SEVENTH Sunday
of EASTER
All Pandemic Restrictions in Church
are now lifted.
Masks are optional, except for those
distributing Holy Communion.
Eucharistic Ministers must also
sanitise their
hands before distributing Holy Communion.
We must remain cautious and do all we can to
prevent the spread
of the virus which remains within our
communities.
Services
Mass Intentions
Sunday 29th
May---People of the Parish
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!.’
Go, make
disciples of all the nations;
I am with
you always; yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading
from the Gospel according to Luke 24:46-53
Glory to you, O Lord
Jesus
said to his disciples:
‘You see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day
rise from the dead, and that, in his name,
repentance for the forgiveness of sins would
be preached to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses to this.
‘And now
I am sending down to you what the Father has promised.
Stay in the city then, until you are clothed
with the power from on high.’
Then he
took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he
blessed them.
Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them
and was carried up to heaven.
They
worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy; and they were
continually in the Temple praising God.
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
From 4th
July, the Mass times are changing at Ashington and Longhorsley.
I know from time to time some people may
attend the Sunday evening Mass in Ashington.
The new
Mass times are as follows:
Ashington
Sunday
9.00am 5.00pm
Longhorsley
Sunday 11.15am
During the month of June
it would be wonderful if St Paul's church
could be open for Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament.
If any volunteers would be able to facilitate
Adoration would you please see Fr Stephen
MASS TIMES for 28th May—-4th June
Tue 31st---6.00pm
Mass St Paul’s
Thurs 2nd---6.00pm
Mass Sacred Heart & St Cuthbert, Amble
Fri
27th---9.30am Mass St Paul’s
Sat 4th---10.00am
Mass at St Paul's. 1st Saturday
Devotions
Sat 4th---5pm
Mass Sacred Heart & St Cuthbert, Amble
The church will be open
between
11am—3pm on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th June.
We need Volunteers to “Church Sit” and
welcome visitors on these days.
If you are able to help, please contact June Etterley on 01665 606252.
Thank
You.
For those Registered
with the government scheme ‘Homes for Ukraine’ a gentleman in Rothbury is in
contact with several refugees looking for host
families.
For more
information, contact Peter on 07533872293.
Help needed to clear Grotto at St Mary’s Whittingham Church
garden
after storm damage (W. to Glanton
road). Family friendly, bring snacks to share.
Wellies,
Garden Tools, Rubbish Sacks, Secateurs, Shovels as we don’t have any tools
!
Tea and
coffee in parish room
If you’re
not able to work come to see beautiful grotto and make some scones to
share.
Part of
our devotion to Mary.
Every Sunday from 1pm. Ending with Marian
Procession when work is finished.
Contact
Dan d.jashton@yahoo.com 07855 826 228
Thank
you
to all parishioners at St Paul’s for your
generous support for CAFOD this year and for your latest donation of £320.50.
Thank you so much for being there for our
global family.
Certificate in Pastoral Ministry – starting in September
2022
Are you currently
involved in Church ministry but wish you knew more about your faith?
Do you sometimes lack confidence and feel you
could benefit from further training and formation?
Do you
want to grow in your faith and ministry and perhaps find new ways to share your
gifts with others?
We have a course designed just for
you.
The
Certificate in Pastoral Ministry is an online, two-year learning experience
created with the busy person in mind.
It will take you on a journey of discovery
about key aspects of the Catholic faith while
helping you to reflect upon your own ministry
and the ministry of others.
To find
out more join us online for one of our information evenings:
Tuesday 14th June 2022 or Wednesday 22nd June
2022 from 7:30pm - 9:00pm.
To
register your interest for one of the information evenings,
or for further information please email adminfaith.mission@diocesehn.org.uk.
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.
The Bishop's of England &
Wales
have reintroduced the Sunday Mass obligation
from Sunday 5th June, the Feast of Pentecost.
We look
forward to welcoming our parishioners back. The Bishops write ''
It has
always been the understanding of the Church that when the freedom of any
Catholic to attend
Mass in person is impeded for a serious
reason...this is not a breach of the Sunday Obligation.''
Huge thanks
for all the amazing cakes/buns/biscuits which
were brought for Saturday, everyone loved them,
and we
managed to have a small amount left for Sunday.
We served
over 150 teas/coffees, dish washing team were very busy and the new hoover was
well used.
Although
none stop, it was a wonderful team effort, by a small number of people.
The next step are more volunteers to help
every Sunday.
Please sign
up and create the continuing great atmosphere
at the end of Mass, and also meeting and
chatting. Mary
Alnwick Flower Festival
returns from 4th to 7th August (preview night
Weds 3rd Aug). The theme will be ‘Give Thanks’.
This year is a joint venture between St Paul’s
and St Michael’s taking place at St Michael’s Church.
