CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY &
ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
12th February 2017
Sat 11th
Sun 12th
Mon 13th
Tue 14th
6.30pm
8.30am
10.30am
10.00am
10.00am
Wed 15th
Thu 16th
10.00am
Fri 17th
No Mass
10.00am
Dennis Cronin RIP
Cliff Parker RIP
Anthony Sian RIP
Sts Cyril, Monk &
Methodius Bishop
Dias Family Holy Souls
Intentions
Anthony Galvin Holy
Souls Intentions
Friday abstinence
Please note that mass intentions as set out above may not
always be read out, but the intention is offered
Holy Hour:
Saturday
5.15 – 6.15 pm
Confessions: Saturday
5.45 – 6.15 pm
Or by appointment with Fr. Denis
Family Mass: 1st Sunday 10.30 am
Latin Mass: 1st Sunday 3.00 pm
(extraordinary form)
BAPTISM PREPARATION COURSE: Please
contact Richard & Marie Miller 01462-490630
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Parish
Day of Prayer: 1st Wednesday 10.30 to 6.30pm
CHILDREN’S LITURGY:-There will now be a
regular ‘family mass’ on the first Sunday of
every month. Children's liturgy will be held
weekly at the 10.30 Sunday Mass.
Please remember in your prayers:
The sick of the parish, Patrick Hearne and
Jeannette Peppiatt and for those who care for
and support them. We remember those who
have died recently, especially: Erna Wells, John
Labrum, Michael Salisbury & Eileen Moynihan
and for those whose anniversaries occur at this
time:. Ethel Richer; Anne Cox; Alastair
Cumming; Ann (Nancy) Lee; Stanislaw Grulich;
Rose Harold; Denis Cronin; Agnes Ross; Annie
Astle; Julia Brooks; Constance Rouvet; Clifford
Parker
Light Breaking Forth
Jesus came among us as light to scatter the
darkness of a fallen world.
As his disciples, we too are called to be “the
light of the world,” he tells us in the Gospel
this Sunday.
All three images that Jesus uses to describe
the Church are associated with the identity
and vocation of Israel.
God forever aligned his Kingdom with the
Kingdom of David and his sons by a “covenant
of salt,” salt being a sign of permanence and
purity (see 2 Chron. 13:5, 8; Lev. 2:13; Ezek.
43:24).
Jerusalem was to be a city set on a hill, high
above all others, drawing all nations towards
the glorious light streaming from her Temple.
And Israel was given the mission of being a
light to the nations, that God’s salvation
would reach to the ends of the earth (see Isa.
42:6; 49:6).
The liturgy shows us this week that the
Church, and every Christian, is called to fulfill
Israel’s mission.
By our faith and good works we are to make
the light of God’s life break forth in the
darkness, as we sing in this week’s Psalm.
This week’s readings remind us that our faith
can never be a private affair, something we
can hide as if under a basket.
We are to pour ourselves out for the afflicted,
as Isaiah tells us in the First Reading. Our light
must shine as a ray of God’s mercy for all who
are poor, hungry, naked, and enslaved.
There must be a transparent quality to our
lives. Our friends and family, our neighbours
and fellow citizens, should see reflected in us
the light of Christ and through us be attracted
to the saving truths of the Gospel.
So let us pray that we, like St. Paul in the
Epistle, might proclaim with our whole lives,
“Christ and him crucified.”
BELOVED DISCIPLES
A DVD designed for those in the ‘autumn’ of
their lives, will be shown every Tuesday morning
in February after the 10.00 Mass, in the Holy
Family Room. Each session will be
approximately 1 hour including time for
tea/coffee and biscuits. Although this DVD is
aimed at the senior members of the parish all
are most welcome.
Parish Mass Book: Page 133
DIARY DATES
RC Hospital Chaplain:
Deacon Anthony
Curran
Contact Tel: Mobile:
07876 526935 Lister
01438 285518,
For all general parish
enquiries contact:
Parish Office: Tel:
01462 893127
Parish Priest: Father
Denis Sarsfield
Church Hall Hire:
Please contact parish
office 01462 893127
Baptism Preparation:
For further information
please contact Richard
and Marie Miller Tel:
01462 490630.
