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25/26th September 2010
The blessings of this world can turn us inward or outward. Like the rich man in the story we can become self-consumed, self-important, self-satisfied, self-indulgent and insensitive to others. It will not be enough to say that we didn’t notice or that we’d intended to help tomorrow, or that we mean no harm to anyone. We must develop empathy, to feel with others who are suffering and in need, to act on their behalf? Scientists have discovered that “In these days of infectious greed, the small, brave act of co-operating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.”
Fr Michael’s mobile no. 0750 6749261 Mass Book: page 80 Confessions: St Bede’s Sat 9-10.00 am Holy Rosary Sat. 5-5.30 pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: St Bede’s Sat. 9-10.00 am. Baptisms: Matthew Daniel Stenton & Poppy Parker Steele will be baptised at St Bede’s today Sunday 26 September. Congratulations and every blessing. Welcome to our parish family. Absent: Fr Michael will be away from 28-30 September. If you need to contact a priest in his absence, telephone numbers are listed on front cover of newsletter. Scripture Group: This group meets on Tuesdays in St Bede’s Presbytery 7.00 pm. All are welcome; just come with your Bible. Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group: meets every Wed. at 172 Bamburgh Avenue at 6 pm. All welcome. Next Friday: is CAFOD Family Fast Day. Please take designated envelope for your offering (Gift Aid only if a tax payer). Annual Mission Appeal: This year’s appeal is on behalf of the Volunteer Mission Movement; it will take place throughout our cluster next weekend 2/3 October. The appeal will be made during Mass and a retiring collection will be taken. We look forward to welcoming Tim and Libby Hughes who will make this year’s Appeal. Mass Count: To be taken on the four Sundays of October. RCIA – Journey in Faith: A programme of instruction in the Catholic Faith starts at St Gregory’s, Tuesday 5 October 7-8.00 pm. If you are interested in finding out more about the Faith or wanting to become a Catholic please come along and join us. Card Making Class: for beginners starting Friday 8 October at 2.00 pm Holy Rosary Church hall. Everyone welcome. Saturday Afternoon Dancing: (classes in ballroom, modern sequence & line dancing) Commencing Saturday 4th Sept. at St Bede’s Hall. Contact Brett 07532384330 or Mickilea 07769170714 Red Mission Boxes: The APF Mission Boxes are due to be emptied over the next month. Baptist Tabernacle: Fr Michael has been asked to preach again at Marsden Baptist Tabernacle. All are welcome to join in this Ecumenical service Sunday 24 October 6.00 pm. Collections: You may have noticed that collection amounts are no longer printed on the newsletter, this is due to Diocesan advice, they will be announced instead. Faith That Does Justice: Becoming the Body of Christ: It is the beginning of an ongoing conversation for all on how we enable parishes to continue to exist in the future as local faith communities where there is possibly no resident priest, no Church or “parish buildings”. Please see further information on Cluster page especially Parish Councillors. List for names at back of church. Please note names need to be in before 1 October.
What are we prepared to give up for the Gospel? Do we try to make our own cross, or accept whatever we are given? To give up all your possessions is to make yourself vulnerable and dependant. This gospel teaching could cause all kinds of problems between families, friends and colleagues. St Paul, in putting himself in the place of the slave, Onesimus, is encouraging the church leader, Philemon, to do what is right. But his words are equally for us today. We have the example of many such as Maximilian Kolbe who took the place of a man condemned to death in a concentration camp. We are called to lose our comfort zones, our assumed places and see each human being through the `lens’ of the gospel message of freedom and dignity. We follow Jesus that, through his Paschal Mystery he may lead us out of the world of selfishness and violence we have made, into a new heaven and new earth, where all is shaped by the generous and merciful ways of his Father. This week we condense the story of Job into six readings: Job is a parable in the Wisdom tradition which tells how those who believe in an all-powerful God should cope with suffering. It is the unimaginable immensity of God, who is always close to his creation, which is the message of this story, revealed on Friday and Saturday through God’s enigmatic answer to Job and Job’s response. In the Gospel (Luke 9-10) we hear about discipleship, and the work of Jesus’ followers as he sets out for Jerusalem - this is the main turning-point in Luke’s gospel.
