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ST.

JOHN VIANNEY 4 Vincent Road, London N15 3QH


Parish Office: 020 8888 5518
CHURCH E-mail: westgreen@rcdow.org.uk
WEST GREEN Website: stjohnvianneywestgreen.co.uk

15th/16th February 2020


6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Dear Parishioners,

Do you remember the character Jim Trott


from the Vicar of Dibley? Yes? No? Or, as
he would say, “No no no no... yes” ?
As comical as it is to watch him, what a
“well, just this once” or “I’ll quit tomorrow”
mess we can create in our lives when we
or “it’s too difficult” etc. No more excuses.
confuse these two simple words!
She finally gave up smoking there and
We have a very long gospel reading today, then.
but I find the last sentence of it sums up
In a way, she always had the capacity in
the message simply and clearly:
her to quit smoking – it wasn’t as if she
“All you need say is ‘Yes’ if you mean gained some magic power that day. The
yes, ‘No’ if you mean no; anything only magical thing about it is that she
more than this comes from the evil finally DID what she said she had always
one.’” (Mt 5:37) wanted to do! She truly said ‘No’ to
smoking, and meant it.
It’s so simple. And yet how often we say
‘Yes’ when we really mean ‘No’ inside, or Jesus’ concern is not to ‘impose’ more laws
say ‘No’ when we really mean ‘Yes’! How and rules and regulations. Rather, He
often do I say, “I want to change, but I wants to empower us to be true to
can’t”, or “I want to give this up, but ourselves and to be coherent. All of us
maybe one last time...”, or “I want to do desire to be the best person that we can be
this, but maybe tomorrow” etc? Instead of but often end up saying “I can’t” or “I’m
going ahead and actually DOING what we not strong enough”. But the opening line of
say we want to do, we come up with 101 today’s first reading says, “If you wish,
excuses every day. you can keep the commandments,
to behave faithfully is within your
I once knew a mother who was a heavy power.” (Ecc 15:16) You CAN. It is within
smoker. She tried quitting many times, but your power. The Word of God says so, so it
apart from the time when she was actually must be true – we just need to want it!
pregnant, she never managed to give it up
completely. One day, her 7-year old Perhaps as an exercise for this week, we
daughter asked her tearfully, “Mamma, I can try to be more true to ourselves (and
don’t like you smoking. If you die from lung others!) and mean the words we say.
cancer, who will look after me?” That
God bless! Sr. Devy
comment shocked her right to the core.
Something changed in her that moment – PS: We have a special Pastoral Letter from
she made a REAL decision for once instead Cardinal Nichols today.
of being half-hearted about it. No more
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
We pray for the repose of the soul of:
LAST SUNDAY!
MARLENE MAENHOUT, RIP
CATECHETICAL PROGRAMMES Funeral Mass will take place here at
2019-2020 St John Vianney on
Monday 17th February 2020 at 9.15am.
For more information, contact the
office or Sr. Devy on 07455 544 065 ANN O’BRIEN, RIP
Funeral Mass will take place here at
St John Vianney on
FIRST COMMUNION PROGRAMME Friday 21st February 2020 at 9.15am.
Next session: Saturday, 7th March, 10am
MARGARET HEMPENSTALL, RIP
plus Sunday Mass at 11:00am.
Funeral Mass will take place at
St Peter-in-Chains, Stroud Green on
FIRST RECONCILIATION PROGRAMME Tuesday 25th February 2020 at 9am.

Next session: Saturday, 29th February, We remember them and their respective
12pm-1:15pm families and friends in our prayers.
May they rest in peace.

CONFIRMATION PROGRAMME
ROMANTIC VALENTINE’S BANQUET
Next session: Fairtrade Fortnight event.
Saturday, 29th February, 5:00-6:00pm Thank you to all who bought tickets for the
and Sunday, 1st March 9:30am-1:30pm. Valentine’s Banquet and given donations in
support of our young people!

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION


FOR ADULTS (RCIA) YEAR OF THE WORD 2020
The God who Speaks: Matthew’s Gospel
The Rite of Election takes place on 29th
February at 3:00pm in Westminster Please read a little passage of the gospel
Cathedral. each day as we journey with Matthew
during this Year of the Word and rediscover
Next session: Saturday, 7th Mar, 4:00pm the story of the life, death and resurrection
plus Mass 6:00pm of Jesus Christ and his teaching.
Let us pray for our Candidates during their
journey of faith.
FIRST AID COURSE
As part of our efforts in
BAPTISM FOR INFANTS
Health and Safety, we
If you would like to have your child have asked St John’s
baptised in March 2020 or later, please Ambulance to conduct
contact the Parish Office or Sr. Devy to a First Aid Course on
make the necessary arrangements.
Saturday, 29th February from 3-5pm.

