First Sunday of Lent

26th February 2012

Parish Mass Book page  139

Mass Times and Intentions

                                    6.30 pm  Vigil People of Parish

SUNDAY 26 Feb       11.00 am  Jimmy Golding                                                                                                                   

Monday                      10.00 am  Eucharistic Service

Tuesday                     10.00 am  Private Intention

Wednesday              10.00 am  Stations of the Cross

                                   6.00 pm  Sick Lay Carmelites

Thursday                  10.00 am  Dolly Glass

Friday                       10.00 am  Pat Craik

                                  6.30 pm  Vigil People of Parish

SUNDAY 4th March 11.00 am  Joan & Joe Caine

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,  

· and all who have died recently 

· all whose anniversaries occur at this time. 

Finance ... 

Parish Offertory:  £431.66

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Many thanks

L E N T

· Mass on Wednesday evenings at 6.00 pm.  

· Stations of the Cross Wednesdays at 10.00 am. 

· The Church will be open on Friday mornings during Lent. 

· Penitential Service, Sunday 1st April, 4.00 pm. 

· Lenten liturgy and soup, Thursdays from 12.30 pm at Trinity Church, Bedlington. Each Church is being asked to provide soup for a particular day. We have been asked to  provide soup for March 15th.  Can I please have some volunteers for this? 

· Purple ribbons will be available from the Narthex.  We are being asked to wear these as a witness to our faith. 

Baptism 

Today we welcome Blake, Jude and Lottie Melville into God’s family.  We are asked to pray for Blake, Jude, and Lottie, their family, and all preparing for baptism.

Rite of Election 

This Sunday the two people who hope to be received into the Church at the Easter Vigil will take part in the Rite of Election at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle.  This marks a special time of preparation for them before they are received into the church, so could I ask you to please pray for Elsie Wake and Bianca Bellizzi at this important time for them. 

Journey of Faith   

Tuesday evening at 7.00 pm,  will look at the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Marriage 

CAFOD 

Family Fast Day is Friday 2nd March, envelopes will be available this Sunday.  Two parishioners Jackie and Tino Manai who have just opened Tino’s Deli on Bedlington Front street have kindly offered to run a coffee morning from the cafe from 11.00 am to 12 noon on Friday2nd March.  All proceeds raised during that time will be given to CAFOD.

I am delighted to say Ann Marie Hanlon, Cafod’s regional representative, will be present and she will give a brief presentation about CAFOD’s  work.  My thanks to Tino and Jackie for their generous offer and I hope as many people in the parish can take part in this event.  Please remember that for every pound given to CAFOD from 17th February to 17th May will be matched by the government.

SVP

· A report indicating what has been achieved, with your help, is posted in Narthex.

· Easter cards  -  please see poster in Narthex.  Anyone interested, please contact John McGinn in good time as they have to be ordered.

Open House 

Ian Lavery MP is coming to a one off meeting of the project on Friday 9th March.  He will give a short address to the project, there will also be a question and answer session.  The whole parish is welcome to this event.

There will be a shared table.

Best wishes to the new Open House project that is starting at Holy Family C of E Church, Stakeford, next Tuesday, 28th February, 2.00 to 4.00 pm 

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.

Women’s World Day of Prayer  Friday, 2nd March 

· Stakeford Methodist Church, at 2.00 pm.   Speaker, Jill Parkin. 

· Colliery Methodist Church, at 7.00 pm. Speaker, Rev Joanna Dobson.  

Sick and Housebound 

It is important that our sick and housebound feel they are part of the Church and are able to receive the sacraments, especially during Lent.  If you are aware of any sick and housebound among your family and friends who are not seeing a priest regularly could you please let me know. 

Planned Giving 

In preparation for the issue of the new envelopes in April, to ensure our records are up to date, please let us know of any amendments eg name, address, tax payer, non-tax payer, or cancellations.  If you have not had, or do not have, a box of envelopes and would like one in April please let us know so your name can be added to the current list.