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time C
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 2 Tim 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 The Gospel passage falls under the category that has come to be known as the “hard sayings” of Jesus. Hard to understand, hard to apply to life today. The Apostles’ request, “increase our faith,” is in response to a previous “hard saying” about how frequently we are called upon to forgive others. Curiously, Jesus seems rather unforgiving in responding to their request, or in describing the manner in which they are to serve others. Jesus uses exaggeration to wake us up to how God is present in our lives, and how we are urged to live if God is with us. None of us is called upon to uproot trees or cast mountains into the sea. The faith we have is adequate for the task which we are called upon to do: spread the gospel by our witness. That witness is lived not for self-gratification or recognition, but out of the joy of helping the world to hear the Good News. Confessions: Saturday 6.00 – 6.30 pm. Please pray for: Fr John Gibbons, Peter Arthurs, Carol Hannen, Grace Marley, Hazel Watson, Eileen Martin, Jessie Gray, Patricia McKeag and for all the sick in St Benedict’s, St Clare’s Hospices and all those in South Tyneside District Hospital. If there is anyone ill or housebound and not being visited, please inform John Hardy. Mass Intentions: Please give to John Hardy. This week: Readers: Mrs K Smith, Mr M Oliver, Mrs Duffy Eucharistic Ministers: Mr Shippen, Mr F Totton Counters: Mrs Saunders Mrs Urwin Children’s Liturgy: Mrs P Melia Book Keeper: Mr Smith Bidding Prayers: J Taylor
Eucharistic Ministers: Mr J Hardy, Mr D Smith Counters: Mr Tierney, Mrs Tierney Children’s Liturgy: Mrs Totton Book Keeper: Mr G Tierney Bidding Prayers: M Ellenden
Today’s Mass: is on page 1. Readings page 368 cycle C. Anniversaries: Alice McNaney, Brian Heslop, Brenda Dockerty, Hannah Bell, Billy Burke, Theresa Gilmartin, John Hines, Mel Nesworthy. Sick: Fr. John, Jenny Clark, Catherine Bailey, John Gilchrist, Mavis Brady, Walter Carter, Robert Scott, Ged Nixon, Carol Cunningham, Peter Hanratty, Olga Hobbs, Christine Makins, Nancy Stoker and the sick & housebound of our Parish. Scripture Sharing: Tuesday at 7.00 pm. All are welcome. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Anyone wishing to receive the Sacrament should contact Fr John James or Fr. Michael Weymes. This week: Eucharistic Ministers: J. Bannon, T. Featherstone, M. Burke. Reader: M. Elendon.. Bidding Prayers: J. Taylor Next Week: Eucharistic Ministers: M. Elendon. J. Smith. M. Frazer. Reader: A. Hutton Bidding Prayers: M. Elendon. Church Organ Fund: The fund is still open. We would be grateful to anyone wishing to contribute. Thank you. Thank you: to the parishioner from St. Vincent’s for the generous donation towards our Organ Fund. Baptism: Require the sacrament at St. Oswald’s? Please contact Maureen Burke. (5194995) Parish Raffle: At back of church £1 a strip. Anyone with raffle prizes for future raffles would be gratefully received (especially for our Christmas raffle) Thank you. Church Notices: Contact Catherine Slater(5369248) or Teresa Featherstone(5374285). 100 Club: Winning No. For this week was No. 76. A. Hemmingfield. £50 Many Thanks: Theresa Irwing would like to thank everyone for their prayers & good wishes during her recent illness. She is now out of hospital and doing well. Rosary Rally: will be held on Monday 4th October at 7pm. All welcome. Cycle of Prayer: From September to Advent we are asked to pray for: The Spread of the Gospel; the Harvest; the Fruits of Human Work, and the Reverend Use of Creation; Justice and Peace in the World; All Victims of War; Young People; Prisoners and their Families Youth Ministry Conference: See notice on Ss Peter & Paul page. Our “Biggest Coffee Morning”: for Macmillan cancer Relief will be held on Sun 26 Sept. at St Bede’s Hall from 10.30 am. A Mass celebrating the anniversary of the Family Fast Day and the 70th Anniversary of NBCW [National Board of Catholic Women] and the creation of CAFOD by the Bishops of England and Wales, will be held at St