Sixth Sunday of Easter

Sixth Sunday of Easter

10 May 2015

 

Parish Mass Book  -  page  266

Preface: Easter II

 Eucharistic Prayer II

 

                                 Mass Times and Intentions

                                            6.30 pm   Vigil  People of Parish

Sunday 10 May                         10.00 am   Special Intention                                          

Monday                            10.00 am  Eucharistic Service

Tuesday                           10.00 am  Requiem  -  Brenda Crackett

Wednesday                     10.00 am  Cox family

Thursday                         10.00 am  Special Intention

Friday                              10.00 am  Ellen Raisbeck

 

                                        6.30 pm   Vigil  Nancy Reilly

Sunday 17 May                   10.00 am   People of Parish

 

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

 

Friday 9.20 - 9.50 am

 

Sacrament of Reconciliation

 

Saturday 5.30 pm

 

 

Please pray for:

 

 

· all who are sick,

 

· Rita Paterson and all who have died recently,

 

· all whose anniversaries occur at this time. 

 

Father Lawrence Jones 1962  -  2015

We continue to pray for Fr Lawrence, his family and the parishioners and school of St Robert’s.  The two Requiem Masses that took place for him last week were very well attended and moving tributes to Fr Lawrence’s ministry. St Robert’s parish are collecting memories of Fr Lawrence. There are sheets in the narthex if you would like add a personal memory of him

 

Baptisms

On Saturday we welcomed Ella Grace and Lilli Louise Westerby into God’s family in baptism.  We are asked to pray for Ella Grace and Lilli Louise, their families, and all preparing for baptism.

 

Second and Retiring Collections

 

· A second collection will be taken today for World Communications Day.  Please use the white envelopes from your planned giving box if you wish to gift aid your donation.

 

· A retiring collection today is for sick and retired priests.  The fund will remain open until next weekend.

 

· A n emergency retiring collection for CAFOD (Nepal) is also taken today and will be open until the end of the month.

 

Confirmations

The next session will be on Thursday 21st May at 7.45 pm .  Please pray for our six candidates as they prepare for their confirmation on 5th June.

 

Moving Forward Together in Hope  -  (MFTH)

At the Mass this weekend I am going to show an eight minute DVD  presentation produced by the diocese giving details about MFTH.  I will also give a brief outline of the structure of the questionnaire.  The questionnaire will be sent out after Pentecost so I propose an open meeting of the parish at 7.00 pm on Thursday 28th May to explore as to how as a parish we will  make our response to  the questionnaire.  It will be available on online when published.

 

St Bede’s Day

St Bede’s day is 25th May.  This year the day falls on the bank holiday at the end of May, therefore, Mass will be at 11.00 am to celebrate our patron and then there will be an “open Presbytery and garden” for people to bring food and drink so that we can have an informal celebration for St Bede, and our parish community, during the day.  Weather permitting we will have a barbecue in the garden so people can bring food for the barbecue if they so wish.  Please do all you can to ensure this is a joyful celebration for our parish.

Journey of Faith

As was the case last year we shall have a small number of meetings with those who were received into the church for them to reflect on their experience of being a member of our parish community.  The next meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd June at 6.30pm

Annual Mass for Justice & Peace

I would like to offer my thanks to those parishioners who came to the Mass for J & P last Saturday and for their personal support.  I have yet to be informed that I am a heretic so I assume that the Bishop had no questions about my sermon?  After the Mass I gave an interview with the Northern Cross editor about the work of the J & P coordinating council which will be in next month’s edition of the paper.

 

Pastoral Care for the Sick and Elderly

If any special ministers are willing to take holy communion to the sick and housebound please let me know.  Also if you are aware of any Catholics who are housebound whom you think would like to have a visit from myself please let me know.

 

General Election

As I type this I have no idea as to who will be running the country and I am not sure if it will be much clearer by the time you read this!  Whoever is running our country let us pray for them and that they will rule with wisdom, justice and integrity. 

 

Praying the Gospels  

A Day of Reflection for Women with Rev Caroline Worsfold. Saturday 16 May 2015, 10.30am - 4.00pm at St Hilda’s Diocesan Resource Centre, NE15 7PY. There is no charge for this day. Please bring a packed lunch.  Booking is essential. If you would like to attend, please contact us at:adult.formation@diocesehn.org.uk or  0191 243 3313 for further information.