ST THOMAS MORE, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 9 HENRY ROAD, MANOR HOUSE, LONDON N4 2LH.

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 00 (44) 20 8802 9910

PARISH PRIEST: FATHER CLIVE LEE

PERMANENT DEACON: REV. KASSA TSEGAYE (07825 098213)

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR WINNER

WWW.FREERICE.COM

Zimbabwe Orphans' Choir

Single Available Click here to watch

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About Us

Calendar 2008 including Sunday Readings

Sacraments

Who was St Thomas More

Links:

The All Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group ~ Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Website

St Joan of Arc Church in Highbury

Catholics aged in there 20s and 30s click here

Regular Feature

Father Ron Rolheiser

Regular Events

Wing Chun Kung Fu Classes for all ages every Tuesday – We are starting Wing Chun Kung Fu self defence classes every Tuesday in the Hall. This is a form of self defence practised by Buddhist Monks. Open Hand Forms, Weapon Forms, Chi Sao, Sparring, Keep Fit and Building Confidence. Contact Ramone of 07841 836424

St Mellitus English Morning
H a s S p a c e
for extra students who would like English conversation classes.
Every Friday during school term-time from 10 till 12.00
At St Mellitus Church, Tollington Park, London N4 (nearest tube Finsbury Park)
We also need
Volunteer ESOL teachers or helpers to join our enthusiastic team. Please contact Denise Kwasnik on 0790 405 9704 or Barbara Kentish on 0208 888 5518

Bible Stories using Lego

Click here for some photographs of the Epiphany Party from Sunday 6th January 2008

To see photographs of the "Evening of Music" as published in this month's issue of Westminster Record please click here

To see more general photographs from the photographer and webmaster click here.

Newsletter

SERVICE TIMES
Monday - Mass – 9:15am
Wednesday – 7:15pm
Thursday – 7:30am
Friday – 9:15am
Saturday - 6:00pm
Sunday - 10am & 12 noon

First Friday - On the first Friday of every month we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 9:15am Mass followed by Rosary and Benediction at 10:45am

Last Sunday’s Collection
Envelopes: £314.52; Loose: £160.50;
Total: £475.02p:

Thank you for your generosity

Requiescat in Pace - Allan McDonell, Kieran O' Gorman and Michael Murray

Feast of Corpus Christi - Sunday 25 May 2008 - At the 12.00 Mass our First Holy Communion Children will be receiving the Eucharist for the first time. If you want a seat please avoid this Mass

CAFOD Sponsored Bike Ride Sunday 1st June 2008 - Join in sponsored Bike Ride in aid of CAFOD's poverty fighting work in Latin America, Africa and Asia on Sunday 1st June in the beautiful Lee Valley Country Park, Hertfordshire. Riders can take part in either a gentle 10 or 19 mile cycle between Ponders End and Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. Please contact CAFOD if you would like to take part on 0208 449 6970 or westminster@cafod.org.uk

Spirit in the City Festival - Thursday 5th June - Saturday 7th June 2008 - For the third year now the West End Catholic Churches are organising the Spirit in the City Festival. Through a series of events in their churches and on the streets, the parishes aim to reach out and take their place in central London in a unique way. It is a faith celebration during which we evangelise by our presence as a community, and bring faith directly into the busyness of the world around us. In this way we invite people we meet to reconnect with God as part of their journey of conversion. The event will begin on Thursday afternoon 5th June and conclude on Saturday evening 7th June 2008. On Saturday 7th June afternoon 12-6pm at Leicester Square a Catholic festival will take place, with an entire afternoon of performances to the general public. These will include Christian music, art and drama. On Thursday and Friday evenings, when the West End comes alive, we too will celebrate our faith in the churches and on the streets by, for example, processions. This is a unique opportunity to celebrate our Catholic faith in our city. For more information phone 020 7025 1596 or go online to www.spiritinthecity.org

‘The Story of St. Paul ’ by Fr Jerome Murphy-O’Connor OP Thursday 19th June 2008 - A renowned scholar on the Letters of St. Paul and an accomplished and engaging speaker, Fr. Jerome Murphy-O’Connor OP will give a talk ‘The Story of St. Paul’ on Thursday 19th June at 7.30pm at Westminster Cathedral Hall, Victoria Street, London SW1P 1QJ. Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor will give an Introduction. There will be time for questions. Everyone is welcome. For more information or preliminary registration, please contact Ausra Karaliute ausrakaraliute@rcdow.org.uk or 020 7931 6078.

