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Parish of Our Lady & St Vincent, Potters Bar

04 Feb 2022
OLASV Parish Office

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 6th February 2022

Life after plan B

Following the government’s relaxing of COVID regulations on 27th January, we have now received guidance from the Bishops about the way forward.  The changes below will start this weekend.

If you have COVID symptoms you should stay away from church gatherings – we have the live-streaming and recording for these situations.  The main mode of transmission is by mouth or nose aerosol so we are asking those who are able to continue wearing face coverings inside the church building, especially as we are singing.

Transmission of the virus by touch is minimal and so we will be using hymn books again although we still encourage you to sanitise your hands on your way into church.  Ministers will sanitise their hands before administering Holy Communion and we request that you still receive the host in the hand.  Communion will still be under just ‘one kind’. The collection be taken up at the offertory.  Holy Water will be available again but the font will be refilled with fresh water on Saturday and Monday mornings and before baptisms. The Sign of Peace will be restored but please be sensitive to people around you who may prefer to bow rather than shake hands. Only shake hands if a hand is offered.

In summary, we ask YOU to

WE will

☎ 01707 654359    Email – pottersbar@rcdow.org.uk    Website – www.olasv.org.uk

All services are live streamed – click on ‘live streaming’ link on website

Recording of Sunday Mass available on 01707 518202 after 10am Sunday

Parish Priest: Canon Shaun Lennard – shaunlennard@rcdow.org.uk

Presbytery: 243, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2AT

Deacon: Rev Donal Hopkins – donhopkins@rcdow.org.uk

Catechetical coordinator: Mrs. Francesca Khaliq – pottersbarcat@rcdow.org.uk

Parish Administrator: Nicola Thrussell – pottersbar@rcdow.org.uk

Pastoral Assistant (Seminarian): Dale Cutlan

Safeguarding Rep. Mike Sibley: pottersbarsg@safeguardrcdow.org.uk

Parish Office open Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9.30am – 12.30pm

To speak to a priest in an emergency ring 07854 866860

COLLECTION

Jan 23: Envelopes £312; Loose £373

Thank you for your generosity.

PARISH OFFICE

The Parish Office is open to callers from 9.30am – 12.30pm on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

LIVE STREAMING

Last week the website was hacked. If this happens you can still get the live streaming on www.churchservices.tv/pottersbar

CONFIRMATION PREPARATION

Please pray for our confirmation candidates who are on their Retreat Day at SPEC, the diocesan youth retreat centre, today.

INCLUSIVE MASS

11am today is our monthy ‘Inclusive Mass‘ when the children stay in for the whole of Mass. We attempt to engage everybody in various ways. Any suggestions for developing this Mass are very welcome.

COVID GUIDANCE

You can read the full guidance (see front page) at www.cbcew.org.uk/covid-guidance-collective-worship/

CHRISTMAS FOR SOMEONE ELSE

Since last Christmas you have donated £10,739.86 to help vulnerable families over the winter.  We have dispersed £7,426.93 of those funds last winter, for a summer trip and, more recently, vouchers for food at Christmas and in January.  The remaining funds will be dispersed over the next few months.  It is still not too late to give, either on the credit/debit card machine or by cash/cheque.  Contact the office for details.

PALMS

Please bring in any old palms you have so that the pupils at Pope Paul School can

burn them to make ash for Ash Wednesday.

SYNOD

Thank you to the 100 parishioners who responded and thank you to Angela Baffa, our synod rep.  In  few weeks time we aim to have a summary available for parishioners so that we can discern the way forward as a parish.

WEBSITE

The website was down due to an attack this week.  If you notice this please email the Parish Office straight away so that we can do something about it.  Apparently it was down on Sunday but nobody said anything until Tuesday.

There are only two people looking after the website at the moment. We are trying to put a team together to redesign and maintain it.  If you could help please contact Deacon Don now.  It is SO important for so many reasons and the more the responsibility is shared then the better it will be.

DID YOU GET A NEW LAPTOP FOR CHRISTMAS?

As part of our Love in Action (LIA) projects, we have launched the parish Tech Appeal. You can donate unwanted laptops/ notebooks to those in our parish and partner schools in need of IT equipment. You may have received a new device for Christmas and so will have an old one you can donate. Please have a look at home to see if you have a suitable device you no longer use, to donate to the appeal. If you do have any please fill in the questionnaire that can be found on our website

http://olasv.org.uk/.

ADULT CONFIRMATION

Did you miss out on the Sacrament of Confirmation?  Dale is going to run a short programme of preparation sessions for confirmation culminating in confirmations at Easter.  If you are interested in finding out more (we will tailor the course to the availability of participants) please email the parish office or leave a note for Dale, by Sunday 13th February.

