Bulletin - Sacred Heart RC Church

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
22nd February 2015
This Weekend: 1st Sunday of Lent
Next Weekend: 2nd Sunday of Lent
Saturday 6:30 pm Elizabeth Soulsby
Saturday 6.30 pm Mary & Hugh Beldon
Sunday 10:00 am Beatrice Chilton
Sunday 10:00 am Parishioners
6:30 pm Parishioners
Sunday 6.30 pm Duncan Todd (S.V.P.)
Feasts & Mass Intentions during the Week
Monday
Feb 23 St Polycarp
10:00 am Billy Hume
Tuesday
Feb 24 Weekday of Lent
8:00 am Helen Tanner (West Monkseaton)
Wednesday
Feb 25 Weekday of Lent
10.00 am Holy Souls
Thursday
Feb 26 Weekday of Lent
10:00 am Holy Souls
Friday
Feb 27 Weekday of Lent
10:00 am Tommy Brewis (Sick Person)
Saturday
Feb 28 Weekday of Lent
10:00 am 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
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - for specific times, see rota in porch.
Bible Discussion Group, 2nd Tues each month. Next meeting - March 10th
Prayer Group: Prayer & Praise
’True Life in God’ Prayer group, with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
5:45 - 6:25 pm
Sacrament of Reconciliation / Confession
READERS
ROTAS
EUCH
MIN
10am CHILDREN’S LIT
Sonia & Natalie
10am SERVERS’ TEAM
B: Anya, Zara, Erin, Iris
THIS WEEK
1st READING
2nd READING
PRAYER OF THE
FAITHFUL
6:30pm
D White
J Turley
M Weston
1
CHURCH CLEANING
J Curry / M Whitehead
10:00 am
F Nilsson
E Posner
A Pritchard
5
COUNT
S Cunningham / J Turnbull
6:30 pm
A Hawthorne
K Hawthorne
P McCalliog
7
GREETERS
M Ramsay / M Jones
TEA ROTA
S Watson / P Lowery
COMPOSER OF THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL: Fr. Jim
10am CHILDREN’S LIT
EUCH
MIN
Andrea & Angela
10am SERVERS’ TEAM
C: Jessica, Rosie, Henry, Maisie
READERS
ROTAS
NEXT WEEK
1st READING
2nd READING
PRAYER OF
THE FAITHFUL
6:30pm
C Brewis
D Lynn
A McKeown
1
CHURCH CLEANING
10:00 am
G Pritchard
C Weddell
G Box
6
COUNT
D Lynn / J Atherton
6:30 pm
W Miller
C McGrady
A Morley
7
GREETERS
A McKeown / H Dixon
TEA ROTA
D Dowden / R Hall
COMPOSER OF THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL: O.Donnelly-Wood
Recently Deceased
Patrick Stanley (70), Halton Dr.
Wideopen. Funeral Service here, Wed.
1.30pm.
Edna Cassidy (94) Weetslade Court,
5-Mile Park. Funeral here, date &
time t.b.a.
Anniversaries
Elizabeth Soulsby
Jimmy English Thomas Durkin
Andrew Patterson
Craig Fletcher Hugh Beldon
Becky Kenny Tom Collins
Mary Wilde
Helen Mills
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
Jack Steele
Congratulations!
This weekend, we baptize into the Catholic Church:
Blake Smith, and Eve Warne,
both of the Great Park,
Last Weekend’s Collection = £ 351.23
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: Fr Jim O’Keefe and Mr
Tony Sacco lead this project - a noholds-barred analysis of our diocese - so
that serious plans can be made for the
future. They will soon ask each parish to
share in a profile of what goes on in its
area - both positive & negative. The
increasing shortage of priests, plus the
financial problems of some parishes
mean that the survey must be practical
& honest, leading to amalgamations at
the end of it. (The questions: where?
and with whom?) Ged Downey, from our
parish pastoral council, has kindly
volunteered to be our link with Fr Jim
O’Keefe & Tony Sacco. There will soon
be a meeting between them and the
various parish reps.
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TWO PILGRIMAGES TO MEDJUGORJE
(1) Departing with Jet 2, May 3rd from
Leeds: 7 nights’ Half Board accommodation, guide & transfers for £499. OR:
(2) Join 50,000 young people for the
Youth Festival there, departing 30th
July. Contact Jonathan on 02032-892627
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COMMUNICATIONS PERSON
Fr Jim writes: Many thanks to Penny
Wright, our Sunday 10am organist, who
has agreed to take on the role of the
official link for communications from the
diocese to the parish. Margaret Young is
retiring from this role, after doing it for
many years. I wish to thank her for such
sterling service to the parish. The
diocese wants the person to be a
member of the laity. I wonder if they
don’t trust the priests??!
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FOOD, etc FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
Please try to continue offering tinned
food, etc, in the large plastic bins in the
sacristy. There are many who get little
(or no) help from anyone for food &
clothes. In addition, if you could offer
some gent’s shoes (used, but in good
condition, and wrapped in plastic bags)
that would be much appreciated. Many
thanks.
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STATIONS OF LOVE
An evening of music and dance led by
“Beyond the Barricades” at St Joseph’s,
Fellgate, Jarrow. Saturday 21 March
beginning at 7.00 pm. Tickets £2, pay at
the door or contact 07711 736 599.
Allow God to lead you in contemplation
of the love he has for each of us.
