Parish Priest: Fr. Graham Stokes, 020 8429 5684, grahamstokes@rcdow.org.uk

Parish Catechist: Kay O’Connor, 020 8429 5682, kayoconnor@rcdow.org.uk

Parish Administrator: Claudia McHugh, 020 8429 5681, claudiamchugh@rcdow.org.uk (Mon-Wed-Fri 9.30am-1.30pm)

Easter Sunday and the Second Sunday of Easter

St John Fisher Roman Catholic Church 80 Imperial Close, North Harrow, HA2 7LW, 020 8868 7531

www.stjohnfisheronline.org.uk

Surrexit Christus, Alleluia!

Our journey through Lent and Holy Week has come to its

joyous conclusion as we celebrate together the Resurrection

of Jesus Christ. After our 40 days of preparation we now

begin 50 days of celebration during Eastertime; who says the

Church is all about ‘doom and gloom’!?

This year we will celebrate Christ’s Ascension to His Father in

40 days time on Thursday, 10th May and the great feast of the

Holy Spirit, Pentecost, 10 days later on Pentecost Sunday, 20th

May. As a Church we are good at focussing on the practice of

prayer, fasting and almsgiving during Lent so let’s not overlook

the rejoicing of Easter!

Every blessing

Fr Graham

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

weeks beginning Sat 31st March & 7th April 2018

31st Sat HOLY SATURDAY

9.30am Morning Prayer

8.00pm EASTER VIGIL

People of the Parish

1st Sun EASTER SUNDAY

8.30am Mary Regina McBride RIP

10.00am Maria Teixeira RIP Anniv

11.30am May McDonagh RIP Anniv

2nd Mon OCTAVE OF EASTER

11.00am Leocadia D’Souza RIP Anniv

3rd Tue OCTAVE OF EASTER

9.30am Patrick O’Malley RIP

4th Wed OCTAVE OF EASTER – no mass

5th Thu OCTAVE OF EASTER

9.30am Donal Morrissey RIP

11.00 Requiem Mass for Anthony Heffernan RIP

6th Fri OCTAVE OF EASTER

9.30am Charlie Doherty RIP

7th Sat (Vigil of Sunday)

6.00pm Kathleen Prendeville RIP Anniv

8th Sun 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER

8.30am Honor & Richard O’Connor RIP Anniv

10.00am People of the Parish

11.30am Avito Saldanha RIP

9th Mon THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD

9.30am Patrick O’Malley RIP

10th Tue Easter feria

9.30am June Collins RIP Anniv

11th Wed St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr – no mass

12th Thu Easter feria

9.30am Agnus Kiernan RIP

13th Fri Easter feria

9.30am Favours received

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Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday 5.15pm - 5.45pm

and by appointment

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday 8.15am – 9.15am (as announced)

First Friday 10am - 11am (concluding with Benediction)

Next two Sunday’s Readings:

Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 5:1-6, John 20:19-31

Acts 3:13-15.17-19, 1 John 2:1-5, Luke 24:35-48

LITURGICAL CALENDAR

Please keep the sick in your prayers. A list of sick parishioners is displayed on the notice board at the back of the Church. (SVP If you or your sick relative could benefit from a visit from the St Vincent de Paul Society, please ring Katherine on 020 8868 8512 or Tony on 020 8868 3205.)

Recently Deceased, (baby) Leo, Paddy Greene, Fr Nicholas Kavanagh.

Pray also For Maria Teixeira, May McDonagh, Leocadia D’Souza, Kathleen Prendeville, Honor & Richard O’Connor, June Collins, Clifford Perera, Phebe Martins, Madeline Borio, Keith Bowker, Cecil Cobb, Marian O’Dea, Darren Jones, Mary O’Sullivan, Maureen Orogun, Victor Manuel Loja, Aldo Trombetti, Roman Sidorowicz, Mary Reidy, Joe Walsh, Gerard Nicholas, Hannah Celine O’Brien, Sally Enwright, Nora O’Connor, Maisie Rainsford, Eileen Jordan, Kathleen Bacon, Catherine Fearon, Michael Broderick, Bridget Maher, Florence Keane, Dr. Larry Fisch, Barbara Ryan, Maura Haygreen, Brian Walton, Frank Baldock, Joanne Flannery, Margaret Monahan, Phyllis Healy whose anniversaries occur at this time.

Patricia Roach RIP Requiem Mass on Monday, 16th

April at 11.30am followed by commital at Breakspear Crematorium. We offer our deepest sympathy and prayers to her family and friends. May she rest in peace.

