CORPUS CHRISTI BOSCOMBE NEWSLETTER
Fr Denis Blackledge SJ (425286), Fr David Gornall SJ (425286)
Fr Kevin Fox SJ (436724), Fr Tony Horan SJ (436721)
18 St James’s Square, Boscombe BH5 2BX Tel: 425286
Parish Administrator: Sandra Cook
Finance Administrator: Georgie Lockyer
(Normal office hours: 9.30am - 12.30pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Parish Office email: [email protected]
Fr Denis email: [email protected]
Temporary website: https://sites.google.com/site/corpuschristichurchboscombe/
Parish Centre/Hall Bookings: Aidan Foy Tel: 07775868253 Email: [email protected]
OUR PARISH MOTTO
IS “ONLY JESUS”
We are part of Pastoral Area 21 (Bournemouth) in the Diocese of Portsmouth - www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/e-news/
CHURCH
PARISH PRIEST/CLERGY TEL
SUNDAY MASS TIMES
CORPUS CHRISTI
See above
6.00pm vigil, 9.30am, 11.00am, 5.00pm
ANNUNCIATION, Charminster
ST EDMUND CAMPION, Castlepoint
Fr Bernardine Nsom
Deacon Barry Jennings
513369 11.00am, 6.30pm,
9.00am
OUR LADY IMMACULATE, Westbourne
Fr Bill Wilson
764027 9.00am, 11.00am
SACRED HEART, Bournemouth
Fr Bruce Barnes
Deacon Roger Carr-Jones
551013 5.00pm vigil, 8.00am, 10.30am, 4.00pm
428451
Royal Bournemouth Hospital / Christchurch Hospital chaplain: Non–urgent matters, please ring the Chaplaincy Office directly on 01202
704221. Urgent, or out-of-hours, the Catholic duty Chaplain may be contacted via Switchboard on 01202 303626.
Poole Hospital chaplain: Deacon McConville 01202 442167 (leave message) or 01202 665511 (Page RC chaplain)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR - All weekday masses are feria except :
Tues 17: St Patrick
Thurs 19: St Joseph
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year B 15th March 2015
First of all, a warm welcome to Julian Filochowski, once the Director of CAFOD, and now working for Jesuit
Missions. Julian will be here with us over the weekend with his amazing book sale. The books will be displayed in
the aisle nearest to St Ignatius’s altar. Please spend time having a browse before or after each mass.
Warm thanks to Fr Anthony Meredith SJ of our local Jesuit Community, who kindly preached daily at the Saint
Francis Xavier Novena.
I’m going to let scripture speak for itself this week, as anything I could add would only spoil it! So here are a few of the
snippets from the Second Reading and the Gospel.
“God loved us with so much love that he was generous with his mercy.”
“It is by grace that you have been saved, through faith, not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God.”
“We are God’s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live the good life as from the beginning he had meant us to live it”
“God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but
may have eternal life.”
“The person who lives by the truth comes out into the light.”
MEMORIAL MEETING ROOM PLAQUE This is the FINAL list of the names for the plaque. NO MORE NAMES CAN BE
ADDED AFTER THIS WEEKEND.
MICHAEL JOHN ADAMSON
BARTON & MACFARLANE FAMILIES
DECEASED
MICHAEL BELL
ANNIE BELLAMY
DON BENNETT
JEREMY BROWN
DEREK COLLINGS
AMELIA GRACE COOPER
DAWN COOPER
JEREMY DAVIES
FALLON & WEBBER FAMILIES DECEASED
MARJURIE EGGERDING
JOAN ELLISON
ALAN J GALLOP
BOB GRANT
JANE GREPPI
ALMA HANLEY
MARK & OLIVIA HEALY
PAUL BARRY HENWOOD
PATSY JONES
STANLEY JORDAN
DETTA KEY
TONY & WINNIE KITSON
SHEILA & LEO MCGUIRK
WILLIAM & MARY NICHOLL
CATHERINE FRANCES O'KEEFFE
COLIN CHRISTOPHER PEMBERTON
ANNE PHILLIPS
PAUL QUINN
FREDERICK RISING
PASCAL SCHMID & SCHMID FAMILY
WINIECKI & BRENNAN FAMILIES
DECEASED
‘HEARTS ON FIRE’ OPEN MEETING Wednesday 1st April from 7.30pm to 8.30pm in the Parish Centre
Are you interested in sharing your thoughts on how best to nurture and support our growing Parish
Community? You are warmly invited to this evening where ideas will be shared and reflected upon as we begin the
preparation for our Summer 'Hearts on Fire' Mission Week which commences on Saturday 25th July. HOF Team
NEW MEMORIAL MEETING ROOM is almost finished!!!! The new carpet is being re-done, at no cost to us, on 23/24
March. Chairs and table have been ordered. The official opening of the room will be mid/late April. Watch this space!!
SECOND COLLECTION today for Clergy Assistance Fund, helping sick and retired priests when they are in need.
GENERAL ELECTION LETTER FROM BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND & WALES - Encouraging us to
participate and vote in the election. Please take a copy home. Available from the porch or go to
www.catholicnews.org.uk
STATIONS OF THE CROSS each Friday of Lent at 7pm, followed by mass at 7.30pm. Led by Richard Arthur on 20th
March and Greg Cook on 27th March. Thank you to all who have helped.
