Bulletin Board
24th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
Year C
15th October 2019
Services during the week
St Paul’s, Alnwick
Monday – 10am
Word & Communion
Tuesday, Friday --- 10am Holy Mass
Wednesday—NO Mass
St Aidan’s, Seahouses
Thursday --- 10am Mass
Confessions after the 10am Mass Tuesday
to Friday and on request.
Please
remember
St Paul’s Church, Alnwick in your will.
Thank You.
We offer
our Sympathy and Prayers
to the
Family and Friends of :-
· Ronald Jones. His
Funeral Service is on
Tuesday 17th Sept at 11.30am in Alnwick Cemetery
Chapel.
· Pauline Butters. Her
Funeral Service is on
Wednesday 18th Sept at 10am in Cowpen (Blyth) Crematorium.
May They
Rest in Peace.
First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion 2019-20
Our Reconciliation and First Holy Communion preparation
programme
for
children in year 4 (turning 9 years old) or older,
will
be starting on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September.
Registration forms which must be completed and
returned no later than
Friday 20th September are available at the back of
church or
from St Paul’s
School office (01665 602547).
Children
must be registered before the programme starts.
Fund Raising
Thank you once again for your continued support of sales
at the back of church.
£280 was raised fron the Sales Table and £20 form Handcrafted Cards.
Elsie Doherty
MACMILLAN
COFFEE DAY
FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER AT
4 CLIVE TERRACE
COFFEE SERVED FROM 10.30
SOUP AND ROLLS BETWEEN 12-2.00PM
Thank you June Etterley
SWANSFIELD PERK PRIMARY SCHOOL
PEARL OF AFRICA CONCERT
6.30pm THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER IN ST.PAUL'S CHURCH
PEARL OF AFRICA CHILD CARE
TICKETS Adults £4.00 = Children £2.00 (or pay on door)
This will be a fantastic colourful concert with children
from other
primary
schools including St.Paul's taking part.
Do support this very great event.
NORTHUMBERLAND PRAYER NET
THIS
SEPTEMBER IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY
Over fifteen prayer groups and many individuals and
couples will
be
praying for an hour for the county sometime over the weekend 14th to 15th
September.
Locally, people
are welcome to join the prayer group in Alnwick which
will
be on Monday 16th September, 2pm at 6 Victoria Terrace, Alnwick NE66 2XN.
Everyone is
welcome.
The Holy Spirit is stirring up people to pray for
Northumberland
for
His will to be done and His Kingdom to come!
Based on the gospel passage, Matthew 4:18-22,
we
believe the emphasis for this prayer net event will be to pray for
Healthy relationships in the wider church
and for Mission.
Great North Run
Paul Delbridge took part in the
GNR on Sunday, 8th September,
to
raise money for ‘Hospice Care Northumberland’.
A form is at the back of church if you would like to
sponsor him.
Thank You.
St Paul’s Roof Fund
We are beginning in earnest a Roof Fund Project to help
with
the overall expenses that will be incurred.
Plans of what needs to be done are at the back of church.
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 was established by
Sister Agnes Gleeson in 1994.
Mercy Associates
share the values of Mercy, Compassion and
Prayer
which Catherine McAuley, our foundress, treasured.
We 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
Unfortunately, due to tougher import rules, Toothpaste
and
Sweets are no longer allowed as Shoebox gifts.
Please see new leaflets
for what can be included
We would like to thank those parishioners
who
gave items for the shoebox appeal.
Now we need donations for the money to put in boxes.
We have about 90
boxes and we need £5 for each box.
We have received
some money already.
We are doing this
for children who have nothing and
hope
you will help us give these children a nice Christmas.
A box will be at
the back of church. Many thanks for your generosity.
Yvonne,
Elsie & Pam.
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.
Alnwick food bank
If you are a Morrison's shopper you may have noticed we
now have a
collection trolley,
displaying our logo where you can leave donations.
All our
supermarkets, Co-op, Morrison's and Sainsbury's, are now
drop
off points, for which we thank them for their support..
We are now half way through the school holidays and still
busy
packing and delivering our "school parcels".
Thank you to you all for your generosity in helping us meet this demand.
Please keep it up.
Repository
If you would like to order a Sunday Missel,
there is a catalogue
on
the stall showing designs and prices.
Feasts of the Week
Monday 16th—SS Cornelius & Cyprian Bp,
MM
Friday 20th—SS Andrew Kim, Paul Chong Hasang
& Companions
(The
Korean Martyrs)
Saturday 21st—St Matthew, Apostle & Evangalist
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
August Draw
3rd No.119 Linden & Elizabeth Dodds
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.
