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At Sacred Heart and St Philip Howard Church A range of religious items are available, including rosaries, medals, prayer books, missals, cards, and candles.  Christmas cards will be available to buy from Saturday 18th October, with other Christmas related items to follow. Please ask Barbara or Nicki if there is anything in particular you would like and we will try to help .
WEDNESDAYS - ADULT JOURNEY IN FAITH GROUP 7.15 - 9pm. Sacred Heart Church Hall  For those wanting to know about the Catholic faith and coming into full communion with the Church. Come & see! For details contact Dcn Larry Murawski on 01329 318 869 or email: lmurawski@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Fri 17th Oct. 5.00pm Sacred Heart then to Bowl Central A thank you from the parish for all your help serving at the altar and various parish liturgies throughout the year.  A big thank you also to the Men’s Group and Ladies’ Group with the hospitality and organising of the evening.
5th & 6th October Please donate to our Family Fast Day parish collection to share God’s abundant gifts with our global neighbours as they find lasting solutions to poverty and climate challenges. Your generosity offers “signs of hope” in this Jubilee Year, helping build more water tanks in communities like Waré’s in Ethiopia where women have to walk for hours to get water. Use the CAFOD envelope in church, donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope or call 0303 303 3030. You can also text CAFOD to 70560 to donate £10.
St Pope John Paul reminded us, the frequent use of Confession is in many ways the safeguard of love and peace. We must not lose the sense of sin or we will rationalise all our selfishness and wrongness of heart. Let us not leave this sacrament of peace and of freedom to just Advent or Lent. Trust in this sacrament of healing. Thursdays : After the 10am Mass . Saturdays : 5-6pm (first Saturdays 10-11am)
Please visit www.catholicchurchfareham.org.uk/baptism to find out more and to register online. Why not take part while “still expecting”? Next Preparation Pathway dates: Meet & Greet Introduction Saturday 27th Sept Online Session 1 Tuesday 30th Sept, from 8pm Online Session 2 Tuesday, from 8pm The closing date for this Preparation Programme is midday on Friday 12th September 2025 . The following Preparation Pathway commences in November 2025.
Sat 20th Sept, 12-4pm, S.Heart Hall For info. contact John: franciscansolent@outlook.com
Please remember we have an automatic number plate recogniÆŸon (ANPR) system at St Philip Howard car park. Car parking restrictions in place Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. If you are aÆ©ending the church during these times please provide the parish office with your car registration number and we can add this to the system for future use. There is also a tablet located in the church foyer where visitors who have not pre-registered can enter their registration number for ‘on the day’ use of the car park.  Blue Badge Holders must register their vehicle too.
Tuesdays, 10:30am - 12 noon Sacred Heart Church Come & be with Our Lord, even if only for a few moments. Essential for growing in a personal relationship with Christ. HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS - ‘… ask the Lord.’ Mt 9:38 Thursdays, 7pm - 8pm at Sacred Heart Church  Please come and pray for workers in the Lord’s vineyard
Please remember that we now have an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system at St Philip Howard car park. Car parking restrictions will only apply Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. If you are attending the church on a regular basis during these times please provide the parish office with your car registration number and we can add this to the system to be retained for all future use. There is also a tablet located in the church foyer where visitors who have not preregistered can enter their registration number for ‘on the day’ use of the car park. Please note : Blue Badge Holders will still need to register their vehicle.
(June) Well done to Jonathon C and John M who have jointly been awarded the Green Cincture of Honour for the coming month (July). Above all, thank you to all the servers and their families for your support.
“FEASTING ON THE WORD OF GOD” Friday mornings 11.15am Sacred Heart Hall Scripture Group.  The aim is to spend ÆŸme reading scripture and to then discuss it. We look forward to seeing you.
PORTSMOUTH VOCATIONS www.portsmouthvocations.org  Please pray for much needed Vocations Lord Jesus Christ, Shepherd of souls who called the apostles to be fishers of men, raise up new apostles in your holy Church. Teach them to serve you is to reign; to possess you is to possess all things. Kindle in the young hearts of our sons and daughters the fire of real zeal for souls. Make them eager to spread your Kingdom on earth. Grant them courage to follow you, who are the Way, the Truth and the Life; who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen. “Seeker Saturday” 18th October 11am - 3pm Sacred Heart Hall and Church. Pray, Decide & Don’t Worry. Fellowship, Discussions, Mass, Lunch and Adoration. For those wanting to discern the Lord’s call. Welcome! Contact Canon John on 01329 318 869 or email: vocations@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
This is a Holy Day of Obligation - a specific feast day when the Catholic faithful are obliged to celebrate the Eucharist.  Masses: 10am at Sacred Heart Church. 7.30pm at St Philip Howard Church.
FIRST EUCHARIST – 2026 Applications for 2026 are now invited. The programme is a commitment of 20 weeks. The classes, for those who regularly aÆ©end Sunday Mass, will be on Saturdays 10am - 11am at St Margaret Mary’s Park Gate. A starting date is to be confirmed. For the application form, contact S. Heart Parish Office: farehamportchester@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Closing date for applications is Sunday 28th September 2025
Every other Monday, 7pm at Sacred Heart Hall Next meeting: 15th Sept. 7pm for coffee/tea. Meeting starts at 7.30pm, closing at 9pm. All welcome. For more info contact: lornefry1954@hotmail.com
LADIES’ GROUP - Second Wednesdays - 7.30pm at St PH Hall Join our Ladies’ Group, getting to know each other, sharing our faith, and growing deeper in our relationship with the Lord. Every woman is so welcome - no age limit applies. Contact Eloise at: eloise@olimcomms.com
Following on from the mini-mission, we are hoping to start several prayer walks where partakers can pray for the people who live, learn or work in the residences, schools and care homes viewed or who are encountered along the way. We are asking for several volunteers who could serve as coordinators for the different areas of the parish. A coordinator would be asked to plan a route, set a risk assessment / schedule, and assemble the walkers. If you are interested in being a coordinator, please contact Dcn Larry;: lmurawski@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk .
Tuesdays, 10:30am - 12 noon Sacred Heart Church Come & be with Our Lord, even if only for a few moments. Essential for growing in a personal relationship with Christ. HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS - ‘… ask the Lord.’ Mt 9:38 Thursdays, 7pm - 8pm at Sacred Heart Church Please come and pray for workers in the Lord’s vineyard.
If you were unable to attend the Information Evening please contact the Parish Office with your details to register your interest and / or offers to help our wonderful Team. Sessions take place on 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7 - 8.30pm. Session 1: Fri 10th Oct. Beginning the journey. What is faith? Contact the Parish Office with your details to register your interest and / or offers to help our wonderful Team.
The UCM ladies are once again sending a Christmas gift to children in Eastern European countries who get nothing. Items must fit in a shoe box. No liquids, nothing edible and nothing electrical (even battery operated) can be included. If any parishioner has any donations which they wish to contribute, please bring them to the Sacred Heart Hall on Monday 29th September between 7 & 8pm or give them to Pauline Williams (07799472922) or Lorne Fry
Pope Francis
If peoples are to remain brothers and sisters, prayer must rise unceasingly to Heaven, and one single word constantly echo on earth: peace.