ST JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH

West Green
4 Vincent Road, London N15 3QH
Parish Office Tel No: 020-8888-5518 E-mail: westgreen@rcdow.org.uk
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(SJV Parish Centre 020-8888-5518)

22nd /23rd JULY 2017

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Alexander Solzhenitsyn was the winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote of his eight
years imprisonment in one of Joseph Stalins labour camps, or Gulags, in Russia, in the 1940s and
50s. He said I learnt one great lesson for my years in prison camps. I love to have a person
becomes evil and how he becomes good. Gradually I came to realise that the line that separates good
from evil passes not between states, or between classes, or between political parties, but right through
every human heart. Even hearts that are overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is
retained. And in the best of all hearts, there remains an on uprooted small corner of evil ". (The
Gulag Archipelago)

In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus says the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Human destiny is to shine like the sun. We are made for love, joy and peace, etc. (Galatians
5:22). However, we dont always feel like were shining like the sun. We experience, like the English
weather, times of sun, cloud, rain, and even thunder. We are happy with some aspects of life, but
maybe unhappy with a particular relationship, work, studies, finances, or injustices. Some of these
things are due to other people, but sometimes the evil that prevents us from shining like the sun
exists in our heart.

The Good News that Jesus reveals is that God is patient. The book of Wisdom says, after sin you
[God] will grant repentance (Wisdom 12:19). The responsorial psalm says, O Lord, you are good
and forgiving (Psalm 85:5). The second reading from St. Pauls letter to the Romans says, the Spirit
comes to help us in our weakness (Romans 8:26). Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven grows
while allowing evil to exist in our hearts. Why? So we can grow in virtue, choose to love, and do
good, just as Jesus did in the face of temptations.

I think the church can sometimes fall into two camps: on one hand a community who recognises evil
and sin in their hearts, but who deal with it by shutting off their emotions, becoming cold,
judgemental, and unwelcoming. On the other hand some communities may not recognise sinful
desires, and become inclusive, welcoming, and invitational, but into something that is more like a
non-Christian social club.

I think Jesus wants his people to recognise their constant need for his forgiveness and mercy. A
people who shine like the sun, not because of anything they themselves have done, but because
they have experienced his mercy and love in the face of their sinfulness. This is faith! A church
whose joy is always being prepared to welcome, invite, and include other sinners freely into his
mercy and love. Which Church do you want to be?

Fr Damian
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN LAST SUNDAYS COLLECTIONS

CATECHETICAL PROGRAMMES
All the activities take place in the Parish Hall.
Any enquiries please contact the Parish Office on 020 8888 5518

2017-2018
CATECHETICAL PROGRAMMES REGISTRATION

FOR FIRST COMMUNION PROGRAMME

If your child is in Primary School Year 3 (or above) in September 2017
and you wish to enrol in next years
First Communion Programme
Please fill in the registration form now available at the back of the church and return to the
Parish Office 4 Vincent Road N15, before the end of this school term.
(24 applications to date}
CONFIRMATION PROGRAMME
If you are in Year 10 in September or above
and wish to make your Confirmation next year.
Please fill in the registration form now available at the back of the church and return to the
Parish Office 4 Vincent Road N15, before the end of this school term.
(10 applications received to date)

REGISTRATION 2017/2018
SUNDAY MORNING RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTIONS
For Children attending State Schools
If you wish to enrol your child/children for the 2017/2018 Programme in preparation for
1) Pre- Communion (age 6-7);
2) First Communion (age 8 and above);
3) Post Communion (for children already completed their First Communion Programme.

Please take a REGISTRATION FORM from the BLACK FOLDER on the shelf at the BACK of the
CHURCH - fill it in; attach copies of Birth and Baptism Certificates of the child and return as
soon as possible to the Parish Office, 4 Vincent Road. (only1 application to date)

NOTE CHANGE IN THE PROGRAMME:

The Religious Instruction programme
for 2017-2018 will be held on SUNDAYS 10am 10.55am.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS (RCIA):
If you are interested in preparing for your First Communion, Confirmation or exploring your
faith, please complete an application form available at the back of the church and contact
the Parish Office.
The programme will start in
7th OCTOBER 17 Jubilee Hall: 4.00-5:45pm - Followed by 6pm Mass.

