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Our parish will, from October this year, offer opportunities for Masses to be
celebrated in homes as a way of making the Eucharist a more intimate
reality in families. This is neither new to this parish nor in Scripture. Indeed,
while the early Christians "remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles,"
(Acts 2:42), they went as a body to the temple everyday but met in their
houses for the breaking of bread; shared their food gladly and generously;
praised God and were looked up to by everyone" (Acts 2:46). The breaking of
bread is the celebration of the Eucharist and fits the family setting, which is the
domestic church. This practice allows families to host the celebration and be
part of its preparation. They would prepare an altar and provide a crucifix, holy
water, candles, and, if possible, the readings. They don't have to cook any meals,
(teas and coffees welcome), but can gladly open their doors to others who would
love to join in the Mass. The Masses will happen in place of Tuesday Masses
beginning in October. A list of dates will be sent out shortly and parishioners
are welcome to indicate which dates they wish to host, so that the whole parish
can be informed of the venue. Home Masses would give the opportunity for
others who would otherwise not make their way to church to taste of the
Eucharistic celebration. In that
sense, it is the church going out,
a form of outreach. It is our
hope that many would sign up to
host such Masses, and that
attendance would be good.
14th August 2016 ~ OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION, 21st and 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Issue:1138
READING PASTORAL AREA
St. John Bosco Church 56 Western Avenue,
Woodley, Reading RG5 3BH Tel: 0118 969 3423
Priest:
Fr Bonaventure Ndong
Email: stjohnbosco
@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Website:
stjohnbosco.co.uk
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455918784702101/
Part of the PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST
Registered Charity Number
246871
Administrator: Karen Tarvin
Church Office is open next week:
Tues -Fri 8.30am - 1.30pm
WEEKLY COLLECTION
Envelopes £223.65 Loose £326.42 Standing orders: £510 Thank you for your generous contributions. Your donations make the life and work of the par-ish possible. Next Special Collection: 20th/21st August - Refugees 11th/12th Sept - Parish Project
HOME MASSES: "FAMILY MEALS"
YEAR OF MERCY
2015 –2016
7 YEARS
BUILDING A STRONG WORSHIPING COMMUNITY
1946- 2016
ST JOHN BOSCO PARISH
CELEBRATING
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Responsorial Psalm: Year C THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY, 13th/14th August “Lord Come to my aid” 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, 20th/21st August “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News” 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 27th/28th 28 August “In your goodness, O God, you prepared a home for the poor”
Tuesday Addoration to
resume in 6th September
6pm—7pm
MASS INTENTIONS & FEAST DAYS
DATE
TIME
DEDICATION
INTENTION
Sat 13th Aug
6.30pm
THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY
Bart Collaco + (Lucy Collaco)
Sun 14th Aug
10.00am
THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY
Jo & Bob Blagbrough + (Maria Nutley)
Mon 15th Aug - Fri19th Aug
! NO MASS
FR BON ON HOLIDAY
Sat 20th Aug
6.30pm
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jo & Bob Blagbrough + (Fiona Cottle & Family)
Sun 21st Aug
10.00am
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Maria Hodder + (Hodder Family)
Mon 22nd Aug - Fri 26th Aug
! NO MASS
FR BON ON HOLIDAY
Sat 27th Aug
6.30pm
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jo & Bob Blagbrough + (B Foley)
Sun 28th Aug
10.00am
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Catherine Fappiano + (The Harman Family)
Mon 29tth & Tues 30th Aug
! NO MASS
FR BON ON HOLIDAY
Weds 31st Aug
10.00am
St Aidan & All Saints of Lindisfarne
The Parishioners
Thurs 1st Sept
10.00am
Feria
Patrick Joseph & Abina Grey + (Roy & Ann)
Fri 2nd Sept
10.00am
Feria
Douglas Whitecross + (Rita Belletty)
Sat 3rd Sept
6.30pm
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Margaret Monica & Alan Fitzgerald + (Michael Fitzgerald)
Sun 4th Sept
10.00am
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Noreen Aylward + (Bridie & Mary Nee Gorman)
Confessions
Will resume on 10th September and will be available Saturdays 5.30—6.00pm
PLEASE NOTE: No Confessions
PLEASE NOTE: No Confessions
PLEASE NOTE: No Confessions
St. Dominic Savio Primary School - Western Avenue,
Woodley RG5 3BH
Autumn Term Starts:
Monday, 5th September
(5th September Staff
Professional Develop-
ment day School
Closed)
Head Teacher: Mr.
