St Joan of Arc, Farnham - Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church

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
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
18th January 2015 Psalter Week 2 Cycle B Year 1
We gather to worship God in union with Francis I, Our Pope.
Saturday 17th January 2015
9.30am
Mass: Mary Sollom RIP (anniv)
Confession & Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament
10.45am
Baptism: Hugo Edworthy
5.30pm
Confession
6.00pm
Mass: Bridget Kelly RIP
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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
Monday 19th January
10.00am
Eucharistic Service
Tuesday 20th January
7.25pm
Rosary:
8.00pm
Mass: Intentions of Brian & Anne
Wagstaff
Wednesday 21st January
3.30pm
Mass: Harry & Edward RIP
Thursday 22nd January
11.00am
Requiem Mass: Bridget Kelly RIP
Friday 23rd January
9.30am
Mass: Intentions of Brian & Anne
Wagstaff
Saturday 24th January
9.30am
Mass: Sally Ann Bromley RIP
Confession & Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament
5.30pm
Confession
6.00pm
Mass: John Davies RIP
Sunday 25th January THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
9.15am
Mass: People of the Parish
Baptism: Hugo Benedict Rice
11.15am
Mass: Sidney Sackwood RIP
6.00pm
Mass: Desmond Matthews RIP (anniv)
Thank you very much for your generosity. £2871.48 (£1726.48
£1,145 standing orders) Transformation Project standing orders
average £233pw.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children thanks you for
your very generous donations during the White Flower Appeal last
weekend. They amounted to £967.26.
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2 Collection 31stJan/1 Feb: The Catholic Education Service.
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Mass attendance: 10 11 January: Saturday Vigil 6pm= 147;
Sunday 9.15am = 250; Sunday 11.15am = 177; 6pm = 296; Total: =
870
Fridays are a day of Penance and abstinence from eating meat.
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.
ARC BAND MUSIC NIGHT
Saturday 28th February 8pm till late
in the Parish Centre
Tickets £5 will be on sale after Mass or from the Parish Office
from 3rd February.
All funds for the Transformation Fund
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 23rd January Kung-Fu activity Farnham Sports 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 one 9th February 2015
Everyone is warmly welcome to attend these groups.
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Let us pray for those in our families who are unwell at this
time and especially for
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.
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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.
TALK ABOUT THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
Come and join me if you are interested in hearing a parishioner’s
experience of walking 500 miles, and if you would like to see
projector images of the sights (and sites) along the way. The
Pilgrimage from St.Jean Pied-de-Port (in France) to Santiago de
Compostela (in N.W. Spain) is called the St James Way aka the
Camino de Santiago. The talk with projector images is on
MONDAY. 26 JANUARY 2015 at 7.30 p.m. in the Parish Centre.
Tea, coffee & biscuits available from 7.00p.m.-7.30p.m.I would
request that, if possible, all who attend pay £2-£3 per person
for the Transformation Project Fund.
PARISH WALKING GROUP – the next walk will be on Thursday
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29 January starting at 10.00am from the church car park –
please see the poster in the porch for more details.”
THE HORSES - The Parish Gold Cup and Fundraisers' Horse of the
Year. Thank you to everyone who supported. The gross amount
raised was £1810 - (£190 short of expections as the Gold Cup
failed to sell out!) After paying £400 in prizes we paid a net amount
of £1410 to the Transformation Fund.Congratulations to the
prizewinners - Grace Kennedy, Crowley Family and Chloe Todd
(Gold Cup) and Eleanor Scully (Fundraisers). Much gratitude too
to the generous people who lent a hand.
THANK YOU to Voices Together for Christmas Concert Donation
£100.
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We pray for the recently deceased
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Bridget Kelly RIP whose Requiem will be on Thursday 22
January at 11am.
