Bonus ball– Wed 26 June; no 38 – A Edermaniger; Sat 29 June; no 27 J WindowCollection – Holy Family - £281.13; Headcorn - £447.39 (3 weeks)

COFFEE MORNING – The next one will be Thursday 11th July.

DEVOTIONS - There will be no 7.30pm Devotion this coming Friday 12th

July .

PARISH SHARED SUMMER LUNCH – Sunday 21 July after Mass. A chance for parishioners to get together and enjoy a Shared Table. There will be music and games for the children. Please join us and bring something for the shared table – plus your own drinks and glasses. We suggest anything suitable for a summer lunch for a main course and/or pudding. There will be a nominal charge for tickets and a raffle to support Parish funds. Please add your names to the list at the back of the church.

MUSICAL EVENING – With music from the leading West End shows! On Saturday, 12 October – a date for your diary. A professional singer will lead Us in singing music from all the well known musicals whilst enjoying snacks And a glass or two of wine – (that’s us, not the professional singer!) More details to follow. Again, an opportunity for enjoyment whilst raising Some much neede funds for the Parish.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK – Please remember in your prayers all those known to us who are ill, especially Richard Martin, Ernie Carter, Win Donnlon, Nora McLellan, Brigitte & Michael Aris, David Elphee, Rosemary Enright, Jean Driscoll, Daphne Newman, Cliff Bacon, Robert Alway, Anne Stephenson, Maria Holas, Stephen John, Ade Madarikan, Jorge Leitao Esteves, Tina Kibble, David Holt-Goldsmith, Pauline Wilmot, Katie Venters, John and Eleni Cotton, Jeanette Kokkinos and Jackie Roberts.

ANNIVERSARIES – Please pray for the repose of the souls of Jasmine Butler, David Edwards, William Gilchrist, Thomas McCann, Arnold Birkby, Bernard O’Kane, Leonard Montague, Charles King, Joe Pinto, John Fox, Keith De Souza, Aguan Da Cunha, Barbara Kontowtt, Stanley Lintern, Gareth Hayford, Mrs Luck, Boukje Duvall, Gnzo Marzola, Kathleen Kennedy and Ron Window.

Holy Family

Holy Family RC ChurchBicknor Road, Park Wood

Maidstone, Kent ME15 9PSTel: 01622 752637

Website: www.msrcparish.org.uk Priest – Fr. Desmond Mbidoakamaidstonesouth@rcaos.org.uk

St Thomas of Canterbury

14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Year C.

DATE HOLY FAMILY MASS INTENTIONSSat 6 July 6pm MASS David Arnold, junior RIP

Sun 7 July 10:30am MASS Frank Betts RIP

Mon 8 July 9:30am MASS Welfare of Daphne Newman

Tue 9 July 9:30am MASS Esmond Newsom RIP

Wed 10 July 7:30pm MASS Stan Lintern RIP

Thu 11 July 9:30am MASSST BENEDICTBrenda & John Duffy – private intention.

Fri 12 July9:30am MASS

10.00am

Stan Lintern RIPEXPOSITION

Sat 13 July 6pm MASS Jimmy Donlon RIP

Sun 14 July 10:30am MASSTerry Darlow RIPAnniversary of Slawomir & Malgorzia

Confessions on Saturdays 5-5.30pm before evening Mass.

ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURYSat 6 July 9:30am MASS Thu 11 July 9:30am MASS

Sun 7 July 9:00am MASS Fri 12 July 9:30am MASS

Mon 8 July 9:30am MASS Sat 13 July 9:30am MASS

Tue 9 July 9:30am MASS Sun 14 July 9:00am MASS

Wed 10 July 9:30am MASS Confessions after 9:30am Mass on Sat.

2nd Collection next week for The Apostleship of the Sea.

Headcorn – 24 hour Exposition of the Blessed Scarament from Mass on Sat 13th July until Mass on Sunday 14th July.

