Newsletter - Christ the King Mackworth

Service times & Mass Intentions
SATURDAY 28th February:
4.45 – 5.15pm Confessions
5.30pm Mass: Don Stocks RIP
SUNDAY 1st March:
2nd Sunday of Lent
11.00am Mass: People of the Parish
MONDAY 2nd March: Lenten Feria
9.30am (Mass at All Saints)
TUESDAY 3rd March: Lenten Feria
9.30am Mass: Private Intention
WEDNESDAY 4th March: Lenten Feria
9.30am (Mass at All Saints)
THURSDAY 5th March: Lenten Feria
9.30am Mass: Joan Kavanagh RIP
FRIDAY 6th March: Lenten Feria
9.30am Mass: Intentions of
Mrs Margaret Horan
10.00am Stations of the Cross after Mass
SATURDAY 7th March:
4.45 – 5.15pm Confessions
5.30pm Mass: Brendan Horgan RIP
SUNDAY 8th March:
3rd Sunday of Lent
11.00am Mass: Pat Murphy RIP
Rosmini Centre Friday 6 March, Healing
Mass 7.00pm. Tel: 01509 813078 to book.
Offertory 21/22 Feb:
Envelopes: £ 175.10
Loose: £ 111.79
Total:
£ 286.89 Thank you very much
Readers
28 Feb /1 March
Saturday:
P Blunsden
Sunday:
A Eastwood
7/8 March
Saturday:
P Benson
Sunday:
M Diggle
Offertory
28 Feb /1 March
Saturday:
Archer Family
Sunday:
R Strachan &
M Timms
7/8 March
Saturday:
Houlihan Family
Sunday:
I Popkin/Volunteer
Ministers of Holy
Communion
Sat 28th Feb.
C. Jones/Sr.Margaret
Sun 1st Mar.
J Flaherty/Fr. John G
Sat 7th Mar.
B & J Kelly
Sun 8th Mar.
J & S Kowal
No flowers in Lent
Events:
Tea & Coffee after
Sunday Mass
Church cleaning
Tuesday 10th March
after Mass
Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees (Company Number 7151646 Charity Number 1134449)
Church of Christ the King
Mackworth, Derby DE22 4BG
Parish Priest: Fr John Guest T: 01332 340 161
E: johnguest@christthekingmackworth.org.uk
Assistant Priest: Fr. John Martin T: 07714460526
Deacon: Keith Bunyan T: 01335 360 350
Sunday 1st March 2nd Sunday of Lent
1st Reading: Genesis 22:1-2.9-13.15-18
Psalm: 115
R: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
2nd Reading: Romans 8:31-34
Gospel: Mark 9:2-10
Communion antiphon: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased; listen to him.
My Dear Friends,
Mountains play an ambivalent role in the Scriptures. They are
where we meet God,, but they are also where the pagans have
their shrines. The message in today’s readings could also be seen
to be ambivalent. Abraham is prepared to sacrifice his son on the
mountain, but the angel of the Lord holds back his arm. Yet, as
St. Paul tells us, God did not spare his own Son but gave him up to
benefit us all. In the classical world of tragedy it is the Father who
dies not the Son. The king must die. Long live the king. We have to
be like the disciples who experience Jesus on the mountain talking to
Moses and Elijah, the representatives of the Torah and the Prophets.
Jesus is their equal, the new revelation of God. We need to listen to
him. How? Pope Benedict tells us: “in his Word, contained in Sacred
Scripture, in the events of our lives, seeking to decipher in them
the messages of Providence, and finally in our brothers and sisters,
especially in the lowly and the poor, for who Jesus demands our
concrete love.”
Fr. John
St. Patrick’s Day Parade,
Saturday 14th March
10.30am Parade from Market
Place to St Mary’s Church
11.00am Civic Mass at St Mary’s
Church 12.15pm Return Parade
to Market Place
12.30pm Display of Irish Music
and Dancing in Market Place
1.30pm Civic Reception and
Entertainment in Irish Centre,
Beckett Street.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary
School, Derby, are currently
advertising for a SENCO.
This is a great opportunity for
an enthusiastic and dedicated
teacher with high expectations
to help raise achievement and
standards for our children with
Special Educational Needs.