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LENT WATCHING BEFORE
THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
More people are needed for this very
worthwhile and rewarding time with
Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.
Please
consider taking a slot in the rota (at the
back of the church)
Thank you.
LENT SPECIAL SERVICES
The Parish “GIFT” (Growing In Faith Together) group runs each Thursday at 7pm
in the day chapel. In Lent, we have a
more ’devotional’ style, and this year we
are using a diocesan programme. The aim
is to prepare the readings of the following
Sunday and get a spiritual message from
them. Thus, we hope to be ready to meet
the readings in a good frame of mind,
when we reach the Sunday Mass.
The ecumenical Lent services & lunches
Traditionally start here at Sacred Heart,
and that is the case this Wednesday, at
12.30pm. Each successive Wednesday in
Lent, we go round the Christian churches
in the area, with the service at 12.30,
followed by a light lunch at 1pm.
This year’s theme: “The Kingdom of God”.
Feb 25th: ‘Is the Kingdom in us or out?’:
March 4th: St Aidan’s, Brunton Park: ‘The
Kingdom
is
Justice
and
Joy’.
March 11th: St Columba’s, Wideopen:
’The Kingdom and the Battlefield’;
March 18th: St John’s, Wideopen: ’The
Kingdom and the Bread of Life’;
March 25th: St John’s , Wideopen: ‘The
Kingdom of God and the Blessing’.
(St John’s is used by 2 different groups.)
Please try to support these meetings.
Stations of the Cross in Sacred Heart.
These occur each Friday, 10.30am, led by
the laity after Mass; and each Sunday, at
5pm, with Adoration & Benediction, led
by the clergy. After the Sunday session, all
welcome to refreshments in the house.
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‘WALK WITH ME’: LENT EDITION
We’ll be giving these out at Mass this week
-end. The cover price is just £1; the
booklet has a quote, thought & prayer for
each day. It makes Lent easy...or easier!
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2015 1st COMMUNION PROGRAMME
Fr Jim writes: The next Saturday morning
session is on April 25th, followed by the
liturgy at the 10am Sunday Mass on 26th.
1st Confessions: Thursday, March 5, 7pm.
1st Communions: Sat., June 13, 10am.
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SVP RAFFLE
Annual National SVP Raffle. Tickets 50p
available at back of Church; first prize
£3,000. Ticket stubs and money to be
returned by 21 March 15. Please support .
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FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
Wed. Feb.25: Ecumenical Lent Service &
lunch. Here at Sacred Heart, 12.30pm.
Thu. March 5: 1st Confessions, 7pm.
Fri. March 6 : Women’s World Day of
Prayer. Here at Sacred Heart, 2.30pm.
Sat. March 28: Mass for the Sick, 11am in
church, then lunch in the hall afterwards
Tue. March 31: Penance Service, 7pm.
Wed. April 1: St Oswald’s Easter Production, (by Years 4+5); in church, 7pm
Thu. April 2: Last Supper Mass, 7pm.
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NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS
Next Sunday = 2nd of Lent (B):Genesis 22:2-13+15-18;
Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10.
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POPE FRANCIS SPEAKS TO US
An authentic faith - which is never
comfortable, nor completely personal always involves a deep desire to change
the world, to transmit values, to leave this
earth somehow better than when we found
it. We love this magnificent planet on
which God has put us. We also love the
human family which dwells here, with all
its tragedies and struggles, its hopes and
its aspirations, its strengths and its
weaknesses. The earth is our common
home, and we are all brothers and sisters.
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LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
You may know we fund-raise for the Little
Sisters. We collect old military medals
(any conflict, date, or country), currency
(foreign/old holiday cash), old broken gold
& silver (ear-ring backs, broken chains or
watches) & used stamps from any country.
We really need YOUR help to continue. To
date we have raised about £3000 but more
is needed. What do you get in return? A
share in the prayers & Masses of the
sisters. We can’t carry on alone so ask
your friends & family to help too, PLEASE!!
David & Theresa O'Neill; 0191 264 5771
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WHITE RABBIT - RISE Theatre UK Tour 2015
This professional theatre company will
perform their brand-new original play at
the Cathedral on Thursday 26 March. It’s a
powerful story about two people and their
journey to faith - an imaginative and
moving tale of love, loss and self-discovery
with an original score by singer/songwriter
Charley Pinfold.
Tickets £5 from the Cathedral Bookshop or
Café, or contact YMT on 01207 592244 or
admin@ymt.org
FR JIM’S NOTES
CHURCH SOUND. If you wear a hearing aid, use the “T” setting for our loop system.
TAILPIECE: (1) A private plane was flying across the desert, with 4 passengers: an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Texan and a Mexican. The pilot announced that they had been losing fuel, and could reach an airport
only if 3 passengers jumped out. The Englishmen stood up, said: “God save the Queen” and jumped. The
Frenchman said: “Vive la France” and jumped. The Texan said: “Remember the Alamo” and pushed the
Mexican out. (2) A humanist family had a son who was top in everything - but maths. Against all their ideals,
they sent him to a high-ranked RC school for the GCSE course. He did his homework, joined a maths club,
etc. Two years later, he got A* for everything, including maths. His dad asked him what had done the trick:
the maths club, peer - group pressure, a specialist teacher, what? He said, “No dad. It was the first day I went
into the maths class-room. I saw a guy nailed to a ‘plus’ sign, and I knew that this lot really meant business.”