 BONUS BALL WINNERS
 Wed 5/8/2015 – No 18 – C. Buckman
 Sat I 8/8/2015 – No 33 – J. Phillips
 Sat II 8/8/2015 – No 33– A. Stevenson
 COLLECTION – Holy Family £410.38 : Headcorn £145.45
 A DAY OF RENEWAL – on Saturday 5th September at Aylesford Priory. This is
organised by Maidstone Charismatic Prayer and Praise group and has been
going for 20 years. It is a beautiful and joyful day and everyone is welcome.
It starts with the Rosary at 9.30am, after which there are periods of prayer,
praise and an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The
speaker is Derek Williams who will also lead a Healing service at 2.00pm. The
day concludes with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 4.00pm celebrated by Fr. Mark
White, Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Herne Bay.
Further details from Margarita – 747285 or Hilary 745561.
 THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – is a very
old feast of the Church, celebrated universally by the 6th Century. The feast
was originally celebrated in the East where it is known as the Feast of the
Dormition – literally, “the falling asleep.” The earliest printed reference to the
belief that Mary’s body was assumed into Heaven dates from the 4th Century
in a document entitled “the falling asleep of the Holy Mother of God.” The
document is written in the voice of the Apostle John, to whom Christ on the
Cross had entrusted the care of His Mother, and recounts the death, laying in
the tomb, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Tradition variously places
Mary’s death at Jerusalem or Ephesus, where John was living.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her
earthly life is a defined dogma of the Catholic Church. On Nov 1st 1950, Pope
Pius XII, exercising papal infallibility declared that it is a dogma of the Catholic
Church “that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having
completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into
Heavenly glory.” As dogma, the Assumption is a required belief of all Catholics;
anyone who publicly dissents from the dogma, Pope Pius declared, “has fallen
away completely from the divine and Catholic Faith.”
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Holy Family RC Church
Holy Family
Bicknor Road, Park Wood
Maidstone, Kent ME15 9PS
Tel: 01622 752 637
Website: www.msrcparish.org.uk
Email: r.tablizo@hotmail.co.uk
Parish Priest: Fr Roy Tablizo MA
St Thomas of
Canterbury
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – DIVINE MERCY – (cycle B)
DATE
Sat 15 Aug 15
HOLY FAMILY
6:00pm MASS
MASS INTENTIONS
Mary Reynolds RIP
Sun 16 Aug 15
10:30am MASS
ASSUMPTION of OUR LADY
Recovery of Richard Cheeseman
Mon 17 Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Tue 18 Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Wed 19 Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Thu 20 Aug 15
9:30am MASS
ST BERNARD - ABBOT
Fri 21 Aug 15
9:30am MASS
ST PIUS X - POPE
Sat 22 Aug 15
6:00pm MASS
The QUEENSHIP of MARY
Sun 23 Aug 15
10:30am MASS
Will James RIP
Confessions – 5:00pm to 5:45pm every Saturday
ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
Sat
15
Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Thu
20
Aug15
9:30am MASS
Sun
16
Aug 15
9:00am MASS
Fri
21 Aug15
9:30am MASS
Mon
17
Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Sat
22
Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Tue
18
Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Sun
23
Aug 15
9:00am MASS
Wed
19
Aug 15
9:30am MASS
Confessions after 9.30am Mass Saturday
Entrance Antiphon: Glorious things are spoken of you, O Mary, who today
were exalted above the choirs of Angels into eternal triumph with Christ.
FORTHCOMING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER DATES FOR YOUR FOR 2015
Thursday, 3 September
Coffee Morning after 9.30 Mass
Sunday, 27 September
Parish Walk followed by Cream Tea
Thursday, 1 October
Coffee Morning after 9.30 Mass
Saturday, 17 October
Parish Jumble Sale (tbc)
Thursday, 5 November
Coffee Morning after 9.30 Mass
Saturday 28 November
Joint Parish School Christmas Fair (t
Thursday, 3 December
Coffee Morning after 9.30 Mass
Saturday, 5 December
Parish Christmas Party - evening
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ARCHBISHOP PETER – has written to Fr. Roy with regard to the
forthcoming Private Member’s Bill to legalise assisted suicide.
