September 27th, 2009

Please, please, please... 26th Sunday, Year B

Psalter Wk II

Saint Felix Catholic Parish Newsletter

Make your donation/offertory to the church go further at no extra cost to you. Gift
Aid is a Government run scheme that allows us to reclaim the tax on your dona- Anyone who is not against us is
tion. For every £1 you donate, we get an extra 28p back, making your donation go WEEKEND for us. If your hand should cause
further at no extra cost to you. In these times of economic hardship, coupled with MASS TIMES you to sin, cut it off.
spiralling running costs, it’s vital that we get the most out of the money received. Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
SATURDAY 6pm
Gift Aid Declaration Forms are available from the Presbytery and once completed, SUNDAY 9am
you can then donate to the Church by Offertory Envelopes with your number on or 10.30am ( Convent )
by Bank Standing Order or by Cheque made payable to 'St Felix Parish'. Thank you.
11.30am ( Trimley )
First Holy Communion Programme
The Autumn forum meeting of The first meeting for the parents of
Churches Together in
children registered for the 2009/10 pro-
Felixstowe
gramme will take place in the parish hall TODAY’S
Tuesday 13th October on Wednesday 30th September at 8pm. RETIRING COLLECTION
River of Life Church at 7.30pm If any parent cannot attend this meeting IS FOR RENOVATING
Refreshments available from THE MEMORIAL GARDEN
please contact Fr David or Monica Mac-
7.15pm
donald. Cheques to St Felix Parish
Please mark envelopes
RELICS OF ST Thérèse 8, Gainsborough Road ‘Garden Fund ‘
Felixstowe Thank You
Coach to Walsingham for the veneration of the IP11 7HT
relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux Tel: 01394 282561
WEEKDAY MASSES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th Parish Priest: Monday - Saturday 10.00am
Fr David Hennessy at the Convent each day
Coach departs St Felix at 8am,
St Mary’s (Woodbridge Rd, Ipswich) at 8.20am, e-mail:
CHRIS KEENE, R.I.P.
St Mary Magdalene’s (Norwich Rd, Ipswich) at sacerdotus@googlemail.com
Our deepest sympathies to
8.45am Pauline and the family. Chris’ fu-
Return ETA 5pm at St Felix Website:
www.saintfelix.org.uk neral will be on WEDNESDAY,
Suggested donation of £7.50pp
30th September at noon
at St Felix.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL WHO ARE SICK AND THOSE WHO
HAVE DIED RECENTLY OR HAVE ANNIVERSARIES: CONFIRMATION GROUP
Pamela Russell, Chris Keene, Sr Celestine Fogarty, Sr Ita Regan, Cyril Roberts, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 5pm
Patrick Donaghy, Maurice Rivett, Alex Jacobi, Ivan Kilivayck, Daniel O’Leary, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 5pm (Rehearsal)
Kate McDonald, Iris Birt, Frederick Lomas, Frances McLaughlin, Sarah Dee, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 7.30pm (Confirmation Mass)
John Douglas, James Wilshaw, Ellen Bayley. RIP
 “WARTIME ROAD SHOW TEA PARTY” Can Christianity show the way?
TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER The 2009 Pope Paul VI Memorial Lecture, entitled “Capitalism, Catholicism and commu-
ST FELIX HALL 2.30 TO 4.30PM (ADMISSION FREE) nity: Harmony or dissonance?” The lecture is to be chaired by Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, a
prolific lecturer, theologian, former Master General of the Dominican Order, and a member
COME SHARE YOUR MEMORIES AND ANY PHOTOS YOU HAVE OF WHERE of CAFOD’s Board of Trustees. This year’s lecture will feature Baroness Williams of
YOU WERE AND WHAT YOU DID DURING THE WAR Crosby on the relationship between capitalism, Catholicism and community
in our globalised world. £6 (lecture), £12 (lecture + reception)
The recollections of some of our parishioners Tel: 020 7095 5568 or email: tickets@cafod.org.uk
are on the parish website—saintfelix.org.uk/WWII 27th November—Lecture starts 7.15pm (doors open 6.45pm),
Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3DW
Three spaces for passengers are available—contact Mark Jones 07875 115250
DEANERY QUIZ PAC
Saturday October 3rd 7.30 for 8pm start The AGM of the PAC will be held CONGRATULATIONS TO MARGARET SHAW WHO
St Mary’s Woodbridge Rd.
Rd on Monday Oct 5th 7.30pm CELEBRATED HER 100TH BIRTHDAY LAST TUESDAY
Buffet, BYOB, glasses provided in the hall.
Teams of 4; Parishioners are most
2 teams allowed from each mass centre welcome to attend this Prayer for the Second Special Assembly for Africa
SEE POSTERS meeting. It’s an opportunity to 4th—
4th—25th October 2009
Spectators welcome hear of the progress
Entrance £5 [under 16, £3] made this year. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, Protectress of Africa,
You have given to the world the true Light, Jesus Christ.
DID YOU KNOW?... Through your obedience to the Father and the grace of the Holy Spirit
You have given us the source of our reconciliation and our justice,
Jesus Christ, our peace and our joy.
Mother of Tenderness and Wisdom,
Show us Jesus, your Son and the Son of God
Cafod was started in 1960 by a group of CWL women who heard about Guide our path of conversion
babies dying in the Caribbean island of Dominica for lack of health So that Jesus might shine his glory on us
care. They held the first Family Fast Day to raise money In every aspect of our personal, familial and social lives.
for a mother and baby clinic. Mother, full of Mercy and Justice,
Now Cafod works in more than 50 countries world wide. Through your docility to the Spirit, the Counsellor,
Obtain for us the grace to be witnesses of the Risen Lord,
CWL will be holding a hunger lunch on Family Fast Day So that we will increasingly become
Friday October 2nd following Mid-day Mass The salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Mother of Perpetual Help,
TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! We entrust to your maternal intercession
the preparation and fruits of the Second Special Assembly for Africa.
Queen of Peace, pray for us!
CWL Quiz Night Our Lady of Africa, pray for us!
Monday October 12th
St Felix Church Hall [ This prayer is being widely said in churches and communities in Africa at the
Ploughman's Supper, B.Y.O.B. moment in the run up to the Synod. ]
7.45pm prompt (following CWL meeting at 7pm)
Tickets £4 on sale at Hunger Lunch Friday October 2nd & weekend 3/4 October