Joseph’s, Gateshead at 7 pm on Friday, 1st October 2010. All welcome. RCIA – Journey in Faith: A programme of instruction in the Catholic Faith starts at St Gregory’s, Tuesday 5 October 7-8.00 pm. If you are interested in finding out more about the Faith or wanting to become a Catholic please come along and join us. Annual Mission Appeal: This year’s appeal is on behalf of the Volunteer Mission Movement; it will take place throughout our cluster on 2/3 October. The appeal will be made during Mass and a retiring collection will be taken. We look forward to welcoming Tim and Libby Hughes who will make the Appeal. Thursday Talks: The 2nd in a series of 4 talks on ‘Living Christian Spirituality’ by Fr. Peter Verity [Spiritual Director at Ushaw], entitled “Early Roots”, 7th Oct, 7-8.30pm at St. Cuthbert’s House, West Rd, Newcastle. See Parish poster for details. Faith That Does Justice: Becoming the Body of Christ: A conversation with Bill Huebsch, the well known American theologian, for all clergy and lay people, Friday 8 October, 11am-4pm at St. Robert of Newminster School, Washington. Free of charge. Except for unavoidable employment responsibilities (ie:work), and family or other demands that are urgent, immediate, or which cannot be deferred, we urge that ALL who are actively involved in Parish life in any way attend this day. It is the beginning of an ongoing conversation for all on how we enable parishes to continue to exist in the future as local faith communities where there is possibly no resident priest, no Church or “parish buildings”. Lunch available for purchase. Please sign up on list in your parish (especially Parish Council Members) by Friday 1 October. Parish members please make transport arrangements within the parish. This Friday: is CAFOD Family Fast Day, a Day of Special Prayer for the Needy and Hungry of the World. Please take designated envelope for your offering (Gift Aid only if a tax payer). This Sunday: is a Day of Special Prayer in Thanksgiving for the Harvest and Fruits of Human Work. In this time of proposed “cuts” to our lifestyle, let us remember those who have nothing to be “cut”. Mass Count: To be taken on the four Sundays of October. Cardinal Hume Memorial Lecture: The Lecture is entitled “The UK, The Vatican and Diplomacy” and will be given by Francis Campbell, the British Ambassador to the Holy See, and entry is free. It will be held on Thursday, 14th October at 6 pm in the Cathedral. Fr. John thanks everyone for their support and prayers. He now feels able to return to light parish duties, and will be back in residence at Sacred Heart from Monday.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: [Confessions] will be celebrated on Saturday 2nd October, only from 11.00-11.30am [Hospital Mass@ 10.30am] Please Pray For: Mary Trint, Veronica Helps, Margarie Ord, Joe and Marian Gilmartin, Margaret Haggerston, Anne McClaren, Ray McKie, John Stephenson, Maureen Jennings, Molly Halliday, Ella Burdon, Dorothy Hodgetts, Eileen Sutton, Monica Gagliardi, Kathleen Egan, Muriel Mould, Veronica Williamson and Sarah Gribben; Frs: Dennis Kellett, John Gibbons, Vincent Melia, Dominic McGivern, Jim Donnelly, Mgr. Ged Lavendar. May the Lord welcome Rosie Thompson into his Eternal Light, and strengthen her family in their sadness and loss. Baptism: Today we will baptise Claudine Murray into the home of our parish Community and Family of God, after our Parish celebration of the Eucharist. May the Lord help her to grow and grow in His love and life under the guidance of her parents, Peter & Juliet. Youth Ministry Conference: Bishop Seamus recently wrote a pastoral letter to us about consulting everyone on the future of our Church in our Diocese, of which our youngsters are a vital part. All (adults and young people 14+) are invited to this conference, organised by our Youth Ministry Team, on Saturday 9th October, 10.30am-3.30pm at Cardinal Hume School, Gateshead on the theme “Co-Workers for the Kingdom” please see brochure for details. Growing In Our Christian Faith: This is a two day Conference (11 +12th October) for Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Clergy of the Diocese, lead by Bill