DIARY FOR THE WEEK

4th May 2008

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Saturday 3rd
7.00pm Mass (Julie & Bill Frost RIP)

Sunday 4th
8.30am Mass (Eleanor Daly RIP)
10.30am Mass (Jenny McLeod Intention)
12 noon Baptism of Isabel Ann Emmerton
1.00pm Baptism of Ella Marie Rogers
2.00pm Baptism of Maddi Gilligan
5.15pm Mass (Eugenie Preston RIP)

Monday 5th
9.30am Mass (Thomas Moriarty RIP)
7.00pm Mass (Chris Lynskey RIP)

Tuesday 6th
9.30am Mass (Annie Fagan RIP)
5 - 6pm FHC children - Upper Room
7.00pm Mass (Jack Bull RIP)
7.30-8pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Wednesday 7th
9.30am Mass (Deceased members of the
Amato family RIP)
2 – 4pm Good Companions
7.00pm Mass (Bridget McHugh RIP)
7.30pm Journey in Faith

Thursday 8th
12 noon Requiem Mass for Patrick Doyle
7.00pm Mass (Margaret Macken RIP)
7.30pm Confirmation Group – Upper Room

Friday 9th
12.15pm Requiem Mass for John Henry
3 – 4pm Holy Hour followed by
Evening Prayer

Saturday 10th
9.30am Mass (Prayer Book Intentions)
10 – 10.30am Confessions
2.00pm Baptism of Malachy George
6 - 6.30pm Confessions
7.00pm Mass (Jim Sheridan RIP)

Sunday 11th Pentecost
8.30am Mass (Rita & William Haddon RIP)
10.30am Mass (Guiseppe & Angelina Cioffi RIP)
12 noon Baptism of Emma Scott
1.00pm Baptism of Tyrese Musau
5.15pm Confirmation Mass (For the Parish)

Please pray for:

Confirmation candidates from the Cathedral,
Duston & Olney Parishes being confirmed here at the 5.15pm Mass next Sunday

Deceased: James Borondy, Patrick Doyle, John Joseph Henry, James McGuire, Dorothy Montgomery, Bridget Kearney, Elizabeth Kiernan, Margaret Bentham, Margaret
Stock, Christopher Foley, Bill Nevett.
May they rest in peace

Sick: Noel Sheehan, Olive Flynn, Paul Flynn, Patrick McHugh, Jim Mallon, Caroline D’Souza, Brendan Higgins, Jenny Hynda, Elizabeth Barden, Violet Marsh, Maureen Barron, Brigitte Berney, Michael Mannion, Nell Walklett, Patricia McHugh, Jose Fernandes, Roseanne Williams, John Barden, Dinah Byrne, Pat Lintott, Lil Fredricks, Carmel
Clancy, Jean Knight, Rev Peter & Molly Venes, Tom McHugh, Geoff Smith, baby Rocco Bovingdon, Andrew Parker, Lilian Donohue, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Christopher Flynn, Bill Nolan, Marie Panter, Liam Fagan, Ronan Breen, Dan Sullivan and Mary Kelly.

LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION
First Collection: £1343.00
Second Collection: £111.28
Cafod: (22 envelopes) £97.12
Gift Aid: £38.00
Thank you!

 

PENTECOST ALL NIGHT VIGIL
There will be an All Night Vigil for Pentecost beginning after the Saturday evening Mass until before the first Mass on Sunday morning. If you are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for an hour during those hours please sign the rota on the table by the sacristy.

PENTECOST SUNDAY
Next Sunday at the 10.30am Mass we will be celebrating the cultural diversity of the Cathedral community, please bring food from your own country of origin to share afterwards. Please label the food (and containers) clearly. Also you are invited to wear your national costume for this feast.

CAROLINE CHISHOLM CELEBRATIONS
Bishop Peter will celebrate a special Mass in the Cathedral to mark the Bicentenary of her birth on Tuesday 13th May at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
On Monday 19th May at 7.30pm Carole Walker who did her doctorate on Caroline Chisholm will give a presentation in the Cathedral entitled: ‘An Ordinary Woman – An Extraordinary Life.’
Also an Ecumenical Service to celebrate the bicentenary will be held on May 22nd at 7pm at Caroline Chisholm School, Wootton Fields. We only have 20 tickets for this event. Please call the Parish Office if you would like to attend.

ANOINTING MASS
There will be an opportunity to celebrate this Sacrament at Mass which has been arranged by the SVP on 15th May at 6.30pm. All welcome. If you know anyone living in the parish who requires transport please let the parish office know or enter their details on the notices available in the porches.

CATHEDRAL YOUTH CLUB
In May we hope to start a social club for young people aged 10 – 16. It would involve games of pool, board games, a craft corner, computer consoles and more. Before we start we are seeking donations of appropriate materials, such as board games that you no longer use, or quantities of paper and card. Anything suitable gratefully received, collection after the weekend Masses.

ORDINATION/FUNDAY VOLUNTEERS
We are looking for volunteers to help during the ordination weekend of the 27-29th of June. If you are free for one or more of these days and can offer any help please give your details after Mass. Thank you.

IMPORTANT DATES & TIMES FOR:
CONFIRMATION
8th May 7pm Mass followed by confirmation session
10th May 5pm Rehearsal for candidates & Sponsors
followed by confession
11th May Confirmation at the 5.15 Mass
(candidates to arrive at 4.30pm)

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
6th May 5-6pm Class
13th May 5-6pm Class
15th May 5-6.30pm Class followed by confession
18th May First Holy Communion at the 10.30 Mass
(children to arrive at 10am)

NOTRE DAME ASSOCIATION
St Julie Mass – Tuesday May 13th at 7.30pm at St. Aidan’s Kingsthorpe.

ADOPTION, COULD YOU DO IT?
Come and find out more on 20th May between 6.30 & 8.30pm at Newport Road, Milton Keynes. Further details from St Francis Children’s Society on 01908 572700 or see their website: www.sfcs.org.ok

WORLD YOUTH DAY
While some of our young people are celebrating this event in Sydney there will be an opportunity for others to join Bishop Peter and the youth ministry team for their own celebrations on Sunday July 21st at Thornton College near Milton Keynes. The day runs from 10am to 4.30pm. The cost, which includes all talks, workshops and lunch, is £10 before June 1st and £15 thereafter. There is also a residential weekend for 11 – 18 year olds from Friday 19th July to Monday 22nd Cost £55 before May 16th, £65 after that. For more info contact Liz or Neil at www.nymo.org/festos.

VOCATIONS WEEKEND
For any men aged 18 or over who are considering the possibility of being called to the Priesthood in this Diocese there will be a weekend of exploration held at St. John’s, Luton from 16 – 18 May. If you are interested call Fr. Mark Floody on 01582 502400 or Fr. Jonathan Hill on 01502 663706 or speak to Canon John.