THE CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM

If you would like to have your child baptised on the 12th August or later, the next session
will be on Tuesday 1st August 17. Please contact the Parish Office to book your place on
the course.
 PRAYING WITH THE SCRIPTURES
Thursday after morning Mass in the church 10-10:45am, until August 3rd
As a fruit of our mission week, a few parishioners asked for us to continue to deepen in
praying with the word of God, so the Verbum Dei community are running 6 sessions of
prayer with the word of God to help us deepen in our relationship with Him.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF:

For the late Frank Fox, RIP
(Husband of Eileen Fox)
Funeral Mass at St John Vianney
on Friday 28 July at 9:15am followed by burial at Enfield Cemetery at 11:30am.
th

May he rest in peace. We will remember his family and friends in our prayers.

TEAS /COFFEE
In the Parish Hall after (Sun.) 9am and 11am Masses

PARISH OUTREACH SOUP RUN:

The next Soup Run on Sat. 29th July Group A

NEXT PARISH HISTORY MAGAZINE

Barbara O'Driscoll would like to thank all those who have already sent in their stories for the
parish history booklet and would like to remind others to, hand them in to her or at the
presbytery or send them by email to: B.oddriscoll@googlemail.com on or before 31st July
2017. Thank you.

DAY TRIP-PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM

In honour of Our Lady, Queen of Peace on Monday 28th August; Cost 18 per person.
There are lots of seats still available. Coach leaves at from St John Vianney Church at
8.00am. For tickets please contact Germaine on 07711 582 620

WESTMINISTER JUSTICE & PEACE NEWSLETTER

Copies of the Justice and Peace Newsletters are available at the back of the church, please
take a copy.

SYRIAN REFUGEES
The Haringey parishes are exploring the possibility of housing a Syrian refugee family with
the support of the governments Community Sponsorship scheme. One essential
requirement is to find a house or flat for a family. If you might be able to help with this,
please contact Father David Ardagh-Walter on 0208 800 8374. We shall need a number of
other helpers, but accommodation is key to this project.

NEW FOUNDATION DEGREE FOR CATHOLICS WORKING IN HEALTHCARE AND THOSE

SEEKING TO BE CHAPLAINS.
Starting in October, St Marys University Twickenham is pleased to offer a new foundation
degree in Healthcare Ethics, Theology and Care. This is a part time two year programme for
those seeking to be hospital chaplains and for people working in healthcare settings, from
care homes, to hospices and hospitals. Lectures and seminars take place at St Marys one
evening a week and additional lectures and resources are available online. If you are
interested in applying or finding out more please contact matthew.james@stmarys.ac.uk
 Entrance Antiphon
See I have God for my help. The Lord sustains my THIS WEEK WE PRAY FOR
soul. I will sacrifice to you with willing The repose of the soul:
heart, and praise your name, O Lord, for it Lucy Dobbs (formerly of Lawrence Surgery)
is good. Frank Fox,
Merna Brisset
First reading John McLaughlin
Wisdom 12: 13. 16-19 Theresa Reid
Psalm 85 Mary Alphonse
O Lord, you are good and forgiving. RIP

Second reading RIP Anniversary:

Romans 8: 26-27 Manuel Oliveira

Gospel Acclamation Special Intentions:

Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten
the eyes of our mind, so that we can see
what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
Gospel
Matthew 13: 24-43
Communion Antiphon
The Lord, the gracious, the merciful, has made a
memorial of his wonders;
he gives food to those who fear him.
MASS & SERVICE TIMES
Mass 9:15am
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday
(Sat.) 6pm;
Sunday: 9:00am and 11:00am
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday: from 9:45 am 10:15am
Patricia
Anne Tully (Get Well)
Gretta Sweeney (Get Well)
Maria McLaughlin
Pauline Mooney
Tony Stapleton
Birthday
Carlo Gaglione
Kay McCormack
Nikita Ng Ying
Wedding Anniversary
Natalie & Carlo Gaglione
For the sick and those in our parish
Bernadette Stapleton, Con Kelleher, Greta
Lettice, Jim McGeoghegan, Mary Towell,
Matthew Stapleton, Nelda & Angelo Catani,
Nellie OShea, Pippa Da Cruz, Pantaleone
Mansi, Mary Towell, Rita Mongelard, Sarah
Namagambe, Sherry Arul, Val Eaves,
Yvonne Joseph,
NAMES NOT LISTED ABOVE,
ARE LISTED IN OUR BOOK OF INTENTIONS.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

PARISH TEAM
Fr. Joe Ryan, Parish Priest
Fr Damian Ryan, Assistant Priest
Sr. Devy Pranadjaja, Parish Sister
Germaine Ng Ying, Parish Adm/Secretary
In Residence: Fr Louis Pereira
Tues to Fri 10am-12noon, 1pm-4pm
To make an appointment
Phone: 0208 888 5518 or email
westgreen@rcdow.org.uk
We cannot guarantee to have anyone available outside
of these hours.