This Week's Newsletter - Addiscombe Catholic Church

Our Lady of the Annunciation
Parish Priest: Fr. Joe O’Connor
Deacon: Keith Sylvia
147 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, Croydon CR0 7E. Phone 020-8654 1709
email: office@addiscombecatholicchurch.com
website: www.addiscombecatholicchurch.com
Diocesan website: www.rcsouthwark.co.uk Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm
Deanery website: www.croydoncatholics.org.uk
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Every Saturday 9.30am and 5.00pm.
18 JAUARY 2015 SECOD SUDAY I ORDIARY TIME (see page of 127 Parish Mass Book)
YEAR B
Mass Intentions This Week
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
I believe that one of the most important things we can say about our
ecumenical journey in the past 40-50 years is how it has changed our views of
our Christian sisters and brothers from other Christian churches and traditions, and also how it has transformed and deepened our own faith. As the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity comes round again, beginning today, we
are being challenged to go deeper in our understanding of one another as we
pray for the unity of all Christians as Christ himself prayed.
Saturday 17 January
10.00 Rosalie Hughes RIP
18:00 Lena Crinnegan RIP, 15th Anniversary
18 January: SECOD SUDAY
08:30 All Parishioners #
10:00 Deceased members of the Carpenter
Family ~ #
12:00 Ian Sulzdorf RIP #
Today, there will be a service at Christ church Methodist, Lower Addiscombe Road at 6.30pm to mark the opening of this week for Christian Unity.
Please make an effort to attend. Next Sunday there will be a service at West
Wickham and Shirley Baptist Church, on the corner of Wickham Road and
Monks Orchard Road at 6.30pm to mark the end of this octave of prayer for
unity. Again, I encourage those who live in the Shirley area to attend. I know
that many of you assist other local churches in their outreach to the homeless
and the needy. This is excellent, but it is also important that we meet to pray
together.
19 January
10.00 Eucharistic Service
Perhaps, during the week you might decide to have a conversation with
someone from another denomination about your beliefs!
23 January
10.00 Winifred & Ernest Foster & Emilio
Cicco RIP
May our encounter with Christ and Christians of other traditions open
for us new horizons and help us to go beyond our comfort zone in following what Jesus calls us to do.
Fr. Joe
WEEKLY DRAW
£5– Pat Kingman
CHURCH CLEAIG
Team B: Mrs Hazel
LAST WEEK’S OFFERTORY
Loose cash
Gift Aid Envelopes
S/Os
£507.90
£669.10
£880.00
Total
£2057.00
20 January
10.00 Elizabeth McCorry RIP
21 January
10.00 Funeral: Agnes Dolan
22 January
10.00 Eileen Gill RIP
Saturday 24 January
10.00 Andrew Noone RIP
18.00 Deceased member of the Blake family
25 January: THIRD SUDAY
08.30 Pat Maher RIP *
10.00 Sarah (Sadie) O’Hara RIP *
(1st Anniversary)
12.00 All Parishioners
~ With Uniformed Groups
* With Children’s Liturgy
# Foodbank Sunday
COLLECTIOS
Last Sunday’s collection for the White Flower Appeal-amounted to £763.00. Many thanks. This week there will be a
collection for Pax Christi. Next Sunday, 25th January there will be the monthly ACA collection with proceeds going to the
Barnabas Fund.
We pray for the sick in our Parish: Geoffrey Bird, John Boswood, Audrey Moynihan, Ted Curry, Theresa Kintu,
Margarette Collins, Lauren Horwood, Bernadette Moynihan.
We pray for parishioners whose anniversaries occur this Week: Mary Finigan, Kathleen O'Brien, Lena
Crinnegan, Juliet Dias, Celino Rodrigues, Rosalie Hughes, Sr. Mary Leontine, Ian Sulzdorf, James Concannon, Ted
Hanlon, William McHale, Elsie Ryan, Harry Linton, Eithne Stolls, George Paice, Terence Flanagan, Antonia Drabik,
William Toole, Maureen Morrissey, Jean Cruikshank, Kathleen Faren, Cedric Chopin, Grace Jennings, Phyllis Dovidonis,
Edward Kingman, Diana Jeffries, Elisabeth Piney, Eva Mahoney, Daniel Gorman, Ted Murphy.
SOCIAL CLUB
18th January: The Mustang Showband
25th January: Eugene Doonan
1st February: Pat Hayes
At the Social Club's Christmas party, £1,000.00 was raised for the Children's Centre at Tadworth. A presentation will be made to the
Centre on Sunday, 1st February.
