Catholic Hythe Newsletter 9 August 2009

NINETEENTH

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 SUNDAY OF THE YEAR www.catholic-hythe.org 9TH AUGUST 2009 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 & Robert O’Brien (70th Anniversary of Wedding at Hythe Catholic Church) 8.00 am Lilly Heffernan 9.30 am Birthday Blessings for Jonathan 11.15 am † Maura Callaghan 7.00 pm In Reparation for contraception & abortion

SUNDAY M ASS INTENTIONS - THE MARSH Dym 8.30 All Parishioners L’stone 10.00 Shirley Law Lydd 11.30

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

† James M Nugent Private Intention † H.M. Burnett † Michael Dillon † Thanksgiving Birthday Blessings Catherine Murray

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

† Fr Richard Merrick SOLT Sr Conleth’s Intentions Private Intention Sr Jane Frances Intention Birthday Blessings for Thomas Private Intention ————————————— Memorials & Feasts 10th August - St Lawrence 11th August - St Clare 14th August - St Maximilian Kolbe ————————————— 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 - £787.79 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 UCM 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 G. Strowbridge SUN 8.00 am Cecily Partridge 9.30 am Anna Fisher Richard Furlong 11.15 am Ada Foreman 7.00 pm Stephen Lagrue *** T h i s W e e k *** LEGION OF MARY Sunday 9th August in the Fr Daly Hall, all welcome, at 5.30pm. THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Confirmation classes Thursdays at 7pm in the Fr Daly Hall. NEW CONFESSIONAL PROJECT - HYTHE Please note that when the works begin there will be a TEMPORARY BARRIER erected to reduce noise and dust levels. This barrier is NOT the wall of the new confessional. While the work is in progress Mass will be as usual, but there will not be Morning Prayer, Rosary, or Adoration.

*** FOR YOUR DIARY *** PARISH BARBEQUE SUNDAY 30TH AUGUST 12.30 pm Venue - Hythe Church lower car park All welcome - further details to follow

VISIT OF THE RELICS OF ST THERESE Proposed pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory on Saturday 10th October. See posters - still chance to sign up on sheets at the back of the churches to join the parish coach party.

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

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

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY In England this Holy Day is transferred to Sunday 16th August. SOLT celebrates this Feast with a vigil. There will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday 14th in Hythe Church from 8pm - 11pm. All are invited for any or part of this period.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF THE RECENTLY DECEASED IRIS SHARP AND THE SOULS OF THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AT THIS TIME: Bruno Solorz, Aida Silva, Tony Dolman, Bernard Creton, Bridget Condon, Monica Keen, Maureen Coyle, Andree Woolard, Michael McDonnell, Richard Hatfield, Mary Davenhill, Daisy Griggs, Norman Collins, Fr. Thomas Daly OSA, Marie Tidby, Sarah McGee, Agnes & James McDonnell, Claire Heywood, Mary Thomas, Mary Fitzgerald and Thomas O’Brien. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

Pilgrimage of Prayer and Reparation for Sanctity of Human Life 27th September - Walsingham - led by BISHOP ARTHUR ROCHE Carol Smith may organise a coach from our area - call her if interested on 07502109397 (see poster) VIGIL MAIDSTONE ABORTION CLINIC 19th August - see poster TRAIDCRAFT WEEKEND 15/16th August wide range of goods available in parish hall after all masses. Reminder GAS WORKS Gas works in the Hythe Church vicinity 17/08/0926/08/09. 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, Bernice O’Leary, Barbara Malek, Vickie Pineda, Mary Griffiths.