ALTAR SERVERS SUMMER BREAK – From Tuesday, August 6th to Friday 9th

at Woldingham, Surrey. Cost £145. This is an excellent few days for boy and girl servers aged 10 – 15. Meeting in a holiday atmosphere; activities include talks, discussions, prayer, daily Mass, as well as sport, Chessington World of Adventure, Laser Elite and swimming. More details download form from www.stanselmsdartford.wordpress.com Or contact Fr Stephen Boyle 01322 220075 Email: stanselm01@googlemail.com

NEW DEACONS – Please pray for four men who will be ordained to the Permanent Diaconate this Saturday, 6th July in St. George’s Cathedral. Martin Smith, Errol Jadoc, Arthur Champ and Roy Cavey will serve in the Southwark parishes of Walderslade, Woolwich, Rainham and Pembury (Ordinariate). We wish them well as they prepare for this important new chapter in their lives. Have YOU considered becoming a Deacon? At the last Deanery meeting it was pointed out that our Deanery of Maidstone has not had a new Deacon for several years! It is open to men under 60 years of age. If you feel you might have a vocation speak to Fr. Desmond or the Dean, Fr. Peter Soper of West Malling Parish.

BOOK CLUB - For our next book, we turn to India, and have chosen “The White Tiger”, by Aravind Adiga. We will meet to discuss this at Sue’s house on Wednesday 17th July at 2.30pm. Enquiries to Sue on 01580 852478.

FR. VIC McCLEAN – Parish Priest at Goudhurst. There will be a celebration for Fr. Vic’s 50th Anniversary of his Ordination on Friday 19th July starting with Mass at 6.30pm in St Mary’s Church, Goudhurst, after which the celebrations continue at Frankie’s farm Shop. Please contact their Parish Office if you wish to attend – 01580 211268.

CHURCH SOUND SYSTEM – When we decided to go ahead with the new sound system we thought it might take at least a year to pay off. Thanks to your generosity we have paid off ¾, THANK YOU. So, one final push?

………………………………….£3217.64………………………….. £4400

JOBS VACANT! – Could you help with the running of the Church and Parish? Too many jobs are done by too few people and we are not getting any younger! Ideally it would be good if we had volunteers to join with the existing people and thus reduce the work load. Childrens liturgy; choir; Finance committee; maintenance; readers; assistance with running the Parish office; ecumenism; social and fund raising; newsletter; etc. Many hands make light work! Speak to me if you have something to offer. THANK YOU FOR THE OFFERS SO FAR.

BRUGES PILGRIMAGE – 9-13 Sept. Last call – only 3 places left. Contact dave Hanney or Fr. Michael 0n 891858.

THE ST JOHN BOSCO CHILDREN’S SUMMER CAMP – at Aldham, Essex. This is an activities camp with a Catholic ethos that runs as follows: Week one - Sat 27 July to 3 Aug for boys. Week two – Sat 3 Aug to 10 Aug for boys. Week three - Sat 10 Aug to 17 Aug for girls. Week four – Sat 17 Aug to 24 Aug – mixed camp. It is for children aged 8 to 13 and costs £160 per week. Should you require an application form or more information then please see the website http://svpboscocamp.org.uk

ARCHBISHOP – The new Archbishop of Southwark has been announced. He is Bishop John Wilson; until his appointment he was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster. He was born in Sheffield on 4th July, 1968. He studied at Leeds University before starting his formation for the priest -hood at the Venerable English College in Rome. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Leeds on 29th July 1995 and served as assistant priest in Pontefract and Bradford, lectured in moral theology at St Cuthbert’s Seminary and served as Vice Rector. He was Episcopal Vicar and Diocesan Administrator for Leeds and then Parish Priest in Wakefield. In 2015 he was Appointed Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster and ordained Bishop on 25th

January, 2016. WE WELCOME HIM TO SOUTHWARK AND PRAY FOR HIM.

The word “good” has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man! (G K Chesterton)