If anyone
would like to sponsor a display to ‘Give Thanks’ for a special occasion or
loved one please get in touch with Mary Donaghey 01665 510253 or Jean O’Hanlon 01665-602736'
Alnwick Homes for Ukraine Community Support Group
has been set up to help refugee families and
their hosts with such matters, and to help guests settle in and feel welcome.
A number
of households in Alnwick are already hosting or planning to host refugee
families from Ukraine.
Not
everyone is able to accommodate a family, but there lots of other ways to help.
The
support group will help hosts and their refugee guests with access to advice
and
information about local services, facilities
and supplies of necessities.
We are
now enlisting volunteers to help with a range of practical tasks, organise
activities for hosts and guests,
and basically anything else that would help
people to settle in for however long is necessary.
A
volunteer sign up form is at the back of church.
More
information is available on a temporary web page hosted by
Alnwick churches: https://www.christianstogetherinalnwick.co.uk/ukraine-support
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/
The Lindisfarne Partnership's
Response to Synod 2022/23
can be found on the Parish Website:-www.stpaulschurchalnwick.co.uk
then select †Lindisfarne Partnership
Notes from the Lindisfarne
Partnership Open Meeting
on Tuesday 22nd March 2022
can be found on the Parish Website:-www.stpaulschurchalnwick.co.uk
then select †Lindisfarne
Partnership
The Universe Catholic Weekly
is thrilled to announce that we have launched our
new online newspaper with the full support
of our first
subscriber none other than His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
Order your Digital 4
weeks FREE trial supply by calling Michelle on 0743 661 7650 or
email:
michelle.jones@universecatholicweekly.co.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
Alnwick Food Bank.
This has been a tremendous Community
effort and over 95% of those parcels went to households in Alnwick.
Demand remains
high and has actually increased by 25% since November 21.
We do not see it slowing down any time soon.
Thank you once again for your unstinting support which
has allowed us to reach
out to those in
need during these very difficult times.
Clive Gibson, Chair of Trustees.
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.
Northumberland Hospitals
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.
BAPTISM
Enfant Baptism is the door to the other
Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.
Please telephone
Father Stephen at the Parish House for further information.
Diocese Information
Please use the RCDHN link on the top right of the page.
Peoples Kitchen and Alnwick Food Bank
-please
could all food donations for People's Kitchen and
Alnwick Food
Bank have lids on where necessary.
Thank You.
Nights of Light-May
Sat 21st/28th—-Arthur Carroll—In Thanksgiving
29th—Karen Robinson—Birthday Thoughts, R.I.P.
If you would
like the Church to be lit up for a special occasion or
remembrance of a
loved one, download the form on the
Nights of Light
page on the parish website.
Minimum donation £1 per date!
Thank
You.
Feasts of the Week-May
Tue 31st—The Visitation 0of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wed 1st—St Justin M
Fri 3rd—St Charles Lwanga & Companions MM
USED
POSTAGE STAMPS
Please continue
to save your used stamps.
Thank You
DRIVEWAY
When driving within the church grounds PLEASE
keep to the 5mph speed limit.
Expensive gravel
is being displaced by overzealous drivers.
Thank You.
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.
Memoriam Book
The Memoriam
Book placed on the Sanctuary and
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!
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.
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Minutes of the meeting of St Paul’s Parish Council held on
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 at 5pm in the Parish Room
Present – Fr Stephen Watson (Chair), Mary Donaghey (/Minutes) June Etterley,
Edith Humphries, Sally Williams,
Eileen
Turnbull, Mark Phillips Mary Frater (Events) and Martin O’Hanlon (Building and
maintenance).
Opening Prayer led
by Fr Stephen..
Apologies for
absence
Apologies for absence received from Michelle Burgess (Parish
Administrator), Polly Bassi and Ed Sweeney.
Review of the Agenda
Agenda reviewed and agreed by those present.
Minutes of previous meeting held on 1st March 2022
The Minutes agreed and accepted as record of the previous
meeting by those present.
Matters arising from minutes and updates on actions
Action point Mary Donaghey
to follow up the need for a more formal booking system.
Completed
superseded by new action point below.
Pam Slater had provided the meeting with an example of a
proposed booking form with a rider that this would need some adaptations.
After some
discussion it was proposed and accepted that a working party be set up to
discuss the format of a booking form.
Action Point To
set up a small working party to discuss the wording of a booking form.
Mary Donaghey to coordinate with Pam Slater, Mary Frater, Martin
O’Hanlon, and Fr Stephen.
Action Point Edith Humphries will speak to Ann Ousby to see if she could help with regards to Diocesan
Newsletter as she is a writer.
Carried over from
previous meeting. Completed. Ann Ousby was spoken to but is not able to assist.
Action Point Mary
Donaghey to speak to Stanley Trafford to see if he
could help with taking photographs for the Diocesan Newsletter.
Action Point Mary Donaghey to send a letter
of thanks on behalf of the Parish Council to Rosin and Vincent Cowley. Completed.
