Bulletin Board
22nd SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
Sunday 1st September
2024
Weekly Quote
“To love is to will the good of
another” Thomas Aquinas
Services
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life:
you have the message of etenal life.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7:1-8.
14-15.21-23
Glory to you, O Lord
The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come
from
Jerusalem gathered round Jesus, and they noticed that some
of his disciples
were eating with unclean
hands, that is, without washing them.
For the Pharisees, and the Jews in general, follow the
tradition of the elders
and never eat without
washing their arms as far as the elbow;
and on returning from the
market place
they never eat without first sprinkling themselves.
There are also many other
observances which have been
handed down to them
concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes.
So these Pharisees and scribes asked him,
‘Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the elders
but eat their food with unclean hands?’
He answered,
‘It was of you hypocrites that Isaiah so rightly
prophesied in this
passage of scripture:
This people honours me only with lip-service
while their hearts are far from me.
The worship they offer me is worthless, the doctrines
they teach are only human
regulations.
You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions.
He called the people to him again and said,
‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that goes into a man from outside can make him
unclean;
it is the things that come out of a man that make him unclean.
For it is from within, from men’s hearts, that evil intentions emerge:
fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice,
deceit, indecency, envy,
slander, pride, folly.
All these evil things come from within and make a man unclean.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
All Saints, Thropton,
No weekday Word & Communion or Mass until Further Notice
Live Streaming of Masses
A number
of parishes have set up a live stream of their Masses.
For more
details of frequency and timings please go to the Diocesan website www.rcdhn.org.uk
Children’s Liturgy at Sunday Mass.
Children
are welcome in the Parish room to listen to a child friendly Gospel, with theme
related activities.
Two
adults will instruct the children both will have a current DBS
St Paul's
church is open daily for Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament each day from
5pm-6pm.
Please join
us, even if it is only for a short time.
Mass Times
Tues 3rd Sept 6pm Mass at St Paul’s
Wed 4th 10am Mass at St Paul’s
Thurs 5th 10am Mass at St Paul’s.
Fri 6th 10am Mass at St Paul’s
Sat 7th 5pm Vigil Mass at Amble
Sun 8th 10am Mass at St Paul’s.
Adoration and
Confession Thursdays 6pm—7pm
Mass Intentions
Sunday 1st Sept Greg
Young, Margaret & Cyril Egdell
Sunday 8th
September People of the Parish
Ministers of the Word
for: 8th Sept (23d Sunday)
Martin O'Hanlon; Tony
Wynn; Harold Hinchliffe
Ministers of the
Eucharist for: 8th Sept
Louis Dassen; Sandra Armstrong; William Cairns
Counters
2nd Sept Team 5: Tony Wynn and Kevin
Collins
9th Sept Team 6: Liz Harrison; Judith Francis
Every Sunday
we serve refreshments after Mass at the back of church
Everyone is
welcome
Church
Big Clean
Volunteers
needed to help with the big clean of the Church on Saturday 14th September.
Please bring a bucket.
There will be a sign up list at the back of
Church
Lindisfarne Partnership Pilgrimage to
Holy Island
Sunday 7th September. A Mini Coach will be available at £10
per head.
Please sign the list at the back of church.
First Holy Communion
Registration Forms are available from Fr Stephen.
The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima
The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will make a
welcome return
to the Church of
the Sacred Heart & St Cuthbert, Amble on Saturday 14 September.
There will be Marian devotions from about 1.00 pm
throughout
the afternoon
concluding with the Vigil Mass at 5.00 pm.
This will be
followed by a Parish Social in the Hall
with entertainment from the Parish Duo Flashback.
Please bring your own alcohol as only
tea biscuits and
nibbles will be provided
St James Church, Shilbottle—Flower Festival
13th to 15th September. Friday/Saturday 10am—4pm. Sunday
11am—2pm
Churchyard talks and Village School display
Musical Interludes plus Friday Night Concert by Coquet
Cabana
Coffee, Tea, Home Bakes and Raffle
Choral Evensong at 4pm on Sunday
The Festival is being held in memory of Lilian Hume,
long-serving
organist at St James, who was well known to
many people in Shilbottle and Alnwick area.
