NO CONFESSIONS this Saturday 22nd July

St. Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School - Western Avenue, Woodley RG5 3BH Tel. 0118 969 3893 Head Teacher: Mr. James Broadbridge Website: www.stdominicsavio.co.uk Emergency numbers for the Sacramental Ministry of a priest: Fr Bon 969 3423 Fr. Pat 931 4469 Fr. Stan 966 3711 Fr. Peter 9428632 Canon Michael 957 2149 Canon John O’Shea 957 4171 Please call your own priest first. READING CHURCHES WEEKEND MASS TIMES: CHRIST THE KING Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ENGLISH MARTYRS Sat 6.30pm, Sun 9.30am, 11.30am & 5pm OUR LADY OF PEACE Sun 9am, 11am & 5pm ST JAMES Sat 6pm, Sun 11am ST JOHN BOSCO Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ST WILLIAM OF YORK Sun 9am, 11am & 6pm St JOSEPH’S Sun 8.30am & 10.30am

ST JOHN BOSCO BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE Please keep in your prayers all those with Anniversaries in July

Kitty Foley + Maura Cox +William (Liam) Murphy + Ken Webb+ Christopher Larkin + Maggie Beresford + Bernard Joy OBE +

Joseph Darné + John Davis + Zofia Niedzwiedzka + Tony Jacobs + Margaret Bond + Bridget Pocock + Pauline Siveter + Eileen Murphy +

RISE YOUTH SUMMER SCHOOL

Ages 13—18 yrs old

£250 including accommodation and meals. Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th August 2017. St Cassian’s

Retreat Centre, Kinterbury, Berkshire. Drama , Faith, Games, Prayer, Fun,

Performance, Friendship.

E: info@risetheatre.co.uk t: 07929 053813

www. risetheatre.co.uk

MASS TIME CHANGES

Please note the following changes to Mass times.

Weekday Masses will be at 10am

during August

There will be no Masses on a Wednesday during August.

RECOMMIISIONING OF

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Sunday, 23rd July

St John Bosco Parish is a vibrant and worshipping community in the heart of Woodley. We are

committed to serve, to grow, to connect and to give.

The Roman Catholic Parish of

23rd July 2017 - 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Issue 1182

A NEW ERA

This is a new era, a new beginning for this great parish, for the new priests arriving and for the parting priest as well. We are to ask the Holy Spirit to come and "help us in our weakness", so that we may see and seize the opportunities which God is offering us at this moment. It is a new era for Fathers Raffaele and Luca. Fr. Raffaele is bringing a wealth of experience from Lisbon and other places where he has worked. Fr. Luca is bringing his own bag of experiences from Rome where he has been working until his appointment to St. John Bosco. These two are bringing the wealth of cultures of Lisbon/Portugal and Rome/Italy to enrich our parish community. All we need is to welcome them with open hearts, arms and homes, and to give them every opportunity to unleash these experiences for the good and growth of our parish. It is a new era for Fr. Bonaventure as well. He returns to take up a new ap-pointment as Archbishop's Secretary in Bamenda, Cameroon - his home diocese. This is a new opportunity which he is called upon to seize. He will take with him the experiences he has gained in Woodley/Reading, and the wealth of the English culture which he has assimilated consciously or unconsciously over the past six years. With new opportunities come new challenges. The two new priests will only slowly learn the English culture. On their part, the parishioners will slowly shift from hearing an African accent to an Italian one! Some things will change while others will remain the same. The important thing is that everybody needs to be sowing good seeds: under-standing, patience, perseverance, love, encouragement and loyalty. There is no room for any bad seed to be sown in this community either before or when our new priests come. And, because we all are weak and prone to evil, St. Paul's words are very timely this weekend. "The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness." May that same Holy Spirit help us to pave the way for a smooth transition in our parish.

