Readings The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph

Ecclesiasticus 3:3-7,14-17; Psalm 127; Colossians 3:12-21; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 Epiphany

Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7; Psalm 28; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17

Gustave Doré, Nativity

May the joy of the Angels, the eagerness of the Shepherds, the perseverance of the Wise Men, the obedience of Our Lady and St Joseph, and the peace of the Christ Child

be yours this Christmas. Fr Daniel Lloyd

St Edmund Campion Deanery, Old Berkshire | Thames Isis Pastoral Area HINKSEY CATHOLIC PARISH

Parish Priest Fr Daniel Lloyd T 07584 323915 E dlloyd@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Parish Office Opening Hours Tuesday-Thursday 8.30am-1.30pm; Friday 1-4.30pm

E hinksey@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk T 01865 247986 W hinkseyparish.org

SUNDAY 22 December

2019

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR A Saturday Vigil Sung Mass 5.00pm Holy Rood Pro populo Mass 6.30pm Our Lady of the Rosary Sunday Sung Mass 9.15am Our Lady of the Rosary Sara Rodger RIP (Anniv)

Confessions after 9.15am Mass Sung Mass 11.15am Holy Rood Hilde Martin RIP & the McBrien—Martin Families

Monday 23 December

11.00am Holy Rood Welcome to Christmas: O Emmanuel Crib decoration 11.00-1130; Activities 11.30-1230; Confessions 11.30-1230.

Tuesday 24 December

CHRISTMAS EVE Nativity Play and Sung Vigil Mass 5.30pm Our Lady of the Rosary Sung Mass during the Night 9.30pm Holy Rood Daniel Edwards RIP

Wednesday 25 December

CHRISTMAS DAY Sung Mass 9.15am Our Lady of the Rosary Pro populo

Sung Mass 11.15am Holy Rood Private Intention

Thu 26 Dec Mass 10.00am Our Lady of the Rosary Peter Cowley RIP St Stephen

Fri 27 Dec Mass 10.00am Holy Rood (Latin, 1962) St John, Apostle, Evangelist

Sat 28 Dec Confessions 9.30am, Mass 10.00am Holy Rood The Holy Innocents

SUNDAY 29 December

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH Saturday Vigil Sung Mass 5.00pm Holy Rood Mass 6.30pm Our Lady of the Rosary Safeguarding Representatives Mass 7.30pm Holy Rood (in Portuguese) Sunday Sung Mass 9.15am Our Lady of the Rosary Pro populo Sung Mass 11.15am Holy Rood Michael Giedroyc RIP (Anniv)

Our Lady of the Rosary, Botley, OX2 9BD � Holy Rood, Abingdon Road, OX1 4LD St Thomas More, Grace Dieu, Boars Hill, OX1 5DN

Mon 30 Dec Mass 10.00am Holy Rood VI. Day in the Octave of Christmas

Tue 31 Dec Mass 10.00am Our Lady of the Rosary VII. Day in the Christmas Octave

Wed 1 Jan Mass 10.00am Our Lady of the Rosary MARY, MOTHER OF GOD

Thu 2 January Sung Mass 5.30pm Holy Rood (Latin, 1962) In Thanksgiving

Fri 3 January No Mass Most Holy Name of Jesus

Sat 4 January Mass 9.00am Holy Rood Saturday in Christmastide

SUNDAY 5 January

Saturday Vigil Sung Mass 5.00pm Holy Rood THE EPIPHANY Mass 6.30pm Our Lady of the Rosary Mass 7.30pm Holy Rood (in Portuguese) Sunday Sung Mass 9.15am Our Lady of the Rosary Pro populo Sung Mass 11.15am Holy Rood

CHILDREN’S DIARY Our Lady’s: Children’s Liturgy runs during the 9.15am Sunday Mass. TODAY: Christingles 24 December: 4.15pm last rehearsal of Nativity play 29 December: No children liturgy 5 January: No children liturgy

————————- Holy Rood: Children’s liturgy runs during the 11.15am Mass at Holy Rood. Contact via the parish office.

OUR LADY’S SPARROWS | Our Lady of the Rosary’s children’s choir for those aged 6+. Please contact Alex Lloyd at E alvlloyd@gmail.com

CHERUBS: HOLY ROOD LITTLE CHOIR | Singing practice for our youngest musicians by the organ after the 11.15am Sun-day Mass. Contact Julia Craig-McFeely via the parish office for more information.

PARISH COLLECTION TOTALS Week ending 15 December

Main collection plate: £415.55 Standing Orders: £605 Aid to the Church in Need: £TBC Parish giving info: Cheques should be made payable to: PRCDTR North Hinksey Our Lady Bank transfers to account number 00883337, sort code 309304. For Gift Aid, please complete the gift aid declarations at the back of church and return to the parish office.

COUNTING ROTA Sunday 22 December Janet and Gerald Thursday 2 January David and Maria

PARISH OFFICE 1 The parish office will be closed until 1 January.

