1st Sunday Of Advent

PARISH PARTY NIGHT This will be held on Saturday 6th December. 7pm for 7.30pm in St. Felix Church Hall. Tickets will cost £5 and include fun and supper, but please b.y.o.b. A raffle will be held on the night in aid of the Bishop's Cambodian Appeal.

ST. FELIX PARISH NEWSLETTER 8, Gainsborough Rd., Felixstowe IP11 7HT 01394 282561 E-Mail: [email protected] Parish Priest: Fr David Hennessy Website : www.saintfelix.co.uk

Tickets will available weekends 22nd/23rd and 29th/30th November. Or by phoning Jenny on FXT. 671217 or Sylvia on FXT. 275370

November 30th, 2008 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

WEEKDAY MASSES Monday: 5.45pm Tuesday: 10.00am ( Eucharistic Service )

SAMARITAN'S PURSE OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD APPEAL

WEEKEND MASSES

C.W.L. would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported this appeal, with either goods or cash donations. We have sent 70 shoe boxes filled with goodies for the children.

SATURDAY VIGIL 6pm

Wednesday—Saturday 10.00am Mass at the convent

SUNDAY MORNING

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9.00am

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

10.30am: Convent

FRIDAY December 5th 12 noon at St Felix ( CWL members annual Mass )

SATURDAY 31st JANUARY 2009.

11.30am: St Cecilia’s

A Day of Reflection led by Father David, will be held at the Convent. The cost will be £3 and include tea and coffee but please bring a packed lunch. More details in the new year. Organised by the C.W.L.

OBERAMMERGAU There will be a meeting, for those who have booked to go to Oberammergau, at 7.00 pm on Thursday, 11th December at Kathleen Waring's House. Kathleen's phone number is 286768, Phil's is 286008.

Next meeting of the PAC Thursday Dec 4th 7.30pm in Hall .

ADVENT PROGRAMME Sunday 30th: Evening prayer and Exposition Convent 4.30pm Sunday 7th E.P. Benediction St. Felix 4pm Sunday 14th Seniors Lunch Thursday 18th 7.30.pm Reconciliation service St Felix Sunday 21st Carol service St. Felix 3pm

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL WHO ARE SICK AND THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY OR HAVE ANNIVERSARIES:

Terry Butler, Wally Shaw, Barbara Schmitz, Patrick English, Margaret Banham, Charles Buckley, Christopher Thraves, Raymond Bugg, Alice Byrne, Provost Hugh Parker, Joe Gardiner, Joseph Reynolds, Constance Donohue, Sister Carmel. RIP. Michael Jenkins, David Slater, Edith Coppen, George Poole, Tadeusz Drouet, Mary Kalo, Dorothy Milton, Helen Richards, Mary Villeneuve, Sister Mary McGettrick, Elizabeth Barnes, Georgette Southcote, Ivy Watts. RIP KSC NEWS Brothers are reminded that we will be attending Mass on Monday 8th Dec the feast of the Immaculate Conception as part of our prayer cycle .

CAFOD ENVELOPES

are available in church porches this weekend .Most packets are named ,but our records may not be up to date .If yours are not there ,or if you wish to join the “Friday self denial” group, please take a spare packet and put your details on a slip inside your first donation . CAFOD BOX HOLDERS Please empty the contents of your box into a plastic bag and hand in to the sacristy as soon as possible. If you are a tax-payer, please fill in the Gift Aid declaration attached to one of the CAFOD envelopes MANY THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

Ipswich council are holding their annual Mass for deceased members of the order and families on Saturday 29thNov at St James Ipswich 11 am All are welcome to join us.

THE JESSE TREE ( in front of the Lectern )

ANNUAL DINNER FRIDAY 12TH DEC 7 - 7.30 Railway Inn Westerfield £ 18 All welcome , To book contact Tom Brazier 671499

During Advent, the children will be adding to the Jesse Tree

Feb 10th 2009 the Council will be celebrating their 80th anniversary of setting up the first council in Suffolk; more news later

IPSWICH BACH CHOIR CONCERT at Ipswich School on Saturday, 6th December, 7pm. Works include Haydn’ Nelson Mass and Bach Cantatas. Tickets, £12 adult, £5 students, are available from Music World 01473 253666

CAFOD SPECIAL APPEAL

Cafod have launched a special appeal for £I million to help alleviate the dire situation in the Congo. If you are able to help, please put something extra into the CAFOD envelopes over the next few weeks!

The ‘Jesse Tree’ is so- named from Isaiah 11:1 ‘A shoot will spring forth from the stump of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots.’ It is a visual representation connecting the Advent Season with the faithfulness of God throughout history — our ‘Salvation History’. The tradition uses a simple ‘tree’ or twig as the symbol of Christ the Messiah, who fully reveals the grace and faithfulness of God. Helping young people to understand more about the fulfilment of the Messianic prophecies, and our preparation and anticipation for the second Advent and completion of God’s promise, enables them to prepare to celebrate the wonder of Christmas in a way that is both meaningful and filled with joy.