Flower Festival Raffle
Thank you to everyone who supported the raffle. The
draw took place on
Sunday 11th August. The prize winners are listed below
1st prize £200 cash Alan Robinson
2nd prize Alnwick Garden day pass Hazel Slack
3rd prize Alnwick Castle day pass Coral Turnbull
4th prize Sunday lunch for two Alnwick Golf Club Jackie
Purvis
5th Prize Turnbull’s shopping voucher J Greener
6th prize Barter Books book voucher Jean Darby
7th prize Morrison’ Hamper Liz Harrison
8th prize Luxury hamper Irene Marshall
9th prize Bushmills Original Whiskey Lisa Pearson
10th prize Chivas Regal Blended Scotch Whisky Jean
O’Hanlon
11th prize Painting of flowers by local artist Mrs
Edmunds
12th prize Painting of flowers by local artist Elizabeth
Lindley
13th prize Painting of flowers by local artist Kim Davis
14th prize framed photo Bamburgh Castle Mary Hush
15th prize Sony Cyber-shot W800 Digital camera Monique
Todd
16th prize Body lotion kit Noelene Prorok
17th prize Hand care pack Maddy
18th prize Sweets in a decorated China cup and sauce Mr Thompson
August 100 plus winners
1st prize £50 no 46 Ed Sweeney 2nd prize £30 no 18 Elma Clark
3rd prize £20 no 19 Russel Fitzpatrick
The Diocesan Office
The
Diocesan Office is upgrading its phone system, resulting
in a new way to
reach individuals or teams.
This change will occur on Thursday 5 September, and the
phones
will be down until
the transition is complete.
This disruption is expected to last up to 4 hours.
For any enquiries, please feel free to get in touch by
email at: office@diocesehn.org.uk or
phone: 0191 243 3300
Hillcrest Coffee Morning
On
Saturday 31st August 10am-12.30, Hillcrest care home is holding a coffee
morning in their garden.
Besides
refreshments and cake there will be a tombola, raffle and gifts for sale.
All proceeds will
go to the residents fund.
All are very welcome!
Liturgical Formation for new Lay Leaders
the Liturgical Formation team will be delivering a course
for those who wish to become a
Liturgical Leader
of Celebrations of the Word and Holy Communion* in the Autumn.
The course, being held at St Hilda's Resource Centre,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 7PY,
runs over six
sessions between 30 September through to 4 November,
with full details
available here: bit.ly/LiturgyCoursesAndEvents
Northern Cross
This months
copy of the Northern Cross is now on sale at the back of church
Ask your MP to protect life in the new
Parliament
We
are likely to face threats in the new Parliament on both beginning and
end-of-life fronts.
Ask your local MP to protect the most vulnerable.
Take action: Email your MP today by visiting
righttolife.org.uk/newparliament
2025 MARRIAGE PREPARATION DAYS
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE
AND MARRIAGECARE PARTNERSHIP
IN PERSON FACE TO FACE: ‘RELATIONSHIPS’
2025
Sat 1 Feb: The Sacred Heart, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE3 5EB
Sat 22 Feb: St Robert of Newminster,
MORPETH, NE61 1QF
Sat 8 March: St Joseph’s, BLAYDON NE21 5AE
Sat 22 March: St Mary’s, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6PQ
Sat 26 April: St Hilda’s, SUNDERLAND SR5 2JD
Sat 14 June: St Thomas Aquinas, DARLINGTON, DL1 2PU
Sat 21 June: The Sacred Heart, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Other dates and venues will be notified to each
Parish Priest and Deacon as arranged.
To register on a course, engaged couples must book via: www.marriagecare.org.uk,
How we help, Marriage
Preparation; or the phone booking service: 0800 389 3801.
Liturgy Days for Readers and the New
Lectionary
The Diocesan Liturgical Formation team are running a day
for readers of all
levels of experience to explore the new translation of
the Lectionary
on Saturday 26
October at St Bede, Bedlington, NE22 6HS.
