Parish Office
Portsmouth Road
Kingston Upon Thames Surrey.
KT1 – 2NA
Tel: 020 8541 – 4999
straphaelparishoffice@googlemail.com
www.straphael.org.uk
Presbytery
4 Westfield Road
Surbiton, Surrey.
KT6 – 4EL
Tel: 020 8390 – 6131
Fr. Vincent Flynn ~ Parish Priest
15th November, Thirty Third Sunday of the Year (B) Psalter week l
9.30 am Family Mass
The People of the Parish
11.30am Sung Mass
Charles Yallop
5.00pm Quiet Mass
The Intentions of the Leeds People for Life
Rosary & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 4pm
Weekday Feria Cycle 1
Mon 16th November
10.00am
Feria
The deceased members of the Ferrari & Stileman family
Tue 17th November
10.00am
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Francis Guteridge (Foundation Mass)
Wed 18th November
10.00am
The Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter & Paul
Michael & Tracy (just married)
Thu 19th November
10.00am
Feria
Maclino Braganza RIP
Wednesday
Open Door Prayer Group
7.30pm in the Church.
Thursday
Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament
10.30am–12 noon
Praying for Vocations to
the Sacred Priesthood
RCIA
7.30pm in the Church
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The deceased members of the Mobley Family
22nd November, Christ The King (B) Psalter week ll
9.30 am Family Mass
The People of the Parish
11.30am Sung Mass
The Mazza Family
5.00pm Quiet Mass
The White & McCarthy Family
Rosary & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 4pm
Restoration of our Stained Glass Windows In
Memory of Fr. Dominic O’ Sullivan, a much
loved Parish Priest Total needed £50,000.00
Please sponsor a panel for £20.00
see details at the back of the Church
£
5
Amount raised to date
0,
£7248.10
0
0
Thank0.you for last Sunday’s Collection
£748.05
0 Loose +nd£247.50 Gift Aid = £995.55
The Rosary is recited
Mon – Sat at 9.40am
and at 4.00pm on
Sundays
Church Cleaning
After 10.00am Mass
Fri 20th November
Feria
10.00am
The deceased clergy of the Kingston Deanery
(We welcome the children from years 2 & 4 from St. Joseph’s School to this Mass)
Sat 21st November
10.00am
The Parish Diary
this week
Saturday
1st Holy Communion
Class
10.30am in the Church
10.30am – 11.00am
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
Sunday
Children’s Liturgy during
the 9.30am Mass
Confessions
Sundays 9.00am – 9.20am
11.00am – 11.20am, 4.30pm – 4.50pm
Saturdays 10.30am – 11.00am
Thursdays (when there is expostion)
11.00 – 11.45am
There will be a 2 collection today for the Archbishop’s Administration
Fund and a 2nd collection next Sunday for the Catholic Youth Service
The Sanctuary Lamps
this week are burning
for Ossy &
Sr. Mary Clare.
S T. J O S E P H ’ S C A T H O L I C P R I M A R Y S C H O O L
The Fairfield ~ Kingston Upon Thames ~ KT1 – 2UP ~ Tel. 020 8546 – 7178 ~ email -jsp@rbksch.org
Children Aged 3-11 ~ Breakfast Club & After School Clubs
CREATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ~ A CARING & ENCOURAGING CATHOLIC ENVIRONMENT
Mrs. Merryl Roberson ~ Headteacher
"SWAP SHOP"
at Prospects Recruitment, 178 Central Road, Worcester
Park, KT4 8HQ
in aid of the Church Restoration
Friday 27th November 6 - 9 pm
& Saturday 28th November 10 - 5 pm
(Please note the amended dates!)
Needed: any unwanted, freshly laundered
New/nearly new/immaculate condition ladies
clothes/shoes and accessories. We will hold a sale on the
21/22 November and all proceeds will go to
the restoration fund. A great way to help the
church and recycle! For further information
contact Angela on 07931 822 552.
The last day for donations is the 22nd November
Copies of the advent edition of “Walk with Me” is available at the back of
the Church costing £1.00. These excellent little booklets give a reading
for each day in Advent.
BRASS HAND RAIL ON PULPIT AND CONFESSIONAL
I am so grateful to John Ferrier for designing and fitting a beautiful
handrail for the pulpit and a small one for the confessional.
St. Catherine’s Secondary Girls School in Twickenham is holding an
open evening on Thursday 26th November for prospective new pupils.
Please see the poster in the Church porch for more information.
There are some St. Raphael’s Christmas cards for sale at the back of
the Church in aid of our Stained Glass Window appeal. They cost 40p
each or 10 for £3.50. The cards show the beautiful mosaic of the
Nativity, which is on the south wall of the Church near Our Lady’s Altar
The Open Door
Prayer Group
meet on
Wednesday. This
week they have a
guest speaker
John Vaughan
Neil.
Many Catholics experience the
feeling of being stuck in a rut – as
if they were just 'going through
the motions'. In a talk, entitled
“Change me, Lord”, John
Vaughan Neil, an inspiring and
entertaining speaker, will share
from his own experience to
illustrate how we can come alive
in Jesus and find a whole new
dimension to living our faith.
Wednesday, 18th November
7:30 - 8:30 pm
St. Raphael’s Church,
Surbiton, KT1 2NA
John, who lives in Wimbledon, is
married with three daughters and is a
retired solicitor and graduate of Oxford.
a popular
speaker
at parish
GodHeisisnot
a deceiver
that
he
seminars,
and to
national
andus
international
should
offer
support
and then,
conferences.
when we lean
upon him, should slip
away.
St. Augustine
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR AT THE KAIROS CENTRE. The Kairos Retreat Centre in Roehampton is offering various
retreats over Christmas and New Year. Please see the poster in the Church Porch for more details.
This week we celebrate the feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter & Paul.
St. Peter’s is probably the most famous church in Christendom. Massive in scale and a veritable museum of
art and architecture, it began on a much humbler scale. The Vatican Hill was a simple cemetery where
believers gathered at St. Peter’s tomb to pray. In 319 Constantine built on the site a basilica that stood for
more than a thousand years until, despite numerous restorations, it threatened to collapse. In 1506 Pope
Julius II ordered a new church to be built which eventually took nearly 200 years to complete.
St. Paul’s Outside the Walls was also built by Constantine and stands near the Abaazia delle Tre Fontane,
where St. Paul is believed to have been beheaded, it was the largest church in Rome until St. Peter’s was
rebuilt. In 1823 a disastrous fire destroyed the church, which was then rebuilt.
St. Peter, the rough fisherman whom Jesus named the rock on which the Church is built, and the educated
Paul, reformed persecutor of Christians, Roman citizen and missionary to the Gentiles, were quite
different people
but they both shared the same journey of faith which led to them sharing a martyr’s death in Rome—Peter
on a cross and Paul beneath the sword. Their combined gifts shaped the early Church and believers have
prayed at their tombs from the earliest days.
Last week Fr. Vincent and a group from the parish had the privilege of making the same journey and at the
tombs of the Apostles they, prayed for our parish of St. Raphael and all those who worship here.
2009
The year for Priests Please pray for your Priests
2010