Action Point Mary Donaghey
will contact Martin O’Hanlon regards the church clock running fast. Completed.
Action Point – Mary Donaghey
to arrange for suggestion box be placed into church for Parish council items
from Parishioners.
Held over pending cleaning of the Church.
Parish Administrator’s Report
In her absence Michelle Burgess provided a written update
which was read to the meeting.
Current Account £65,599
Deposit Account £10,174
The current account total includes £27956 that we have
received from the CATEW grant,
which will be transferred shortly to the deposit account
(as all payments for the roof repair are made from the deposit account).
We have recently received into the deposit account:
Listed Places of Worship Grant £2236
Gift Aid claim 1019/2020 £13
Gift Aid claim 2020/2021 £3641
Endowment Management Fund General £1534
Endowment Management Fund Mass Obligations
£22
Recent payments made for roof costs from the deposit
account since last PC meeting £42,791
Total roof payments so far £95,915
Building repair and maintenance
Update given by Martin O’Hanlon. The clock is now chiming
the correct time on the quarter hour.
The face hands do
show 2 minutes difference. However, rectifying the problems is costly and it
was agreed that such an expense is not a priority at this time.
The Tower floor has been repaired along with the trap
door leading into the Tower. However, there is no means to hold the trap door
open which is heavy to lift. The ladder also has not been fixed to the wall.
Jenny the architect in charge of the project has been informed with a view to
fixing the problem. The lightening straps also need attention.
There is a Health and Safety inspection due regarding the
possible presence of asbestos. The only source in the Church is in the porch
vent pipe. Following work on the Parish house there is no longer any asbestos.
We await a report following the roof repair to confirm that all asbestos has
been removed.
A new hoover is needed for cleaning the Church and a
proposal to purchase a Tittan wet and dry hoover at a
cost of £89.99 was agreed
Action Point Martin
O’Hanlon to arrange purchase of new hoover.
Friday 13th May Orange Box will attend and
remove any excess furniture such as the bookcases. There then followed a
discussion on identifying any other unnecessary items. Mary Frater mentioned
she had noticed a cupboard which needed sorting and clearing out.
Action Point Mary Frater to clean out said cupboard.
There are several large hymn books stacked by the Choir
stalls. These are larger and heavier than the normal hymn books as they contain
the music scores.
Action Point Ask Colette Boushell if
these books are needed. Mary Donaghey will e mail and
ask.
Martin mentioned that the statue of Our Lady had been moved after
he and Fr Stephen had moved it forward away from the side altar. Apparently, it
had been moved further back as it was hindering the Choir going to Communion
during Mass. The Prayer Groups which use
to meet in the Church also use the area in front of the side altar. Some present
felt that a small quiet area for private prayer was needed.
Action Point Sally
Williams to seek views on the preferred layout of the side altar.
Action Point item is to be placed in the Bulletin asking for
volunteers to help look after the Church grounds/garden.
The front and side doors need repainting which Martin
will do. The bolt on the main door which allows the second door to open needs
repair.
Christians Together in Alnwick
Mary Frater reported that the Lenten Lunches had been a
great success.
There was a good turn out from St Paul’s to help. Over
the six weeks a total of £1126 was raised which will be split between CAFOD,
Christian Aid and Alnwick Food Bank.
Good Friday service took place in the Market and was well
attended.
Fr Stephen
suggested next year we could give out small prayer cards with Christian message
out to those at the service.
Action Point Mary Frater will bring this up at the next Christians
Together meeting.
There will be a full programme of events in Alnwick over
the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
We will be
distributing a commemorative booklet about the Queen to mark the occasion. 200
copies will be purchased.
St Paul’s Church
will be open to visitors over the weekend.
Action Point June Etterley will contact volunteers
to church sit over the Bank holiday weekend.
On the 14th May there will be a China and
plant stall in the market to raise funds for Christian aid. Donations would be
appreciated.
On 19th May the Methodists will be hosting a
lunch, and everyone is invited.
The Choral Society are holding a ‘come and sing’ event at
St Paul’s on 18th June.
Another business.
Bidding prayers -Sally Williams asked for volunteers to
help with writing bidding prayers for Mass.
Sacred Heart - June Etterley
asked can we move the Sacred Heart Statue from the back of the Church towards
the front? A suitable alternative place is to be sought.
Kitchen- Mary Doanghey asked if
we could contact the Diocese to find out what our options are for a kitchen
area
at the back of
church taking into consideration our grade two listed status.
Action Point – Mary Donaghey to contact Andrew
Gillingham.
Date of next meeting to be arranged – Tues 5th July 2022
The next meeting in July will be the AGM and it was
agreed to move the meeting to the Sunday after
Mass to encourage
Parishioners to attend. Therefore, the next meeting will be the AGM held Sunday 3rd July 2022
after 9.30 am Mass
Closing Prayer led
by Fr Stephen.