This day will
provide an opportunity to look at the background of the
new Lectionary and
to be ready to proclaim the Scriptures.
For more
information and to book, please visit:
bit.ly/LiturgyCoursesAndEvents.
Details of other Liturgy days are also available on the
Diocesan website.
Parish Gift Aid/Collection Counters
We need a
volunteer to co-ordinate the parish Gift Aid Scheme.
We are
very grateful to Kim who has undertaken this role over the past few months.
If you
can help, please speak to Fr Stephen.
A
Collection Counters Meeting with the Parish Administrator and Fr Stephen
will be held in the Lindisfarne Room on
Thursday 30th May at 1pm.
Safeguarding.
“The Parish operates in accordance with Statutory
Safeguarding Guidance and
Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency( CSSA)
and Diocese’s policies and procedures at all times.
Our Parish Safeguarding Representative is Pam
Slater 01665 510728 and the
Diocesan
Safeguarding Team can be contacted on 0191 2433305
or at safeguarding@diocesehn.org.uk”
Year of Prayer 2024
“The more
generous you are toward God,
the more
generous you will find he is toward you”
(St
Ignatius of Loyola)
In preparation
for the 2025 Jubilee Year 'Pilgrims of Hope',
2024 has
been designated a Year of Prayer by Pope Francis.
Please visit
our Diocesan Year of Prayer webpage (https://diocesehn.org.uk/ )
for more information and regular updates.
PLEASE NOTE
All items
for inclusion in the Parish newsletter to be sent by 9pm on Wednesday.
Items to be sent to Tim Sewell. 07484611265 or
newsletter.stpaul.alnwick@diocesehn.org.uk
Thank You
Used Postage Stamps
Please
continue to save your used stamps and leave them at the back of church.
Thank You.
St Paul’s Choir
New
members of the choir at St Paul’s are welcome.
Please join the choir practice at 7.30pm every
Thursday in the Lindisfarne Room.
Summary of Listening Exercises, Result of Questionnaire and
Bishop Stephen’s Response
On our
diocesan website https://diocesehn.org.uk/ you will find all the summaries from
the various
listening
exercises that have been running since the summer of 2023, and the
results of the Questionnaire for the Dicastery
of Bishops Report from March 2023.
These are
together with Bishop Stephen’s response to what has been presented to him.
He reflects on the past, present and our
future together. The documentation is necessarily lengthy.
Too lengthy for a pastoral letter. If you wish
to have hard copies of all or
parts of the suite of documents, then please
contact the parish office.
Missio:
We need a
new Missio (Red Boxes) representative to take over responsibility.
Please contact Louis 07765 432392.
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW PARISH E-MAIL ADDRESSES.
For the
Parish Priest/Enquiries :- stpaul.alnwick@diocesehn.org.uk
Parish
Newsletter Team :-newsletter.stpaul.alnwick@diocesehn.org.uk
The old
Parish e-mail, stpaulschurchalnwick@gmail.com, is no longer MONITORED.
“CAFOD Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal”
Donate to
CAFOD’s Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal at cafod.org.uk/ipc or call 0303 303 3030 to support those
affected
and get funds to local trusted experts in Gaza and southern Israel
who have been working alongside communities
helping those most in need.
Your
donation will help support aid workers providing urgent humanitarian aid
including food,
water and emergency shelter to those in need.
Thank you for your prayers.”
The Lindisfarne Room.
Until future notice, weekday Mass,
Adoration, & meetings will take place in
The Lindisfarne Room.
Please
use the side sacristy door for access.
Being Admitted to Hospital
If you, a
friend or relative are admitted to hospital, a visit/Holy Communion/the
Sacraments
can be arranged by the chaplaincy team.
You can contact the chaplaincy via the
hospital switchboard on 03448118111 and ask to be put
through
to the chaplaincy department.
If the
call is urgent, please ask the nurse to contact the Roman Catholic
Priest on call.
