Catholic Hythe Newsletter 2 August 2009

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR 2ND AUGUST 2009

Virgin Mother of Good Counsel

St. Monica

St. Augustine

St. Martin of Tours

2, Lower Blackhouse Hill, HYTHE, CT21 5LS 01303-266430 Chapel Road 135 Queen’s Rd. 124 High St. Fax: 01303-264773 email [email protected] Dymchurch,TN29 0TD Littlestone, TN28 8NA Lydd, TN29 9BA www.catholic-hythe.org Catholic Parish served by: The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (S.O.L.T.) Parish Priest: Fr. Frederick W. Alexander Assistant Priest: Fr Jon Kightlinger In residence: Fr. Robert Copsey Deacon: Rev. Raymond Partridge (01303-873835) Confessions: Saturday 11.00-11:45, 6-6:30pm

SUNDAY M ASS INTENTIONS - HYTHE Sat 6.30 pm † Mary Sebastian 8.00 am Birthday Blessings Dominic & Vincent Arthur 9.30 am Ruby Wedding Anniversary Nick & Pat Mansfield 11.15 am † Clare Perry 7.00 pm All Parishioners

SUNDAY M ASS INTENTIONS - THE MARSH Dym 8.30 † Jolantha Gradenecker L’stone 10.00 All priests Lydd 11.30

P ARISH D AILY M ASS 10.00 AM Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 12noon

Holy Souls Fr Fred Alexander SOLT Guidance of The Holy Spirit † Funeral Mass Edward Hunt † Mary Downes Mr & Mrs Sadler and Family

SISTERS’ M ASS (Convent) Sat (vigil) Mon Tue Wed

Sr Conleth’s intentions Reg Emans Private Intention † Kathleen Brett Thur † Fr Richard Merrick SOLT Fri Private Intention ————————————— Memorials & Feasts 4th August - St. John Mary Vianney: Curé D'Ars 6th August - Feast of Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus 8th August - St Dominic ————————————— EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED S ACRAMENT In Hythe Mon - Wed after Mass till 11.30am Sat 11am - 12 noon ————————————— L AST W EEK’ S COLLECTION - £968.87 £344.71 (DAY FOR L IFE ) THANK YOU

St. Augustine’s RC Primary School: St. Johns Road, Hythe, CT21 4BE (Tel: 01303-266578) Headteacher: Mrs. P. Parnell St. Edmund’s Catholic Secondary School: Old Charlton Road, Dover, CT16 2QB Tel: 01304-201551; Head of School: Mr A. Reed HYTHE COFFEE SUNDAY

Coffee and refreshments will be served after 9.30am Mass next week by The 9.30 Music Group ROSARY In St. Martin of Tours Church, Lydd or opposite at 8, The Green on Wednesdays at 11.30am. Also, after the weekday Masses in Hythe.

HYTHE LECTORS for next week: SAT 6.30 pm Frank Hadfield SUN 8.00 am Cyril Hardy 9.30 am Simon Fisher Linda Fisher 11.15 am Alan Foreman 7.00 pm Colin Harms LEGION OF MARY Next meeting Sunday 9th August in the Fr Daly Hall, all welcome, at 5.30pm.

DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER Please can items for the weekly newsletter be handed in at the Parish Office no later than 2pm on the Wednesday preceding the Sunday on which the notice is due for publication.

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Go to the “NEWS” page on the parish website (address as above.) Follow the link on that page to the newsletter.

NEW CONFESSIONAL PROJECT - HYTHE The builders have postponed commencement of the work and are yet to confirm the new start date. There will be a site meeting on Monday 3rd August to determine future plans. While the work is in progress Mass will be as usual, but there will not be Morning Prayer, Rosary, or Adoration.

YOUTH 2000 *** 27-31st Aug 09 In your late teens/twenties? Join around 1500 Young People for a ‘Prayer Festival’ @ Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk. Information at www.youth2000.org (call 020 8675 2743) or find Youth 2000 on Facebook.

*** T h i s W e e k *** PRO-LIFE CREAM TEAS SPUC - Folkestone, Hythe & Dover Branch Friday 7th August - from 2pm at 11 Tanners Hill Gardens Hythe CT21 5HY

No need to pre-book All very welcome * bring a new member No need to pre-book * no charge * donations gratefully received on the day to SPUC THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Confirmation classes Thursdays at 7pm in the Fr Daly Hall. Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembrance Service at Aylesford Priory 6th August at 8.20pm for one hour. See poster.

*** FOR YOUR DIARY *** A DAY WITH MARY 22 AUGUST 09 St Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate. See poster for details.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF THE RECENTLY DECEASED EDWARD HUNT AND THE SOULS OF THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AT THIS TIME: Joseph Taylor, Michael Allon, Francis Alder, Frederick Skeels, Eddie Freeman, Kathleen Hansford, Sr. Lucy, Thomas Beasley, Jacqueline Pitt, Thaddeus Felip, Leonard Cook, Erin Goodwin, Peter Power, Katherine Howell, Patrick Murray and Alice Williams. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

VISIT OF THE RELICS OF ST THERESE Proposed pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory on Saturday 10th October. Mass 11.30am Archbishop Kevin McDonald. Blessing of Roses, Prayer for Healing and Reconciliation 4.30pm. Please sign form at back of church if you want to come so that we can work out costs and hire a coach. Contact Sue Davis:01303 237831, Sally Savage 077601 05715 Over 2 Million people went to such events when the relics toured Ireland in 2001. Don’t miss out on this historic tour!

****** GAS WORKS ********* We have just received a notification of gas works in the Hythe Church vicinity 17/08/09-26/08/09. We are warned of disruption in nearby roads & that the gas supply to the PARISH HALL may be interrupted. Please pray for the sick & those in the hospital: Gabriel Sanchez, Louisa Allwright, Frances Stacy, Hannah Forse, Dolores Jennings, Mary McArdell, Mary Plumbly, Eileen Russell, Lorraine Sansom, Klare Schooling, Eberhard Stickler, Catherine Riddell, Lesley Wisbey, Bernice O’Leary, Barbara Malek, Vickie Pineda