PENTECOST SUNDAY (19TH MAY 2013) Introductory Rite p.7; Scripture Readings p.294 Creed & Rite of Offering p.11 Communion Rite p.56. WELCOME to any visitors and new parishioners. CONFESSIONS Saturday mornings ONLY, at both SM and HN 10.30-11am. Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 9am-10am at SM & 10.30-11am at HN on Saturdays. Confessions at St. Anne’s Cathedral every weekday from 11am-12.15pm; and Saturday from 10.30-11.45am & 4.30-5.30pm LATELY DEAD Bernard Richardson, Patricia Yeoman; Fr. Jerry Murphy & Chris Hepple. May they rest in the peace of Christ. SICK LIST Please pray for Sam Guilfoyle, Madeleine Brookes, baby Nola Shipley, Ron Danby, Christine Fallowfield, Dorothy Carlisle, Alan Gray, Judith Lydon & Margaret KellyStubbs. OFFERTORY Thank you for last Sundays’ collection: £1843.12 HOLY NAME JUBILEE Would Holy Name Parishioners - both past and present - please return the tear off slips from their invitation to attend our Diamond Jubilee Mass of Celebration and Thanksgiving on Friday 7th June. Spare invitations are available at the back of church and donations to defray expenses are still welcome. Would all families with young people who can attend our Youth Mass of Rededication on Sunday 9th June also please return their tear off slips as soon as possible. If you can help on either day or if you can lend us a Gazebo for the Sunday afternoon, please leave your name on the list at the back of the Holy Name. PARISH MEETINGS Representatives please note dates, times and locations in your diary. Our Lady of Kirkstall Parish Finance & Property Committee – Wed May 22nd 7.30pm (HN Church Hall Lounge); OLK Parish Council – Wed June 19th 7.30pm (HN Church Hall lounge). CORPUS CHRISTI (Sunday June 2nd) – Eucharistic Ministers Renewal of Commitment at each Mass in the Parish. Ministers please attend and be ready to renew your pledge at the altar steps after the Homily. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Mary’s from the end of 11am Mass until 6.00pm concluding with Benediction. CHRISTIAN AID HOUSE TO HOUSE COLLECTION – Parishioners of Our Lady of Kirkstall are joining together with neighbouring churches in a House to SUNDAY MASSES (Saturday Vigil) Holy Name 6.30pm People of the Parish St. Mary’s 8.15am Holy Name 9.00am Assumption 9.45am St Mary’s 11.00am Holy Name 11.15am Lawrence Blacker James Jordan Thelma Carty Maureen Cook Mary Veronica Williams WEEKDAY MASSES MON 20th 9.00am Holy Name Tamara Denson 9.30am St Mary’s Eucharistic Service TUES 21st 9.30am Assumption Int. Fr. Frank McGarth Noon St Mary’s Ken Doyle 7.30pm Holy Name Fr. Keith Hutchinson WED 22nd 9.00am Holy Name Int. Poulter family 9.30am St Mary’s Nan Elliot (SVP) THURS 23rd 9.30am Assumption John Kirkwood Noon Holy Name Michael Mangan th FRI 24 9.00am Holy Name Tim Phelan 9.30am St. Mary’s Patrick Finnemore SAT 25th 10.00am Holy Name Int. Peter & Ann Lomas 10.00am St Mary’s Thomas Shaw MASSES NEXT WEEKEND: 6.30pm (HN): Maureen McCullagh 8.15am (SM): Michael Krawiec 9.00am (HN): Helen Boyne 9.45 (A): Tony Burke 11.00am (SM): People of the Parish 11.15am (HN): Laurence Keats House collection to BITE BACK AT HUNGER. Horsforth area. There are envelopes on the tables - if you did not get an envelope please take one and put it in the box near the bags. Thanks to all who collected. Could you put your bags with your name & address in, on the table in the narthex this week or next. If you would like me to pick it up please ring on 2583521. BRITISH RED CROSS SYRIA CRISIS APPEAL Chris Smith and Francis Linley (SM) are getting back on their bikes this year to support this Appeal by cycling 150 +miles of the Sustrans North Sea route 1 from Hull to Kings Lynn. See posters in all 3 churches for more details. Please give what you can to support the Red Cross and their unceasing efforts to relieve the terrible suffering of the people of Syria by going to:www.justgiving.com/Francis-Linley or simply Text: FLIN 48 £1, £2, £3, £5 or £10to 70070 MAY DEVOTIONS At St Mary’s every Sunday during May at 4pm. Join us for rosary and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. STAMPS FOR EAST TIMOR The Salesian Mission Office in Melbourne, Australia, which sifts and sells the stamps, and arranges for the proceeds to benefit the designated recipients in East Timor has emailed this acknowledgement of those sent from and via our Parish. ‘Thank you for the used stamps you have sent us. On-going progress is being made through schools, orphanages, medical centres, etc. Many people are being assisted to help themselves which in turn enables them to overcome hunger and poverty. Your help is making a real difference to the lives of many.’ SM FUNDRAISING COFFEE MORNING The flower fund. A huge thank you to all who helped and supported the coffee morning last Sunday in aid of the Flower Fund. We raised a grand total of £273.54. Thank you again. FAITH & LIGHT Will meet in Holy Name Church Hall after 11.15am Mass this Sunday, 19th May. HOLY NAME CHOIR We would warmly welcome parishioners who would like to boost the Church Choir in preparation for Holy Name Jubilee Mass of Thanksgiving on June 7th at 7 pm. Rehearsals will take place in church at 7.30 pm on Monday 20 May and 3 June. All willing participants will be made very welcome. SENIOR STROLLERS May 22nd Azalea time at Temple Newsam. Come for the ride if not the walk – but please let me know. Refreshments at the usual café. Phone Mary 2588707. HN VOLUNTEERS - DBS (PREVIOUSLY CRB) The remainder of disclosures will take place in the Parish Office (via the church side door) on Saturday May 25th and Saturday June 1st - 3pm - 4.30pm on both dates. Would group leaders kindly remind candidates that it is illegal to work without this disclosure and they could be liable to a substantial fine. Many thanks. SVP Do any cat lovers feel able to take on 2 elderly cats (18 & 17)? For more info please contact Holy Name SVP on 07790428355. Also Parishioners are invited to an SVP afternoon on “The changing face of poverty” at Immaculate Heart, Harrogate Road on Saturday 8th June starting with Mass at 12 noon, followed by a shared lunch and a range of talks and information sharing and finishing by 4pm. KATE'S LOURDES FUNDRAISING EVENTS Beach Body Boot Camp- 10am-11am Saturday 1st June off Holt Lane. Beach Shopping Bonanza, Saturday 1st June 91 Tinshill Road, 1pm-4pm If anyone is interested in either of these events please contact Kate Burton on 07950691489 or 01132260056. All proceeds will go towards supporting my pilgrimage to Lourdes as a Young Carer with Leeds Trinity University Chaplaincy CATHOLIC HISTORY DAY Your opportunity to discover more of the story of the Catholic Church in our region. Saturday 1st June at The Bar Convent York. 10am for coffee 10.30am for first speaker. See posters for speakers details. £15 includes refreshments but not lunch. All welcome. MASS AT JERVAULX ABBEY Holy Mass will be celebrated on the solemnity of the most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) at 10.30am on Sunday 2nd June by Fr. John Berry. Please see posters in the narthex/porch for more information. SM LADIES GROUP Annual dinner to take place on Wed 12th June. Will members contact Margaret on 258 2776 for details. YEAR OF FAITH - PUTTING FAITH INTO ACTION WITH CAFOD CAFOD Leeds is providing two opportunities to put faith into action in a special way during this Year of Faith Campaign Rally in London - Saturday June 8th. Coach departs Hinsley Hall 6.00 am. There's enough food for everyone in our world yet 870 million people go to bed hungry. We're joining thousands of others to let world leaders know this needs to change as they gather for the Hunger Summit and the G8. Pilgrimage to Holy Island - Saturday 15th June. Coach departs Hinsley Hall 7.30 am. We're joining our sister dioceses in the North East for our popular annual pilgrimage to Holy Island (limited availability! - book your place now!) The coach fare for each daytrip is only £15. To book or for further details contact the CAFOD office. Tel 0113 275 9302 ; email: leeds@cafod.org.uk OLK GOSPEL REFLECTION Those who attended the 5 meetings on the Sunday Gospels during Lent in each of the three churches of our Parish requested that further opportunities be arranged. An invitation is hereby given to undertake a series of 4 weekly meetings during June in each venue. At Holy Name these will begin on Wednesday June 12th, 7.30-8.30pm in HN hall and continue into the first week of July. Each session will be in preparation for the following Sunday's Gospel using the practice of Lectio Divina. Arrangements in our two other churches will be publicised when/if they are made – or those interested are very welcome to join the Holy Name group. OLK RETREAT DAYS ON THE LORD'S PRAYER. Our next retreat in this sequence - 'Forgive us our trespasses' - is at Myddelton Grange on Saturday June 22nd. Please see the OLK website or leaflets in each OLK church for booking forms, or, if you have been to these days before and have given your contact details, all you need to do is add your name to the list via Su Goodyear and indicate if you need or can offer a lift. Payment please to Su. A donation of £15 covers the venue costs and a further £5 will contribute to the resources and running costs, but please pay what you can afford.. Some parishioners may wish to pay a little more to subsidise costs for others. Further Retreat dates are Saturday September 7th and November 16th.