to the 100th Anniversary of our Church
Paxton Terrace
Millfield
Sunderland
SR4 6HP
England
+44 (0)191 567 4574
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to the 100th Anniversary of our Church
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Paxton Terrace Millfield Sunderland SR4 6HP England +44 (0)191 567 4574 |
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| Fr. Gordon Ryan M.A., B.D. | Fr. Cuthbert Rand S.T.D., Ph. L. ( in residence) | ||
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Please pray for all the sick in the hospital and in our parish including:
Barbara Wall, Kitty Stubbs, Bertha Appleton, Flo Mullen, Jimmy Carson, Emily Kearney, Christine McDonald, Dennis Lynch, Annie Hodgson, Joe Donkin, Olive Atkinson, George Gallagher, Susan Parker, Ethel Fagan and Denise Calvert.
Please remember in your prayers the following priests of the diocese whose anniversaries occur during the week:
Sunday 22 October: Rev James Costelloe (1994)
Monday 23 October:
Tuesday 24 October:
Wednesday 25 October:
Thursday 26 October:
Friday 27 October:
Saturday 28 October: Rev Denis Kennedy (1957)
CYCLE OF PRAYER Ordinary Time - AUTUMN
During Ordinary Time from September to Advent, we are asked to pray for these intentions:
The Spread of the Gospel; the Fruits of Human Work, and the Reverent Use of Creation; Justice and Peace in the World; All Victims of War; Young People; Prisoners and their Families.
MISSION SUNDAY
Today, is a day of Special Prayer for the Evangelisation of the World. A retiring collection will be taken for World Missions.
PRIEST’S TRAINING FUND
Next weekend their will be a retiring collection for the Priest’s Training Fund. This collection will remain open until 26th November.
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Celebrating 100 Years in the life of St Joseph’s : photographs are needed to make displays of the past 100 years. We need your help! Our first display will focus on Sport in Church and School; so dig out your old photos and share them with the parish. They will be copied and returned promptly. Please contact Ann on 0779 265 8877, or speak to Monica Horn, Jack Foster, or Diane English. Future displays will be about weddings, processions, parish groups, holidays etc. It can’t be done without your help, so get looking!
CAFOD—FOCUS AFRICA
During the Harvest Fast Day we learned of the help given by CAFOD to subsistence farmers like Andre Habayo, caught up in the vicious warfare in the Congo.
In Niger, a serious food crisis in July 2005 caused by drought, poor government and a plague of locusts, devasted crops. One year on, CAFOD has used £520,000 to provide food for more than 87,000 people. Ten feeding centres are treating more than 2,800 malnourished children. Millet grain is given to the most vulnerable people. The more able-bodied work to receive their food. In Kenya, two years of poor rains left 3.5 million people in need of food. In some areas 70% of cattle died. Livestock is their only security for the future. CAFOD is training them to think differently about owning large numbers of livestock. “Today we need to marry local experience with economic and drought understanding to ensure the survival of the pastoral way of life”
In Mozambique, the poor are being trained to understand the political issues so as to stand up for their rights. “We gain the courage to approach our local authorities to find out what has been done with, foe example, IMF and World Bank Money,” says Jose Carlos Mugunhe. “We are grateful to CAFOD for helping us. I can see great improvements in my life.”
In Mozambique, also, subsistence farmers are learning how to resist the threats of the World Bank - funded Wild Life Park, created for tourists, which is threatening them for fending off wild animals destroying their crops and animals CAFOD and local organisations are also watching any moves to displace the farmers.
These are a few of the vital areas of CAFOD work in the Africa. Africa is the current political focus area for international poverty concern. CAFOD, for its part, can only help through our support. Please continue to be generous . So far this year we have raised £2,931. And keep praying.
“Thy Kingdom come: Thy will be done: on earth as it is in Heaven”
MUSIC PRACTICE
There will be a music practice on Friday 27th October at 8pm & Friday 10th November at 8pm. All musicians are welcome.
MEMORIAL MASS
Our Memorial Mass for all those from our parish who have died during the year, will be celebrated on Saturday 4th November at 6.30pm. The names of the deceased will be read out and candles lit in their memory. If you have anyone close to you who has died during the last year, (other than those from the parish) and you would like them remembered at this Mass please ring Cath Kaley (() or Kathleen Dale (()
JOURNEY IN FAITH
Our Journey in Faith begins again on Thursdays 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd November at 9am and 7pm for parents with children for Baptism and 1st Holy Communion. All are welcome. Would parents please contact us first.
SOCIAL EVENING
A social evening is planned for Jack Flaws and Pat Lang on Thursday 9th November at the South Hylton Workingmen’s Club. All proceeds will go to CAFOD. See Beattie, Iris or Maria Potts for your tickets at £3 each.
PARISH CHRISTMAS CARD
A Parish Christmas Card will be on sale in the repository next weekend, hopefully. There will be no other Christmas Cards on sale in church. The money raised will go to our centenary projects.
ROSARY
The rosary will be prayed in the cemetery at 3.00pm on Sunday 5th November, please meet at the Hylton Road Gate.
THANK YOU
With your usual generous donations for out apples CAFOD has gained £60. Thank you— John & Isabel Wilkinson.
PARISH COUNCIL
There will be a Parish Council Meeting on Monday 6th November at 6.30pm. Can all members please attend.
ACTIVE 8
A team of people from around the country have got together to form active8. We all feel the need to activate God’s people. Two members are from this diocese, Peter Hodgson and Mike Mulroy. Other members of the team helped with the youth programme at Walk ‘n Hope. During the weekend there will be times of prayer, worship, listening and sharing one another’s experiences. There is a poster at the back of church with more information. The weekend will take place on Saturday and Sunday 28th and 29th of October at Blackfriars Hall, New Bridge Street, Newcastle. You can visit the Active8 web site on www.active-8.tripod.com or contact Peter Hodgson (.
ALL ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEKS NEWSLETTER MUST BE GIVEN INTO THE PRESBYTERY BY 10am ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Today: 29th Sunday of the Year
Mission Sunday, retiring collection.
Indian Retreat
Friday:
7.00pm Indian Prayer Group
Saturday:
2pm El Shaddai
5pm Prayer Group
Next Saturday & Sunday: 30th Sunday of the Year
Retiring collection for the Priest’s Training Fund.
Rotas week ending 28th/29th October
Eucharistic Ministers
6.30pm E Gooch, K Jackson, G McHugh, E Murphy, J Fagan
9.30am D Bulmer, K Bulmer, L Conroy, P Cunningham, B L Dale
Readers
6.30pm J Burnham, C Yadao,
9.30am J MacDonald, A Judges
Welcome Teams
6.30pm P & T Ivory
9.30am K Dale & L Conroy
Planned Giving:
Team 4 : L Conroy etc.,
Last weeks offerings:
Envelopes, Plate
Church Cleaning Team:
Children's Liturgy:
M Kennedy, S Thomas, T Dale., J Snowball
Coffee Morning:
T Bell, M Moore, M Linsley
Newsletter Folding:
J Bowey
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