24th Sunday of the Year
Welcome to our website. Here are the Mass times for this week:
Confessions are available after Mass or during exposition Thursday 10:30am or on request
What’s happening locally?
Coffee and tea etc. in the schoolroom after Sunday 11.30 Sunday Mass.
100 Club Winners August: 1st 39 Pete, 2nd 125 Sue, 3rd 130 Dearbhla. Well done !
Readers! – Check out the updated Rota for Autumn. Thanks to Mary E.
First Holy Communion: Natalia age 9 and Nikola age 11 have been taking their First Holy Communion lessons for a while now, you may have seen then at Market Rasen taking up the offertory gifts during mass. Please remember them in your prayers as they will be making their first communion on Sunday 4th October during 11.30 Mass.
Parish Lunch: Our next parish lunch will be this Thursday, 17th September at the Golf club Market Rasen, meet 12.30 pm in Holy Rood car park to share lifts, or 1pm at the Golf Club, Legsby Rd, LN8 3DZ. Friends and non-Catholics very welcome. Please contact Mary Howes 01673 849554 if you would like to come, so we have an idea of numbers for the venue. 01673 849554 or email mary-howes1@hotmail.co.uk.
First Aid kits: Two First Aid kits and Accident Report books are available. One kit and book is in the Narthex; the other kit and book are in the schoolroom. Bottled water is also available in the Narthex.
Schoolroom Hire: The amended Booking Forms and Amended T&Cs are now available. A copy of the T&Cs is on the schoolroom noticeboard. Please see Mary Q or Keith for more information.
Parish E-Mailing List: . If you would like to join, please just send an E-mail with “Parish List” in the subject line to holyroodchurchmr@outlook.com (You can leave at any time).
Rosary: The Rosary is said before the 10am Mass at Holy Rood on Tuesdays, all are welcome to join in.
Exposition and Adoration (Confessions available) Thursdays 10:30am Holy Rood (after Mass)
Mass Intentions: If you want to have a Mass offered for a particular intention, we have “Mass intention Envelopes” at the back of each Church. The Diocese recommends a donation of £10 for a Mass intention.
Food Bank: Tinned & dried goods are always needed to help those families who are struggling at this time of year. If you would like any further information please have a chat with Pauline.
What’s happening elsewhere?
The Marriage Resource Centre is conducting a global study into the experience of married Catholics. If you married in the last 10 years and one or both spouses are Catholic, please consider completing this short survey. All answers are anonymous and confidential, and the survey is open until the end of September, at: https://thepmrc.org/survey
The Little Company of Mary & Mary Potter Heritage Centre are delighted to share the exciting news that on Monday 14th September they will be joining Radio Maria UK for an hour from 10.00am, for a special programme celebrating the life and legacy of Venerable Mary Potter. Sister Fillys from Zimbabwe and others will be chatting about Mary Potter’s inspiring life, the mission of the Little Company of Mary, and the Heritage Centre in Nottingham. To tune in and join, visit: https://radiomaria.uk/
Home Mission Sunday On Sunday 20th September we will celebrate Home Mission Sunday, a day for us as the Catholic community in England and Wales to celebrate our faith in these lands, and our shared commitment to communicate the beauty and the joy of knowing Jesus Christ. Celebrating the Holy Father’s first encyclical, the theme for this year is “Magnifica Humanitas” as the heart of mission. We can celebrate together the call the Holy Father has placed before us to live out our authentic humanity which finds it’s fullness in Christ. The Second Collection supports the work carried out by the Bishops’ Conference Mission Directorate, supporting our Church in a wide field of service and mission here in England and Wales. Please hold this important work in your prayers and give as generously as you can. Thank you.
CAFOD Harvest Fast Day is being held on Friday 2nd October. CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, the official overseas aid charity of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and part of Caritas International.
Aid to the Church in Need Across the world, countless men, women and children suffer simply because of the faith they hold dear. In their need, they look to us to be their voice. Aid to the Church in Need has launched its first-ever global petition on religious freedom, calling on governments and the United Nations to do more to defend the right to believe, and to ensure that those responsible for persecution are held to account. You are warmly invited to stand in solidarity with the persecuted Church by signing this petition and giving witness to the importance of religious freedom for all. Please consider putting your faith into action and adding your voice by scanning the QR code.
For your information or assistance…
We have two email addresses that perform different roles. Just to clear any confusion here is a reminder.
holyroodchurchmr@outlook.com is the one to use to communicate with Fr. David directly re spiritual, personal, or ongoing matters.
holyroodmr@gmail.com was set up in 2020 to deal with general enquiries, communication generated via the website, and third parties such as West Lindsey churches festival. These emails are initially looked at by the bulletin team and passed to Fr. David if appropriate.
The Newsletter Team