James Broadbridge
Tel. 0118 969 3893 Emergency numbers for the Sacramental Ministry of a priest: Fr Bon: 969 3423 Fr. Pat: 931 4469 Fr. Stan: 966 3711 Canon Michael: 957 2149 Canon John O’Shea: 957 4171 Please call your own priest first. READING CHURCHES WEEKEND MASS TIMES: CHRIST THE KING Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ENGLISH MARTYRS Sat 6.30pm, Sun 9.30am, 11.30am & 5pm OUR LADY OF PEACE Sun 9am, 11am & 5pm ST JAMES Sat 6pm, Sun 11am ST JOHN BOSCO Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ST WILLIAM OF YORK Sun 9am, 11am & 6pm
PARISH CENTRE—IS OUT OF USE UNTIL FURTHER NO-TICE DUE TO BUILDING WORK
FORMATION FOR MISSION
Saturday, 3rd September, 2016, 10AM—3PM .As part of our 70 anniversary celebration, the Dominican Sisters who are in
charge of Formation for Mission/Evangelization in the Diocese will be facilitating a Workshop on Catechist formation, focusing on CHILDREN'S LITURGY. This is an excellent opportunity to revise and update the good things already happening and to share experiences on how to improve on
this very important ministry. It is for all catechists of our parish, but also open to others within the parish and beyond. Date: Saturday, 3rd September at
St. John Bosco Church, (56 Western Avenue, RG5 3BH tel 0118 969 34 23)
BLESSING OF THE “NEW” PARISH CENTRE Will take place at the beginning of September, date & time To be confirmed.
70th & 50th CELEBRATION
ST JOHN BOSCO CHURCH AND ST DOMINIC SAVIO SCHOOL
The joint celebration of the 50th Anniversary of St Dominic Savio school and the 70th Anni-
versary of our Parish will take place on 7th October 2016 beginning at 1.30pm. More
news to follow.
CARDINAL NEWMAN CELEBRATION will take place on Saturday, 8th October and will be led by the
British Community of our parish. More details to follow.
Dates of sessions to be confirmed shortly . Sessions will include 10-15 minutes Eucharistic Adoration.
MINISTERS FOR WEEKEND
20th/21st August
Readers Saturday Chris Hughes Becky Aguiar Sunday Andy Johnston Angelina Gualtieri-Reed Ministers of Holy Commun-ion Saturday B Ford L Carter M Moffatt Sunday N Lamb A + Altar M Armstead B + Altar B Buckley C + Altar M Dodd D + Altar P Gibbs Altar only
27th/28th August Readers Saturday Emma Lobo Angela King Sunday Pia Gibbs Julie Hamblin Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday A Dworzak N Dworzak M Saunders Sunday P Draper A M Gilbert B C Owens C M Moreira D + Altar P Gibbs Altar only M Armstead Altar only M Stanbridge Altar only G shortt Altar only
3rd/4th September Readers Saturday Declan D’Mello Chloe D’Mello Izzy Aguiar Sunday Sara McKendrick Teresa McKendrick Zoe/Alana Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday H Hill B Ford L Lobo Sunday B Buckley A + Altar J Morerira B + Altar D Joseph C + Altar M Moreira D + Altar
JOURNEY OF FAITH Interested in becoming a Catholic or being con-firmed as an adult? Enrol-ment forms are available
from the church porch. If you are interested please complete the form and return it to the parish office.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Application packs to enrol for First Holy Communion, for children who will be in school Year 3 in September 2016, are available in the
church porch. Please return com-pleted forms no later than Thursday, 8th September. Again this year we will use the parent–led programme “Growing up Catholic” where par-ents share their faith with their child, whilst supported by our team of catechists.
NAME BADGES AT SUNDAY MASSES IN SEPTEMBER - OUR WELCOME TO ALL. Our Pastoral Area Evangelisation Strategy Team proposed all par-ishes in Reading for all Sundays in September, have a system where everyone displays their name on a badge. Secondly, our Welcoming Teams review our approach to wel-coming people to Sunday Mass. We will all be invited to reflect on how we relate to each other, how we develop a sense of belonging in our parish community and how we develop our skills in welcoming
FR BON Wishing Fr Bon a
happy and restful holi-day.
