Bulletin Board
32nd Sunday
in Ordinary Time
Remembrance
Sunday----Lest We Forget
Year C
10th November 2019
Services during the week
St Paul’s, Alnwick
Monday – 10am
Word & Communion
Tuesday, Friday--- 10am Holy Mass
All Saints, Thropton
Please Note
NO Wednesday 10am Mass on 13th
November
St Aidan’s, Seahouses
Thursday --- 10am Mass
Confessions after the 10am Mass Tuesday
to Friday and on request.
PLEASE NOTE
The Vigil Mass at St Agnes, Rothbury reverted
to
12 Noon from Saturday 5th October 2019.
Please
remember
St Paul’s Church, Alnwick in your will.
Thank You.
Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade
The service will
be held at 2.30pm at St Paul’s Church followed by a march
to the War Memorial
at the top of Denwick Lane where wreaths will be
laid.
The Band of the
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will accompany
the hymns in church
and lead the parade. .
Retiring
Collection
There will be a retiring collection after Mass this
Sunday,
10th November, for the Clergy Training
Fund.
First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion 2019-20
Please pray for the children.
Meeting and
Mass dates for the programme:-
19 & 20
Oct 19, 16
& 17 Nov 19 (Reconciliation, 8 &
9 Feb 20,
28 & 29
Mar 20, 25 & 26 Apr 20, 16 & 17 May 20
13 & 14
Jun 20 (First Communion), 4 & 5 Jul
20
Help Wanted
St Paul’s won SILVER this year in Northumberland in
Bloom.
With your help
next year we will win GOLD.
Volunteers please contact Martin on
Alnwick 602736.
Royal British Legion
We are looking to open a branch in Alnwick.
We are having an information stall on Saturday 16th November
at the farmers
market in Alnwick.
Please see Notice Board for further details.
ALNWICK
& DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY
REMEMBRANCE
CONCERT
Chichester Psalms-Leonard Bernstein -
Requiem(World
Premiere)Peter Brown
Conductor Peter Brown;-Organist Alan Gidney;-Harp
Janet Bennett;
-Percussion Gerard Rundell
Soprano Soloist Vicky Johnson
SATURDAY 9TH
NOVEMBER 7.30 ST.PAUL'S CHURCH
ADMISSSION £12.00 pay
at the door Students Free.
Alnwick Soul Children (Youth Gospel Choir)
will
be piloting throughout November and early December.
Claire Mead from
Contagious will be leading the sessions with the support of of
volunteers.
Open to all in
School Years 5-9. Each session is £1 and includes hot food,
drink,
games, Christian values & singing gospel songs together.
All singing abilities welcome.
The choir will meet from 4-5.30pm on 6, 13, 20 and 27 Nov
at Salvation Army Centre,
Hotspur
Street and 4 Dec at St Paul's RC Church, Percy St.
There will be an opportunity for the choir to perform at
the
Christians
Together in Alnwick Cribs@Christmas event on 7 Dec
(more info to follow.)
For more info: Claire Mead, Youth & Schools Worker,
07525 748728,
contagious.alnwick@gmail.com
Diocesan Church Music Association
The Diocesan Church Music Association have
set up a link on their page
of the Diocesan
website, asking parish musicians to sign up
to
give them an idea of the resources around the Diocese and
to
keep people up to date with news of workshops etc.
If you would like
to sign up the form can be found on the
Diocesan website,(www,rcdhn.org.uk)
clicking on 'Departments',
then
'Liturgy', then Diocesan Church Music Association.
Scrolling down will reveal a paragraph headed
'Join our mailing list'.
The Peoples Kitchen
On behalf of all of us at the People’s Kitchen, thank you
for your continued support.
Your very kind and thoughtful donations of food and clothes
make a big difference.
Without the help
of people like yourselves our work with the homeless
and
disadvantaged people of Newcastle could not continue.
Pat MacDonald—Administrator.