On Friday 11th September the House of Commons will debate and vote on a
Bill to legalise assisted suicide. This will put the most vulnerable people in our
society at risk. Please contact your MP, urging them to attend the debate and
vote against the Bill. You can send an e-mail to your MP via the Catholic
Bishops’ Conference website (www.catholicnews.org.uk/assisted-suicide) or
send a letter by post, a draft of which can be obtained from Fr. Roy.
 DAY OF RENEWAL – at St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark – Sat. 26th Sept.
from 9.45 – 4.45. Keynote speaker – Fr. Stephen Wymer. Sacrament of
Reconciliation, Eucharistic Healing Service, Testimony and Mass. If you are
Interested please take a flier available in the church porch.
Jubilee of Mercy – 8 December 2015 to 20 November 2016
Merciful Like the Father (cf. Luke 6:36)With the publication of the Bull of
Indiction, Misericordiae Vultus, Pope Francis has launched the period of
preparation for the forthcoming extraordinary jubilee, the Jubilee of
Mercy. The Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization has been
entrusted with assisting with the arrangements for the Jubilee, and they
have set up a website which can be accessed at the following address:
www.im.va – this site also has a downloadable copy of the jubilee logo
and a description of the logo. A calendar of events has been published by
the Holy See, and it is my intention to use several of these to anchor
jubilee events in the diocese. I will keep you up-to-date with
developments in the arrangements of the diocesan jubilee calendar, the
diocesan Cathedral “Holy Door”, and any other information.
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 DEANERY DAY OF REFLECTION – This is a day for readers and extraordinary
ministers and has been provisionally booked for 24th October at Bearsted
and 16th April 2016 at Tenterden. It is a condition of your ministry that you
should attend at least one of these days each year. You can, of course,
attend both! Further details to follow.
 HEADCORN – There will be a meeting for Readers from St. Thomas of
Canterbury, Headcorn after Mass on 23rd August in the upper room. All
Readers are urged to attend please!
 HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL – officially opened on 5th September 1965. Our Parish
School therefore celebrates 50 years this year – it’s GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY!
There will be a 50th Golden Anniversary Mass on Wednesday 21st October and
Archbishop Peter will be the principal celebrant. More details to follow.
 PARISH COFFEE MORNINGS –Do come and join us on the first Thursday of
every month after 9.30 Mass. It’s an ideal opportunity to catch up with fellow
parishioners in a pleasant, social environment. Next one is 3rd September.
 CHURCH CLEANING – Copies of the new cleaning rota are available in the
church porch. Thank you to those few people who keep the church clean.
Could you spare an hour now and again to clean your church. If so, please
contact Bernadette Spence on 744668. Thank you.
MUSIC – The choir have a break for August so our music liturgy will be
led by guitar. We are trying out some new music – we hope you like it.
We welcome your comments – good or bad!
 Please remember in your thoughts and prayers, all those known to us who are
ill, especially: Richard Martin, Brian Mason, May Terry, Ray Sweeney, Ann
O’Reilly, John Duffy, Oliver Jessel, Fr. Peter Madden, Peter & Aisling Hawkins,
Mary Drumm, Pat Tirant, Angela Collins, Laura Harstedt, Kath Harvey, Ernie
Carter, Elizabeth Stonnell, Albert Skinner, Jimmy Donlon, Nora McLellan,
Patrick Feely, Pam Wiles, Alex Sarte and Richard Cheeseman.
 ANNIVERSARIES – Please pray for the repose of the souls of Mr Bray, Harry
Waters, Peter Cornelius, Madeline Diamond, John Kehily, Vera Gibson and
Sydney Shaw.
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