EUCHARISTIC MINSTERS - Please pick up your new rota from the BACK Sacristy (opposite the new room).
JOURNEY IN FAITH (RCIA) Next session Monday 16th March at 7.30pm - 9.00pm in the Parish Centre. RETREAT on
Saturday 21st March at the Convent, 6 Parkwood Road from 10.30am - 1.30pm.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Next session for the children is Saturday 21st March at 4.00pm in the Parish
Centre, followed by Mass at 6.00pm.
IGNATIAN DAYS of Prayer and Reflection with Fr Tony Horan SJ at St Joseph’s Parish Centre, Purewell, Christchurch.
Saturday 21st March, 10.30 for 11:00am to 4.15pm (please bring a packed lunch). Every 3rd Sat (not August or Sept)
CAFOD Thank you for last week’s amazing collection of £1633.81. Many lives will be changed because of you!! A BIG
THANK YOU to all our local CAFOD supporters. CAKE SALE in aid of CAFOD on Palm Sunday weekend, 28/29 March
after all the Masses. Every pound we make for CAFOD during Lent will be matched by the Government. This limited
opportunity (until 17 May) means we can help even more people to escape poverty and transform their lives this Lent.
CAFOD Team.
EXTRAORDINARY FORM MASS offered by Fr Anthony Glaysher TODAY at Our Lady Immaculate, Westbourne, at
6.00pm, (confessions from 5.00 pm) and on the 3rd Sunday of every month.
CATHOLIC WOMEN‘S LEAGUE COFFEE MORNING Sunday 22nd March 2015 after 11am Mass at OLQP,
Southbourne. Raffle, Chocolate Tombola and much more. All welcome.
ORGAN CONCERTO REQUIEM Sunday 22nd March 7pm at St Peter’s Church Bournemouth. See poster.
EASTER 2015 HOLY WEEK LOCAL RETREAT The Handmaids of the Sacred Heart are offering young people 18 to
35, an international shared experience this Holy Week, 2nd - 5th April in the Convent, Parkwood Road. Sleeping bag
required. Cost £38. For details contact Sr Sarah-Anne [email protected] Tel: 020 8650 6313.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER is a weekend away to explore where you are going and to enliven your relationship,
bringing you closer and deepening your commitment to your lifetime together. The weekend is presented from a
Catholic Christian perspective but any married couple is welcome to attend. There are spaces available on the weekend
at Park Place (Wickham, near Fareham, Hampshire) from 19-21 June. For information and online booking visit
www.wwme.org or contact Chris & Mary Farrall – 02380 275401.
SIGNIFICANT WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 2015 Are you celebrating a big wedding anniversary (25th, 30th, 40th,
50th. 60th+) this year? Bishop Philip warmly invites you to the Significant Wedding Anniversaries Mass at 11am
on Saturday 27th June, at St Bede’s Church, Basingstoke, after which a light lunch will be served. This annual Mass is
a wonderful celebration of and witness to marriage. Any queries, please email [email protected]
Or apply online at www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/significant-wedding-anniversaries-2015.php
CATHOLIC SINGLES is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or
through social events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email
[email protected]
CAR UP FOR GRABS! Fr David’s little blue 2003 Seat Ibiza for sale - sensible offers to Fr Denis.
GERMAN SPEAKERS WANTED Fr Ted Rogers SJ, retired priest in the Corpus Christi Community, is writing a book on
the 25 Missionary Martyrs of Rhodesia, 7 of whom were Jesuits. Some of the documentation is only in German and he
needs help with translation. Please contact him on 01202 436709 or 01202 436700. Grateful thanks.
WEEKLY OFFERING BOXES - if you have signed up for an annual box of giving envelopes, or have been regularly
using the yellow visitor envelopes, please pick up your box from the table in the church porch. If you can’t find your box,
or would like a box, please contact the Finance Office.
LOOK OUT FOR THE NEW JESUITS & FRIENDS MAGAZINE - TAKE A COPY TODAY
STANDING ORDERS (Can be Gift Aided) Setting up a standing order. The details you will need are the parish bank
details, which are: Sort code 30-93-04. Parish
Account number: 01786041.
(“It’s so easy to do!!”)
GIFT AID CLAIMED THIS WEEK: 208.64
WE COULD HAVE CLAIMED AN ADDITIONAL £ 199.97 ON LOOSE COLLECTION.
MONEY BACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT!! If you are a UK taxpayer please consider Gift Aiding your
donation, so parish can reclaim 25p for every £1 donated eg: your gift of £10 becomes £12.50! To join the Gift Aid
scheme, please give contact details to Georgie in the office. Or use the yellow GA envelopes (back of church).
WEEKLY COLLECTION from
previous week. Thank you!
STANDING
ORDERS
GIFT AID
ENVS
ENVS
LOOSE
PLATE
WEEKLY
TOTAL
Wk £2200
TARGET
Society of Jesus Reg. Charity No. 230165
Diocese of Portsmouth Reg. Charity No. 246871
£ 861.00
£ 834.56
£ 69.00 £ 799.86
£ 2564.42
+ £ 364.42