Parish News
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time , Year ‘C’
20th January 2019
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WE REMEMBER THIS MONTH ESPECIALLY IN OUR PRAYERS:
- Those in our community who are sick and housebound: The patients at Goodmayes and King George Hospitals, Gerry McCarthy, Kathleen McCann, Bridie Whoriskey, Patrick Moriarty, Judith Innis, Edita Thomas, Derek Allan, Gloria Remedios, Catherine King, Patrick Shanahan, Noreen Devey, Liam Robertson (age 6 years), Dick Collins, Marianne Davidson;
- Give eternal rest to all those who have recently died: Mary Mainstone, Patricia Stannard, Kathleen Ashley, Ormindo Martins Gomes, Ella Richardson, Bridget Gilligan, Josie Hassett, Bernadette Burke, Bismarck Dourado;
- Those whose anniversary occur around this time: Francis Xavier Erapiepillae, Andy and Maggie O’Brien.
BAPTISM: We welcome with joy Iliyana Jane Jeyakumar who was Baptised last Saturday. Congratulations to her parents and sponsors.
SYMPATHY: We offer our sympathy and surport of our prayers to Cathy Mainstone and the Family on the death of her mother Mary. Funeral Mass on Wednesday 30th January at 11.30am.
OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY – (Sunday 20th January) we welcome today at the 9.30am Mass two Representatives of the Goodmayes Methodist Church.
FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION MEETING FOR CHILDREN on Wednesday 23rd January at 6pm.
At the funeral of JOAN CROWE RIP in May 2018 £297.00 was collected for the Alzheimer’s society. The Family thank you for your support.
BINGO starts again on Wednesday 23rd January in the lower hall at 1.30pm.
COFFEE/TEAS/BISCUITS available in the lower hall after 11.00 Mass.
DON’T FORGET THE REFUGEES: Box in the chapel for small packs of orange juice, basmati rice, tea bags, cornflakes, coffee, jam and will be taken up in offertory procession at the 11am Mass.
THANK YOU for your last week collection of £989.01 (envelopes £480.50, loose £50851) as well as for your continued support of the La Salette mission in Madagascar. Crib collection (Brentwood Catholic children’s Society) £137.
SECOND COLLECTION TODAY for Pax Christi.
LONDON MARATHON 2019 ON BEHALF OF BCCS:
Father Marek is running in the London Marathon on behalf of the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society. If you would like to support him, all you have to do is forward a donation to:
www.mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/marekpabis2019
ST. CEDD’S CATHOLIC CLUB LTD: Music from 9 pm.: 20th Jan – Finbarr Black, 27th Jan -
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GIFT AID BRIEFLY EXPLAINED…
Gift Aid is a method, approved by HMRC, of substantially increasing the value of your offerings. Our Parish, as a registered charity, can reclaim from the Government an extra 25 pence for every pound you give.
For example, if your donation was £5.00 per week, the Parish would be able to claim an extra £65.00 on top of the £ 260 you would have contributed (52 weeks X £5), making your contribution to be £ 325.00 at absolutely no cost to you. At the end of the financial year, the Gift Aid organiser will send you a letter with details of your donation and how much additional amount the Parish would have gained from your valuable support.
The amounts you give is strictly confidential.
- Your donations do not need to be a fixed commitment, it can vary from week to week
- You give whatever you feel you can afford
- You can stop and restart whenever you can
- Gift Aid can be applied to all your donations whether regular or occasional
Anyone whose donations to the Church are made out of taxed income can complete a Gift Aid Declaration which can be obtained from the Gift Aid Organiser. Please note, anyone in the following categories who are resident in the UK can Gift Aid if they are
- Working and paying income tax
- A Self-
employed taxpayer. - Retired and paying income tax on a pension
Please remember every gift whether large or small is greatly valued. Thank you.
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‘Working together to Evangelise Our Diocese. Advent 2017’,
the first formal proposal for the renewal
and restructuring of our diocese
Output from the Parish Meeting
on the Proposed Diocesan Restructuring
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Parish of Saint Cedd, Goodmayes