 8am-12 noon. (1st Wednesdays 6pm-9pm, Benediction 8:45pm)

Saturdays 11am-12 noon.

Oratory: Mon-Fri 7am & 6pm. (Mondays 5:25pm)

Rosary: Monday-Saturday, after 12:15 Mass.

Blessing with St Philip’s Relic: Mondays after both Masses.

Sacred Heart Devotions: Fridays after 12:15 Mass.

Devotions to Our Lady: Saturdays after 12:15 Mass.

MASS INTENTIONS

To have a Mass offered for your intention, take a Mass Intention envelope from the back of church and return it via the Sunday collection, or the Parish Office letterbox. Help yourself to an explanatory grey leaflet.

SHRINE LAMPS

Clive Hopkins, RIP: Our Lady Martin Kennedy, RIP: St Joseph

For a Shrine Lamp to burn for your intention (£10 for 7 days) contact the Parish Office.

The Oratory Church is open daily 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays, on 1st Wednesdays until 9pm, and from 7:30am at weekends.

Saturday 16:00 Confessions

EVENTS THIS WEEK

This Sunday 10:30 Children’s Liturgy Group (2

nd and 4

th Sundays)

17:00 Cath. Soc. Fellowship Group (for 18-35 year olds): 18:30 Hope for Food

Monday 18:00 Bellringing practice 19:00 Alcoholics Anonymous 19:30 Solemn Mass music practice

Tuesday

18:30 Hope for Food 19:30 Bible Study 19:45 Narcotics Anonymous

Wednesday 19:00 Narcotics Anonymous

Thursday 14:00 SVP Festive Tea Party 18:30 Hope for Food

Friday 18:00 Latin Mass

Saturday 10:00 Baptism

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION of Our Lady is Joint Principal Patron of the Diocese of Portsmouth and also particularly significant for the Oratory. There is an EF Vigil Mass at 6pm on Friday, and the Saturday 12:15pm is a Solemn Mass.

SIMBANG GABI is the traditional Filipino pre-Christmas Novena, arranged by them, with an additional Mass at 7pm on each of the nine evenings (but usual weekend times); it begins on Saturday 15

th December, when

there’s a party in the Hall after Mass, and similarly on Sunday 23

rd December. Please bring food

to share on both occasions. There’ll be Confessions 20 minutes before these Masses.

17:00 Vigil Mass: Forgiveness of Sins & Holy Souls 19:00 MONTHLY CONCERT:

BOURNEMOUTH MALE VOICE CHOIR

SUNDAY

2nd

December

08:00 Mass: Pro Populo

10:30 Mass: Katie Spitiri, RIP

12:30 Mass in Polish

16:00 Mass: Lucia Gumucio, RIP

18:00 Oratory & Benediction

Mon 3rd

St Francis Xavier

07:30 Mass: Thanksgiving to St Rita

12:15 Mass: Holy Souls

Tue 4th

Advent Feria or St John Damascene

12:15 Mass: Regina Farah, Thanksgiving

Wed 5th

Advent Feria

07:30 Mass: Oratory Benefactors

08:00-12:00 Eucharistic Adoration

11:00-12:00 Confessions

12:15 Mass: Thanksgiving for the Holy Spirit

14:30 Funeral Mass of Mary Josephine Whetstone, RIP

1st

Wed. of the month

18:00 Eucharistic Adoration to 21:00 (1st Wednesday)

19:30-20:30 Confessions (1st Wednesday)

20:45 Benediction (1st Wednesday)

Thu 6th

Advent Feria or St Nicholas, Bishop

12:15 Mass: Fr Jerome Bertram, Wellbeing

Fri 7th

1

st Friday

of the month

St Ambrose, Bishop

07:30 Mass: Oratory Vocations

12:15 Mass: For the Unborn

18:00 Latin Mass: Roy Ware, RIP (Extraordinary Form) Vigil of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady

Sat 8th

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

10:00 Baptism of Benjamin & Zayra Martinez-Ducati

11:00 Holy Hour of Adoration & Confessions

12:15 Solemn Mass: Barbara, Thanksgiving

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Year C Parish Mass book page 84 (Psalter week 2)

Readings: Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-11; Luke 3:1-6

Saturday 16:00 Confessions

17:00 Vigil Mass in Portuguese: Jennie McCarthy, RIP

Sunday

9th

December

08:00 Mass: Bang-As Family, Wellbeing

10:30 Mass: Benedetto Di Adamo, RIP

12:30 Mass in Polish

16:00 Mass: Pro Populo

18:00 Oratory & Benediction

ORATORY CLERGY:

