Easter Sunday
This is the time in which we remember that –
through the
life, death and Resurrection of Jesus –
God has shown
us that nothing can separate us from
His powerful, passionate love for us.
You are a very loved person,
your life eternally precious.
That’s the Easter Message.
Year C
21st April 2019
Services during the week
Monday 10am Word & Communion
Tuesday, Wednesday 10am Holy Mass
Confessions
after the 10am Mass Tuesday & Wednesday
and
on request.
PLEASE NOTE—St Agnes Rothbury—Saturday
Vigil Mass
This wil be
held at 6pm until October 2019
St Agnes, Rothbury
In the event of bad weather, please phone M.Hopper on 01669 621291
or F.Pringle on 01669 621168.
Please remember
St Paul’s Church, Alnwick in your will.
Thank You.
Don't forget
your
jam jar for St.Paul's Lent Appeal for EMBRACE THE
MIDDLE EAST
We offer
our Sympathy and Prayers
to the Family and Friends of Mary Moore who
has died.
Her Funeral Service is on Tuesday 23rd April
at 11am.
May She Rest in Peace, Amen.
Church Concerts.
The revenue from
the last 2 concerts was £542.00 and has been paid into Church Funds
CELEBRATION of MARRIAGE
Bishop Robert Byrne CO will celebrate Mass in St Mary’s
Cathedral
on Saturday 18 May
2019 at 11.00am to give thanks for the Sacrament of Marriage.
He has invited each parish community to be represented by
at
least two couples,
young or old, newly married or celebrating a significant anniversary.
In addition,
everyone is welcome to attend.
This promises to
be a wonderful celebration and will provide affirmation
and
support for Marriage across the Diocese and the wider North-East community.
LENT LUNCH - CHANGE OF DAY & VENUE
St.James
Church Hall, Pottergate
WEDNESDAY - 12 noon-1.30
17TH.April - CONTAGIOUS
The revenue will be split between Cafod,
Christian Aid, Food Bank
with
the takings on the 17th April going to Contagious.
USED
POSTAGE STAMPS
The Used Stamps for the last year has raised £10,000 for
the
Guide
Dogs for the Blind & Cancer Care.
Thank you to all parishioners & friends and keep up
the good work.
Please continue to save your used stamps and
leave
them at the back of church.
Thank You
Minutes of Parish Council Meetings
A folder containing the minutes of
recent Parish Council
meetings is now available at the back of the Church
ADMISSION APPEALS PANEL MEMBERS
The Diocesan Department for Education welcomes
applications from persons
willing to be
considered as lay or non-lay members
of
appeal panels for school admissions.
Further details
are on the Parish Notice Board.
To have some idea of numbers please could you let
Rev Joan Helm know if you plan to attend on revjegh@aol.com
St Agnes, Rothbury—RED MISSION BOXES
If you have a Red Mission Box can you return it to
Madeleine Holloway to be emptied.
If you would like
to have a Red Box, please see Madeleine.
Thank You.
Save the date! Family Spring Concert St
Paul’s Church,
Alnwick Saturday 18 May The Bailiffgate Singers & local school choirs
will
be providing a family friendly programme for a spring afternoon.
Do come along if
you can and invite friends and family.
(Profits will be
divided between The Bailiffgate Singers
& Contagious
Youth & Schools Work)
Shoebox
Appeal
Thank You for your generosity.
We still need Children's Toys, Shoeboxes and
Unwanted
Christmas Wrapping Paper.
Rock Solid
The new programmes & dates for Rock Solid Alnwick and
Alnmouth are on the Notice board at the back of church
St Paul's 100 Club
1st No.50 Allan Buckle
2nd No.68 Jane McDowell
3rd No.105 Angela Greenslade
First Reconciliation and
First Holy Communion Programme
Meeting and
Mass dates for the full programme
11/12 May 2019,
8/9 June 2019 (First Communion Day), 22/23 June 2019
Please pray for them as they embark on this wonderful
journey of faith.
Youth Ministry Toolkit
A new online resource is
now available on
www.hnyouthtoolkit.org.uk
The Peoples Kitchen
My thanks as always to all who give so
generously throughout the year.
