Bulletin - Sacred Heart RC Parish, North Gosforth

R.C. Parish of the Sacred Heart,
Parish Priest: - Father Jim Dunne.
Address: - Sacred Heart Presbytery,
Great North Road, North Gosforth,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5EB
Telephone: (0191) 236 3182
Deacon: John Hawthorne: 243 2379
E-mail: bulletin@sacredheartng.org.uk
Web site: www.sacredheartng.org.uk
Primary School: (0191) 285 2437;
www.stoswalds.newcastle.sch.uk
Hall Bookings: Joan Donnelly: 236 5588.
North Gosforth.
Bulletin
18th January 2015
This Weekend: 2nd Sunday of the Year
Saturday
6:30 pm Norah & Vic Aspery
Sunday
10:00 am Parishioners
6:30 pm Sick: Susan Doyle (Co Donegal)
Next Weekend: 3rd Sunday of the Year
Saturday
6.30 pm Parishioners
Sunday
10:00 am Monica Lovell (Fenham)
Sunday
6.30 pm John Farrar
Feasts & Mass Intentions during the Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Jan 19
Jan 20
Jan 21
Jan 22
Jan 23
Jan 24
Weekday
Weekday
St Agnes
St Vincent (Deacon + Martyr))
Weekday
St Francis de Sales
10:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
Eucharistic Service
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(NB!! NO service at 8am today.)
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REQUIEM: Veronica Ormston
Holy Souls
Spiritual Programme (These events take place in the day chapel.)
Monday-Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
11:00 - 2:00 pm
7:30 - 9:00 pm
8:00 - 9:00 pm
12 noon - 1:00 pm
5:45 - 6:25 pm
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - for specific times, see rota in porch.
Bible Discussion Group, 2nd Tues each month. Next meeting - Feb 10th
Prayer Group: Prayer & Praise
’True Life in God’ Prayer group, with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Sacrament of Reconciliation / Confession
READERS
ROTAS
EUCH
MIN
10am CHILDREN’S LIT
Andrea & Angela
10am SERVERS’ TEAM
C: Jessica, Rosie, Henry & Maisie
THIS WEEK
1st READING
2nd READING
PRAYER OF THE
FAITHFUL
6:30pm
D Lynn
A McKeown
C Brewis
1
CHURCH CLEANING
M Young / A Garnish
10:00 am
G Box
G Pritchard
A Boardman
5
COUNT
S Cunningham / M McKenna
6:30 pm
R Green
P Downey
C McGrady
7
GREETERS
M Jackson / M Miller
TEA ROTA
N Taylor
COMPOSER OF THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL: O.Donnelly-Wood
READERS
ROTAS
10am CHILDREN’S LIT
Melanie & Rebecca
EUCH
MIN
10am SERVERS’ TEAM
A: Gabrielle,Francesca,Millie,Philippa
NEXT WEEK
1st READING
2nd READING
PRAYER OF
THE FAITHFUL
6:30pm
A Rose
M Taylor
A Plant
1
CHURCH CLEANING
10:00 am
C Weddell
A Walker
Boyle Family
6
COUNT
D Lynn / J Atherton
6:30 pm
P McCallion
W Miller
C Newton
7
GREETERS
M Weston / M Young
TEA ROTA
C Edge / P Sharpe
COMPOSER OF THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL: J Shepherd
Recently Deceased
Veronica Ormston (75), Gosforth, ex Hazlerigg; Requiem here this Friday 10am
Peggy Miller, (82) Brunton Park;
Requiem here, Mon. Jan 26th, 10am.
Michael Dunwoodie (70),Whitebridge
Park. Requiem here, 1pm, Mon Feb 2nd.
Anniversaries
Charlotte Robertson
William Farrell
Bill Tennant
Alan Stewart
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them May
they rest in peace. Amen.