THE YEAR OF THE BIBLE � There are a number of initiatives from the Formation for Mission and Sr Hyacinthe. To see them visit: www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/enews/

FAITH IN POLITICS 1 Catholic Parlia-mentary & Public Affairs Internships. Require-ments to apply are: be a Catholic, be academi-cally strong (having achieved or expected to achieve a good 2:1 or a First), and have UK residency (or indefinite leave to remain in the UK). Applications are open until 28 Febru-ary. For more information about this exciting opportunity go to faithinpolitics.org.uk

ADVENT EVENTS 2019 | Sunday 22 December | after the 11.15am Mass: Mulled Wine & Minced Pies Monday 23 December | 11.00-12.30 Holy Rood: ‘Welcome to Christmas.’

MENTAL HEALTH A Small Grants Fund has been made available by the Bishops’ Con-ference for mental health projects. There is no minimum grant limit and a maximum of £10,000.I f interested p lease vis it www.catholicmentalhealthproject.org.uk

THE CHRISTMAS OFFERING | The collection taken at Christmas Masses in this country goes to the support of the parish priest. It forms a significant part of the priest’s annual income. There are yellow envelopes available for this purpose in church this weekend, if you would like to contribute. It is, as ever, gratefully received.

CRIB OFFERINGS 1 The parish will be donating the crib offerings to Friends of the Holy Land. Every penny will help the poorest Christian families, especially around Bethlehem, The West Bank, Gaza and Israel. FHL is non-political and ecumenical, www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk and please keep our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land in your prayers.

DAY BY DAY 1 January booklets are available at the back of the church (£1).

ORDINARIATE | Sung Mass, Saturdays at 5.00pm (for Sunday); Thursdays 6.30pm, at Holy Rood. Masses using the Ordinariate Missal, which all are welcome to attend, are indicated by Divine Worship.

IN OUR PRAYERS THE SICK AND THOSE IN NEED | Sean Hodgkins, Vanessa Clark, John Finch, Peggy Duhig, Anne Lansberry, Moira Fryer, Maura Dennehy, Mark Stevenson, Joanne Small, Ian Callaghan, Bridget Smith, Christopher Browne & family, Denis McNiffe, Karina Olinda Sanchez, Sara McBrien Martin.

FAITHFUL DEPARTED | Hilde Martin RIP Those whose anniversaries fall at this time: Mary Moir RIP (Anniv)

YOUTH GROUP 13-18 | as advertised. WOMEN’S READING GROUP 1 Monday evening, 8.30-9.30pm to read and discuss together. E maria.rosa.antognazza@kcl.ac.uk. ROSARY | Saturday after 9.00am Mass. ADORATION | Tuesdays, 8.00-9.00pm, Our Lady’s; Thursdays 7.00-8.00pm Holy Rood; Fridays 1.00-2.00pm Holy Rood CONFESSIONS | Thursdays 7.00-8.00pm Holy Rood; Saturdays 9.30-10.00am Holy Rood; Saturdays 6.10-6.30pm Our Lady’s.

� PILGRIMAGES � � LOURDES � Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes with Bishop Philip from 15-19 July 2020. Cost pp £695. Call Sue on 07780 221686, please see posters/forms in church. � SOUTHERN ITALY & PADRE PIO �Father Des Connolly will be leading a pil-grimage from Sunday 16 – Friday 21 August 2020. For more information please call Gill from Tangney Tours on 01732 886666

HOLY FATHER’S INTENTIONS | That every country determine to take the neces-sary measures to make the future of the very young, especially those who suffer, a priority.

SIMPLICITY AND CONTEMPLATIVE DISCERNMENT � Fr Yamai Bature, OCD, will explore the dynamics of spiritual transformation. On Saturday 4 January, 10 am – 1 pm, at Carmelite Priory, Boars Hill. Registration from 9:30 am, fee: £30. To book a place please visit www.oxcacs.org or call 07849596572.

CHRISTMAS CARDS | We have the Parish Christmas Cards available from this weekend. These have a twofold purpose: 1) to let you all know when things are happening, and where; and 2) to let other people know as well. How can they know unless someone tells them? We can pass the news on to other people! This is where you come in: please take a suitable number of cards with you after Mass today, and put them through your neighbours’ letterboxes—or, as appropriate, ring the doorbell and deliver it by hand. This is a very gentle form of outreach, not only to the lapsed, but to those who perhaps have yet to encounter Christ in His Church. You may have new neighbours, new housing may have been built; you may wish to co-ordinate with a churchgoing neighbour to put a card through the door of everyone in your street. More are available on request. I should like them to run out! FrD

RESERVE A PLACE AT CRISIS THIS CHRISTMAS 1 Your £28.87 can reserve a place for someone this Christmas and introduce them to the education, training and support to help end their homelessness for good through Crisis’s year-round services. Please go to www.crisis.org.uk

HR WEEKDAY COFFEE AFTER MASS 1 It will resume on 15 January.

EPIPHANY | This is kept on Sunday 5 January. Blessed chalk and prayer-cards available at all Masses.