St Patrick's Bazaar
On Saturday 8th May (11am-5pm) St Patrick’s will be holding a Bazaar in Soho Square in aid of St Patrick’s Appeal
All welcome.  If anyone would like to help on the day or bake anything please contact Della: della.chivers@imagination.com
 
Any 'nearly new' items can be delivered to
St Patrick's (21a Soho Square, W1D 4NR)
from 2pm-8pm daily on Wednesday 5th May, Thursday  6th May and Friday 7th May
 
We hope to see you there and thank you in advance for your support!

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SOS Prayer Line – 50,000th call
On 13th May 2002 SOS prayer line started at St Patrick’s. SOS is a service of volunteers praying before the Blessed Sacrament answering the telephone praying for the intentions of callers from 7-11pm every evening, 365 days a year.  At this time we are about to receive our 50,000th call which is a grace and a blessing but also a witness to the beauty that is Eucharistic Adoration. During the relocation adoration will continue because that is the ‘engine room’ of the Parish. On it is based all the work and generosity which gives the Parish its life.  Please join us in this prayer; “The family that prays together stays together.”
This happened on Sunday 10th January (2010), the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.  Fr Alexander was in the Chapel and took the call.  How many blessings God has poured upon SOS in the last 7 years! 

YEAR FOR PRIESTS
19th June 2009 – 19th June 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a year for priests from the Feast of the Sacred Heart (19th June 09).  The year marks 150 th anniversary of the death of St Jean Marie Vianney; the Cure d’Ars – the patron saint of parish priests.  In this year we are asked in a particular way to pray for the sanctification of priests and to help in that important endeavour the Holy Father has given the possibility of both plenary and partial indulgences.

For priests the plenary indulgence can be gained by praying Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed, in adoration or in the tabernacle.  They must also ‘offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of the sacraments, especially the sacrament of penance’ The plenary indulgence must be accompanied by sacramental confession, the Eucharist and praying for the intentions of the Pope and it can also be applied to deceased priests.  Priests are granted a partial indulgence also applicable to deceased priests every time they ‘devotedly recite the prayer duly approved to lead a saintly life and to carry out the duties entrusted to them’.

For the Faithful a plenary indulgence can also be obtained on the first Thursday of the month by attending Mass, offering prayers to ‘Jesus Christ - supreme and eternal priest, for the priests of the Church, or perform any good work to sanctify and mould them to his heart’ as well as going to confession and praying for the intentions of the Pope.
A partial indulgence is offered to the Faithful when they repeat 5 times the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be or any other approved prayer ‘in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask that priests maintain purity and sanctity of life’

Those unable to leave their homes may obtain the plenary indulgence by observing the three conditions above and ‘on the days concerned, they pray for the sanctification of priests and offer their sickness and suffering to God through Mary, Queen of the Apostles.’

Fridays – Here at St Patrick’s the Altar of the Sacred Heart (last side altar on the right hand side) is dedicated to this call to prayer.  Every Friday we will be praying for the sanctification of priests, as the Holy Father has asked us.  Please join us if you can for any or all of the following:

12.45 Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart
Followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 6pm

17.00 Praying of the Rosary

17.45 Evening prayer