Notices & Mass Times

12th December 2010.  GAUDETE SUNDAY. THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT.  YEAR C2

Mass Times and other Liturgies

Date		Services	Notes
11th December	Saturday	5:00 pm Mass 1st Mass of Sunday	Mass Intention: Peter Alford RIP
12th	Sunday	11:00 am Sung Family Mass	Mass Intention: For the Parish
13th	Monday	9:30 am Mass	St Lucy Mass Intention: The Holy Souls
14th	Tuesday	7:30 am Mass	St John of the Cross Mass Intention: Private Intention
15th	Wednesday	9:30 am Mass	Mass Intention: Available
16th	Thursday	9:30 am Mass	Mass Intention: Available
17th	Friday	9:30 am Mass No Holy Hour	Mass Intention: Kennan Family
18th	Saturday	9:30 am Mass 5:00 pm Mass 1st Mass of Sunday	Mass Intention: Available Mass Intention: Available
19th	Sunday	11:00 am Sung Family Mass	Mass Intention: For the Parish

Confessions - Confessions - Confessions - Confessions - Confessions
Shaftesbury	Saturdays	10:00 am	For the Infirm: on the first Saturday of each month confessions are heard in the Sacristy, on seats.
	Tuesday 14th	7:00pm
Tisbury	Saturdays	10:30 - 11:00 am 7:00 - 7:30 pm
Marnhull	Saturdays	10:30 am

Times of other nearby Sunday masses are on the board outside the church and will appear on the website soon.

Mulled Wine and mince pies: this weekend 11-12th Dec. 
In keeping with our Parish tradition we’ll be serving Mulled Wine & Mince Pies after Saturday 5pm and Sunday 11am Masses this weekend.

Christmas Raffle and Cakes 
Thanks again to Jerome Ashby for organising the raffle and Hugh Orme for counting the proceeds.  The raffle raised £727.70 and the cakes raised £101.30.  After factoring in various expenses we'll have made a profit of £660.  Items donated for the Fayre have been boxed up and will be stored until next year's Christmas Fayre - the impossibility of booking the town hall at short notice means that we can't organise another fayre until then.

Confessions Service: 7pm, Tuesday 14th December
This Tuesday evening we'll be having our usual Advent penitential service with 5 priests here to hear your confessions.  This is a significant opportunity and an important way to prepare for Christmas.  If you can't make the service on Tuesday evening then Blandford are having their penitential service at 7pm on Wednesday evening.

Knights of Columbus: Meeting re-scheduled
Sadly, due to weather and scheduling difficulties the Knight had to cancel Friday's meeting.  Their presentation evening will be re-scheduled for early in the new year.

New Cleaners' Rota
There is a new rota for collection in the porch.  Thanks to all our cleaners who keep serving our parish community with this important unseen work.  Please consider joining the rota - it involves cleaning about once every 2 months.

New Newsletter Editor Needed
Are you willing to take on the task of (1) editing, or (2) photocopying, or (3) folding the weekly newsletter?  Could you copy or even just fold the newsletter even if you couldn’t edit it?
If you were willing to edit it you would need to be on email and able to edit Word documents.
I’d like to thank Kate Lavan who has been effectively and reliably doing the newsletter for the past couple years.  She’s now moving on the task of being bookkeeper of the parish finances.

Christmas Service Times:

Christmas Carol Service: 4pm Wed 22nd Dec
This is the 4th year running for our parish carol service!  The service includes your favourite carols interspersed with the reading of the various parts of the Christmas narrative: the annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to Our Lady, the Visitation, the apparition of the angels to the shepherds, the Nativity itself, etc.  Principle parts of the service will be led by various children of the parish. This would a great event to invite non-Catholic friends to. 

Town Nativity Play
Any musicians or general singers willing to join the ecumenical nativity play can join the rehearsal at 7.30pm in St Peter's Anglican church: for musicians on 11th Dec and for everyone on 14th Dec.

Children’s Christmas Party
9th January 2011, 4-6pm at the Royal British Legion Hall, Shaftesbury
This is a lovely family event which is held annually in the Parish.  Children of all ages welcome.  There will be a children’s disco, food and lots of time to play, chat and have fun.  There will be a list at the back of the church nearer the time for you to add names and volunteer to bring a dish.  Any questions, call Mary-Clare Fearn 01258 820912 or Sam Allhusen 01747 812720.

Bishop's Jubilee Celebration
Bishop Christopher Budd is to celebrate 25th years since being consecrated our Bishop of Plymouth.  There will be a celebration Mass in Plymouth Cathedral on Tuesday 18th January at 2.30pm.  Please sign the list in the porch if you are interested, places need to be booked by 12th December.

Prayer Intentions - Please pray especially for Sheila Ratcliffe; Emma Reed; Daniel Hill; Mark McDonagh; Lucy Donnelly; Christine Burton, and Jill Butler in your prayers.  If you fall ill and need Holy Communion brought to you please let Fr Dylan know (Tel. 852125).  Similarly, please let us know the names of sick people we should be praying for – please ask their permission for us to mention their names publicly. 

Thank you for your prayers and for the work of the Church.  The collection last week came to: £471.35. Any donations by cheque should be made payable to “Shaftesbury RC Parish PRCDTR”.  Thank you.

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Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for December 2010

General That our personal experience of suffering may be an occasion for better understanding the situation of unease and pain which is the lot of many people who are alone, sick or aged, and stir us all to give them generous help.     Mission That the peoples of the earth may open their doors to Christ and to His Gospel of peace, brotherhood and justice.