To all former and current parishioners
of OLoP: Fr. Stan Gibzinski and
the parish of Our Lady of Peace & Blessed Domi-nic Barberi invite you to celebrate the parish’s
40th anniversary on Sat
17th Sept starting with
Mass at 2pm, followed by cream tea, bbq ceilidh and other entertainment.
DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR
NO MEETING IN AUGUST
Next Meeting 4th September 2.30pm
St Anne's in Caversham
All are most welcome
Called and Gifted Teaching and Retreat Weekend 1st– 2nd October 2016 at Cold Ash Retreat Centre, nr Newbury. A mixture of the teaching, discussion, praying, reflections, op-portunity for Confession, Adoration. 11am start on1st to 3.30pm on the 2nd. £70 to cover accommodation and meals. Limited places, to book contact csimpson@
portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
LAUDATO SI CONFERENCE
“Laudato Si, a conference for all
is to be held on Saturday November 12th at 9.30 for 10am
will be held at the Winchester Discovery Centre. (opposite St
Peters Church). Bishop Philip will be opening the event and chair-
ing a panel discussion in the afternoon. Further details from [email protected]”
HOLY LAND
8 day pilgrimage from Reading, Wed, 19th April - Wed, 26th April 2017. Follow The Footsteps of Je-sus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Naz-areth, Masada, Dead Sea, Lake of
Galilee etc. Led by Fr John O' Shea. Cost £1100 (tbc). 50 places. Apply to
St James Church Reading on tel: 957 4171 or email
If interested, apply now.
REACHING OUT One way of reaching in Woodley this time is by
actually going to the homes where people have recently
moved in, particularly the new homes, knocking,
greeting briefly and handing a leaflet which shows: Welcome to Woodley! We are here, and if you would like to come, you are most
welcome.
UNLOCKING THE
SCRIPTURES We are looking to run this
beautiful programme in the new year and are looking
for volunteers to help organize it. If you are
interested, please, contact the parish office
DAY OF PRAYER FOR CARE OF CREATION
Last year Pope Francis instituted
September 1st
as a Day of Prayer for Care of Creation. This 1
st September. Join the world in
prayer, either at Mass or for 15 minutes in church, in your gar-
den, or wherever at a time that is convenient to you. There is a Creation Walk (it will be longer than 15 mins) at Highwood at
11am (north of South Lake) and anyone is welcome.
August and September editions of My Day by
Day are available in the
BUILDING PROJECT Is going smoothly. Thank you and please, continue praying that we soon have the opportunity to enjoy a bigger and better parish centre.
THE SANCTUARY LAMPS FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKS ARE DEDICATED TO:
14th to 26th August Main Church: Lady Chapel: 21st to 27th August Main Church: Lady Chapel:
28th August to 3rd September Main Church: Soledad Cardoso and Pablo Todiroff & Family Lady Chapel:
ST JOHN BOSCO BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
Please keep in your prayers all those with Anniversaries in August
Kathleen Hodges + Tom Treacy + Reginald Halse + Jo Williams + Stella Chappe + Bolestaw Klonowicz + Anthony McCarthy+ Rita Bellinger + Averil Oxley +
Marjorie Pritchard + Fred Silvester + Joyce Wise + Robert Ashe + Noeleen Sim +
CAN YOU HELP SOMEONE COMING OUT OF PRISON?
The Catholic prison charity Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust ) is seeking volunteer
mentors to help ex-offenders re-settle after being in prison. Support and training is pro-
vided. To find out more please come to St James Church on Thursday 15th
September, 10am-12 noon. For more information contact
Emma: Emma.O'Connor @prisonadvice.org.uk or call
07712306940.
WELCOME
We warmly welcome
Fr Michael Stanier to
St John Bosco this weekend.
Fr. Stanier will be celebrating Satur-
day and Sunday Mass both this
weekend and next.
RECENTLY DIED: Michael O’Gorman Passed away on Wednesday, 11th August. Our sympathy to his wife Maria and all his family. May he rest in peace.