Catholic Parish of Ash

WELCOME

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: First Friday of month after 12pm Lunchtime Mass
Holy Family, Farnham:  First Thursday of month after 7.30pm Evening Mass
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday at Holy Family @ 7.00pm (in Church Hall)

 (Parish Office Hours: 9.30am – 1.30pm)

                        Please note:  HF = Holy Family, Heath End, Farnham and HA = Holy Angels, Ash

Second Collection

There will be a Special Collection next Sunday, 16^th June for The Missionary Endeavour of the Diocese.

Liturgy

10^th Sunday of Year C

Entrance:         HA: 421 Here us now our God .. (requested for Peter and Brenda’s 50^th Wedding Anniversary).
                        HF: 383 Lord Jesus Christ
Offertory:         HA: 956            HF: 288 I watched  the sunrise
Final Hymn:      HA: 287            HF: 728 Thine be the glory

Information

Lunchtime Supervisor required at St Polycarps School, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey

Monday to Friday 12 -1.15pm.Term time only.

Salary £2069.44 per annum. Training given.

Please contact the school on 01252 716307 or email info@stpolycarps.surrey.sch.uk for more information

Fashion Show at Holy Family Church Hall on Thursday, 4^th July at 7.30pm

J&P ladies will be selling tickets for the Fashion Show after Mass for the next couple of weeks at Holy Family and Maggie Batchelor will be doing the same at Holy Angels.

Baptisms

Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism. If you are new to the Parish, please complete pink Registration Form and make yourself known to Father David or Deacon John after Mass.

Once you have met with Father David or Deacon John You will be asked to attend a Baptism Class.  The next Baptism Class is on10^th June at Holy Angels in St. Mary Room from 7.45pm for 8.00pm start– 9.00pm. Also Father David asks that parents obtain the booklet entitled, ‘Your Baby’s Baptism’ available on line from Redemptorist Publications, Shawton, Alton, Hants. Tel: 01420 83255 Email: enquiries@rpbooks.co.uk

Also for the Godparents, the booklet ‘Your Godchild’ ISBN: 978-0-85231-364-0) again available from details above.

Prayer Requests

Please remember in your prayers our sick:
Barbara mother of Sharon O’Brien, Jordan, Sis. Bernadette and for those sick in our two Parishes.

Prayer Group– for both Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday. The next Prayer Group meeting is on Tuesday  2nd July, 2013 at 7.45pm in Parish Office at Holy Angels.

Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

Annual General Meeting: 12^th June, 2013 at 7.30pm in Holy Family Church Hall.

Mother and Toddler Group – Our Mother and Toddler Group meet every Thursday morning from 9.30am until 11.30am in the Church Hall. 

Annual General Meeting: Wednesday, 19^th June, 2013 at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Room, Holy Angels, Church.

Mother and Toddler Group – St. Mary’s Room on a Tuesday, from 10.30am until 12.00pm. 

Message from Father David

Getting the Most out of life

In the schools I can sense the buzz of excitement amongst the pupils who are counting the days to the summer holidays.  Whether we travel or stay at home, holiday time can often be an under estimated or under valued opportunity for refreshing our minds as well as our bodies.  Holidays give us opportunities that the business of daily life often denies us.

Holidays give us the opportunity to deepen or re-affirm our relationships – perhaps with our partners, our children, our relatives and friends and also with God.

Holiday time may be a good time to do some reading about our faith, or put aside ten minutes for quiet prayer or reflection.  Perhaps get to a weekday Mass or have a family meal at which we give thanks for our lives, our health, our food and remember those not as fortunate as ourselves.

Why not make your holiday this year a special experience which you will be able to draw strength and inspiration from throughout the working year.

Father’s Day in the UK

This year is on 16^th June.  St. Joseph was the first Christian Father and is Patron of Fathers so we will be remembering St. Joseph and all the Fathers in our two churches on Saturday 15^th June at the Vigil Mass and Sunday, 16^th June.

The Revd. David Adams, husband of Karmelin – a parishioner at Holy Family, is an Anglican Priest and is celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of his ordination as an Anglican Priest this weekend.  We assure Karmelin and David of our prayers on this special occasion.  Their married life encompassing faithfulness to two religious denominations is an example of Christian Unity in practice.

