A Parish of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Weekdays Tuesday - Friday 09.30
Saturday Vigil Mass 18.00, Sunday 09.00 & 11.00
Reconciliation available Saturday 17.00-17.30
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The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . Quite a full week around The Presbytery this time as we finish the first month of the New Year (already!) . . . . Over last weekend Fr D met with someone in the process of being prepared to be received into the Church along with baptising her daughter; both have been working towards this for a few months now and we will hopefully accept them as members of our Parish community over Easter this year. Fr D also met with a young couple from the Parish who will be getting married in Sicily later in the year (fortunately both parties are Catholic so it requires the minimum of paperwork for Fr D to undertake!). At our 11.00 Mass on Sunday the Rite of Welcome was celebrated for a baby girl who will be baptised as a member of our community in a few weeks. Following Morning Prayer, Mass, and Exposition on Tuesday, Fr D went off to the diocesan offices in Crawley to continue his work at the Tribunal. In the evening he again met with the parents of this year’s First Eucharist candidates for their second session; this time they were looking at the first main section of the Mass the ‘Liturgy of the Word,’ ready to help their children on Saturday morning. On Wednesday, once he had celebrated Morning Prayer and Mass, Fr D began work on his parts of the newsletter for this week. In the afternoon he had a meeting with the other priests from the Deanery in response to a request from the Apostolic Nuncio. In the evening Fr D met with our candidates for Confirmation in the Parish Centre, looking at God’s love for us individually shown in Baptism and the other sacraments of the Church. Straight after celebrating Morning Prayer and Mass on Thursday Fr D, once more, went down to the Tribunal to continue his work on marriage cases. He, in fact, had several new applications to look at before deciding to accept them. He also had to inform someone that their annulment had failed to prove invalidity of their marriage. When he got home in the late afternoon Fr D managed to finalise and lodge his income tax (before the deadline!), as well as complete his parts for the newsletter. Having celebrated Morning Prayer and Mass on Friday, Fr D had a church lighting engineer (just completed renewal of Worth Abbey) come to meet him in the church to look at possible solutions for replacing our obsolete halogen lighting and changing to more modern and cost effective LED lighting . . . . . . .
Applications for our Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage are open now! Is Our Lady calling you to Lourdes this summer? Travelling to Lourdes is a wonderful experience full of fun, companionship, faith, friendship and laughter. Each person on our pilgrimage brings distinctive gifts and graces with them, benefitting those they meet during the week. What do we do during our Pilgrimage Week? We have a daily programme of events which includes a number of Masses and liturgies in different settings, with different themes. The Pilgrimage opens with a Mass of welcome for everyone and opening ceremony, where everyone is invited to have their hands blessed in recognition of the service we offer each other as we make our pilgrimage together. We also celebrate Mass at the Grotto where we remember friends and family members who have died, and a Mass of farewell shortly before we leave Lourdes. There is a Holy Hour during the week, a time for Lectio Divina, and many other opportunities for private and group prayer at the Grotto and in the Sanctuary.
After Jesus’ baptism and temptation in the desert (a peak experience followed by a period of intense testing) he is primed to begin the work that he has prepared his whole life to be able to do. Jesus begins in the small, non descript town of Capernaum populated mostly by Gentiles (nonJews). Looking back in scripture, Matthew noticed that specific area had been promised a saviour who would bring light to their world of darkness. For all the Jews in his audience, Matthew makes the point that Jesus was the fulfilment of that promise from the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years earlier. Matthew is trying to show that Jesus came to live and minister to and among both Jews and Gentiles and to invite all of them to the fullness of life he was teaching. Jesus begins his public ministry sounding like John the Baptist. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” We might interpret that now as “Get busy. Get serious. It’s time to start living in God’s way. There isn’t much time left.” Then Jesus calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John to be his helpers and companions as he gets busy healing the sick and proclaiming the Good News. If only everyone who preached repentance and the kingdom of God would get busy practicing what they preached! Questions of the week What leaders or spiritual teachers have you experienced to be exclusive in terms of who they are speaking or preaching to? What leaders or spiritual teachers have you experienced to be open and inclusive in the way they welcome and invite all to be a part of a larger movement? Whom do you know who lives with integrity and regularly practices what they preach?
