According to ancient tradition on the Feast of the Epiphany Christians bless their home by marking the door and filling the house with the fragrance of blessed

incense. We invite you to adopt this custom in your family. The family gathers to ask God’s blessing on their home and on those who live in or visit the house. It is an invitation to Jesus to be a daily guest in our lives, our comings and goings, our conversations, our work and relaxation, our joys and our sorrows. The traditional way of doing this is to use chalk to write above or on the main entrance of the house or room: 21+C+M+B+21. The letters C, M, B have two meanings. They are the initials of the traditional names of the three magi: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. They also abbreviate the Latin words: Christus mansionem benedicat, which means May Christ bless the house. The “+” signs represent the cross and 2021 is the year. With time the chalk will fade. As it does we let the meaning of the symbols written sink into the depths of our heart and be manifest in our words and the words: May Christ bless this house. FOR MASS TIMES go to page 3.

In a new Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart Pope Francis describes Saint Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in the shadows. The Letter marks the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pope Pius IX’s declaration of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To celebrate the anniversary, Pope Francis has proclaimed a special “Year of St Joseph,” beginning on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2020 and extending to the same feast in 2021. For more information please go to www.cbcew.org.uk/year-of-st-joseph/

SATURDAY 2ND JANUARY SAINTS BASIL THE GREAT & GREGORY NAZIANZAN

10.00am Adam Lenko greg.

5.30pm Vigil Private Intention

SUNDAY 3RD JANUARY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY (B)

8.00am Holy Souls

9.15am Wye Intentions of Genevieve Ovary

10.30am People of the Parish

12.00pm Mass in Polish: Adam Lenko greg.

4.00pm Mass in Malayalam

MONDAY 4TH JANUARY

10.00am 1. Adam Lenko greg.

2. John Thompson RIP

7.00pm Prayers for the end of the pandemic (Rosary)

TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY

10.00am 1. Daniesz Wojczekowski RIP

2. Adam Lenko greg.

WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

7.00am Michael & Doreen Carroll RIP

10.00am Sisters of Mercy

1.00pm Funeral Service at Charing Crematorium: Theresa Connolly

5.30pm Elizabeth Barry

7.15pm Mass in Polish: Adam Lenko greg.

THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY

10.00am Adam Lenko greg.

10.00am Funeral Service at Charing Crematorium: Juan Guisande

FRIDAY 8TH JANUARY

10.00am Adam Lenko greg.

1.00pm Burial of Ashes at Bybrook: Brian Vickery

SATURDAY 9TH JANUARY

10.00am 1.Bernadine Price RIP

2. Adam Lenko greg.

12.00pm Baptism: Chukwuemeka Anekwe

5.30pm Vigil Peter Ikeson

SUNDAY 10TH JANUARY THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (B)

8.00am People of the Parish

9.15am Wye Norman Alexander RIP

10.30am Peter Tritton RIP

12.00pm Mass in Malayalam

3.00pm Mass in Syro-Malankara Rite

6.00pm Mass in Polish: Adam Lenko greg.

MASSES AND SERVICES

CONFESSIONS : Monday to Saturday after 10am Mass .

UPDATE: We are finally underway with our roof replacement and extension. GPF Lewis is the principal

contractor and took over the site on the 9 th November. The work is due to be completed with handover

on 20 th July 2021. We are compiling presentations and updates via the website and in the Church. We

have contracted quiet working during the week between 10-11am to allow for private prayer and our regu-

lar masses when we return. You will see scaffolding being erected and securing that the church is watertight

this will be up by Christmas. Thank you for all your support you have shown.

ST TERESA of AVILA CHURCH & PRESBYTERY 4 MAIDSTONE ROAD, ASHFORD TN24 8TX

WEB: www.st-teresas-ashford.org.uk EMAIL: ashford@rcaos.org.uk TEL: 01233 624771

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PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE SICK: Kathleen Wood, Helen Smith, Philip Croft, Rosemary Sloan, Margaret Lane, William Dias, Mary Hone, Silvia Arones, Thomas Kirby, Baby Sebastian, Marta Thompson, Kathy Collar, Bernard Claw, Ann Carter, Sue Wall, Pauline Runciman, Felicity Gliddon, Liam O’Connor, David Lavelle, Sarah Weston, Mark Haberland, Jane Rutter, David Robbins, Catherine Keane, John Lydon, Fr David Peck, Sharon Mooney, Corrine Clark, Edmund Wall, John Melsom, Paula Lamplough, Tina Isaacs, Ray Deverson, Bridget Day, Michelle Moore, Angela Osborne, Lynn Wheeler, Elizabeth Benson, Chrissie, Mieczyslaw Kucharski, Roger Frame, Tommy Vanlinden, Patrick Saunders, Sheila Burt, Ken Batchelor, Gillian Clark, Teresa Davies, Pat Kelly, Joyce Dennis, Maryanne Turnock., Carol Regan, Susan Bird, Barry Innes, Ted, Jean Smith., Robyn Ainsworth., Stephen Jennings, Kathy & Ron Stedman, Nora Hollands.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF Michael Dolan, Ted Roads, Jim Dunworth, Francis Cater, Isabel O’Donovan, Robert Geering, Bill Schneider, Clifford Smith,

Desmond Fitzgerald, Sally Nazer, Gervase Steeves, Catherine Dodd, Bernard Lawrence, Ellen Murphy, Carmela Rossi, Mary Page, James Sinden, Eric Wilkinson, Phyllis Chamberlin, Ellen Woolford, Fr Philip Hayes, Peter Ikeson, Mary Moloney, Arthur Gallagher, Ann McWalter, John Geering, Mary Flemming, Alban Mercer, Grady Golden, Terence Murphy, Ellen Adams, Leonardo Makula, William Davey, Harry Freed, Helen Madigan, Wilfhilda Murray, John O’Connor and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY DIED:

ANNIVERSARIES

THE SICK

SUNDAY READINGS

10th January 2021 : The Baptism of The Lord (B)

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