PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED:

We pray for Gerry Murray, Mary O’Brien, Brian Dickinson, Andre Alpha and Benny Cardoza who have died recently and remember also Katie Ann Giblin, Richard Ogundiran, Doreen & Mike Rozwadowski, Mary Painter

and all the faithful departed. May they rest in peace. OUR SATURDAY MORNING MASS IS OFFERED

FOR THE SICK AND THE HOUSEBOUND

CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 60 Rylston Rd, Fulham, SW6 7HW: 020 7385 4040

Email: fulham@rcdow.org.uk Parish Priest: Fr. Dennis Touw-Tempelmans Plat

Asst. Priest: Fr Linferd Fernandes Parish Deacon: Rev Wayne O’Reilly

Seminarian: Dale Cutlan Parish Administrator: Gerald Daly Esq.

Catechetical Co-ordinator: Rev Wayne O’Reilly Email address: fulhamcatechist@rcdow.org.uk

Safeguarding Representative: Mr David Belcher Website: https://stthomasfulham.com THE FEAST OF PENTECOST

Sat 22nd 10.00 am The Sick and the Housebound 5.30 pm Peace in the Holy Land Sun 23rd 9.00 am Gerry Murray (RIP - LD) PENTECOST 10.30 am Pro Populo SUNDAY 12.00 pm Katie Ann Giblin (RIP - anniv) 6.00 pm Those taking exams at this time Mon 24th 9.30 am Richard Ogundiran (RIP - anniv) The BVM, Mother of the Church Tue 25th 9.30 am Mary O’Brien (RIP - LD) St Bede the Venerable, 5.00 pm Bible Study Pr & Dr Wed 26th 9.30 am Brian Dickinson (RIP - LD) St Philip Neri, Priest Thu 27th 9.30 am Doreen & Mike Rozwadowski OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (RIP - anniv) THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST Fri 28th 9.30 am Andre Alpha (RIP - LD) 12.00 pm Funeral Mass - Andre Alpha (RIP) Sat 29th 10.00 am The Sick and the Housebound 5.30 pm Parochial Clergy Sun 30th 9.00 am Our study of the Scriptures THE FEAST 10.30 am Pro Populo OF THE 12.00 pm Mary Painter (RIP) HOLY TRINITY 6.00 pm Our Volunteers

ALL MASSES ARE ONLINE AT: www.stthomasfulham.com THE PARISH OFFICE IS OPEN MON / TUE / WED / THURS +

FRI MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS FROM 11.00 AM UNTIL ABOUT 3 PM

IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

PLEASE NOTE THAT AS A RESULT OF THE EASING OF LOCKDOWN THE CHURCH IS NOW OPEN EVERY DAY.

MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED

AS IS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND GELLS. PLEASE BE SURE TO OBEY THE COVID SIGNAGE RULES.

Mary & Anna are calling all catechists

Saturday 10th July – a date for your diaries: - Summer Conference for Catechists will take place – via zoom. Full details to follow.

RCIA – we are offering a series of sessions, on 3 Monday evenings of June – again, via zoom – to renew and refresh us re RCIA.

Details will be sent to parishes for whom we have contact details.

SYCAMORE What does it mean to live our Christian faith through the power of the

Holy Spirit? How does the Holy Spirit work through the Church and through the sacraments? Introductory Session with Fr Stephen Mon 24th May

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sycamore-introductory-session-mon-24th-may-tickets-147811352735

Plus, a new faith formation pathway that can used in the weeks

of Eastertide, or after Pentecost.

https://www.sycamore.fm/pathways/b-formation-pathways/holy- spirit-

pathway-6-weeks/

My dear friends, The Day of Pentecost, coming, as it does, in late May or early June, was probably a beautiful day, for by that time of the year the weather in the Holy Land is glorious. It was a day of festival, a day of celebration for the spring harvest and people from all over Israel would have come to Jerusalem to rejoice. Our Lady, St Peter and the rest of the disciples were gathered together, probably in the Upper Room. When suddenly, there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting! Then divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. But Pentecost didn't end when the wind died down and the flames disappeared. It went on. It gave Peter and the disciples courage, inspiring them to move from silence to bold speech for Christ. It affected a man like Paul, striking him to the ground on the road to Damascus. The fire that was ignited in the hearts of those who experienced the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on that day has continued to illuminate the world. The effects of that Holy Spirit’s presence in the hearts and lives of believers down through the ages have been revealed in a multitude of ways. “For there are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit,” says St. Paul. Beginning on the Day of Pentecost itself, the bold proclamation of Jesus, the Risen Saviour and Lord began. A boldness that is captured in the words of Peter, as he speaks before the Sanhedrin which forbade him to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. Peter replies, “It is impossible for us not speak about what we have seen and heard.” To speak about what one has seen and heard. To give witness. This is the fire that lies at the heart of all the gifts the Spirit lavishes on the Church at Pentecost, gifts that came to us too at our Baptism and Confirmation. Gifts that testify to the Risen Jesus who lives on in and through the Church. On this Pentecost Sunday, let us implore the Holy Spirit to awaken our slumbering hearts and remove the blindness from our eyes, so that we may see and hear Jesus, our Risen Lord, and that we might be given, through the

Spirit’s manifold gifts, the grace to proclaim him. To be his witnesses!

A Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit:

O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples, grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my

soul the work of Thy grace and Thy love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may despise the perishable things of

this world and aspire only after the things that are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light of Thy divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest way of pleasing

God and gaining Heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may bear my cross with Thee, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and

know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable,

the Spirit of Fear that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to displease Him.

Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy true disciples and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.

200 CLUB - APRIL WINNERS

£137.50 Elizabeth Mariano £27.50 Jeremy Jones £27.50 John Molloy £16.50 Gloira Richardson

Congratulations to all our winners

HOLY LAND The proposed parish pilgrimage to the Holy Land has now been

confirmed. We shall be departing from Heathrow on 8th November and returning on the 15th. The basic cost is about £1500 - two

sharing More details on the website of Tangney Tours. http://www.tangney-tours.com

If you are still interested in joining this trip you are asked to get in touch with Fr Dennis as soon as possible.