When the office is closed please use the following contacts:
Email address – sittingbourne@rcaos.org.uk
Telephone 01795 555708
WHAT’S ON THIS COMING WEEK?
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - TWENTIETH SUNDAY
Saturday 13th August
5.00pm Mass – Tony Connolly R.I.P.
Sunday 14th August
11.00am Mass – People of the Parish
Monday 15th August
NO MASS
Tuesday 16th August – St Stephen of Hungary
NO MASS
Wednesday 17th August
NO MASS
Thursday 18th August
NO MASS
Friday 19th August – St John Eudes, Priest
10.00am Eucharistic Service in Church
SUNDAY- TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY
Saturday 20th August
5.00pm Mass – People of the Parish
Sunday 21st August
11.00am Mass – Mo Lewis R.I.P
PARISH NEWS
WELCOME
We extend a warm welcome to Fr Ethel from Woolwich and Fr Gary and Fr Etienne who have very kindly offered between them to cover the Masses at the weekends throughout August.
MINISTRIES WITHIN THE CHURCH
From September we will be returning to rotas for the following Ministries: Readers, Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Flower Arrangers, Cleaners and Tea & Coffee (where possible) after 9.30am Mass. If you would like to return to any of these Ministries (and are not currently doing so) or wish to be included going forward, please email your name to the office with your contact number and details of the Mass you usually attend. Please note Flower arranging and Church Cleaning to be on Fridays any time after Mass.
MASSES DURING AUGUST
During August there will be two weekend Masses only (NO WEEKDAY MASSES).
The weekend Masses will be Saturdays at 5pm and Sundays at 11am only. Fr Ethel is covering
the Sunday Mass and needs to travel by Public Transport from Woolwich hence choosing the later Mass. The Saturday Masses are to be covered by Fr Etienne or Fr Gary, Chaplains from the Prisons on the Isle of Sheppey.
Please note that the last 10am Eucharistic Service will be Friday 19th August 2022
PARISH OFFICE – AUGUST
As the Church will be closed during the week in August, and Parish Office staff on holiday at times. Please email the office, or leave a telephone message on the office number 01795 555708 and someone will get back to you as soon as they can.
CORONAVIRUS PRECAUTIONS
UPDATED ANTI-COVID-19 GUIDANCE AGREED BY PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND AND THE BISHOPS CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND AND WALES (24 February 2022) – SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:
- Vaccines are encouraged but people with Covid will no longer be legally required to self-isolate, BUT guidance recommends for those who test positive to stay at home and avoid contact with others for at least 5 days and in consideration for other Parishioners we would ask that you do this.
- We will be maintaining the one way system currently in place. Please collect your hymn books and mass books as you enter and leave them on the bench nearest the exit at the side door as you leave.
- Transmission is through oral and nasal aerosol therefore the wearing of masks is encouraged but not mandatory.
- Sanitising hands is still on offer but readers don not need to use before reading.
- You are requested to not allow Children to wander around the church for their own protection and other people’s safety
- Holy water is now being used
- There is no need for social distancing but please be mindful of others.
- There is no need for bench cleaning between services.
- Good ventilation still recommended
- The Offertory Procession will be take place when music is available, with those involved sanitising their hands immediately before they touch the sacred vessel or other gifts
- The Holy Communion will continue to be under one kind and the Minister will continue to wear a face covering and it is permitted to announce “the Body of Christ” for each communicant. Clergy and extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion should sanitize hands before distributing the Blessed Sacrament. Communion is recommended to be distributed in the hands, but if people wish to receive on the tongue, then they should wait until the end of the communion line and receive then. Communion on the tongue exposes the ministers’ hands to their aerosol and increases the possibility of viral infections. He will have to sanitize his hands again immediately after.
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Now Accepting Contactless Donations
You will find our new DIGITAL COLLECTION PLATE, contactless terminal in the church. Just use your contactless debit/credit card or smart phone/ device to make a donation.
Simply choose the amount you wish to donate and hold your card onto the reader.
You can also opt-in for Gift Aid to increase your donation by 25%. If you are a UK taxpayer then donating with Gift Aid means that we can claim an extra 25p for every £1 received. Contactless donations are simple to administer, secure and convenient.
You can now also donate to The Sacred Heart just by scanning the QR code below with your phone and following the instructions that come up on your screen. Service provided by MyDona
You will find our new DIGITAL COLLECTION PLATE, contactless terminal in the church. Just use your contactless debit/credit card or smart phone/ device to make a donation.
Simply choose the amount you wish to donate and hold your card onto the reader.
You can also opt-in for Gift Aid to increase your donation by 25%. If you are a UK taxpayer then donating with Gift Aid means that we can claim an extra 25p for every £1 received. Contactless donations are simple to administer, secure and convenient.
You can now also donate to The Sacred Heart just by scanning the QR code below with your phone and following the instructions that come up on your screen. Service provided by MyDona
ARCHDIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK
SACRED HEART OF JESUS R. C. CHURCH
SITTINGBOURNE
INTRODUCTION
Pope Francis wants to hear from the whole Church about what is happening in local parishes. He and the bishops would like to know what individuals think we should all be doing to help make our parishes better. The way he has proposed doing this is a Synodal Process. Synod means “journeying together” and it involves listening to the Holy Spirit and to each other in order to discern the path we are called to walk together. The Synod "is intended to inspire people to dream about the Church we are called to be, to make people's hopes flourish, to stimulate trust, to bind up wounds, to weave new and deeper relationships, to learn from one another, to build bridges, to enlighten minds, warm hearts, and restore strength to our hands for our common mission.
PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name. With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions. Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right. All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen.
Communion - What are the ways in which your parish most successfully brings people together? What else can we do?
Participation - What do you think each of us can do and what can we do collectively would make our parish better?
Mission - Are we looking in or are we looking out, as a parish community? What and how can we do both effectively?
SACRED HEART OF JESUS R. C. CHURCH
SITTINGBOURNE
INTRODUCTION
Pope Francis wants to hear from the whole Church about what is happening in local parishes. He and the bishops would like to know what individuals think we should all be doing to help make our parishes better. The way he has proposed doing this is a Synodal Process. Synod means “journeying together” and it involves listening to the Holy Spirit and to each other in order to discern the path we are called to walk together. The Synod "is intended to inspire people to dream about the Church we are called to be, to make people's hopes flourish, to stimulate trust, to bind up wounds, to weave new and deeper relationships, to learn from one another, to build bridges, to enlighten minds, warm hearts, and restore strength to our hands for our common mission.
PRAYER FOR THE SYNOD
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name. With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions. Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right. All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen.
Communion - What are the ways in which your parish most successfully brings people together? What else can we do?
Participation - What do you think each of us can do and what can we do collectively would make our parish better?
Mission - Are we looking in or are we looking out, as a parish community? What and how can we do both effectively?
A Faith Worshipping Community in Christ, in Church and Family
The Sacred Heart of Jesus is part of the Archdiocese of Southwark covering South London and Kent.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus is part of the Archdiocese of Southwark covering South London and Kent.
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MISSION
We, the Parish community of the Sacred Heart, nurtured by the presence of God, and empowered by the Spirit of servant leadership, are committed to grow as a living Church of the poor responding to the spiritual and temporal needs of people to attain the fullness of life. VISION The Sacred Heart Parish, Under The Guidance Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Her Patron, Is A Vibrant Community Of Faith, Hope And Charity, Ever Growing With Clear And Effective Programmes To Enhance The Spiritual And Temporal Lives Of Its Parishioners, Especially The Poor. 
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