Rainbows Bereavement Support Great Britain (GB)
is a well-respected
National Charity which supports Children and Young People who have experienced
a significant
loss through death, relationship break[1]down
or any other Adverse Childhood Experience.
Volunteers
are needed to join the North East Team.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer
please contact Ruth Higginbottom,
Rainbows
North East Secretary, on 01670 518546 or rainbows.northeast@btconnect.com
Safeguarding Changes
There are
some changes to safeguarding, which as a Parish we need to implement.
Those
working with children and vulnerable adults will continue to need a DBS,
renewed every 3 years.
DBS
paperwork has changed slightly.
Every
leader of a group will need a DBS and if possible a deputy with a DBS should be
appointed.
Parishioners
may take Holy communion to their immediate family if they are unable to attend
church.
But other than this a Eucharistic Minister
will require a DBS to undertake this ministry.
Every
volunteer for every position in the Parish will need to fill in a volunteer
registration form and
will require 2 #references before they start
volunteering.
This does
not affect existing volunteers. But takes immediate effect for any new
volunteers.
Many
thanks Pam Slater
Knit and Natter Group
will be meet at Gill Lyons' House on Thursday 12th
September 2024 at 2pm.
Donations
Donations,
to parishes or featured projects, can now be made by clicking the ‘Donate’ tab
at the top of the Diocesan website homepage
www.diocesehn.org.uk. From this Donations page, donors can
choose to
donate to one of the featured Projects, or can scroll down to find the parish
they’d like to donate to.
They can
also search for their parish using the ‘Search for a location’ field at the top
of the list of parishes.
When they
find their chosen parish, they just need to click on the ‘Donate’ button and
then choose
one of
the suggested amounts or enter the amount they would like to donate. They can
choose to make a single donation,
but can also set up a weekly or monthly
donation if they’d like to, and can Gift Aid their donations simply
by turning on the ‘I would like to Gift Aid
this donation’ button.
If
you need any further information, please contact Michelle Alsop at
michelle.alsop@diocesehn.org.uk who will be
able to help.
DIOCESAN PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
Heavenly
Father,
in
Baptism you called us by name and made us members of your family, the Church.
Help all
your people to know their vocation in life,
and to respond by living a life of holiness.
For your greater glory and for the service of
your people, raise up dedicated and generous men
who will
serve as priests for the Church of Hexham and Newcastle.
Send your
Spirit to guide and strengthen our communities, our seminarians
and all who are discerning their vocation.
Amen.
Please remember
St Paul’s Church, Alnwick in your will.
Thank You.
Coping with Cancer North East.
We are a charity that offers support to
those affected by cancer, this includes counselling, coaching and complementary
therapies.
Our services are
free to anyone who is or has been affected by a cancer diagnosis, including
family, friends, and carers.
We offer our
services across the whole of the North East.
Please find
our website below for further information on the help that we provide:
https://copingwithcancer.org.uk/
Alnwick District Food Bank
SHORT OF FOOD ?? HOW ??
Email: alnwickdistrictfoodbank@gmail.com or
www:
alnwickdistrictfoodbank.co.uk
or tel: 07498 488797 (Tue or Thur only; 9.00—11.00)
· Confidentially, tell them your circumstances
· They will then arrange a delivery for you, if you
qualify
That's all there is to it !!
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Gift Aid Appeal
The Gift Aid Donation Scheme is a government sponsored
device whereby registered charities can receive
a ‘cashback’ of 25% of all the donations made by UK
taxpayers. The diocese of Hexham and
Newcastle
is registered to
take advantage of this scheme and we benefit greatly from it.
If you are a UK taxpayer and are not already a member of
the Gift Aid Donation Scheme we would be most grateful
if you would
consider joining it. If you are
interested, please speak to Roisin at the back of church
or give her a ring
on 01665 798945.
BAPTISM
Enfant Baptism is the door to the other
Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.
Baptism at St
Paul's Alnwick is open to all babies who have at least one parent who is Roman
Catholic themselves.
Please telephone
Father Stephen at the Parish House for further information.
