NO CONFESSIONS next Saturday 22nd July St. Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School - Western Avenue, Woodley RG5 3BH Tel. 0118 969 3893 Head Teacher: Mr. James Broadbridge Website: www.stdominicsavio.co.uk Emergency numbers for the Sacramental Ministry of a priest: Fr Bon 969 3423 Fr. Pat 931 4469 Fr. Stan 966 3711 Fr. Peter 9428632 Canon Michael 957 2149 Canon John O’Shea 957 4171 Please call your own priest first. READING CHURCHES WEEKEND MASS TIMES: CHRIST THE KING Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ENGLISH MARTYRS Sat 6.30pm, Sun 9.30am, 11.30am & 5pm OUR LADY OF PEACE Sun 9am, 11am & 5pm ST JAMES Sat 6pm, Sun 11am ST JOHN BOSCO Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am ST WILLIAM OF YORK Sun 9am, 11am & 6pm St JOSEPH’S Sun 8.30am & 10.30am ST JOHN BOSCO BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE Please keep in your prayers all those with Anniversaries in July Kitty Foley + Maura Cox +William (Liam) Murphy + Ken Webb+ Christopher Larkin + Maggie Beresford + Bernard Joy OBE + Joseph Darné + John Davis + Zofia Niedzwiedzka + Tony Jacobs + Margaret Bond + Bridget Pocock + Pauline Siveter + Eileen Murphy + NEXT MEETING DATES: 20th Jul, 2pm Over 60s group 3rd Woodley St John Bosco Scout Group: Term Time Only Beavers: Mon 6.00 - 7.00 pm Cubs: Thu 6.30 - 8.30pm Scouts Mon 7.30 - 9.30pm RETREAT DAY FOR THE DEAF Wednesday, 9th August at St John’s Cathedral Discovery Centre. Fully sign-interpreted. Theme is St Edith Stein. The day will begin at 10.45 and include Mass at 12.15. For further information please contact Fr Robin Ellwood, email. [email protected] RISE YOUTH SUMMER SCHOOL Ages 13—18 £250 including accommodation and meals. Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th August 2017. St Cassian’s Retreat Centre, Kinterbury, Berkshire. Drama , Faith, Games, Prayer, Fun, Performance, Friendship. E: [email protected] t: 07929 053813 www. risetheatre.co.uk YOUNG CATHOLIC ADULTS WEEKEND 20-22nd Oct 2017 Event for Young Catholic Adults 18-40 Prices Start from £18.50 pp per night To guarantee your place book before 29th Sept. go to https://v1.bookwhen.com/ youngcatholicadults- douai2017 ST DOMINIC SAVIO RC SCHOOL SUMMER FAIR Sun 16 July 11.30—2.30pm Join us for lots of fun events CAFOD PORTSMOUTH HARVEST BRIEFINING Join us at a special Har- vest Briefing on Thursday, 7th September from 7.30pm to 9pm at English Martyrs’ church, Hall, 64 Liebenrood Road, Read- ing RG30 2EB to hear more about CAFOD’s work in ElSalvador, the focus of Harvest Fast Day. Please book a place in advance tel: 01252 329385 or [email protected] Thank you! St John Bosco Parish is a vibrant and worshipping community in the heart of Woodley. We are committed to serve, to grow, to connect and to give. The Roman Catholic Parish of 16th July 2017 - 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Issue 1181 to the Faithful of St. John Bosco Parish My dear Parishioners, I am writing first of all to express profound gratitude and appre- ciation for your parish priest, Fr. Bonaventure Ndong. Fr. Bon has served St. John Bosco’s devotedly these last years as a fine pastor, a true teacher of the Word of God, a faithful minis- ter of the sacraments and an inspiring leader of the flock. He now returns to Cameroon to take up a new appointment as his Bishop’s Secretary. We will miss him, but we congratulate him on this appointment, promising to remember him often in our prayers. Our Diocese of Portsmouth and the Archdiocese of Bamenda are linked by deep bonds of ecclesial communion, and we hope to see him again soon, during the official visita- tion to Bamenda early next year. Full of gratitude, we entreat the Lord to bless Fr. Bon abundantly. I must now announce the happy news that from September, I am appointing three priests to St. John Bosco parish. Canon Michael Dennehy, Vicar General and Parish Priest of English Martyrs Reading, will be your parish priest. He will be assisted by two assistant priests and parochial administrators, resident here in Woodley: Fr. Luca Speziale and Fr. Raffaele Cozza. Fr. Luca and Fr. Raffaele belong to the movement “Communion and Liberation,” which some of you will know from the various groups we have here in our Diocese. They will build on the work of Fr. Bon and, at the same time, I hope and pray, bring even more life and energy into the mission of the Church in Woodley. They will develop the new evangeliza- tion in the parish and also through their chaplaincy work in the parish school and in Reading Hospital. I am sure that when they arrive, you will give them a very warm welcome. Please keep them, and Fr. Bon, in your prayers. With my prayers and best wishes for you all, In Corde Iesu, +Philip Responsorial Psalm: 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time “Some seed fell into rich soil, and produced its crop” St. John Bosco Church 56 Western Avenue, Woodley, Reading RG5 3BH Tel: 0118 969 3423 Priest: Fr Bonaventure Ndong Email: stjohnbosco @portsmouthdiocese.org.uk Website: stitytjohnbosco.co.uk Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/ groups/1455918784702101 Part of the PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST Registered Charity Number 246871 Church Office is open next week: Tues - Thurs: 8.30am - 1.30pm Administrator: Karen Tarvin 0118 9693423 Safeguarding Rep: Julie Hamblin 0118 9618918 WEEKLY COLLECTION Envelopes £236.98 Loose £312.75 Standing orders: £510 Apos. Of the Sea £152.73 Thank you for your kind and generous donations which go towards the running of the parish Next Special Collection: 5/6 August—APF Mission Special Appeal MUSTARD SEED PROJECT Rise Theatre is looking for anyone aged 13—100 to join an exciting local initiative. No experience necessary— just a passion for creativity and exploration. The Mustard Seed Project aims to empower the local community to create and share their own stories by devising a piece of ‘Theatre Art’. Attend free devising workshops @ St Barts Theatre, RG1 3QA, Jul—Sept 2017. Workshops start on Sat 22 Jul 10 –4pm. Then every Wed 6-8.30pm. Ending with live performance of Theatre Art piece on Sat 16 Sept in central Reading.. Tel: 0118 3247775 or email: [email protected] www.risetheatre.co.uk