MASS & SERVICE TIMES THIS WEEK WE PRAY FOR

Monday 9:15am The repose of the soul:

Peter Stone
Tuesday 9:15am
Jimmy Maloney
Wednesday 9:15am John Corcoran
Thursday 9:15am Noreen Tomnay
John Morley
Friday 9:15am
Mary Ann Elansari
Saturday 9:15am Con Kelleher
6pm – (Vigil Mass) RIP
Sunday 9:00am and 11:00am RIP Anniversary
Johnny Callaghan
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday 9:45am – 10:15am Special Intentions:

Angela
ADORATION Eduardo & Angela
OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Heidi The Nagle Family
The Morley Family
Tuesdays after 9:15am Mass The Fares Family
First Sunday of the month after 11am Mass Bernard & Gerry

ROSARY And for the sick and those in our parish

Angelina
Weekdays at 8:45am (before mass) Maria
First Saturday of the month at 3:00pm Anne
Ave Maria
Shelia
MORNING TEAS /COFFEE
Grace
(in the Parish Hall) Birthday
Sundays, after 9am and 11am Masses Marek Holik (Remembrance)
and Thursdays, after the 9:15am Mass

NAMES NOT LISTED ABOVE

ARE LISTED IN OUR BOOK OF INTENTIONS.
NEXT SUNDAY: 13th SUN IN ORDINARY TIME
FEAST OF SS PETER & PAUL
1 Reading
st Acts 12: 1-11
Psalm: Psalm 33: 2-9 PARISH OFFICE HOURS
2 Reading:
nd 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 17-18
Tues. to Fri. 10am-12noon, 1pm-4pm
Gospel: Matthew 16: 13-19
To make an appointment
Phone: 0208 888 5518 or
PARISH TEAM email westgreen@rcdow.org.uk
Fr. Joe Ryan, Parish Priest
Sr. Devy Pranadjaja, Parish Sister We cannot guarantee to have anyone available
outside of these hours.
Germaine Ng Ying, Parish Admin/Secretary
 ST JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH
West Green
4 Vincent Road, London N15 3QH
Parish Office: 020-8888-5518 E-mail: westgreen@rcdow.org.uk
Facebook: West Green - St John Vianney Church
Website: http://stjohnvianneywestgreen.co.uk/

