St. Mary’s Catholic Church ~ Our Lady of Reparation 12th  Sunday  in  Ordinary  Time    ~  Year  C  ~  19th  June  2016  

70 Wellesley Road, Croydon CR0 2AR Tel: (020) 8688 1857

E-mail: parish@saint-mary.org.uk Web site: www.saint-mary.org.uk

L ive in te rne t Camera : 7am-10pm Church Opening Times: 7am-7pm

Confession times Saturdays

10.30am ~11.30am 6pm ~ 7pm First Friday

10.30am ~2pm (and a t ca l l )

Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament Wednesdays

12.45pm to 2pm Saturdays

10.30am to 12pm First Fridays

10.45am to 3pm

Novena in Honour of Our Lady of

Perpetual Succour Saturdays @ 12 noon

Revd. Fr. Michael Scanlon (Parish Priest) Fr. Simplicio D’Souza (Assistant Priest) Fr. Celestine Ekwueme (Assistant Priest)

Fr.John Akhidue (Assistant Priest) Revd. Vincent Morrison (Permanent Deacon) -­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­  X Sunday Mass times X

7pm (Saturday) 8am., 9.15am., 10.45am., 12.15pm., 3pm., & 6pm

Prayer times Rosary � 9.40am � Monday to Friday Morning Prayer � 9.40am � Saturdays

Daily Mass times Monday to Friday � 10am & 12.10pm

Saturdays �10am

Saturday  18th    June   Wednesday  22nd      June   Friday,  24th  June    The  Birth  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  

7.00pm   Kathleen Kinsella, RiP 10.00am   Paulette Grant, RiP 10.00am            Hamilton Noronha, RiP Sunday  19th    June  12th  Sunday  of  Ordinary  Time  

12.10pm   Hamilton Noronha, RiP 12.10pm    

Rula Nesnas, RiP Birthday anniversary

8.00am   Mary Agnes Gallagher, RiP

Thursday  23rd  June   Saturday  25th  June  9.15am People of the Parish 10.00am  

 Maria O’Hara, RiP 10.00am   Ann Hickey

Wellbeing 10.45am   Kathleen McDonnell, RiP 12.10pm   David & Nancy Mendes, RiP 7.00pm   Ida Gomes RiP

12.15pm   Sr. Kathleen Staunton, RiP

    Sunday  26th  June  13th  Sunday  of  Ordinary  Time  

3.00pm   Kieran Oshea, RiP

       

“…As Catholics, we cherish the Sacrament of

Reconciliation, because it is willed by Christ Our Lord

…it unlocks the chains of sin that enslave and restores [us] to

a state of grace. In Confession, we encounter Jesus…who

lavishes us with his unmerited and boundless mercy…”

8.00am   Felix Diby, Wellbeing

6.00pm     Eric Sayer, RiP 9.15am People of the Parish

Monday  20th    June  SS.  John  Fisher  &  Thomas  More  

10.45am   Anthony Fernandes, RiP

10.00am        12.10pm      

Sonny D’Souza In thanksgiving Francisco Xavier Fernandes, RiP

12.15pm      

3.00pm  

Martina Okweza, RiP Vinroy Cameron, RiP

Tuesday  21st    June    

Mondays @ 4.30pm to 7pm Thursdays @ 9.30am to 11.30am

& 5pm to 6.30pm NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED

6.00pm   Thomas & Kathleen Grier, RiP

10.00am    12.10pm  

Souls in Purgatory Johnny Hickey Wellbeing

Please collect your Wednesday Word in preparation for next Sunday, 26th June. You will find details of all the readings for next Sunday and there are editions suitable for children. Copies are available from the tables at the back of the Church.

If you want to hold Our Lady’s hand,

say the Rosary

 

O    F      M    E    R    C    Y      

     

 8th Dec ’15 to 20th Nov ’16

Parish Surgery

 

 

   

& Wednesday Word X

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X Eternal Rest X

Sylvia HELDT, RiP Funeral Mass here in the Parish

Mon 27th Jun @ 10am

Geoffrey Arthur HARRISON, RiP Croydon Crematorium

Mon 27th Jun @ 11.30am

Edward STRACEY, RiP Croydon Crematorium

Mon 27th Jun @ 1.45pm

Santina FRANZINI, RiP Streatham Park Cemetery Rowan Road, SW16 5JF Thu 30th Jun @ 10.45am

Please keep in your prayers all those who have died. Losing a loved one is a tender time in the lives of all those affected, and so we offer our support and prayers to their family and friends.

Sr. Kathleen STAUNTON, RiP Funeral Mass @ 11.30am

Mon 20th Jun 2016 St. Mary of the Angels

Catholic Church Richmond Road Worthing, West

Sussex, BN11 4BJ  

Sr. Kathleen’s body will be received into the Chapel of St. Mary’s Nursing Home 14 Westbrooke, Worthing BN11 1RF on Sun 19th Jun @ 4.30pm.  

Please   remember   Sr.   Kathleen  her   Community,   friends   and   all  who  knew  her,  in  your  prayers.            

