Welcome to the Catholic Parish Communities of Ashby & Measham ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk Our Lady of Lourdes Station Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 2GL

Father Colin Patey St Charles Borromeo Bosworth Road 01530 412237 Measham [email protected] DE12 7LQ @FatherColin1 Rev Deacon Andrew Martin Secondary School Blessed Robert Sutton, Burton on Trent Mr M Cain 01283 749450

Primary School St Charles Borromeo Measham Mrs R Elmore 01530 270572

Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year — 3/4 October 2015 Ashby Sat 3 4.45pm Exposition & Confessions (until 5.15pm) 5.30pm Mass for Private Intention Sun 4 10.00am Mass for the People of the Parishes Mon 5 9.30am Mass for ints of Anthony Holt & Charlotte Cronin Tue 6 9.30am Mass for Private Intention Wed 7 9.30am Mass for Jerry & Olive Pointon (Sick) Thu 8 9.30am Mass for Private Intention Fri 9 9.30am Mass for Private Intention Sat 10 4.45pm Exposition & Confessions (until 5.15pm) 5.30pm Mass for Private Intention Sun 11 10.00am Mass for Private Intention

Rotas

Measham Sat 3 6.45pm Mass for Mona Auty RIP Tue 9 9.15am Mass for ints of Mathias family Sat 10 6.45pm Mass for Private Intention

Attendance

This week: Wed: Our Lady of the Rosary; Fri: Blessed John Henry Newman & Abstinence from meat; Sat: St Paulinus; Next Sun: 28th of Year

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Readers

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Grania

Maureen & Terri

Sun Kevin Collectors Sat

Jude & Andy

Dennis & Dan

Dennis & Dan

Sun John & David

Tony & Howard

Coffee

Sun Catherine & Jeanette Estelle & Gregoire

Children

Sun Sallie-Ann

Charlotte

Cleaners

Team B

Flowers

A Eaton Ashby 263

Measham 26

Loose Plate

£244.41

£38.00

Envelopes

£271.00

£59.00

Total

£515.00

£97.00

Missionary Sisters

£520.05

£103.11

Offerings

The non-Catholic partner will be informed of this promise, but will not be asked to make any such promise. ll couples preparing for marriage need and are entitled to receive the support of the Church, so that they will be strengthened by the Holy Spirit as they prepare for, celebrate, and live out the commitment which they will make at their wedding. The Church thanks all those married people who show great constancy and faithfulness in their vocation, and prays that their example may inspire all who are preparing to marry. This statement is appointed to be read at Mass or published in the parish newsletter in February and October each year.