Responsorial Psalm: 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time

“O Lord, you are good and forgiving”

St. John Bosco Church 56 Western Avenue, Woodley, Reading

RG5 3BH Tel: 0118 969 3423

Priest:

Fr Bonaventure Ndong

Email: stjohnbosco

@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Website:

stitytjohnbosco.co.uk Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/

groups/1455918784702101

Part of the PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST Registered Charity

Number 246871

Church Office is open next week:

Tues - Thurs: 8.30am - 1.30pm Administrator: Karen Tarvin

0118 9693423 Safeguarding Rep:

Julie Hamblin 0118 9618918

WEEKLY COLLECTION Envelopes £199.70 Loose £364.54 Standing orders: £510 Thank you for your kind and generous donations which go towards the running of the parish Next Special Collection:

5/6 August—APF Mission Special Appeal

MUSTARD SEED PROJECT

Rise Theatre is looking for anyone aged 13—100 to join an exciting local initiative. No experience necessary—just a passion for creativity and exploration. The Mustard Seed Project aims to empower the local community to create and share their own stories by devising a piece of ‘Theatre Art’. Attend free devising workshops @ St Barts Theatre, RG1 3QA, Jul—Sept 2017. Workshops start on Sat 22 Jul 10 –4pm. Then every Wed 6-8.30pm. Ending with live performance of Theatre Art piece on Sat 16 Sept in central Reading.. Tel: 0118 3247775 or email: mustardsee@risetheatre.co.uk www.risetheatre.co.uk

MESSAGE FROM THE CATHOLIC

CHAPLAINCY AT RBH If you would like to see either the Catholic priest or one of the chaplaincy assistants please make certain that you, or one of your relatives, asks the staff to ensure that your religious affiliation is recorded on your notes, and that you would like to see the Catholic Chaplain. It is also important to re-member that this must be done at each admission. If there is no response with-in 48 hours then you or a relative should either call the chaplaincy department directly (0118 3227105) or contact via email. This procedure should be fol-lowed only for non urgent requests. For emergency call outs the on call priest can be contacted by phon-ing the hospital main switchboard and asking them to bleep the on call RC priest.

MY DAY BY DAY—AUGUST

Now available in the church porch , £1 a copy

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29th/30th July

Readers Saturday Rebecca Aguiar Angela King Sunday Angelina Gualteri-Reed Andy Johnston Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday A Dworzak A R Newman B Ford Sunday M Dodd A + Altar M Tilney B + Altar M Moffat C B Buckley D + Altar N Lamb Altar only M Babalola Altar only

PRAYER GROUP

GOOD NEWS!

The Prayer Group will resume

regular prayer meetings from

Monday, 4th September 2017 at

8pm in the Newman Centre All

are welcome new, present and

past members.

Our mission is to pray for our

parish, all parishioners

especially the sick and at the

same time enhance our own

prayer life and deepen our

understanding of Holy Scripture.

Thank you to Marian Edwards

for leading this group .

We wish the children, families and teachers of St Dominic Savio school a

happy and safe summer holidays. Best wishes also to everyone for the

summer holiday period

MESSAGE FROM JAMES LEWIS

Dear friends at St John Bosco, Thank you so much for your open hearts towards me, your generous and encouraging words and the many cards and gifts I received. Your kindness has left me greatly touched and grateful to God. As I head to the Holy Land, I will carry you all and your intentions in my heart. I am sorry that I cannot be with you for Fr Bon's leaving Mass but will be with you in Spirit! God bless you all, Your seminarian, James.

FR BON’S LEAVING MASS & CELEBRATION

4pm on Sat 22 July.

Those attending the event could they please put litter in the blue bags available around the premises. Any chairs etc. that you move please can you put back where you found them.

Your support in making this event special is much appreciated..

Thank you to all who have made Fr Bon’s Leaving Mass and celebrations possible.

PLEASE ENJOY!

.FR JOHN LAVERS

Please welcome Fr John Lavers who will celebrate Mass with us from w/e 29/30th July and throughout August, Our new priests will arrive early September.

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