Please visit the web site. It contains some powerful words from the Holy Father, Pope Francis on growing in wonder to help us treasure more deeply the gift of human life. Doing this helps us care for each other, and enables us to welcome and accept those with different needs & abilities; refugees, the elderly, the unborn, the forgotten, the abandoned.

Prayer All powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You

embrace with your tenderness, all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace that we may live as

brothers and sisters, harming no one.

Amen Diocesan  Collection  

Day  for  Life    There is a retiring collection this weekend after all Masses; for Day for Life.

Confirmation Classes In the Church

Every Friday: 6.30pm to 8pm Next Class: Fri 24 Jun Parents/Carers

Please arrive to collect your children/young people each Friday by 7.45pm. If delayed, please try to get a message to the presbytery asap beforehand. At the end of each class, Confirmandi aged under 16 years, are asked to wait in the Sacristy area with a Catechist, until they are collected by parents/carers.

Parish Community Next week, the Confirmandi are going to learn about the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit and look at related Bible stories and or the lives of the Saints. Do we live those gifts? Do we know them eg. Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding…is there a difference?

Confirmation Masses Sun 2nd & 16th Oct @ 3pm

Please note that these Masses will be very well attended and longer owing to the Rite of Confirmation.

Parish  Children’s  Bible  Class  

 Organisers  Meeting  

TODAYJ Sun 19 Jun @10.15am end of the 9.15am Mass

Parish dining room We are keen to re-start the Children’s Bible Class. Please could all those who helped previously, including parents and parish groups, come to an initial organiser’s meeting this Sunday in the parish dining room. Thank you.

Union of Catholic Mothers Tue 21 Jun @ 7pm

Parish Prayer Room The Union of Catholic Mothers (UCM) meet on the third Tuesday of every month. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 21 Jun at 7:00pm in the Parish Prayer Room. The group is open to ALL women and if you want to find out a bit more about

what we do, have ideas about a possible project or just want to meet others in the Parish - please come and join us. Contact us at stmarysucm@gmail.com.

St.  Vincent  de  Paul  2nd  &  4th  Sunday  

Monthly  4pm  to  5pm    

Parish  Prayer  Room  Next  meeting  Sun  26th  Jun  

New  members  welcomed  and  needed  

Parish Leaders for Youth Ministry

Sun 3rd Jul @ 1.45pm Parish dining room

Fr. Michael writes…? We’ve been looking for Parish Leaders for Youth Ministry and I was pleased to have 4 people come along to the meeting last Sunday offering different gifts and skills. Thank you to those who attended and those who sent their apologies for absence. We need to build a full team for this vital ministry. Please mark the date and come along to our 2nd meeting. It might be that you are good with young people’s activities; music, IT, public speaking, justice & peace…”come & see” how you might help. Anyone who wishes to work with young people in our Parish must complete all necessary applications forms, provide references and attend Safeguarding courses as well as have a parish-role based DBS check. Ongoing leadership course(s) will be made available regularly throughout the year. PPC  Attendees  and  

Parish  Representatives  Parish  dining  room  Wed  6th  Jul  @  7.30pm  

Many thanks to all the parish representatives and the emerging PPC group, who came for a joint meeting last Wednesday to meet each other and explore the future. We are moving towards setting up our Parish Council. There were a number of apologies for absences, so we very much hope that many more will come along to the next meeting – Wed Jul 6th at 7.30pm.

Parish Music ¯ Sun  19  Jun  9.15am,  

10.45am,  &  12.15pm  Masses  

3rd  Sunday  Monthly  music  Children  &  

Young  People  Latin  

Young  Adults  

Sun  26  Jun  10.45am  

Filipino  Community  Choir  

All  other  Sundays  9.15am  &  12.15pm  Masses  

Cantor  &  Organist  and  

Main  Parish  Choir  

Sun  31  Jul  Sun  30  Oct  Sun  17  Dec  @  10.45am  Mass  

Male  Voice  Choir  Contact  Eldon  or  Penny  

St. Mary’s Parish Male Voice Choir (MVC)

•   Sings every 5th Sunday of the month

•   At the 10.45am Mass

•   Next MVC is Sun 31 Jul

•   Music rehearsal Fri 29 Jul @8.15pm parish prayer room

Prayer before Exam Many of our young people have and are still studying for summer examinations. They are at our schools, in colleges and universities locally and further afield. We wish them well and continue to keep them in constant prayer. We especially remember the students and staff of our High School, who like all communities are working to ensure that each student reaches their fullest potential.

Prayer Dear Lord, as I take this exam, I thank you that my value is not based on my performance but on your great love for me. Come into my heart so that we can walk through this time together. Help me not only with this test, but the many tests of life that are sure to come my way. As I take this exam, bring back to my mind everything I have studied and be gracious with what I have overlooked. Help me to remain focussed and calm, confident in the facts and in my ability and firm in the knowledge that no matter what happens today, you are there with me. Amen.

?Lourdes Parish Pilgrim writes: The Pilgrimage was a good experience which we enjoyed a lot. There was a daily 9pm procession which included saying the Rosary. Most languages were used during the processions and the International Mass. The Grotto was very prayerful and we could really pray without distraction. We were blessed by being Pilgrims. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria !

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Fr. Celestine writes…?

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2016 Confirmation

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Day for Life www.dayforlife.org  

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