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WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 6th June - 10:00am First Holy Communion Mass, 4.15pm Confessions, 5pm Mass
Sunday 7th June - 9.15am Mass, 11.15am Mass, (Crochet Bag Sale, Coffee & Cake Sale after Morning Masses), 3:15 Confirmation Sessions, 5pm Mass
WEEK OF 8th June Masses
Monday 8th June - 11am Mass
Tuesday 9th June - 11am Mass
Wednesday 10th June - Church Closed
Thursday 11th June - 11am Mass
Friday 12th June - 10.30am - 11:00am Adoration, 11:00pm Mass
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 13th June - 10:00am First Holy Communion Mass, 4.15pm Confessions, 5pm Mass
Sunday 14th June - 9.15am Mass, 11.15am Mass, 3:15 Confirmation Sessions, 5pm Mass
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BINGO JUNE 6th
Sunday of Corpus Christi O God who in this wonderful sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion
Corpus Christi prays, ‘O God who in this wonderful Sacrament, have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption’. This feast reminds us that the Eucharist is not symbolic but the re-presentation of Christ’s sacrifice, his real presence amongst us. When Jesus says, ‘do this in memory of me’, he is asking us not just to remember the cross but commanding us to ‘participate again’ in the saving mysteries of our redemption.
We do so by giving over the first hour of our week to gather with the community for the Sunday Mass. Communion defines the Church, with the term ‘koinonia’ describing fellowship around a meal, to which members of the community are initiated. Just as we gather around the dinner table at home, at Mass we gather around the two tables of the Lord (the Ambo & Altar), to be nourished in Word and the Sacrament of His Body and Blood. And to participate in the Eucharist, we must have something in common, being in-communion with the Church, with the Pope in Rome and with our local Apostle, the Diocesan Bishop. Together, we hunger and thirst for righteousness, both our personal integrity before God, but also justice and peace in our community, for the Church should always be outward looking and missioned focused.
Thus, on this feast (weather permitting), we take the Blessed Sacrament out the Church in procession so that others in the community may have an encounter with Christ who invites them to come to St Joan of Arc and be initiated into the body of Christ, the Church.
What is upcoming in the next few weeks in the Community of St Joan of Arc?
• First Holy Communion Mass at 10.00am on Saturdays 6th & 13th June.
• Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vigil Mass at 6.30pm on Thursday 11th June and 11am on Friday 12th June.
• Buddy Masses for St Polycarp’s School at 11am on Thursdays 4th, 11th & 18th June.
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