BERNADETTE WHELAN RIP

Bernadette’s funeral Mass will be on Tuesday 8th February at 11.30am.  Her mortal remains will be recieved into the church the evening before at 4pm.

MISSING DVDs

We are missing two ‘Catholicism’ DVDs from the cupboard in the Hall; Disk 1: Episodes 1 & 2, Disk 5: Episodes 9 & 10.

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

Nicholas Breakspear School are petitioning the County Council to install a pedestrian crossing and other traffic calming measures, for the safety of their students, outside the school. Please support the school by signing the petition by visiting www.nbs.herts.sch.uk and clicking on the link.

WESTMINSTER YEAR BOOK

If you would like a copy of the Westminster Year Book, spare copies can be found in the narthex.

SHIELDING/ISOLATING?

Don’t forget that all Masses are live-streamed via the parish website and, if you do not have internet access, you can listen to a recording of Sunday Mass on 01707 518202 (local calls are free).

STEWARDING

One of the comments which came up many times in the synod listening exercise was how much people appreciated the presence of stewards welcoming them to Mass with a smile, a missalette and a newsletter.  We thank those who are doing this on a regular basis – it is such an important ministry.  It is your church – could you help? Even once a month would help.  There is only one person greeting at the Saturday evening Mass – is this fair?  Please sign up if you can help.

CHURCH CLEANING

Team B – Sat 19th February 9.30am. 

WOULD YOU BE A SCHOOL GOVERNOR?

Pope Paul School is a fantastic primary school in the parish. School-Home-Parish links are very strong.  The school is managed by a very committed Senior Leadership Team but they are supported and encouraged by the governing body.  As a ‘Voluntary Aided‘ school the majority of governors are appointed by the Cardinal.  Governors serve for a term of 5 years and people with a passion for good education are always needed. You do not have to be an ‘expert‘ in education as full training is given.  People with skills in education, finance and buildings are particularly important.

Please consider this seriously and speak to Fr Shaun if you would like to know more.  Being a Governor is a great way to serve your church.

NICHOLAS BREAKSPEAR SCHOOL

On Thursday there was a synod listening session at NBS followed by Mass celebrated by Bishop John Sherrington.  It was great to see so many children in the parish actively invovled in the school community.

LOURDES PILGRIMAGE

The annual diocesan pilgrimage is planned for 22 – 29 July 2022.  At this stage the organisers need to know who would be interested.  If you are interested (you are not committing yourself at this stage) please go to

https://forms.rcdow.org.uk/lourdes-pilgrimage-2022-expression-of-interest/

This is the best way to travel in the current climate as all is guaranteed COVID-protected.

VOLUNTEER FOR CAFOD

We have lots of different ways you can get involved such as: In the parish, in local schools, Coordinating volunteers If you’d like to know more, please get in touch with Tony  tsheen@cafod.org.uk

PLEASE PRAY FOR

Please remember in your prayers the sick, their, including: Damien Grafton, Marsaili MacAuley, Linda Brooks, Patricia Wallington, Grant Davis, Bridie Spelzini, Frank Casali, Susan Lundrigan, Jean Rudd, Theresa Round, Joan Bonner, Jean Lowery, Jamie Giles, Mary Lindsay, Paige White, Christakis Christofides, Philomena O’Sullivan, Bernard Keown, Ann O’Neill, Jason Mosely, Robert Chambers, Abbey Cummings, Anne Conlon, Kathy Lavelle, Monica Doheny, Vincent, Lee & Abigail Clark, Baby Logan.

Recently dead: Bernadette Whelan, Fr Evan Jones, Marion Miller and for all those whose anniversaries occur about this time, including Brendan Woodcock.

READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY

13th February, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – Racial Justice Sunday

Jeremiah 17:5-8

1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20

Luke 6:17. 20-26

Newsletter deadline – Tuesday 9.30am

TIMES OF MASS & OTHER LITURGIES

Sunday 6th February          Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

                                             (Sat) 6pm People of the Parish

                                              9am Breda Houlihan RIP                                

                                              11am Thomas Braganza RIP

Monday 7th February           10am Mass Deirdre Byrne  RIP

                                              4pm Reception of Bernadette Whelan RIP

Tuesday 8th February           10am Mass Deceased Members of the Morony Family

                                              11.30am Funeral Mass Bernadette Whelan

Wednesday 9th February      10am Mass Christina Corsini RIP

Thursday 10th February        No Mass

Friday 11th February             10am Milad Morgan RIP

Saturday 12th February        5.15 – 5.45pm Sacrament of Reconciliation

                                              6pm Antonia Cox RIP

Sunday 13th February        Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Racial Justice Sunday           9am Frankie Curran RIP

                                             11am People of the Parish

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