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WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 4th July - 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 5th July - 9.15am Mass - First Holy Communion Going Forth Celebration, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Mass
WEEK OF 6th July Masses
Monday 6th July - 12 noon Mass
Tuesday 7th July - 11am Mass
Wednesday 8th July - Church Closed, 2:2 Club 2pm
Thursday 9th July - 11am Mass
Friday 10th July - 10.30am Adoration, 11am Mass
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 11th July - 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 12th July - 9.15am Mass, 11.15am Mass, 2.30pm Confirmation Mass at St Joseph’s Church, Guildford 5pm Mass
FR SIMON'S REFLECTIONS: Week of 6th July
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time A 2026
First Reconciliation & First Holy Communion 2027
Today, we give thanks to God for the celebration of First Holy Communion in our community.
These are the arrangements for the next First Holy Communion preparation programme:
Baptised Catholic Children who will be in School Years 3, 4 or 5 from September 2026 will be invited to ‘sign up’ for First Holy Communion 2027. Our ‘sign-up Sunday’ will be on 13th September and takes place after 9.15am and 11.15am Masses. We can accommodate 40 children and our over-subscription criteria for places will give priority to children in this order:
Those children who attend Sunday Mass at St Joan of Arc and live:
• In the geographical boundary of St Joan of Arc.
• In the geographical boundary of the HUB of Heath End and Ash.
• In the geographical boundary of the wider Guildford Catholic Parish.
• Across the Diocesan Border, in the Diocese of Portsmouth (i.e. Hampshire).
• Any other Catholic children**
your community Parish Priest may be consulted.
you may be sent to your Parish Priest for his permission.
**subject to places and at Fr. Simon’s discretion.
If you think you are ready for First Holy Communion, make sure now that Sunday Mass is the ‘source and summit’ of your week, as the children and the Catholic parent will need to be at Mass each Sunday and from 20th September, you will sign in each week. Each child will be issued with a ‘Sunday Mass passport’ to be signed and stamped each week to show attendance. These will be returned after Mass on Sunday 6th December. Those showing at least 75% attendance will be accepted onto the formation programme beginning in January 2027, comprising of two Parents-only Sessions, catechetical sessions and coursebooks.
Please note: On 26th July, Fr. Simon is on the Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage. Fr. Gilmour will say the 5pm (Sat), 9.15am and 11.15am Mass. There will be no 5pm Sunday evening Mass.
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Many thanks.
