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March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 John Howes Confirmation, Easter, First Communion, Lent, Monday Club, Social events, UCM Easter, UCM

Sacro Monte di Crea; The finding of the empty tomb of Christ, statues by Antonio Brilla, 1889. (Public domain).

These are the services this week:
Monday March 26th – Mass at 7pm followed by Exposition in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel until 8pm
Tuesday March 27th – No Mass
Wednesday March 28th – Mass at 7pm
Thursday March 29th – Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7.30pm
Friday March 30th – Celebration of the Lord’s Passion at 7pm
Saturday March 31st – Easter Vigil at 8pm
Sunday April 1st – Mass for Easter Sunday at 9.30am
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Monday March 26th – Monday Club, 2pm in the church hall.
Tuesday March 27th – Lent Study Group, 37 Bawnmore Road. Call 521069 for details.
Wednesday March 28th – UCM meeting, Sacred Heart Hall. Talk on Rugby Street Pastors at 7.45pm.
Friday March 30th – Ecumenical Walk of Witness, starts at Rugby Baptist Church, Regent Street, 9.45am.
Forthcoming events
Sunday April 22nd – Confirmation celebrated by Bishop William Kenny, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.
Sunday June 17th – First Communion celebration, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.

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March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 John Howes Lent, Service times Gospel of St Mark, Palm Sunday

You are welcome to join us to celebrate the Palm Sunday at Sacred Heart Church. Mass will be on Sunday March 25th at 9.30am including a special liturgy for children. There will be an anticipated Mass on Saturday evening at 5pm. This is what we will be singing on Sunday:
Gathering: 228 Sing Hosanna (procession)
Penitential Rite: None
Gloria: Not in Lent
Psalm: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Refrain p169, verse p29)
Acclamation: 185 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Word of the Father, Son of God.
Gifts: Reflective Music
Holy Holy: Pershore 579
Mem Acclamation: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p207/8 of hymnbook)
Lamb of God: 589 Pershore
Communion: 253 Jesus, Remember Me
Going forth: 752 My song is love unknown

During the season of Lent, we will be using some of the English Chants for the Order of the Mass, based on the Church’s tradition of Gregorian Chant.

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March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 John Howes First Communion, Lent, Meetings, Monday Club, Reconciliation Lent, Services

According to the 19th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, as Jesus approaches Jerusalem, he looks at the city and weeps over it (Luke 19:41) (an event known as Flevit super illam in Latin language), foretelling the suffering that awaits the city. The event took place on the Mount of Olives. (Public domain)

These are the services this week:
Monday March 12th – Mass at 7pm followed by Exposition in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel until 8pm
Tuesday March 13th – No Mass
Wednesday March 14th – Mass at 7pm
Thursday March 15th – Mass at 9.30am
Friday March 16th – Mass at 9.30am (no Lent lunch this week) and Stations of the Cross at 7pm. Wedding at 1pm.
Saturday March 17th – Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B at 5pm
Sunday March 18th – Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B at 9.30am
Parish diary for this week
Monday March 12th – First Communion meeting, 6pm, Sacred Heart Hall.
Monday March 12th – Monday Club, 2pm in hall. All welcome.
Tuesday March 13th – Lent Study Group, 37 Bawnmore Road. Call 521069 for details.
Thursday March 14th – Confirmation programme meeting, 6pm in the hall.
Friday March 16th – Women’s World Day of Prayer service, 10.30am at Bilton Evangelical Church.
Saturday March 17th – Sacrament of Reconciliation for children, 11am.
Forthcoming events
Sunday March 18th – Bilton Churches Together Unity Service, Bilton Evangelical Church, 6.30pm.
Wednesday March 21st – Deanery Service of Penance, St Marie’s Church, 7pm.
Thursday March 22nd – Holy Spirit Evening including Healing Service, 6pm to 9pm at Sacred Heart Church.
Thursday March 22nd – Coffee morning at Rugby Myton Hospice, 10am to noon.
Friday March 23rd – Lent lunches continue after 11.45am Mass. All proceeds to Cafod.
Sunday April 22nd – Confirmation celebrated by Bishop William Kenny, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.
Sunday June 17th – First Communion celebration, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.

