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THE WEEK AHEAD
Trinity VI, Year C
Weekday Cycle Year I, Psalter Week I

Sunday 28 Trinity 6 / Ordinary 17

8am Angelus Mass of the Dawn

9am Morning Prayer

10am Sung Parish Mass (for our Parish Community)

Monday 29 Ss Martha, Mary & Lazarus

(for attentiveness to Christ)

Tuesday 30 (William Wilberforce)

(for an end to slavery)

Wednesday 31 St Ignatius of Loyola

(for spiritual retreats)

Thursday 1 Feria – votive of the sick

9.30am Jesus Prayer & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10am Mass & Healing Ministry (for the sick and suffering)

Friday 2 Feria

(for refugees and asylum seekers)

Saturday 3 Feria

(for parish clergy)

NEXT SUNDAY

SEVENTH SUNDAY afterTRINITY

10am Sung Parish Mass

Ecclesiastes 1.2 & 2. 21-23; Psalm 49. 1-12; Colossians 3. 1-11; Luke 12. 13-21

PARISH NEWS

HIGH ALTAR FLOWERS today

To the Glory of God and in memory of Maxine Curran.

WEBSITE

Our website has had a major make-over; please have a look. Constructive feedback welcome. 

ASSISTANT CHURCHWARDEN

Happily Robert Mason has accepted Fr Gareth and Churchwarden Margaret Quinney’s invitation to take up the new post of Assistant Churchwarden for St Mary’s. He will work with Margaret and our Deputy Churchwarden Arthur Dike on-day to-day practical aspects of site management.                                                             

PATRONAL FESTIVAL Sunday 8 September

We shall celebrate our Patronal Festival on Sunday 8September as part of the usual 10am Mass and not on the Saturday as previously advertised. We look forward to welcoming Canon Ann Clarke, former Team Rector of Becontree South, as our preacher. More details nearer the time.

MIRFIELD RETREAT 18-22 May 2020

Enough people have now expressed an interest to make this retreat viable. The cost will be around £400 per person. If you are interested, add your name to the list at the back of church. No financial commitment is required around November. More details will follow.

MINISTRY AND MISSION UNIT (MMU)

The clergy of St Luke’s, St Mary’s and St Margaret’s had an away day last week and each will be presenting the beginnings of a draft MMU Charter to PCCs over the coming months.

FR GARETH’S LEAVE

Fr Gareth will be on leave from after the 10am Mass today until Mass on Thursday 29 August. During that time Mass will be celebrated on Thursdays at 10am (with Jesus Prayer at 9.30am) and Sundays at 10am only and there will be no other public services. Please direct any parish/church enquiries to Margaret Quinney, who holds a list of priests to contact in case of pastoral emergency. Routine matters may be referred to Colin Newman using the office contact details on the front page.

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OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR

 the sick, distressed and bereaved

Alan Finch, Karen Shallow, David Wells, Nancy Banks,

Pordou Eweka, Terry West, Cornelius Chalwe Jr, Peggy Maloney, William Hemmings, Lesley Halpin, Tony Webb, Barbara Hope, Therese Launder, Connie Newman,
Nazanin Ratcliffe, Bill Lodge; Lucy Jones, Lorraine Sage

The recently departed

Geoffrey Furzland

those whose anniversaries of death fall this week

Sunday

Phyllis Smith, Georgina Jackson

Tuesday

Amy Coules-Thomas

Friday

James Beckett, Joseph Lankester priest, 
Gregory Wilkins priest

Saturday

George Jenkins