St Joan of Arc, Farnham Fr Niven Richardson 19 Tilford Road, Farnham, GU9 8DJ Tel: 01252 716711 Parish Office email: stjoansoffice@btinternet.com Website: www.stjoanofarcfarnham.co.uk THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 11th January 2015 Psalter Week 1 Cycle B Year 1 We gather to worship God in union with Francis I, Our Pope. Saturday 10th January 2015 9.30am Eucharistic Service 6.00pm Mass: Bill & Betty Johnson RIP th Sunday 11 January THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 9.15am Mass: In Thanksgiving to the Holy Family & St Joans. 11.15am Mass: Jan Baptiste & Marguerite Faure RIP 6.00pm Mass: Mollie Edwards th Monday 12 January 10.00am Eucharistic Service Tuesday 13th January 8.00pm Mass: Harvey Harnett RIP Wednesday 14th January 3.45pm Memorial Mass:Lawrence Henry RIP 5.00pm Reception of Elizabeth Miles RIP th Thursday 15 January 11.00am Requiem Mass: Elizabeth Miles th Friday 16 January 9.30am Mass: John Davies RIP Saturday 17th January 9.30am Mass: Mary Sollom RIP (anniv) Confession & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 10.45am Baptism: Hugo Edworthy 5.30pm Confession 6.00pm Mass: Intentions of Ron & Sheila Potter th Sunday 18 January SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9.15am Mass: People of the Parish 11.15am Mass: Vera Arathoon RIP (anniv) 6.00pm Mass: In Thanksgiving Matias & Janeth Oliva Thank you very much for your generosity. £2,437.14 (£1,292.14 £1,145 standing orders).Transformation Project standing orders average £233pw. Mass attendance: 3rd/4th January: Saturday Vigil 6pm= 140; Sunday 9.15am = 167; Sunday 11.15am = 182; 6pm =249 ; Total: = 738 ST JOAN’S PARISH OFFICE Parish Office & Centre Bookings 01252 716711 Email: stjoansoffice@btinternet.com Email: stjoanscentre@btinternet.com The Parish Office is open from 9.30-12.30 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday mornings. WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS/PARISH MAGAZINE: Please send articles to stjoansoffice2@btinternet.com PUBLICITY: Tony Tunstall Tel:703219 email:tony.atunstall@tiscali.co.uk WEBSITE: Contact Mary Nolan at mjnolan@lineone.net with any changes/updates to the website. ARCAID: Funding small charitable projects overseas. If you have a project you would like us to consider, please contact Jenifer Davis Tel: 794369. GIFT AID CONTACT: Gerry O’Donnell w.g.odonnell@ntlworld.com Tel: 724169 RADIO STATION www.heavensroadfm.net Sisters of the Holy Spirit: Sr Sujata, Sr Dolorina, Sr Simone, Sr Krystyna Tel: 722329 St Polycarp’s Catholic Primary School: Head - Mrs A.Gunn Tel: 716307 All Hallows Catholic School & 6th Form College: Head – Mrs E. Lutzeier Tel: 319211 The e-logo at the top of column 1 of this newsletter can be scanned with a smartphone or iPhone and will automatically download the parish website. PARISH GROUPS CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP: Mondays 10.30-11.15am in the Centre Foyer. ROSARY GROUP: Meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.25pm in St Joan’s Church. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP: Thursdays 8pm in the Centre Foyer. 2015 information online at stjoanlits.webstarts.com/2015. MOTHERS PRAYERS: Fridays after 9.30am Mass in the Centre Foyer. PRAYER MINISTRY takes place on the 2nd Sunday of every month in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel after Sunday Masses. PARENT TODDLER GROUP: Tuesdays 9.00-11.30am in the Centre, during term time. ST JOAN’S YOUTH CLUB: Fridays 7.00-9.00pm Year 7’s and above Friday 16th January Indoor Games in the Centre. Further details please call Clive 07980177601 or Vince 733876 email:stjoansyouthclub@hotmail.co.uk THE SECOND MONDAY CLUB (2:2 Club) Second Monday of the month 2pm - 4pm in the Centre. All retirees welcome. Games, chat, songs and tea. Next Club: Please see item under Parish News.. Everyone is warmly welcome to attend these groups. . Let us pray for those in our families who are unwell at this time and especially for Agnus Tunstall, Brian Wagstaff, Mrs Phil Keough, IIona Main, Terry Taylor, Mary Tracey, Mary Lynch, Lydia Quicke, Clare Caillard, Mary Myers We pray for the recently deceased th Elizabeth Miles RIP Requiem 15 January at 11am nd Bridget Kelly RIP, Requiem 22 January at 11am th Mr Lawrence Henry RIP Remembrance Mass Wednesday 14 January at 3.45pm. Fr John Geary CSSp RIP and Patricia Tomkins RIP White Flower Appeal after all Masses 10th/ 11th January 2015. And for all those whose anniversaries occur at this time Sheila Bettin, Patrick Doherty, Margaret Riley, Catherine Hooker, Barbara Wlasow, Barbara North, Peter Maxted, Barbara Wlasow, Michael Chandler. Fridays are a day of Penance and abstinence from eating meat. May the Lord grant them all a place in His Kingdom "Strength to Strength" A 6-week DVD course to help you strengthen your prayer life. This is the latest in the excellent series of CaFE (Catholic Faith Exploration) programmes made by David Payne with inspiring speakers and practical guidance. Wednesday evenings 7th January to 11th February 8.009.30pm in the Parish Centre. No booking needed. No charge: voluntary donations, and there is a £5 course book. FOLK AND 60’s EVENING Taking place in St Joan's Centre with home-grown talent "Hidden Gem". Saturday 17th January 2015 8.00pm -10.30 (N.B. No