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March 11, 2018 John Howes Lent, Liturgy, Service times Lent, Rugby, Sacred Heart Church

Jesus Christ in his Passion as the Lord of Patience or Lord of Contemplation as offered with the crown of thorns, the sceptre reed and mocked by Roman soldiers. Oil on canvas by Matthias Stom. (Public domain).

You are welcome to join us to celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B at Sacred Heart Church. Mass will be on Sunday March 11th at 9.30am including a special liturgy for children. There will be an anticipated Mass on Saturday evening at 5pm. This is what we will be singing on Sunday:
Gathering: 756 When I survey the wondrous cross
Penitential Rite: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p202 of hymnbook)
Gloria: Not in Lent
Psalm: A pure heart create for me, O God (Ps50, p107)
Acclamation: 185 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Word of the Father, Son of God.
Gifts: 609 In bread we bring you Lord
Holy Holy: Pershore 579
Mem Acclamation: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p207/8 of hymnbook)
Lamb of God: 589 Pershore
Communion: 748 Unless a grain of wheat shall fall
Going forth: 762 At the name of Jesus (verses 1 to 5)

During the season of Lent, we will be using some of the English Chants for the Order of the Mass, based on the Church’s tradition of Gregorian Chant.

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March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 John Howes Confirmation, First Communion, Lent, Monday Club Churches Together, Lent, Sacred Heart Church

Briton Rivière – The Temptation in the Wilderness. (Public domain)

These are the services this week:
Monday March 5th – Mass at 7pm followed by Exposition in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel until 8pm
Tuesday March 6th – No Mass
Wednesday March 7th – Mass at 7pm
Thursday March 8th – Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion at 9.30am
Friday March 9th – Mass at 11.45am (followed by Lent lunch in the hall) Stations of the Cross at 7pm.
Saturday March 10th – Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B at 5pm
Sunday March 11th – Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B at 9.30am
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Tuesday March 6th – Lent Study Group, 37 Bawnmore Road. Call 521069 for details.
Thursday March 7th – Confirmation programme meeting, 6pm in the hall.
Friday March 9th – Lent lunches continue after 11.45am Mass. All proceeds to Cafod.
Saturday March 10th – Quizzerdance for HCPT Group 123, Rainsbrook Centre, Kilsbly Lane. Call Phil Burns on 07947 740825.
Forthcoming events
Monday March 12th – First Communion meeting, 6pm, Sacred Heart Hall.
Monday March 12th – Monday Club, 2pm in hall. All welcome.
Friday March 16th – Women’s World Day of Prayer service, 10.30am at Bilton Evangelical Church.
Saturday March 17th – Sacrament of Reconciliation for children, 11am.
Sunday April 22nd – Confirmation celebrated by Bishop William Kenny, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.
Sunday June 17th – First Communion celebration, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.

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March 4, 2018 John Howes Lent, Liturgy, Service times Lent, Mass, Sacred Heart Church

Jesus and Nicodemus by Crijn Hendricksz, 1616–1645 (Public domain)

You are welcome to join us to celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B at Sacred Heart Church. Mass will be on Sunday March 4th at 9.30am including a special liturgy for children. There will be an anticipated Mass on Saturday evening at 5pm. This is what we will be singing on Sunday:
Gathering: 970 Be thou my vision
Penitential Rite: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p202 of hymnbook)
Gloria: Not in Lent
Psalm: O let my tongue cleave to my mouth, if I remember you not! (Ps136, p106)
Acclamation: 185 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Word of the Father, Son of God.
Gifts: 183 Penitential Liturgy (Hold us in your mercy) Verses sung by cantor
Holy Holy: Pershore 579
Mem Acclamation: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p207/8 of hymnbook)
Lamb of God: 589 Pershore
Communion: 842 Come back to me, with all your heart
Going forth: 849 God forgave my sin in Jesus’ name

During the season of Lent, we will be using some of the English Chants for the Order of the Mass, based on the Church’s tradition of Gregorian Chant.