Fr Dominic Jacob Oratory Moderator & University Chaplain Brother Andrew Wagstaff, Brother Francisco Hintikka

Fr Peter Edwards Parish Priest

Parish Office: 13 Post Office Road, Richmond Hill, Bournemouth BH1 1BB Parish & Chaplaincy Office open: Monday – Friday, 9am – 12 noon. Telephone: 01202 411140

Website: www.bournemouthoratory.org.uk

Parish Deacon: The Rev’d Roger Carr-Jones rcarrjones@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Telephone: 01202 428451 Administrator: Sharon Head, Contact as above. Youth Ambassador: Adam Bussell: oratoryyouth@mail.com Email: sacredheart@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk www.facebook.com/SacredHeartChurchBournemouth

TODAY is the START OF ADVENT the beginning of the Christian New Year

Sunday Readings: Year C (St Luke’s Gospel). Weekday Readings: Year 1.

In Advent, the Liturgy frequently repeats and assures us, as if to overcome our natural diffidence, that God “comes”: He comes to be with us in every situation of ours, He comes to dwell among us, to live with us and within us; He comes to fill the gaps that divide and separate us; He comes to reconcile us with Himself and with one another. He comes into human history to knock at the door of every man and woman of good will, to bring to individuals, families and peoples the gifts of brotherhood, harmony and peace. This is why Advent is par excellence the season of hope, in which believers in Christ are invited to remain in watchful and active waiting, nourished by prayer and by the effective commitment to love. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.

SICK & HOUSEBOUND: Each Advent (and Lent) the Oratory Fathers visit all Sick and Housebound Parishioners (list on page 2 of the Newsletter) for the Sacraments of Confession and Anointing the Sick. If you, or a Catholic relative or friend, need the Sacraments, or would like a Priest to visit, please inform the Parish Office (contact details overleaf).

Our Sick & Housebound have Holy Communion brought to them regularly by our Deacons and Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and are visited by members of our St Vincent de Paul Society.

Apostleship of the Sea - Stella Maris - at Christmas. The ships of the world, which bring us the many goods which we use each day, do not stop operating over the Christmas Season - so the seafarers who live on-board these ships are also working over the Christmas period, very far from home, and without contact with family or friends.

The Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), each year, seeks your kind donations of woolly hats and ever-popular Toblerone chocolate, as well as other personal items to support the many seafarers who work on the high seas. AoS also invites the Faithful to donate any extra rosaries, Bibles, or small crucifixes. Financial donations are also welcomed.

Our Lady, Star of the Sea. Pray for us!

For more information on how you can help, please contact your local parish AoS representative or Fr John Lavers: john.lavers@stellamarismail.org Website: https://www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk

THE DECEMBER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER has details of Confession times in preparation for Christmas, and all the Christmas Mass times, as well as other information and current news. Please keep it to hand through the month, and pass on a copy to those you pray for, and whom you could invite to accompany you to Mass at Christmas time.

S.V.P. FESTIVE TEA - 2PM THIS THURSDAY.

CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOP: This Sunday (2nd Dec) we’re selling Christian Christmas cards in the Main Hall, after the 10.30am Mass - for those who have yet to buy, or wish to top up their supplies. Come also for Real Coffee and home-made cake.

To help you prepare for Christmas celebrations at home or with friends, our Shop offers a great range of gifts - many regular items and some news ones - to encourage you to buy from us, to help support the work of the Oratory here in Bournemouth.

Create a warm atmosphere at home with our scented candles, cards, Nativity sets and children’s books.

Open: on Sunday after 10.30am Solemn Mass, at the rear of the Hall. Also weekday mornings 9am until 12 noon, via the Parish Office in Post Office Road where Sharon or Alba will be pleased to help you. _____________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for last week’s Collections: Gift Aid Standing Orders £ 840.00 Gift Aid Weekly Envelopes £ 536.00 Non Gift Aid Standing Orders £ 73.16 Visitor yellow envelopes £ 67.00 Loose Cash £ 721.52 Weekday 12.15 Mass Offerings £ 253.43 TOTAL £2,491.11

ST PHILIP NERI’S MAXIM (for 1st December): Frequent Confession is the cause of great good to the Soul, because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God: we ought not therefore to omit Confession on our fixed days* for any business whatsoever; but go to Confession first, and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last.

This Wednesday is an ideal opportunity to come to Confession at the start of Advent, and make New Year resolutions at the start of the Christian New Year. On the first Wednesday of every month there’s an extra hour for Confessions from 7.30 to 8.30pm. * The greatest Saints went to Confession frequently. Catholics who are serious about their Spiritual Life go to Confession in Advent and Lent and at least once a month. Pick up a helpful FREE leaflet in any Oratory Church.