Keeping Hope Alive

An amazing number of people have turned out to venerate the relics of St Theresa of Lisieux. Despite our local difficulties concerning our coach to Aylesford, parishioners have taken the opportunity to go up to Westminster and the Carmelite Church in Kensington to join the crowds queuing to pray before the casket. Hopefully it will make a difference to their lives because they have had the opportunity to reflect on the life of a young woman who spent nine years of her life in an enclosed order of Carmelites. She didn’t seem to have done any great deeds. Writing to Fr Roulland shortly before her death she says. “I really count on not remaining inactive in heaven. My desire is to work still for the Church and for souls. I am asking God for this and I am certain he will answer me.” On 17^th July 1897 She said “ I feel especially that my mission is about to begin, my mission of making God loved as I love Him, of giving my little way to souls. If God answers my desires, my heaven will be spent on earth until the end of the world. Yes, I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth.” She has been made patroness of the Missions.

It is good to reflect on St Theresa today, World Mission Sunday, when the theme is “Reach out with love”. She reminds us that the purpose of the Church is to obey Jesus’ command to go out and make disciples of all nations. Pope Benedict in his message for Mission Sunday this year says, “I wish to confirm once more that the task of evangelising all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church”. This is our number one priority as a parish and as individuals. How do we do this? The Pope uses an interesting phrase. He says we must ‘infect’ all peoples with hope. It is the way we love, the way we live and our priority of loving God who first loved us. This is what gives hope today. People are encouraged by those who show a great love of life and who are able to touch their spirit by the way they approach the adversities and difficulties of life. We are only able to do this because we put Christ at the centre of our life. He is the one who is able to love others through us. We are only an instrument of that love.

Today let us recommit ourselves to this task, to reach out in love and infect others with hope.

Dear Lord I offer you my life today. I wish you to use it as you will. Give me the courage and faith to trust you at all times. In my darkness be my light. In my sadness be my joy. May I have a sense of your presence that I may live a life that shines with hope. May I be an instrument of your love, reaching out to all I meet. St Theresa of the Child Jesus, pray for me.

Fr Anthony

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 17th/18th October 2009

Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

World Mission Day

Sat 6.30pm Dan & Rosa McGeown RIP (Eric & Frances Powell)

Sun 9.00am People of the Parish

11.00am Antoinette De Souza RIP (Parish Choir)

12.30pm Baptism:Ethan Ishmail & Tyrese Munetsi

6.00pm Edward Tyler RIP (Evelyn Tyler)

Retiring collection for the Association

for the Propagation of the Faith

Daily Masses 19th October– 24th October 2009

Mon SS John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, priest & companions, martyrs

9.30am Funeral Mass: Lynne Parker RIP

5.30pm Syro Malabar Mass

Tues Feria

9.30am Joseph Boffa RIP (Kathy Goggin)

Wed Feria

9.30am R A Wilson (Joan McCutcheon)

Thur Feria

9.30am F X Rodrigues RIP (Mrs F Rodrigues & Family)

Fri St John of Capistrano, priest

9.30am Florence Edith Elmslie RIP (FM)

10am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Sat St Anthony Mary Claret, bishop

9am John & Gertrude McKay RIP (Maggie Thompson)

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 24th/25th October 2009

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Sat 6.30pm Peter & Joseph Campbell RIP (Maria Campbell)

Sun 9.00am Miah Sheehan RIP (Ann Francis & Family)

11.00am Josephine Denyer RIP (Monica Grant)

12.30pm Baptisms: Lila Lilana Makosso & Deon Athiparan Ferandez

3pm Mass for Anointing of the Sick

Richard Fegradoe RIP (Kitty Fox)

6.00pm People of the Parish

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturdays 9.30-10.00am and 5.30pm-6.00pm

Mass Readings

This Week: .29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

First Reading Isaiah 53:10-11

Isaiah meditates on the saving death and final victory of the suffering servant; this prophecy is fulfilled by Jesus.

Second Reading Hebrews 4:14-16

Jesus is presented as our high priest who has overcome sin and death to intercede for us in heaven.

Gospel Mark 10:35-45

Jesus teaches that discipleship can mean suffering and serving after the pattern that he himself showed us.

Next Week : 30th Sunday in Ordinary time (B)

First Reading Jeremiah 31:7-9

An exhortation to shout and praise the Lord, for his divine plan is to bring his people home from exile in the lands of the north and the far ends of the earth.

Second Reading Hebrews 5:1-6

The Hebrews are reminded that priests are human, and that they are able to sympathise with sinners because of it. Each priest – even Christ – is called by God.

Gospel Mark 10:46-52

The story of Bartimaeus the blind beggar, who broke through the disapproving crowd to demand the attention of Jesus, and whose faith led to his sight being restored.

We pray for all the faithful departed who have recently died, especially

Mary Howells (sister of Bridie Fillmore),

Lynne Parker,

Dorothy Louine La Frenais and

Betty Mildner, mother of Susan Fleming .