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February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 John Howes Lent, Service times Lent, Liturgy, Rugby, Sacred Heart Church

The driving of the merchants from the temple by Scarsellino (1550-1620). Public domain.

You are welcome to join us to celebrate the Third Sunday of Lent, Year B at Sacred Heart Church. Mass will be on Sunday March 4th at 9.30am including a special liturgy for children. There will be an anticipated Mass on Saturday evening at 5pm. This is what we will be singing on Sunday:
Gathering: 857 Sing to the world of Christ
Penitential Rite: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p202 of hymnbook)
Gloria: Not in Lent
Psalm: You lord, have the message of eternal life (Ps18, p105)
Acclamation: 185 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Word of the Father, Son of God.
Gifts: 197 Processional Litany of the Word
Holy Holy: Pershore 579
Mem Acclamation: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p207/8 of hymnbook)
Lamb of God: 589 Pershore
Communion: 193 Return to God with all your heart
Going forth: 827 Glorious things of you are spoken

During the season of Lent, we will be using some of the English Chants for the Order of the Mass, based on the Church’s tradition of Gregorian Chant.

Parish diary this week

February 18, 2018 John Howes Lent, Meetings, Monday Club, Service times, UCM Lent, Stations of the Cross

Stations_of_the_Cross,_5,_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_au_Beguinage,_Brussels.jpg (2440×2268) — Stations of the Cross, 5, Saint-Jean-Baptiste au Beguinage, Brussels.

These are the services this week:
Monday February 19th – Mass at 7pm followed by Exposition in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel until 8pm
Tuesday February 20th – No Mass
Wednesday February 21st – Mass at 7pm
Thursday February 22nd – No Mass
Friday February 23rd – Mass at 11.45am (followed by Lent lunch in the hall) Stations of the Cross at 7pm.
Saturday February 24th – Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B at 5pm
Sunday February 25th – Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B at 9.30am
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Monday February 26th – Monday Club, 2pm in hall. All welcome.
Friday February 23rd – Lent lunches continue after 11.45am Mass. All proceeds to Cafod.
Forthcoming events
Tuesday February 27th – Lent Study Group, 37 Bawnmore Road. Call 521069 for details.
Wednesday February 28th – UCM meeting, 7.45pm in church hall. Speaker: Deb Bignell of Warwickshire Young Carers.
Friday March 2nd – Women’s World Day of Prayer service, 10.30am at Bilton Evangelical Church.
Sunday April 22nd – Confirmation celebrated by Bishop William Kenny, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.
Sunday June 17th – First Communion celebration, 9.30am, Sacred Heart.

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February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 John Howes Lent, Liturgy, Service times Rugby, Sacred Heart Church, Transfiguration

The-Transfiguration-1480-xx-Giovanni-Bellini.JPG (1914×1444) — The Transfiguration by Giovanni Bellini.

You are welcome to join us to celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B at Sacred Heart Church. Mass will be on Sunday February 25th at 9.30am. There will be an anticipated Mass on Saturday evening at 5pm. This is what we will be singing on Sunday:
Gathering: 215 Transfigure us, O Lord
Penitential Rite: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p202 of hymnbook)
Gloria: Not in Lent
Psalm: I will walk in the presence of thre Lord, in the land of the living (Ps115, p104)
Acclamation: 185 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Word of the Father, Son of God.
Gifts: 608 Take my hands and make them as your own
Holy Holy: Pershore 579
Mem Acclamation: 479 English Chants for the Order of the Mass (p207/8 of hymnbook)
Lamb of God: 589 Pershore
Communion: 929 O Lord hear my prayer
Going forth: 994 May you walk with Christ beside you