St Saviour’s, Abbots Langley & Our Lady Mother of the Saviour, Chipperfield

Served by the Society of the Divine Saviour – The Salvatorians

Parish Priest: Father Richard Mway, SDS Assistant Priest:

Parish Secretary: Katie Allam The Priests House: The Presbytery, 96 The Crescent, Abbots Langley, WD5 0DS

St Saviour’s Church: 96 The Crescent, Abbots Langley, WD5 0DS Our Lady Mother of the Saviour: Dunny Lane, Chipperfield, Kings Langley WD4 9DB

Tel: 01923266177 Email: abbotslangley@rcdow.org.uk

https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/abbotslangley/

Parish School: Divine Saviour Primary, Broomfield Rise, Abbots Langley Executive Head Teacher: Mr Stephen Wheatley

Head of School: Mrs Helen Wilson

Tel: 01923 265607 www.divinesaviour.herts.sch.uk

Salvatorian Trustees Registered Charity No 231410/ Archdiocese of Westminster is a Registered Charity: 233699

A Warm Welcome to you! If you are new to the parish, please introduce yourself to the Priest & to other parishioners.

Census Forms are available at the back of the Church!

MASS INTENTIONS – August

Friday 31st

Saturday 1st St James, Apostle

10.00

17.00: Michael McDonogh (sick) Jimmy O’Reilly +

Confessions: Saturday on call during Covid 19 Also available during monthly Adoration & upon request. Adoration & Benediction: First Friday after Mass until noon First Sundays; 16.00-17.00 Baptisms & Marriages: Contact Parish office to make appointment (preferably by e-mail) Signing of School Applications, Legal Documents etc.: This will be carried out every Wednesday on call during Covid 19. Sunday Readings: Year A Weekday Readings: Year 2

Sunday 2nd + 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

08.30: Lucas Fernandes (Sick)

11.30: Michel Halpin + (Anniversary)

Monday 3rd ` Feria: No Public Mass

09.00: Cecil Evans +(birthday memorial)

Tuesday 4th St John Vianney, Priest, memorial

10.00: Diego Fernandes & Maria Teresa Klaws

Wednesday 5th Feria

09.00: Elaine Hine +

Thursday 6th The Transfiguration of the Lord, feast

10:00: Fareed + & Monica Bhundoo (wedding

Anniversary)

Friday 7th Feria

10.00:

Saturday 8th St Dominic, Sunday Vigil Mass

17.00: Michael McDonnagh (sick)

Sunday 9th +19th Sunday of Ordinary Time

08.30:

11.30: People of the Parish

Please Pray for those who are sick, especially: Helen Downing, Hilary Usher, Jean Bradford, Tracey Jefferson, Breda Dale, Trevor Redpath, Mary-Kate

Muir, Jane Broom, Stephen Hughes, Amy & Family, Paul Murray, Paul Goggins, Eileen Healy, Ann Long, Kathleen Masterson, George Crawford, Gediminas Moliejus,

Alice O’Sullivan, John Connolly, Debbie Fisher, Mary Bianchi, Maria Di Lima, Peter & Christine Aldridge, Mary Murphy, Michael Murphy.

18th Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A

The crowds in today’s gospel had nothing to eat, but our Lord knew the had another hunger apart from that of

the stomach. They followed Jesus, listening to every word he spoke, and in none of the stories does it say that

they were bothered about food for the body. In today’s episode, it is the apostles who expressed this concern, on

behalf of the people. In another place it says that Jesus “looked at the crowd, and felt sorry for them, because

they had been with him for several days, and had nothing to eat.” Yet the twin hungers in today’s world are for

meaning as well as for food.

Parish Office hours: Tuesday & Friday: 9am-2pm

Sanctuary lamps may be lit for the personal intentions of Parishioners.

Please enquire at the sacristy after Mass. The Sanctuary Lamps will burn

for:

1. 2.

Tommy Burke, Callan Merriman, Jacob

Hall, ava Raithatha, Flynn Natarajan,

Katherine Duarte Ferreira, Sasha baron,

Sophie Byatt, Dermot Cooper, Emily

Laing, Keira Fitzhugh, Romeo Mariconda,

Ava Olivia Barrell, Havana Henry &

Seanna Ade: May the blessings of our Lord

Jesus be poured on you from this day onward.

Congratulations on your First Holy Communion.

The third group will make their First Holy

Communion on the 19th September 2020 and a

few other children will make theirs next year.

How will we keep the church clean & disinfected? We have put in certain measures to help keep our environment as safe as possible & after each Mass the marshals will clean all the surfaces where people have had contact. We do please need more volunteers as I’m sure you can imagine, cleaning the whole church after each Mass is a massive task. Please see the Parish clergy if you are able to help.

Please be aware, advice at the moment is that the rest room should remain closed due to the cleaning implications, so please only use in special circumstances.

Your Offertory

In the current Covid 19 environment we are very

grateful to those parishioners whose offertory is paid

by standing order.

Since Services stopped in March, in Church offertory

both envelope and loose have reduced by over 75%. If

you usually donate in cash, or if you are in the

envelope scheme could you please consider changing

to a weekly/monthly standing order instead?

Forms are available at the back of the church. If you

are able to gift aid your donation, then you will need to

complete the Gift aid declaration on the bottom of the

form. (If you are currently a gift aider then signing this

declaration will not be necessary).

Complete the attached standing order mandate. If you

bank online, then please set up the standing order

yourself. Payee WRCDT –St Saviours Abbots Langley

Sort code 40-05-20 and Account Number 21307940

Reference Your Surname and Initial. If you do not

have online banking, then please send this section

directly to your bank.

Please return the completed form to the Office. If you

have any queries, please contact Marilyn on email:

abbotslangley@rcdow.org.uk

Parish Life: Please see the current guidelines we are following

regarding weddings, funerals & Baptisms: Weddings: the

maximum number permitted to attend is 30. A simple

nuptial Mass may be celebrated.

Funerals: the maximum number permitted to attend is 30.

A simple requiem Mass may be celebrated.

Baptisms: The Diocese has now published new guidelines

on how to safely celebrate baptisms. Please contact the

Parish Office for baptism enquiry.

FHC: We have rearranged the date for this to Sat 1st Aug at 12pm and Sun 2nd Aug at 2pm and Sat 19th Sept at 12pm.

Confirmation: To be announced.

Please ensure you have completed a census form as it is important we are able to contact Parishioners and if you are

aware of anybody that is unable to come to Church & does not have access to a computer or is particular venerable please

make the Parish Clergy aware.

We offer our deepest

sympathy & prayers

to the family & friends

of:

Elaine Hine who

passed away on 23rd

July.

Her funeral will take

place on Weds 12th

August at 10am here

at St Saviours.

May she rest in peace.

Amen

Appeal for face masks: Sourcing PPE, as everyone knows, is a

huge issue at the moment. The unforeseen cost is a challenge,

of course, at a time when routine fund-raising is also scuppered

and weekly donations are dropping, so we are making an

appeal for face masks to protect the clergy, servers, readers,

Eucharist ministers and other parishioners. Please remember

that We strongly advise that face coverings should be worn by

all those attending a place of worship, the face covering is

strongly advised for all who come to church for personal prayer

and mass. Thank you very much.

Baptism Course is scheduled for Sunday 16 August 2020,

9.15am at St Saviours for Parents who want their child’s

baptised. There is no need to book, simply come along.