C ATHOLIC P ORTSMOUTH Catholic Parishes and Schools in Partnership in the City of Portsmouth 29 MARCH 2015 – PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION Truly this man was the Son of God Today is the day of palms. It celebrates the beginning of Holy Week and the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover, which celebrates God’s freeing the chosen people from slavery in Egypt. It was the custom for pilgrims to come to Jerusalem to worship at the temple for this great feast. There was a ritual of welcome and entrance to the city for them. Palms were spread on their route into the city, and as they entered the travellers sang the familiar Hallel Psalms, songs of praise, knjown to every practicing Jew. In the reading of the Passion from Mark’s gospel we see Jesus in deep anguish, feeling abandoned by both friends and God. At the same time, Jesus shows incredible strength, faith and obedience. Jesus was faithful to his mission as servant and Messiah, even when it cost him his life. Jesus freely embraced death, an execution so painful and shameful that the Romans would not inflict it on one of their own. From the midst of intense suffering, human mockery, and the experience of abandonment, Jesus “breathed out” his life. A Roman centurion, a Gentile, recognises the true identity of Jesus: “Truly this man was the Son of God.” (Mark 15:39) Jesus, the one both hailed and derided as king of the Jews, the one crucified, is finally revealed in his deepest identity as Son of God. The essence of discipleship is that we don’t simply receive the fruit of Jesus’ suffering and death; the essence of discipleship is that we align our own identity with that of Jesus, accept self-denial and self-giving, and in this way walk with him to the cross. Disciples go wherever the Master goes. Coming to understand who Jesus is, his mission, and how that relates to us his disciples is no easy task; it takes a lifetime. Like Jesus, to be faithful followers by taking up our cross means we will feel this to the depths of our humanity; we will suffer, we will lose hart, we will cry out to God to takes life’s miserable lot away from us. But also like Jesus, we have divine life that gives us the strength to carry our cross. It is divine life pulsing within us – which we first receive in baptism – that raises up our humanity, enabling us to be faithful disciples carrying our cross, faithful disciples consistent with our identity as Christians, as the Body of Christ. Father Steven Restori HOLY WEEK AND EASTER 2015 Maundy Thursday 2 April 1930 Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper - OLoL followed by Watching until 2245 1900 Msza św. Po polsku - SS Good Friday 3 April 1200 Stations of the Cross – SS 1500 The Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion – SS 1900 Liturgia Męki Pańskiej – SS Holy Saturday 4 April 2000 Solemn Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter – SS 1200 Święcenie pokarmów - SS 1600 Święcenie pokarmów - SS 1800 Święcenie pokarmów - SS Easter Sunday 5 April 0830 Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection - SS 1015 Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection – SS 1200 Mass of the Lord’s Resurrection – OloL 1200 Msza św. po polsku - SS Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun Fr Kazimierz Stefek – Assistant Priest: Fr Pawel Przybyszewski 023 9282 8305 – [email protected] Our Lady of Lourdes Bransbury Road, Eastney, PO4 9JY - St Swithun 105 Waverley Road, Southsea, PO5 2PL Pastoral Assistant: Sr Marie Elise 07747 728734 Parish Secretary: Mrs Clare Shore - Office Hours: Mon 0900-1100 and Tues-Fri 0900-1500 St John’s Cathedral: Bishop’s House, Bishop Crispian Way, PO1 3HG – 02392 826170 Cathedral Dean: Canon Dominic Golding VG – [email protected] Assistant Priest: Fr James McAuley – [email protected] Parish Secretary: Mrs Lily Peach – [email protected] – Office Hours: 0900-1600 Mon–Fri Parish Pastoral Assistant: Sister Maura Chin [email protected] Corpus Christi & St Joseph Fr Steven Restori tel 023 9266 0927 – [email protected] Corpus Christi Gladys Avenue, North End PO2 9AZ – St Joseph Tangier Road, Copnor PO3 6JH Parish Sister: Sr Mary Gleavey FMDM 07586 801868 – St Joseph Hall Bookings: Mrs Mary Vale 07897 488254 St Colman with St Paul Fr Joe McNerney – Assistant Priest: Fr John Humphreys - [email protected] - 0239228 6408 St Colman St Colman’s Avenue, Cosham, PO6 2JJ – St Paul Allaway Avenue, PO6 4DG– tel. 023 9237 6151 Parish Assistant: Mrs Tess Pritchard Office Hours: 0900-1500 Monday to Friday PARISHES: Corpus Christi & St Joseph • Our Lady of Lourdes with St Swithun • St Colman & St Paul • St John’s Cathedral SCHOOLS: Primary: Corpus Christi • St John’s Cathedral • St Paul’s • St Swithun’s • Secondary: St Edmund’s Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk 29 March 2015 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion CONTACT Youth Club (11 – 16) CONTACT Youth Club, our youth club for young people aged 11–16, runs from 1900–2100 at St Colman’s K;k;k;l Catholic Church. £1 a week subs + tuck shop. Thank you to all the leaders and young people who have made this a wonderful term and have a happy Easter. Next Session: Wednesday 22 April ZONED In (Year 6 Youth Club) If you are in school year 6, then we run a youth club for you on Thursday nights from 1830–2000 at Corpus Christi Catholic School with lots of fun activities and equipment. £1 a week subs + tuck shop. We will be taking a break for Easter and will see you again at the start of next term. Next Session: Thursday 28 April FIRST