Our parish will, from October this year, offer opportunities for Masses to be

celebrated in homes as a way of making the Eucharist a more intimate

reality in families. This is neither new to this parish nor in Scripture. Indeed,

while the early Christians "remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles,"

(Acts 2:42), they went as a body to the temple everyday but met in their

houses for the breaking of bread; shared their food gladly and generously;

praised God and were looked up to by everyone" (Acts 2:46). The breaking of

bread is the celebration of the Eucharist and fits the family setting, which is the

domestic church. This practice allows families to host the celebration and be

part of its preparation. They would prepare an altar and provide a crucifix, holy

water, candles, and, if possible, the readings. They don't have to cook any meals,

(teas and coffees welcome), but can gladly open their doors to others who would

love to join in the Mass. The Masses will happen in place of Tuesday Masses

beginning in October. A list of dates will be sent out shortly and parishioners

are welcome to indicate which dates they wish to host, so that the whole parish

can be informed of the venue. Home Masses would give the opportunity for

others who would otherwise not make their way to church to taste of the

Eucharistic celebration. In that

sense, it is the church going out,

a form of outreach. It is our

hope that many would sign up to

host such Masses, and that

attendance would be good.

14th August 2016 ~ OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION, 21st and 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

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READING PASTORAL AREA

St. John Bosco Church 56 Western Avenue,

Woodley, Reading RG5 3BH Tel: 0118 969 3423

Priest:

Fr Bonaventure Ndong

Email: stjohnbosco

@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk

Website:

stjohnbosco.co.uk

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455918784702101/

Part of the PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST

Registered Charity Number

246871

Administrator: Karen Tarvin

Church Office is open next week:

Tues -Fri 8.30am - 1.30pm

WEEKLY COLLECTION

Envelopes £223.65 Loose £326.42 Standing orders: £510 Thank you for your generous contributions. Your donations make the life and work of the par-ish possible. Next Special Collection: 20th/21st August - Refugees 11th/12th Sept - Parish Project

HOME MASSES: "FAMILY MEALS"

YEAR OF MERCY

2015 –2016

7 YEARS

BUILDING A STRONG WORSHIPING COMMUNITY

1946- 2016

ST JOHN BOSCO PARISH

CELEBRATING

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Responsorial Psalm: Year C THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY, 13th/14th August “Lord Come to my aid” 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, 20th/21st August “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News” 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 27th/28th 28 August “In your goodness, O God, you prepared a home for the poor”

Tuesday Addoration to

resume in 6th September

6pm—7pm

MASS INTENTIONS & FEAST DAYS

DATE

TIME

DEDICATION

INTENTION

Sat 13th Aug

6.30pm

THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY

Bart Collaco + (Lucy Collaco)

Sun 14th Aug

10.00am

THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY

Jo & Bob Blagbrough + (Maria Nutley)

Mon 15th Aug - Fri19th Aug

! NO MASS

FR BON ON HOLIDAY

Sat 20th Aug

6.30pm

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jo & Bob Blagbrough + (Fiona Cottle & Family)

Sun 21st Aug

10.00am

21st Sunday of Ordinary Time

Maria Hodder + (Hodder Family)

Mon 22nd Aug - Fri 26th Aug

! NO MASS

FR BON ON HOLIDAY

Sat 27th Aug

6.30pm

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jo & Bob Blagbrough + (B Foley)

Sun 28th Aug

10.00am

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Catherine Fappiano + (The Harman Family)

Mon 29tth & Tues 30th Aug

! NO MASS

FR BON ON HOLIDAY

Weds 31st Aug

10.00am

St Aidan & All Saints of Lindisfarne

The Parishioners

Thurs 1st Sept

10.00am

Feria

Patrick Joseph & Abina Grey + (Roy & Ann)

Fri 2nd Sept

10.00am

Feria

Douglas Whitecross + (Rita Belletty)

Sat 3rd Sept

6.30pm

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Margaret Monica & Alan Fitzgerald + (Michael Fitzgerald)

Sun 4th Sept

10.00am

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

Noreen Aylward + (Bridie & Mary Nee Gorman)

Confessions

Will resume on 10th September and will be available Saturdays 5.30—6.00pm

PLEASE NOTE: No Confessions

PLEASE NOTE: No Confessions

PLEASE NOTE: No Confessions

St. Dominic Savio Primary School - Western Avenue,

Woodley RG5 3BH

Autumn Term Starts:

Monday, 5th September

(5th September Staff

Professional Develop-

ment day School

Closed)

Head Teacher: Mr.

