St Felix Newsletter - 2nd Sunday Of Advent

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

Barbara Schmitz, Maria Chenery, Jane McEnroe, Michael Murphy, Sister Rose Crowley, Kate Godfrey, Violet Wigley, Adrian Ewell, Frank Doran, James Crawford, Brenda Davison, Dolores Gleadow, Sister Arsenius Healy, Victor Durrant, Rita Alexander, Phyllis Garrod, Maria Warner, Madge Scott, May Poulton, Georgina Stephen, Arthur Raffe, Lillian White. RIP

ADVENT PROGRAMME

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

This Sunday 4pm Evening prayer & Benediction Sunday 14th Seniors Lunch [see notices]

SUNDAY MORNING

Thursday 18th 7.30pm: SERVICE OF RECONCILIATION

9.00am ( Frank Doran+ )

Sunday 21st CAROL SERVICE 3 P.M.

10.30am: Convent

Tuesday from 8.30am: Church cleaning, all teams Wednesday 24th:

CHRISTMAS EVE CONVENT: 7pm First Mass of Christmas ST FELIX: First Mass of Christmas 9.pm.

CHRISTMAS DAY St Felix Mass: 9 am. Trimley: 10.45am.

2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

WEEKEND MASSES SATURDAY VIGIL 6pm

Monday 22nd from 6.30pm: St.Felix, decorate church

December 7th, 2008

11.30am: St Cecilia’s

WEEKDAY MASSES Monday-Saturday 10.00am ( Convent )

The Family of Jesus and Mary Christmas Fayre has raised £730 to date. Grateful thanks to all who supported and assisted in its preparation, made donations and came out in bad weather to attend the Fayre. Monies raised will be distributed among the J & M Missions.

Monday: KSC sick ( FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION )

Tuesday: Mildred King+ Wednesday: Private Intention Thursday: Barbara Schmitz+ Friday: Private Intention

&

FRIDAY 12 noon at St Felix ( Gordon Hartley+ )

Don't forget to save the stamps on the Christmas cards you receive; there is a box in the porches .

When buying your stamps ask for the religious ones, or you will get Panto ones !!! John King

COLLECTIONS OFFERTORY: £552.87 CAFOD: £228.75 MANY THANKS!

THE DIOCESAN YEARBOOK

is now available in the porch Please make a donation of £3 if you would like to take one.

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. We have established a Facebook group as a valuable resource for all of us and I encourage you to join! Why join? Well, why not? It’s the simplest way to keep up-to-date with the latest happenings, events, discussions, and networking! The group is open to join. Get started by posting a question, links, photos, videos, and all that fun Facebook stuff you do.

Kathleen's phone number is 286768, Phil's is 286008.

ADVENT THOUGHT ... DOES WHAT I DO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? "Tell me, what does a snowflake weigh?" said the song thrush to the pigeon. "Next to nothing," was the reply.

Join now, and invite your parish friends! www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112120055384 Mark Jones, Parish PR

SENIORS CHRISTMAS LUNCH SUNDAY NEXT 14TH DEC 12.30 TO 3PM. Please ensure your invitations are returned by this Tuesday, marking if you need transport . DRIVERS REQUIRED to transport our elderly to & from the Seniors Lunch Sunday next 14th Dec To arrive by 12.30 and collect 3pm . Please indicate number of seats available and if you can take a wheelchair . List is in the porch now. PLEASE SIGN UP TODAY !!

"In that case, I have a wondrous story to tell you," said the song thrush. "I was sitting on the branch of a fir tree one day, quite close to the trunk, when it began to snow. It didn't fall violently like in a wild storm, no... but rather as in a dream, soundlessly and weightlessly. Since I had nothing better to do, I counted the snowflakes which came to rest on the twigs and needles of my branch. There were exactly 3,741,952 of them. When the three million, seven hundred and forty one thousand, nine hundred and fifty third flake fell — as you say, a mere nothing — the branch broke." And so saying, she flew off. The pigeon, a specialist in such questions since way back when Noah built his ark, reflected briefly, and then said to herself, "Perhaps it would only take a single extra person's voice for there to be peace on earth." [Excerpt from Kurt Kauter's "Thus Spake the Marabou"]

ST ALBAN’S HIGH SCHOOL has its Festival of Lessons and Carols on MONDAY, 15th DECEMBER at St. John’s Church, Cauldwell Rd at 7.30pm. ALL ARE WARMLY INVITED.