Fourth Sunday of Advent

Fourth Sunday of Advent

21st December 2014

 

Parish Mass Book  -  page  90

 

 

Mass Times and Intentions

 

                                     6.30 pm  Vigil  John Marshall

Sunday  21 Dec             10.00 am  People of Parish                          

                                                                                                                                             

Monday 22                  12.15 pm  Requiem  -  Monica Armstrong

Tuesday 23                 10.00 am  Angela & David Robertson

Wednesday  24             10.00 am McGinn & Bruce fams                 

                                     8.00 pm Vigil  First Mass of Christmas

                                        (Carols from 7.30 pm)

CHRISTMAS DAY     10.00 am  People of Parish

 

Friday 26                     11.00 am  Molly Owen & Patrick Ruddy

                             

                                  6.30 pm  Vigil  Fred & Dominic Devine

Sunday 28 Dec            10.00 am   People of Parish     

Monday 29                  10.00 am  Eucharistic Service

Tuesday 30                 10.00 am  Arkell and McAlroy fams

Wednesday 31               10.00 am  John & Sarah Sutherland

 

NEW YEAR’s DAY   11.00 am  Jim Craik

 

Friday 2 Jan                     12 Noon Requiem Mass for Christopher Monaghan

 

                                 6.30 pm  Vigil  People of Parish

EPIPHANY 4 Jan        10.00 am  David Robertson

 

 Please pray for:

 

 

· all who are sick,

 

· Chris Monaghan and all who died recently, 

· all whose anniversaries occur at this time. 

 

Christmas Best Wishes  As we come to the end of the Advent season and come to prepare for Christmas I would like to take the opportunity to wish you and all your loved ones the joy, peace, love and wonder of Christmas.  As we celebrate God making His home in our world I pray that the grace of God will make it’s home with you on this hundredth anniversary of the first Christmas of World War 1.  The powerful story of the spontaneous truce established between soldiers fighting on the front reminds us of our desire and capability to establish peace in our world.  There are  daily reminders of the forces of violence in our world but this must not overshadow the basic message of Christmas which is about peace and reconciliation between God and all of humanity.  May this peace reign in our world, in our communities and in our hearts.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank people for their tremendous generosity to me, your cards and gifts are much appreciated.

 

The Masses for Christmas will be Wednesday 24th December at 8.00 pm with carols from 7.30 pm, and Thursday 25th December at 10.00 am.

 

The decoration of the church will take place after 10.00 am Mass on 24th December.  All are welcome to help with this.

 

Reconciliation Service

Today at St Bede’s we have our Advent service of reconciliation at 4.00 pm. This is a great opportunity to celebrate God’s forgiveness for us all at an individual and personal level.  I would encourage as many people as possible to take up this opportunity

 

I will also be available for individual confession on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 9.30 am

Youth Mission at St Benet Biscop’s School

My thanks to all who have contributed to the  Youth Mission. I am very grateful to the support that the parish has given.  It is clear that the mission has made a great  impact on the life of the school with many people inspired to respond to the invitation to ’Step Up to Life’. The Family Night was a well attended and  uplifting event with a number of our young parishioners from both St Benet Biscop’s and St Bede’s schools taking part. The Youth Mission Team use creative and fun ways to present the Gospel, so for example  we had questions presented in the style of ‘Who  wants to be a millionaire’ on the  parable of the Prodigal Son! 

 

It is important that we now pray that the seeds sown during the mission will bear fruit.   Pupils in our parish who are in Years 9 and 10 will soon receive an invitation from me to take part in  Confirmations on 2015, so this is an opportunity for them to make a response in light of the mission. 

 

 

Musicians

If there are any musicians out there who would like to play in Church please contact me or Helen Denton.

Northern Catholic Calendar

The annual Northern Catholic Calendar is on sale this weekend at £2.50 in the Narthex.

 

Our Schools

I would like to wish all the staff and pupils a well deserved Christmas break.  My thanks to all members of staff in both schools for their dedication and commitment to our children.  I appreciate that 2015 for varied reasons is an important  year for both our schools.  I would like the parish to keep the schools in their prayers.

 

Concert for Iraq Christians

A concert of piano and organ music in aid of Iraqi Christians in need on Saturday 27th December at 12.45 pm at St Andrew’s Church, Worswick Street, Newcastle.