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ST. FELIX PARISH NEWSLETTER

You could make a list of the things that most of us want to be, and 8, Gainsborough Rd.,
Felixstowe IP11 7HT
want our children to be, and then you could make a list of the 01394 282561
things that Jesus of Nazareth was during his life. The two lists February 8th, 2009
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would be startlingly different. Our list might go: owning property, Parish Priest: Fr David Hennessy FIFTH SUNDAY, B
having a settled job (‘I do wish he’d settle’), having financial secu- Website : www.saintfelix.co.uk

rity, a happy marriage and family, being approved of by society,

moving upwards socially, a job in the professions, not upsetting the
SATURDAY
community one lives in, retirement with the approval of one’s 6pm
peers, keeping in with the Church. It is fair to say that that is proba- ( Jean Evans+ )

bly what most schools aim to prepare their pupils for, including SUNDAY
Christian schools. If you next compare that list of worthy aims 9am:
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against the life of Jesus, God made man, you find a big difference.
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Jesus was apparently not property-owning and lived without the ( Sr Sebastian - 90th )
need for it; Jesus, during his public ministry, had no settled job but
St Cecilia’s: 11.30am MASSES THIS COMING WEEK
was itinerant; Jesus had no financial security and told his followers ( Peter Hearne—90th ) at the Convent
not to bother about it; Jesus upset the community he lived in — MONDAY—SATURDAY
even his family were against him; so he did not retire with honour 10.00am

or approval but was done away with by the religious leaders of his AT St FELIX
COLLECTIONS LAST WEEK
community; and his death between two criminals on Calvary was TUESDAY
certainly not a socially upward move. As ( the famous German OFFERTORY: £726.70 11.30am
theologian ) Moltmann said, Jesus chose to be the sort of person Requiem Mass
CAFOD: £165.25 Barbara Strong+
we choose not to be. This makes it challenging for us to pursue the
and
imitation of Christ. 7.30pm
MANY THANKS INDEED KSC—80th Anniversary
From: The Cross a Pasture, John Dalrymple, pp 45/6 FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! Mass
FRIDAY at 12noon
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LITURGY GROUP MEETING
has now been confirmed 7.30pm Thursday 19th Feb.
PARISH QUIZ
and supper to be held in the Church Hall on
Shrove Tuesday 24th February 7.30 p.m.
(supper to be sausage and mash followed by pancakes)
Tickets £4 will be on sale next weekend 7th February
THE TOGETHER CLUB
will meet at the Convent on
Thursday 5th February at 2.00 p.m.
for Beetle all welcome
C.W.L.
Ladies, a reminder our meeting is on
Monday 9th February at 7.30pm.
We will be planning our year ahead,
so put on your thinking caps on and
bring your suggestions along.
During coffee we hope to show a short d.v.d about
the Samaritan's Purse Christmas Shoe Box Appeal.
Rickarby, Mary Robinson, Mary Drouet, Tori-Anna Williams, Perfitto Burgess,
Margaret Mason, Marjorie Dawson, Sydney Jennings, James Hockley, Alfred
KSC
To start our 80th anniversary celebration we will have a
Concelebrated Mass 7.30pm on Feb 10th
together with a social gathering in the hall
afterwards with light refreshments .
There will also be an exhibition of KSC memorabilia .
ALL ARE WELCOME
STAMPS & SPECS
KSC are grateful for the many hundreds of stamps donated
from your Christmas post. Don't forget the collection is on-
going along with used spectacles.
Please remember in your prayers
ERIC LIST
who died last Sunday. Eric was a active member of
St. Mary Magdalene parish from its formation
until he moved to Monmouth Court .
He was a member of the KSC for 60 years .
Requiem Mass at St. Pancras
Thursday 12th Feb 2.pm
followed by interment .
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL WHO ARE SICK AND
THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY OR HAVE ANNIVERSARIES:
John Coppen, Jean Evans, Mary Sanford, Wilma Pipe, Emily Crouch, Lucy
Bailey, Clesby Cooper, Daisy Curry, Sister Stanislaus Scully, Henry Dukes,
Helen Tribe. RIP