Current newsletter - Our Lady of Peace and Blessed Dominic Barberi

Reading Churches Men’s Group -
Following the
Men’s Breakfast: Next meeting 8.30am on
departure of the Diocesan Safeguarding Sat. 7th February at Reading Blue Coat School.
Commission Chair,
Chair we are now looking to
Topical subject: “The Battle against ISIS appoint an independent lay person to this important making sense of it all!” See poster, Board 1.
role. See full details on Board 7 opposite the
£8.50 per head. Book by Tues. 3rd Feb.
Lady Chapel entrance, or see diocesan website:
contact
John Broady: Tel 0118 954 3879
www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
th
Closing date: 5pm Friday 13 February
White Rabbit - RISE Theatre UK
Tour 2015: our Church is delighted
for the parish
to welcome back RISE Theatre, who will perform
of St. John Bosco, Woodley. The position is
their new original play ‘White Rabbit’ here at church
part time (20 hrs per week); the role is to provide
on Sat. 14th March at 7.30 pm (Doors Open: 7 pm).
full, confidential and administrative support to the
Performance suitable for adults and ages 12+.
parish priest & the parish. For application forms or
Tickets - £10 per person. Please contact
further details please telephone 0118 969 3423 or
John Allinson on 0118 9874853 or buy tickets
email stjohnbosco@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk .
online at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/risetheatre
Closing date: 15th February 2015
PASTORAL AREA LENTEN TALKS –
WALKING THE CAMINO de SANTIAGO
“MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY” –
Pilgrimage from Reading, September 2015.
THREE OPEN SESSIONS FOR LENT:
Flight to Santiago; one week, walking 20 km
The Catholic churches in the Reading Pastoral Area
a day, for new and former walkers.
are organising another series of Lenten open
200,000 people do this every year. Information
sessions, the theme this time being “Marriage and
evening with Fr. John on Friday 20th February
the Family”. Each talk will feature a guest speaker,
in St. James Church at 7.30pm
followed by group discussion & period of reflection.
Woodley Jumbulance Group have booked Dates: 25th February, at St. William of York;
a holiday to Le Fosso in Brittany from
4th March, HERE at Our Lady of Peace;
4th to 11th September. Anyone who would like to join
11th March, at Christ the King.
the group as a helper or a VIP (unable), or would
See full details of the talks on colour poster on
like more information about holidays by
Board 4. All talks start at 7.30 pm. All are welcome;
Jumbulance, please contact any of the following:
for further information, please contact the Church
John Gill 9694769; Marie O’Gorman 9691927;
Secretary at St. John Bosco on 0118 969 3423
or Anne MacDonald 9585841
The Sacrament of RECONCILIATION may next be celebrated here
THIS WEEK, on Friday 6th February from 7pm, before Mass
St. Dominic Savio Primary School Western Avenue, Woodley RG5 3BH
Head Teacher: Mr. James Broadbridge Tel. 0118 969 3893
Co-ordinator for Youth Ministry:
Jofi Alexander jofi_alexander@yahoo.com
See also readingcym.co.uk
Emergency numbers for the Sacramental
Ministry of a Priest - call your own priest first
Christ the King, Whitley:
Sat. 6.30pm; Sun. 10am ………………. Fr. Pat Madden 0118 931 4469
St. John Bosco, Woodley:
Sat. 6.30pm; Sun. 10am ………………. Fr. Bonaventure 0118 969 3423
St. James:
Sat. 6pm; Sun. 11am ………………….. Fr. John O’Shea 0118 957 4171
English Martyrs, Tilehurst:
Sat. 6.30pm; Sun. 9.30am, 11.30am, 5pm Cn. Michael Dennehy 0118 957 2149
St. Joseph, Tilehurst:
Sun. 8.30am & 10.30am
Fr. George Lyons 0118 942 8632
St. William of York:
Sun. 9am
Our Lady & St. Anne, Cav’sham: Sat. 5.30pm; Sun. 10am & 6.30pm ….. Fr. Paul Martin 0118 947 1787
READING PASTORAL AREA
338 Wokingham Road, Earley, Reading RG6 7DA
Tel.: 0118 966 3711
E-mail: earley@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Website: www.olop.org.uk
Portsmouth Diocesan Trust, Registered Charity No. 246871
Priest: Fr. Emmanuel Odoemene
Administrator: Jane O’Rourke
Hall bookings: Margaret - 0118 987 5588 or hallbookingsolop@gmail.com
Your Church Office is open this week Tuesday - Friday, 9am-2pm
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
p. 59
1st February 2015
Thought for the week
In our Second Reading, St. Paul was urging his
listeners to prepare themselves as worthily as they
could because the Lord’s coming would be sooner
than we know. Yes family life does have stress at
times, but thanks be to God for mothers and
fathers, sons and daughters; the family is the
‘domestic Church’ and the first and foremost place
to live out our Christian calling.
The people who listened to Jesus’ teaching in
today’s Gospel were used to hearing scribes and
teachers in the synagogue. But with Jesus they
witnessed something new. We don’t know what
Jesus was teaching that day, or what kind of language He used, but what struck the
people listening was that He taught with authority. He had drawn them in, but they
couldn't quite put their finger on it. “What does it all mean?” they asked each other.
He had made them think, and they recognised that He was offering something
different. Often when you meet a person of wisdom, of deep faith and conviction, you
can tell straight away by just being in their presence. We hear today how Jesus had
that impact on all present. What impact does His teaching have on you?
Psalm Response: O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts
READING Sunday Mass Times:
4
Year B
It is good to have Fr. Emmanuel
back - we hope he had a great
time at home in Nigeria… and
we hope he can cope with
the temperature here!
