Dunny Lane, Chipperfield
Served by the Society of the Divine Saviour – The Salvatorians
Parish Priest: Father Richard Mway-Zeng SDS
Assistant Priest: Father Christopher Luoga SDS
Youth Worker: Mr Jack Bull
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96, The Crescent, Abbots Langley, WD5 0DS
Tel: 01923-266177
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Parish School: Divine Saviour Primary, Broomfield Rise, Abbots Langley
Tel: 01923- 265607
ExecutiveHeadteacher: Mr Stephen Wheatley
Head of School: Mrs Helen Wilson /
Second Sunday of Lent, Year B 25thFebruary 2018
Mass Schedule
24th Sat Vigil Mass of Sunday
18.30 People of the Parish
25th SecondSunday of Lent. Time Year B
10:00
27th Tues Lent Feria
10:00
2nd Fri Women’s World Day of Pray
10:00am
3rd Sat Vigil Mass of Sunday
18:30
4th Third Sunday of Lent. Time Year B
10:00am
Confessions
Before any of the masses
or upon request
Adoration & Benediction
First Sundays, 4pmat Abbots Langley
Marriages, Baptisms
Contact the Parish Clergy via email or telephone
6 months’ notice required for marriage
School Forms, Passports, etc
Please speak to the Clergy after mass
Sunday Readings: Year B
Weekday Readings: Year 2
What Should I Do For Lent? Pope Francis' 10 Tips
Here we selected 10 of his best tips:
1. Get rid of the lazy addiction to evil: Lent helps us and thus we leave behind old habits and the lazy addiction to the evil that deceives and ensnares us.”
2. Do something that hurts: “Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance.
3. Don’t remain indifferent: “Indifference to our neighbour and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience. God is not indifferent to our world; he so loves it that he gave his Son for our salvation.” –Lenten Message, 2015
4. Pray: Make our hearts like yours!: “During this Lent, then, brothers and sisters, let us all ask the Lord: ‘Faccor nostrum secundumcortuum’: Make our hearts like yours (Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus).”
5. Take part in the sacraments: “Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like him. This happens whenever we hear the word of God and receive the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.
6. Prayer: “In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could harden our hearts, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of God’s boundless love, to taste his tenderness.
7. Fasting: Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others, if it helps us to cultivate the style of the Good Samaritan, who bends down to his brother in need and takes care of him.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
8. Almsgiving: Almsgiving helps us to experience giving freely, which leads to freedom from the obsession of possessing, from the fear of losing what we have, from the sadness of one who does not wish to share his wealth with others.” – Homily, March 5, 2014
9. Help the Poor: In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.
10. Evangelize: “The Lord asks us to be joyous heralds of this message of mercy and hope!”
You probably won’t be able to take huge steps forward in all of these areas. Instead, pick a couple that stand out to you and try to find practical ways to grow in your love of God and your love of your neighbour. Which one of Pope Francis’ tips sticks out to you the most? Tell us in the comments below.
A warm welcome to you! Please introduce yourself to others and to the priest at the end of Mass
Last Week’s Offertory Collection
£792.28; for which Many Thanks.
First Holy Communion
Classes start onSunday January 7th between 11.05 am and 12pm.
LENT FAST DAY CAFODSECOND COLLECTION: This weekend 24/25 Feb. If you are a UK taxpayer, please Gift Aid your donation so that CAFOD can claim an extra 25% at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your continued support and generosity
PARISH CENSUS & VOLUNTEER FORMS:Next weekend after Mass, you will be asked to fill in a new census form and have the opportunity to express an interest in volunteering for your parish. We need to update our parish records and to meet with the new Data Protection Regulations 2018. There will be spare copies at the back of church, if you are unable to fill in forms next weekend. Thank you for your co-operation.
FOOD BANK: There is now a box at the back of the church for you to donate non-perishable foods and toiletries. Thank you for your generosity.
PARISH DAY OF RECOLLECTION: At St Saviourson Saturday March 10thfrom 2-5pm.’We want to see Jesus’. Time for Reflection, Pray, and be quiet and at peace. This will be given by the Dominican sisters. There will be refreshments provided during the afternoon. Followed by Sunday Vigil Mass. All welcome
A MASS FOR BEREAVED PARENTS – Saturday 10th March 2018, 2.30pm at Westminster Cathedral.
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYEREveryone is welcome to attend this year’s Women’s World Day of Prayer servicewhich is being hosted by St Lawrence’s Church, Bovingdon on Friday 2 March at 10.00am.Refreshments will be served afterwards. This is a wonderful ecumenical opportunity to pray and socialise together with the other Christian churches in Chipperfield, Bovingdon and Sarratt and also to get to know better other OLMS parishioners attending. This year’s service was prepared by the women of Suriname and the theme is ”All God’s Creation is Very Good!”
SPECIAL CELEBRATION MASS: On Sunday the 27th May 2018 Bishop Paul will be say Mass at Divine Saviour school.This will be a joint celebration between St. Saviour’s, Divine Saviour School (Chipperfield will join from the year ahead). On that day there will only be one Mass at the church. It will be (weather permitting) an outdoor Mass followed by picnic’s and some form of entertainment.Further details will be posted nearer the time.
Consecration MASS: His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols will be here on 15th July 10am, for the Dedication Mass of our Parish. Please make a note of this in your diary. More details to follow.
Stations of the Cross: Every Wednesday at 7.30pm
Parish Hymn Books:
Thank you for those who gave so generously
Youth Clubs
The following year groups will meet in the Abbots Langley Parish Centre accordingly:
School Years 5-6: Fridays, 5-6.30pm
School Years 7-9: Fridays, 7-9pm
Children's Liturgy
This group now runs during the first half of the 10am Sunday mass, and is specifically for children below Holy Communion age. Jack, our youth worker, facilitates this group and would appreciate a few more volunteers to help with its running so that it becomes more of a parish endeavour rather than a one-man project. Please speak with Fr Paul or Jack if you think you may be able to help.
The Pope’s prayer intention for February:
Universal: Say “No” to Corruption That those who have material, political or spiritual power may resist any lure of corruption.
Confirmation mass……………………………14th April 2pm
Cardinal’s visit…………………………………………..15th July