Please pray for those who are ill, and their carers:
Doreen Duffy
Julie Bowland
Joyce Bolam
Ray Carroll
G Borgonuovo
Tony Murtagh
Brian Nolan
Laura Tokell
Irene Farnel
Kathleen Larsen
Susan Hope
Steve Antcliff
Julie Yoeart
Pina Bell
Pat White
Eileen Pratt
Margaret Custis
Michelle Wilkinson
Richard
Frank Earl
Baby Dominic
Norman Anderson
Tom Brewis
Fr Richard Harriott
Florence Darby
John Lant
Don Thomas
Joseph Higgins
John Harkness
Congratulations!
This weekend, there are no baptisms/marriages
here.
Last Weekend’s Collection = £ 421.86.
Many thanks for your continuing support.
This bulletin is also on the parish website. If you do NOT wish someone’s name to appear on the internet, please tell us as soon as possible.
‘FORWARD TOGETHER IN HOPE’
Fr Jim writes: At the end of last year,
the Bishop asked the whole diocese to
pray for the significant journey we are
about to start. He said: ‘I sincerely hope
that every parish will see the need to
pray for our future work. Everything we
do must be underpinned by prayer. If we
put prayer at the centre of it all, I have
no doubt that the Holy Spirit will guide
us.’ Prayer-cards are available at back of
church for you to use.
2015 1st COMMUNION PROGRAMME
Fr Jim writes: As we agreed last
September, nothing has been arranged for
January, due to the risk of bad weather,
colds+flu, etc. The next Saturday
Morning session in the hall is Feb. 7th,
10.35-11.35am. This will be followed by
the special liturgy at the 10am Mass on
Sunday, February. 8th: usual system:
assemble at back of church, 9.55am.
1st Confessions: Thur, March 5, 7pm.
1st Communions: Sat, June 13, 10am.
Could the catechists please meet at the
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
presbytery, 7pm, Wed. Jan 28th, to plan
Fr Jim O’Keefe and Mr Tony Sacco, who for Feb. 7th? Refreshments as usual!!
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lead the project, will ask each parish to
share in a profile of what goes on in its
FOOD, etc FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
area - both positive & negative. This is
to be a no-holds-barred analysis of the We have been asked to remind you to try
whole diocese, so that serious plans can to continue offering tinned food, etc, in
be made for the future. With about 45 the large plastic bins in the sacristy. There
per cent of the existing priests already are quite a few people in the Tyneside
over 65, and some parishes needing area who get little (or no) help from any
permanent subsidy to keep going, the authority for food & clothes. In addition, if
survey must be practical & honest. you could offer some gent’s shoes (used,
There are bound to be amalgamations at but in good condition, and wrapped in
the end of it.(The questions: where? and plastic bags) that would be much
Many thanks for your help
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eration between laity & clergy, since (to
SVP CHANGES OF PERSONNEL
quote politicians) we are all in it
together. Bishop Seamus asks us to see The Saint Vincent de Paul Society (‘SVP’)
this process as both a challenge and an does great work in the community - for
opportunity. I hope & pray that we in the more lonely & poor people in society.
this area can play a useful part - both as It also acts as a “family” for its many
a parish where we do work together, and members - they help each other spiritually
as a source of ideas for other areas. Ged and socially in their work. Parishioner
Downey, from our parish pastoral Dave Bowman has just stepped down from
council, has kindly volunteered to be our his dual role as president of the local
district (north & east Newcastle) and also
link with Fr Jim O’Keefe & Tony Sacco.
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of our local parish conference (or branch).
The new president of the district is Bill
PARENT & TODDLER
Lawson and of that of the parish is
GROUP
Monica Jackson writes: Christine Newton. We congratulate Bill
On behalf of the group, I’d like to say a and Christine on their new roles; we thank
big THANK YOU to Pauline Convery and Dave for many years of hard work at the
levels. Fr Jim.
Joan Turnbull, who have just retired parish and district
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from the group. They have shown many
years of true devotion to the parents &
PRAYER SPONSORS WANTED
children of the area.
