NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 27th Apr 2008

Please pray for all the sick in the hospital and in our parish including:

Kitty Stubbs, Bertha Appleton, Flo Mullen, Christopher Brown, Jimmy Carson, Christine McDonald, Dennis Lynch, Joe Donkin, Olive Atkinson, Nora Gallagher, Ethel Fagan, Denise Calvert, Ken Hutchinson, Andrea Saward, Paul Tulloch, Jan Buckley, Lucy Mole, James Chapman, and Brian McBain.   Also remember in your prayers the sister of Lilian Davidson who died in Nigeria last week. 

 

Please remember in your prayers the following priests of the diocese whose anniversaries occur during the week:

THE CYCLE OF PRAYER– Eastertide During Easter we are asked to pray for these intentions: New Members of the Church; Vocations; The Right Use of the Media; the Church; Human Work.

WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

Next Sunday is World Communication Day.  A day of Special ‘Prayer for the Media.  There will be a Retiring Collection at both Masses to help with the work of the Catholic Media.  There are some cards and Gift Aid envelopes at the back of church.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

The next meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council is on Monday 28th April after Mass.  All members and a representative from each parish group are asked to attend this meeting.

WORKING SACRISTY

Work on updating the working sacristy and the old confessional will start tomorrow (Monday).      So if you haven’t been in to sort out what needs to be kept please do so this weekend.   Those groups who have been asked to remove their equipment must find alternative storage.  Please do not put any further equipment into either of these areas until the work is finished.   We realise this may very well cause some problems but please bear with us while the work is going on.

JOURNEY IN FAITH

Our Journey in Faith continues on Tuesday 29th April and for the next  two Tuesdays.  The course is for all preparing for a baptism or for a wedding.  All are welcome.  A marriage Preparation Day has been arranged for Saturday, 10th may at St. Anne’s from 10.00a.m. - 4.00p.m.  Couples who have arranged weddings are expected to attend.  Anyone who interested in helping with our couples as they prepare for marriage are also welcome.

CHILDREN’S EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP VAKIGHOL INDIA

Ann Earl is hosting a Coffee Morning on Tuesday 29th April 10.00 a.m. at 262 Chester Road.  There will be the opportunity to see DVD footage of the village, and various items will be on sale.  If you have any unwanted gifts which we could sell please pass them on the Ann ( or Monica Horn (.  Everyone is welcome.

Another date for your diary is Monday 2nd June, 7.30 p.m. in the Social Centre, where we will be holding a Cheese and Wine Evening.  More details nearer the date.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNIONS

The First Holy Communion children are meeting in the Social Centre Lounge at 6.30pm. On Wednesday 30th April.  Please remember the children and their families in your prayers.

MISSION AT ST ANTHONY’S AND ST AIDAN’S

There is an open meeting at St. Benet’s on Thursday 6th May at 7.15pm with the Youth Ministry Team, to discuss the Mission at St. Anthony’s and St. Aidan’s Schools in the Autumn Term.  This meeting is open to all parishioners so that they can go along and find out about this important event at our secondary schools.

NEW ROTAS

New rotas for church cleaning and newsletter folders are available this weekend from the back of church for all involved.

There are amended copies of the Welcome Rota for the Vigil Mass available from the back of church. 

PENTECOST

In two weeks time we will be celebrating the birthday of the Church.  For the last few years we have asked you to wear something red with varying degrees of success.  At the Liturgy meeting on Monday we decided to ask you to make a greater effort to come to Mass that weekend wearing red.  So please let us see the church turn red!

CARE OF THE CHURCH

We have a shortage of volunteers to clean the church so, as a consequence, it is only cleaned once every two weeks and our re-ordered church is starting to get a little shabby.  Biscuits, chewing gum and finger marks on the glass at the back of church are particular problems.  Please help us to keep the church clean.  If you do make a mess the Hoover “lives” in the old confessional and other cleaning materials are in the working sacristy.  Likewise if anything gets broken or damaged come and tell us, so that we don’t find out when we need to use these things and can’t because the damage hasn’t been reported to us. We now have many groups using the church and each one is responsible for leaving the building as they found it. We are all responsible both as individuals and groups for keeping God’s house clean and tidy.

MAY PROCESSION AT HOLY ROSARY

Next Sunday, 4th May Holy Rosary parish will be joined by St. Chad’s and St. Mary & St Peter’s churches for their May Procession. They we will meet at St.Chad’s Herrington at 4.00p.m., and process, praying the Rosary along Durham Road, to Holy Rosary where there will be Benediction at 4.30p.m. During the Procession a new statue of Our Lady, made of olive wood from Bethlehem will be blessed. The statue will be placed in the ‘Glass House’ Chapel in memory of Fr. Dan Treacey

MAY DEVOTIONS

As part of the May devotions to our Lady our Filipino community are organising and leading us in a May Flower Festival on Saturday 31st May.  It starts at 4.30p.m. with a procession to St. Mary Magdalene’s.  The statue of our Lady will be crowned and we will come back to St. Joseph’s and finish with the Vigil Mass at 6.30p.m.  Children under 12 are invited to take a special part in the procession. During Mass they will be part in the Offertory procession as well as offering flowers to our Lady and crowning her statue.

EVANGELISATION PROGRAMME

What is the Spirit saying to the churches in Sunderland?  All are invited to an afternoon of prayer, praise and celebration of the gifts of the Spirit.  It brings to close our evangelisation formation in the deanery.  Even if you have not attended previous events, come to rejoice in the work of the Sprit in Sunderland on Pentecost Sunday, 11th may  at Holy Rosary 2.00p.m. - 5.00p.m.

AFRICAN MASS

There will be an African Mass in St. Joseph’s Church, Gateshead this weekend Sunday 27th April at 2.00p.m.  This is an opportunity for any Africans in our community to celebrate Holy Mass together and then to socialise in the Centre afterwards.  Everyone is welcome.  The Metro stops just outside St. Joseph’s church at the Gateshead Interchange.

POLISH MASS  

Mass in Polish will be celebrated at 4 pm on the 4th Sunday of every month in St. Benet’s Church Sunderland.  Confessions before at 3.30 pm.  Refreshments after Mass in the Parish Hall.



FORTHCOMING EVENTS

6th Sunday of Easter:

Tuesday:

7.00p.m. Journey in Faith in St. Cuthbert’s Chapel

Wednesday:

First Communion Children meet at 6.30p.m.

6.30p.m.  Benediction and Novena

Friday:

7.00p.m. Indian Prayer Group

Saturday:

1.00p.m. El Shaddai;

5.00p.m. Prayer Group

The Ascension of the Lord:

Retiring Collection for World Communications Day

Rotas week ending 3rd/4th May 2008