28th
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sunday 13th October
2024
Weekly Quote
“The dead gods are all proper nouns.
The true God is a verb-I AM”
A.N.Wilson
Services
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
10:17-30
Glory to you, O Lord
Jesus was setting out on a journey when a man ran up,
knelt before him and put
this question to him,
‘Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
Jesus said to him,
‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
You know the commandments: You must not kill; You must not commit adultery;
You must not steal; You must not bring false witness;
You must not defraud; Honour your father and mother.‘
And he said to him,
‘Master, I have kept all these from my earliest days.’
Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said,
‘There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give the money
to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’
But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of
great wealth.
Jesus looked round and said to his disciples,
‘How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!’
The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted,
‘My children,’ he said to them, ‘how hard it is to enter the kingdom
of God!
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.‘
They were more astonished than ever.
‘In that case ‘they said to one another ‘who can be saved?‘
Jesus gazed at them.
‘For men’ he said ‘it is impossible, but not for God:
because everything is possible for God.’
Peter took this up. ‘What about us?‘ he asked him.
‘We have left everything
and followed you.‘
Jesus said,
‘I tell you solemnly, there is no one who has left house, brothers,
sisters, father, children or land
for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not be repaid a hundred
times over,
houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land – not without
persecutions –
now in this present time and, in the world to come, eternal life.’
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
15th 6pm
Mass at St Paul’s
Wed
16th 6pm
Mass at St Paul’s
Thurs
17th 10am Mass at St Paul’s
Fri
18th 10.30am Requiem Mass at Amble for
Eleanor Flanagin RIP
Sat
19th 5pm Vigil Mass at Amble
Sun
20th 10am Mass at St Paul’s.
Adoration
and Confession Thursdays 6pm—7pm
Mass
Intentions
Sunday
13th Sidney Clay
Sunday
20th Joan Deeble
Ministers
of the Word for: 13th Oct (28th Sunday)
Jo Taylor; Natalie Mallaburn;
William Cairns
Ministers
of the Eucharist for: 13th Oct
William Cairns; Louis Dassen;
Sandra Armstrong
Counters
14th Oct Team
5 Tony Wynn; Kevin Collins
21st Oct Team
6 Liz Harrison ; Judith Francis
Every Sunday we
serve refreshments after Mass at the back of church
Everyone is
welcome
Oppose
Assisted Suicide
Bishops are
calling on Catholics in England and Wales to
unite in prayer and compassionate action to
oppose assisted suicide.
On Wednesday,
16 October, the House of Commons hears the
first reading of a new bill on assisted
suicide tabled by Kim Leadbeater MP.
The
proposed legalisation undermines the sanctity and dignity of human life.
We are a praying community.
Please pray that our lawmakers will act wisely
and will value human life.
Please contact
your local MP to express your views.
The charity
Right to Life UK has a simple online mechanism to do this with a provided
factual letter.
It can be found on the Bishops’ Conference
website together with materials explaining the
Church’s grave concerns about the proposed
legislation at www.cbcew.org.uk/opposing-assisted-suicide/
Thank
you for your prayers and action. Bishop Stephen.
CAFOD
Family Fast Day
Don’t
forget to return your Family Fast Day Envelopes. Thank You.
Alnwick
Food Bank
Now that the
summer is over and the weather is changing, many will be
worried about their finances, heating their
homes and increase in food prices.
The food bank at the Lindisfarne Centre helps
many individuals and families when they face difficult times.
They rely
on help from the community, churches, many organisations and
individuals
to donate food which can be distributed the those in need.
There are donation points in Morrisons, Lidl
and Sainsburys but we also have a box here in St Paul’s..
The Autumn
requests for the food bank are:-
tinned tomatoes, tinned meat, tinned rice,
curry/pasta sauces, tinned custard,
tinned fruit, shampoo, washing-up liquid.
Can you
help please?
The
donation box will be in the porch. Thank You.
Lindisfarne
Methodist Church in Alnwick
You
are invited to join us for Lunch
At Salvation Army Hall, Hotspur Street NE66 1QE
Tuesday October 15th at 12.15pm
Savoury
Mince with veg; dessert & hot drinks
With suggested Donations appreciated
Please Book a place for this meal:
by Sunday 13th Oct lindisfarnemission@outlook.com
07493562815 (Sue)
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Tiny
Feet coffee morning
A
Tiny Feet coffee morning will be held on Saturday 12th October - 10.30-12 noon
Cakes, bric a brac, tea/coffee etc.
please support, this is part of SPUC.
Volunteer
Census For Diocese
The Diocese
is currently carrying out a volunteer census in our parish.
This is to
ensure we identify all our volunteers, to offer support and
appropriate
training and recognition for the important part all play in the life of our
parish.
A volunteer
is anyone who gives their time freely and regularly
to assist anywhere within the Parish, School,
or Diocese.
On the 13th and
19th of October the census will be explained in more
details
after the Sunday Mass.
If you
volunteer within the Parish/School/Diocese please complete
one of the forms which will be available at
the back of church or
complete your details via the QR code on the
posters at the back of church.
Volunteering
is a grace from God…Volunteers are the strength of the Church.
New
Kitchen
Finally
after a long journey that started with Mary Frater & Co we are now pleased
to say that
last Monday we passed the HCC (Historic
Churches Committee).
What that
means is we now have to wait 2 months for the due process of Council responses
etc.
before we receive our faculties prior to
starting the fundraising.
Many thanks to all who helped getting us (the
church community) to this point.
The design drawings that passed the HCC will
be put on display ASAP.
First Holy Communion
Registration Forms are available from Fr Stephen.
Flower Festival Photographs
Photographs of the recent flower festival are now on the
parish website.
Go to www.stpaulschurchalnwick.co.uk then select Photo Gallery.
September 100 plus winners
1st prize £50 has been donated anonymously by
the winner to the church.
2nd prize £30
No.43 Lawrence Collins 3rd
prize £20 No.73 Arthur Carroll
Northern Cross
The Northern Cross is now on
sale at the back of church
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 10th October
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.
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.
Feasts
of the Week
Tues 15th St
Teresa of Jesus Virgin, Doctor of the Church
Thurs 17th St
Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr
Fri 18th St
Luke, Evangelist
Nights of Light –October
Sat 19th Arthur
Carroll---In Thanksgiving
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.
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!
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