22nd Week of Ordinary Time
 2nd - 9th September 2001

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LITURGY: Sundays: Year of Luke (cycle C); Weekdays Cycle 1; Office Week: 2

CODES:

AN= Annunciation, 
EC= St.Edmund Campion 
SW= St.Walburga’s

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SUNDAY 2nd September
 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

AN 8.30 am Mass

EC 10.00 am Mass

AN  10.30 Mass including:

AN  6.30 pm Mass

Weekday Masses 

MON

EC 10.00 am John Webster RIP
(St Gregory the Great)

TUE

AN  10.00 am Mass

WED

EC  10.00 am Mass

THU

AN  10.00 am Deceased Members of
The Lettora Family

FRI

EC  10.00 am Alice Stephen RIP
(The Triumph of the Cross)

SAT

AN  10.00 am Mass
(The birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

EC 6.30 pm (Sat) For Sunday
For the People of the Parish

SUNDAY9th September
 23rd Week in Ordinary Time

AN 8.30 am Mass 

EC 10.00 am Mass

AN  10.30 including Baptisms

James Christopher Moorcroft &
Jordan Nicholas Turner

AN  6.30 pm Mass

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEK  

AN: £539.79 St.Ord: £217.66 EC: £213.97
 St Ord: £24.23  
Thank you

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Our Mission Prayer

Father in Heaven we rely on You in all things, For we are powerless without You. We offer you our Mission. May it be a time of healing and renewal.

May your Light shine upon us all.  May we receive your blessings and know that they come from You.  May we become Your apostles and witness to the world that Your kindness is infinite, Your forgiveness unending, for Your love for us has no bounds.  May we allow You to enter our lives more fully and may we share the joy of knowing You with all around us.  Amen.

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Parish Mission

 3^rd – 18^th November 2001

Book the date in your diary today !!

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THEMES FOR DAILY INTERCESSION PRIOR TO THE MISSION 3rd – 18th November     THEMES FOR DAILY INTERCESSION PRIOR TO THE MISSION 3rd – 18th November September Pray for the outpouring of the fruits of the spirit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. Pray for all the Mission preparations.  Ask God’s blessing to fall upon the host families, the co-ordinators, the cooks and all those who have been, and will be working so hard to make the Mission run smoothly.

 

CONSULTATION – In July,  I distributed  a Consultation Paper to everyone at the Sunday Masses, inviting prayer, reflection, comments and suggestions by mid-September.  Very few have been received, all verbal.  If you did not get a Consultation Paper or have lost yours, please ask the Parish Office for a copy.  Most, though, not all, of the few who have commented, think that the uniting of the two parishes of Annunciation and St Edmund Campion will be sensible and realistic pastorally and administratively.   

The proposed adjustment of Mass times produced some disappointment at Annunciation, but no better alternative was suggested.  We are fortunate that the proposed changes are so minor.  To end the current overlapping of Masses on Sunday and Holyday morning, it is proposed that the times of Mass on Sundays at Annunciation will be 8.00 am, 11.00 am & 6.30 pm, and at St Edmund Campion , 6.30 pm on Saturday and 9.30 am on Sunday.  On Holydays, the Masses at Annunciation will be 7.30 am & 8.00 pm and at St Edmund Campion they will be at 7.30 pm on the vigil and 10.00 am on the day.  People are asked to travel even more freely between the two churches and to develop a bond of identity and a sense of belonging to both churches. 

When two parishes join together the two names are usually incorporated in the name of the new parish.  Thus, ours would become The Annunciation and St Edmund Campion.  As this is likely to be shortened, in everyday conversation, to ‘The Annunciation’, I thought that the congregation at St Edmund Campion would prefer an entirely new name to be chosen for the new parish.  As it turns out, no one at St Edmund Campion seems to be concerned about this.  In fact, those most likely to be unhappy have, upon enquiry, seemed quite indifferent to the name.  If this is the case m and if a united parish comes about then it will be called The Annunciation & St Edmund Campion.   
PLEASE LET ME HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS BY SEPT 16^TH THANK YOU AND KEEP PRAYING ABOUT THIS!