St Paul’s
Roof Fund
Thank you for your
Donations.
The Roof Fund now
stands at £6525.
Donation envelopes are at the back of church to be
returned
through
the Sunday Mass offertory baskets.
Thank you, in
advance, for your donation.
Alnwick Mercy Associates
The Alnwick Group of Mercy Associates are a small group
who meet on the
1st
Monday of the Month in the Parish Meeting Room at 1.30pm.
Fundraising events
are held to raise money for Altar Breads, Charities
and
most recently we were able to provide a new Altar Cloth.
Anyone interested
in joining would be very welcome.
Christmas Shoebox Appeal
Final day to return
Shoeboxes to church is Sunday 10th November.
Thank You.
The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
has the following vacancies
Head of
Communications
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic
individual to take
responsibility
for the delivery of our Communications Strategy.
You will have experience of identifying the resources and
infrastructure
required
to take this from concept through to implementation.
This new senior
role is an opportunity for someone to join the charity,
establish
a plan and identify the team to deliver the strategy.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on 18 November.
Parish
Secretary
English Martyrs and Ss Peter and Paul, Roseworth, Stockton –
16 hours per week, 12 month fixed term contract. Closing
date: 19 November.
For further information and details of how to apply
please
visit
our website www.rcdhn.org.uk or contact us (0191 243 3301,
emailhuman.resources@diocesehn.org.uk
Fatima Mass
Yvonne Douglas has been to Fatima and is having a Mass
said for all our
parishioners
every month for a year and also every Friday included in the Rosary.
Partnership Day of Reflection
for Ministers of
the Word has been moved to November.
Reading Group
Is anyone
interested in a Reading Group discussing
materials from a wide
variety of sources?
Ring: 07504 229381.
Alnwick food bank
We are opening a drop in on Tuesday mornings starting on
Tuesday 5th November.
Time:- 10am to 12pm. Location:- Lindisfarne Adult
Education Centre,
Lindisfarne Rd, NE66
1AX (we are next door to the Citizens Advice Bureau).
Drop in for a
coffee/tea, juice, biscuit and a chat.
No need to make an
appointment.
No initial
referral necessary.
Please see the
poster on the notice board in the porch.
Repository
Diaries for 2020, Christmas Cards and Gifts
are now available.
There is also a
large choice of calendars which can be
ordered
from a catalogue at the Repository.
Feasts of the Week
Monday
11th—St Martin of Tours Bp
Tuesday
12th—St Josaphat Bp, M
USED POSTAGE STAMPS
Please continue to save your used stamps and leave them
at the back of church.
Minutes of Parish
Council Meetings
A folder containing
the minutes of recent Parish Council meetings
is now available at
the back of the Church
St Paul's 100 Club September Draw
1st No.26 Arthur
Carroll
2nd No.77
Barbara Dawson
3rd No.51 Julie
Parkinson
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.
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
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.
Tea
and coffee will be served at the back of the church
after
Mass and we hope you will stay and chat .
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.
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.
A
lovely selection of Homemade Jams are on sale at the back of church.
are
grateful to St Paul’s parishioners and friends for their continued support.
Will
you please bring in your Mill Hill Red Boxes for counting.
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.
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.
When driving within the church grounds PLEASE
keep to the 15mph speed limit.
Expensive
gravel is being displaced by overzealous drivers.
if
a relative or neighbour has been taken to any of our hospitals,
otherwise we will not be able to visit them.
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.
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.
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.
The website is http://www.stpaulsalnwick.co.uk/
containing
lots of information about our schools and a
chance to keep up to date with what is
happening.
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.
Please
be vigilant when you are in and about the Church.
Do not leave your valuables unattended in the church.
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
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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!
Have
a coffee morning or evening
...and
then there are your own ideas.
We
need doers of the suggestions, not just suggestions!
If
you wish to book the centre, contact the Caretaker,
Paul
on his mobile 07845991512
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.
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.
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.
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. Oliver.
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.
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.
