NOTICES
This Sunday (5th) is EDUCATION SUNDAY when we think in particular of the contribution which Catholic schools and centres of higher education make to this country. St Vincent’s School will be helping to organise today’s Midday Mass and leading the reading, singing etc... We welcome the children, staff and families of our primary school and want them to know how much their presence is valued. (There will not be a children’s liturgy during the 4 o’clock Mass this afternoon- the liturgy resumes on 26th February after half term).
Next Saturday (11th February) is WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE SICK. The annual Lourdes Mass at Westminster Cathedral will be celebrated by Archbishop Nichols at 2pm: the Sacrament of the Sick will be administered during the Mass. Anyone who is hoping to attend in a wheelchair should let the parish office know so that places can be reserved for the user and a carer. Closer to home, the Society of Our Lady of Lourdeshave their Mass here in Saint James’s at Midday on Saturday, to which all are welcome.
Given our proximity to Harley Street and the concentration of medical institutions around us in Marylebone, the Lent course this year will take as its theme “Perspectives in Healthcare”. Full details when the Lent leaflets are produced in time for Ash Wednesday (which is on 22nd February) but reserve the five Lenten Wednesdays in your diary for these 7pm meetings.
Compline is chanted at 6.45pm on Wednesday evenings: anyone who would like to do so is welcome to attend. The Gregorian chant group also rehearses form 5.45pm each Sunday and will sing at this Sunday’s 7pm Mass.
The Archbishop will celebrate a Mass in the Cathedral on Saturday 26th May for those couples celebrating 10th, 25th, 40th and 60th wedding anniversaries this year. If you, or someone known to you, qualifies, please let the parish office have details, and invitations will be issued from Archbishop’s House.
CAFOD’s prayer for 2012 … “Let waters flow. Your people yearn for clean water and lush green crops. May their thirst be quenched and their joy refreshed. God of life let waters flow and wash away injustice. Your people thirst for water and long for change in our world. May they have their fill to drink and time for all their daily tasks. God of life let waters flow and wash away injustice. We long for your life-giving water and pledge to wash away injustice. May your people be filled with hope and have a chance to flourish"?