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cafod.org.uk CAFOD's partner, Caritas Jerusalem, is delivering medical treatment to displaced people and providing medicines to treat chronic illnesses. Your donations have been a lifeline. Despite the restrictions on aid coming into Gaza, CAFOD has helped 1,400 households buy supplies in the last month and are feeding 2,000 people with new stocks of flour and rice. Cardinal Pizzaballa (Patriarch of Jerusalem) says, “Christ is not absent from Gaza. He is there - crucified in the wound‐ ed, buried under rubble, and yet present in every act of mer‐ cy, every candle in the darkness, every hand extended to the suffering.” Thank you for your appeals & prayers for peace
Please note that, additionally to SH, there is a Repository now open at the entrance to the SPH Hall each Sunday from 10.30am, prior to the 11.00am Mass, and again after Mass. A range of religious items are available, including rosaries, medals, prayer books, missals, cards, and candles.
Callum, Mitchelle and Dawid wish to say thank you to the parish for sponsoring their fares as Young Helpers to the Hotel and Accueil Sick. It was noted by the CA how very dedicated they were to their duties, the liturgies and how much they brought to the Pilgrimage as a whole. They worked very hard and have done the parish proud. Google cliftondiocese.com/pilgrimage/Lourdes for the reflections, pictures and homilies of each day!
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 recogniƟon (ANPR) system at St Philip Howard car park. Car parking restrictions in place Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm. If you are aƩending 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
St John Paul II reminded us, the frequent use of Confession is the safeguard of love and peace. Trust in this sacrament of healing. Let us not lose the sense of sin or we will rationalise all our selfishness and wrongness of heart. Thursdays : after Mass. Saturdays : 5-6pm (first Saturdays 10-11am)
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 Ɵme 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 aƩend 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
Sat. 20th Sept. 10.30am-1.30pm. St Bede’s Ch. Basingstoke Come and hear about the difference your donaƟons are making and CAFOD’s work with partners in Southern Ethiopia. A simple lunch will be provided so please book your place by emailing Jo: jlewry@cafod.org.uk
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.
Information Evening. Friday 26th Sept, 7-8.30pm St Philip Howard Church Hall. “Come and see” Come and celebrate with the Presentation of Certificates to this year’s Confirmands. Catch up, photos and find out about the programme ahead. We invite all young people in Years 8 and above, together with their parent/carer to come along to find out more about the group. 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. Sessions. Take place on 2nd & 4th Fridays, 7-8.30pm.
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.