 Fr Tony.

 

100 CLUB WINNERS – JULY 2001

Congratulations to Martha Devine -  number 63 and Derek Abreu -  number 60.  £25.00 to each.

 

Job vacancy at LIFE Care Centre, Bournemouth.  Paid part-time Manager required.  10 hrs per week.  Please apply to National Headquarters, LIFE House, Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa CV32 4EA Tel 01926 421587 – Fax 01926 336497

JOINT HALL COMMITTEE MEETING

- in the Presbytery on Thursday 20^th September at 8.00 pm

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JOINT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

 There will be a meeting of the Joint Parish Pastoral Councils on Monday 17^th September, at 7.30 pm in the Annunciation Small Hall.  Discussion on the results of the Consultation Paper will take place.

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WELCOME TO REV ROBIN NASH

 The new vicar of St Alban’s Church of England (opposite The Annunciation).  Please pray for him as he begins his ministry.

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St Edmund Campion Quiz Night & American Supper.

Come and support our Quiz Night on Friday 14^th Sept at 7.30 in the St Edmund Campion Hall.  Wine provided.  Bring goodies for the buffet table.  Donations of Raffle prizes needed.  No charge but will be collection. 

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SMALL NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMUNITY 3 

SNC 3 will commence meeting again weekly starting on Tuesday, 4^th September at 6.30 pm.  Venue: 1 Egerton Gardens.  Leader: Michael Stead.  Contact No: 551851.

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ATTENTION – NEW ST EDMUND CAMPION ALTAR SERVERS 

Practice sessions will be held on 9^th and 16^th September after 10.00 am Mass (approx 11.15 am in the Church).  Please try to attend.  If you have any problem with this please contact Barry Jennings on 01202 251163.  *Annunciation training to be held soon.  Details to follow.

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APF RED BOXES

Summer collection is now due.  Would all promoters please pay their area collections to Ron Perry, 197 Queens Park Avenue, by 27^th September.  Thank you.

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Parish Mission Team Meeting
  - will be held on 19^th September in the Annunciation Small Hall at 7.30. pm

 

US ROBOTICS 56K V90 EXTERNAL MODEM     - Bargain at £35.00 (complete with all drivers and software) Apply Parish Office

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MISSION 2001 – SMARTIE TUBES

Would you please return your Smartie tube with whatever you have collected next Sunday, 2^nd Sept, or as soon as complete.

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XAVERIAN MISSION APPEAL

Fr John Zampese, a Xaverian Father, will be giving a Mission Appeal at all Masses at both parishes on Sunday.  9^th Sept.  Please give generously.

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 COMPLETE DOUAI ABBEY PROGRAMME

Leaflets covering the programme for the remainder of 2001 available from the Parish Office.  Tel 513369

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 SHORT TERM COUNSELLING 

This strictly confidential and highly focused short-term service is offered to anyone going through emotional, sexual or spiritual difficulties in their life due to various reasons.  (self-esteem and self-confidence, loss, emotional difficulties, relationship problems, e.g. fear, anger, shame, guilt, etc) Counselling helps people to look at problems in different ways, in order to understand them and to learn to cope with them.   

Fr Jose Vengathanam CMF, a qualified counsellor with three years experience in integrative spiritual counselling, can be contacted at the Presbytery from now till mid-October.  For early appointment please Telephone: 01202 513369. 

Annunciation Church Cleaning

We need, urgently, a few more generous parishioners prepared to join the rota to vacuum/polish the church.  If you will help, please contact the Parish Office.  Thank you.

 CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOC

An information morning for Laity and Clergy of the Portsmouth Diocese to be held on Tues, 6^th Nov at Park Place Pastoral Centre, Wickham.  PO17 5HA.  This will consist of an overview of the aspects of the work of the Society with children and families.  Commencing at 10.30 am and finishing with buffet lunch at 1.00.  If  wishing to attend contact: Eileen Stephenson at the above address.