ST MARY THE VIRGIN

ILFORD'S MOTHER CHURCH

 

ASSUMPTION OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

18 AUGUST 2019

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

 

Sunday 18 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

10am Sung Parish Mass (for our Parish Community)

 

Monday 19 Feria

(for homeless people)

 

Tuesday 20 St Bernard of Clairvaux, ab, d

(for the Cistercian order)

 

Wednesday 21 St Pius X, pp

(for the Pope)

 

Thursday 22 Queenship of Mary

9.30am Jesus Prayer, Exposition and Benediction

10am Mass (for devotion to Mary)

 

Friday 23 Feria - votive of Our Lady of Walsingham

(for the shrine of OLOW)

 

Saturday 24 St Bartholomew, ap

(for Bart's Hospital)

NEXT SUNDAY

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 

10am Sung Parish Mass

Isaiah 58. 9b-14; Psalm 103. 1-8; Hebrews 12. 18-29; Luke 13. 10-17

PARISH NEWS

VISITING PRIEST  Today

We welcome and thank Fr Richard Wyber, an Associate Priest of Wanstead Parish, as our Principal Celebrant and preacher.

FR KESTER’S SILVER JUBILEE Saturday 7 September

Fr Jonathan Kester, Vicar of St Mary’s from 2000-8, invites friends to celebrate his 25  years of priesthood (silver anniversary) with a Mass at 4pm in Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead. RSVP direct to frjonathan@mac.com.

PATRONAL FESTIVAL  Sunday 8 September

We shall celebrate our Patronal Festival on Sunday 8 September as part of the usual 10am Mass. We look forward to welcoming Canon Ann Clarke, former Team Rector of Becontree South, as our preacher. Please prioritise this important celebration.

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. More details will follow. No financial commitment is required until around November.

MINISTRY AND MISSION UNIT (MMU)

In 2015, the Bishop of Chelmsford charged each parish in the diocese to collaborate more and share resources with other local parishes in the mission of the Church. The clergy of St Luke’s, St Mary’s and St Margaret’s will be presenting the beginnings of a draft MMU Charter to PCCs over the coming months.

FR GARETH’S LEAVE

Fr Gareth is on leave until Mass on Thursday 29 August: 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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ORDER OF SERVICE

INTERCESSION

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; John Langfeld Lynne Anderson.

 

The recently departed

 

those whose anniversaries of death fall this week

Sunday

Michael Cassidy, Amelia Seago

 

Monday

Olive Thompson

 

Tuesday

Peter Halsey

 

Wednesday

Eric Metcalfe

 

Thursday

Marion Rome, Franklyn Rust, Mabel Metcalfe

 

Friday

Ivy Cook

 

Saturday

Margaret Knight

Office
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