Download application pack from
- www.stjosephsderby.org.uk
Music at the Cathedral:
a) Diocesan Choir Singing
Workshop Day to prepare for the
Chrism Mass at the Cathedral.
On Saturday 14th March
from 10.30am to 3.00pm in
St. Barnabas Cathedral Hall,
Nottingham.
b) Youth Singing Day at
the Cathedral on Saturday
16th May with Apollo5
vocal ensemble. Afternoon
workshops followed by a concert
at 7.45pm. Tickets £6, £4
concession. To get involved
please contact Alex Patterson at
msuicatthecathedral.gmail.com.
c) “Lo the full final sacrifice” by
Gerald Finzi plus Poulenc and
Leighton, a concert given by
St. Barnabas Cathedral Choir on
Sunday 8 March at 2.45pm.
Tickets £8 with concessions,
available at the door.
Piano and Organ recital in aid of Iraqi Christians in Need
(ICIN), supporting refugee families in Northern Iraq. By Carl
Bahoshy, at St. Mary’s church, Bridge Gate, Derby on Saturday
14th March 2015 at 7.30pm. Free admission – retiring collection.
“Born for This” by CJM Music
We are delighted to announce that the Students and Staff of Saint
Benedict Catholic Academy are presenting their interpretation of the
Passion of Jesus through this most moving production of the Stations
of the Cross, set to the powerful music of Jo Boyce and CJM Music.
Please come and join us at one of the following venues:
Tuesday 17th March 7.30pm St Joseph’s Church, Derby
Wednesday 18th March 7.30pm Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
Mickleover Thursday 19th March 9.30am and 11.25am St
Benedict Catholic Academy *Please book for the Thursday 19th
performances through: mharrision@saintben.derby.sch.uk Tel:
01332 557032 xt. 400 Admission Free – A voluntary collection will
be taken after each performance in aid of CAFOD.
CAFOD:
Our retiring collection today is
for the Lent Family Fast Day.
This Lent every pound donated
will be matched by the U.K.
government up to the value
of £3.5 million. Money raised
between Ash Wednesday and
Sunday 17th May will be eligible
for matched funding.
St. Patricks Ball, Derby
Saturday 14th March 7.15pm for 7.45pm start
Pedigree Suite, iPro Stadium,
Pride Park. Music by Shindig.
Tickets £40, Black Tie.
For tickets contact Mary Murphy
07941 621488
The Parish Pastoral Council
meets in the Centre at 7.30pm
on Wednesday 4th March
at 7.30pm. Please convey any
items of concern to the Council
members.
Spiritual Healing
We warmly invite you to join
us for our regular evening
of spiritual healing in the
Parish Centre at St Alban’s,
Chaddesden on Tuesday
3rd March, 7.30 – 8.30pm
followed by refreshments. We
pray for each other in a relaxed
atmosphere with an opportunity
for everyone to receive
individual healing should they
wish to.
FLAME2 7th March 2015: National gathering of young Catholics at
Wembley Arena on Saturday 7th March is open to all young people
from Yr. 10. Tickets cost £30 each. Coaches from The Briars Further
info from Angela Gillespie (e:angela@ndcys.com; t:01773 852044).
Please remember in your prayers the following people who
are sick or housebound: Bob & Bernie Allen, Kitty Allsop, Derek
Archer, David Black, Connie Bland, Sylvia Bullock, Josie & Alan
Chambers, Fr Tony Colebrook, Fr Peter Coyle, Mary Dean, Frank
Dempsey, Fr Hugh Doherty, the Flynn Family, Jill Ford, Trevor Ford,
Tony Furniss, Bernard Hagues, Jim Hannigan, Marcelle Hardwick,
Dorothy Hillyer, Tracy & Michael McEnery, Ellen McColgan, Bruce
Martin, Esther Murphy, Chris Neal, Fr. Eamonn O’Hara, Mgr Joe
Phelan, Margaret Powell, Eileen Richardson, Mollie Rowles, Bridget
Smith, Louis Varga, Joan Virgo, Mgr. Edward Walker, Bernadette
Yeomans. May they be comforted and healed.
We remember in prayer our departed brothers and sisters
especially John Walsh, Joseph Lewis, William Kavanagh, Sarah
Coyne, Margaret Simcox, Andrew O’Reilly, Ellen Deegan, Clemency
Pitt and all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
May the Lord welcome them.