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Presbytery: St. Boniface House, 413 Shirley Road Southampton SO15 3JD Tel: 023 80771231
Parish Priest: Father David Sillince
Safeguarding Officer: Diana Agacy 023 80907128 Chair of Parish Pastoral Council: Mike Wood 023 80630396
Parish Secretary: Eileen B. Aylett Parish Office opening hours Monday Thursday and Friday 9.00am to 12.30pm
Newsletter deadline 9.00pm on Tuesday for inclusion on following Sunday, space permitting.
Parish Website: www.st-boniface.org.uk Parish Office e mail: stboniface@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
This Parish is within the Pastoral Area of Southampton Central & West. RC Diocese of Portsmouth Regd. Charity 246871
The Church is normally open on weekdays 8am-5pm, Saturdays 8am-7.45pm, Sundays 7.30am-5pm
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday October 8
Thursday
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 9
Friday October 10
Saturday October 11
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
(Divine Office week 3)
]
] TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY of ORDINARY TIME [A]
[St. Bruno, Founder of the Carthusians †La Torre,
Calabria 1101]
Our Lady of the Rosary
Requiem Mass for Bridget Maiden RIP at 11am
Feria, week 27
[Blessed John Henry Newman, Religious †Birmingham
1890; St. Denis, Bishop. & his Companions, Martyrs
†Paris c.250; St. John Leonardi, Founder †Rome 1609]
[St. Paulinus of York, Bishop †Rochester 644]
Our Lady on Saturday
6.30pm Mass is of 28 th . Sunday of Ordinary Time
6.30pm
8.30am
10.30am
10.00am Mass In thanksgiving [CD]
10.00am
11.00am
Mass
Mass
Mass
Mass
Req.
We pray especially for:-
Joseph Rafferty & Pauline French, RIP
Charles Davies, RIP
Christopher Spikesman, RIP
James Attwood, RIP
Bridget Maiden, RIP
10.00am Mass Sidney Dugdale, RIP
10.00am Mass Mary Joseph, RIP
10.00am Mass Joseph & Eslinda Carvalho, RIP
10.00am Mass Gabriel McGreevy, RIP
Confessions Saturdays after 10am Mass and from 5.45pm to 6.15pm PARISH PRAYER GROUP: Fridays 11am-12noon in the Hall, all welcome.
REFRESHMENTS in the Hall every Sunday after 10.30am Mass, also Fridays after 10am Mass (for our Parish charity)
Please pray for those who are sick especially: Colette Morfett, Jane
Willcox, Sheila White, Kathy White,
Edward Standley, Aileen Lynn, Geoffrey
Milford, Mary Hoskins, Katie Smith,
Linda Atkinson, Beryl Lyons.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bridget Maiden who died recently
(Requiem Tuesday 11am) and for those with anniversaries at this time: Elizabeth
Stevens, Todd Pearce. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: at the
10.am Mass next Saturday we welcome and prepare for Baptism Luke Sebastian
Bignell.
FIRST COMMUNION 2015: This programme will run from early February to mid-May, 2015, and is intended primarily for those who will be aged 8 by August 31,
2015, and who worship at St. Boniface’s regularly with their families. Please apply to Fr. David, giving child’s name, address, date of birth, phone number, e-mail address; the closing date is December 31.
CONFIRMATION 2015: The list is now closed. As announced, the first session is re-scheduled and takes place next Sunday
October 12, in our Hall at 2pm.
COLLECTION: Sep 28: Loose £508.35,
Envelopes £484.04.
Bankers’ Orders £320.00, Gift Aid £180.00.
Total £1492.39. ‘Connect2Ethiopia’ charity £166.06. (£10574.91 Ethiopia total so far / £34187.90 Ethiopia + previous
Kainmari ‘Connect’]. Very many thanks for these kind contributions.
Apportionment:
This weekend: CAFOD [see below]
CAFOD: This weekend you will be able to return your CAFOD envelope from the
Autumn Fast Day last Friday, and your contribution to CAFOD with money saved by cutting back on food on that day.
Alternatively you can make a contribution to the ‘plate’ in the usual way.
The theme for this autumn is: “Will you make a place at your table? There is enough food in the world to feed us all”.
Diocesan PRAYER INTENTIONS:
Su: St. Bernard, Holbury; M: Our Lady of
Lourdes & St. Dominic Savio, Farnborough;
T: Our Lady of the Rosary, North Hinksey,
Oxford; W: Confraternity of the Rosary;
Th: Sisters of St. Joseph of Annécy
(Médaille); F: Parish Lay Administrators;
S: Society of St. Peter the Apostle.
YOUTH CLUBS:
Junior [‘Frogz’] for ages 8-10, SECOND &
FOURTH Fridays of the month during termtime [note change], 6-7.15pm. Next meeting: Oct. 10. Come and join us if you have made your First Holy Communion, for faith, fellowship and fun.
Senior [‘Fanning the Flame’] for ages 12-18
Fridays weekly during termtime
(unchanged), 7.15-9pm Come and Join us for games, pizza, Bible study and lots of laughs.
Both in the Hall, all welcome. Details and dates from Angela Wood (023) 8063 0396.
CAKE SALE after 10.30am Mass this
Sunday to raise funds for ‘Night Fever’ in our Pastoral Area.

PARISH MEETING: Saturday
October 25. 4.30pm in the Hall:
As a follow-up to the parish meeting held in
June, the Parish Pastoral Council wishes to invite all parishioners to a Tea-and-Cake get-together. At this informal gathering we would like to present to the parish the ideas that came from the initial meeting, and see which of these the parish would like to support going forward into 2015.
Invitations at the back of the church, so please pick one up and put the date in your diary. We look forward to seeing you there. St. Boniface Parish Pastoral Council.
