Seventeenth Sunday of the Year

Seventeenth Sunday of the Year

29th July 2012 

Parish Mass Book   -  page 112

 

Mass Times and Intentions

                                      6.30 pm  Vigil People of Parish

Sunday  29th July                11.00 am  John Beckwith                                                                                                 

Monday                      10.00 am  Eucharistic Service

Tuesday                     10.00 am  Requiem  -  Henry O’Donnell

Wednesday                10.00 am  Fr Ciaran McDonnell

Thursday                    10.00 am Fred Devine

Friday                         10.00 am  Margaret Faulder

 

                                     6.30 pm  Vigil Joan & Joe Caine

Sunday  5th August            11.00 am  People of Parish 

 

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,

· Wyn Darling and all who have died recently,

· all whose anniversaries occur at this time. 

           Day for Life

          This Sunday is the annual ‘Day for Life’ where the Church wishes to celebrate the sanctity of life and the dignity and value of all human beings. This year the theme is ‘Use your body for the Glory of God’ (1 Cor 6:20). The theme is acknowledging that the Olympics Games, which started on Friday, are a great celebration of the human body. The Church very much wishes to affirm the worth and importance of the human body; it is to be celebrated and respected. In the weeks ahead the great agility, speed and strength of the human body will be celebrated and admired. In the film ‘Chariots of Fire’ the committed Christian, Eric Liddell, acknowledges that God had made him fast so the wanted to use his speed to glorify God. I guess most of us will not have the gifts and talents that will win Gold medals. But we are gifted and it is important to appreciate that it is not the type or quantity of gifts that matter but how we use those gifts. This point is made in a song I came across twenty years by the singer Eddi Reader, called ‘What you do with what we have got’. The song is about a gifted person but who sadly used his body  in a destructive way and the song goes on to make the point that the gifts our bodies are given  only matter if they are used in a creative and life giving way. So as races are won, the victor conquers and world records are  broken perhaps the following words could  be kept in mind,

‘Between those who use their neighbours and those who use the cane,

Between those in constant power and those in constant pain

Between those who run for glory and those who cannot run,

Tell me, which ones are the cripples and which ones touch the sun?’ (Khan/Reader/Dodds)

A retiring collection will be taken

Mass Times 

As you will see from the results posted on the notice board there was a clear majority of you who wanted Mass at 10.00 am on a Sunday morning. The ratio of the vote was two to one.  We need to make a decision now in order to inform the editor’s of the Northern  Catholic Calendar which is published for Advent so the change of Mass time will NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL SUNDAY 2nd DECEMBER.

 

Parish Mission    

On the board there are lists for the various sessions that will need to be prepared for people to volunteer  My friend Michael Legrue who has been to the parish and led a music workshop in May last year, will assist with the music for the mission.  He will also be coming for the weekend of 15/16 September so I would like to use that weekend as an opportunity for those who want to be involved in the mission to come together to pray, reflect, and work together for the liturgies for that week.  So if you would like to be involved please keep that weekend free. 

Refugee and Asylum Seekers

There will be a collection next weekend for tins of food and meat (not pork).  Please leave your donations in the Narthex.  Further donations on the first Sunday of the month. 

Called to the Supper of the Lamb

Day of Reflection for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Costello Centre, Alnwick, Saturday 22nd September 10.30 am to 4.00 pm, led by Kathryn Turner.  Please bring a packed lunch, tea/coffee provided.  Cost £5..  Tea/coffee provided cost £5.

Prepare the Place

A training day for sacristans at St Joseph’s, High West Street, Gateshead, Tuesday 25th September 10.30 am to 3.00 pm.  Tea/coffee provided.  Please bring a packed lunch.  Cost £5.

The Catholic Bishop’s Mental Health Project

This project, funded from Day for Life offers support and resources to local Catholic communities as they respond to those facing difficulties in mental health.  It seeks to identify and highlight good practice in pastoral acre for those with mental health needs, their families, and their carers.  Reports from the project, examples of good practice and further resources can be found on www.mentalhealthproject.co.uk

The Year of Faith

Pope Benedict has called for a ‘Year of Faith ‘ starting on October11th. The aim of the year is to deepen and strengthen people’s understanding of their faith. You will be hearing more about this on a Pastoral Letter from Bishop Seamus in September. There is a significant diocesan programme of which more details will be  given later. This will include prayer services in every school and a number of talks in October and November exploring the major documents of the Second Vatican Council