Annual Financial Report (Holy Angels)

This week the Annual Financial Report for Holy Angels, Ash is available with the Newsletter.  I hope as many people as possible will support the AGM’s for Holy Family on the Wednesday, 12^th June and for Holy Angels on Wednesday, 19^th June.

Golden Wedding Anniversary

Many Congratulations to Peter and Brenda Sawyer (who run our Christian Gift Stall at Ash) and TODAY celebrate their 50^th Wedding Anniversary.

A prayer before Communion

Jesus, I receive your love
poured out for me
in bread and wine.
Accept this gift of my life,
brought to the altar
without conditions.
Do your work in me,
and let me be, like you,
taken, blessed,
and given for others for, in spite of my sin,
you know that I love you.

(Taken from the book of ‘A Thousand Prayers’.)

A prayer after Communion

Lord Jesus Christ,
though we have held and handled you in bread and wine,
we can never confine or contain you;
yet, in this sacrament, you are closer to us than our own thoughts.
Fill us with your peace,
and come into every corner of our complex lives.
O Lord of love.

PLEASE NOTE: 

The Parish Office will be closed for the summer break from Monday, 10^th June until 24^th June.  Father David or Deacon John Edwards can be contacted as usual if an emergency.

WELCOME

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: First Friday of month after 12pm Lunchtime Mass
Holy Family, Farnham:  First Thursday of month after 7.30pm Evening Mass
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday at Holy Family @ 7.00pm (in Church Hall)

 (Parish Office Hours: 9.30am – 1.30pm)

                        Please note:  HF = Holy Family, Heath End, Farnham and HA = Holy Angels, Ash

We welcome Father David back and we hope that he is feeling spiritually refreshed after his short Retreat.

Liturgy

Corpus Christi

Entrance:HA: 629            HF: 272  I am the bread of life Offertory:HA: 662     HF: 571  O Bread of heaven ..
Final:       HA: 960    HF: 233   Guide me O ..

Information

Annual General Meetings for both Churches:

At 7.30pm in the respective Church Halls

Holy Family: Wednesday, 12^th June, 2013
Holy Angels:  Wednesday, 19^th June, 2013

First Holy Communion Mass at Holy Family:

Saturday, 15^th June, 9.00am – 10.15am Class/Rehearsal children only
MASS: Saturday, 15^th June, 2013 at 1.00pm

First Holy Communion Mass at Holy Angels:22^nd June, 9.00am – 10.15am Class/Rehearsal children only.
MASS: Saturday, 22^nd June, 2013 at 1.00pm

(You are welcome to attend either of these Saturday Masses. Please pray for our children.)

Confirmation Party:  8^th June 3.00pm – 5.00pm in the Garden of the Priest’s House at Ash. Bouncy Castle, Ice Cream, Soft drinks and some food.  Music and garden skittles.  Parents and Friends welcome.  If you want to bring any food for a picnic or to share please do so.

Fashion Show at Holy Family Church Hall on Thursday, 4^th July at 7.30pm

J&P ladies will be selling tickets for the Fashion Show after Mass for the next couple of weeks at Holy Family and Maggie Batchelor will be doing the same at Holy Angels.

          Baptisms

Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism. If you are new to the Parish, please complete pink Registration Form  and make yourself known to Father David or Deacon John after Mass.

Once you have met with Father David or Deacon John You will be asked to attend a Baptism Class.  The next Baptism Class is on10^th June at Holy Angels in St. Mary Room from 7.45pm for 8.00pm start– 9.00pm. Also Father David asks that parents obtain the booklet entitled, ‘Your Baby’s Baptism’ available on line from Redemptorist Publications, Shawton, Alton, Hants. Tel: 01420 83255 Email: enquiries@rpbooks.co.uk

Also for the Godparents, the booklet ‘Your Godchild’ ISBN: 978-0-85231-364-0) again available from details above.

Prayer Requests

Please remember in your prayers our sick:
Barbara mother of Sharon O’Brien, Jordan, Sis. Bernadette from Shanklin, Isle of Wight and for those sick in our two Parishes.

Prayer Group– for both Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday. The next Prayer Group meeting is on Tuesday 4th June and 2nd July, 2013 & 7.45pm in Parish Office at HA’s.

Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

Mother and Toddler Group – Our Mother and Toddler Group meet every Thursday morning from 9.30am until 11.30am in the Church Hall. 