Congratulations to Abilash Sabapathy and Anuja Sabapathy who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Easter Vigil.

Baptisms We welcome Mateo Benham, Ryan Ogbulie and Mary Zammit-Haber who are being baptised in our church on 7

th April.

Planned Giving Envelopes 2018/2019 Envelopes are now available for collection. Please see Kay either after Sunday 8.30am mass, or before or after any of the other masses this weekend. Due to changes in the law on how we use your personal information, we can no longer leave these out for collection at the back of the church. Alternatively, if you would like to set up a standing order for planned giving, please take an envelope containing the relevant details.

Gift Aid Please notify Fiona Moreira via the parish office if your circumstances have changed in a way that would affect your Gift Aid fionamoreira@rcdow.org.uk.

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion To enable a swifter and more orderly distribution of Holy Communion we are now scheduling on Sunday masses three extraordinary ministers to assist the priest in distributing the Eucharist together with the four extraordinary ministers who distribute the Precious Blood. Any comments welcome to Fr Graham.

Monday Morning Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament This proved popular during Lent, therefore Fr Graham plans to continue this on Monday mornings when he is available starting at 8.15am on Monday, 9

th April. Please check the newsletter

each week. Adoration and Benediction will continue as now on the first Friday on the month.

The Pylon - Summer edition 2018 Please send us your articles, accounts & photos of parish events, reports from parish groups, original short stories, holiday or book recommendations, about your pets, recipes, advice - in fact, anything you think would be of interest to our readers. (Word limit approx. 1,200.) Either email barbaratowell@sky.com or place in appropriate pigeonhole in the Church porch. Once again The Pylon is holding a Creative Writing Competition for younger readers: 1st Prize of £10 and a prize for runners up in each of the age groups a) Ages 16 – 12; b) Below 11 years. All winning pieces will be published in

our Christmas edition. We are asking for either short stories, flash fiction or poetry on any topic. This must be your own original work. Please ask parent/guardian/teacher to verify. Make sure you include this; plus your full name, age and contact details on the work or email. Deadline for all submissions is Sunday, May 13

th.

Knights of St. Columba Next meeting on Thursday, 5th

April at 8pm in the Social Club.

Knitting Group will meet on Friday, 13th

and 27th

April at 2pm in the Fisher Room. All donations of wool will be very welcome which can be dropped off in the presbytery.

Harrow Citizens Housing Action group will be meeting in the small hall from 7.30pm to 9pm on Thursday, 5

th April 2018. If

you are concerned about the local housing situation, come along to share your experience & knowledge. All welcome.

Harrow Citizens Please put in your diaries the founding assembly to launch the initiative on local leaders including our MP and mayor, which will take place on Tuesday 24

th April at

6.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, 276 Station Rd, Harrow HA1 2EA.

St. John Fisher Social Club – Easter Opening Hours The Club is open on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Pinner - Deputy Headteacher Vacancy For details please see the noticeboard in the porch. Application pack available from the school website www.stjohnfisherschool.co.uk under community/vacancies. Closing date: 12noon Friday, 6

th April 2018, Interview dates:

Monday 23rd

April and Tuesday 24th

April, 2018.

Parish 100 Club Draw Winners - January 2018 2nd

prize Julien Melville – yet to claim. February 2018 1

st prize £100 Teresa

Arrigo, 2nd

prize £50 Maria & Josie Conlon, 3rd

prize £25 Margaret Billiet. March 2018 1

st prize £100 Barbara Mather, 2

nd prize £50

Bridie Flanagan, 3rd

prize £25 Bernie Bell. Please contact fionamoreira@rcdow.org.uk or 8429 5683 to arrange payment.

A Day with Mary A day of instruction, devotion and intercession at Our Lady of the Rosary, Old Marylebone Road, NW1 on Saturday, 21

st April 2018. For timetable, please see poster on

noticeboard.

Getting Married Please remember that it is a requirement of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales that at least six months notice be given if you intend to get married. We need this time to process the paperwork and to ensure that you can have access to Marriage Preparation.

Leaving the Parish or Change of Address? Please advise Claudia McHugh on claudiamchugh@rcdow.org.uk or 020 8429 5681 so we may amend our records. Thank you.

New to the Parish? Please make yourself known after Mass to either Fr Graham or Kay O’Connor so you may be registered and provided with all the relevant information. A welcome pack is available from the wall rack in the Church porch.

Easter Offering In the porch you will find Easter Offering envelopes for Fr. Graham. These offerings support him in his ministry here in the Parish and they will be collected over the Masses of Easter. Thank you for your kindness and generosity at this time.