CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH HEADINGTON www.corpuschristiheadington.co.uk

Birmingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees. Registered Charity No. 234216

 

Corpus Christi Church, Margaret Road, Headington, and Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Crown Road, Wheatley.

Parish Priest: Fr John Baggley, The Presbytery, 88 Wharton Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8AJ

Tel: 01865-762433 Fax: 01865-742494

Parish Deacon: The Revd Michael Walsh.      Assistant Priest: Fr Anthony de Vere                                                                                                                                         Welcome to this

St Joseph’s Primary School, Tel: 763357 St Gregory the Great Secondary School Tel: 749933                                                                                                                     House of God

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Talk to God before Mass

Sun 21st June 2009 The 12th Sunday of the Year (Year B)                                                                                                                                                                                    Listen to God during Mass

                                                                                                                      Talk to others after Mass

9-00 am Mass (First Holy Communion children; Anthony Magee +)                                                                       

10-00 am Mass at Wheatley (Fr Raja & his colleagues; Tony Boyes+)

11-00 am Mass (First Holy Communion children; Bernard Dewhurst +)

6-30 pm Mass (People of the parish; Grannis Lewis+)

 

Weekday Masses in Corpus Christi                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and at the Priory, 85 Old High Street

Mon         Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More   12-00 noon Funeral Mass for the late Grannis Lewis                                                                                                             6-30 pm 

Tues         9-15 am St. Etheldreda (Sylvia Crossby+)                                                                                                                                                                                                 6-30 pm 

Wed         9-15 am Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (Madeleine & Wolfgang Peters+)                                                                                                                      6-30 pm

Thurs       9-15 am (Bert Hill+)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        6-30 pm

Fri             9-15 am (Hedley Stone+)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              6-30 pm

(Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 10-00 am)               

Sat           10-00 am St. Cyril of Alexandria (Lawrence Hudson+)    4-30 pm Polish Mass  6-30 pm Mass at St Anthony of Padua 

                                Confessions from 11-00 to 11-30 am and 6-00 to 6-30 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Today many of the children in the parish will be making their First Holy Communion at the 9-00 and 11-00 am Masses. Pray for them and their families that they may always have a great love and respect for the gift of Jesus in  the Blessed Sacrament.

 

Today there will be Evening Prayer at 6-00 pm in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Wheatley. We will be welcoming other members of the Wheatley Area Churches.  The WAC AGM will take place after Evening Prayer.

 

Today we welcome back to the parish for a few weeks Fr Anthony Packianathan (Fr Raja’s friend) who is in Oxford for a short period of studies.

 

Friday 26th 8-00 pm Ecumenical Prayers at the Priory led by Holy Trinity Church.

 

Next Sunday there will be a Second Collection for “Peter’s Pence” the money which helps to sustain the central and world-wide work of the Church.

 

Next Sunday there will be a Mass at Oscott College (Birmingham) to mark the closure of the Year of St Paul and the beginning of the year of Priesthood. Archbishop Vincent will be the principal celebrant; there will be a presentation to him in thanksgiving for his nine years of service to the Archdiocese. Details on notice boards.

 

Drama Re-union – for cast and crew of On this Rock, at Helen Foster’s at 12-15 pm on Sun 5th July at 14 Quarry High Street, Bring and Share Lunch. (In church hall if weather is bad. If you want to be involved in the next possible production (Eastertide 2010), come along.

 

CAFOD is urging us to lobby the government to remember the needs of developing countries in their policies, especially in matters concerning climate change. Postcards are available for you to send to HM Govt.

 

Congratulations to the Filipino Community for their Independence Day celebrations last Saturday. As always, it was a very good occasion.

 

Set Dancing: Weds 8-10 pm in Corpus Christi Hall – learners welcome.

 

  

Corpus Christi Hall is available for family functions and other events. For booking information please contact Peter Bean on 764215

 

Filipino Link Ariel Lanada on 07817 498735 & Lizell Truman on 01993 709 605.

News and inf at www.filcomoxford.org.uk

 

Oxford Catholic Young Professionals meet twice a month at 7-30 pm at 14 Norham Gardens. Inf from Philippe or Stefano at oxcyp05@yahoo.co.uk

 

Offertories: 14th June: £683-89 (Gift Aid £197-15)

 

Building Fund: banked so far this year: £2535-78

Thank you for recent donations

 

Please pray for: Bishop Kenney and others responsible for the administration of the Archdiocese; and for those involved in the appointment of a new Archbishop.

Elisabeth Goodall & Andrew Wareham, married yesterday in Ampleforth.

Sick and housebound people: Patricia Barfield, Miles Barfield, Lucia Bianchini, Margaret Bond, Paddy Brady, Mai Breene, Pedro Busette, Michael Carroll, Pauline Chadwick, Michael Coyne, Fr Denis Egan, Maureen Felix, Dominic Gondreau, Hilary Hannaford, Linda Hewlett,  Theresa Johnson, Fr Graham Leonard, Caleb Lewis, Carmel McGarry, Gerard McHale, Maria Penny, Marian Roszcyk, Fr Charles Smith, Margaret Smyth, Antonietta Spadaro, Felix Suarez, Alan Thorpe, Jack Tilley, Edwin Townley, Graham & Josephine White.

 

The recently dead: Stephen Dallison., Biju Tharu, Shiela Kelly, Sidney Smith, Margaret Hodson, Dennis Peiris, Grannis Lewis, Joan Royall.

 

Priests linked with the parish: Fr Denis Egan, Fr Michael Suarez SJ. Fr Baggley is the Catholic Chaplain to the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and St Luke's Hospital.