Mass Times & Liturgy Services

Vigil 6.30pm (Sat).

Sunday 8.30am, 10.30am & 6.30pm

Mon. Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat.10.00am

Wed, 7.15am

Morning Prayer 9.15am Monday & Friday

Rosary 9.30am Monday & Friday

Adoration Wednesdays 8-9.15pm

Friday 10.30-11.00am Saturday 10.30-11.00am

Confessions Saturdays 10.30-11.00am

Sundays 10.00-10.20am

St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church, 130 St Margaret’s Road, Twickenham TW1 1RL

Tel: 020 8892 3902 E-mail: stmargaretsonthames@rcdow.org.uk

for ‘THE PAGE’ on line Diocesan Website : parish.rcdow.org.uk/stmargaretsonthames

Web: www.stmargarets-church.co.uk

Parish Priest: Canon Peter Newby. Deacon: Guido Amari

Parish Administrator: Jean McGinley; ; Bookkeeper: Ann Edes

The Parish Office is open Monday-Friday 8:00am-12.45pm

There are countless personal and economic tragedies associated

with the construction of the wall that separates West Jerusalem

from the West Bank. The wall cuts through the back of Mount of

Olives and Bethany is now located on the further side of the wall

to the city. No longer can the pilgrim walk the route of Jesus from

His ‘home from home’ to Jerusalem. Bethany was where the sis-

ters Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus lived. Bethany is

where Jesus stayed in the days between His triumphal entry to

Jerusalem and His Last Supper in the city.

The unfolding events of the Passion have their prequel in

Bethany, and St Mark records that while Jesus was having dinner

with an outcast Simon the Leper, an unidentified woman anoints

His head, in a prophetic gesture marking both His kingship and

Impending death. The woman anticipates the title that Pilate will

have written and hung above His head whilst on the Cross; This is

King of the Jews’. The disciples are confused by the woman’s

action and talk about the waste of ointment and its prohibitive

cost. At the moment that Jesus needs His ‘family’ they are not

there, but despite His impending abandonment, Jesus speaks of

the future, the proclamation of the Good News that will involve

preaching His Kingship on the Cross, and thus validating what the

woman had done for Him.

The reality of home and belonging were fundamental to Jesus as

may be grasped by His conduct and commands to the recently

healed to ‘Go home’! This emphasis on home is the natural

outcome of what the Church celebrates at Christmas, the birth of

Jesus into a family. The family extends more widely into a defined

community, His home town, His people. The ‘family’ of Jesus was

never simply a matter of clan and blood-line but embraced those

who listened and accepted the Word of Jesus, but the dynamic of

mutual care remained the same.

This familial mindset sits forms the context for the Last Supper,

where groups of pilgrims to Jerusalem who gather together as a

‘spiritual family’ to celebrate the Passover. Jesus had such a

family, the Twelve Apostles, and they represent the wider com-

munity, the Church too. The reality of this new ‘spiritual family’

will be cemented by the body broken, and the new covenant

established through the shedding of Jesus’ blood on the Cross.

Fr Peter writes:

ST MARGARETS PAGE Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord (B)

25th March 2018

The words of Institution at the Last Supper, the same words that

the priest says at Mass, recognise what Jesus will have achieved

through His death on the Cross. The Last Supper looks forward to

Good Friday, but beyond too, to Easter, the Resurrection from the

Dead. Jesus tells His sorrowful disciples that he will go before them

into Galilee to gather them again as His ‘family’ around Him. This

newly reconstituted family makes the Church, not one of timid

disciples, but of spirit-filled missionaries. The Church, this Parish,

and each of us individually, are heirs to those first missionaries.

The Mass of the Last Supper, celebrated on Thursday evening gives

the key to participate in both the Liturgy of the Passion on Good

Friday and the Easter Vigil and Easter Masses. Thursday evening

reveals the heart; the life of Jesus for others, His desire to be in

communion and His steadfastness in abandonment both human

and seemingly divine. The offering of His life, the sacramental form

of which will become the Eucharist, is an act of complete trust on

Jesus’ part to the Father. The same act of trust is demonstrated in

the Foot Washing that takes place the same evening, to be in

communion with each other.

The Holy Week journey is the time to reflect on my own life

practises in response to the call for communion; with Jesus Christ,

with myself, within my family and within my parish. Does my

communion extend beyond the confines of family and friends? The

Gospel of St Mark, has three mentions of ‘the young man’; the

prototype disciple, the wealthy young man, too rich to follow even

though the intent is there; the naked young man who runs away in

fear when Jesus is arrested; and the young man who announces the

Good News to startled women on Easter Sunday morning; ‘You are

looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He is risen…and

going before you to Galilee.’