St. ANNE’s SCHOOL Open Evening for girls and boys for Sixth Form entry:
Tuesday October 7: 6-8pm .
St. GEORGE’s SCHOOL Opening
Mornings for those applying for September
2015: Wednesday October 8, 9-10.30am and Saturday October 11, 10am-12noon.
SHOEBOX APPEAL 2014
If you have taken an empty shoebox, please return the filled box to the welcomers at weekend Masses up to Sunday October
12 (i.e. next weekend)
Please do not leave filled boxes unattended in the church porch on weekdays.
Full instructions are given in each box, but please note:-
tape £1 coin to outside to cover transport
secure each box with elastic band or string/shoelace, but not sticky tape
include a plastic cup as most of the children have none
This year Christmas beneficiaries are in
Albania and Moldova, and among children living on rubbish tips in Manila in the
Philippines.
Alternatively, you can still take a
“Sponsor a Shoebox” envelope and make a donation – details inside each envelope.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE
WORD: A meeting for all involved at
Holy Family church, Tuesday October 14, 7-
9pm to review guidelines, for training and input. Those interested in helping in this important ministry are also welcome. This liturgy is for school age children up to First
Holy Communion and takes place within
Sunday morning Mass. For details contact
Tina Quinn 07827 810457 or Angela Wood
07522 582661.
NEW HEATING PROJECT
When you read this, the boxing-in of the gas pipes in the church should be finished.
St. Joseph’s statue has been repaired and is being repainted. Work is to start on those areas of the church which need attention before they can be redecorated.
ST. BONIFACE (11 th . SHIRLEY)
BROWNIES: Spaces are available; we meet Mondays 6-7.15pm in term-time.
This is for girls aged 7 to 10 who become a member of a ‘Six’ and follow a programme called the ‘Brownie Adventure’. This opens up a world of exciting challenges and the opportunity to try new things and make good friends. If interested, please contact
Jackie Moxon (023) 8029 2745.
DISCOVERING PRIESTHOOD DAY at St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh, Saturday
November 1, 10am-5pm; lunch provided.
Contact Fr. John Chandler: jchandler@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
IN THE PORCH: Cafod Connect 2
Sebeya, Ethiopia – helping this community develop their irrigation and so be profitable in agriculture.
Poitiers Care food box for needy local families: suitable items list on lid of box.
Apostleship of the Sea box (blue) for bags of sweets, toothbrushes/paste, soap,
Vaseline and moisturising cream for seafarers visiting our port.
DIOCESAN WEEKLY e-NEWS: Go to www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
and you can add your e-mail address to receive updates. Also ‘Diocese of Portsmouth’ on
Facebook, and @BishopEgan and
@PortsmouthRC on Twitter.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Amel Shimoun Nona is the surprisingly youthful-looking Chaldaean Catholic
Archbishop of Mosul, in Iraq.
[In ancient history the Chaldaeans were a people who for a time ruled in the region of
Babylon, in central-southern Iraq; the Old
Testament sometimes refers to
‘Chaldaeans’ where one might say
‘Babylonians’. Christianity has a 1700year-old history in Iraq, based on the territory of Assyria, the other great Empire of antiquity on Iraqi soil, based on Nineveh, further north. Their worship is distinctive from that of the Latin West, and uses the
Aramaic language, the language of Jesus himself. When some of these Assyrian
Christians came into union with Rome – as did some members of other Oriental
Churches – they styled themselves the
‘Chaldaean Catholic Church’].
Whatever the origins of his title, Amel
Shimoun Nona is now Archbishop only in name. Forced into exile by ‘Islamic State’
(ISIS) along with his people – at least, those not killed – he has taken refuge in
Kurdistan. All 45 Christian centres in
Mosul have been occupied as mosques or offices.
From his present refuge in Erbil, the
Archbishop has just issued the following disturbing message. I quote it in full; I am only the messenger:
“I have lost my diocese. The physical setting of my apostolate has been occupied by Islamic radicals who want us converted or dead. But my community is still alive.
Please try to understand this. Your liberal and democratic principles are worth nothing here. You must consider again our reality in the Middle East, because you are welcoming in your countries an evergrowing number of Muslims. Also you are in danger; you must take strong and courageous decisions, even at the cost of contradicting your principles. You think all men are equal; but that is not true. Islam does not say that all men are equal. Your values are not their values. If you do not understand this soon enough, you will become the victims of the enemy you have welcomed in your home”.
Understandably this message has met with very mixed reactions, from those who consider it an exaggerated rant by someone overcome by distress, to those who agree with every word. It has sown dismay among fair-minded and reasonable Muslims who seek to integrate.
ISIS, say these last, is not Islam. It is a distortion of Islam. As a result, the actions of ISIS have directly affected a number of
Christians but have indirectly affected a much greater number of Muslims in the
Western world who are being seen as the
‘enemy within’. There are more and more reports of people who ‘look vaguely Arab’ being insulted and harassed on the streets – some of them, in fact, are Jews, who are being assailed for a different reason, but then ... why bother about distinctions? In any case, as we know, many Muslims do not hail from the Middle East but from countries such as Indonesia.
I have a theory which may be erroneous.
Islam is a religion some 600 years younger than Christianity. Could it be following
Christianity only 600 years later?
So what were we up to 600 years ago?
Well, in Spain, to go no further, the great drive was under way to drive out the whole
Muslim population of the South (along with the Jews, for that matter, who had coexisted for centuries). King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella brought this policy to its
‘crowning conclusion’ in 1492; they have been proposed for canonisation, though fortunately the process has stalled.
Could it possibly be that just as the actions of Christian Bush/Blair have rebounded on
Christians in Iraq today, so the aggressive
Christian policies of the 16 th . century have resulted, at several centuries’ remove, in the violent retaliatory outbursts that we witness today?