The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . At our 09.00 Mass last Sunday this year’s First Eucharist families were present for the enrolment of this year’s candidates. The candidates renewed their baptismal promises (which were made for them by their parents at their baptisms), before their parents reaffirmed the promise to be ‘the first and best of teachers to their child in the ways of faith.’ The candidates were then presented with the workbook that they will be using over the next few months to prepare for First Eucharist (on 14th June). In the evening Fr D was delighted to see so many parishioners at the annual Christian Unity Week Service at the United Church in Stoke Road - Sacred Heart Parishioners outnumbered any other group! On Monday evening Fr D came home early from his day off in order to attend a meeting of the ‘Shadow Parish Finance Team.’ Although with Bishop Richard having been appointed to Westminster and, therefore, no changes being possible within the diocese, it is possible to carry on with preparatory work and sharing of good practice by this team (none of this will be wasted if the new Bishop does not wish to continue with the new arrangements for our Deanery parishes). After Morning Prayer, Mass, and Exposition on Tuesday Fr D was off down to the diocesan offices in Crawley. He completed his judgement on one of his cases and started preparing the judgement for the next case. Once he has the two ready he will call a meeting of the judges to finalise the Sentence for both cases. When he returned from Crawley in the evening Fr D was meeting for the first time with the prospective candidates and parents for this year’s Confirmation (9th May). Having celebrated Morning Prayer and Mass on Wednesday morning Fr D spent some time gathering the details that he needs to complete his tax return for last year before starting work on his parts of the newsletter. After Morning Prayer and Mass on Thursday Fr D was off down to Crawley again where he had a meeting with his opposite numbers in the Marriage Tribunal in Southwark, sharing with them how he deals with Penal Cases when they crop up. When he got back in the late afternoon Fr D was meeting with a young couple who are preparing for the baptism of their young daughter in a few weeks time . . . .
Welcome to the Parish of the Sacred Heart
The Parish of the Sacred Heart is an active Roman Catholic community within the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton for those living in the environs of Cobham, Stoke D’Abernon and Oxshott. Comprised of people from all walks of life, from different age groups and diverse cultures the Parish is an active community offering spiritual and pastoral support in the Catholic tradition. If you are thinking about coming to live in the area or are already in residence you are very welcome to join our community you can be assured of a welcome, being offered a wide range of spiritual and educational support. We also run a thriving Sunday school providing Religious Education for children from four to fourteen years of age and provides preparation for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation.
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The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . Quite a full week around The Presbytery this time as we finish the first month of the New Year (already!) . . . . Over last weekend Fr D met with someone in the process of being prepared to be received into the Church along with baptising her daughter; both have been working towards this for a few months now and we will hopefully accept them as members of our Parish community over Easter this year. Fr D also met with a young couple from the Parish who will be getting married in Sicily later in the year (fortunately both parties are Catholic so it requires the minimum of paperwork for Fr D to undertake!). At our 11.00 Mass on Sunday the Rite of Welcome was celebrated for a baby girl who will be baptised as a member of our community in a few weeks. Following Morning Prayer, Mass, and Exposition on Tuesday, Fr D went off to the diocesan offices in Crawley to continue his work at the Tribunal. In the evening he again met with the parents of this year’s First Eucharist candidates for their second session; this time they were looking at the first main section of the Mass the ‘Liturgy of the Word,’ ready to help their children on Saturday morning. On Wednesday, once he had celebrated Morning Prayer and Mass, Fr D began work on his parts of the newsletter for this week. In the afternoon he had a meeting with the other priests from the Deanery in response to a request from the Apostolic Nuncio. In the evening Fr D met with our candidates for Confirmation in the Parish Centre, looking at God’s love for us individually shown in Baptism and the other sacraments of the Church. Straight after celebrating Morning Prayer and Mass on Thursday Fr D, once more, went down to the Tribunal to continue his work on marriage cases. He, in fact, had several new applications to look at before deciding to accept them. He also had to inform someone that their annulment had failed to prove invalidity of their marriage. When he got home in the late afternoon Fr D managed to finalise and lodge his income tax (before the deadline!), as well as complete his parts for the newsletter. Having celebrated Morning Prayer and Mass on Friday, Fr D had a church lighting engineer (just completed renewal of Worth Abbey) come to meet him in the church to look at possible solutions for replacing our obsolete halogen lighting and changing to more modern and cost effective LED lighting . . . . . . .
