THE CHURCH OF THE

SACRED HEART OF JESUS

& SAINT JOSEPH, WARE

e.mail: Parish Priest: Fr. John Gray

website: www.sacredheartware.com Parish Deacon: Rev. Adrian Cullen

telephone: 01920 462140 Pastoral Assistant: Mary Hallett

Parish Secretary: Tracy Moloney

10th November 2013

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

TIMES OF SERVICES & GROUP MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MONDAY11th
St Martin of Tours / 8.00 a.m.
8.00 p.m. / MASS at Carmel
Prayer Group in the Hall
TUESDAY
12th
St Josaphat / 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m. / Toddler Group in the Hall
Requiem Mass for Deceased Priests & Deacons of the Deanery Concelebrated by all the Priests of the Deanery. All Parishioners are warmly invited to attend.
WEDNESDAY
13th / 9.45 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
8.00 p.m. / Morning Prayer
MASS
RCIA in the Hall – Salvation History
THURSDAY
14th / 9.15 a.m.
10.30 a.m.
8.00 p.m. / MASS
Faith Sharing Group in the Hall
Faith Sharing Group at 1 Ware Park Cottages
FRIDAY
15th
St Albert the Great / 11.30 a.m.
12.00 noon / Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
MASS
SATURDAY
16th
St Edmund of Abingdon / 1.00 p.m.
3.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m.
6.30 p.m. / Baptism: Bodie Hines
Children in Non-Catholic Schools in the Hall
FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY
SUNDAY
17th
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time / 8.30 a.m.
10.30 a.m. / MASS
MASS

Mass Book Page 160

Response to today’s Psalm

“I shall be filled, when I awake, with the sight of your glory, O Lord.”

READINGS NEXT WEEK Malachi 3:19-20, Psalm 97,

2 Thessalonians 3:7-12, Gospel Luke 21:5-19

MONEY COUNTING TEAM NO 1 THIS WEEK

CHURCH CLEANING

This week Kate Corcoran & Colleen Guiver, thank you.

100 CLUB LOTTERY –NOVEMBER WINNERS

1st / £50 / Jan Ordon
2nd / £30 / Kevin Woods
3rd / £10 / Pam & Paul Raven
4th / £5 / Frankie Bedford
5th / £5 / Fiona Bancroft
Many thanks to all of you who take part in this fund raising activity and to Tom Stapleton, who organises it. ______

SICK AND RETIRED PRIESTS’ FUND

There will be a collection for the Sick and Retired Priests’ Fund today. The Sick & Retired Priests’ Fund depends on donations and all the money that you give will be used to ensure that our priests receive the care and support that they need in their old age or if they are struggling with ill health. Please give as much as you can afford and, if you pay tax, don’t forget that you can add 25p to every £1 that you give (at no extra cost to you) by completing the Gift Aid declaration on the back of the donation envelope. (You can also make a donation online at www.rcdow.org.uk/donations) Those of you who pledged in the “Growing in Faith” campaign that we ran earlier this year will make a real difference and the support of those who have decided to contribute to this appeal is hugely appreciated. Those who have pledged are not expected to give again. Thank you.

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NEW EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ROTA FROM 16th November

The new rota is now available. If you have provided an email address a copy will have already been emailed to you. All other Ministers will find a copy in the church porch. Can you please take your copy. If you are prepared to receive your copy via email and have not provided your email address please email it to Thank you.

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PRISONERS SUNDAY: November 17th

A national day of Prayer, Action, and Giving, in aid of Pact, the Catholic charity which offers people affected by imprisonment a fresh start. Please remember people affected by crime and imprisonment in your prayers. Find out about volunteering at www.justvolunteer.org.uk. For further information, pleasecontact Monica Deane at Pact on 0207 735 9535 . ______

Please take home a CAFOD World Gifts Catalogue after Mass

Having trouble thinking of what to buy your friends this Christmas? Why not give them a CAFOD World Gift. This Gift gives a much needed present to some of the world’s poorest communities, and a stylish certificate to your friends or family showing them the gift purchased on their behalf. Please take home a CAFOD World Gifts catalogue today after Mass, - learn more and order online at www.cafod.org.uk/worldgifts

DICKENSIAN EVENING

We will be having our usual bottle tombola stall at Ware Dickensian evening on Friday 6th December. We would be grateful for donations of bottles (full and in-date) which can be left in the collecting box in the porch and for offers of an hours help (on the list in the porch). Thank you.

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‘WARE CHRISTMAS TOGETHER’ – DON’T BE ALONE

As in previous years many local Church members will be involved with the enterprise, which has been greatly appreciated, particularly by people who would otherwise spend Christmas on their own. Come and join with others at the Riverside Hall (Age Concern), Priory Street, Ware for a Turkey Dinner on Christmas Day from 12 noon – 3.00 p.m. or have a dinner taken to your home. Helpers are needed on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day for transport and delivery and with cooking and serving the meal. The ‘Guest Invitation or Home Delivery’ forms (green) and the ‘Helper Registration’ forms (red) are available on the table at the back of the Church. Or for more information, please ring Christmas Together on 01920 420642. ______

ITEM FOR SALE

Glass Conservatory Table with 4 chairs – in good condition, free but for a donation to the Church Hall fund. Item to be collected, please call Jo 01920 413152.

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JOB VACANCIES

A Payroll Officer is required for the Diocesan Payroll office, also the Catholic Education Service requires an Education Advisor and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Waltham Cross is advertising for a teacher to join their school. If you would like further details of these positions & how to apply please see the relevant job adverts in the Porch, or if you know of anyone who you think might be suitable please do let them know of these vacancies.

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Year of Faith

I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER

42. Q. Can someone accept the theory of evolution and still believe in the Creator?

A.  Yes. Although it is a different kind of knowledge, faith is open to the findings and hypotheses of the sciences. Theology has no scientific competence, and natural science has no theological competence. Natural science cannot dogmatically rule out the possibility that there are purposeful processes in creation; conversely, faith cannot define specifically how these processes take place in the course of nature’s development. A Christian can accept the theory of evolution as a helpful explanatory model, provided they do not fall into the heresy of evolutionism, which views man as the random product of biological processes. Evolution presupposes the existence of something that can develop. The theory says nothing about where this “something” came from. Furthermore, questions about the being, essence, dignity, mission, meaning, and wherefore of the world and man cannot be answered in biological terms. Just as “Evolutionism” oversteps a boundary on the one side, do does “Creationism” on the other. Creationists naively take biblical data literally (for example, to calculate the earth’s age, they cite the six days of work in Genesis 1).