Saturday 24th December Christmas Eve
Sunday 25th DECEMBER 2016 CHRISTMAS DAY
We wish all our parishioners the peace and joy of Our Saviour’s birth and good health and happiness throughout the coming year.
Fr. Gus Fr. Kevin
Wishing all our parishioners the gift of love, the gift of peace and the gift of happiness. May all these be yours for Christmas. “Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
~Marife Marta Magdalena ~
Steward of The Gospel Parish Questionnaire
The deadline for the completion of the Parish Questionnaire has now been postponed to allow parishes which have fallen behind to catch up. The new deadline has been set for Easter 2017. In the new year a short survey will be conducted after all masses for one weekend. Open meetings will be arranged to discuss and complete the full questionnaire. Please continue to prayerfully consider the questions in leaflet handed out in August 2016 and make your views known to your Steward of the Gospel or your Parish Priest. Please also pray for your Steward of the Gospel and the success of the initiative. The Steward of Gospel Prayer can be found at end of your leaflet. All those parishioners who were not in the parish in August can obtain a leaflet from the repository.
The Steward of the Gospel would like to thank all those groups who have so diligently and prayerfully completed their questionnaires. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Further information will be published in the bulletin as it become available. Your Steward of the Gospel – Marcia Bryan
PARISH HALL MANAGER. After extensive discussions at recent meetings, the parish is considering employing a Business Manager for the Parish Hall on a part time basis. Interested parties may contact the parish office for further details.
Christmas Programme is now available in the church porch.
FOR YOUR DIARY: Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th December OFFICE IS CLOSED.
FRIDAY NIGHT SLEEP OVER FOR HOMELESS Our doors will be open once again to host the homeless, from Friday the 6th of January. We will be looking for three volunteers, every Friday until the end of March, preferably including at least one male, to keep an eye on our guests. A rota is now available in the porch. Please could you leave your name & telephone number, if you are able to volunteer. If you haven't volunteered before and you seem interested, you can call Ann Shean on 07875658086 who will be happy to explain the set up to you.
Divine Mercy every Wednesday at 4pm in the church.
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School. There are vacancies in the school for Nursery- 1 full time space, Reception- 1 space, Year 1 – 2 spaces, Year 3 – 4 spaces, Year 4- 1 space, Year 5 – 1 space. For further information please ring the school office on 020 8509 4321.
EL SHADDAI (Catholic Charismatic Group). Rosary prayer, praise and worship, preaching the gospel of the Lord, every Saturday, from 1pm – 4pm.
All welcome to join.
FOR SALE: CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES. SEE CHURCH ENTRANCE.
"Commission goes to St Vincent de Paul”
Please let the SVP know of anyone who needs a visit, at home, hospital, or care home.
SMA Calendars 2017 are now on sale in the repository, along with a selection of Christmas cards, candles and cribs are now available in the repository..
Masz klopoty z powodu czyjegos picia? Zapraszamy do naszej grupy wsparcia AL-ANON w kazda srode o 19.30 w prezbiterium.
TOILETS Please place all sanitary waste in the bin provided.
IMPORTANT NOTICE. Due to Fire and Safety Regulations, children and persons of limited mobility are NOT permitted in the gallery. We also ask that when lighting a candle you first place the candle in one of the cups provided. Please do NOT walk around with a lighted candle.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Dear Parishioners, I write to say hello again and to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas. It is about three months now since I left St Patrick’s yet you are in my thoughts every day. They say you only appreciate something fully when you no longer have it. I always knew that the people of St Patrick’s formed a good parish community; since I left it I have come to realise that it is a great parish and it was my privilege to be with you for so long. While I cannot complain about my present appointment in truth I still very much miss being in Walthamstow. I thank you for all your support and encouragement while I was with you and I especially thank you for all your expressions of love and kindness as I was leaving and for your prayers and good wishes since then. I thank God for the lovely relationships that exist in the parish among all ethnic groups and I hope and pray that they will only grow stronger. For now I wish all of you a very happy Christmas and I pray that the peace that the new born Jesus brought will be in all your lives in the coming weeks. ~
Fr John F Brown SMA
Dear Parishioners, my greetings to you. Thanks for the prayers you always offer for me. Thanks for the love. I always remember you all. I am in fairly good health. Am sure this is due to your prayers. May you be blessed in this Season and the Christmas
Fr. Pontian.
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI : PRAYER FOR PEACE Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, grant that I may seek not so much to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Times and Intentions at Our Lady of the Rosary & St. Patrick 2016
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Saturday 24th December |
10:00 am 6:00 pm 11:30 pm 12:00am |
Priest Intentions Children’s Mass Carol Service Midnight Mass-All Parishioners |
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Sunday 25th December |
09:00 am
11:30 am
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REMEMBERING THOSE WHO DIED: Carla Corbitt Doherty RIP PARISHIONERS For all Parishioners, Maureen Seecharan, Sheldon Seecharan |
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Monday 26th December |
10:00 am |
Ints. for Fr.David Waller from Oblates of the Assumption Missionary Sisters |
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Tuesday 27th December |
10:00 am |
Tom Putt RIP |
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Wednesday 28th December |
09:30 am |
Ints. of Nellie Walsh |
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Thursday 29th December |
09:30 am |
Ints. of Elise & James |
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Friday 30th December |
09:30 am |
Victoria Absalom 1st Anniv. RIP & Absalom Muthurajah RIP |
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Saturday 31st December |
10:00 am 9:00 pm |
Ints. of Rev.Sr.Gabriel Mass to welcome New Year |
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Sunday 1st January |
09:00 am
11:30 am 6:00 pm |
REMEMBERING THOSE WHO DIED Mary Kate Connor PARISHIONERS Hillaire Kenty Alexander Priest Intensions |
MASS INTENTIONS: If you have a particular date that you wish to book a Mass for, please do so as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. IF BOOKING A MASS PLEASE STATE CLEARLY WHAT THE MASS INTENTION IS FOR.
Telephone: 020 8520 3647
Email: ourparish61@gmail.com
Address:
61 Blackhorse Road
Walthamstow
LONDON E17 7AS
Parish Office opening hours:
Monday: 9am-2pm
Tuesday: 9am-2pm
Wednesday: 9am-2pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 9am-2pm
Saturday: 9am-2pm
Sunday: Closed
Please check Parish News
regarding holidays
(Closed on Bank Holidays)
(Check Parish News for
other closed days)
(Due to a Funeral Service
during a week,
the morning Mass may
be at 10am. Please check
our Parish News
for any changes.)
Monday – Friday
09:30 am
Saturday
10:00 am
7:00 pm
Sunday
09:00 am
11:30 am
6:00 pm
Mass Online
https://www.churchservices.tv/walthamstow
OTHER SERVICES
Divine Mercy &
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Daily 3pm-4pm
Rosary
Weekday + Saturday
before Mass
Seven Sorrows of Our Lady Novena
Mondays at 3:30pm
Our Lady's Cenacle
Wednesday 10am
Stations of the Cross
Wednesdays 6pm
Holy Hour
Friday 10am - 11am
All Night Vigil
9 pm to 6am
First Friday of the month
El Shaddai Prayer Group
Saturdays 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Saturday: 10:30am - 11am
& 6:15pm - 6:45pm