The kitchen are constantly feeding and clothing the many
needy people on a
daily
basis, the numbers are ever increasing.
Well done to you very kind hearted people.
GDPR
The staff at the Diocesan Finance Office have asked every
Parish
and Partnership to appoint a GDPR representative.
Because of the
short notice given to try and fond someone and hand
in
contact
details to the diocese, Fr Oliver has notified the diocese of temporary roles
for this:
Deacon David will
be the GDPR rep for St Aidans, Seahouses
and Fr Oliver will be the GDPR rep
for
all the other Parishes in the Partnership, until we know what is expected of
the person responsible.
ALNWICK
MUSIC SOCIETY
With the closure of the Alnwick Playhouse in August for
one year,
Alnwick Music Society
are using different venues around the town for their
Concerts.
St.Paul’s, St.James’,
St.Michael’s and the Northumberland Hall will all be
used.
There is a booklet at the back of Church with a list of
all the
Concerts/Venues
and details of all the groups participating.
Please take
one.
Coming Together
Tea and coffee will be served at the back of the church
after Mass and we
hope you will stay and chat .
All are welcome
The coffee/tea at the back of Church
is very popular, it
is great to see people standing round chatting
and
connecting as a Congregation, but it would be wonderful if
a
few more could be available to help, especially at the end.
It only needs 2 to
set up, but it is great when people collect cups etc.,
and
take them to be washed and reset up for the next week.
Just speak to Mary anytime.
Donations are
always welcome.
Gift Aid
Very many thanks to all those parishioners who have
supported
the Gift Aid
Donations Scheme during the past year.
The scheme continues
to make a significant contribution to parish funds
and
last year we recouped in excess of £6500 from HMRC.
If you are not
already signed up, please consider joining.
The only requirement is that you should be a UK taxpayer.
Forms are at the
back of church or contact Roisin on 01665 798945.
Homemade Jams
A lovely selection of Homemade Jams are on sale at the
back of church.
The People’s Kitchen
are grateful to St
Paul’s parishioners and friends for their continued support.
Thank you.
Red Mission Boxes
Will you please bring in your Mill Hill Red Boxes for counting.
Thank you, James Bateman
NIGHTS OF LIGHT
It is over 15
years since the floodlighting team
achieved their objective
of floodlighting St. Paul’s.
In the years since the running and maintenance
costs have risen
considerably.
We would therefore like to encourage you to
help us
by continuing
lighting our Church by buying or donating
a night of light for
£1 minimum or an amount of your choice.
Thank you for
supporting our fundraising for the running costs.
PARKING IN THE CHURCH GROUNDS
We request when
parking in the Church grounds,
you do so with due
regard to other users.
We ask you do not park near corners as some of
us
are getting a bit
older and accidents do happen.
If you are
parking at the front of Church, please remember
that funeral and
wedding cars need extra room.
If you park of
the streets nearby, please do not cause
an inconvenience to the local people,
especially when disabled access may be needed.
Also would
drivers please let their passengers out,
then park as near as
possible to the left thus enabling other cars
to pass safely
without having to drive over the grass on the right.
We have put a garden seat near the ramp for those who
would like
to rest awhile in the quiet of the church grounds..
Thank you.
DRIVEWAY
When driving within the church
grounds PLEASE keep to the 15mph speed limit.
Expensive gravel is being displaced
by overzealous drivers.
Thank You.
PLEASE let us know
if a relative or
neighbour has been taken to any of our hospitals,
otherwise we will not
be able to visit them.
Offertory Collection
Did you know you
can pay your weekly offertory donation
via standing order or
direct debit.
In these days of internet banking it is so
easy to make
a regular payment to
St Paul’s RC Church, Alnwick.
You can still gift aid your donation by
filling in the form at the back of church
Peoples Kitchen
As Always, they
are full of gratitude for
your generosity in
donations of food and clothing.
The need as always continues, any male
clothing
and footware is always in demand.
As long as there are these items in the boxes
at the back of church,
I will continue
to take it down to the needy.
