March 7th 2010
3rd Sunday of Lent

Holy Hour and Benediction Thursdays 6.30 to 7.30 in the Lady Chapel

Stations of the Cross will be held in the church at 10 am on Wednesdays and 5.30 pm on Fridays.

The Sick

lll: Sean Grant, Marcillina Fejoku, Karen Barnes, Dominic Reeve, Joseph Peter, John McLean, C. Roberts, Anesta McQueen, Mary Phillips, William Higgins, Jolene, Lily & Michael Walsh.
Dangerously ill: Alfred Graves, Maryla Baruch, Els Rosman, Patrick Fahy, Neddie Ronan.
Ill a long time: Rosie Mason, John & Bridie Tighe, Maura Flanagan, Terry & Clover Campbell, Harris Charalampous, John Hall, Sheila O’Neill, Alice Loftus, William Cawley, Martin Duggan, Ann Fraser.
Recently Deceased: Kitty O’Connor, Jim Scott, Ron Peterson, Alexandra Spencer, Joseph Kinnaird, Roy Beckford, Peter Bill, Michael Foot.
Anniversaries: Michael John Clarke, Emam & Rosetta Campbell, Margaret O’Shea, Michael O’Sullivan, Alan Brady, James Akeibrew; and the Dominicans Bernard Sears, Eustace Wright, Desmond Murray, Gregory Raupert, Edward O’Dea, Joseph Cavanagh, George Naylor, Ambrose McCunnan, Kevin Clark, and Owen Salmon.

Wedding Anniversary: Antonio & Cleide (50th), Joseph & Bridget.

Pray also for all the sick and housebound of the parish

Parish Events and Notes

Patients in the Royal Free Hospital
To ensure that the Royal Free’s Catholic Chaplain (Fr Tim Gardner) knows that you or a relative is an in-patient and would like a visit, please leave a message at 0207 830 2742. The hospital doesn’t provide Fr Tim with a list of Catholic patients, so a message to the chaplaincy office is the best way to let him know someone is there.
However, if it is an emergency, please ask the ward staff to page the Catholic Chaplain and he will be there as soon as possible.

Coffee and Tea in the hall
after the 10 am Mass on Sunday. Come and join us and meet new friends.

St Joseph
Novena to St Joseph starting Wednesday  10th March , each day after the 9.30.a.m. Mass,  Wednesdays after the Stations ; in front of St Joseph's Altar.

Collections:
This week, the CAFOD collection continues.
The Brown Bread collection will be counted next month. Next collection is on Palm Sunday, 28th March.

APF Boxes (“Red Boxes for the Missions”) can be handed in to one of the priests in the church or at the Priory door. They’ll be opened and counted around Easter and then returned. If your box hasn’t got your contact details on it please add them to the sticker on the box. If you would like a red box to collect money for the missions; ask Fr Tony.

The Passage
Please support the excellent work which The Passage does for homeless people in Central London, by attending ‘Party Like a Rock Star’ at the Hard Rock Café, 150 Old Park Lane, London W1 on Thursday, 18th March, from 7pm to midnight. This promises to be a great ‘party evening’ with live music from ’The Counterfeit Stones’. Tickets are £60 and include complimentary food and drink. Tickets from The Passage, St Vincent’s Centre, Carlisle Place, SW1P 1NL. Tel: 020 7592 1856. See also www.passage.org.uk

Jumble Sales
The next Jumble sale will be on Saturday 27th March.

Volunteers needed to help bring residents in wheelchairs
to and from the 10 am Sunday Mass from Wellesley Road Home (5 minutes from here on foot). If interested, please contact Bernard Looney (7485 2453).

Lourdes Pilgrimage 2010.
Lourdes Pilgrimage 2010. The parish pilgrimage will be from Monday 19th to Saturday 24th July. The cost is expected to be £639 including insurance, flights and full board. Single room £145 extra. Children under 12; 10% off. Contact Nuala (7428 9340).