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Altar Servers: A meeting will be called on Father Colin’s return from the Holy Land. Christmas Mass times: Thank you for the replies. The overwhelming majority of those who replied expressed a preference for the earlier time. The Christmas Mass times at OLOL will be Christmas Eve: 6pm and 9.30pm; Christmas Day, 10.00am. St Charles: Christmas Eve 9.30pm. We will review this after Christmas to see how things went. The next major international meeting on Climate Change will happen in December in Paris. Churches in As hby will host monthly vigils of prayer and meetings to explore the issue of climate change from the perspective of Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. Each vigil will last an hour and will be mostly silent; each meeting will last ninety minutes and we will share experiences, knowledge and scripture. The meetings will be led by Sue Richardson of Christian Aid. More details on Poster. Next vigil: this Sunday, 4 October 4pm, St Helen’s; next meeting: Thursday, 15 October Congregational Church 7.30pm. First Reconciliation/Holy Communion: There will be a Parents’ Meeting at St Charles’ Church on Tuesday, 3rd November at 7.00pm. Details of the programme will be announced then. If your child is in Year 3 or above and wants to receive the Sacraments in 2016 it is essential that at least one parent attends this meeting. This Sunday is the second collection following the CAFOD Harvest Fast Day. Please use an envelope if you can gift aid your offering. There will be no second collection for the Retired Priests’ Fund this month. Second Collection Envelopes: The Retired Priests’ Fund office has told us that the envelopes used so that we can reclaim tax should show the title of the donor as well as the name. It would be prudent to do this on all such envelopes. DVDs of Bishop Patrick’s Ordination are available from Fr Neil Peoples at St Barnabas’ Cathedral until the end of October ([email protected]). Each DVD will cost £10 plus P&P. Catholic Schools’ Carol Concert in support of Menphys De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Friday, 4th December 2015 at 7.15p.m. Tickets for the Concert are priced at £9 and are available from Sarah Dewfield at the Menphys Office (phone 01455 323013). New Venture: Starting after half term (from 27th October) on Tuesday afternoons during term time, St Charles’ Church will be open and light refreshments available from 2.30pm until it’s time to meet children from school. We hope that this will help to strengthen the links between our school and parish communities. Parents/grandparents/others meeting children and parishioners all welcome. Measham 100 Club September Winners: 1 No 43 Phillip Egan £11.00; 2. No 04 Sandy Mc Keown £04 40; 3. No 02 Les Pickering £02.20 Rosmini Centre: Saturday Morning Talk on Ecology on 10th October, 10.30 for 11.00 to 1.00 pm; tea/coffee provided – shared lunch! “Misuse of Resource – Need for an Ecological Conversion” Please do phone or e-mail if you are coming: 01509813078; [email protected] Bishop Patrick is trying to get to know the Diocese by celebrating Sunday Masses in different parishes week by week. Our friends from Swadlincote will be welcoming him at St Peter and St Pauls’ Church for the 11am Mass next Sunday, 11th October. We look forward to: All Souls’ Day — Mass to which Bereaved families will be invited: Monday, November 2nd, 7.00pm

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Refreshments: Coffee and tea are available in the crypt after the 10am Sunday Mass and the 9.30am Mass on Wednesdays at Ashby, and after the Saturday evening Mass at Measham on the first Saturday of each month. Please stay for a chat and an opportunity to meet fellow parishioners and visitors alike. New parishioners: If you have recently moved into our parish or your address/contact details have changed, please complete a pale blue forms on the stand (near the newsletters at the back of Church) and pop it through the presbytery letterbox. The Ashby Foodbank: Donations of dried/canned items can be put in the foodbank box at the back of the church. They are dropped off at the foodbank depot on a regular basis. If you would like to know more or get involved please visit ashbyfoodbank.org.uk, contact The Ashby Food Bank at the Holy Trinity Parish Office, or speak to Jane Desjardins at church Invitation to pray the Rosary: On Tuesday after the 9.30am Mass (about 10am) we pray the Rosary for priests and on Friday after the 9.30am Mass we pray the Rosary for peace. Please join us. St Charles Catholic Pre-School: To donate £2 towards the fundraising to replace our Pre-School PLEASE TEXT SCPS13 £2 TO 70070. If you would like more information please take a leaflet from the back of church. Please help to save this valuable asset to our community. Missio and Faith in Families boxes: These can be returned to church to be collected at any time. Please remember to look for your box at the back of Church once it has been emptied. Yearbook: The 2015 Diocesan Yearbook is available at the back of both Churches, price £3. It’s a useful source of information on our diocese — strongly recommended. Vacancies in Catholic Schools: Please see ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk Gift Aid: Thank you to all who have made a Gift Aid Declaration. This greatly increases the value of your giving at no cost to you. If you pay Income Tax and haven’t yet signed one, please ask for a form. If you have signed a declaration and no longer pay Income Tax it is vital that you tell us. There is a form at the back of the Churches for you to let us know if you would like to Gift Aid, or if you need to stop because you no longer pay tax. You can also use the form to ask us for more information. Mass Envelopes are at the back of church or sacristy to fill in the details. Please always use one of these envelopes to request a Mass as it ensures Fr Colin has the necessary details. The Diocesan recommended offering is £10 a Mass or whatever is affordable. Please put completed envelopes through presbytery letter box. Keep in touch: As well as this newsletter you can always keep up to date with our parish life at ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk. You will never miss anything if you submit your email address via the “Follow us by email” box. The site also gives links to the parish on Facebook and Twitter.