Entrance Antiphon: Six days before the Passover, when the Lord came into the city of Jerusalem, the children ran to meet Him; in their hands they carried palm branches and with a loud voice cried out: Hosanna in the highest! Blessed are you, who have come in your abundant mercy! O Gates lift high your heads, grow higher ancient doors. Let him enter, the king of glory! Who is this the king of glory? Hosanna in the highest! Blessed are you, who have come in your abundant mercy!

Response to the Psalm My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

The Sick:

Rose Lorden, William Hamilton, Mary Arnolda

Caroline Horsbrugh, Ethan Knott,

Colin Bartram, Gerry McEntee, Rose Williams,

Carmen Bourne, Peter Coughlan,

Amanda Lonergan, Cesar Juan Urrutigoity,

Mary Ethel Arnolda, Francesca Bianchin,

Sydney and Patricia Parkes, Catherine Sugrue,

Wanda Ostrowska, (mother of Ala), Christopher

Browne, Gretta Gallagher, Margaret Masterson,

Carol Samba, Maureen Costello, Teresa Smith,

Shehzad Mirza and Kathy Bannister.

Anniversaries:

Agnes Condron, William Affleck, Eileen Friel,

Joan Stevenson, Paul Grant, Hazel Fabian,

Henry Bird, Molly Flynn, Frank Harrington,

James Barry, Margaret Pini, Gladys Wilcockson,

Mark Dilley, Barry Foulkes, Mary Reilly and

Neville Stracey.

Deanery Intentions:

For Fr Bernard Boylan and the parishioners of

Hampton on Thames

25th March 2018 Palm Sunday of Lent (ABC) Isaiah 50:4-7 Psalm 21 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1-15:47

1st April 2018 Easter Sunday Acts 10:34.37 Psalm 117 Colossians 3:1-4 Sequence John 20:1-9

Sat. 24 (Vigil)

6.30pm

Procession of Palms Mass Richard Easton RIP

Keith & Arthur

Palm Sunday

25

8.30am 10.30am 6.30pm

Procession of Palms Mass Sue Fitzgibbon RD Procession of Palms Mass Sick & Lonely Parishioners

Procession of Palms Mass Mary Tippett Anniversary

Slattery Fry

Mon. 26 9.15am 9.30am 10.00am 7.30pm

Morning Prayer The Rosary Mass For the Unemployed Penitential Service

Tue. 27 10.00am

Mass For Lazer Nika RIP Gjergji

Wednesday 28

10.00am 6.30pm

Mass Holy Souls Stations of the Cross

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8.00pm Holy Thursday.

Mass For the Intention of Fr Peter 9.00-11.00pm Altar of Repose

30 9.00am 3.00pm

Good Friday Walk of Witness Twickenham Green to Diamond Jubilee Gardens Twickenham.

Passion

of the Lord

Sat 31

8.00pm Easter Vigil

Mass For the Parish

1st April

8.30am 10.30am

Easter Sunday Mass for Vitore Shkoza For the Parish Please note (There is no evening Mass on this Sunday)

Gjergji

HOLY WEEK 25th March – 1st April 2018

Sacred Triduum

Lenten

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Easter Offerings The collection taken at Easter is your offering to the

clergy of the Parish and together with the Christmas

offerings, Mass Stipends and Stole Fees make up an

annual amount which is then transferred to the

Parish Priest on monthly instalments with income

tax and NI contribution deducted.

Over recent years the annual total has fallen short of

the recommended amount allowed by the Diocese,

so your generosity this Easter will be greatly

appreciated.

lSt Margaret’s Pastoral Council

At their last meeting, earlier this year the Council has been

looking at different aspects of the Parish’s life and the number

of initiatives that have been suggested.

The five different headings for the Pastoral Council are as

follows and each has offered some new proposals.

Catechetics.

After Easter the Catechetics team will be hosting five sessions by

‘Catholic Voices’ entitles ‘Reframe’; how to defend the Catholic

faith without raising your voice. After an initial meeting each

session will cover a different ‘hot’ topic, and consist of a

presentation, question and answer, and practise dialogues.

Dates are Fridays 4th, 11th (not 19tn or 26th) May, 1st, 8th and 15th

June, from 7:30-9:00pm.

