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 : Fr. 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.

Congratulations and Welcome to Amy-Rose Buckland who received the Sacraments of Initiation here during the Easter Mass last Sunday morning.  May God bless her and her family.

A big thank you to the altar servers, the sacristans, the flower arrangers, the cleaners, the musicians, the Eucharistic ministers, the foot-washees, the readers and anyone else who contributed to our celebration of Our Lord’s Passion and Resurrection. 

A Day of Healing.  Littleway Healing Ministries is holding a Day of Healing at Our Lady’s next Saturday, 18^th April, 10.30 am – 4.00 pm, led by Fr. Kevin Dixon, Mrs Helen Callaghan and the Littleway Team. Join us for praise, prayer and testimonies. All are welcome, come for the day, bring a packed lunch, or just pop in. For more: info@littlewayhealingministries.com

Gift Aid Envelopes.  If you have not already done so, the new Gift Aid envelopes are available for you to collect from the back of the church if you are signed up for it, please.  We do need more people to be involved in the Gift Aid scheme, please.  If you don’t already gift aid your donations to Sacred Heart could we ask you to consider doing so?  Please talk to our Gift Aid officer, Lilian Mwawa, after Mass for further information or if you are already a gift-aider and your circumstances (e.g. your address) have changed.  If you can’t find Lilian, please speak to me.

Easter Duties.  Because of the central importance of Easter to the Christian faith, the Church says that all Catholics who have made their First Holy Communion should receive the Holy Eucharist sometime between Ash Wednesday and Pentecost Sunday.  They should also take part in the Sacrament of Penance before receiving this Easter Communion.

Oxford Pro-Life Drinks. Saturday, 18^th April, 7.00 pm. The Victoria, (90 Walton St, Oxford OX2 6EB). Come along to relax with like-minded people and keep connected with the pro-life community in Oxford. New comers are especially welcome! Just turn up, and why not bring a friend? Visit our website for more info and to RSVP oxfordprolife.org.uk.

Cowley Salesian Cooperators warmly invite you to celebrate Holy Mass with them on the 23^rd May at 12.00 noon in Our Lady Help of Christians parish church for the 150^th Salesian Cooperators’ anniversary.  Please join us with an open heart to commemorate the dream and work that continues today because of St John Bosco.

First Holy Communion classes re-start this Thursday at 3.30 pm in the Don Bosco Centre at Our Lady’s.

Tailpiece: Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, “Why is the bride dressed in white?” “Because white is the colour of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life.”  The child thought about this for a moment, then said “So why is the groom wearing black?”

Thank you for your generosity to me in the collection last Sunday and also for your gifts, cards, good wishes and prayers.  I appreciate them very much.

May God bless you and all those whom you love.  

Fr. Harry

For more details please see the Newsletter for the week.