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Weekday Masses, 21st-25th May2012

Monday                                12.00 noon

Tuesday                                8.30 am

Wednesday                          7.30pm Mass for the sick & their carers

Thursday                              8.30am

Friday                                      8.30am  The Venerable Bede

Songs of Praise

Another event to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the parish, the Golden Jubilee of our parish church and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  A ‘Summer Songs of Praise’ will be held here at Christ the King on Sunday 1^st July at 4.00pm.  This is a chance to nominate your favourite hymns and to hear them sung.  Nomination forms are available in the narthex, please fill them in and return them to Anthony, the organist.  Cheese and wine will be served afterwards.

Coach Trip to Stonyhurst College

Saturday 16 June 2012 – as part of our celebrations to mark the 60^th anniversary of the founding of the parish and the 50^th anniversary of the opening of the church – there will be a trip to visit Stonyhurst College, followed by a buffet lunch at the Shireburn Arms, Hurst Green.  The cost will be £25 per head, payable at the time of booking.  The coach will return to Christ the King at approx 4.00pm.  Names will be taken after each Mass this weekend.

Friday Abstinence from Eating Meat

The tradition of not eating meat on Fridays was  re-introduced  Friday, 16 September.
Canon 1251 of the Code of Canon Law states: “Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the Conference of Bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Canon 1252 states that: “The law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority, until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Pastors of souls and parents are to ensure that even those who by reason of their age are not bound by the law of fasting and abstinence, are taught the true meaning of penance.”
Those under fourteen years of age, the sick, the elderly and frail, pregnant women, seafarers, manual workers according to need, guests at a meal who cannot excuse themselves without giving great offense to their hosts or causing friction, and those in other situations of moral or physical impossibility are not required to observe abstention from meat; in other words, we should act prudently.
The above is taken from the document produced by the Bishops of England and Wales.  The full text – and well worth reading – is available at:  http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk  then go to ‘Press releases 05/09/2011’ the link to the document is found at the foot of the page.

The Mission Magazine,

‘Mission Today,’ is available at the back of Church.

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