Keyboard Player or Organist Needed:  One of our recently confirmed young people has kindly offered to try playing the organ for us from time to time.  We are very grateful and hope you will give this young person the support they need by singing positively when they are playing. We could still do with one or two more volunteers both to play and to join the singing group at either Church.

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TODAY: Coronation Picnic at St. Paul’s Church, Tongham
Our Parishioners have been invited by Rev. Claire Holt to join them to share in a Coronation Picnic at the Vicarage on 2^nd June at 4pm. Please bring your own picnic although drinks will be provided. Sophie and George Terzis will be representing Holy Angels on the day. (For more details please see poster on Church Notice Board)

Mother and Toddler Group – St. Mary’s Room on a Tuesday, from 10.30am until 12.00pm. 

Message from Father David

On the Feast of Corpus Christi as we reflect on the presence of Jesus in Holy Communion, we recall that Jesus only asks us to do one thing for him personally: ‘This is my body – do this in remembrance of me’. Jesus knew better than anyone that relationships only survive with regular contact.  Jesus longs to have this personal regular contact with each and every one of us.  How many people have you met in your life that you still keep contact with or even remember?  Perhaps there are some good friends that you have lost through lack of contact and who could have been a great support and friend to you or you to them!  Deep down we all know that love and friendship cannot survive or without a personal effort and regular contact.  If we live to be 80 years old we will probably have spent about 3 or 4 years reading, 11 years watching television, 27 years sleeping and for some even longer at the Computer Screen.  If we live to be 80 and spend an hour at Mass on a Saturday evening or Sunday preparing to receive Jesus in Holy Communion once a week it adds up to significantly less than 5 months of our entire life.

You may hear some say ‘I can pray at home and I don’t need to go to church for Mass’.  Yes, it is important to pray at home but it is not a substitute for the presence of Jesus in Holy Communion. Our presence at Mass not only brings us closer to the presence of Christ, whom we can share our joys and our worries with, but it also helps keep the local Catholic Community alive.  If everyone gave up going to Mass regularly there would eventually be no church here, no Catholic Schools, no Christenings, no First Communions, no weddings or any of the pastoral care we have come to value.  Just as we need the presence of Christ in Holy Communion, so Christ needs your presence at Mass for the local church to live and grow.  You may be the special person who in true friendship and Christian love may be able to help and encourage someone who has lost or is losing their understanding of the importance of receiving Christ regularly in Holy Communion.  Jesus tells us in the Gospels referring to Holy Communion that ‘unless we take his Body we cannot have (his) life within us’.

Please pray for vocations to the Priesthood for our local churches.  May the love of Christ in Holy Communion sustain us all in the challenges of life today and may we joyfully celebrate the presence of Christ in Holy Communion in our local community in our time and for generations yet to come.

Holy Angels Church, Ash and Holy Family Church, Farnham offer their congratulations to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who this week-end celebrates the 50^th Anniversary of her Coronation.

 PLEASE NOTE:  The Parish Office will not be open from Monday, 10^th June until 24^th June.  Father David or Deacon John Edwards can be contacted as usual if an emergency.

WELCOME

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: First Friday of month after 12pm Lunchtime Mass
Holy Family, Farnham:  First Thursday of month after 7.30pm Evening Mass
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday at Holy Family @ 7.00pm (in Church Hall)

 (Parish Office Hours: 9.30am – 1.30pm)

                        Please note:  HF = Holy Family, Heath End, Farnham and HA = Holy Angels, Ash

Liturgy

Holy Trinity

Entrance:  HA:  708  HF: 257  Holy God we praise thy ..
Offertory:  HA:  720   HF:   72 Be still for the presence
   Final:        HA:  468   HF: 259 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God

One of the most popular songs of recent times has come from the animated film The Lion King. It’s called “The Circle of Life”.  The song celebrates the fact that there is an inter connectedness between every aspect of life and creation.  It also tells of how we will probably never be able fully to appreciate that: “From the day we arrive on the planet and, blinking, step into the sun, there’s more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done.”  In short, the song helps us appreciate that life and our being are a mystery that cannot be easily explained.  There will always be more than we can see, touch or understand.

