Legion of Mary: Meet every Thursday at 6.45pm in the Hall
Tea and Coffee: will be available after 11am Mass in the church hall, offered by the parish. All parishioners and visitors are welcome. We would be grateful for more volunteers to help with making tea and coffee after this Mass. Many thanks.
Cleaning: The next cleaning of the Church will take place next Saturday 29th April at 3pm. Please come and join in just for one hour.
Light of Jesus: The Light of Jesus Catholic Community cordially invites everyone to praise; worship and lunch every Sunday from 2pm – 3.30pm in the Upper Hall.
Candles: Just to remind you that candles at our statues are not free. The cost per candle is 25p. This is very reasonable as some of our neighbouring parishes’ charge between 40p and £1 per candle. I would therefore ask that everybody pays for lighting a candle.
Baptisms: The number of parents requesting baptism has steadily increased I am delighted to say! If you have a child for baptism you must firstly see Fr. Michael for a date. Do not book your party first to avoid disappointment. Sr. Vivien will then arrange to meet you for Baptism Preparation. Baptisms take place on Saturdays at 11am. In 2016 we had 18 Baptisms.
New Parishioners: If you have moved here to our parish recently, I would be grateful if you could tell me at the end of Mass so that I can give you a Parish Registration Form to complete. Look forward to meeting you.
APF Boxes: Please can those who have boxes to collect. Could they call, email or let the office know which is convenient to pick up their empty boxes. It could be in the Repository, office or under the desk in the porch at the back of the church.
Money Counters: We need one or two new money counters. Please see Fr. Michael if you can help. Many thanks.
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. 211 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT.Tel: 020 7723 5101. Email: Parish Priest: Fr Michael Johnston. Email: Parish Administrator: Mrs Marion Egan – Parish Office open 10.30am –3.30pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - Our Parish Web address is:parishrcdow.org.uk/Marylebone
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Marylebone
2nd Sunday of Easter 23rd April 2017
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday: 6.00pm (First Mass of Sunday)
Sunday: 8.30am, 11.00 (Family Mass), and 6.00pm (Folk Mass)
Sunday: 1.00pm – Czech Community Mass - 1st Sunday
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Monday – Friday 12.30pm
Saturday 12.30pm
CONFESSIONS
Saturday: 11.00am to 11.30am and 5.00pm to 5.30pm.
Every Saturday afternoon, there is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 5.00pm to Benediction at 5.30pm.
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Saturday at 7.00pm.
Fr Michael Writes: The world today is full of doubting Thomas’s as in today’s Gospel. In fact a little of Thomas lurks in each of us. Many, today simply do not believe that Jesus is risen and that he can be encountered in our daily lives. They will not be converted and believe unless they can touch his wounds and see his face. How can this happen? It can happen only if Jesus is seen to be alive in us his followers. He must be seen to dwell in us and among us. For it is only in us and through us that others can see and touch him, and be touched by him and so healed of their unbelief. This is evident in some people like our Holy Father Pope Francis who is alive with Jesus in his life. Without the Church, the risen Jesus would remain invisible, untouchable and faceless. Jesus lives on in his Church. There he can be encountered, that is we can be touched and more importantly he can touch us.
Divine Mercy Sunday: Today is Divine Mercy Sunday when we thank God for his being a God of Mercy and forgiveness.
Many thanks: Many thanks to everyone for Easter gifts, cards and Easter Offerings. I am very grateful to you. Many thanks also to everyone who worked so hard to make the Easter Ceremonies and Church so beautiful – the Servers; Readers; Eucharistic Ministers; Collectors; Filipino Folk Group; Flora our Organist; Maureen and the Choir; Eddie our Caretaker; Cleaners; Repository Ladies and Marion in our Parish Office who produced the leaflets and to Fiona Ramirez for delivering our Mass times in Holy Week to our 120 hotels and B and B’s. Grateful thanks to all.