22nd / 23rd June 2019 – CORPUS CHRISTI

Dear parishioners,
If I were to ask you, “What was the last meal
you had?” could you remember the various
ingredients, and how they tasted? Do you
remember tasting anything at all?
In this busy and fast-paced society we live
in, we often eat on the go while rushing from
one place to the next. We stuff ‘things’ into
our mouths as we busily chat with another
person or distractedly scroll through our
phones. Our brains vaguely register and
recognise when we eat something unusually
tasty or terrible, but for the most part, we
don’t often take note of the things we eat.
I remember sitting down for a meal with my
sister when we were teenagers. She put a
spoonful of rice in her mouth, and hummed
in pleasure as she closed her eyes with a
look of pure bliss: “Plain white rice is just
amazing!” I thought she was a bit crazy, to
be honest – this was the very same rice
mum cooked for us every evening, and it
tasted the same to me as it did the other 300
days of the year we’ve had it. But the next
spoonful I had was somehow... different. I
understood what she meant – it WAS
amazing to taste the subtle sweetness of
that simple, steaming, soft and fluffy grains
of rice. My sister showed me in that moment
what it was to open my senses and savour
something to ordinary and simple. Rice
never tasted the same to me ever since, and
I learnt to appreciate food more as I eat.
I feel this same invitation today with
regards to a different kind of food – a more
‘spiritual’ one. Many of us have been coming
weekly to receive the Eucharist in mass (and
some even daily!) and it’s easy to get into a
Body of
Christ...
routine of simply walking up and down the
aisle after receiving the Eucharist without
any awareness at all of what we’re doing.
But what if we are to awaken our senses –
both our physical and spiritual awareness –
and savour that moment for what it truly is?
...Jesus, our Lord, truly present, physically, in
the form of something so small, so fragile, so
simple and humble...
...Jesus, the Word of God, through whom the
whole universe came into being, places
himself into our hands, in complete trust...
...Jesus, out of love, desiring to be with us, to
be part of my life and all that I am going
through, the ups and the downs, the good
and the bad, so that I am never alone...
In this feast of Corpus Christi, I pray that we
may come to a greater appreciation of the
precious gift of Jesus’ presence in our lives
in the Eucharist, savour the depth of His
love for us, and (as one of the prayers after
communion says) “become what we receive”:
presence of God’s love in this world.
God bless, Sr. Devy
Full of love, You set your gaze upon me
...and deeply fill my heart with peace
(Eucharistic prayer of thanksgiving,
St. Edith Stein)
 THANK YOU!
FOR YOUR GENEROSITY LAST SUNDAY.
RE-COMMISSIONING OF SPECIAL
MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST
Special Ministers of the Eucharist will
have an opportunity to renew their
commitment to their ministry today during
the Mass that they attend.
CATECHETICAL PROGRAMMES 2020
For any enquiries, please contact Sr. Devy
on 07455 544 065 or the Parish Office.
BAPTISM FOR INFANTS
If you would like to have your child
baptised on the 13th July or later, the next
session will be on Monday 24th June at
7.30pm in the Parish Hall.
Please contact the Parish Office or Sr. Devy
to book your place on the course
INSIGHT II: WOMEN & MEN OF THE BIBLE
Next session: Tues, 25th June (7:30pm)
or Wed, 26th June (10:00am).
This is the final session for Insight II.
Please bring a plate of food to share.
PARISH OUTREACH
SANDWICH MAKING (PREPARATION):
In the hall on, Fri. 28th June after Mass.
Volunteers are urgently needed on
Saturday mornings at 7:30am to help with
preparing the sandwiches, soups, tea and
coffee.
Next SOUP RUN: Group A
at 4.30pm on Sat, 29th June 2019
FUN-D-RAISING EVENTS
ST JOHN VIANNEY PARISH CAMINO
SPONSORED WALK
Thanks to all who sponsored Fr Joe and Sr
Devy in their Camino Walk and prayed for
their safe return.
Amount raised £500 to date.
THE BIG SING GOSPEL VOICES,
Many thanks to all who attended the Big
Sing Gospel Concert last Sunday.
We raised the sum of £259.00
PARISH FUND-RAISING FILIPINO
DINNER and DANCE on
Saturday 29th June 2019 from 6-10pm
at St John Vianney Parish Hall
Tickets- Adults: £10.00
Children under 12: £5,
available from Eugenia and Lucena of the
Filipino Community or Germaine after all
Masses.
PARISH BAR-B-QUE AND FAMILY FUN DAY
In honour of our
Patron Saint, John Vianney;
Takes place Sunday, 14th July 2018
at 12.15pm after the 11.00am Mass.
All parishioners are invited to join us in this
FUND-RAISING event for our parish.
Tickets: Age 10+ & Adult £10
Child under age 10: £5 will be available
after all Masses next weekend.
Thanks to all who support the parish
activities.
OLIVE WOOD CRAFTS FROM THE HOLY
LAND (BETHLEHEM)
We welcome Rana of the Good Shepherd
Company from the Holy land
(Bethlehem) which is based in Nottingham
and works alongside with St. Vincent De
Paul society for orphans and elderly in the
Holy Land this
weekend, 22nd/23rd June
(after all Masses),
she will be selling their produce here from
the olive wood (rosaries, crosses, cribs and
religious statues) in their behalf.
Their goal is to support and help the
Christian families in the Holy Land as olive
wood craft is one of the most important
source of income for them (90% of the
Christians rely on this sale).
FIRST COMMUNION /
CONFIRMATION PHOTOS
 Parents of the First Communion Children
can collect their child/children’s
photographs before or after the 11am Mass,
today.
Index of the Confirmation
photos are available at the back of the
church for you to choose too.
Please write the photo number and place it
with the money in an envelope with your
child’s surname, and pass to Sr. Devy or
Germaine.
CHRISTUS VIVIT: ECHOES FROM THE
YOUTH SYNOD - REFLECTIONS FOR
YOUNG ADULTS
The last in the current series of meeting for
young adults at Archbishop's House will
take place on Tuesday 25th June, 6.30pm.
All young adults are invited to attend.
See poster at the back of the church.
CAN YOU RENT A HOME TO A REFUGEE
FAMILY?
Having raised the necessary funds to bring a
vulnerable family to London from a refugee
camp, the Tottenham Refugee Alliance is
now seeking to make contact with landlords
interested in finding out more about how
they might be able to help. Contact
secretary@tottenhamrefugees.org.uk
Next meeting 28th June 2019, 7pm at
Holy Trinity Vicarage, Stroud Green.
PLANNED GIVING & GIFT AID
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES (2019-2020)
There are boxes of offertory envelopes
waiting to be collected.
It is also important that you inform us if
you no longer pay tax, so that we can
adjust the tax claim on your donations.
Please contact Germaine during office hours
on 020 8888 5518 or after Mass.
Thank you for your support.
Would the donor with envelopes ‘325’
please contact the parish office. Thank
you.
THE NEXT FILM NIGHT
is on Sunday 7th July at 5pm
showing "Silas Marner",
about a weaver who was robbed of his
gold but found a more valuable treasure.
(Please note the change of date.)
£3 donation appreciated.
All welcome
ST JOHN VIANNEY SCHOOL SUMMER FAIR
Saturday 06 July 2019 from 1-4pm
The Kings Estate Agent will give £10 for
every address they are allowed to place
their board in front of peoples’ houses
advertising SJV summer fair, see
noticeboard for full details.
If you are willing to advertise a board
outside your home, please fill out form at
the back of the church and hand it into
reception or contact us at:
sjvfriends@gmail.com
The School needs your help and support!
GARDEN PARTY IN AID OF THE PASSAGE
“Please support the excellent work which
The Passage does for homeless people in
Central London, by attending
The Passage annual Garden Party in the
beautiful and historic College Garden,
Westminster Abbey on
Friday 19th July, 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm.
Tickets at £45 each, include wine, soft
drinks, buffet supper and live music.
Tickets are available online through
Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-
passage-garden-party-2019-tickets-
59008227196
Or from The Passage, St Vincent’s Centre,
Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NL.
Tel: 020 75921856.
Email:tickets@passage.org.uk
It will not be possible to purchase tickets at
the Abbey.
All proceeds in aid of The Passage.”