HARVEST FESTIVAL SUNDAY - 24th September 2023
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This weekend we keep a time of special prayer to thank God for the harvest, for the fields which have been ploughed and the food which has been planted and produced on the land. We will use this food to get us through the dark winter and beyond. It is also a time to thank God for all the comforts we enjoy because others have worked hard to produce them.
SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK
24th September 2023
THIS SUNDAY - Parish Mass for Harvest at 10.00 am followed by Bring and Share Harvest Lunch.
25th September
MONDAY - No Mass today.
26th September
TUESDAY - Mass at 6.30 pm.
27th September
WEDNESDAY - Eucharistic Adoration at 11.45 am.
Mass at 12.15 pm.
P.C.C. Meeting at the Vicarage at
6.15 pm.
28th September
THURSDAY - No Mass today.
29th September
FRIDAY - Mass (Book Common Prayer) at 10.00 am.
30th September
SATURDAY - Mass at 10.00 am.
1st October
THE 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Parish Mass at 10.00 am.
TEA AND COFFEE IS AVAILABLE AFTER MASS ON SUNDAYS - DO JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP.
PARISH NEWS
THE P.C.C. MEETS AT THE VICARAGE THIS WEDNESDAY AT 6.15 pm.
REPOSITORY - CHURCH GIFT SHOP
This is open before and after Mass on Sundays and weekdays selling a wide range of items from religious cards, rosaries, books, crucifixes and icons to mugs, fridge magnets, church diaries, pens and note books.
Items can be seen in the glass case by the font at the back of church and in the glass case in the Vestry Hall. Please take a look.
OUR NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL is now up and running each and every Sunday. If you have children between the ages of 5 - 12 they will be most welcome from 10 am in the Vestry Hall. Hope to see you there.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PRAYERS or Mass intentions you would like me to offer at Mass or if would like someone added to our parish prayer list of the Sick or Departed.
My contact details are as follows:
Telephone: 07714190663
Email: Vicarstmartin@outlook.com
I am also available in person during Surgery Hour on Saturday’s in Church between 10.30am - 11.30am.
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION AND RECONCILIATION is also available at this time.
Please continue to remember the following in your prayers:
In thanksgiving for the Harvest of the land and of the sea. For those who work on the land and the sea.
For our Bishop Paul and all the Parishes that look to him in the Oswestry Episcopal District.
For the successful launch of our new Sunday School and for the children attending.
That the gifts of the Holy Spirit may be ours so that we may grow our Parish and serve the people of Fenny and Bletchley more effectively.
For the success of our ‘Growing Healthy Churches’ initiative.
For the success of our part of the Fenny Poppers Festival, that it may be an opportunity for others to experience our Church and community positively.
For the successful launch of our new Sunday School.
For a deepening of our faith and a greater commitment to Christ.
For the strength to remain firm in our Christian faith and to give witness to it through our own example.
For the people of Turkey after the recent devastating earthquake and for those seeking to aid them at this time.
For an end of war in the Ukraine and in Somalia and the re-establishment of Peace.
That we may continue to remember, the needs of those so less fortunate than ourselves.
For those at school, college or University, that they may be kept safe and well.
For those who work, particularly those who have families or other dependents.
For the Government, that in this time of rising costs we may see increased integrity within the world of politics.
For peace to reign within our homes and amongst one another.
For the elderly, housebound and those living in residential and nursing homes.
For our Ambulance Service and for our other Emergency Service Staff and for Milton Keynes Hospital and all who work there.
For Father Victor and Father Ian and for all parish clergy as they seek to continue to make present in our midst the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass, the other Sacraments of Christ and offer continuing Pastoral care.
For the Monastic Community of the House of Initia Nova of the Order of Saint Benedict as it continues settles into its new home in Ponce, Puerto Rico and that it finds the funds to furnish its new Motherhouse.
For it’s Abbot, Michael-John Austin, for all of the community and for those new to its life.
For the Sick:
For Doris Weatherley, Yvonne and Denis Simpson, Judy Rogers, Benyamin Kha-jeh-pour, Gary Ashby, Richard Lyons, Heather Burke, Suzanna Moirano, June Reid, Nicola Monaghan, Rosalio Eluna, Susan Carter, Pam Wilderspin, Jean Holden, Peter White, Paul Ward, David Lingham, Sandra Walduck and Eugenius Yung.
For the Departed:
For Lawrence Itolondo Mulama and all the recently departed, for those that rest in our Churchyard, and for all whose Year’s Mind occurs at this time.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.
And let Light Perpetual shine upon them.
As always I wish you and your families every blessing,
Father Victor (Brother Cuthbert)