Valentines Day - You have another chance to buy
tickets! The Reading Community Gospel Choir
will perform here in our church on Saturday 14th February to raise
funds for your charity, the NGCF. This will be our third concert.
Tickets will be on sale after Masses TODAY 1st February,
price £10. Please support us and have a fantastic evening.
Master Bakers and Chefs - we need your cakes!
You supported us so splendidly in past years
so your help this time will be greatly appreciated
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Please keep in your prayers all those whose anniversaries occur this week:
Edyth Cameron (1979); Mary Tompkins (2001); Sue Rose (2001); Joseph Fernando (1984); Elizabeth
Ballard (1986); Maria Bryant (1977); Richard Johnston (2009); Monica Carroll (1997); Renza Manning
(2014); Anna Pelickan (1978); Roselyn Fernando (1990); and Agnes Teresa Walsh (2007).
CUBS Mondays 6.45pm/BEAVERS Thursdays 5.45pm/SCOUTS Fridays 8pm this week in HALL
CHILDREN’S LITURGY at 9am and 11am Masses. Please register your child before Mass
2.30pm: First Communion Session 5
(Church / D.B. Room)
Chris RIP and family
Jack and Mary Conway RIP
(p. 61)
Ordinary Time
8.15am : Rosary recited in Lady Chapel
5th Sunday Jimmy Dolan RIP
Sunday
8th Feb.
Sat. 7th
NO MASS
9 am
11 am
5 pm
From 10am: ADORATION (Church)
2pm: Funeral Mass - Anna Maria Goodchild
7pm: Confessions, before 7.30pm: Mass
7.30 pm
7.00: Rosary
Friday
6th Feb.
10 am
9.30: Rosary
Thurs.
5th Feb.
9 am
8.30: Rosary
St. Paul Miki
& companions Terry Harris RIP
8pm: Liturgy Group meeting (D.B. Room)
St. Agatha
Charles Kernthaler thanksgiving
11am: Fr. Emmanuel attending Clergy Day
2pm: Wednesday Club (D.B. Room)
Eric Skelton RIP
Deceased of the parish
St. Blaise
9.00: Adoration
Tuesday
3rd Feb.
10 am
Presentation
of the Lord
NO MASS
Mon. 2nd
(p. 59)
Ordinary Time
11 am
5 pm
Sunday
1st Feb.
7.45pm: Children’s Liturgy mtg. (D.B. Room)
7.45pm: Home Group mtg., Tel. 9874853
8pm: 11am choir practice (Church)
2nd collection for Catholic Education Service
2.30pm: Readers Training (Church)
8.15am : Rosary recited in Lady Chapel
dead members) - Foundation Mass
Euphrazia Matete’s intention
Josie O’Neill RIP
DIARY
MASS INTENTION
4 Sunday Clements & Hardy families (living &
th
DEDICATION
TIME
9 am
DATE
MASS TIMES and PARISH DIARY 1st - 8th FEBRUARY 2015
Wednes.
4th Feb.
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• Offertory collection 25th January: Envelopes £87.50
Loose cash £360.85
Standing Orders £547.00
your kind donations
Total: £995.35
• Second collection TODAY Sunday 1st Feb.
(Education Sunday) is for Catholic Education Service.
Thank you for
This offers a Catholic contribution to our educational landscape
and seeks to ensure that the principles of Catholic Teaching
are reflected in all aspects of national education policy
Could God be calling you to help the
Evangelisation Strategy Team?
Important message
for all readers:
Formation & training
session TODAY
Sunday 1st Feb.,
2.30pm to 4.00 pm
in church
Do you love Christ and his Church? Do you have a
passion for others to come to know Jesus? Do you have
TODAY
basic skills in organisation, collaboration and
communication? Are you keen to find new and creative
Reading Divine Mercy
ways to help others discover Christ and build a
Circle - next Holy Hour:
relationship with him? You could be just the person we
TODAY
Sunday 1st February at
need for our Pastoral Area’s Evangelisation Strategy
St.
Thomas
More Church,
Team! The commitment would be one meeting a term,
Twyford,
2.30pm
- 3.30pm.
in addition to assisting with simple, realistic
There
will
be
exposition,
evangelistic projects. To find out more, go to
meditations and the
www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/evangelisation-teams.
Divine Mercy Chaplet
If you feel God might be calling you to join the team,
will be sung.
please contact your parish priest Fr. Emmanuel, or
Refreshments
Fr. John O’Shea, the Coordinating Pastor (at St. James).
afterwards; all are
A reminder that we
most welcome
have Exposition of
New rota is being made for
Blessed Sacrament
Ministers of the Word & Ministers of
here in our church on the first Friday of each Month,
from 10am, and evening Mass every first Friday. The next Communion. We desperately need
is THIS WEEK, on Friday 6th February, when Adoration more people for our 5pm Masses,
will be from 10am-1pm ONLY (we have a Funeral Mass especially Ministers of Communion,
at 2pm). We need more volunteers to help with Adoration and more Ministers of Communion at
11am. Please inform Jane if you
in 1-hour slots; please sign up on sheet on Board 1
wish to be included. Thank you
(Advent Room). Thank you
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We are sorry to report the recent death of
Anna Maria Goodchild;
her funeral Mass will be celebrated here
this week, on Friday 6th February at 2pm
Our next First Holy Communion
meeting is NEXT Sunday
8th February from 2.30pm here
in church / D.B. Room
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Volunteering - why not practice
a New Year resolution by helping
others? Come to our local Stroke
Club which meets in our church hall
(Carl Barton Room) every Tuesday
afternoon (1.30pm-3.30pm), and
help in this worthwhile contribution to
our local community. More details
from Dick James (Tel. 969 3000),
or just call in on a Tuesday