St Mary’s Catholic Church Tovey Road Swindon SN2 1LQ Tel: 01793 535089 Parish Priest: Fr Michael McAndrew - swindonstmarys@me.com Parish Administrator: Elias Fernandes - eliasfernandes@mail.com Safeguarding Rep: (CRB): Teresa Sugden - teresaasugden@btinternet.com Parish records: Stmarysparishrecordsupdate@gmail.com Deacon: Rev Shaun Murphy (retired) Parish website: Deanery website: Diocesan website: www.saintmarysswindon.co.uk www.swindoncatholicdeanery.co.uk www.cliftondiocese.com 28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - A Sunday, October 12, 2014 SUNDAY MASS TIMES 6.00pm (Sat) 8.30am 10.30am CONFESSIONS Saturday: 9.30am – 10.00am & 5.00pm - 5.30pm Entrance Antiphon: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel. Response to the Psalm: In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever. Gospel Acclamation: The Word was made flesh and lived among us; to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God. Communion Antiphon: When the Lord appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. THIS WEEK’S MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS 06.00pm (Sat) Mass - Alfredo Paxiao Fernandes (RIP) 08.30am Mass - Vito Giuseppe Zarola (Anniversary) 10.30am Mass - Frank Buchanan (Anniversary) + Mavis Bristow (Anniversary) Monday 09.00am Mass – Fabrizio Barrett (Intentions) Tuesday 09.00am Mass – Mavis Bristow (RIP) Wednesday 09.00am Mass – Celina De Sa (RIP) Thursday 10.15am Requiem Mass – Antonia Tucci Friday 09.00am Mass – Maria Pinheiro (Intentions) Saturday 09.00am Mass – Marion Rees (Anniversary) NEXT SUNDAY’S MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS (OCTOBER 19, 2014) Sunday 06.00pm (Sat) Mass – Marianee Fernandes (RIP) 08.30am Mass – Pereira (Thanksgiving) 10.30am Mass – Jim Donovan (Anniversary) Sunday CHURCH CLEANING: Every Friday, after the morning Mass. Your help would be much appreciated. PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS all those who are sick especially: Cathy Walker, Joshua Crabb, Eileen Blackwell, Anna Tickner, Mary Donnelly, Peadar Heffron, Liam Cahill, Brian Murphy, Michael Fry, David Crosto, Sheila Hughes, Peter, Alfie and Harry Crabb, John and Rosemary O’Gorman, Christopher and Cath Brown, Sally Burke, Marie Mundy, Julia Harrison, Lena Watson, Cheryl Dawson, Louise Stacey, Maria Walsh, Sam Rees, David Edwards, Kevin Jones, Zach Magill, Irena Fliska, Joe Shannon, John Foley, Christine Beale, Mary Lynch, Eleanor Lynch, Molly Prendergast, Barbara Enright, Mary Stewart, Marc Young, May Franco RECENTLY DIED: Please remember in your prayers Antonia Tucci who died recently and also her family. The Requiem Mass will be on Thursday, October 16 at 10.15am here at St Mary’s. 200 CLUB GRAND DRAW 2014: The winners are: No 37 Sheila Piper £400. No 97 Nick Gentilcore £200. No 173 Anne Liddle £100. No. 47 Helen Czajkowska £50. No 83 Derek Iles £10. No 56 John Kennedy £5. Congratulations to all the winners of the Grand Draw 2014. SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS: CAFOD Clifton warmly invites you to attend a mass of thanksgiving and celebration of 25 years of CAFOD in the Diocese. Bishop Crispian Hollis will be celebrating the Mass at St Bonaventure Church, Bishopston, BS7 8HP, on Tuesday 14th October at 10.30am. GIFT AID ENVELOPES 2015: The new Gift Aid yellow envelopes (for tax payers) for 2015 are ready to collect at the back of the church. Please ensure you take your correct box as they are all numbered. Non-Gift Aiders (non-tax payers) may please take a box of green envelopes. Any person who wishes to start donating weekly/ monthly either through Gift Aid envelopes or direct debit/ Standing order may take a form from the table at the back of the Church or you may speak to Fr. Michael or contact the parish office and we will post a form to you. BAPTISM: We welcome into the family of the Church Ceiva-Jade Gale and Deanne Lobo who are baptised here at St Mary’s this weekend. ROSARY TRIDUUM: "The Knights of St. Columba are holding a rosary triduum and procession of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima on the 13th October at St. Mary's, 14th October at Holy Family and 15th October at Holy Rood all starting at 7.30pm. All our welcome" FOR SALE: Home-made Jam and Marmalade is on sale at the back of the Church. Development Fund. Proceeds towards the Parish HCPT: GROUP 185– THE PILGRIMAGE TRUST CHARITY BALL: Swindon and Wroughton group, have great pleasure in announcing our exciting 2014 fundraising event. Every Easter our wonderful group of volunteers take children with disabilities and differing needs on pilgrimage to Lourdes. We are currently raising money for our next trip and on the 25th October we will be hosting for the second year running a ball at the De Vere Hotel in Swindon. We’d love you to come and join us! Tickets are £35 each and include a three course meal, fantastic live music, disco, exciting auction prizes and plenty more. For further details contact Victoria Lane. Auction and tombola prizes or donations also very gratefully received. Email: hcptgroup185@outlook.com tel:07554001710. Thank you in anticipation. CLIFTON CHILDREN’S SOCIETY: CCS needs to find many more adoptive families so if you or anyone you know is considering adoption, please contact CCS for an informal discussion and free information pack on 0117 935 0005. Social media users are asked to please like them on Facebook: CCS Adoption and follow them on Twitter: @ccsadoption so that they can reach more families. VACANCY: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School: is seeking to appoint a part time Teaching Assistant for 13 hours per week as soon as possible. The days would be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning. The position will be a temporary one in the first instance with a strong possibility that it could be made permanent. Previous experience of working with children will be an advantage. The post is subject to satisfactory Disclosure and Barring clearance. Application form and further details can be had by contacting the school office admin@st-marys.swindon.sch.uk Closing date for applications Monday 13th October. OFFERTORY COLLECTION LAST WEEKEND: £602.27 (of which £ 79.51 was Gift aided) and £508 was given by standing order. The Cafod Fast Day Collection to £761.09. Thank you very much for your generosity. SYNOD OF BISHOPS: Pope Francis has asked that the whole Church to join in prayer for the Synod of Bishops who are meeting in Rome from 5 - 19 October, will be considering the topic of The Pastoral challenges of the Family and will be looking at ways in which the Church can support family life. This is the prayer we have been asked to pray: Prayer to the Holy Family for the Synod Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendour of true love, to you we turn with trust. Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel and small domestic Churches. Holy Family of Nazareth, may families never again experience violence, rejection and division: may all who have been hurt or scandalised find ready comfort and healing. Holy Family of Nazareth, may the approaching Synod of Bishops make us once more mindful of the sacredness and inviolability of the family, and its beauty in God’s plan. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, graciously hear our prayer. Amen.