The idea is that in case of emergency


PARISH OUTREACH anyone would be able to come to the
SANDWICH MAKING (PREPARATION): immediate assistance of the person taken
on Fri. 21st Feb. 2020 after 9:15am Mass. ill. Such skills are useful to have in any
situation. There are also arrangements
Next SOUP RUN: Group A being made for a defibrillator being
at 4.30pm on Sat, 22nd February 2020 available in case of emergency.
Please sign up if you are able to attend.
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT BEGINNING EXPERIENCE WEEKEND
The Fairtrade fortnight is an annual event A healing weekend for men and women
in which fair and ethical trading values are who are separated, divorced or widowed
celebrated. will be held from 3rd to 5th April 2020 at the
This year we will have a “BIG BREW” led Domus Mariae Centre, Chigwell, Essex.
by our Confirmation Candidates on For details please contact Freda 01322-
838415 or Maura 01322-551503 or email
Sunday, 1st March johnabrotherton@hotmail.co.uk.
after 9am and 11am masses

The young people will bake the cakes and


ANNUAL MASS OF THANKSGIVING
cookies themselves, using Fairtrade
FOR THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
products. Parishioners are also invited to
bring in Fairtrade cakes and biscuits for the Saturday, 30th May 2020 at 3pm
day, buy raffle tickets or join us for a slice Westminster Cathedral
of cake. Please support this worthy cause -
The Cardinal is inviting all couples in the
a daily ‘cuppa’ for you can mean clean
Diocese who are celebrating their 5th 10th,
water for tea farmers and workers!
25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th (and every
year over 60) wedding anniversary of
THANK GOD ON FRIDAY Catholic marriage in 2020 to this Mass.
If you are celebrating one of these
Make time to spend a moment alone with anniversaries, please give your Parish
God in thanksgiving, prayer and adoration. Priest / Parish Office the following details
Next session: Friday, 6th March, 7:30pm before 31st March: husband and wife’s
names, wedding date, full postal address
and email (or telephone if no email)
ST PATRICK’S CELEBRATION
Join us in our St Patrick’s celebration with
ST. JOHN VIANNEY
Traditional Bacon & Cabbage Dinner/Social
NURSERY APPLICATIONS
Sunday 15th March, 5:00pm to 9.00pm FOR SEPTEMBER 2020

Ticket – £10 per Adult; £5 child (primary If your child was born between 1st
school to age 10); pre-school/baby – free September 2016 and 31st August 2017 and
Tickets available at the back of the church. you wish to apply for a Nursery place for
September 2020 at St John Vianney
School, please come and collect an
JOURNEYING WITH THE BIBLE application pack from the school office.
Address: St. John Vianney Catholic School,
Fr. Javier Ruiz-Ortiz PhD and Sr. Monica
Stanley Road, Tottenham N15 3HD
Cardona PhD are running a series of talks
Telephone: 020 8889 8421
for the Year of the Word on the Bible.
The dates and topics are:
LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE
Tue, 25th Feb: How do we know it really
happened? St. Francis of Assisi reminds
Tue, 10th Mar: Major Themes of the Old us that our common home
Testament. (the earth) is like a sister
Tue, 21st Apr: Pentateuch with whom we share our life
and a beautiful mother who
All sessions take place 7:00pm-8:30pm opens her arms to embrace
at Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, us. This week take time to walk out in the
SW1P 1QN. Suggested donation £5. open to observe and appreciate the growth
Please register at livingfaith@rcdow.org.uk of our plants this Springtime.
THIS WEEK WE PRAY FOR:
MASS & SERVICE TIMES

Monday 9:15am The repose of the soul


Anne O’Brien
Tuesday 9:15am John Danaher
Wednesday 9:15am John Keenan
Margaret Hempenstall
Thursday 9:15am Marlene Maenhout
Friday 9:15am Norma Bradish
Peter Stone
Saturday 9:15am
Roger Glace
6pm (Vigil Mass)
Sunday 9:00am RIP Anniversary
11:00am Angelo Cattini
Barry O’Donovan
Cyrl Augustine
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Domenico Cusano
Saturday 9:45am – 10:15am Doris King
Giovina Mitchell
Jacob Varughese
ADORATION
Mick Foley
OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Sr Catherine Buckley, OLA
Tuesdays – after 9:15am Mass
st
1 Friday of the month – 7:30pm Special Intentions
1st Sunday of the month – after 11am Mass Christina
Joe
Michael
ROSARY
The Hempenstall Family
Weekdays at 8:45am (before mass) The O’Brien Family
First Saturday of the month at 3:00pm
And for all the sick and
those in our parish
MORNING TEAS /COFFEE

(in the Parish Hall) NAMES NOT LISTED ABOVE ARE


Sundays, after 9am and 11am Masses LISTED IN OUR BOOK OF INTENTIONS
Thursdays, after the 9:15am Mass
MATTHEW 5:17-37
Meditate
PARISH TEAM
Every human action has two levels: the
Fr. Joe Ryan, Parish Priest physical acts and the motivations which
Sr. Devy Pranadjaja, Parish Sister drive whose actions. One flows into the
Germaine Ng Ying, Parish Admin/Secretary other; they influence each other. Jesus
says that evil comes from the heart, from
PARISH OFFICE HOURS our motivations; hence his message goes
deep into the human heart so that the
Mon- Fri: 10am-12noon & 1pm-4pm actions get transformed
To make an appointment, Act
phone: 0208 888 5518 or
email: westgreen@rcdow.org.uk Jesus invites us to be true to our words.
We cannot guarantee to have anyone You might examine the words you use and
available outside of these hours. make sure that they are what you mean.

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