ST MARY THE VIRGIN

ILFORD'S MOTHER CHURCH

 

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Mothering Sunday

22 MARCH 2020

The Resurrection Chapel, St Mary the Virgin, Great Ilford

All services listed here will be live-streamed

on Facebook.

 

Click here to sign up

 

 

There are no public services in church

until further notice.

 

Please refer to the documents contained in this newsletter for further information.

THE WEEK AHEAD
Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A

Weekday Cycle Year II, Psalter Week IV

 

Sunday 22 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

10am Mass and Address (for our Parish Community)

5.30pm Evening Prayer

 

Monday 23 feria

10am Mass (for the homeless)

5.30pm Evening Prayer & Angelus

 

Tuesday 24 St Oscar Romero

10am Mass (for the persecuted church)

5.30pm Evening Prayer & Angelus

 

Wednesday 24  ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD

10am Mass and Address (for expectant mothers)

5.30pm Evening Prayer & Angelus

 

Thursday 25 feria

9.30am Jesus Prayer & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10am Mass (for HM Government)

5.30pm Evening Prayer & Angelus

 

Friday 26 feria

10am Mass (for HM The Queen)

5.30pm Evening Prayer & Angelus

 

Saturday 27 feria

(for the NHS)

5.30pm Evening Prayer & Angelus

 

NEXT SUNDAY

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

PASSION SUNDAY

 

10am Mass and Address

5.30pm Evening Prayer and Angelus

PARISH NEWS

Please refer to the documents below which set out the implications of Coronavirus on parish and church life.

 

I ask you to especially read  my Pastoral Letter carefully.

 

We will continue to send out this email newsletter every week together with the Pew Sheet. If you would like to follow my private mass on the Facebook Live Stream on Sunday please print out the Pew Sheet so you can join in. The hymns are included for your own devotions, but they will to be sung at Mass.

 

The order for service for the private weekday mass is included below. Please likewise print this out for use during the week.

 

Hard copies of the attached documents have been sent to everyone on the Parish Database and should arrive early next week.

 

MOTHERING SUNDAY today

Today we celebrate Mothering Sunday, the day when we give threefold thanks - for our own mothers and those who have offered maternal care in our lives, for Mary, Mother of Christians, and for the ministry and nurture of Holy Mother Church. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Friday 7.30pm

The service will be live streamed from our neighbours at Ss Peter and Paul at 7.30pm. This is a different live stream to St Mary’s and can be found here: http://ssppilford.org.uk/wp2/live-stream-church-services

MIRFIELD RETREAT                              

Due to the uncertainty of the current situation we are unsure whether this will go ahead and so we are not collecting balances for the time being. If the retreat is cancelled, all deposits will be returned in full.

COMMUNITY HALL

Use of the Community Hall by all groups has been suspended until further notice. We will be in touch in due course about refunds, but please allow us a little time to grapple with the current situation.

CHURCH KEY HOLDERS

If you hold a key for the church, you are asked not to enter the building at any time, please. This is to ensure we reduce the risk of cross contamination from place to place. When the church is open for private prayer (see document in the email newsletter), only the Nave will be open and it will be thoroughly disinfected before and after opening. The chapels and other areas will be closed off to ensure they are kept clean for Fr Gareth to celebrate mass on behalf of everyone.

AND FINALLY...

Fr Gareth was advised to wear a mask and gloves when visiting the supermarket. He followed this advice, and when he arrived was surprised to find that everyone else had clothes on…

 

DOCUMENTS

IMPORTANT LETTER FROM FR GARETH
EMERGENCY CONTACTS
MMU CHURCHES OPEN TIMES
HELP TO ACCESS ONLINE MASS
SUNDAY ORDER OF SERVICE
ORDER FOR MASS DURING THE WEEK

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, David Beaumont, Tony Major, 
Linda Decker; Sue Ruckes
 Joe & Sally Cox, Peggy Maloney. 

 

 

the recently departed

 

Corrine Smith

 

All who have died from Coronavirus

 

those whose anniversaries of death fall this week      

 

Sunday

Nellie Garner

 

Monday

Agnes Lilley, Florence Hearn, Francis Smith

 

Tuesday

Margaret Wagg

 

Wednesday

Margaret Wagg

 

Thursday

  Edwin Andrews, George Challenger

 

Friday

Eileen Row, Harry Price

 

Saturday

Percy Hill

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020 8478 0546

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