As a working definition, this would be a good one for the word “mystery”.  A mystery is not an unfathonable puzzle; rather it is a thing to be lived and experienced.  The whole of life is therefore a mystery, a wonderful unfolding of things not immediately apparent or obvious.  God, the creator of life, is certainly a wonderful mystery and that’s what we celebrate today.

Information

Corpus Christi:   Next Sunday Angelika Bydlinski will be making her First Holy Communion. We will be celebrating the transferred Feast of Corpus Christi.  Last years First Holy Communion children are invited to come to church in their First Holy Communion dresses or suits and join the Priest in the entrance procession and sit together at the front of the Church to celebrate the First Anniversary of their First Holy Communion.  Some of the children may have the opportunity to read a Bidding Prayer – whichever Mass you go to, 5.30pm, 9.15am or 11am.  If you are celebrating the First Anniversary of your First Holy Communion go to the Sacristy before Mass for the procession.  If you would like to read a Bidding Prayer see Fr. David or Deacon John this Sunday.

Congratulations:  to the young people from Holy Angels Church and Holy Family church who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday.  These young people have put a lot of time into preparing for Confirmation and are a credit to our parish and our two Churches.  We, as a parish, are particularly grateful to those who have supported these young people in their preparation for Confirmation, and although there are many, including their parents, a special thank you must go to those who have planned the course and organised the events.  Gloria Benson, Hilary Gray, Lorraine Brown and Deacon John.

Fashion Show at Holy Family Church Hall on Thursday, 4^th July at 7.30pm

J&P ladies will be selling tickets for the Fashion Show after Mass for the next couple of weeks at Holy Family and Maggie Batchelor will be doing the same at Holy Angels.

200 Club:  Since the two Churches (Holy Angels and Holy Family) have had one Priest, one Newsletter and shared First Communion and Confirmation Programmes, people from both areas have been attending Mass at both Churches depending on what plans they have for the weekend and which time suits them best.  The 200 Club would like to be able to allocate any profits from the Club to whichever of our churches you feel most closely associated with and so the new requests for information now contain a space for you to say which church you wish to support through the 200 Club.  The 200 Club is a bit like the Premium Bonds.  You join and then just sit back and wish for luck.  Enquiry forms are available at the back of Church today.

Gift Aid:  Thank you to those who have joined the Gift Aid Scheme to support our two Parishes.

          Baptisms

Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism. If you are new to the Parish, please complete pink Registration Form  and make yourself known to Father David or Deacon John after Mass.

Once you have met with Father David or Deacon John You will be asked to attend a Baptism Class.  The next Baptism Class is on10^th June at Holy Angels in St. Mary Room from 7.45pm for 8.00pm start– 9.00pm. Also Father David asks that parents obtain the booklet entitled, ‘Your Baby’s Baptism’ available on line from Redemptorist Publications, Shawton, Alton, Hants. Tel: 01420 83255 Email: enquiries@rpbooks.co.uk

Also for the Godparents, the booklet ‘Your Godchild’ ISBN: 978-0-85231-364-0) again available from details above.

Prayer Requests

Please remember in your prayers our sick:
Gloria Craven, Maggie Larkin, Barbara mother of Sharon O’Brien, Jordan, Sis. Bernadette from Shanklin, Isle of Wight and for those sick in our two Parishes.

Prayer Group– for both Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday. The next Prayer Group meeting is on Tuesday 4th June and 2nd July, 2013 & 7.45pm in Parish Office at HA’s.

Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

Mother and Toddler Group – Our Mother and Toddler Group meet every Thursday morning from 9.30am until 11.30am in the Church Hall. 

Thank you! A special thank you to Anne McHale who has played the organ for many years at Holy Angels and been a valuable member of the choir.  Anne now has a home in Wales (which is a bit too far for her to come every Sunday, so although we will see her from time to time when she is back in the area with family, she will not be available to play on a regular basis.  This Sunday we would like to say a big thank you to Anne and to say we look forward to seeing you whenever you are in the area.

Keyboard Player or Organist Needed: Would be even better if we had several people to share the task.  (Would not expect volunteers to be available every week – but would be grateful for when you are available.  Guidance and tuition available if necessary.  Organ and piano keyboard available.  Please see Father David, Deacon John or Christina Allgood if you would like to know more.  It is a great gift to God if you have the talent to help encourage others to sing praise in honour of God.