Priest Training Fund: Next weekend is Good Shepherd Sunday, the day we pray for vocations, especially vocations to the priesthood. The annual collection for the Priest Training Fund will take place next weekend. The Fund helps pay for training seminarians (there are currently 39), further studies of our priests for specialised ministries, and for ongoing enrichment to strengthen priests. Your generous donation helps ensure we can support these men who are called to be like Christ the Good Shepherd. Donation leaflets are available in the back of the church. Please take one home, read the information, and bring it back next weekend with your donation. Please also pray for vocations; please take home a prayer card for vocations and pray it daily.
R.C.I.A.: The members of our RCIA received into the Church at Easter will meet for a final session on Thursday 11th May at 7pm in the Presbytery.
Congratulations: Congratulations and prayers to Clementine Goatman who was baptised into the church here yesterday (Saturday).
Feasts: This Monday 24th April – St. George Patron of England. Tuesday 25th April – St. Mark. Saturday 29th April – St. Catherine of Siena.
C.T.S: We have a Catholic Truth Society stand with booklets out in the porch. These booklets are not free and must be paid for in the box marked C.T.S. Each booklet is separately priced in the back cover.
Baptism: If you have a child for baptism in the near future please contact Marion in the Parish Office so that she can make arrangements for you to complete the Baptism instruction with Sister Vivien.
Dad’s Group: The next Dad’s Group will be held on Monday 15th May at 7.30pm in the Lower Hall. All Dads are welcome. If you are new to the group please tell me if you are attending as there is a supper provided.
Fr. Michael’s Pilgrimage 2017 to Milan and Lake Maggiore: I have organised a pilgrimage to Milan and Lake Maggiore from Monday 25th September 2017 to Monday 2nd October 2017. We will travel by scheduled flights return Heathrow to Milan. We will spend two nights in Milan and five nights in Stresa on Lake Maggiore. There will be guided tours in both Milan and Stresa taking in much to do with St. Charles Borromeo and St. Ambrose. We hope to visit Leonardo Da Vincis “Last Supper”. Excursions and Mass each day and we will be accompanied by a Tour Manager using local guides in various places. Both hotels are four star includes Bed, Breakfast and Dinners. Also includes a boat trip on Lake Maggiore visiting Isola Bella and a boat trip on Lake Orta. This promises to be an excellent pilgrimage. Cost £978. To reserve a place see Fr. Michael for a form and brochure.
Monday 24th April: This Monday 24th April at 7pm in the Hall there is a meeting for pilgrims to Italy and for anyone else who thinks they would like to join us on this trip.
Children’s Religious Books: The basket of books for children is again almost empty. The object is that these books are returned at the end of Mass to the basket. I would be grateful if parents would look at home for any religious books or children’s Bible story books that you could donate so that we have a basket of books for all our children to borrow.
Cardinal’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the Sacrament of Matrimony, Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 3pm.
The Cardinal will be inviting to this Mass all couples in the Diocese who are celebrating their 10th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th (and every year over 60) wedding anniversary of Catholic marriage in 2017. If you ae celebrating an anniversary, please give Marion, in the Parish Office the following details:- Husband and wife’s names, wedding date, full postal address and email (or telephone number, if no email).
Rosary Hall Offices: The two top floors of office space vacant since last July have now been leased to a firm of Architects. They will refurbish the space before moving in. They hope to complete the work in eight weeks, before they move in. Meanwhile you may notice workmen. Hopefully, soon the top hall will also be leased. The income will go towards badly needed works on our own buildings so that our property will be in good shape for the next fifty years.
Diary of Events:
Sunday 14th May – 11am First Communion
Sunday 21st May – 11am Procession and Crowning of Our Lady
Sunday 11th June – 11am – Confirmations
Saturday 24th June – 12.30pm Mass and Anointing of the Sick
Sacrament of the Sick: In this Year when our Cardinal has asked us to pray particularly for the sick of our Parish, there will be an opportunity for anyone who wishes to receive the Sacrament of the Sick at 12.30pm Mass on Saturday 24th June 2017. If you know of anyone sick in any way please tell them about this opportunity.
Collections: Collections last weekend amounted to £3504.57 for Easter Offerings – Grateful Thanks.
Have a good week