Faith Matters, Lent 2010 Series.
The Year of Priesthood. Tuesdays at 7pm
23rd Feb - 16th March Westminster Cathedral Hall (Victoria Street, London SW1P). Registration for all the lectures is required. Please e-mail:
faithmatters@rcdow.org.uk or telephone 020 7931 6078. Suggested donation £3.00.
9th Mar 2010 The Call to priesthood in a global city
by Fr Andrzej Forys, MS
(facilitator: Patsy Cummings)
16th Mar 2010 The Priest as Witness
by Archbishop Vincent Nichols

Heythrop College University of London
Foundation Degree in Pastoral Mission. Open Evening at Heythrop, Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 6:30pm. The Foundation Degree in Pastoral Mission is designed to give lay people such knowledge, resources and skills as will help them to be of greater service to the local Church and her mission in the world. Come and join us for the open evening to see if this course could be for you! To register for the Open Evening or to order a programme brochure please contact k.brown@heythrop.ac.uk

London Irish Centre
Starting February 8th 2010, the London Irish Centre will deliver Advice Sessions which are free and open to all. No need for appointments, just drop-in and they’ll do their best to help. For help with: Welfare benefits such as pensions, income support, council tax benefit, appeals, JSA, housing benefit. Housing issues including returning to Ireland, council and sheltered housing, hostels, refuges. Other issues such as Irish passports and birth certificates, registering with a doctor, employment, counselling referral, alcohol and drug related problems. Every Monday 2pm-5pm, Kilburn Housing and Benefits Advice Clinic, 14 A Quex Road, NW6 4PL. 020 7372 4389

Rite of Christian Initiation
Each year’s Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults class begins in the autumn, meeting on Sundays at noon. Some people join the class who are unbaptised, some who are baptised wish to become Roman Catholics through the RCIA and others, who are Catholics, join to be made ready for confirmation. There will be more information about the 2010-2011 classes in the late summer. But do ask one of the friars if you’d like to learn more about the RCIA.

Bookstall
To aid your Lenten devotions, the Bookstall has on sale: "My Day by Day" (£1) with the daily Gospel and other readings, while"Bible Alive" (£1.95) and "Living as One" (£1) have commentaries and reflections on the readings. Make your choice on the Bookstall.

Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight 21 February – 7 March 2010. See notice boards for details of events.

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School is consulting on its proposed admssions policy for entry September 2011. Follow link to website (www.cvbs.co.uk) to comment on these by 19th March.

St Joseph’s Church, Highgate
Mass and Prayers for healing in Spirit, Mind and Bodywith Fr. Paul, CP, at St Joseph’s Church, Highgate, Tues 2nd March at 7.30 pm.

Spiritual retreat for 18-29 year olds, Summer 2010
The Parish would like to focus on its young adults; those between 18 and 29. The proposal is to for them to get to know each other and consider going on a one week retreat to Taize in France (Burgundy), leaving London on 24th July 2010. Cost about £100.
Speak to Fr Tony or Marjorie (020 7284 2154)

Sunday Mass readings online in your language
There is a useful website from the Catholic churches in Vienna which has the Sunday Mass readings in different languages. http://www.virc.at/texte/texte_e.htm
For the current year, click “up to date” and then find the Sunday you want. Click the dot for your language.

Senior Citizens Club
We have vacancies for membership of the Bingo Club which takes place every Tuesday from 1.30 to 3 pm. The Keep Fit Club associated with the Bingo Club is also on Tuesdays from 12.30 to 1.30 pm. Entrance for Keep Fit is £1 per session. Please contact Nuala: Tel number 0207 428 9340.

Pray Online
A new website to evangelise London through prayer: http://www.prayforlondon.org/ Learn more about praying, pray for our great city, email your own request. The website is based on Oujr Lady of the Assumption Church near Piccadilly, supported by an international group of Catholics and a number of our bishops.

Security
With thieves still at large we remind you to take care of your bags and purses. If you see anyone acting suspiciously please report it to a member of the Community.

Candles
Please use only votive candles bought at the Repository and place them only in the candlesticks. Other candles (including ones bought at the Repository) are a fire-risk. Please do not place candles on altars or in front of statues as they are destroying the stone work.

At Entry to Hospitals
Because of the Data Protection Act 1998, please indicate on entering hospital that your details may be passed to the RC chaplain. Also state that you would like the RC Chaplain to visit you