The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . At our 09.00 Mass last Sunday this year’s First Eucharist families were present for the enrolment of this year’s candidates. The candidates renewed their baptismal promises (which were made for them by their parents at their baptisms), before their parents reaffirmed the promise to be ‘the first and best of teachers to their child in the ways of faith.’ The candidates were then presented with the workbook that they will be using over the next few months to prepare for First Eucharist (on 14th June). In the evening Fr D was delighted to see so many parishioners at the annual Christian Unity Week Service at the United Church in Stoke Road - Sacred Heart Parishioners outnumbered any other group! On Monday evening Fr D came home early from his day off in order to attend a meeting of the ‘Shadow Parish Finance Team.’ Although with Bishop Richard having been appointed to Westminster and, therefore, no changes being possible within the diocese, it is possible to carry on with preparatory work and sharing of good practice by this team (none of this will be wasted if the new Bishop does not wish to continue with the new arrangements for our Deanery parishes). After Morning Prayer, Mass, and Exposition on Tuesday Fr D was off down to the diocesan offices in Crawley. He completed his judgement on one of his cases and started preparing the judgement for the next case. Once he has the two ready he will call a meeting of the judges to finalise the Sentence for both cases. When he returned from Crawley in the evening Fr D was meeting for the first time with the prospective candidates and parents for this year’s Confirmation (9th May). Having celebrated Morning Prayer and Mass on Wednesday morning Fr D spent some time gathering the details that he needs to complete his tax return for last year before starting work on his parts of the newsletter. After Morning Prayer and Mass on Thursday Fr D was off down to Crawley again where he had a meeting with his opposite numbers in the Marriage Tribunal in Southwark, sharing with them how he deals with Penal Cases when they crop up. When he got back in the late afternoon Fr D was meeting with a young couple who are preparing for the baptism of their young daughter in a few weeks time . . . .
The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . . Normal service is now resumed around The Presbytery and Parish . . . . . . With the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord last weekend Christmastide came to an end, the crib, wreath, tree, and decorations were removed and packed away until next year, and the Church entered into the first section of what is called Ordinary Time. During Ordinary Time green is the prevailing colour of the season up until Ash Wednesday which this year falls on 18th February - slightly earlier than last year. On Tuesday, having celebrated Morning Prayer, Mass, and Exposition, Fr D was off down to Crawley in the car ‘on a mission’ to prepare another judgement for next month. When he came back home in the late afternoon he was preparing for the launch meeting, with parents, of this year’s First Eucharist Programme. Having celebrated their First Reconciliation at the beginning of Advent our candidates and their parents are now embarking on preparations for the reception of the Eucharist (on June 14th this year). After Morning Prayer and Mass on Wednesday Fr D was dealing with some letters and then started work on this week’s newsletter before going off for lunch with Fr Ruslan (Walton-onThames). They do this once a month generally as a support to one another. When he got back in the afternoon Fr D was able to catch up on some reading that he has got behind on, before going upstairs for an early night. Thursday morning, after celebrating Morning Prayer and Mass, Fr D was back down to the diocesan offices at Crawley once more where he had a few queries to answer before continuing to finish one of his judgements for next month and doing the reading before beginning another. On the way home Fr D stopped off at one of the nursing homes in the Parish where he was able to anoint a parishioner. In the evening he finished ‘his parts’ of the newsletter so that Sarah could have them in the Parish Office on Friday morning to complete ‘her parts!’ Getting up a little earlier on Friday Fr D started the Notices and Universal Prayers for the weekend Masses before he had his breakfast. After celebrating Morning Prayer and Mass he went back to these to finish them and hand them over to Sarah to complete and print off along with the newsletter . . . . .
