CHRIST THE KING PARISH, COVENTRY  (Telephone 76591618)
Churches of Christ the King and Our Lady of Lourdes Coundon with St Augustine's Radford
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT. 2"" APRIL 2006 MASS BOOK PAGE 86
PARISH CLERGY, VERY REV. CANON. TOM. FARRELL, PARISH PRIEST. Rev. MR G.O'REILLY, & REV.MR. P.FLANAGAN, DEACONS.
Website http://www.ctk-cov.org.uk.

Dear Parishioners . We care now in the final stages of Lent and next week we will be celebrating Palm Sunday the start of Holy Week. We will have the traditional reading of the Passion and the blessing of Palms. It maybe a good time to think of inviting people back to church I am sure we all know of at least one family member, friend or neighbour who may respond to a kind encouragement to come to church with you over Easter. To make this task easier we have produced plenty of Easter Cards. There are enough for two each. One for your own use but another to give to someone else as a way of inviting them back for Easter. You may even want to post it through someone's letter box.
We will be having a Penance Service with visiting Priests on the Wednesday of Holy Week Wednesday (12th April). Start to think about coming to confessions especially if it has been a few years. I know that coming back to confession may be difficult but it is worth it. If you are worried about what to say I have produced a simple sheet explaining the way we come to confession ,1 have also left prayer books and leaflets at the back of church for you to look at I hope it is of help and of course all of the priests coming to the Penance Service will guide you through. We are having a Service for the Sick and Housebound next Sunday, Palm Sunday ( 9th April.) We will anoint the sick of the parish who would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick. Do you know someone who would like to come or could you offer to bring someone in your car. Let myself or Deacons Pat and Gerry know please. Could all Eucharistic Ministers see if any of their sick and housebound would like to come and if they need a lift.
Check out the website  www ctk-cov.org.uk. I also hope to soon have an email address for myself and the parish. We want to develop the website and would be grateful for any ideas. We will have links to the parish schools, the football club, and even the Vatican.! The various groups and societies in the parish will also be mentioned The Christ the King Youth Group will be starting here in the Library from Tuesday 25th  April at 6.30pm ~8pm. All welcome from Yr 7 and above. We have forms if you would like to come along. After Easter we are also starting up a Youth Cafe course.
The first batch of Parish Mass books have been printed with the names and they look really good. They are marked with blue on the spine if you want to look at some. All the books have now been donated and we have a waiting list for the next cycle of the missal. When these come later in the year we -will give you the opportunity to donate again in memory of relatives and friends. Thank you for your generous support of this project. I think the books are popular and have helped in our prayerful participation of the Mass.  God Bless you all Fr Tom

SUNDAY MASSES
SATURDAY    6.00pm Hugh Durning. Anniv.
SUNDAY         9.00am RedmondO'Regan. Anniv. 
                         12.00 Noon. Francis Gilleran.   Anniv.
WEEKDAY MASSES  
MONDAY          9.15am   Margaret & John Goan. Anniv.
TUESDAY       12.00 Noon.  Funeral of Thomas Branagh.
                           7.00pm (With Stations of the Cross) Nora & Ernie Brown, Wedding Anniv.
WEDNESDAY 12.00 Noon MichaelHobbs Deed. (Months Mind).
THURSDAY     12.00 Noon Funeral of Maria Wyhinny.
FRIDAY               9.15am    Joseph McCarthy. Ints.
                          7.00pm.   (with Stations of the Cross) Kathleen & Bill Moran. Anniv.
SATURDAY    6.00pm  Tom Hargreaves. Anniv.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
FRIDAY  9.40am to 10.40am , 6.00pm to 6.30pm
ROSARY AND BENEDICTION. & ANOINTING OF THE SICK
SUNDAY  4.00pm
CONFESSIONS   
SATURDAY        11.00am to 12.00 Noon.
                            7.00 pm. AFTER THE EVENING MASS.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH
MASSES
SUNDAY            10.30 am          People of the Parish.
THURSDAY          9.15 am          Jane McNally.
Stations of the Cross and Holy Communion   Wednesday 7.00pm

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WEEKLY OFFERINGS.         CHRIST THE KING.    ST.AUGUSTINE'S
26th. March.              LOOSE PLATE.                                   £720..00                      £185.00
                                  GIFT AID.                                             £425.20                       £108.30
TOTAL                     £1,438.50

OFFERTORY ENVELOPES 2006/2007
GIFT AID ENVELOPES - Envelopes will be delivered to ALL GIFT AID DONORS DURING THE COMING WEEK, in readiness for the new envelope year commencing next Sunday.
NON GIFT AID ENVELOPES - Envelopes will be available in the Library after Mass on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th. April next week-end. When collecting your NON GIFT AID Envelopes please fill in the sheet provided giving your name, address and envelope number. Thank you
BAPTISM PREPARATION COURSES. The next course will be held on Thursday 6th. April, at 8.00 pm .in the Library.
COVENTRY CHURCHES WITNESS IN HOLY WEEK.  Wednesday 12th. to Saturday 15th. April. l0.00.am to 3.00.pm   Various venues including Shelton Square, further information 76367069.
SCRIPTURE SHARING GROUP meets each TUESDAY in the Library after the 9.15am Mass, to reflect on the following Sunday's readings-Please join us for one hour- all welcome.
SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF COVENTRY  The Rosary is recited at the shrine every Saturday at 8.00.pm All are welcome to join in this devotion.
MERCIA FRIENDSHIP CLUB, (for the over 50's) meets in the Parish Centre each Friday at 1.00 pm. Admission 50p. New members always welcome. On the 7th.April there will be Bingo and line dancing.
ASSOCIATION OF BLIND CATHOLICS Founded in 1961 its objectives include the promotion of the welfare of blind Catholics in the context of the Church, Full details and contact telephone numbers on the Church Notice board.
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY DEVOTIONS at StMary's Church, on Sunday 23rd. April, commencing at 1,30.pm Please see notice board for more information.
THE LEGION OF MARY Has been established in our Parish for over 50 years. Members visit the sick, bereaved, housebound and lapsed.Meetings take place every Monday at 7pm.
REFRESHMENTS IN ST.AUGUSTINE'S INFANT SCHOOL HALL, every Thursday after 9.15.a.m Mass everyone welcome.
SUNDAY NIGHTS IN THE CENTRE Bingo - Music by "FRANKIE " and Open the Box - Jackpot this week £213 on 10 keys.
PYRAMID DRAW has commenced in the Centre, Tickets are on sale from Friday lunchtime, through to Sunday 2.30.pm. when the draw takes place. The Jackpot this week is £525.   You might be lucky.
CHRIST THE KING FOOTBALL CLUB TOTE.   Results of March draw. 1st.   No.83. P.Hogan,  2nd. No. 75.  T. Mack, 3rd . No.42. D.Moore, 4th. No. 6. J. Molloy.
New members welcome, £5. per month. All contributions towards continued progress of football club.

Suggestion Box Eucharistic Ministers
Thanks to all the Eucharistic Ministers in the parish. You are a great help in distributing Holy Communion at Mass but also very importantly bringing communion to the homes of the sick. Because I am new to the parish the commissioning of the Eucharistic Ministers will take place on the Feast of Corpus Christa and not on Maundy Thursday. We will also be training some young adults as ministers and they will start after Easter. We also hope to have a Blessed Sacrament Procession on Bablake Fields as part of our Corpus Christi celebrations.  Details to follow.