Mother and Toddler Group – St. Mary’s Room on a Tuesday, from 10.30am until 12.00pm. 

PLEASE NOTE: Father David will be on a Retreat this week so on Tuesday at Holy Family and Wednesday at Holy Angels there will be a Liturgy of the Word by Deacon John Edwards and Holy Communion.  There will be NO MASS at Holy Family on Thursday

WELCOME

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: First Friday of month after 12pm Lunchtime Mass
Holy Family, Farnham:  First Thursday of month after 7.30pm Evening Mass
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday at Holy Family @ 7.00pm (in Church Hall)

 (Parish Office Hours: 9.30am – 1.30pm)

                        Please note:  HF = Holy Family, Heath End, Farnham and HA = Holy Angels, Ash

A Prayer Before Mass

Dear Lord, it is not always easy to think of You in this busy world in which we live.
My time is often taken up by my work or the attention I have to give to others.  Today, Lord, I have come here to be close to you in a very special way.
Help me now to free my mind of those things that have kept me from thinking of You during the past week.
Help me to realise that You have invited me here today so that You may come to me in Holy Communion.
Give me the grace to prepare for the coming week, so that each day we may be together in our love for each other.
Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen

Liturgy

Pentecost Sunday

Entrance: (see leaflet)
Offertory: (see leaflet)
Final Hymn:  HA: 771   HF: 914 The Spirit lives ..

There is a blessed Pentecost Candle available for every home in the Parish.  Please take one as you leave (and also one for anyone you know is house bound).  The Candle is for you to place on the table as a sign of God’s blessing upon your home and family through the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Information

Annual General Meetings for both Churches:

At 7.30pm in the respective Church Halls

Holy Family: Wednesday, 12^th June, 2013
Holy Angels:  Wednesday, 19^th June, 2013

          Baptisms

Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism. If you are new to the Parish, please complete pink Registration Form  and make yourself known to Father David or Deacon John after Mass.

Once you have met with Father David or Deacon John You will be asked to attend a Baptism Class.  The next Baptism Class is on10^th June at Holy Angels in St. Mary Room from 7.45pm for 8.00pm start– 9.00pm. Also Father David asks that parents obtain the booklet entitled, ‘Your Baby’s Baptism’ available on line from Redemptorist Publications, Shawton, Alton, Hants. Tel: 01420 83255 Email: enquiries@rpbooks.co.uk

Also for the Godparents, the booklet ‘Your Godchild’ ISBN: 978-0-85231-364-0) again available from details above.

Prayer Requests

Please remember in your prayers our sick:

Gloria Craven,  Maggie, Larkin, Barbara mother of Sharon O’Brien, Jordan, Sis. Bernadette from Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, Anna Schimmel sister of Lisa De’Jesus who is recovering after a premature birth and for her baby Joseph in special care – we pray for them both. Repose of the souls of David Luck and Mary Court.

Prayer Group– for both Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday. The next Prayer Group meeting is on Tuesday 4th June and 2nd July, 2013. Please come along as and when you can and you will be made to feel most welcome. Coffee at 7.30pm for 7.45pm start to be held in the Parish Office.

Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

Mother and Toddler Group – Our Mother and Toddler Group meet every Thursday morning from 9.30am until 11.30am in the Church Hall. 

Funeral of David Luck

David Luck’s Requiem Mass will take place at St. Mary’s, Aldershot (Belle Vue Road, North Town) at 12 noon on Friday, 24^th May.  Father David will be representing Holy Angels and concelebrating at the Mass.  There will be a Parish Mass of Remembrance for David Luck at Holy Angels on 16^th June at the 11am.

Mary Margaret Court has sadly died.  We offer an assurance of our prayers and our condolences to her family.  The Requiem Mass will be at Holy Angels Church next Thursday, 23^rd May at 12 noon.  A Parish Mass of Remembrance for Mary will take place on Saturday, 22^nd June at 5.30pm at Holy Angels Church.

Mother and Toddler Group – St. Mary’s Room on a Tuesday, from 10.30am until 12.00pm.  Please see our colourful new Poster displayed on the Notice board which has been very kindly designed and produced by one of our new Mum’s, Laura McHugh for which we are most grateful.