meal.) Raffle and Donations towards Transformation Fund and Apostleship of the Sea. Information from Alastair (01252) 714809. PARISH NEWS MR LAWRENCE HENRY It is with sadness that we announce the death of Mr Lawrence Henry the former head teacher of St Polycarp's school. Mr Henry's funeral will be in Milton Keynes on Thursday 15th January. Mrs Gunn has asked that we have a ‘Remembering Mr Henry Mass’ so that staff, governors, parents and students can come to pray for him and his family. We will hold this Mass on Wednesday 14th January at 3.45pm to allow All Hallows students to travel to St Joan's. The St Polycarp's school community and St Joan's parish and the school's feeder parishes are all praying for Mr Henry and his family at this sad time. May he rest in peace. Amen. THE SECOND MONDAY CLUB: DON'T FORGET! (those who have signed up) - CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT THE CAFE ROUGE RESTAURANT THIS MONDAY, 12th JANUARY at 12.45 PM FOR 1 O'CLOCK. It's a date! See you there! NB. We will NOT be meeting in the Wright Room this month for our usual get-together. MEN’S GROUP EVENING on Wednesday 21 January (8PM) at the Bishop’s Table, West St, Farnham to get together, but also to find practical solutions for helping each other and the parish in the power of the Holy Spirit. We will be joined on this occasion by Father Niven to discuss defending our faith in the workplace. nd LADIES SKITTLES EVENING Thursday 22 January 7.30pm for 8pm start at The Jolly Farmer, Blacknest GU34 4QD. Sign up sheets are in in the church porch. Basket meals/ploughmans will be available to order. NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION – VOLUNTEER FOR CAFOD! Would you like to use your spare time to help people in poverty throughout the world? The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development are in need of volunteers in the area to help in particular in schools (experience of teaching is not required) but also in Parishes and in various other ways. 2015 is a very key year for CAFOD, could you help them? If so, get in touch with the local CAFOD office on 01483 898 866 or arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk See http//cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/ <http://cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/> for more information on volunteering and our ‘Understanding CAFOD’ sessions later in January. We would like to say a big ‘Thank you’ for all of your generous support last year. WHITE FLOWER APPEAL, WEEKEND OF JAN. 10/11: please give generously to the Society for Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) which has supported the Glasgow midwives in their legal struggle to avoid being involved in abortions. The Supreme Court ruling, which had been expected during 2015, was in fact issued early, before Christmas – they rejected the midwives case and severely restricted legal protection for conscientious objection. Now there will be costs to be paid and further funds needed for the task of seeking to redress this ruling. TH WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY SUNDAY 18 TO SATURDAY 24TH JANUARY This year’s theme “The Well is Deep” comes from the churches of Brazil and invites us to acknowledge that diversity is part of God’s design and we should approach one another in trust and see the face of God in all men and women. th United Service, Sunday 18 January, 4pm, St Mark’s Church, Alma Lane, Upper Hale. Daily Prayer meetings – please see details in the church porch. VOCATIONS MATTER 11 JANUARY: BAPTISM OF THE LORD As the Christmas season comes to an end, we hear the voice from heaven proclaim, "You are my Son, the Beloved". Lest we should be in any doubt, the Church, in celebrating this feast today, helps us to see and to know that it's only Christ that matters; that he, and he alone, is favoured by the Father in bringing life, peace, forgiveness and joy to the world. Let's choose to be disciples of this light shining in the darkness, for this is where we discover who we're called to be. THANK YOU To the nineteen parishioners, and two little ones, who gallantly turned up on Sat. 13 December 2014 to sing Christmas carols, in the Lion and Lamb Courtyard, a very sincere thank you. We collected £83.69 in the one hour we were singing. This money has now been despatched to Mary's Meals for the feeding and education of vagrant children, many of them AIDS orphans, in different parts of the world. From Dorothy McIntosh FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2015 Thank you for all those who have registered their child for the First Holy Communion Programme. Further details will be issued shortly. A Big Thank you to everyone who organized and was involved in this year’s Christmas celebrations, to the musicians, singers, flower ladies, church cleaners, altar servers, sacristants and everyone behind the scenes a big big thank you. YOUTH OF ST JOAN OF ARC CONFIRMATION EXPERIENCE 2015 Please sit in pews allocated for you at the front of the church on Sunday evenings. Please check your emails for updates. Please collect a prayer card from Fr Niven at the end of Mass. THE ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON DIOCESAN TRUST IS A REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 252878 CHILDREN OF ST JOAN OF ARC .