The next Fundraising Jamboree will take place on Friday, 6th February; all proceeds from the event will support the three members of
our Parish Community who will be attending the 23rd Scout Jamboree in Japan this summer. Entertainment will be by Declan
Gaynor; you can support this event in many ways including the purchase of tickets and donations of items for the raffle & the auction.
Tickets for the event will be available after all Masses this weekend.
RECET DEATH
We are sorry to announce the death of
Agnes (Aggie) Dolan of Parkview Road.
We offer our prayers and sympathy to
her family at this time.
MEETIGS
1st Holy Communion Prep: Monday 19th at 6.15pm and Tuesday 20th at 6pm (Large
Hall)
Safeguarding Meeting: Tuesday 20th at 7.30pm (Presbytery)
SVP: Tuesday 20th at 8.30pm (PRC)
THE WHITE FATHERS
APPOITMET DIARIES.
Free appointment diaries. There are still
about forty diaries left on the table at the
back of the church. The diaries measure 8 X
6 and contain liturgical information which
could be very useful to those who read at
Mass. There is no cost, but anyone taking a
diary, can if they wish, make a donation to
the order, by leaving a cheque in the
Presbytery payable to “The Missionaries of
Africa” and for my attention. David Warner
JOBS ADVERTISED
Thomas Becket Primary School are
advertising for a Learning Support Assistant
and John Fisher Secondary School are
advertising for a new Head Teacher. Please
visit their websites or see the notices in the
porch for further information.
UCM – AGM
th
4 February 8.15 PM Small Hall – this is
the most important date in the yearly
calendar of the UCM and we urge as many
members and non-members to attend to
discuss activities and actions for the next
year. In addition, we require nominations for
a new President. Please consider this role,
this can be a shared and you would be very
much supported by the other members of the
committee. If you would like to find out
more information on what this role involves
please do not hesitate to contact Lisa Terry
(0208 655 2350). If a president cannot be
sought, UCM will not continue. Subs are
also due (£13), we look forward to seeing
many at the AGM.
RCIA: Wednesday 21st at 8pm (PRC)
Parish Council Meeting: Thursday 22nd at 7.30pm (Committee Room)
THE “DROP I” AT ST.
MILDRED’S
Would be grateful if anyone visiting
Primark could include on their shopping
list, pants and socks for our guests. In
addition, although this winter has been
relatively mild up to this week, there is
now a renewed need for good condition
warm clothing, such as coats and
sweaters. All items can be delivered to St.
Mildred’s office during the week between
9.30 and 12 o’clock, or to the “Drop In”
itself on Sundays between 12.30 and
2.30. May I thank everyone in advance
for their support and also those of you
who in one way or another already assist.
David Warner.
VOCATIOS WEEKED
FOR OLDER ME
The diocesan Vocations Centre in
Whitstable is hosting a weekend for men
over forty to give them the chance to
learn more about a vocation to the
diocesan priesthood. It will take place
from the evening of Friday 23rd and will
end with lunch on Sunday 25th January.
Places are limited and it is essential that
those participating book beforehand. To
book a place or for more information
please contact the Vocations Director on
info@southwarkvocations.com.
REPOSITORY SALE!!!
ALL CALENDARS in the shop are now
half-price. This means that most of them
are only 40p.
EW SERVERS ITAKE 2015
Application forms have to be returned by
no later than Sunday 25th January. The
first training session for all children will be
on Saturday 31st January at 1pm in the
church.
A IGHT AT THE RACES
Saturday 7th February
7.30pm - 11pm, Large Hall of Our Lady’s
£5 Tickets - Including a raffle and bar
Available Now!
Contact Michael on 07503970894
All Proceeds go toward FutureSense
Foundation Charity helping orphaned
children and improving the lives of
communities in deprived areas of Asia.
CHURCHES TOGETHER I
ADDISCOMBE
All welcome as we mark the beginning of
the annual ‘Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity’ 6.30pm this Sunday (18th January)
at Christ Church Methodist, Lower
Addiscombe Road.
CHURCHES TOGETHER I
SHIRLEY
Will be holding a service for the week of
prayer for Christian Unity on Sunday 25th
January at 6.30pm at West Wickham and
Shirley Baptist Church, which is on the
corner of Wickham Road and Monks
Orchard Road. All welcome.
Items for collection: A Yates, Sr. Celia, M Sequeira, P Kingman (2), Rota’s for the Repository.
Bapt Certs: 5 & C Ezuh, A Phipps.