Please, also, would you pray for

Dolcino Persechino, father of Mario and Anita, of Pyne Road

who died last week and is to be buried in Italy.

May they Rest In Peace.

We pray also for all those who mourn and those whose anniversaries occur at this time .

We remember all our sick and elderly parishioners, those in hospital, the housebound and those who care for them;

Canon Tony Ford, Arthur Wurr, Clint Samson, Jenny Sathirasegaram, Joseph Neuman, Ann McNicol, Tom Nolan, Eileen Rosenberg, Bridget McNally, Brenda Flaherty,

Rowan Wolsgrove, Lionel Holland, Marcus Bird, Charles Thurley, Sandra Burlinson, Sophie Burridge, Sam Hitchin, Rene Boffa, Richard Manche, Nicky Bushell, Shirley Enright,

Monica Grant, Peggy Howick, Mary Sebastian, Tom Tyler, Deacon John Sampson, Baby Finn Jordan, Margaret Inskip, Giancarlo Palermo, John Gleeson, Fr Peter Sprague, ,

Mary Linstead, Evan Day, Eva Hansford, Jeffrey D’Cruz, Gordon Cracknell, George Hayes, Michael Hoskins (4 years old), Francis Nazareth, Michael Byrne, Martin Dray, Kay Bridgland,

Seema Day, Graham Taylor, Freda Sirmon, Samantha Nosalik, Bridie Fillmore, Manual Pillai, Fay Kearney, Richard Trutwein, Winna Duncan, Jennifer McIntyre, Carl Williams,

Bridie O'Driscoll, Christine Keane, Josephine Bull, Vic Carrion, Pauline McGuire, Norma Latham and Gerard Murphy .

The Parish Lenten Project (PLP)

has been running successfully for nearly 40 years.

The aim of the project is give the parish a charitable focal point during Lent and give everyone (all groups, clubs and societies) in the parish the opportunity to take part in fund raising for third world projects.

We would be grateful if you could start thinking about any overseas charities that could benefit from our support next year.

On Sunday 29^th November 2009, we’d like to invite you to attend the next PLP committee meeting and propose charities for us to support in 2010.

Ideally, we like to support charities that have a connection or association with people in the OLI parish or school.

Here is an outline of the criteria that we use to select charities:

1. Charity or organisation needs to be based in the third world

2. Direct help – we are looking for small charities/organisations rather than large established charities - no intermediate organisations or government agencies

3. Christian based

4. Confidence in the recipient – we need to know that the money will be going directly to the charity

5. Value for money – small and professionally run charity/organisation in the third or developing world

Organisations that have small overheads – we want to make sure that our money will make a real difference

Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting and propose a charity or organisation.

Plus we’re always looking for new committee members and event organisers so please come along if you want to get involved in the 2010 Lenten project.

If you would like further information about the meeting then please call Justine Manche on 07710 349871.

We look forward to seeing you on the 29^th November.

World Mission Sunday

Today, Catholics everywhere unite in celebrating World Mission Sunday.

This year’s theme is Reach Out with Love.

World Mission Sunday encourages prayer and financial support for the mission outreach of the Catholic Church in a world where millions are thirsting to hear of God’s love for them and longing for the light of Christ in their lives. Money collected on World Mission Sunday goes towards helping: 83,000 priests, 455,000 religious and 1,700,000 catechists.

Through them APF supports 194,855 schools, 5,246 hospitals, 17,530 dispensaries, 577 leprosy centres, and 80,560 social and charitable institutions.

There will be a second collection this weekend for World Mission Sunday.

Welcome
We welcome back Fr Arbo from is time in Tanzania with his family and hope he is well rested.

Last week’s Offertory collection £1,885

Needs of the Diocese £ 392

We thank you for your continued generosity

(Cash counters next week: Elizabeth & Ray Lewry)

ART EXHIBITION

Sat. 24^th October at 10:30 – 4:30

At St. John’s Church Kingston Rd, Kingston

Paintings by Norman Irvine

Landscapes – Seascapes – Wildlife

ALSO

Raffle and refreshments

With proceeds going to support the work of the

STREET PASTORS KINGSTON

Barclays Bank will match this £ for £

THE CAFOD MASS FOR AFRICA with five bishops!

2:00pm, Saturday 31 October Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell New Road, London SE5 9QS

You are invited to join Bishop Pat Lynch at a Mass to give thanks for the work of CAFOD and its Caritas church partners across Africa.

Bishop Pat will be concelebrating with Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Nigeria, Archbishop Boniface Lele of Kenya, Bishop Daniel Adwok of Sudan and Abune Tesfaselassie of Ethiopia.

This promises to be an amazing experience and everyone is welcome.

JUSTICE & PEACE:-

"Now the children are very weak because, as the animals are dying, they are not getting enough food. This is the worst drought we have had here since 1969." (Esther Ekouam Turkan NW Kenya – BBC))

Climate change is already having a devastating effect on the lives of the poorest farmers in the global south.