Zimbabwe Orphans Concert Saturday 28th June 2008 – 7:30pm Many of you will have seen the shocking stories of the brutality of Mr. Mugabe's regime as they snatched the election from the people and the mismanagement of the economy that has led to hyper inflation on the TV. The brave people of Zimbabwe are suffering and I am proud to announce that guitar Virtuoso Clive Carrol who has just returned from a tour of the U.S.A will be giving a concert in aid of the Bulawayo orphans on Saturday 28 June at 7.30 pm in the Church Hall. Tickets £10.00

St Vincent de Paul Society St John Bosco Children’s Camp 2008 from - July to August 2008 - St John Bosco runs a very popular and successful boys and girl’s camp during the summer. The usual cost of this is £125 a week. Fr Clive has funding for those children who would like to go. In order to ensure a place, please book up early. There is a poster with dates and also application forms available on the table in the porch. Please return to Fr Clive as soon as possible.
Boys weeks 1 19th to 26th July 2008
2 26th July to 2nd August 2008
3 2nd to 9th August 2008
Girl’s week 4 9th to 16th August 2008

SPEC East Youth – Bright Lights Festival 2008 4th – 6th July 2008. Inspiring speakers, great bands, workshops, moments of prayer and community and much more all weekend. See cards in the porch.

Aerobic Classes – Are you interested? Jenita James who lives in Ursula Mews is a qualified Gym and Circuit Instructor with the YMCA Health & Fitness Industry. Jenita would like to offer her services to local people of 18 years and above. Depending on the response she gets from the local church congregation, she maybe able to extend her time.
Some of the benefits of regular exercise are: Lowers Blood Pressure, Increases Energy, Increases Bone Density (Stronger bones, especially for the mature people), Decreases Stress Levels, Increases self image and confidence. These are just a few of the positive things that can be achieved with regular exercise. If you are interested then please contact Jenita at home on: 020 8800 1220 or on Mobile: 07956 227486

Summer talks 2008

North East Justice & Peace Talks will be at St John the Evangelist parish, 39 Duncan Terrace, London N1 8AL Nearest tube: Angel Note different time: 7-9pm There is 6 pm Mass at St John’s – All are Welcome
July 6th - War on terror or war on human rights?
Medical Foundation for care of Victims of Torture, and also,
what is extraordinary rendition about?
Speaker from MFCVT, and kidnapped:
film on extraordinary rendition

Hosted by St John the Evangelist CAFOD group and the Westminster Justice & Peace Commission

Our neighbouring parish, St Joan of Arc, is going on PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES. This year is the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to St Bernadette at Lourdes in 1858. The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has granted a Plenary Indulgence to anyone making a pilgrimage to Lourdes during the Jubilee Year. Father Gerard King (Parish Priest of St Joan of Arc) is leading a group from his parish, and St Thomas More's Parishioners are most welcomed, as part of the Westminster Diocesan Pilgrimage July 20th-26th. (he has done it several times!). Cost: £607 sharing a twin room. Includes, transfers to and from Lourdes airport to the hotel, 6 nights full board, passenger duty, Pilgrimage Handbook and Badge, Lourdes Pilgrim Levy, Diocesan Contribution for Sick Pilgrims and a full pilgrimage program with plenty of time to do your own thing because as well as being a pilgrimage this can also be a holiday. For more information and booking details contact Father Gerard on 020 7226 0257.

Repository: Marilyn Jones will look after the shop after the 6:00pm Vigil Mass. Veronica Mensa after the 10:00am & Eileen Rogers after the 12:00Mass

Soup Kitchen needs Volunteers - Fr Martin Newell of the Passionist Order runs a soup kitchen every Sunday afternoon at the Round Chapel in Clapton. Volunteers are needed from 1:30pm – 4:30pm to make soup & sandwiches, tea & coffee and/or to sit and chat with clients. If once a month you have a free Sunday afternoon and would like to help and be part of the team, then for more details, please contact one of the team leaders, (Fr Martin, Zelda or Ciaron) on 020 7249 0041

MONEY SAVING IDEAS FOR 2008

HERE'S THE DEAL, IF YOU CLICK ON ONE OF THE MONEY SAVING IDEAS BELOW AND AS A RESULT SAVE MONEY, HOW ABOUT GIVING 10% OF THE SAVINGS YOU HAVE MADE BY SENDING A CHEQUE TO ST THOMAS MORE CHURCH AND SAYING THAT THIS WEBSITE SAVED YOU MONEY YOU WOULD OTHERWISE HAD SPENT? IF NOT, AT THE VERY LEAST TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE PARISH WEBSITE.