Ordinary’ Time (by Deacon John)

With the celebration of Pentecost, in Red vestments, symbolising fire (used also for the Passion, Palm Sunday and Feasts of the Martyrs, symbolising blood) we come to the end of 14 weeks of various preparations and celebrations. We started with Lent, Purple vestments, our season of preparation, and moved into Easter, when we use white to symbolise our celebration of the Resurrection.
We now move into ordinary time when we use Green vestments. Green is the colour of life and I feel is very pertinent for our Church of today. With our new Pope, Francis, there can be no better time to step out and show that we, the Church and Body of Christ are full of life.
It is very misleading to call the season we are now entering ‘Ordinary’ time. It seems to smack of unimportance. We need to reflect on what ‘ordinary’ life is for a Catholic Christian.
At Pentecost we celebrate again the coming of the Holy Spirit on the disciples, men and women, gather in the Upper Room in Jerusalem. “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak foreign languages.” Acts 2:v4. We too have all been filled with the Holy Spirit at our Baptism and subsequent Confirmation. We are topped up, so to speak, with the grace of Christ’s Spirit in the receipt of any of the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist.
In John’s gospel Chapter 14:v12 we read: “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” This applies to each and every one of us. This is what ‘ordinary’ life is for us!
With the echoes of our Pentecost readings in our minds and the promise that Jesus made to His disciples before His death, resurrection and ascension into heaven (above). I once again challenge us all to look at how we “go out and Glorify the Lord by our lives”
For those of you who use the weekday missal as of Monday we will be in week seven ordinary time, year 1. If you use the daily prayer of the Church (the office or breviary) Psalter week 3. However we will not see an Ordinary Sunday until 9^th June when it will be 10^th Sunday in Ordinary time, as we have Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi on the preceding Sundays.

A Prayer After Mass

Dear Lord, the time has come for me to face again the challenges in my daily life and in the world in which I live.
Be with me each day in all I think or do or say until we meet again in this glorious Sacrament of your love.
Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen

WELCOME

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Holy Angels, Ash: First Friday of month after 12pm Lunchtime Mass
Holy Family, Farnham:  First Thursday of month after 7.30pm Evening Mass
Special Services with Confessions at both Churches for Advent and Lent

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesday at Holy Family @ 7.00pm (in Church Hall)

 (Parish Office Hours: 9.30am – 1.30pm)

                        Please note:  HF = Holy Family, Heath End, Farnham and HA = Holy Angels, Ash

Special Collection

TODAY there will be a Special Collection for The Catholic Communications Network

Liturgy

 7^th Sunday of Easter (C)

Entrance: HA: 287    HF: 728 Thine be the glory ..
Offertory: HA: 644    HF: 37  Alleluia sing to Jesus ..
Final Hymn:  HA: 987    HF: 488 Mine eyes have seen

Information

First Holy Communions

First Holy Communion Parents’ Meeting – Tuesday 14th May, 8pm (Holy Angels)
Please Note:  First Holy Communion items will be on sale following this meeting.

First Holy Communion Class – Saturday 18th May, 9am-10.30am (Holy Angels)

First Holy Communion Children’s Mass – Sunday 19th May, 11am (Holy Angels)

Christian Aid week is from 12^th - 18^th May.  Please keep an eye open for Christian Aid events and support them when you can.  Christian Aid realises that many small parishes do not have the people or resources to support every worthy appeal and as they now work very closely with CAFOD they do not formally ask Catholic Parishes to organise Christian Aid events.  Many Catholic Parishes however value good relations with their fellow Christians and so will volunteer to help with Christian Aid.  Holy Family has helped with the C.A. door to door collection for nearly 20 years and I hope we will be able to respond well to the appeal for help with the door to door collections this year and for many years to come.  The Christian Aid door to door collection is the only door to door collection we get involved in despite the many requests we get from very worthy causes each year. (I know that some are disappointed our Churches, (Holy Angels and Holy Family)  have not formally adopted their own special charity).  We have to be realistic and recognise that with the resources and people power we have, we cannot take on fund raising for every charity in the world.

Prayer Group– for both Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday. The next Prayer Group meeting is on Tuesday 4th June and 2nd July, 2013. Please come along as and when you can and you will be made to feel most welcome. Coffee at 7.30pm for 7.45pm start to be held in the Parish Office.

