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Day for Life
Your generous donations last weekend raised £400.16 to support the work of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and other life-related activities supported by the Church. Thank you
Schools’ Summer Fair
The Friends of St Peter’s & St Gildas’ Schools will be holding their annual Summer Fair on Sunday, 9th July from 12-3:00pm. This is the main fund-raising event of the year, please come along and support our schools and join in the fun. There will be lots of fun things to do, including a crazy sand, bouncy slide, tombola, together with plenty of BBQ and homemade food, entertainment and refreshments. The entrance will be via the gate in Tregaron Avenue. All Welcome!
SEEDs Saturday Club
Our group that brings together people with learning difficulties, their families and friends will meet on Saturday, 1st July at St Peter’s School Hall from 2–4pm. Everyone welcome! Thank you to all for donating to our tombola stall, we raised £167.
Bishops ask for feedback from young people
The bishops of England and Wales have released an online survey ahead of next year’s synod on youth. The “Youth Poll on Life, Faith and Vocational Discernment” invites answers from 13-29-year-olds of all religions and none. It is anonymous, though participants must enter their email address. The responses “will be used in a report that will be sent to the Vatican” ahead of the synod, which is scheduled for October 2018. The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/cathnews-synod-youth-poll. Closing date for replies – 30th June.
Samuel Selvarajah RIP
The funeral Mass of the late Sivapiragasam (Samuel) Selvarajah RIP will be held here at St Peter-in-Chains on Friday, 30th June at 11am followed by cremation at Islington Crematorium. Please keep the family in your prayers at this time.
Raffle Tickets
Parish Raffle Tickets will be on sale next weekend 1st/2nd July after all Masses.
Urgent Appeal
The Lourdes Pilgrimage team are appealing for additional nurses and doctors who may be able to help with supporting sick pilgrims in Lourdes this summer. Interested medical staff should email lourdes@rcdow.org.uk for further information.
Other notices
Can you help?
Help us make music! – The 11:15am Family Mass choir is running low on tambourines, shakers etc. We are asking parishioners if they go on holiday this year to bring back percussion instruments from around the world. Thank you!
Ushers & Offertory helpers needed at the Sunday 11:15am Family Mass – If you are able to assist once a month on a rota, please contact Phyllis on 07764200384. Thank you
Pilgrimage to Poland – 31st May – 6th June 2018 – There are posters at the back of the church and in the Porch with all the necessary information. We will be based in Krakow with trips organised each day to different places of interest. The cost of the trip is £799.00 for a twin bedded room. If you require a single room, there is a supplement of £168 for the six nights (limited availability). If you are interested in joining us, please contact Sheila Doyle on telephone No. 020 8340 4511 to reserve a place. A deposit of £200 plus £33 insurance (if needed) is required, the remaining balance is due about ten weeks before departure. Cheques made payable to St Peter-in-Chains Church. We have reserved 30 places for the pilgrimage. Bookings need to be made by the end of July to guarantee that price.
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land – You are invited to join the 7th Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land led by Bishop John Sherrington. 31st October to 7th November. Price: Full board £1535 pp sharing; £370 single room supplement. Contact Gill at Tangney Tours 01732 886666 or Elizabeth Uwalaka Pilgrimage Administrator 020 7798 9173 for information and booking forms.
Garden Party in aid of The Passage – There will be a Garden Party in aid of the work of The Passage supporting homeless people in the historic College Garden, Westminster Abbey on Friday, 21st July 2017 from 6:00pm. Visit the oldest cultivated garden in England with a back drop of the Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. Tickets £40 from The Passage, St Vincent’s Centre, Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NL tel. 020 7592 1856 email tickets@passage.org.uk which includes buffet supper, wine, soft drinks, live music and a prize raffle. Tickets are also available through passage-garden-party.eventbrite.co.uk
SPICMA – Special Projects In Christian Missionary Areas – As many of you may know, the inspiration for the Charity was the ordination of Fr Bernard Phelan, as a Mill Hill Missionary priest in 1967. Family, friends, and parishioners at St Peter’s formed a group to raise money for Fr Bernard to help some of the people he encountered in Uganda. This was the birth of SPICMA, which is now supporting communities, individuals and the Church throughout much of the developing world. There will be a Jubilee Mass of Celebration on Saturday 22nd July, 12noon at The Immaculate Conception, Farm Street. Fr Bernard will be concelebrating Mass.
Catholic Singles – is an organisation which helps single Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet other single Catholics, either one to one or through social events. For further information visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk or tel. 0161 941 3498
Divine Mercy Retreat – Divine Mercy Apostolate run by Marian Fathers is organising Divine Mercy Retreat on Saturday, 12th August 2017, 11:00am – 4:00pm at St John Fisher Church, 207 Cannon Hill Lane, Merton, London SW20 9DB. Further details can be found on the notice board outside the church.
ECHO Retreat for Young Adults – organised by Westminster Youth Ministry will be held at SPEC in Pinner from 20th-27th October. You are invited to come and spend a week exploring the revolutionary worldview St Pope John Paul II has left for us in a beautiful series of teachings, commonly known as Theology of the Body, which reveals the truth of who we are and what we were created for. Visit http://dowym.com/events/echo-theology-body-retreat/ for details.
Diocesan Job Vacancies – Please visit http://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/jobs/ to view all vacancies.
Thank you for your Sunday offerings. Giving by text – You can give the Parish £5 by texting “Parish STROG” to 70800.
Newsletter deadline: – please submit items for the Newsletter before midday on Thursday. Note that pressure of space means items may have to be edited.
