Newsletter - St Barnabas, Molesey

ST.BARNABAS CATHOLIC CHURCH
PRIEST: Father John Horn
Address: 28 Vine Road, Molesey, Surrey. KT8 9LF
Telephone: 020 8941 8400
Parish Office Hours: 9.15am-11.15am (closed on Wednesdays)
Email: stbarnabaseastmolesey@btconnect.com Website: www.stbarnabasmolesey.org
HIRING OF THE CHURCH HALL: If you wish to hire the Church Hall please contact Theresa D’Burrage 020 8941 9205 or 07757-456-302
Parish Schools: St Alban’s Primary School – Beauchamp Road, Molesey. 020 8979 5893 www.stalbansprimary.org.uk
Salesian Secondary School – Guildford Road, Chertsey. 01932 582 520 www.salesian.surrey.sch.uk
The Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Website: www.dabnet.org
3rd SUNDAY OF LENT – Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th March 2015
Parish Mass Book - Page No. 158
NEWSLETTER NO: 9
Weekend Masses:
Saturday 6pm (Quiet Mass) Tonna-Barthet Intentions
Sunday 10am
- Persecuted Christians in Syria (from UCM)
Sunday 6pm (Music Mass) - For the People of the Parish
Week Day Masses:
Monday 9.35am Tuesday 9.35am Wednesday –
Thursday 9.35am Friday - 9.35am
Important Notices
2nd collection NEXT Sunday:
For Easter flowers
PARISH RECONCILAITION SERVICE
Friday 27th March
7.45pm in the Church
Michael Teague RIP
Joe Casha RIP
No Mass
Rogie Brown RIP
Confessions: Saturday 5.15 – 5.45pm in the Church or by appointment
Mass is also said Monday – Friday 8.am at the Kiltegan Fathers, 20 Beauchamp Road. KT8 0PA. Parishioners are welcome.
New Parishioners: Welcome to St Barnabas! Please register your details by filling in our Parish registration form at the back of
the Church, and return to Father John or the Parish office. Please come and say hello at our Sunday coffee morning after the 10am
Mass in the hall, you will receive a warm welcome.
WEEKLY PARISH DIARY:
Sun
th
8
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B
Coffee Morning after the 10am Mass everyone welcome.
Last Sunday’s collection
Offertory:
£440.86
Bank Direct:
£403.41
Total
£844.27
th
Mon 9
Tue 10th
Wed 11th
th
Thur 12
Fri
13th
Sat
Sun
14th
15th
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 10am to 1.30pm
Prayer Group in the House of Prayer – 7.30pm
Bible Study: 7.30pm, Presbytery
Youth Club (Altogether) : 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Sat 7th March
6pm
Ministers
M Thompson
Children’s
Liturgy
Church
Cleaners
Sunday
Coffee
Counters
Flowers
£354.62
Attendance: 312
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 11am-Noon, Presbytery
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR B
ROTAS
2015
Readers
2nd Collection:
(CAFOD)
Sunday 8th March
10am
6pm
J Casha
B D’Alton
O Schild
R D’Alton
L Pang
P Sturgis
I Lee
M Tidmarsh
R Methley
N Legg
G Searle
M Healy
J Laleatoe
Infants – Patricia & Alastair
Juniors – Joana
Mr & Mrs Jenice
RCIA – Yvonne Foster
Judith Carratu & Theresa D’Burrage
No Flowers in Lent
ROTAS
2015
Sat 14th March
6pm
Ministers
C Wilson
M Villani
M Stannard
P Stannard
M Tidmarsh
Readers
Children’s
Liturgy
Church
Cleaners
Sunday
Coffee
Counters
Flowers
Sunday 15th March
10am
6pm
F Emmanuel
B Hogan
M Schild
O Schild
H Healy
Infants – Catherine
Juniors - Maria
Eileen F & Linda McD
B D’Alton
R D’Alton
I Lee
T D’Burrage
J Duggan
Youth 2 – Jean Casha
Francis Jenice & Jean Casha
No Flowers in Lent
Please pray for the sick of the Parish: Kathleen Harrison, Bobbettie McColl, Marie Bolger, Ann Griffin, Margaret Brauer & Delia
Hennesey
The Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Trust is a registered Charity No 252878
Awesome or Compassionate?
