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.
This Friday is CAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day. Put your faith into action and share the Lord’s love by supporting our global neighbours experiencing shortages of food and safe water. Your gift can support children to stay in school by helping communities and schools provide nourishing meals, improve access to water and grow food in school gardens. By fasting this Friday you can save some money, then you can bring that money to church next Sunday and put it in the second collection. Thank you.
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.
New rotas available for readers, Eucharistic Ministers, church cleaners and flower arrangers. Thank you very much if you are a reader or a Eucharistic Minister, or if you clean the church or decorate it with flowers. These ministries are very precious for our community and help us in our worship of God. There are new rotas pinned on the notice board and you can also get copies from me. If you would like to join the teams who do these things, please come and see me.
“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 is free, and all are welcome. We need some volunteer welcomers (it’s not strenuous – just show a friendly smile). If you can give an hour or two for this, please let me know.
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.
Deanery Visitation Feedback. As part of a visitation to the North Oxford Deanery, Bishop Richard came to our parish last February. On Tuesday, 6th October, Archbishop Bernard, Bishop Richard and Canon Jonathan Veasey (the Vicar General) will come for the Closing Meeting. It will be at Blessed Dominic Barberi Church, Littlemore, starting with Evening Prayer at 7.00 pm, followed by the feedback.
Sacred Heart Sponsored Walk, from Folly Bridge to Sandford Lock, on 3rd October, starting at 11.00 am. Sponsorship forms are available in the porch.
Parish Finance Committee meeting. The next meeting will be next Sunday, 4th October, 4.00 pm in the parish hall.
Tailpiece: “Father,” said Joe one day, “There’s something I don’t understand in the Bible.” “What’s that, Joe?” asked the priest. “Well, according to the Bible, the Children of Israel were slaves in Egypt, right?” “Yes, that’s right.” “Then it says that the Children of Israel escaped and crossed the Red Sea, right?” “Right again.” “And the Children of Israel built the Temple, right?” “Again, you’re right.” “And the Children of Israel were always doing things wrong, right?” “Exactly,” agreed the priest. “So what is your question?” “Well, Father,” said Joe. “What I want to know is, what were all the grown-ups doing?”
May God bless you and all those whom you love.
Fr. Harry
For more details please see the Newsletter for the week.
