Welcome to St Peter’s Parish, Marlow

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS  

SUNDAY 4th October – 27th of Year A

9.00am Holy Mass Max Walder RIP             

11.00am Holy Mass Richard Dunne Anniversary

5.30pm Holy Mass People of the Parish

MONDAY 5th October

No Mass today

7.00pm Praying with the Scriptures   

TUESDAY 6th October      

9.00am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (9.30am Rosary)

10.00am Holy Mass St Bruno Private Intention

WEDNESDAY 7th October

10.00am Holy Mass Our Lady of the Rosary

THURSDAY 8th October

9.00am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00am Holy Mass Special Intention (Lucy)

FRIDAY 9th October

10.00am Holy Mass St John Henry Newman Phyliss Durfort Anniversary

SATURDAY 10th October

10.00am Holy Mass Leslie Lester Anniversary

followed by Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament until 11.30am

SUNDAY 11th October – 28th of Year A 

9.00am Holy Mass Luiza Savill RIP

11.00am Holy Mass Lobo Family Intentions

5.30pm Holy Mass People of the Parish

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: ‘I have done what was mine to do, may Christ teach you what is yours.’Last words of St Francis of Assisi

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: On Saturdays 10.30-11.00am and 6.00-6.30pm. And on request at any time.

REST IN PEACE: Please pray for the repose of the souls of Ronnie Evans, John Dollochin, Andres Lopez, Mike Diggins, Ron Lunn, Juan Barrales Cerón, Yvonne D’Souza Rauto. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.

ANNIVERSARIES: Margaret Reader, Anne Elizabeth Stanway, Jerrold Vassall-Adams, Honora Hubble, Tess Pond,  Moira Tuly, Stuart Edwards, Frances Beaver, Gerard Boyle, Peggy Ford, Christopher Green, Edward Ryan, Mary Hovery, Phyllis Durfort.  May they rest in peace.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Gersende Chamberlain, Penny Bedingfield, Mary Mongan, Irena Foster-Brown, Lady Hambleden, Bryan Russ, Cillian Smith. Rita Lacey, Frances McCann, Michael New, Mary McGonagle, Shirley & Tommy McDonagh, Thomas Aherne, Jackie Fandernez, Geraldine Martin, Claudine D’Souza, Vera Bonsall, Linda Reece, Therese Molloy, Sarah Stanley, Bill Kelly, Frederic Langlume, Cath Maybury, Gladys Nanyonjo, Janine Spencer, Denise Bradley. May they know Christ’s healing touch 

LAST SUNDAY’S COLLECTIONS: For the Parish: £2,175.50, (Plate: £230.50; Envelopes: £537; Cashless: £580, Standing Orders: £828); SVP – Poor Box: £85. Many thanks! 

RETIRING COLLECTION FOR CAFOD: Please donate to our Family Fast Day parish collection this Sunday to share God’s abundant gifts with our global neighbours as they find lasting solutions to poverty and other challenges. CAFOD representatives will have a QR Code on their lanyards which you can use or you can use the button on the Dona Machines or the Parish website via the QR code here:

EMMAUS SCRIPTURE PROGRAMME: Our next talk takes place this Wednesday 7th October at 7:30pm in St Joseph’s Church, Chalfont St Peter (SL9 8RY).  Theme: Faith in the Middle of Doubt – Meeting God in Our Questions (John 20:24-29) The speaker is Fr Theophilus Nyamali OCD. You will find the link on our Emmaus page once this become available.  Please click: https://www.stjosephs.org.uk/index.php/Emmaus

HARVEST SUPPER: This year’s Harvest Supper organised by Church Together in Marlow will be held on Thursday 22nd October in All Saints Church Hall on the Causeway at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 from Lesley Stroud or Liz Murphy.

PARISH RETREAT DAY: at St Katharine’s Retreat House, Parmoor, Frieth, RG9 6NN – Saturday 31st October. Fr John will lead the day and the theme will be ‘Exploring the Psalms.’ The cost is £30 per person and this includes a sit down lunch, teas/coffees and cake. Timings will be 10am to 4pm. Parking is sometimes tight so car sharing is encouraged. To book your place, please contact Vince Wood, vpwood@btinternet.com. He will need your email address, telephone number and any dietary requirements for lunchtime food. Places are limited so please let him know if you’d like to come by Saturday 10th October. Payment is cash on the day. 

FIRE DRILL FEEDBACK: If you have any feedback from the Fire Drills after last Sunday morning’s Masses please have a word with one of the clergy or one of the Fire Marshalls (Peter Bonsall, Peter Webb). Many thanks.

ORGAN RECITAL: A very special organ recital is taking place at 7.30 pm on Friday 16th October at All Saints church Marlow. Celebrity organist David Hill will play works by Bach, Vierne, Coleridge-Taylor, Mendelssohn and Howells. Tickets £20 on the door, from Ticketsource.com or from 0333 6663366.

FUNDRAISING FOR AID FOR UKRAINE: Saturday 10th October 7.30-10.30pm Ukulele Mondays Band will be playing at the United Reformed Church, Tickets £10 on the door or scan the barcode on the poster at the back of the church.

ADOREMUS 2026: Next Saturday 10th October there will be a National Eucharistic Procession in London. After Mass that morning we will have an extended Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament 10.30-11.30am.

POPE’S INTENTION FOR OCTOBER: For mental health ministry. Let us pray that the mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental illnesses.