RCIA Course: The Rite
of Christian Initiation
of Adults programme
consists of regular
weekly meetings,
begins again 28th
February on Tuesday at
7.30 in the church; if
you would like to find
out more please speak
directly to Fr Denis.
St. John’s School is
our Catholic Parish
Primary School. Parish
families are welcome
to visit and have a tour
of the school. Please
come to the School
Office or contact the
Head teacher, Ms Alex
Hanou on 01462 892478
The school website is
http://www.stjohns4.h
erts.sch.uk/index.html
Newsletter: Please
submit items for
inclusion, preferably by
Tuesday evening, by
either emailing the
dedicated newsletter
email address
(baldock.rcc@ntlworld.
com) or handing them
to Fr. Denis. Thank you
VATICAN NEWS
Remember that you
can keep up with all
the latest news from
The Vatican at the
Official Vatican
Network
www.news.va/en.
Your Safeguarding
Representative is Tom
Keating 0790977989356
The Safeguarding
Representative has
special responsibility
for promoting good and
safe practices in all
activities involving
children, young people
and adults at risk.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION
Will take place on Saturday
27th May 2017 from 9am to
3pm. A donation of £20 per
couple is asked to cover
costs. A substantial lunch
will be included.
CARDINAL’S MASS OF
THANKSGIVING FOR
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
To be held at Westminster
Cathedral on 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 are celebrating an
anniversary, please send your
Names, full address, date of
wedding, and email address
(or telephone no.) to
[email protected] or call
020 7931 6064.
LOST PROPERTY BOX
There will be a lost property
box left in the porch. Items
will be disposed of after 3
months. Many thanks.
WESTMINSTER RECORD
The Westminster Record
provides news and features
about all areas of Catholic
life - in homes, parishes and
schools - across North, West,
Central and East London as
well as Hertfordshire. You
can access the current and
past issues at:
https://issuu.com/rcwestmin
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ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA –
FEBRUARY 8th
It is appropriate that we
remember those subject to
slavery and trafficking on this
day as for many years,
Josephine Bakhita was a slave
but her spirit was always free
and eventually that spirit
prevailed.
Born in the Darfur region of
southern Sudan, Josephine
was kidnapped at the age of
7, sold into slavery and given
the name Bakhita, which means fortunate. She
was resold several times, finally in 1883 to
Callisto Legnani, Italian consul in Khartoum,
Sudan.
Two years later, he took Josephine to Italy and
gave her to his friend Augusto Michieli. Bakhita
became babysitter to Mimmina Michieli, whom
she accompanied to Venice’s Institute of the
Catechumens, run by the Canossian Sisters.
While Mimmina was being instructed, Josephine
felt drawn to the Catholic Church. She was
baptized and confirmed in 1890, taking the
name Josephine.
When the Michielis returned from Africa and
wanted to take Mimmina and Josephine back
with them, the future saint refused to go. During
the ensuing court case, the Canossian Sisters and
the patriarch of Venice intervened on
Josephine’s behalf. The judge concluded that
since slavery was illegal in Italy, she had
actually been free since 1885.
Josephine entered the Institute of St. Magdalene
of Canossa in 1893 and made her profession
three years later. In 1902, she was transferred
to the city of Schio (northeast of Verona), where
cooking, sewing, embroidery, and welcoming
visitors at the door. She soon became well loved
by the children attending the sisters’ school and
the local citizens. She once said, “Be good, love
the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him.
What a great grace it is to know God!”
The first steps toward her beatification began in
1959. She was beatified in 1992 and canonized
eight years later.
Josephine’s body was mutilated by those who
enslaved her, but they could not touch her
spirit. Her Baptism set her on an eventual path
toward asserting her civic freedom and then
service to God’s people as a Canossian Sister.
She who worked under many “masters” was
finally happy to address God as “master” and
carry out everything that she believed to be
God’s will for her.
RCIA course begins on the 28th February. On
Tuesday 7.45 in parish rooms
COLLECTION UPDATE
Last Sunday’s Collection: Envelopes £305.84
and loose plate £374.43