Welcome to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Oxford
Sacred Heart Church in Blackbird Leys, Oxford is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. We hope that you will find our website useful and enjoy searching through the various aspects of life in the parish. Here you will be able to check our weekly newsletter, news and forthcoming parish events, read about how to go about with Sacramental preparation and find out Mass times and other services.
Whatever your reason for visiting us, we pray that God will bless your search and grant you many blessings
Parish Priest : Rev. Canon Harry Curtis
(Also serving Our Lady of Christians, Cowley, 01865 770910)
E-mail : fr.harry.curtis@rcaob.org.uk
Parish Secretary : Reena Bartrip
10:00 am – 1:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Telephone : 01865 455182
E-mail : sacredheart.oxford@rcaob.org.uk
This Parish operates in accordance with Statutory Safeguarding Guidance and the National and Archdioceses policies & procedures at all times. At present, our Parish Safeguarding Representative is Onyi Anyanwu. She can be contacted at: sg.sacredheart.oxford@rcaob.org.uk or alternatively the Diocesan Safeguarding team can be contacted on 0121 230 6240/ safeguarding@rcaob.org.uk if you have any concern. For more details, visit the page Safeguarding.
Mass for the Sick, with the Sacrament of Anointing, here on Saturday, 17th October, at 1.00 pm. If you know of anyone who is sick and/or housebound who might like to attend if they are given help with transport, please tell them about it, and let me know about them.
Newman Night Walk, from Oxford to Littlemore, on Thursday, 8th October, commemorating the arrival of Bl. Dominic Barberi at the College in Littlemore on 8th October, 1845, and the anniversary of the reception of St. John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church. Starts at the Oratory, 25 Woodstock Road at 7.15 pm, with a candle light procession at 9.00 pm from 7 Courtland Rd, Rose Hill. There will be Exposition from 9.00 pm at Bl. Dominic’s.
Baby John Kusumalayam and Suvarna Kusumalayam will be leaving us at the end of this month when they move to India. They have both been active and faithful members of our community and we shall miss them. May God bless them and their family.
Harvest Thanksgiving. Sunday, 27th September, is a day of Thanksgiving for the Harvest. If you have any fruit and/or veg that you can bring to decorate the altar it would be welcome. After the morning Mass we shall have a shared breakfast/lunch in the hall. Please bring something to share and enjoy.
The Sacrament of Confirmation. Bishop Richard will be coming to Sacred Heart on Saturday, 31st October. If you would like to be prepared for Confirmation, please fill in an application form from the back of church and return it to me by next Sunday. Lessons will be on Thursday afternoons at 4.30 pm, starting on 24th September.
Assisted Suicide Bill. Thank you to everyone who contacted their MP asking them to vote against this Bill.
“The Eucharistic Miracles of the World.” From Tuesday, 6th October – Sunday, 11th October, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm, in the Don Bosco Centre at Our Lady’s church, we shall have an exhibition, assembled by St. Carlo Acutis, to encourage devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Entry free, and all welcome. If you can volunteer to welcome visitors, please let me know.
Tailpiece: One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for Mass, to which he replied, “I’m not going today.” “Why not?” she asked. “I’ll give you three good reasons,” he said. “One, no one there likes me. Two, they never pay any attention to me. Three, I’m nice and warm in bed and the church is always cold.” His mother replied, “And I’ll give you three good reasons why you SHOULD go. One, it’s Sunday and we should all give glory and thanks to God. Two, you’re 54 years old. And three, you’re the parish priest!”
May God bless you and all those whom you love.
Fr. Harry
For more details please see the Newsletter for the week.
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