Would
you like to pray for one of our
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young people who will be making their
POSH PANTOMIME
first Holy Communion later this year? You
“Snow White and the Four Dwarfs”
In these days of austerity, even Snow can pray in whatever way you find comWhite can’t have her full complement of fortable and you will receive the Christian
name of the child for whom you will be
seven dwarfs - cut-backs in magic-land!
Wanting something to look forward to in the prayer sponsor.
the winter days (...or get some suffering If you are interested, please sign up on
the form at the back of the church.
under the belt before Lent starts???)
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“WHITE FLOWER” COLLECTION.
All performances are at the end of this
This weekend, we’ll have the annual
month.
Thursday 29th & Friday 30th at 7pm, collection for ‘SPUC’: Society for the
Unborn Children.
then Saturday 31st at 2pm and 7.30pm. Protection of__________________________
Tickets only £5 per adult and £3 for
children. Fun for all ages! Tickets
available at the end of Mass and from
Gareth and Amanda 0191-285-4748.
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MISSIO - RED BOXES
A reminder - boxes will be
emptied at all Masses next
weekend.
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NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS
Next Sunday = 3rd of the Year (B):Jonah 3:1-5+10;
1st Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20.
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RECYCLING - WITH AMANDA PRITCHARD
Please cut the stamps off your Christmas
mail (with a small frame) and give them
to Amanda; she deposits them at Trinity
Cafe to help funds at St Oswald’s hospice.
And if Santa’s given you lots of presents in
gift bags, either re-use those bags, or give
them to her; she’ll pass them on to the
RVI for patients with drains after surgery.
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NEW ROTAS: COUNTERS/WELCOMERS
These are available at the back of church.
Sheila Cunningham (counters), Monica
Jackson (welcomers) & the parish are
grateful to you for your continuing help in
these important tasks.
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THE NORTHERN CATHOLIC CALENDAR..
..is now on sale, price still just £2.50. It’s
our diocesan year-book, with full info on
parishes, clergy, Mass-times, etc. Etc.
Just 3 copies left....
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POPE FRANCIS SPEAKS TO US
I dream of a “missionary option”, that is ,
a missionary impulse capable of
transforming everything, so that the
Church’s customs, ways of doing things,
times and schedules, language and
structures can be suitably channelled for
the evangelisation of today’s world rather
than for her self-preservation.
The
renewal of structures demanded by
pastoral conversion can only be
understood in this light: as part of an
effort to make them more missionorientated, to make ordinary pastoral
activity on every level more inclusive and
open, to inspire in pastoral workers a
constant desire to go forth and in this way
to elicit a positive response from all those
whom Jesus summons to friendship with
himself. As John Paul II once said to the
Bishops of Oceania: “All Renewal in the
Church must have mission as it’s goal if it
is not to fall prey to a kind of ecclesial
introversion”.
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FAIR-TRADE STALL THIS WEEKEND
John & Barbara Dowling will be
running the stall at the back of
church after Masses this weekend.
They’ll have the usual goodies
fore sale.
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FR JIM’S NOTES
CHURCH SOUND. If you wear a hearing aid, use the “T” setting for our loop system.
TAILPIECE: Blame the USA for these ‘green’ jokes. (1) How many climate sceptics does it take to change a
light bulb? None, since they all thinks it’s too early to act. (2) How do climate sceptics get round the increasingly higher temperatures? They switch from Fahrenheit to Centigrade. (3) How do oil companies deal with
oil spills in the sea? They hire slick lawyers. (4) What do you call those who really like wind turbines? Big
fans. (5) (This might annoy quite a few readers...) A blonde went into a golf-supplies shop and asked for some
green golf balls. The assistant had never heard of them, but nonetheless, searched the shop.....and found none.
He ‘phoned the suppliers, but they had never heard of them, either. He said to the blonde: “Why do you want
to play with green balls?” She replied: “So that they can be seen easily the against the sand in the bunkers...”
Ouch, ladies, that hurt!!!