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Welcome to the Church of the Sacred Heart
 | Welcome to our community! Our church is situated on Balfour Road on the corner of Sawpit Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford. OX4 6BD
Tel: (01865) 779658
Directions: (from Cowley junction of ring road) turn south along B480 Watlington Road. Turn fourth right into Cuddesdon Way, then second right into Balfour Road. ( a small sign now points into Balfour Rd) Look for the church on the left, and turn into Poulton Place to find the car park. The church is on the left hand side of Balfour Rd.
Buses on no 1 and no. 5 routes from the city centre and Cowley Road pass the church every few minutes
The car park is off a small turning called Poulton Place and is opened for masses on Sundays and Holy Days. Otherwise parking on street is not too difficult.
The parish serves the area of Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys, and a large area of countryside beyond the city, including Garsington and Cuddesdon. We work in close cooperation with other local Christians in the Holy Family ecumenical church, and Leys Community church.
"The House of my Heart for all peoples" Our church community is very varied and includes people from many races and nations. We hope to see you soon! May God bless you today.
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Our Priest, Fr David Hartley
 Our Priest in Charge of Sacred Heart parish is Fr David Hartley. He was appointed full time from the beginning of March 2005 and was previously a local Catholic Hospital Chaplain.
Fr David is 50 years old and grew up as an Anglican in east London, from where he went on to study theology in Edinburgh. He also trained as a general nurse at University College Hospital in London
Try contacting him by e mail, dm.hartley@tesco.net
or mobile phone, 07765 931126
He and his family live in our neighbouring parish of Littlemore.
Newman House, Cowley Road, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4JX
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Our Liturgical services... regular mass times.
 | Mass times: Sunday 9.30am, 12noon in Portuguese, and 6pm
Holydays in the week : 9am and 7pm
Weekday masses
Monday 9am
Tuesday 7.30pm
Wednesdays 8.30am
Thursday 7.00pm
Friday 9am (followed by Stations in Lent)
Saturday 10am followed by
Confessions : Saturday 10.30am to 11.00am
Rosary Tuesday 7pm
Just occasionally if Fr David is away a mass may be cancelled, so please check by phone if you do not have this week's newsletter. 01865 779658 or 07765931126 |
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Catholic Primary School ...
 | St John Fisher Catholic Primary School,
Sandy Lane West, Littlemore
01865 779676
Headteacher: Mrs J. Milham
We support our school with our prayers all through the year, and mass has been celebrated for the whole school to start the new school year. Fr John Hancock from Littlemore parish is the chair of governors.
There is a lovely display board in church now to help people catch a glimpse of school life and help them to decide which schools to look at and apply for. Do call the school and ask for a visit |
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Altar setting...
 A view of the inside of our church.. in fact we have redecorated and got some lovely new lamps etc now, so we must get a new picture on here... |
Sacred Heart of Jesus
 | | A statue within our church |
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Station of the Cross
 | | ..around our church, which were given to our parish from Nazareth House, which used to be down on the Cowley Road. |
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Links to the Foyers de Charite
Fr David has a very close link with the Foyers de Charite, a worldwide movement of communities who live a common life and run retreats for conversion and renewal. They were founded by Pere Finet under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through Marthe Robin, and are under the patronage of Our Lady
For more information about the next retreat and other news, see
www.foyers.org.uk
Further events will be organised in the parish, and in other parts of England. Please call Fr David for details, 01865 715571
Fr David preached a retreat on St John's Gospel in the foyer at Tressaint from 20th-26th September 2009. Next year in October!
The picture below is of the entrance to the Foyer de Charite at Tressaint near Dinan. PLEASE PHONE OR E MAIL FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, dm.hartley@tesco.net
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St Joseph
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Links with Blessed Dominic Barberi Parish, Littlemore
 | Our parish is closely linked with Blessed Dominic Barberi Parish, Littlemore. For several years the priest there was parish priest over both parishes, but now we are more like equal partners and cooperate closely.
If you need to call Fr John Hancock phone 01865778454 |
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Sawpit Road door, the outside of our church
 | The door on the corner of Sawpit Road and Balfour Road is often used for meetings and other events rather than for mass. When the church was first built it was the main way into a multipurpose hall where mass was also celebrated.
Come to this door if you have arranged to see Fr David and ring the office bell.
The postal address is
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sawpit Rd, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, OX4 6BD
This view is changing by the day! WE ARE ADDING A DISABLED LOO, COUNSELLING ROOM AND OTHER FACILITIES TO THE LEFT OF THIS ENTRANCE.. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT ARE WELCOME. |
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Our Catholic Secondary, St Gregory the Great
St Gregory's is about 2 miles away in East Oxford. It is doing really well now and had some great GCSE and A level results this summer, and a much more positive OFSTED
Fr David is now one of the governors of this school (and he is pleased to say his daughter Mary got 12 GCSEs grade A - C there last year, and Sarah got an A in her Maths a year early!) |
Young People in the parish
Our Pastoral Council includes a number of young people working as a Youth Council to keep the concerns and contributions of children and young people at the forefront of parish life.
Childrens Liturgy on Sunday mornings during the first part of mass.
Thursday 7th, 4pm, beginning of classes for 2010 First Holy Communion course. |
Pastoral Council
Our parish did not have a parish council for years, but at a Parish Meeting we decided to set up a consultative council which now meets a few times during the year to include the Finance Committee, youth Council and areas such as pastoral care and liturgy.
Our pastoral council attempts to reflect the variety of ages and backgrounds in our parish. Like all such councils in the Catholic Church the council is a consultative group to help the Parish priest to make well informed decisions.
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Building extension. Community use
Our new space was blessed and opened by our dean, Fr Pat Armstrong in February 2008.
Our small church had never had a disabled access loo, and we were keen to provide one, so this prompted us to look at our other facilites.
We also never had an appropriate room, on the ground floor, where the priest or anyone else could talk privately with one or a few people.
The counselling room/small meeting room is wheelchair accesible and a useful resource for us and the wider community... contact us if you may be needing to use it. It can be used for counselling or small meetings of up to 12 people. Groups can rent it for regular bookings, so please contact Fr David if you would like to consider this, on 01865 779658
Additional space for storage and for the sacristy helps the church and hall to be less cluttered, and makes preparing to celebrate mass calmer for the priest and altar servers.
As well as various fundraising events you can still look forward to... more quiz nights!
Next one, Friday 11th December, at 7.30pm
tel 01865 779658 or e mail dm.hartley@tesco.net
Many thanks, God bless, Fr David
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Portuguese Mass, Fr Fred
 | Fr Frederico Ribeiro is celebrating mass in Portuguese at Holy Rood church, just south of Folly Bridge at 6pm Saturdays, and 3pm on Sundays.
He celebrates mass in Portuguese here at Sacred Heart at 12 noon every Sunday, and also helps out in many ways in the parish.
In Holy Week he will celebrate the liturgies of the Triduum at 7.30pm on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday at Holy Rood church, Folly Bridge/Abingdon Rd Oxford
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Alpha Course, Blackbird Leys, Oxford
The Alpha began on Thursday 1st October, come along, Thursdays at 7.30pm, based here at Sacred Heart, sponsored jointly by us, with Holy Family ecumenical church. Come along, bring a friend,
Course was due to resume 7th January 2010, BUT postponed with bad weather, so now planning for 14th Jan |
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