Our Lady & St Etheldreda, Newmarket

Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling

14 Exeter Road CB8 8LT

CONTACT

INFORMATION

Parish Office

(9 -3.45. Mon-Fri.)

01638 662492

14, Exeter Road

Newmarket

CB8 8LT

Email: stetheldreda

@btinternet.com

website:www.olise.co.uk

Clergy:

Fr. Simon Blakesley

Parish Priest

Father@olise.co.uk

01638 666305 (Eves)

07946 390060 (Mob)

Deacon John Morrill

01223 811822

Fr Anthony Foreman

(Retired)

Fr. Michael Griffin

(Retired)

Parish Administrator:

Rita Harben

3rd week of Advent Psalter Week 2

Saturday 10th N 18.30 Charlie Curley †

(B. Curley)

Sunday 11th K 9.00 Connie Friel †

Third of Advent (McGroary family)

N 10.30 For the People

Second Collection: Dependent Priests Fund

Monday 12th N 9.15 Carl Dyer Ints. (J. & C. Dyer)

Tuesday 13th N 12.00 Kitty Wright †

St. Lucy VM (A. Chesterman)

Wednesday 14th K 9.15 Solange—Fernandes family

St. John of the Cross PD and Cristina & family Ints

Thursday 15th N 18.30 Prayers Reflection

19.00 Mary Rice Ints. (M. Rice)

Friday 16th N 12.00 Paddy Moore † (J. & M. Cullen)

N 19.30 Penitential Service

Saturday 17th N 10.00 Open Ints.

NEXT WEEKEND

Saturday 17th N 18.30 Chris Boucher † (S. Parsons)

Sunday 18th K 9.00 For the People

Fourth of Advent N 10.30 Sybil & Tom Townsend †

(Claire, Sarah & family)

Confessions are heard every Saturday from

10.30—10.50 and from 18.00 —18.20

Diocese of East Anglia,

Registered Charity

No 278742

.A.O.S If you would like to help the

Apostleship of the Sea this Christmas in

providing small gifts for our seafarers and

their families then please take a gift idea tag

from the Jesse tree in the Narthex. You are

also welcome to buy a gift of your own

choice which you feel is practical for the sea-

farers, bring it back wrapped and place it in

the box provided. Please attach the label to

indicate the content, or create your own label.

This will help in the distribution of the gifts

to the seafarers. All the gifts will be collect-

ed by Sr. Marian from AOS over the Christ-

mas period and shared among the seafarers

in Felixstowe. Christmas cards can also be

left, in another language. Thank you in ad-

vance for caring for these people far away

from home and only in Felixstowe, some-

times for a few hours.

The Big Picture - there is one more

Thursday evening session this year -

Thursday 15th December after evening

Mass.

Sessions will resume in January - Tuesday

sessions 3rd January after midday Mass,

Thursday evening sessions 5th January

after evening mass.

If you cannot attend a session but would

like to find out more then there are cop-

ies of ‘The Big Picture’ book and dvd

available in the narthex. Please do take one

and work through it with your family.

ARE YOU SPIRITUALLY READY FOR CHRISTMAS? Join us every THURSDAY in ADVENT (6.30pm)for a half hour prayerful reflection using Taize music before Mass at 7pm. It will be held in The Lady Chapel. This is an opportunity to draw closer to Jesus and unwrap the mystery of our Saviour's birth. Please put this in your diary. Bible Alive - Advent issue now availa-ble in the narthex.

'Prisoners of Conscience - Greetings Cards are available for you to show sup-port to Prisoners of Conscience across the world. Each card contains infor-mation about the person & guidance on the appropriate message to write to them. Some of the stories are distress-ing so please read information before sharing with children. Information on postage is on notice board in Narthex.'

Epiphany Party Youth Event — we will be gathering after the Saturday Evening Mass on Saturday the 7th of January at 7.30pm. We will have some pizza and pasta and together make some New Year Resolutions. There will be further details to follow in subsequent news-letters .

Lottery— congratulations to the following winners: Nov.5th Philip Reilly (No. 27) 12th Jane Blake (No. 8) 19th Christine Setchwell(No. 40) 26th Cora (No. 17)

Penitential Services— Friday 16th December here in our Church in New-

market at 7.30pm. The Polish priests will be here from 6.00pm to hear

confessions in Polish, followed by our usual Penitential Service at

7.30pm. Please do make the effort to come along and make this sacrament an

important part of your Christmas preparations.