Looking further ahead the team will undertake an Alpha course

during the 2018-2019 year

Support your Parish

Welcoming new Parishioners. The social gathering after

10:30am is a key moment in the life of the Parish where

friendships are nurtured and begun, but often when new

parishioner arrive there is no-one to greet them. A team of

‘Parish Ambassadors’ is being created of 10:30am Mass goers to

look after new faces.

Pastoral Outreach

The parish has joined a list of Churches who provide a Sunday

lunch for homeless people, approximately 25, on regular basis,

probably twice or three times a year. A preliminary visit in being

made on Sunday 8th April after the 10:30am Mass to Elizabeth’s,

Richmond to see how the lunch is managed.

Liturgy

This Corpus Christi, Sunday 3rd June, the Parish will hold another

Corpus Christi procession around the Complex and Garden, after

which there will be a parish lunch for the housebound and other

Parishioners in the Complex. The procession will be led by those

children who had recently received their First Communion.

Care of the Property

There will be another spring clean coming up shortly and details

will be announced soon. The group will also be involved in

overseeing the improvements due to take place with regard to

the Hall, Bar, Kitchen and lavatories.

I would like, on behalf of the Parish, to Thank those involved in these aspects of Parish life, and those not mentioned above. If any of these activities interest you and you would like to be involved please contact either myself, stmargaretson-thames@rcdow.org.uk or Sarah, the Secretary of the Pastoral Council. Mckendrysarah@hotmail.com

Club March 2018

Congratulation to our March winners

No 19 Jimmy Green First Prize £100.00

No 69 Ann Fauls Second Prize £50.00

Cheques will be forwarded to your home addresses shortly.

Last Sunday after the 10.30am Mass the handrail leading to the weekday Chapel was broken probably by someone swinging on it; an unfortunate accident. During the cold weather the doors leading

from the Hall into the Garden have been

repeatedly been left open by children

charging backwards and forwards in and out

of the garden.

By entering the Church through the fire

doors mud has been left on the carpets in

the Church. I am delighted the garden is be-

ing used by the children but please could we

all collectively take care that the complex

and garden are treated with respect, and the

comfort of those sitting down for coffee after

Mass is respected.

Fr Peter

Respecting Others and the Parish Complex

ST MARGARET’S LENTEN PROJECT

‘TOGETHER AS ONE & MARY’S MEALS ’

Sub Total £2523.00 Thank yo to those who have already contributed

to the Project in many ways. Fundraising will recommence after Easter

please continue to support the events.

Good Friday Walk of Christian Witness

on Friday 30th March

Meet at 9.00am on Twickenham Green

(Arthur’s Café end) for a Blessing by

The Rev’d Tim Garrett before we process all

churches together down Heath Road and Wharf Lane

and in to the Diamond Jubilee Gardens Twickenham

where there will be a short Service led by

The Rev’d Dr. Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski, assisted by

Fr. Ulick Loring.

Those wishing to join us in the Diamond Jubilee

Gardens should arrive by 9.15am.

Children are very welcome and can carry hand

crosses.

All churches and denominations are welcome to

bring their processional cross or banner.

We hope as many parishioners as possible will join

Fr Peter and Deacon Guido on this Walk.

Please come for this spiritual experience.

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist

Rota 7th April—8th July 2018

Now available at the back of the church

Tomorrow Evening

Monday 26th March 7. 30pm

With visiting Confessors

Sacraments for our

Sick and Housebound Parishioners

Any sick or housebound parishioner who would

like to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation

and Holy Communion this Easter please contact

the Parish Office (020 8892 3902) as soon as

possible, so that this can be arranged.

Fr Peter

Sunday Offerings February 2018

Loose Pledged Total

2.2.2018 £733 £204 £937

11.2.2018 £423 £234 £657

18.2.2018 £365 £218 £583

25.2.2018 £392 £211 £603

Total £1913 £866 £2779

Standing Orders (Offertory (Payroll Giving &

Building Fund) £5132

Grand Total £7911

Thank you for your support

St Richard Reynolds Catholic College

Our Principal, Richard Burke, will cycle 300

miles of the Camino from Burgos to Santiago de

Compostela over four days from 1st April with a group of

fellow teachers and staff from Sion Manning School. He

hopes to raise £5,000 for the St Richard Reynolds Sports

Hall Appeal. He is not looking forward to it one scrap but it

will be a wonderful experience for him and will help bring

our sports hall shell into service.

I would be very grateful if you would consider placing his

Camino appeal in your newsletters. People may donate via

MyDonate at: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/

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Andrew Cole KSG Chairman of the Governing Body

St Richard Reynolds Catholic CollegeTel. 020 8325 4630