St Felix Catholic Parish Newsletter - 26th Week In Ordinary Time 2009

Please, please, please... Make your donation/offertory to the church go further at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid is a Government run scheme that allows us to reclaim the tax on your donation. For every £1 you donate, we get an extra 28p back, making your donation go further at no extra cost to you. In these times of economic hardship, coupled with spiralling running costs, it’s vital that we get the most out of the money received. Gift Aid Declaration Forms are available from the Presbytery and once completed, you can then donate to the Church by Offertory Envelopes with your number on or by Bank Standing Order or by Cheque made payable to 'St Felix Parish'. Thank you.

The Autumn forum meeting of Churches Together in Felixstowe Tuesday 13th October River of Life Church at 7.30pm Refreshments available from 7.15pm

26th Sunday, Year B Psalter Wk II

WEEKEND MASS TIMES SATURDAY 6pm

Coach to Walsingham for the veneration of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th Coach departs St Felix at 8am, St Mary’s (Woodbridge Rd, Ipswich) at 8.20am, St Mary Magdalene’s (Norwich Rd, Ipswich) at 8.45am Return ETA 5pm at St Felix Suggested donation of £7.50pp PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL WHO ARE SICK AND THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY OR HAVE ANNIVERSARIES: Pamela Russell, Chris Keene, Sr Celestine Fogarty, Sr Ita Regan, Cyril Roberts, Patrick Donaghy, Maurice Rivett, Alex Jacobi, Ivan Kilivayck, Daniel O’Leary, Kate McDonald, Iris Birt, Frederick Lomas, Frances McLaughlin, Sarah Dee, John Douglas, James Wilshaw, Ellen Bayley. RIP

Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

SUNDAY 9am 10.30am ( Convent ) 11.30am ( Trimley )

First Holy Communion Programme The first meeting for the parents of children registered for the 2009/10 programme will take place in the parish hall on Wednesday 30th September at 8pm. If any parent cannot attend this meeting please contact Fr David or Monica Macdonald.

RELICS OF ST Thérèse

Anyone who is not against us is for us. If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off.

TODAY’S RETIRING COLLECTION IS FOR RENOVATING THE MEMORIAL GARDEN

8, Gainsborough Road Felixstowe IP11 7HT Tel: 01394 282561

Cheques to St Felix Parish Please mark envelopes ‘Garden Fund ‘ Thank You

WEEKDAY MASSES Parish Priest: Fr David Hennessy e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saintfelix.org.uk

Monday - Saturday 10.00am at the Convent each day CHRIS KEENE, R.I.P. Our deepest sympathies to Pauline and the family. Chris’ funeral will be on WEDNESDAY, 30th September at noon at St Felix.

CONFIRMATION GROUP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 5pm SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 5pm (Rehearsal) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 7.30pm (Confirmation Mass)

Saint Felix Catholic Parish Newsletter

September 27th, 2009

“WARTIME ROAD SHOW TEA PARTY” TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER ST FELIX HALL 2.30 TO 4.30PM (ADMISSION FREE) COME SHARE YOUR MEMORIES AND ANY PHOTOS YOU HAVE OF WHERE YOU WERE AND WHAT YOU DID DURING THE WAR

The recollections of some of our parishioners are on the parish website—saintfelix.org.uk/WWII

DEANERY QUIZ Saturday October 3rd 7.30 for 8pm start St Mary’s Woodbridge Rd. Rd Buffet, BYOB, glasses provided Teams of 4; 2 teams allowed from each mass centre SEE POSTERS Spectators welcome Entrance £5 [under 16, £3]

Can Christianity show the way? The 2009 Pope Paul VI Memorial Lecture, entitled “Capitalism, Catholicism and community: Harmony or dissonance?” The lecture is to be chaired by Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, a prolific lecturer, theologian, former Master General of the Dominican Order, and a member of CAFOD’s Board of Trustees. This year’s lecture will feature Baroness Williams of Crosby on the relationship between capitalism, Catholicism and community in our globalised world. £6 (lecture), £12 (lecture + reception) Tel: 020 7095 5568 or email: [email protected] 27th November—Lecture starts 7.15pm (doors open 6.45pm), Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3DW Three spaces for passengers are available—contact Mark Jones 07875 115250

PAC The AGM of the PAC will be held on Monday Oct 5th 7.30pm in the hall. Parishioners are most welcome to attend this meeting. It’s an opportunity to hear of the progress made this year.

DID YOU KNOW?...

Cafod was started in 1960 by a group of CWL women who heard about babies dying in the Caribbean island of Dominica for lack of health care. They held the first Family Fast Day to raise money for a mother and baby clinic. Now Cafod works in more than 50 countries world wide.

CWL will be holding a hunger lunch on Family Fast Day Friday October 2nd following Mid-day Mass TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!

CWL Quiz Night Monday October 12th St Felix Church Hall Ploughman's Supper, B.Y.O.B. 7.45pm prompt (following CWL meeting at 7pm) Tickets £4 on sale at Hunger Lunch Friday October 2nd & weekend 3/4 October

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARGARET SHAW WHO CELEBRATED HER 100TH BIRTHDAY LAST TUESDAY

Prayer for the Second Special Assembly for Africa 4th— 4th—25th October 2009 Holy Mary, Mother of God, Protectress of Africa, You have given to the world the true Light, Jesus Christ. Through your obedience to the Father and the grace of the Holy Spirit You have given us the source of our reconciliation and our justice, Jesus Christ, our peace and our joy. Mother of Tenderness and Wisdom, Show us Jesus, your Son and the Son of God Guide our path of conversion So that Jesus might shine his glory on us In every aspect of our personal, familial and social lives. Mother, full of Mercy and Justice, Through your docility to the Spirit, the Counsellor, Obtain for us the grace to be witnesses of the Risen Lord, So that we will increasingly become The salt of the earth and the light of the world. Mother of Perpetual Help, We entrust to your maternal intercession the preparation and fruits of the Second Special Assembly for Africa. Queen of Peace, pray for us! Our Lady of Africa, pray for us! [ This prayer is being widely said in churches and communities in Africa at the moment in the run up to the Synod. ]