First Sunday of Advent

27th November 2011 

Parish Mass Book page 7/82 

ST BEDE’S BEDLINGTON

 Catholic Row, Bedlington, NE 22 6 HS  Tel: 01670 823258 

                  Email: bede57@googlemail.com                           

                                                            Parish Website:  www.saintbede.org.uk

Diocesan Website:  www.rcdhn.org.uk

Mass Times and Intentions

                                      6.30 pm  Vigil  Jo Pennington

SUNDAY 27 Nov           11.00  am  People of Parish / Holy Souls

Monday                          10.00 am  Eucharistic Service

Tuesday                         10.00 am  Fr Vincent Melia

Wednesday                    10.00 am  Sick Person

Thursday                        10.00 am  Andrew Wright

Friday                             10.00 am  Imelda Peace                           

                                        6.30 pm  Vigil  People of Parish

SUNDAY  4 Dec           11.00 am   Nancy Watson

Sacrament of Reconciliation 

Saturday 5.45 pm - 6.15 pm

and at any time upon request

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Friday 9.30 –10.00 am

First Sunday of the Month 4.00-5.00 pm

Please pray for 

· all who are sick, 

· all who have died recently

· Andrew Wright and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.   

Advent  To help us to celebrate the Advent season and prepare for Christmas the following services will be taking place. 

· Ecumenical Advent service at St John’s Anglican Church, Bedlington Station, today at 4.30 pm. 

· Holy Hour 4th December at 4.00 pm 

· Advent service, 11th December at 4.00 pm 

· Penitential service, 18th December at 4.00 pm 

There will also be Penitential services at 

· St Aidan’s, Ashington, 11th December, 4.00 pm 

· St Paul’s, Cramlington, 13th December, 7.00 pm 

· St Wilfrid’s, Blyth, 20th December, 7.00 pm  

RCIA   -  Journey of Faith 

On Tuesday evening at 7.00 pm in the meeting room  -  ‘The Passion of Jesus’ 

Parish Council

There will be a meeting of the parish council on Monday 5th December at 7.00 pm.  If there are any items  you would like to be discussed please inform me or any member of the parish council.   

Christ in the World group

The next meeting of the group will be 9th December at 7.00 pm.  The main topic for discussion is ‘The persecution of Christians across the World’. 

Priests’ Training Fund

The fund closes this weekend for any private or family donations. 

Asylum Seekers & Refugees

Collections of tins of food and meat (not pork) next weekend.  Please leave your donations in the Narthex.  Further collections on the first Sunday of every month. 

Christmas Candles

The lighting of candles around the edge of the balcony for the first Mass of Christmas seems to be successful so we will be repeating it this year.  So if you would like to have a candle lit for someone in your family please fill in the form in the Narthex and place in the box.

Beaver Scouts

I am delighted to welcome a Beaver scout group in our parish hall on a Thursday starting 1st December at  5.30 pm.  The group was started last year by parents of children at St Bede’s.  They have asked to use the parish hall and I was very happy to accept their request since their presence in the church hall is another step in the parish’s attempt to develop our links with young people in the parish.  Beaver scouts are for children from the age of five and a half to eight years, so any more children would be very welcome.

           

Web site
I am pleased to say that the parish web site has been updated.  I am very grateful to Michael Henderson and Matthew Curtis for all the work they have done on this.  The significant change is that there is a blog that enables the website to be easily updated.  The parish newsletter will be posted on the site each week.  For those of you who deal with the internet please look at the site and let me know if you have any comments.

   

Parish Ceildh

There will be a parish Ceilidh, Saturday 10th December at 7.30 pm. Tickets - £5  There will be a shared table. If interested in buying a ticket please contact Lawrie Clark (H) 01670820528

(M) 07764348367

Christmas Celebration Concert

Compere for the evening Alfie Joey  (BBC Radio Newcastle).  An evening of Christmas entertainment, in aid of Save the Children, led by the Inspiration Choir.  Plus other local celebrities  at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle on Tuesday 13th December at 7.30 pm. Tickets £10 available from Pauline Books & Media (at Cathedral) 0191 2316040. Cheques payable to ‘Save the Children’ 

Church Open for Prayer and Reflection

I have been considering having the church open more often for people to use for prayer and reflection.   I appreciate that there are security issues.  As an experiment for the Friday’s in Advent, starting on 2nd December the church will be open from 8.30 am to 1.00 pm.  I hope this will give people an opportunity, especially for parents and grandparents taking children to school to use the church when passing by.  The church should have people in it from 8.30 am until about mid-day.  I am looking for volunteers to be present in the church from 12 noon until 1.00 pm to ensure the church’s security.  Please sign the list in the Narthex if you can help.  Ideally I’d like at least two people to be present.