Parish Priest: Fr. Peter Mansfield

Parish House: 1 Portnalls Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 3DD

Tel: 020 8660 2452 Email: coulsdon@rcaos.org.uk

Parish website: www.st-aidans-parish.org.uk

Church Hall enquiries: staidanshallbookings@gmail.com

Property maintenance, report issues: staidanspremisesteam@gmail.com

St. Aidan’s School: 01737556036

Mass times and intentions

Sat Vigil 6pm Welfare of Amanda Darville

Sunday 9am J im Stone RIP

11am People of the Par ish

Monday 9.30am Adrian Parsons RIP St Mary Magdalene

Tuesday 9.30am Mar ion Louise Evans RIP St Bridget

Wednesday *No Mass*

Thursday 9.30am Michael & Mary Bermingham

St James the Great, Apostle

Friday 9.30am Thomas Condon RIP Saints Joachim & Anne

Next Weekend 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Vigil 6pm Tadeusz Nowinski RIP

Sun 9am J im Stone RIP 11am Pr iest’s Intention

Year C. 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21st July 2019

Entrance Antiphon See, I have God for my help. The Lord sustains my soul. I will sacrifice to you with willing heart, and praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. Psalm The just will live in the presence of the Lord. Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Open our heart, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son. Alleluia! Communion Antiphon The Lord, the gracious, the merciful, has made a memorial of his wonders; he gives food to those who fear him.

Bar open after 11am Mass.

St Aidan’s Catholic Church - Coulsdon

9am Mass Psalm 14 / 15 Please join in the Psalm response.

Sacrament of Reconciliation - Confession Saturday after evening Mass and 1st Saturdays at 12 noon. Also by appointment.

The Installation of the Most Reverend John Wilson as Archbishop of Southwark. Live Youtube Broadcast on Thursday 25th July 2019 from 11.50 am We pray for Bishop John Wilson as he prepares to begin his ministry as our Archbishop on Thursday. We also remember Archbishop Peter as he prepares to retire. The Diocese intends to live-broadcast the Installation of the Most Reverend John Wilson from St George's Cathedral with the aim is to enable each parishioner (and those beyond) to engage with this important new beginning for Southwark. The broadcast will take place via the RC Southwark YouTube Channel. Please place the following link in your browser. https://youtube/wemICGkP6pA All are welcome at the cathedral (but likely to be more people than seating).

Please pray for the sick and housebound: Eufrecenia (Sannie) Ligouri, Patrick Connors, Truda Hobbs, Margaret El Sayed (nee Philand) Bridget Hanlon, John Stradling, Joseph Brusadelli, Josie Davitt, Eileen Mallows, Julie Smith, Bernadette Blaquiere, Ann Walker, Peter Leeks, Mary Reynolds, Claudette Lovell, Sammy McCarroll, Trudy Kiely, Mary Crehan, Orlagh Beau Keable, Mary Smith, Louise Harris, James Tomlin, John Cooksey, Sarah Bell, Chris Antoniou, Joseph Darville, Geoff Wood.

Collections last weekend. Offertory: Cash not Gift-aided: £379 Gift-aided: £194 Standing Orders: Gift-aided - £304; Total: £877 2nd Collection - Apostleship of the Sea £305 Thank you

Purley Food Hub - July 2019 List Long life fruit juice, whole milk ~ bottles of squash ~ packet custard and hot chocolate requiring only water ~ sweet biscuits ~ tinned plain meat (corned beef, ham, chicken) ~ tinned pulses (kidney beans, chickpeas, lentils) ~unisex deodorant and shampoo ~ tin openers.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament -

Will not be taking place this Friday or for the duration of the holiday period.

It will resume in September. Purley Food Hub The Purley Food Hub is a vital resource for many people in our neighbourhood providing food and other items to people in crisis. In June, it provided 2,187 meals for its clients and their families, taking 2019's total meals so far to just short of 14,000. Since the food hub started in January 2013, it estimated that it has provided more than 145,000 meals overall! Many thanks to all those supporting the local community in this way - please continue to donate whatever you can especially as we approach the summer holiday period when children do not necessarily have access to free school meals.

We pray for Adrian Parsons RIP. for the 1st Anniversary of his death -23rd July. We remember Ian Winston RIP. Who died recently. Funeral Mass Thursday 1st August 10am.

NO LIFE BREAKFASTS DURING THE HOLIDAYS The 'LIFE Breakfasts' after the 9am Mass on Sun-days will resume on Sunday, September 1st. On behalf of the LIFE Charity we thank the teams of volunteers who have provided tasty bacon rolls or croissants and tea/coffee so cheerfully each week throughout the year, and so maintained a St Aidan's tradition going back many years.

Parish Lunch Friday 2nd August at 12 o'clock in the hall for a donation of £5.00 If you would like to join us for a buffet lunch please add your name to the list at the back of the church.