Before giving the Israelites the Ten Commandments, (our first reading this Sunday), God gives them, through Moses,
strict instructions not to come close to the mountain where he appears to Moses. And when He came, ‘there was
thunder and lightening as well as a cloud on the mountain, and all the people trembled.’
They had already seen God perform many extraordinary signs of His power, most notably by parting the sea for the
Israelites to escape through from the Egyptians. Now He was offering to make them His ‘treasured possession’ if they
would obey His voice and keep His covenant for ever.
At the time, 1300 years before Christ the Israelites were a fairly primitive people with little knowledge of God, and God
sought to draw them to Himself by promising them much, but also sternly warning them that they had to keep their
side of the deal; - most notably by keeping the Commandments of this awesome God.
It is important to appreciate that we only know as much about God as He chooses to reveal of Himself: By the time of
Jesus, His beloved Son, who became a human being for our sake, God chooses to reveal much more about his love for
His people – His ‘treasured possession’.
This advanced knowledge, God reveals through the words and actions of His Son; eventually by Jesus’ sacrificial death
on the cross (our 2nd reading).
God always was compassionate of course, but with Jesus it became the time to reveal the extent of His compassion.
How fortunate we are that we have a God like this. But we should not forget that He also calls us to imitate Him in our
exercising compassion, especially towards the weaker and less privileged members of society, - as Jesus did.
Father John
PLANNED GIVING: Please look out for the boxes of Planned Giving envelopes for 2015/2016 available for collection at
the back of the Church. If anyone else is interested in donating to our parish through the Planned Giving Scheme,
either using the weekly envelopes, or by direct debit, please contact Nic Carratu on 0208-783-1079. Thank-you, for
your continued donations they really are vital to the on-going maintenance of the parish.
Catholic Secondary School Places reach Crunch Point.
Catholic parents in Runnymede and Elmbridge face a crisis in finding secondary school
places because though there are 300 rising to 330 primary places offered in each year in
the deanery primary schools (which are already oversubscribed) there are only 220 places
available each year in the Salesian School Chertsey. Please write to your Councillor and MP
highlighting this clear mismatch and asking for their support for the expansion of places at
Salesian. You will find a draft letter at the back of the church or you can obtain one from
the school website www.salesian.surrey.sch.uk/places. Fr John Dickson SDB, Chair of
Governors, Salesian School.
General Election 2015 – The Bishops have written a joint Letter to all Catholics in England and Wales
encouraging us to participate and vote in the election and offering some key issues and questions for
reflection on where candidates stand. Copies are now available (at the back of the church) and can be
obtained with other information, from the Bishops’ Conference website www.catholicnews.org.uk. Please
read the Letter and encourage others to do the same. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminister.
ENCOUNTER’ EVENING FOR YOUNG CATHOLICS (15-30)
ENCOUNTER evenings are proving really popular. We have live music, adoration and some brilliant talks, and we
usually get a lot of people. Everyone is welcome, especially new people. It’s totally free, and you don’t need to book.
Just turn up. It’s a great way to explore your faith and make new friends. The next one is on Friday March 20th at 7pm
at St. Wilfrid’s School in Crawley (RH11 8PG). Our guest speaker this month will be Aidan Cantwell, Diocesan Adviser
for Justice & Peace and Social Action. He will be talking about Pope Francis words: ‘An authentic faith always involves a
deep desire to change the world.’ Search ‘Two:42 Young Adults’ on Facebook for more information.
The Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Trust is a registered Charity No 252878
9-Day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Following in the footsteps of our Lord Jesus Christ from 14th – 22nd October 2015 including all excursions for £1,159,
flying from London Heathrow. For further information call Mrs. Mozzi on 020 8472 0843 or 07859 027 301.
ELDERLY OR HOUSEBOUND WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A NEWSLETTER?
Do you know of any elderly or housebound person who would like to receive the newsletter either by post or emailed
to them? Please let the Parish Office know.
ST PATRICK’S CARDS ARE NOW ON SALE IN THE BOOKSHOP
The Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Trust is a registered Charity No 252878