OUR LADY OF LOURDES

SAWSTON

Fr Raf Esteban can be contacted on

Tel: 01223 832397

Email:office@olem.org.uk

Website: www.ololsawston.com

5th Sunday in Lent (B)

29th March 2009

Sunday	29th March	Mass	08.45	Froud (F)
		Mass	11.15	Peter Mountain RIP
Monday	30th March	Mass	09.30	Monica & Alan Wildsmith
Tuesday	31st March	Eucharistic Service	09.30
Wednesday	1st April	Eucharistic Service	09.30
Thursday	2nd April	Mass	09.30	Rosie Hall RIP
Friday	3rd April	Mass	09.30	Bond Smith (F)

COLLECTION LAST WEEK

Collection & Standing Orders:

£836.31

Many Thanks!

OLEM OFFICE

Phone: 01223 350787

Email: office@olem.org.uk

COFFEE AFTER MASS

There will be coffee in the house after both Masses.

Do please join us!

MORNING PRAYER:

There will be Morning Prayer at 09.15 every weekday during Lent.

CARBON FOOTPRINT WALKS (otherwise known as RAMBLES WITH REBUS AND DEACON ANDREW)

The next riverside walk for Lent will be on Sun 29th March to Fen Ditton: we will meet in the OLEM parish hall at 12.30 (please bring a light snack lunch) and then set off at 13.15 returning to OLEM by 16.00 approx.

All are welcome, incl. well-behaved dogs

Children under 11yrs must be accompanied by an adult; and unaccompanied older children must have a signed letter of consent from a parent/guardian.

Those who took part in the ramble on Sunday 15th March had a very enjoyable time.

CHRISM MASS at St John’s Cathedral Norwich on Wed 8th April. A coach will leave St Laurence’s Church on Milton Road at 16.45. Tickets are available from St Laurence’s office C.704640. The cost is £10. Tickets are available on a first come first served basis

Proposed parish visit to the Holy Land – come and join us!

Our earlier plan to visit in April has been postponed. We are now planning to go for six or seven nights during mid November (final dates to be fixed soon). Please do consider joining our group, staying in Bethlehem and Mount Beatitudes and visiting many holy places of pilgrimage. We will also go to our twin parish in Birzeit in this, their very special 150^th anniversary year. This will make it a very special and memorable occasion. So - think about it and call Sally on 012233 64520 if you are interested. The sooner we book, the better and watch this space for further updates.

THE EVERYMAN PLAYERS PRESENT "NO NAME IN THE STREET" BY EDWARD MURCH

Against the backdrop of the events of the first Holy Week and her interaction with the colourful characters she meets on her quest, a mother is looking for her son. Who is she, and who is the son she so urgently seeks?

The Everyman Players have the answers.

Performances at All Saints, Barrington (30th March); St Andrew's Stapleford (31st March); St Luke's Victoria Road, (2nd April); St Laurence's Milton Road (3rd April); and here at OLEM ON SATURDAY 4th APRIL.

Collections on the door for Church Funds after expenses. St Andrew's are selling tickets at £5, £3 concessions, with wine and discussion.

This is one way to prepare for Holy Week. Do come to a performance.

John Huntingdon’s Charity

Tannery Road Sawston

This Charity has asked if we can help in this difficult economic climate by buying an extra item of food and donating it JHC, who will then pass it on to those who need it most. For suggestions of items to buy, and where to place them, please see the poster in the Church porch. Thank you

DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA - Deputy Director -Diocesan Schools’ Service.

Salary: £21,500 pa (part time 2.5 days per week, equivalent). We are seeking an experienced leader to join our schools’ team. This is an exciting new post to support the work of the Diocesan Schools’ Commission. It is a Diocesan role, with particular responsibilities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Further details and complete advert can be viewed on the church notice board or on the diocesan website: www.catholiceastanglia.org

Church Cleaning Rota April

Week commencing:

5th : Julie Ball

12th : A Cullen & D Mc Goldrick

19th: Andrew & Jo Worth

26th: C Thompson & J Beaton

Fairtrade Stall

Goods will be on sale in the hall

after both Masses next Sunday.

This weekend there is an appeal on behalf of a small charity called Educaid, which provides education to over 1000 of the poorest and most disadvantaged children in Sierra Leone. Many of these children lost their parents, homes and education during the civil war and are desperate to access education as a means to improving their opportunities in life.

If you are able to support this charity, you will be helping some of the poorest and most vulnerable young people in the world. trustees cover the overheads in the UK which means that all donations are used directly in the schools. Information sheets and gift aid envelopes are available at the back of church today but the appeal will be open until Easter weekend

5^th Sunday of Lent

Dear Friends,

Most of us, and the more if we are getting on in years, have experienced how, when we are faced with serious suffering, we tend to become totally preoccupied with ourselves. As a consequence of this, we risk losing our sensitivity towards the suffering of the people nearest to us. This also explains the temptation of economic protectionism that we experience in many countries at the moment having to face a serious economic crisis. We are preparing to “make memory” of the death of somebody who could, in the midst of his own dying, pray for those who were crucifying him, forgive a thief and ask his mother and his favourite disciple to take care of each other. Let us pray that our experience of suffering may be converted into a lesson to learn to sympathise even more with all those who suffer around us and that we may find extra strength to accompany them.

God bless you all. Your friend, raf