St. Philip the Apostle, Finchley Church End
Priests House, Gravel Hill, London, N3 3RJ
Tel: (020) 8346 2459
www.stphilipsfinchley.org.uk
E-mail: [email protected]
Service Times this week
Sunday Masses: Saturday: 6:30pm
Sunday: 8:30am
10:00am (Sung)
12 noon (Family)
Mass in Polish:
6:30pm (Sunday).
Weekday Masses: 10:00am (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat)
Confessions:
Saturday 10:30-10:55am; 5:45-6:15pm.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Sat. 10:30-11am.
Last Sunday’s Collection: envelopes: £756.30;
loose: £461.90; total: £1218.20.
Thank you. [WRCDT Reg. Charity no. 233699]
Fourth Sunday of Easter – page 262
Dear Parishioners,
This Sunday afternoon we welcome Bishop John
Sherrington to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation
to the young people of our parish. Please keep them and
their families in your prayers at this important time.
This Sunday is also a day when we pray for
vocations. Each of us has our own particular vocation,
our own call from God to use the gifts that he has
entrusted to us in order to bring personal fulfilment, and to
make his love visible in our world. We pray that the gifts
of the Holy Spirit, which our young people are to receive
this Sunday, will help each of them to find their path to
fulfilment and peace.
In praying for vocations, we pray especially that
those called by the Lord to priesthood and religious life will
respond with courage and generosity.
May God bless you all,
Fr John Dermody.
Priest Training Fund – This weekend we have the
annual collection to support the training of priests in this
diocese. If you are not able to donate today, please take
one of the special envelopes and return it with your
offering next weekend. Tax-payers can increase the
value of their offering by 25%, simply by completing the
Gift Aid declaration on the envelope.
Divine Mercy devotions – As the Confirmation Mass is
taking place this Sunday, the Divine Mercy devotions this
month will take place next Sunday (14th May), at 3pm.
They will return to the first Sunday of the month in June.
Funeral, Adriana Maria Rizzi R.I.P. – The Funeral Mass
for the late Adriana Rizzi is on Monday (8th) at 12 noon.
May she rest in peace. (There will also be the usual
morning Mass at 10am on Monday.)
Service of Thanksgiving for the life of the late Major
Patrick “Paddy” O’Brien TD, DL, KCHS, the former
Representative Deputy Lieutenant of the London Borough
of Barnet, will be at St Alban’s Catholic Church, Nether
Street, N12, on Wednesday 24th May at 12 noon. All are
welcome to attend.
Cake Sales – A big thank you to all who made and bought
cakes over the past few months – we raised £210.00 for
Syrian refugee children in Jordan. If you would like to
know more or get involved call Anne Godwin on 8365
2381.
May Procession at the Shrine of Our Lady of
Willesden, NW10 9AX next Sunday, 14th May, 3:30pm.
Preacher: Abbot Hugh Allan, O.Praem.
Finchley Foodbank / Homeless Action in Barnet –
There are crates in the porch to receive donations for
these two excellent local charities – please see the posters or
crates for items we are collecting and donate when you can.
Thank you.
Barnet Multifaith Festival to celebrate the diversity of faiths
in Barnet, next Sunday (14th May) at the Burnt Oak Leisure
Centre, 12 to 5pm. Admission is free but you have to register
for tickets at www.cbfestival.co.uk. More details can be found
at www.barnetmultifaithforum.org.
If you are admitted to hospital, and you would like to see a
Catholic Chaplain, data protection rules require you to tell the
hospital staff, firstly, that you wish your details to be passed to
the RC Chaplain and, secondly, that you would like the RC
Chaplain to visit you.
Pilgrimage to Fatima, special centenary year, 14-20
September. Led by Fr Luis Tomas, Consolatas. 4 nights
Fatima, 2 nights Santiago de Compostela, £679. Contact
Tony 020 8361 1300 or Stella 020 8445 3099.
Polish Services – Information is available on the Polishlanguage
website
www.finchleyparish.co.uk,
e-mail
[email protected], phone (020) 8371 0189.
Marriage Care volunteers needed! – This Catholic
organisation provides marriage preparation and relationship
counselling services across England and Wales. The Barnet
& Enfield Centre needs Marriage Preparation Course
Facilitators (training is provided); an Administrator to help
run the Centre’s services; and qualified Relationship
Counsellors. Visit www.marriagecare.org.uk for information
or to apply, or email [email protected].
Parish Registration – Have you registered with the Parish?
Have you changed your address since you registered? It is
helpful, if you need any kind of reference, if you are already on
our parish database. If you need to register, or update your
details, or are not sure, please complete a pink registration
form available in the main porch. (Make a note on the top of
the form if you are updating details.)
Do you have old rosary beads that are no longer needed?
The Catenian Rosary Group has been sending unused
rosaries to Aboriginals in Australia and to various countries in
Africa since 2009, but there is always a demand for more. If
you, or your family or friends, have unused rosaries hidden
away in cupboards or drawers, you can help the cause by
sending them to John Riley, 112 Lonsdale Road, Bolton,
Lancs. BL1 4PN, or contact him on 01204 845094 or
[email protected].
Looking for Residential Care? Nazareth House, N2, has
just completed a full refurbishment and has vacancies. To
arrange a visit, contact Christine Small, Gen. Manager 020
8883 1104 or Sr Celine-Marie, Sister Superior 07778 512144.
Volunteering for overseas work? Need more cash for
expenses?
The Catenian Association Bursary Fund offers grants to
Catholics aged 16-24 for projects that have a clear benefit for
others as well as widening life experience.
Visit
www.thecatenians.com (Bursary) for more info., or contact Bill
Lethorn – (020) 8349 9691 or [email protected].
Job Vacancies – Information about job vacancies in the
diocese
can
be
found
via
the
following
link:
http://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/jobs/
Are you paying less tax? If so, and you have signed one or
more Gift Aid declarations, you need to check that you are still
paying sufficient tax to cover all your donations. Otherwise,
HMRC may ask you to pay the shortfall. Please let us know if
you are no longer able to Gift Aid your offerings to the parish
and we will exclude you from our claim. If you are paying
sufficient tax but have not yet completed a declaration for your
offerings to the parish, please complete one of the Gift Aid
forms on the table in the main porch, and we can reclaim the
tax paid on your donations. Claims can be backdated by up to
four years.