For Elizabeth Gude RIP whose Requiem will be at 10am Friday
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6 February
For John Balding RIP who has recently died
And for all those whose anniversaries occur at this time
Mary Sollom, Vera Arathoon, Elsie Bell, Alexandra Burchett, Joan
Bailey, Terence Melody, Annette Napier, George Hurdle,
Timothy Gibson, Helen Gale
CHRISTMAS THANK YOU
Dear Parishioners once more thank you too everyone who
made the Church look so beautiful for Christmas and to all
who participated. May I thank those of you who kindly
contributed to the Christmas collection. Thank you very
much for your cards and gifts too. Everything you gave I
really appreciate. God bless you. Fr Niven
"Strength to Strength" Weekly course to help you strengthen
your prayer life. With inspiring speakers on DVD and practical
guidance.Wednesday evenings until 11th February 8.00-9.30pm in
the Parish Centre. No booking needed. No charge: voluntary
donations.Don't worry if you miss any sessions - catch up with the
£5course book.
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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
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and women. United Service, Sunday 18 January, 4pm, St
Mark’s Church, Alma Lane, Upper Hale. Daily Prayer meetings –
please see details in the church porch.
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LUNCH IN AID OF EBOLA CRISIS. Soup, cake and coffee in
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Parish Centre. All welcome. After 11.30am Mass on Friday 30
January. Please come and support.
DIOCESE LOURDES PILGRIMAGE 31 July – 6th AugustTHANK YOU to Eileen & Tony Burke for being our Parish coordinators for the annual Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage for the past
few years.Please contact the Parish Office or Fr Niven if you would
consider being the next co-ordinators for our Parish.
Agnes Tunstall, Brian Wagstaff, Mrs Phil Keough, IIona Main,
Terry Taylor, Mary Tracey, Mary Lynch, Lydia Quicke,
Clare Caillard, Mary Myers
May the Lord grant them all a place in His Kingdom
PARISH NEWS & EVENTS
Homily Summary – Baptism of the Lord
Baptism in water brings the Holy Spirit to live in us.
Jesus brought a new Baptism. Not just water but God the
Holy Spirit to live in us.
Let us all find out the date of our Baptism – and celebrate
that day as the first day the Holy Spirit came to live within
us. By remembering the Holy Spirit within us to guide us
we will be living our Baptism.
Are you a video projector expert?
We are looking at improving the projector in the Parish
Centre. If anyone in the Parish has specialist knowledge,
please contact Alastair on 714809
VOCATIONS MATTER
18 January: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time "There is the Lamb of
God". John the Baptist understands what we, too, instinctively know: that
the Jesus is the Messiah, the Lamb of God come to take our sins upon
himself and grant us freedom and eternal life. The Jesus of Nazareth
about whom John speaks is the same Jesus whom we frequently receive in
Holy Communion. This Jesus is the one who unties the knots of our
complex and confused lives and leads us to discover the wonder for which
we are created.
THE ARUNDEL AND BRIGHTON DIOCESAN TRUST IS A REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 252878
GOLDEN JUBILEE FESTIVAL 5 July 2015
The Diocese celebrates 50 years of existence in 2015.
There is to be a major event at Brighton & Hove Football
Ground, the Amex Stadium in Falmer. Fantastic speakers,
family activities, entertainment and Mass of Thanksgiving.
For more details email jubilee@dabnet.org SIGN UP
SHEETS in Church Porch for coach travel from Farnham.
PROCLAIM ’15 In 2015 the Church in our land is asking us
all to be involved in Proclaim ’15.
This is a new initiative to support and to enthuse us to share
our faith in Christ with other people.
This Proclaim ’15 is inspired by Pope Francis to the Church
called ‘The Joy of the Gospel’ (Evangelii Gaudium)
There are three sessions for small groups.
Session 1 Meeting Jesus: The only one who can save me.
Session 2: Learning to be a Missionary Disciple: Sitting at
the feet of Jesus.
Session 3 Jesus is Alive: Go and tell my brothers and
sisters.
CHILDREN OF ST JOAN OF ARC
ALL PRE-SCHOOLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES are invited to:
AFTER MASS PLAYGROUP IN THE CENTRE
after 9.15am Sunday 1st February.
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.
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.
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