This weekend there is a worldwide campaign starting, to contact local politicians to demand effective action against climate change.

Will you join in and lobby Ed Davey MP ?

If you need more information you can find it at CAFOD’s ‘Great Persuasion’ toolkit now with an International Development Manifesto (cafod.org.uk/climatekit) or see the noticeboard at the back of the church.

On 5^th December world leaders meet in Copenhagen for historic climate change talks.

We’ll be giving them a send-off they can’t ignore - a human wave of tens of thousands of people flowing through London in support for climate justice.

You can sign up now to join the UK's biggest ever climate rally. See the CAFOD website. (http://www.cafod.org.uk/take-action/climate/the-wave) .

Christian Meditation:

Please note that the time of Meditation for the Friday morning group is now 10.30 a.m. in the PPC.

All welcome.

Table-top Sale:

There will be a table-top sale and light refreshments in the old chapel 9a.m. - 12.30p.m. on Sunday October 25th. to LIFE.

UCM meeting Tuesday 20th October at 8pm

in the Old Chapel.

Please bring your charity shop bargains, there will be a prize for best value for money. Any items which you do not wish to keep will be auctioned and the proceeds will be given to HCPT.

All ladies are very welcome to come along to any of our meetings.

A LIFELINE FOR TROUBLED MARRIAGES

Are you having major problems with your marriage? Do you feel anxious about your relationship, disillusioned or bored? Are you experiencing coldness and conflict with your partner?

If your answer to these questions is ‘Yes’, there is help at hand.

The Retrouvaille programme is designed to change and improve such a situation.

It is a lifeline for troubled marriages.

You have an opportunity to experience the Retrouvaille programme over the weekend of October 23-25 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Telephone 07973 380 443 for more details in confidence or visit www.retrouvaille.org.uk

Professional Sewing and Alterations

If you require trousers/skirts/curtains to be professionally altered, for children or adults, please call Sam on 020 8397 7805 or 07525422081

SCHOOL ENTRY FORMS FOR 2010

Primary School Admissions 2010:

If your child will be five between 1^st September 2010 and 31^st August 2011 he/she is due to start school in September 2010.

Please contact the school for information.

The closing date for applications is Friday 4^th December 2009.

Further information can be found on the Local Authority’s website www.kingston.gov.uk

Fr Anthony will have set times each week for form signing right up until the relevant deadlines, just look out for the set times in each weekend’s newsletter.

Secondary School Admissions 2010:

Please note that Fr Anthony will be available to sign forms at the following set times :

Monday 19th October from 3pm to 5pm and

Tuesday 20th October from 6pm to 7.30pm

Don’t panic if you can’t make these dates.

Fr Anthony will have set times each week for form signing right up until the relevant deadlines, just look out for the set times in each weekend’s newsletter.

Sacrament of Anointing the Sick

The Mass for the Anointing of the Sick will take place on Sunday 25th October 2009 at 3pm.

If you know anyone who would like to come, please post a note of their names and addresses through the Presbytery door.

If anyone can help with giving lifts or help with refreshments afterwards, please let Fr Anthony know.

BUMPER BOOK SALE

Saturday 31 October 2009 10.30am in the Catholic Hall

A large selection of books– hardbacks and paperbacks– fiction and non-fiction available at competitive prices.

Organised by the KSC in aid of their charity and other works.

Your support would be very much appreciated.

FREE ADMISSION

Congratulations Mary Burrows.

A special award was recently presented to Mary Burrows, who has completed 50 years of volunteering with the Guides organisation.

Mary was a unit helper with 7th Tolworth Brownies from 1959 to 1994. She was also Tolworth district assistant commissioner from 1987-1994, when she retired from active guiding.

Since then , Mary has been a member of the Trefoil Guild– a group open to over 18s who have retired or cannot commit to helping on a regular basis, but still want to support Guide groups.

Mary remains division badge secretary, treasurer to Surbiton Rangers and secretary and chairman of the Surbiton Trefoil Guild.

Epsom Coaches– Apology

For all of those of you let down on the trip to Aylesford last Saturday morning, Epsom Coaches have written to us apologising most profoundly.

In addition to a full refund, we have been offered a free coach for our next parish outing, plus £100 to our Parish Lenten Project.

The coach services manager writes:-

“I hope this will go some way to compensating your group for what is a very rare incident in our history. We pride ourselves on our service and reliability which in this case was lacking.”

If you haven’t received a refund of your fare, please come and see Elaine in the Presbytery.

Re:fresh books & Christian resources is 5 years old

You are all welcome to a celebration evening on Friday 23rd October at 8pm at the New Malden Baptist Church, Westbury Rd, New Malden.

Light refreshments from 7.30pm. Books, music and seasonal items on sale.

Also celebrations in the re:fresh shop on Tolworth Broadway on Saturday 24th October– exclusive reduced and FREE special offers, plus a slice of birthday cake!

18^th October 2009

PARTNER IN CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SURBITON

Our Lady Immaculate Parish