Thank you to you all. Jean O’Hanlon
USED POSTAGE STAMPS
Please save your
used stamps and leave them at the back of church.
Yvonne Douglas is saving them for cancer
research.
Bereavement Support
If you, or someone
you know, has recently been bereaved Hospice Care
now provide support
either in your own home or in a mutually convenient place.
For more information see the leaflets in the
back of church
or phone the hospice
on 01665 606512
Space for Quiet Prayer
Our Quiet Space before the Tabernacle is
working well.
Thank you all. Please use it, if you would
like to, before and after Mass,
for silent prayer, in front of the Blessed Sacrament
ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL
The website is www.stpaulsalnwick.co.uk
containing lots of information about our schools
and a
chance to keep up to date with what is happening.
Please visit our website.
Memoriam Book
The Memoriam Book placed in Our Lady’s
Chapel
contains the names of family and friends of
parishioners,
each written under the date of their death.
If
you would like the names of your loved ones included,
please fill in the form at the back of Church
and place it in the box provided.
Fill in a separate form for each name, please.
Security
Please be vigilant
when you are in and about the Church.
Do not leave your
valuables unattended in the church.
Nights of Light
Our Church looks particularly
attractive at present with the flood lighting.
We depend on the Nights of Lights
scheme to fund the lighting of the church.
If you would like to celebrate a important occasion,
please consider lighting up
our church
If you would like the Church to be lit up for a special
occasion,
please obtain a form from the back of the Church and hand it
with your donation
to Tim Sewell, any of the Parish Council,
drop it through the letterbox at the Parish House
or
download the form on the Nights of
Light page
Minimum donation £1 per date!
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FUNDRAISING
Many ideas of
fundraising are being suggested.
Perhaps you might be able to help in one of the following
ways.
Win the Lottery and pay the lot!
OR
Have a coffee morning or evening
Auction of Promises
Race Night
Brass Band Concert
Quiz Night
...and then there are your own ideas.
We need doers of the suggestions, not just suggestions!
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The
Convent Centre
If you wish to book the centre, contact the Caretaker,
Paul on his mobile 07845991512
Visitors
GIFT AID
If you are a visitor to our parish and would like
St. Paul's Church to claim the tax back from your
offering,
please use a special Gift Aid envelope from the back of the church.
Thank you.
In the
absence of the priest, whom can we contact?
It is always good to be able to contact the priest of the
parish when you need information or in emergency.
But the parish house is not always manned.
In the absence of the priest, the number of a contact
person
will
be on the answering machine
Don’t Forget !!!
We invite you to join us for a Coffee or Tea after Sunday
morning Mass in the Parish Room
when
we can greet our visitors and share our ideas of the liturgy and other Church
matters. Funds raised
help provide for our Seasonal Celebrations with our older
parishioners and their friends.
IN
HOSPITAL? WOULD YOU LIKE A PRIEST TO VISIT YOU
Parishioners who find themselves in hospital should inform
the staff that they are Catholic
and
that they would like a priest to visit them while admitted.
Hospital staff are not permitted to enquire of a
patient’s religion,
however they will contact a visiting priest for you should you
let them know.
Hospital
Referral Cards
It is becoming increasingly difficult to know when any
of
our parishioners have been admitted to hospital.
If you or any of your family are being admitted to any of
our
hospitals
please let the priest know as soon as possible.
At the back of the church there are some hospital
referral cards.
We would ask you to have one of these cards at home and
if for any reason you have to stay
in
hospital please hand it to the ward sister who will inform the hospital
chaplain.
Please supply the patient’s name, ward and hospital.
Alternatively, a hospital referral card can be completed
and given to Fr. Peter.
Due to the unavailability of information regarding
religious denomination of patients
in the RVI, Freeman
and Walkergate Hospitals, patients and relatives
must take responsibility to inform the hospital chaplain.
Tel 0191 232 1892.
The same situation applies to all our
local hospitals and maybe care homes.
If you or a relative are going into hospital or one of
our
care
homes please let the local priest know.
It will make our work much easier
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