Please pray for:
Christian Overall, Antonio Neto, Zintra Sansom, Maria Graham, Brenda Buzec, Amy Gordon, Annette Donivar, Margaret Bradley, Caroline Hilton, Karin Summers, Graham Summers, Joan Summers, Alex Robertson, Helen Kozlowski, Lena Cavaciuti, Don Brewis, Roman Cholij, Adeline Oyekoya, Francesco Nazzini, Maria Kuczwalski, Mary Wallace, Bruna Moia, Sister Pia, Margaret Whelan, Kitty Madden, Ann O’Grady, Clare Bruce, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, Brendan Whelan, Claire Marchand, Jemma Francis, Mike Coombes, Joel Maitre, Grace Taylor & David and Pamela Roberts.
Home Visits – If you are sick or housebound and would like to receive Communion please let the parish priest know so that he can arrange for a Eucharistic Minister to visit you at home.
Those who have died recently:
Samuel Selvarajah & Vera Bachini RIP
Services and Mass intentions
6:30pm (Sat) – MASS – Int. Alan Branch RIP
9:45am – SUNG MASS – Int. All the people of the Parish
11:15am – FAMILY MASS – Int. Peter Wims RIP
7:00pm – MASS – Int. Holy Souls
Weekday Masses – Year 1, Week 12: Daily Prayer – Week 4
MONDAY 26TH JUNE 2017
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Peter Wims RIP
TUESDAY 27TH JUNE 2017 – St John Southworth, Priest & Martyr
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Christy Jordan RIP
WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE 2017 – St Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Noel Laing RIP
THURSDAY 29TH JUNE 2017 – Sts Peter & Paul, Apostles
9:00am* – MASS – Int. Pasquilina Salter RIP (Anniv)
FRIDAY 30TH JUNE 2017
11:00am – FUNERAL MASS – Int. Samuel Selvarajah RIP
7:30pm – HOLY HOUR
SATURDAY 1ST JULY 2017 – Dedication of the Cathedral
9:00am* – MASS – Int. John Mulvaney (Birthday)
9:30am-10:00am – CONFESSIONS
9:30am-10:00am – EXPOSITION & BENEDICTION
6:00pm-6:20pm – CONFESSIONS
SUNDAY 2ND JULY 2017 – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
6:30pm (Sat) – MASS – Int. Shelagh Beale RIP
9:45am – SUNG MASS – Int. Pietro, Lucia Cavaciuti RIP & Ann (Birthday)
11:15am – FAMILY MASS – Int. John Duggan RIP
7:00pm – MASS – Int. All the people of the Parish
9:00am* – preceded by Morning Prayer at 8:45am
The Liturgical Calendar of feasts can be found here
Diary
SUNDAY 25TH JUNE
6:45pm – PLANNED GIVING TEAM B – Presbytery
8:00pm – PADRE PIO GROUP – 36 Dickenson Road, N8
MONDAY 26TH JUNE
9:30am – COUNTING TEAM B
TUESDAY 27TH JUNE
5:00pm-7:00pm – PRIEST SURGERY – Presbytery – see Fr Sean without an appointment
WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE
7:30pm – LEGION OF MARY
7:00pm – CATECHISTS’ SOCIAL EVENING
THURSDAY 29TH JUNE
11:00am-1:30pm – THURSDAYS TOGETHER – meet your neighbours for a friendly chat, light lunch available – Holy Trinity Church Hall
FRIDAY 30TH JUNE
1:40pm – UNDER-5s PLAYGROUP – St Peter’s School Hall
6:00pm – ST GILDAS’ SCHOOL ART SHOW – St Gildas’ School Hall, Dickenson Road, N8
SATURDAY 1ST JULY
2-4pm – SEEDs SATURDAY CLUB – St Peter-in-Chains School Hall
4:00pm – SOUP RUN TEAM A – Sandwich makers
6:00pm – DISTRIBUTION TEAM A
Rotas
24th/25th June 2017 – 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
LINEN ROTA: Susan Fleming
READERS:
6:30pm (Sat) – Steve Bethell
9:45am 1st Reading: – Harriet Mackie 2nd Reading: – Martin Whitaker
7:00pm – Michael Sherley-Dale
Readings:
1st – Jeremiah 20:10-13; 2nd – Romans 5:12-15; Gospel – Matthew 10:26-33
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
6:30pm (Sat) Laura Alyousif, Patricia Hannon, Sarah Fleming
9:45am Sheila Doyle, Sr Anne Hogan, Anthony Pippet, Barbara Cotter, Carol Phillips
11:15am Jenny Coleman, Katherine Quinn, Kathleen McGrath, Kayte Brimacombe, Maria Gagnier
7:00pm Pedro Daniel, Ruben Ferreira, Daniel Lloyd-Morgan
1st/2nd July 2017 – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
READERS:
6:30pm (Sat) – Alex Derbyshire
9:45am 1st Reading: – Lesley Pippet 2nd Reading: – Anthony Pippet
7:00pm – Chris Beasley
Readings:
1st – 2 Kings 4:8-11.14-16; 2nd – Romans 6:3-4.8-11; Gospel – Matthew 10:37-42
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
6:30pm (Sat) Steve Bethell, Susan Fleming, Alice Fidler
9:45am Gabriella Olaniran, Gertrude Jones, Jim Donoghue, Josephine Bobb, Lesley Pippet
11:15am Mary Chambers, Mary Halliday, Michael Buchanan, Sam Carson, Sandra Fluin
7:00pm Fiona Stone, Kathy McHale, Margaret Maloney
The Bishops of England and Wales have issued a letter on the forthcoming general election. The letter is an encouragement to all Catholics to play an active part in the election. While voting for any particular political party is a matter of conscience, the bishops encourage people to use their vote at this pivotal time for our nations, as we prepare to leave the European Union. The letter lays out broad principles to guide our thinking in the run-up to the election, taken from Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium. Copies of the letter are available at the Newsletter stand or 