Huebsch, intended to see how best the above people, and the catholic School as a whole, can “mirror” Christ to pupils, parents, the local community, and help a school embrace more fully the mission and vision it has been given by the Church, on top of all the immensely, committed, good work already being done. Sponsored Bike Ride: Our SVP have organised a sponsored bike ride from St. Peter & Paul’s Church to Gateshead Millenium bridge and back (25 miles) on Sunday, 17th October, departing 12 Noon after Mass. Sponsor forms at back of Church, and contact Michael Clay (5366116)/Tom Fennelly (4556342) for further information– a good opportunity for our young people to take part. Ladies Group: The Ladies Group Christmas Lunch will be at the Grand Hotel, Scarborough at £25 per head, comprising a four course lunch, dancing and afternoon tea. A £10 deposit is required, to be paid at next Coffee Morning. Parish Council: Please see notice board for minutes of meeting, Thursday, 9th Sept. Last week offertories: See Parish notice board for last week’s offerings. Tuesday, 28th September: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 10 am-12 noon and from 6-6.30pm. Wednesday, 29th September: Morning Prayers of the Church at 10.00 am. Friday, 1st October: Morning prayers of the church at 9.30 am. Saturday, 2nd October: Rosary for Vocations at 9 30 am. Responsorial Psalm: My soul, give praise to the Lord Please pray for the Sick: Fr John Gibbons, Mgr Gerard Lavender, Paul and Monica Whalen, Philip Callaghan, Joseph Fay and Ethel Hindmarch. Anniversaries: Esther Jessie Kent, Elizabeth Spoors, Catherine Baker and Ruth McGhin. Our Children’s Liturgy has restarted now that the school holidays are over. Children of Primary School age are welcome to attend. Back to Church Weekend – Sunday, 26th September: St Gregory’s are the hosts for the Harton Churches United Service at 6 pm. We hope many parishioners will be here to welcome our guests. Election of New Members to Parish Council: Voting will take place at Masses this Saturday, 25th September and Sunday, 26th September. The Parish AGM will be held in our hall after Sunday morning Mass on 26th September. Refreshments will be served free of charge. Congratulations to Marjorie Gardner who will celebrate her 80th birthday on Monday, 27th September. Best wishes from all your friends in the parish. Funding Advice Session: Voluntary and Community Groups are invited to a Fundraisers’ Day on Wednesday, 29th September at Sutton Hall, South Shields between 4.15 pm and 7.00 pm. A Thank-you Letter has been received from The People’s Kitchen for our recent donations to their harvest appeal. Their stocks of food are being replenished ensuring the disadvantaged and lonely of our area will receive regular hot meals over the winter. 
Next Sunday is a joint celebration of the Volunteer Mission Movement as well as Harvest Festival. There will be a free buffet lunch in the hall for our parishioners. Voices in Harmony Concert on Saturday, 9th October at St George’s Church, Cullercoats at 7 30 pm. See poster for further details. Rotas W/c 2nd /3rd October 2010: 7 pm Vigil Mass, St Vincent’s: Welcomers: M & P Buckley; Readers: L Sears and B Brown; Eucharistic Ministers: A Whalen and A Hudson; 9 30 am Mass, St Gregory’s: Welcomers: J Green and A Wright; Readers: J Little and B McGarey; Eucharistic Ministers: J Stewart, *M Thirlwall, M Balfour, D Atkinson and B Brown; Intercessions’ Writer: A Seymour; Flowers: A Seymour . Reminders: [1] The Parish AGM will be held after morning Mass on Sunday, 26th September [2] The Harvest Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday, 3rd October will be followed by a Harvest Lunch. [3] St Gregory’s are the hosts for the United Service of Harton Churches on Sunday, 26th September at 6 pm. Please support. Ss Peter & Paul’s stpetersandpauls@hotmail.co.uk  Harvest Fast Day is celebrated on Friday, 1st October. If you are a tax payer, please ‘gift aid’ your donation, thus enabling Cafod to receive 25 p more in the £ from your gift.  Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 95.29 Kb. Share with your friends:
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