1. Are you flying somewhere and looking for all available flights from and to your destination, well the following website checks 660 airliners with prices both via an agent and with the airline very quickly. www.dohop.com Still check other websites such as www.lastminute.com This site is an international site.

2. Looking to buy a book check out Book Butler. Please re-check delivery costing especially if you are buying more than one book and/or the amount you are spending is above Amazon free delivery entitlement. This site works for Germany, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Spain, USA and Canada.

3. Phoning from the UK to another country. Now if you live in the inner city of London you can purchase International Phone cards (these have expiry dates once activated) which are good value, otherwise you can use a software like Skype and talk using a computer to a computer. Alternatively there is this website where you phone an access number from your Landline Telephone (I would not use a mobile as I think it would be too expensive) and dial your number followed by the # key on your phone. The last time I checked one could phone many European countries, Canada and the USA for 0.5p per min, Barbados and Nigeria 4p per min, Jamaica and Ghana 3p per min, International Callchecker. *

4. Phoning from a UK Landline to a UK Mobile phone (Cell phone) during peak times on a weekday cost roughly 15p per minute, on a BT Landline, using the UK Callchecker the cost can be less than half the price (the last time I checked it was 6p per minute). PLEASE NOTE IT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE CHEAPER TO JUST DAIL DIRECT FROM A BT LANDLINE DURING THE WEEKEND AS THEIR WEEKEND RATE IS ROUGHLY 5 PENCE PER MINUTE*

5. If you would like to know what the supermarket bargains are (eg. Buy One Get One Free Offers) before you shop click the following www.madaboutbargains.co.uk and there is much more to the website to explore. *

5. Before you buy something online, check to see whether there is an online discount voucher code at www.myvouchercodes.co.uk *

6. www.mysupermarket.co.uk helps you compare your shopping price if you get your supermarket shop delivered to your door. *

7. Buying a camera? If you know what you want to buy in the UK checkout Camera Price Buster. Before buying, I recommend these independent camera review sites:

i) Ken Rockwell

ii) By Thom

iii) Steves Digicams

iv) DP Review

I have found buying from New York cheaper on occassions after paying delivery along with HM Revenue & Customs VAT and Duty but please note guarantees and warranty (I know this is the case for Nikon) may only be valid for country of purchase namely USA. B&H and Adorama are two shops I have dealt with no problems. But please note, I don't know what sort of hassle would happen if something went wrong. If you are going to somewhere like Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong do your research here and buy wherever it is cheaper.

8. My favourite website is www.moneysavingexpert.com *

9. If you have any ideas to save money, email the webmaster.

* This site works only for UK residents but if you viewing from abroad and have friends in the UK please tell them about our website.

A Letter from Fr Alex Thomas - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Dear Fr. Clive, Greetings from Bulawayo. Here we are trying our best to keep our heads above the water in this sinking ship. Things are quite tough here from every corner. We got bit of rain but very far from what is required. From this week we have only water supplies once a week for few hours. Thank you very much for the donations you sent into our bank. It amounted to Z$ 7, 500, 000 000.00 (Seven Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars). We are very much humbled by your generosity. As the situation here is quite serious. Most urgent need is food. We have to provide food for our orphans. It is not easy to get food either. We will try our best to get it from various corners. Now the schools are closing for the year this week. When the schools reopen in the first week of January we will use the money again for the school fees, text books, uniforms etc. for our under privileged children. Since the prices here are ever changing I will try to get whatever available now and stock it to be distributed when the schools re open. Your hard work and kind gesture for our cause here is highly appreciated. May God bless you all. Fr. Alex Thomas (Total Sent £2259.63p)