We welcome Fr. John Naughton to the parish. He was with us last summer . (Irish say ‘Nock-ton’, English say ‘Naw-ton’, - he doesn’t mind which). He lives in Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland. He is retired from being a parish priest but helps wherever he is needed and invited. Fr. John was once a priest of our diocese of Southwark. I was a teenager at school when he was serving in the parish of Wimbledon Park where I lived having just arrived from Ireland myself. Later Fr. John returned to Ireland to take up an appointment in his native diocese of Clonfert. I am grateful to Fr. John for his generosity in covering for my holiday and I know you will welcome him back again. As well as saying Mass he will be visiting the sick and housebound and doing whatever is needed over the next few weeks.

We keep our Lourdes group in our prayers and we know that they will be remembering us on their pilgrimage.

This is the last Newsletter before the summer break. If you are fortunate enough to enjoy a holiday we wish you a safe journey and a relaxing time.

Pope's Prayer Intention for July.

That those who administer justice may work with integrity and that the injustice which prevails in the world may not have the last word.

FLOATING SHELTER: One of our regular volunteers was walking down Chipstead Valley Road last week whilst the rubbish men were about their business. Suddenly, one of the bin men called after him, pulled off his work gloves and shook him vigorously by the hand saying would he tell everyone at the Floating Shelter how grateful he was for the care and help they gave him last year. That's just the story of one of our guests who moved on to regular steady work after life in our shelter. There are many more. For every shelter volunteer who is recognised in the street there are many others who work in the background on a host of jobs which provide our guests with some comfort. One of those is laundry. A dedicated team works to ensure each guest has a clean bed every night. Could YOU be part of that team? THIS IS AN URGENT REQUEST: We need one person to take responsibility for drawing up a rota (can be done by hand) in September for our launderers and several other volunteers each to do an occasional delivery run around Coulsdon during November/December to those who actually do the laundry. If you can help please contact: Croydon Churches' Floating Shelter Co-Ordinator: Leonie Wilding - 01737 556508, leonie@thewildings.eclipse.co.uk St Aidan's Floating Shelter Contact: Maureen Lee - maureenlee213@hotmail.co.uk

Journey-in-Faith — 2019 / 20 Begins late September 2019. The course is for: Those who wish to become members of the Catholic Church; OR those who wish to receive the sacrament of Confirmation as adults (18 yrs. and over); Please see Fr. Peter or email coulsdon@rcaos.org.uk OR fill in the slip below and return to Fr. Peter: Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ Tel: ___________________________________ Email: _______________________________________

Plant a tree ... or two or three!! Or support a charity that plants trees in this country or in poorer countries around the world and benefit our own generation and future generations.

Date & Time Mass Intention Feast/Saint’s Day

Monday 29th July 9.30am Sonia Bholah (Birthday) Saint Martha

Tuesday 30th July 9.30am Holy Souls

Wednesday 31st July No Mass St. Ignatius of Loyola

Thursday 1st August 10am Funeral Mass for Ian Winston RIP St. Alphonsus Liguori

Friday 2nd August 9.30am Moyna Hallett RIP

Saturday 3rd August 6pm Paddy Lyons RIP

Sunday 4th August 9am Priest’s Intention

Sunday 4th August 11am Colin Hadley RIP

Monday 5th August 9.30am Holy Souls

Tuesday 6th August 9.30am Thanksgiving D’Mello & D’Souza Families

The Transfiguration of the Lord

Wednesday 7th August No Mass

Thurs 8th August 9.30am Peter & Daphne Kavanagh Saint Dominic

Friday 9th August 9.30am Ben Bholah (Birthday) St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Saturday 10th August 6pm Welfare of Truda Hobbs Saint Lawrence

Sunday 11th August 9am Colin Hadley RIP

Sunday 11th August 11am Priest’s Intention

Mon 12th August 9.30am Mary Bertha Seldon & Relatives

Tues 13th August 9.30am Holy Souls

Wednesday 14th August No Mass St. Maximillian Kolbe

*Thursday 15th August 9.30am

Moniz RIP The Assumption of Our Lady

*Thursday 15th August 8pm Priest’s Intention The Assumption of Our Lady

Friday 16th August 9.30am Colin Hadley RIP Saint Stephen of Hungary

Saturday 17th August 6pm Holy Souls

Sunday 18th August 9am Colin Hadley RIP

Sunday 18th August 11am Nora O’Callaghan RIP

Mon 19th August 9.30am Holy Souls

Tuesday 20th August 9.30am Deceased Members of the Kelleher Family RIP

Saint Bernard

Wednesday 21st August No Mass Saint Pius X, Pope

Thursday 22nd August 9.30am Evelyn Mary Bishop The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday 23rd August 9.30am Moniz RIP

Saturday 24th August 6pm Dawn Bullock RIP Saint Bartholomew

Sunday 25th August 9am

Sunday 25th August 11am People of the Parish

Mon 26th August 9.30am Moniz RIP

Tues 27th August 9.30am Holy Souls Saint Monica

Wednesday 28th August No Mass Saint Augustine

Thursday 29th August 9.30am The Passion of Saint John the Baptist

Friday 30th August 9.30am Moniz RIP Female English Martyrs: Saints Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line and Margaret Ward.

Saturday 31st August 6pm *St Aidan