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16^th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Sunday 21^st July 2024

Services

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia, alleluia!

The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord,
I know them and they follow me.

Alleluia!

GOSPEL

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 6:30-34

Glory to you, O Lord

The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught.

Then he said to them,
‘You must come away to some lonely

place all by yourselves and rest for a while’;
for there were so many coming and going that the apostles had no time even to eat.

So they went off in a boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves.

But people saw them going, and many could guess where; and from every town

they all hurried to the place on foot and reached it before them.
So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd;

and he took pity on them because they were like sheep

without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length.

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 from Monday 6^th May

Tues 23rd 6pm Mass at St Paul’s

Wed 24th 12noon. Nuptial Mass at St Paul’s

Thurs 25th 10.30am at Amble.

Fri 26th 10am Mass at St Paul’s

Sat 27th 5pm Vigil Mass at Amble

Sun 28th 10am Mass at St Paul’s.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Thursdays 6pm—7pm

Mass Intentions

Sunday 21st People of the Parish

Sunday 28th In Thanksgiving (J & A)

Ministers of the Word for 28^th July (17^th Sunday)

Martin Bridgeman; Robert Miller; Brendan Murray

Ministers of the Eucharist 28^th July

Jenny Snooke; Sandra Armstrong; William Cairns

Counters

22nd July Team 5: Tony Wynn; Kevin Collins

29th July Team 6: Liz Harrison; Judith Francis

Every Sunday we serve refreshments after Mass at the back of church

Everyone is welcome

Future Notice

The Lindisfarne Partnership Pilgrimage to

Holy Island is on Sunday 7th September.

A coach will be available at £10 per head.

Details to follow.

Church Account

£650.00 has been paid into Church Accounts* for

fees received from the 2 concerts

which were recently in Church.

WANTED - please!

The first holy communion team are in need of a portable white

projector screen. If anyone has a screen they no longer use which

they might donate to the team, please let Fr Stephen know.

Newman Tyneside Circle

Newman Tyneside Circle invites you to a guided tour of St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle

(with particular attention to the stained glass windows, including the new Kevin Nichols window).

The tour will take place on Tuesday 6 August, at 2pm and will be followed

by discussion, refreshments and an extraordinary general meeting of the circle.

June 100 plus winners

1st prize £50 no 105 Angela Greenslade,

2nd prize £30 no 47 Anthony McGrady

3rd prize £20 no 125 Mary Atkinson

Thank You

Thank you to all who helped on any way to raise £500 for 3Church Funds

from Sales at the back of 3church and Donations.

Elsie Doherty.

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.

Great North Run for CAFOD

Would you like to take part in the Great North Run for CAFOD?

If so, we’d love to invite you to take on the challenge.

The Great North Run happens on Sunday, September 8th in Newcastle

and is the biggest Half Marathon in the world!

If you’d like a place to run for CAFOD, please go to:

https://cafod.org.uk/fundraise/challenge-events/run-for-cafod/great-north-run or email events@cafod.org.uk.

Youth 2000

Don’t forget to book for the Youth2000 Summer festival in Ampleforth Abbey

August 23-26 https://www.youth2000.org/events/summerfestival2024

HOLY ISLAND CHILDREN’S CAMP

Holy Island Camp has a limited number of places available on weeks 3, 5 and 7 for children in school years 5-7.

A week's holiday costs £150 for food, accommodation, activities and transport by coach from Tyneside.

There are still some assisted and free places.

The holiday is a traditional one with lots of fun, sports, craft activities and excitement.

For further details please

visit https://svp.org.uk/microsite/holy-island

Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies (CCRS) 2024-2025

The Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies is managed and awarded by the

Board of Religious Studies on behalf of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.

The programme seeks to ensure that participants have a basic

understanding of the central beliefs of the Catholic faith.

This programme is available for catechists, lay leaders and other adults wishing to

deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith and Catholic education,

serving teachers in Catholic and other schools, and teachers

in training preparing to take up posts in Catholic schools.

The 2024-2025 CCRS course programme is now available on the Diocesan website:

https://diocesehn.org.uk/education/professional-development-and-formation/#ccrs

If anyone would like further information, they can contact Eamonn Diffley at the

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, Department for Education on 0191 243 3313 or email education@diocesehn.org.uk

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.

Alnwick Flower Festival

St Paul’s Church will be hosting the Alnwick Flower Festival 2024.

The preview night will be Wednesday 7th August and the festival will run from

Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th August 10am to 4pm.

Anyone who wishes to sponsor a display or help in any way please contact either

Mary Donaghey 01665 510253 or Jean O’Hanlon.

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

Prayer Group Intentions

A book has been placed in the Lady Chapel by the Prayer Group

for anyone who would like the group to pray for their intentions.

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 1^st August 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.

Baptism at St Paul's Alnwick is open to all babies who have at least one parent who is Roman Catholic themselves.

Please telephone Father Stephen at the Parish House for further information.