          Baptisms

Please make an appointment to see the Priest/Deacon to discuss what you need to do to prepare for your child’s baptism. If you are new to the Parish, please complete pink Registration Form  and make yourself known to Father David or Deacon John after Mass.

Once you have met with Father David or Deacon John You will be asked to attend a Baptism Class which is one evening and only takes up an hour or so of your time.  Also Father David asks that parents obtain the booklet entitled, ‘Your Baby’s Baptism’ available on line from Redemptorist Publications, Shawton, Alton, Hants. Tel: 01420 83255 Email: enquiries@rpbooks.co.uk

Also for the Godparents, the booklet ‘Your Godchild’ ISBN: 978-0-85231-364-0) again available from details above.

Prayer Requests

Please remember in your prayers our sick:

Gloria Craven,  Maggie, Larkin, Barbara mother of Sharon O’Brien, Jordan, Sis. Bernadette from Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, Anna Schimmel sister of Lisa De’Jesus who is recovering after a premature birth and for her baby Joseph in special care – we pray for them both.

Holy Family Church Catholic Parish Farnham, Hale, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 13 – 18 May 2013.
Volunteers urgently needed to distribute and collect Christian Aid envelopes during the week 12th to 18th May. Please take a bag and put your name, phone number and road/street on the sheet in the back of the church.  For any information phone Brendan Maher on 01252 662959

Just a word of thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding with the Building work that is currently taking place.
Mother and Toddler Group – Our Mother and Toddler Group meet every Thursday morning from 9.30am until 11.30am in the Church Hall. 

David Luck (RIP)

Lots of people will have very fond memories of David Luck and his wife who served the Parish of Holy Angels faithfully for many years until they had to go to a Retirement Home.  David has sadly died and we would like to express as our parish our appreciation for what he and his wife did during their time here.  As soon as we have more news about his funeral we will put it on the website and publish it accordingly. A Mass Intention will be offered for David on Sunday, 16^th June at the 11.00am Mass at Holy Angels.

Mother and Toddler Group – St. Mary’s Room on a Tuesday, from 10.30am until 12.00pm.  We have had some good responses from new Mums who have expressed their interest in attending our Mother and Toddler Group although we would always welcome more so why not come along.
Ascension Display: Many thanks to Maggie Batchelor and Chris Michie for once again providing the very creative display which depicts Christ’s ascension into heaven.  This is very much enjoyed by a lot of our Parishioners.

A Reflection for the Feast of the Ascension

Before leaving his apostles Jesus commissioned them to preach the Gospel to the whole world.  In order to help them carry out that mission he promised to send them the Holy Spirit.  On Pentecost day he fulfilled that promise.
The task of preaching the Gospel to the world now depends on us.  We are Christ’s witnesses.  It’s a great privilege but a daunting task.  However, we also can rely on the help of the Holy Spirit.  But how are we to witness?
There is the witness of words.  We witness by professing our faith.  This could include explaining it and defending it.
There is the witness of words.  We witness by professing our faith.  This could include explaining it and defending it.
There is the witness of deeds.  An apple tree that never produced an apple would be a poor witness for the orchard.  Even one good apple speaks.  ‘Never recommend anything unless you can provide a sample of it’.
Then there is the witness of one’s life.  Trees witness to life just by being.  Tall, straight, motionless, they are silent yet eloquent witnesses to life.  Flowers bear witness to beauty simply by being what they are.  And Christians bear witness by what they are.  The most eloquent sermon is the silent sermon of example.  Today people no longer want to listen to sermons on the faith.  They want to see the Gospel in action.
The witness of a Christian life is more powerful than any argument.  There are those whose lives bear radiant witness to the transforming power of the faith.  In their lives the faith is a bright flame, whereas in the lives of others it is a dim glow or an occasional spark.  The person, who, despite all his /her human limitations and defects lives a simple life, taking Christ as the model, is a sign of God and of transcendent realities.
The evangelical witness which the world finds most appealing is that of concern for people and of charity towards the poor, the weak, and those who suffer. 
There is a hunger in the world today for the Christ of the Gospels.  Jesus said to the Apostles, “Stay in the City until you are clothed with power from on high”. (He was referring to Pentecost although they did not know it). The power in question was the power of the Holy Spirit.  We need the same power if we are to witness to Jesus in the world today. (Taken from the New Sunday & Holy Day Liturgies. Flor McCarthy, SDB)