ST MARY THE VIRGIN

ILFORD'S MOTHER CHURCH

 

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

1 MARCH 2020

Woodcut for "Die Bibel in Bildern", 1860. Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld

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THE WEEK AHEAD
First Sunday of Lent, Year A

Weekday Cycle Year II, Psalter Week I

 

Sunday 1 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

8am Angelus & Mass of the Dawn

9am Morning Prayer

10am Sung Parish Mass (for our Parish Community)

5pm Evening Prayer (OH 60, Psalm 50. 1-15 Genesis 42)

 

Monday 2 Feria

10am Mass & homily (for the month ahead)

 

Tuesday 3 Feria

7.30pm Mass (for the Lent Course)

 

Wednesday 4 Feria (Ember Day)        

(for a containment of Corona Virus)

 

Thursday 5 Feria – votive of the sick

9.30am Jesus Prayer & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10am Mass of healing (for the sick and suffering)
 

Friday 6 Feria (Ember Day)

12 noon Angelus and Mass with silent meditation 
(for ordained vocations)

 

Saturday 7 St Perpetua, Felicitas & comps (Ember Day)

(for our Vicar and his family)

 

NEXT SUNDAY

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

8am Angelus and Mass of the Dawn

9am Morning Prayer

10am Sung Parish Mass

Genesis 12. 1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4. 1-5; John 3. 1-17

5pm Evening Prayer

PARISH NEWS

LENT PROGRAMME

For your planning, please take a printed copy of our Lent, Holy Week and Easter programme for 2020 from the back of church.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER REHEARSAL today 3pm

If you wish to take an active part in the service(s) on Friday, please attend today’s rehearsal at St Lawrence, Barkingside. 

EILEEN HARDY RIP tomorrow 11.30am

The funeral of Alan’s mother, followed by a reception, will be here in St Mary’s. Jesu Mercy, Mary Pray.

DANCING WITH TEMPTATION Tuesday after Mass               

Our Lent course studying C S Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters starts on Tuesday in the Community Hall after the 7.30pm Mass.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Friday 2pm & 8pm

Zimbabwe will be the focus of the two services at St Lawrence, Barkingside. All welcome. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Friday 7.30pm

We join our friends in Christ at Ss Peter & Paul’s Church, 342 High Road, for this short devotional service.

ILFORD CITIZENS Thursday 12 March 1 – 4 pm

At Ilford Salvation Army, London Council leaders, hosted by Cllr Jas Athwal, Leader of Redbridge Council, will discuss homelessness, with a focus on Project Malachi. Please come to help show how seriously we, as Ilford Citizens, take the issue of homelessness.

LAUNCH OF PROJECT MALACHI Saturday 14 March 2pm 

Venue: Ilford Salvation Army. Includes a guided tour and lots of information about this vital project providing homes and support for homeless people in Ilford. Clare Cox will be attending this event (as well as the summit) and will answer your questions. As Ilford Citizens, please express your support by coming too.

MIRFIELD RETREAT balance due Sunday 5 April

Those booked on the retreat, please put the remaining £200 owed in an envelope with your name on and hand it to Emma Jeffrey no later than Palm Sunday, 5 April. 

CORONA VIRUS – CofE GUIDANCE

Those with coughs and sneezes are asked not to shake hands and to receive only the Host (consecrated bread) at Communion. Intinction – dipping the Host into the wine - should also be avoided, please.

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ORDER OF SERVICE
LENT, HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2020

INTERCESSION

OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR

 the sick, distressed and bereaved

 

Karen Shallow, David Wells, Nancy Banks, Pordou Eweka,
Tony Webb, Barbara Hope, Nazanin Ratcliffe, Peter, Shirley Ellis, Linda Powell, Maureen Holgate, Fr Beau Brandie, John Collins, Linda Joy, Denis Deasey, the Carino family, David Beaumont, Tony Major, Linda Decker; Michael Arnold, Bill Lodge, Lumia

 

 

the recently departed

Eileen Hardy, Yvonne Thomlinson, Jacquie Grieve 

 

those whose anniversaries of death fall this week

  

Sunday

Jean Bigg, Frank Southern

 

Monday

Alfred Licorish, Doris Doughlin

 

Tuesday

Marion Cushing

 

Wednesday

Thomas Jackson, Muriel Thorne

 

Friday

Charles Welch, John Campbell

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