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Dear Parishioners,
Thank you for your continued support of St. Joseph's church, specially at this difficult times for everyone. Your new box of envelopes is now available to collect from the presbytery office, Monday- Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Please check the list, take your box and then tick off the list, to say you have received your new envelopes. Please note that the list has been updated and you may not received the same numbered box as you had last time. This is, however, a purely administrative arrangement. Just take the numbered box with your name and address attached and all will be well. Contributions may be posted through the presbytery letterbox for the time being. Many thanks, once again for your continual help. Yours sincerely, The Parish Team Dear Parishioners,
We hope that you are well and staying safe. Mass is recorded live via Facebook everyday Monday to Saturday at 10:00 AM and Sunday at 11:00 AM. This is the link to St. Joseph Church's Facebook page, and you do not need a Facebook login to access it: https://www.facebook.com/catholicwealdstone/ Holy Week & Easter Liturgies will be broadcast on Facebook as follows:
All are welcome to join us. Following the Prime Minister’s historic announcement on 23 March strengthening restrictions in an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19, Catholic Churches are closed to the public at this time. Cardinal Vincent Nichols stresses that we must all play our part to safeguard the NHS and to save ‘precious lives’. “We’re going to play our full part in it. That was the call of St. Paul that we ought to be good citizens and today we ought to be good citizens playing our part in the protection of the vulnerable, in our support for the NHS and in the preserving of human life, which is so precious to God in the face of this virus.” Pray the Our Father at 11am UK time Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference, invites you to pray with him and Pope Francis at 11am for the health of the world, for our strength against the Coronavirus and for our healing. Live Catholic Mass Online To protect the community – particularly the most vulnerable – and to limit the spread of COVID19 as far as possible, public acts of worship have been suspended. However, many priests and bishops are streaming Mass from their churches and private chapels. We can, therefore, still gather for Mass – just as a virtual rather than physical congregation. Churchservices.tv is a platform that connects communities and provides churches with a space to broadcast – particularly Mass, Adoration and prayer. Here is a full schedule arranged by date and time. The National Catholic Shrine to Our Lady at Walsingham has a full broadcast schedule – including Mass, Rosary, Vespers, Exposition, Mass in Latin and even some talks. Visit its Livestream area. Salvatorian Order Mission & Vocations Office - Prayer Card The Mission & Vocations Office of the British Province of the Salvatorian Order has produced a prayer card for use at this time:   We approach the time for school applications, which require a Certificate of Catholic Practice issued by the parish clergy. Please note that this certificate can only be issued to those families who attend Sunday mass on a regular basis - this is the meaning of being a "practising catholic". As such, if a person/family are not known to the parish clergy as being regular at mass a certificate will not be issued. Families should also note that, just because "granny attends mass every week" does not fulfil the criteria for the issuing of a certificate.
Registration will take place on Sunday 7th October, 3pm in the hut behind the presbytery. Please bring £20 and a copy of your child's baptism certificate if NOT baptised at St Joseph's. If you can't make this date it is most important that you speak directly with Father Paul as this will be the only opportunity to register.
Penitential Service
Saturday 24th March at 10.30am Good Friday Confessions available from 10.30am - 12.30pm Holy Saturday Confessions available from 10.30am - 12.30pm Monday of Holy Week
Masses at 7.30am & 10am Tuesday of Holy Week Masses at 7.30am & 10am Chrism Mass at Westminster Cathedral: 12 Noon Adoration and Benediction: 6pm - 7.30pm Wednesday of Holy Week Masses at 7.30am & 10am Tenebrae sung by the Choir at 7pm Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at 8pm, followed by watching until midnight Good Friday Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion at 3pm additional devotions as follows: Children's Stations of the Cross at 10am Solemn Stations of the Cross at 12 Noon Good Friday Reflection: Readings & Music led by the Folk Group at 7pm Holy Saturday The Easter Vigil at 8pm Święcenie pokarmów odbędzie się w Wielką Sobotę o godzinie 1pm Easter Sunday Masses at 8.15am; 9.30am; 11am; 12.30pm. No evening mass. Every Wednesday evening during Lent:
Stations of the Cross at 6pm Confessions at 6.30pm Holy Mass at 7pm - this mass is in addition to the regular weekday mass schedule. Every Sunday afternoon: Stations of the Cross at 4pm Owing to poor weather conditions, this evening's classes have been cancelled. Please see the parish newsletter for the next date.
Mass times for the Solemnity of the Lord's Nativity.
Christmas Eve Children's Mass at 1600 Christmas Vigil Mass at 1800 Liturgy of Carols & Readings at 2315 followed by Midnight Mass at 0000 Christmas Day Quiet Mass at 0815 Family Mass at 0930 Solemn Mass at 1100 Last Mass of the Day at 1230 Please note that only one weekday mass will be celebrated at 10am between Wednesday 27th December & Friday 5th January. Normal schedule will resume on Saturday 6th January 2018. Registration for Confirmation 2018 will take place on Sunday 19th November, 3pm-4pm in the hut behind the presbytery. Registration fee is £20, which covers course materials, etc, and is payable on the day. All young people of the parish in Year 9 (and 10 if not yet confirmed) are invited to come along and register for a place on the preparation course, which begins in January 2018.
Candidates must be baptised Catholics, having already made their Holy Communion. Thus, a copy of one's Baptism or Holy Communion certificate must be presented at registration too. Bishop John Sherrington has agreed to confirm our candidates towards the end of June 2018 upon satisfactory completion of the preparation course. Confirmation is about our young people taking ownership of their faith for themselves. As such, the following ought to be remembered: Sunday mass attendance is expected of all candidates, together with a willingness to engage and fully participate in the preparation course and in the life of the parish after Confirmation. Candidates must also come of their own free will, without being pushed into it by parents. We look forward to seeing eligible candidates on the 19th November. If you have not yet registered your child for Holy Communion, you must do so before the end of the October Half Term break by getting in contact with the Parish Office. Please note that once the course is underway no latecomers will be accepted.