24th January, 11.00-16.00 at St Michael’s Church, Worthing, BN13 3AL. Led by Bishop Richard and Catherine Christmas (diocesan Liturgy & Music Adviser) this day will include talks on the Scriptures, the Lectionary and its use in the Liturgy, the Liturgy of the Word, and preparing to minister as a reader. Register your free place: https://abdiocese.churchsuite.com/events/
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18th February Ash Wednesday Masses 09.30 & 19.30 Lent Sundays Evening Prayer & Benediction 15.30 Lent Fridays Way of the Cross 12.30 (followed by Bread & Soup lunch)
Many, many thanks for all the Christmas wishes, thoughts, and cards received over the past couple of weeks - they are very much appreciated. Every good gift comes from the Father of light. May he grant you all his grace and every blessing, and keep you safe throughout the coming year. May he grant you all unwavering faith, constant hope, and love that endures to the end. May he order your days and works in his peace, hear your every prayer, and lead you to everlasting life and joy. Fr Daryl
After Jesus’ baptism and temptation in the desert (a peak experience followed by a period of intense testing) he is primed to begin the work that he has prepared his whole life to be able to do. Jesus begins in the small, non descript town of Capernaum populated mostly by Gentiles (nonJews). Looking back in scripture, Matthew noticed that specific area had been promised a saviour who would bring light to their world of darkness. For all the Jews in his audience, Matthew makes the point that Jesus was the fulfilment of that promise from the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years earlier. Matthew is trying to show that Jesus came to live and minister to and among both Jews and Gentiles and to invite all of them to the fullness of life he was teaching. Jesus begins his public ministry sounding like John the Baptist. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” We might interpret that now as “Get busy. Get serious. It’s time to start living in God’s way. There isn’t much time left.” Then Jesus calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John to be his helpers and companions as he gets busy healing the sick and proclaiming the Good News. If only everyone who preached repentance and the kingdom of God would get busy practicing what they preached! Questions of the week What leaders or spiritual teachers have you experienced to be exclusive in terms of who they are speaking or preaching to? What leaders or spiritual teachers have you experienced to be open and inclusive in the way they welcome and invite all to be a part of a larger movement? Whom do you know who lives with integrity and regularly practices what they preach?
This takes place each year from 18th to 25th January , providing an opportunity to focus our prayers on Christian unity and to join with our brothers and sisters in Christ. This year the Week of Payer takes Ephesians 4:1-13 as its central text; this includes the words “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Ephesians 4:4). Here in Cobham we are joining with the other Christian communities of the area in a United Service at 18.00 this Sunday (18th ), at the United Church in Oxshott Road.
All four gospels give us an account of Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist. This story by the author of John’s gospel (who was not the same person as John the Baptist) is perhaps the most puzzling of the four. John speaks in somewhat odd and cryptic language, beginning with “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” As Catholics today, we recognise that phrase from the Mass when the priest holds up the consecrated host before Communion. However, readers and hearers of John’s Gospel would have understood it as a reference to their Jewish heritage. In Jesus’ day, Jews would take a lamb to the Temple in Jerusalem to be sacrificed as an atonement for their sins. When John stated that Jesus was the Lamb of God, he was making quite a claim - that Jesus was taking the place of a sacrificial lamb and that he was taking on the sins of the entire world! There are suggestions in several of the gospels that some people were beginning to think John the Baptist was the long-awaited Messiah. In this Gospel, John says everything he can to convince people that it isn’t him, but Jesus, who deserves that recognition. Clearly, he had a profound experience after baptising Jesus when the Spirit came “down like a dove from heaven,” leaving him without a doubt that Jesus was the Messiah, not him. Questions of the week If you have either children or godchildren who were baptised, what was that experience like for you? Jesus is given many different titles in the Gospels: Lamb of God, Lord, Saviour, Teacher, Christ, Messiah, etc. What title do you relate to the most? Why?
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Applications for our Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage are open now! Is Our Lady calling you to Lourdes this summer? Travelling to Lourdes is a wonderful experience full of fun, companionship, faith, friendship and laughter. Each person on our pilgrimage brings distinctive gifts and graces with them, benefitting those they meet during the week. What do we do during our Pilgrimage Week? We have a daily programme of events which includes a number of Masses and liturgies in different settings, with different themes. The Pilgrimage opens with a Mass of welcome for everyone and opening ceremony, where everyone is invited to have their hands blessed in recognition of the service we offer each other as we make our pilgrimage together. We also celebrate Mass at the Grotto where we remember friends and family members who have died, and a Mass of farewell shortly before we leave Lourdes. There is a Holy Hour during the week, a time for Lectio Divina, and many other opportunities for private and group prayer at the Grotto and in the Sanctuary.
30th January, 18.30, Arundel Cathedral. People across our diocesan family are invited to join a special Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by Bishop Richard, followed by a reception in the Baron’s Hall, Arundel Castle, by kind permission of His Grace, the Duke of Norfolk. All are welcome
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