James Broadbridge

Tel. 0118 969 3893 Emergency numbers for the Sacramental Ministry of a priest: Fr Bon: 969 3423 Fr. Pat: 931 4469 Fr. Stan: 966 3711 Canon Michael: 957 2149 Canon John O’Shea: 957 4171 Please call your own priest first. READING CHURCHES WEEKEND MASS TIMES: CHRIST THE KING Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ENGLISH MARTYRS Sat 6.30pm, Sun 9.30am, 11.30am & 5pm OUR LADY OF PEACE Sun 9am, 11am & 5pm ST JAMES Sat 6pm, Sun 11am ST JOHN BOSCO Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ST WILLIAM OF YORK Sun 9am, 11am & 6pm

PARISH CENTRE—IS OUT OF USE UNTIL FURTHER NO-TICE DUE TO BUILDING WORK

FORMATION FOR MISSION

Saturday, 3rd September, 2016, 10AM—3PM .As part of our 70 anniversary celebration, the Dominican Sisters who are in

charge of Formation for Mission/Evangelization in the Diocese will be facilitating a Workshop on Catechist formation, focusing on CHILDREN'S LITURGY. This is an excellent opportunity to revise and update the good things already happening and to share experiences on how to improve on

this very important ministry. It is for all catechists of our parish, but also open to others within the parish and beyond. Date: Saturday, 3rd September at

St. John Bosco Church, (56 Western Avenue, RG5 3BH tel 0118 969 34 23)

BLESSING OF THE “NEW” PARISH CENTRE Will take place at the beginning of September, date & time To be confirmed.

70th & 50th CELEBRATION

ST JOHN BOSCO CHURCH AND ST DOMINIC SAVIO SCHOOL

The joint celebration of the 50th Anniversary of St Dominic Savio school and the 70th Anni-

versary of our Parish will take place on 7th October 2016 beginning at 1.30pm. More

news to follow.

CARDINAL NEWMAN CELEBRATION will take place on Saturday, 8th October and will be led by the

British Community of our parish. More details to follow.

Dates of sessions to be confirmed shortly . Sessions will include 10-15 minutes Eucharistic Adoration.

MINISTERS FOR WEEKEND

20th/21st August

Readers Saturday Chris Hughes Becky Aguiar Sunday Andy Johnston Angelina Gualtieri-Reed Ministers of Holy Commun-ion Saturday B Ford L Carter M Moffatt Sunday N Lamb A + Altar M Armstead B + Altar B Buckley C + Altar M Dodd D + Altar P Gibbs Altar only

27th/28th August Readers Saturday Emma Lobo Angela King Sunday Pia Gibbs Julie Hamblin Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday A Dworzak N Dworzak M Saunders Sunday P Draper A M Gilbert B C Owens C M Moreira D + Altar P Gibbs Altar only M Armstead Altar only M Stanbridge Altar only G shortt Altar only

3rd/4th September Readers Saturday Declan D’Mello Chloe D’Mello Izzy Aguiar Sunday Sara McKendrick Teresa McKendrick Zoe/Alana Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday H Hill B Ford L Lobo Sunday B Buckley A + Altar J Morerira B + Altar D Joseph C + Altar M Moreira D + Altar

JOURNEY OF FAITH Interested in becoming a Catholic or being con-firmed as an adult? Enrol-ment forms are available

from the church porch. If you are interested please complete the form and return it to the parish office.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Application packs to enrol for First Holy Communion, for children who will be in school Year 3 in September 2016, are available in the

church porch. Please return com-pleted forms no later than Thursday, 8th September. Again this year we will use the parent–led programme “Growing up Catholic” where par-ents share their faith with their child, whilst supported by our team of catechists.

NAME BADGES AT SUNDAY MASSES IN SEPTEMBER - OUR WELCOME TO ALL. Our Pastoral Area Evangelisation Strategy Team proposed all par-ishes in Reading for all Sundays in September, have a system where everyone displays their name on a badge. Secondly, our Welcoming Teams review our approach to wel-coming people to Sunday Mass. We will all be invited to reflect on how we relate to each other, how we develop a sense of belonging in our parish community and how we develop our skills in welcoming

FR BON Wishing Fr Bon a

happy and restful holi-day.