A registration afternoon will take place at some point mid November 2017. The preparation sessions will begin in the January of 2018, and Bishop John will visit the parish to confirm our young people towards the end of June 2018.
Please keep a lookout for the registration date on here and in the weekly newsletter. Registration for First Holy Communion 2018 will take place on SUNDAY 8th OCTOBER 2017, 3pm-4pm in the hut, located behind the Presbytery.
The cost to register is £20, which includes course book, materials, squash and buscuits, etc. However, if this presents a problem please speak directly to Father Paul. If your child was not baptised in St Joseph's you will need to bring their baptism certificate to the registration session. Please also note that this will be the ONLY registration session so don't miss it! Please join us in the Church for a wonderful evening of entertainment. There will be music and singing including classical, Irish, jazz, pop, and all your favourites from the West End Shows. During the interval, there will be a bar and a raffle which will take place in the Salvatorian College Dining Hall. Tickets will be available to buy soon and will cost £7.00 Adults and £3.50 for children. All proceeds will go towards the Parish Development Fund. If you wish to be involved in any way please contact Julie Conneely on: 07933 775627.
Confirmed acts : The Church Choir, Maria Conneely, Dominic Galani, Megan Gosling, Niall O'Kane, Mary Kate Padian, The Sacred Heart College RNB Band. Raffle Prizes include a Luxury Hamper donated by Eddie O'Kane, Jameson's Irish Whiskey, Wine, Chocolates and lots more. Our First Communion Masses are at 11.00 & 14.00 on 6th May and at 14.00 on 13th & 20th May. Confirmation takes place at 19.00 on 9th, 10th & 17th May. Please remember the candidates in your prayers at this time.
10th Monday............................................................................................Masses at 07.30 & 10.00
Penitential Service 19.00 11th Tuesday.............................................................................................Masses at 07.30 & 10.00 Chrism Mass at Westminster Cathedral 12.00 12th Wednesday...................................................................................... Masses at 07.30 & 10.00 Tenebrae 19.00 The Paschal Triduum 13th Holy Thursday......................................................................................... No morning Mass Mass of the Lord’s Supper 20.00 Watching at the Altar of Repose till Midnight 14th Good Friday ........................................................... Children’s Stations of the Cross 10.30 Ecumenical Walk of Witness 10.30 Stations of the Cross 12.00 Celebration of the Lord's Passion 15.00 15th Holy Saturday.......................................................................................... No morning Mass Confessions 10.00 - 11.00 Easter Vigil 20.30 16th Easter Sunday.................................................................... 08.15, 09.30, 11.00, 12.30 & 18.00 Easter Week............................................................................................ One Mass Only at 10.00 Mass times at St Joseph’s on Ash Wednesday, 1st March will be: 07.30, 10.00 & 19.00 with the distribution of Ashes. Ash Wednesday Holy Hour with Confessions begins at 18.15. The Mass at 7pm will be sung by St Joseph's Schola.  We congratulate the Sacred Heart Girls School which came top in the Harrow School League tables and also the Salvatorian College which came second. The Salvatorian College also demonstrated the highest level of attainment for boys in London Borough of Harrow. It should be noted that Harrow is among the highest performing boroughs in the country and so our two secondary schools ought to be very proud of their achievement.
You can read more about the Salvatorian College's recent success in the Harrow Times: 'Hard work by staff has turned our school around' ADMISSIONS 2017-18 Parents will be contacted with the outcome of their application for places in 2017-18 on 1st March 2017. You should indicate your acceptance of the place by midday on 13th March 2017. If you wish to discuss the admissions process, please get in touch with the schools directly:
 There will be a collection of old clothes in aid of Mary’s Meals on the weekend of 18/19th February. The money raised from the sale of the clothes will go towards the provision of meals for school pupils in developing countries. Please leave them in the boxes in the Church Porch but not before that weekend please. Please note Mary’s Meals will accept clothes, bags, blankets, towels, curtains, shoes and bedding (not duvets or pillows) but not books or bric à brac.
1st Prize: £500........................................... Caroline Bishoff
2nd Prize: £100..................................................... N Major 3rd Prize: Malt Whisky................................. Imelda Brennan 4th Prize: Hamper................................................... E Croft 5th Prize: Brandy...................................... Selen McGrenere 6th Prize: Sherry................................................. Rosaleen 7th Prize: Schnapps...................................... Sally DeSouza 8th Prize: Vodka............................................. R Thompson 9th Prize: Spumante........................................... Peg Moore 10th Prize: Red Wine................................. Maggie Wickham 11th Prize: White Wine.................................... Krishna Basu 12th Prize: Rose Wine................................................. Kent 13th Prize: Mulled Wine.................................... Liz Dennahy 14th Prize: Chocolates...................................... J Mulhearne A big thank you to all who participated. Winners can claim their prizes from the Parish Office.
If you would like to provide food or volunteer to help with the Christmas Lunch the parish puts on for those who would otherwise be alone at Christmas please sign the lists on the board by St Joseph's Altar. Those who would like an invitation to the lunch should fill in a form available at the back of the Church.
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St Joseph's Catholic Church191 High Road
Harrow Weald HA3 5EE 020 8427 1955 Mass TimesThe church is closed to the public at the current time owing to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
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