Fifth Sunday of the Year

Fifth Sunday of the Year

8th February 2015

 

Parish Mass Book  -  page  132

Preface  8

 Eucharistic Prayer III

 

                                Mass Times and Intentions

                                      6.30 pm  Vigil  People of Parish

Sunday  8 Feb              10.00 am  Christopher Monaghan                    

                                                                                                                                             

Monday                       10.00 am  Eucharistic Service

Tuesday                      10.00 am  James Chadwick

Wednesday                  10.00 am  Monica & Bernard Ward

Thursday                  10.00 am  Wragg family

Friday                          10.00 am  Tom Willis

 

                                  6.30 pm  Vigil  Tom, Elizabeth & John Coates

Sunday  15 Feb           10.00 am  People of Parish

 

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

 

Friday 9.20 - 9.50 am

 

Sacrament of Reconciliation

 

Saturday 5.45 pm - 6.15 pm

 

Please pray for:

 

 

· All who are sick,

 

· Sylvia Southcott and all who have died recently,

 

· Elizabeth Coates, Malcolm Johnston and all whose anniversaries occur at this time. 

 

Offertory:     £348.45

          Catholic Education:    £198.13

 

Moving Forward In Hope

 

Next weekend Fr Jim O’Keefe who is the priest in the diocese who is facilitating the moving in hope process, will be coming to both Masses to share with you the purpose and aims of this process.  I think it is of the utmost importance that as many as the parishioners as possible hear what Fr O’Keefe has to say.  I sense he has a very clear perception of what the diocese is seeking to achieve in this process.  So if you wish to know how this process applies to you and our parish please do what you can to be at St Bede’s next weekend.

 

Father O’Keefe has expressed a willingness to meet some of our young parishioners after the 10.00 am Mass.  I would encourage as many of our young people to take this opportunity to express their view point.

 

Journey of Faith on Wednesday at 6.30 pm. We will explore the sacraments with particular emphasis on the Sacrament of Initiation.

 

Parish email address

 

We are having problems getting to the parish email account.  At least for the time being if you wish to contact me by email please use:  bedebedlington@live.co.uk

Parish Confirmations

 

The first session of the confirmation preparation session began last Thursday.  At the moment we have 8 candidates.  The next session will be after half-term on 26th  February.  There is also a session for parents on the same evening.  My thanks to those confirmed last time who shared their experience to our new candidates

 

Youth Mission in St Benet’s

 

The next meeting will be on Thursday 12th February at 7.00 pm at St Aidan’s  First School.  The Focus of the meeting will be to develop the ideas that came from  the ‘put out into the deep’ weekend which was the follow up to the mission.

World Youth Day

 

My thanks to Patrick Denton for giving us helpful information for World Youth  event  in 2016.  The official date is 25th July to 1st August.  We will give more information when we have it.  The cost will be about £1,000 per person.  The list for taking part is already open and two young people have already signed up for it.  Please contact me if you are interested in taking part.

 

 

Christ in the World Group

 

We have decided that for our next few meetings we will explore themes in Catholic social teaching and their relevance for the General Election.  The next meeting will be on Friday at 7.00 pm.

Lenten Day of Recollection

 

I have booked Alnmouth Friary for a day of recollection on Saturday 7th March.  We will leave at 9.15 am and return  for 5.00 pm.  We will focus on some of the scripture readings given for Holy Week. All are welcome.

 

Lenten Lunches

 

Lent is less than two weeks away.  Ash Wednesday is on 18th February.  For this Lent it is our parish’s  turn to host the ecumenical Lenten lunches on Thursday’s during Lent.  The various churches will take responsibility for providing the soup but will still need volunteers to heat and serve the soup.  Any volunteers would be welcome.  On Thursday 19th February is will be our responsibility to provide the soup, so volunteers for this would also be appreciated. 

 

Sacramental Day for Reconciliation and Eucharist  on Saturday 28th February, 10.00 am to 3.00 pm, St Joseph’s Parish Hall, Gateshead, NE8 1LX.

Contact:: adult.formation@diocesehn.org.uk or 0191 2433313.  For further information see poster in Narthex.

 

Events for Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham

 

· Ushaw lecture, Mark Nesti, ‘Faith and Football’,  Delivering sport psychology inside the Premier League,  Tuesday 17th February at 6.00 pm.

 

· Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture, Ushaw College, Wednesday 4th March at 6.00 pm. 

         Contact: e.t.jarvis@durham.ac.uk

 

· Study Day on Catholic Perspectives on Poverty, Saturday 21 March,10am-5.30pm  Ushaw College  Bookings now being taken.          Contact:  e.t.jarvis@durham.ac.uk