SPOWIEDZ 16 GRUDNIA O GODZ 18.00

Saturday Evening Tea & Coffee After Mass will restart in January /

February. Date to be confirmed in the new Year.

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS - Take home a ‘Peace & Joy Christmas’

poster as you leave Church today. Display this in your window and share

the Peace & Joy with your neighbours and friends.

Lady Chapel. You will have noticed the Lady Chapel is closed off to en-

able painting of the ceiling to take place. Candles are now in the Baptist-

ery. Apologies for any inconvenience, we hope to have the Lady Chapel

back in use very soon.

Christmas Day Community Lunch - We are once again this year hosting the Churches Together Annual Christmas Day Lunch. If you are on your own, housebound, or would just like to share in a friendly and welcoming lunch then we would love to see you. We have good food, gifts and a jolly sing song, all ages are welcome. Please book early Before Dec 17th. Contact 0784 2129247/01638 662492 or email xmaslunch@olise.co.uk Parish Film Night. Wednesday 21st December at 7pm in the parish cen-tre. ‘God’s Outlaw’. Come and share in this beautiful story of how one man battling against the Church, international politics and cynical betrayal gave England the Bible in English a crime punishable by death. Subtitles available. Free admission. Bring a friend. All welcome. Cake sale - A total of £76.08. was raised from the sale of cakes at the 6.30 Mass last weekend. Thank you to everyone for their contribution in supporting our cake sales. All proceeds to organ fund.

Money Matters

Thank you very much for your contribution to the

Parish last weekend

Offertory (inc Standing Orders) £1488.73

There will be a retiring collection at all

Masses this weekend for

Diocesan Dependent Priests Fund

Our Gift Aid Co-ordinator is:

Frank Morgan

01638 602313 email

fandamorgan@virginmedia.com

Your prayers are asked

For the sick: Peter Giblin, Eden King,

Sr.Bernadette, Joan Heflin, Isobell Wright,

Tim Holden, Christopher Browne, Sheff

Wilson, Edward McNamara, Christine O’Neill,

Margaret Jane Smith, Rex Davis, Barry

Whitney, Brenda Sharp, Frank O Leary,

Michael McLean, Phyllis Page, Thea & James

Cox, Ann Callaghan, Gina Bird, Janet

Murphy, Mara. Margaret Rice. John Taylor,

Nicholas, John & Mary Prytherch. Bill

Haley, Anne Lake, Lynda Scott, Marleita

Wahl, Pat O Malley, Ann Colleran. Dan &

Erin Stannard., Margaret Newe, Mary

Wallace, Gwen, Milo Stallman, Margo & Eve

Bristow, June Howe. John Cullen, Chris

Pelloe, David McCoy, William Carter, Canon

Geoffrey Smith, Carol Heneghan. Steve

Williams.

Those who have died recently

Especially John Daly

and for those whose anniversary occurs at

this time: Elizabeth Saxon, George Pope,

Kathleen Paulger, Ann Mc Namara, Diane

Holcombe, Catherine Flood, Frank Archer,

Liz Alexander, Donald Lynn, Bernadette

Brannigan, Kathleen Clarke, Fra Ewen

Cameron, Sybil Townsend, Gentilina

Cunnington, Jacob Finn, Hugh Smith,

James Doyle,

Ministers for THIS WEEKEND

Mass Readers Ministers

6.30pm N R. Munns C. & N. Brynolf –Trett

T. Coyle P. McKernan

9.00am K F. Morgan J. Conti. Y McGovern

10.30am N A. Fox J. & C. Dyer. C. Dore

L. Blade V. Harvey D. Blair

NEXT WEEKEND

6.30pm N A. Goff P. & J. Mitton

P. Hull S. Nicholson

9.00am K G Kerrigan P. Armstrong

J Conti

10.30am N J. Balmer C. Moses M. Harris

T. Selvey C. Mil A. Sugrue

J. B-Northwood.

May their souls and the souls of all the

Faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

We pray for the Holy Land of Jesus birth, that

the barriers of intolerance, injustice, hatred

and violence may give way to the gift of Peace.