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WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 28th June - 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 29th June - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
WEEK OF 30th June
Monday 30th June - 9:30am First Communion Mass Celebration, 12 noon Mass
Tuesday 1st July - No Mass, 7:30pm Rosary
Wednesday 2nd July - Church closed
Thursday 3rd July - 12pm Requiem Mass David Welsh
Friday 4th July - No Mass
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 5th July - 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 6th July - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
St Joan of Arc would like to congratulate parishioner, John De Gama-Rose on his investiture as a Knight in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The investiture took place within the Lieutenancy of the Order in the England & Wales. John was invested by the Grand Prior, His Grace Archbishop John Wilson on Saturday 21st June 2025 in St George’s Catholic Cathedral, Southwark. More information on the order can be found here: https://eohsj.org.uk/.
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The National Churches Survey - Deadline 30 June 2025
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‘O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion’.
In this month of June, dedicated to the ‘Sacred Heart of Jesus’, we have celebrated our First Holy Communions, always a lovely and significant moment in the liturgical life of the parish.
“First”: Please God, there will be many more Holy Communions to come, so this does not mark an end of the children’s relationship with the ‘Body of Christ’, the Church but a fresh beginning, the Sunday Mass now truly becoming the source and summit of their lives.
“Holy”: We do not receive ‘bread and wine’ but God Himself, the ‘body, blood, soul and divinity’ of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We know we are not worthy to receive the Lord under our roof, but we should be in a ‘state of grace’ to receive the spiritual benefits. Hence why First Confession came before First Holy Communion and should continue to do so frequently.
“Communion”: The Church is the Sacrament of Christ’s presence to the world. As authentic Christians we are united around the gospel and the Catholic and Apostolic Faith. The ‘Amen’ we give as we receive Holy Communion, is our assent to the Creed we have professed together and to everything the Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God. If we do not believe, then we do not receive until we have been brought into the fullness of Communion with the Catholic Church and / or we have formed ourselves sufficiently to remove any doubt we had. Until them, we make a ‘spiritual communion’ and / or come forward for a blessing to aid us in our discernment.
Mass: in the Mass we celebrate the ‘Eucharist’ (meaning to ‘give thanks’). This provides us with another opportunity to stand with Christ at the cross and give thanks for our redemption, the forgiveness our sins through the one sacrifice of Christ, which is ‘re-presented’ before our eyes. The word ‘Mass’ comes from the final words of the celebration (Ite Missa est) telling us that our religious duties do not end at the dismissal. No, they are just beginning, as we are sent out on mission, in peace, to announce the gospel of the Lord.
On Friday 27th June – To celebrate the Feast Day of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus – Mass will be said at 11am and 7.00pm here at St Joan of Arc.
Fr Simon gave a talk on "The Paschal Mystery – a reflection on Jesus Christ as the wounded healer” recently in Guildford. Take the time to Read Fr Simon's Talk
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