To all former and current parishioners

of OLoP: Fr. Stan Gibzinski and

the parish of Our Lady of Peace & Blessed Domi-nic Barberi invite you to celebrate the parish’s

40th anniversary on Sat

17th Sept starting with

Mass at 2pm, followed by cream tea, bbq ceilidh and other entertainment.

DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR

NO MEETING IN AUGUST

Next Meeting 4th September 2.30pm

St Anne's in Caversham

All are most welcome

Called and Gifted Teaching and Retreat Weekend 1st– 2nd October 2016 at Cold Ash Retreat Centre, nr Newbury. A mixture of the teaching, discussion, praying, reflections, op-portunity for Confession, Adoration. 11am start on1st to 3.30pm on the 2nd. £70 to cover accommodation and meals. Limited places, to book contact csimpson@

portsmouthdiocese.org.uk

LAUDATO SI CONFERENCE

“Laudato Si, a conference for all

is to be held on Saturday November 12th at 9.30 for 10am

will be held at the Winchester Discovery Centre. (opposite St

Peters Church). Bishop Philip will be opening the event and chair-

ing a panel discussion in the afternoon. Further details from Laudatosi12nov@gmail.com”

HOLY LAND

8 day pilgrimage from Reading, Wed, 19th April - Wed, 26th April 2017. Follow The Footsteps of Je-sus, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Naz-areth, Masada, Dead Sea, Lake of

Galilee etc. Led by Fr John O' Shea. Cost £1100 (tbc). 50 places. Apply to

St James Church Reading on tel: 957 4171 or email

stjames@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk.

If interested, apply now.

REACHING OUT One way of reaching in Woodley this time is by

actually going to the homes where people have recently

moved in, particularly the new homes, knocking,

greeting briefly and handing a leaflet which shows: Welcome to Woodley! We are here, and if you would like to come, you are most

welcome.

UNLOCKING THE

SCRIPTURES We are looking to run this

beautiful programme in the new year and are looking

for volunteers to help organize it. If you are

interested, please, contact the parish office

DAY OF PRAYER FOR CARE OF CREATION

Last year Pope Francis instituted

September 1st

as a Day of Prayer for Care of Creation. This 1

st September. Join the world in

prayer, either at Mass or for 15 minutes in church, in your gar-

den, or wherever at a time that is convenient to you. There is a Creation Walk (it will be longer than 15 mins) at Highwood at

11am (north of South Lake) and anyone is welcome.

August and September editions of My Day by

Day are available in the

BUILDING PROJECT Is going smoothly. Thank you and please, continue praying that we soon have the opportunity to enjoy a bigger and better parish centre.

THE SANCTUARY LAMPS FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKS ARE DEDICATED TO:

14th to 26th August Main Church: Lady Chapel: 21st to 27th August Main Church: Lady Chapel:

28th August to 3rd September Main Church: Soledad Cardoso and Pablo Todiroff & Family Lady Chapel:

ST JOHN BOSCO BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Please keep in your prayers all those with Anniversaries in August

Kathleen Hodges + Tom Treacy + Reginald Halse + Jo Williams + Stella Chappe + Bolestaw Klonowicz + Anthony McCarthy+ Rita Bellinger + Averil Oxley +

Marjorie Pritchard + Fred Silvester + Joyce Wise + Robert Ashe + Noeleen Sim +

CAN YOU HELP SOMEONE COMING OUT OF PRISON?

The Catholic prison charity Pact (Prison Advice & Care Trust ) is seeking volunteer

mentors to help ex-offenders re-settle after being in prison. Support and training is pro-

vided. To find out more please come to St James Church on Thursday 15th

September, 10am-12 noon. For more information contact

Emma: Emma.O'Connor @prisonadvice.org.uk or call

07712306940.

WELCOME

We warmly welcome

Fr Michael Stanier to

St John Bosco this weekend.

Fr. Stanier will be celebrating Satur-

day and Sunday Mass both this

weekend and next.

RECENTLY DIED: Michael O’Gorman Passed away on Wednesday, 11th August. Our sympathy to his wife Maria and all his family. May he rest in peace.