AID TRAINING We have booked a first aid training session run by the British Red Cross at St John’s Cathedral Hall from 1030am-1400 on Saturday 13 June. There are 15 places available and costs £20 per person although we are offering it at the discounted price of £10 per person for all those involved in youth ministry. To book contact Dom by Sunday 17 May. Feel free to get in touch: facebook: ‘Dom DeBoo Portsmouth’ twitter @Dom_DeBoo_Youth www.catholicportsmouth.org.uk/youth [email protected] tel: 07769185603 REJOICE – Schools Celebration Evening On Tuesday 5 May we will be hosting a celebration evening for all of the five Catholic schools in Portsmouth featuring drama, dance, sign language and music. The evening will run from 1900–2015 in St John’s Cathedral followed by tea, coffee and light refreshments in the hall. Over the next few weeks I will be working with each of the schools to teach them material for the evening so look out for that, get the date booked in your diary and come and support us. Youth and Children’s Mass Thank you to everyone at Corpus Christi and St Joseph’s parish for your excellent participation in last weekends youth and children’s mass. Particular thanks to Fr Steven for letting us run the mass, to Christine Tye and Angela Tallieu for their help and all those who participated in any way. RECONCILIATION St John's Cathedral Saturday 1100 - 1145 1700 – 1745 St Swithun Friday 1930 – 2000 Saturday 1030 – 1100 Our Lady of Lourdes Saturday 1730 – 1755 Corpus Christi Saturday 0930 St Joseph Saturday (before 1800 Mass) St Colman Saturday 1700 – 1730 DIARY MONDAY 30 MARCH Our Lady of Peace (Medjugorje) Prayer Group:1100-1200 Jubilee Room, St John’s Cathedral Bible Timeline Study Course: 1930 St John’s Cathedral Hall TUESDAY 31 MARCH Parent and Toddler Group 0915-1115 St Swithun’s Hall Chrism Mass: 1100 at St John’s Cathedral EASTER SUNDAY 5 APRIL Latin Mass in Extraordinary Form: 0800 at St John’s Cathedral SUNDAY NIGHT EXTRA (11 – 16) Sunday Night Extra is our space for you to chill out on a Sunday night with other young Catholics, to eat good food and to explore your faith deeper. It is held in the Cathedral Discovery Centre from 1900-2045 and we ask for a donation of £2 per person towards the cost of food. From next term we will be increasing the regularity of Sunday Night Extra from monthly to fortnightly so do come and join us. Next Session: Sunday 26 April Young Adults (18 – 30) If you are aged 18–30, then every fortnight we get together in the Cathedral Discovery Centre from 1900–2100 for a meal, talk, discussion time and then prayer, adoration and confessions. In our next session we will be inviting David Beresford from The Bible Society to help us look at the theme ‘The Easter Message’. Next Session: Tonight - Sun 29 March Volunteers Training Evening On Tuesday 28 April we will be putting on an evening for all of our volunteers called ‘Passion for Portsmouth’ in the Cathedral Discovery Centre from 1900 –2015 looking at how we can develop a mission mind-set in the time that we give/ Please put the date in your diaries. Please pray for those who are ill, especially: Micheline Thompson, Michael Foster, Pat Needham, John Malbon, Margaret Badger, Rosemary Ashton, Anne Sullivan, Catherine Morgan, Eileen Huddleston, Barbara Mulligan, Harry Murray, Arthur Tobin and Jo Wheeler. And for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Michael Power, Edward Marks, Ernest Japler, John O'Driscoll, Gladys Minnie O'Hara, Thomas Pearson, Ethel Pharo, William Parsons, Mary Comber, Sydney Tynan, Violet Querstret, Adeodata Andrews, Lilian da Silva, Patricia Rose Andow, John Molloy, Johanna O'Callaghan, Sheila McCaughey, Mary Simpson, Catherine Capon, Bro. David Poulten FSC, John Cogher, Bernard Duffy, George Crook, Phyllis Foster, Isabel Clabburn, Sebastian Ellul, Margaret O'Brien, Bernard Bedford, Ada McHugh, Patrick John Tyrell, Ernest Horace Turner, Charles Peyton, Alexander Watson, Lilian Lowe, Teresa Allemao Woolvin, Thomas Dale, Michael Connolly, Aidan Timothy Culloty, Patrick Milford, Stephen John McKenna, May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen WE ACKNOWLEDGE LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTIONS WITH THANKS: - Corpus Christi with St Joseph: £1,088.58 inc SO/DD - Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun: £1,016.29 inc SO (57% GA) - St Colman with St Paul: £1004.30 inc SO (68% GA) - St John’s Cathedral: £1,775.98 inc SO (53% GA) Clergy Assistance Fund: £541.55 Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk Pastoral Area News HOLY PLACES COLLECTION The collection on Good Friday is for the AREA upkeepNEWS of the Holy Places of the Church. Please give generously. BLESSING OF EASTER FESTIVE FOOD There will be a service on Holy Saturday 4 April at 1600 in the Cathedral to bless the food to be used for Easter celebrations. This is a Polish tradition but all are welcome. Święcenie pokarmów wielkanocnych odbędzie się w Sobotę Wielkanocną o godzinie 16 w Katedrze. EVENING DINNER – FRIENDS ENTERTAINING FRIENDS To help raise funds for Rebecca Galbraith in support of her trip to Peru in 2016 with Outlook Expeditions, there will be an Evening Dinner on Friday 10 April, 1900 – 2200 in the Discovery Centre. The evening will consist of a 3 course meal and entertainment and is a ticket only event, restricted to a maximum of 60 people. Tickets are £15 per person. Further information and Tickets will be available from Paul Washington after each Mass this weekend 28/29March. (Vegetarian /Special Diets can be accommodated) CHURCHES IN MILTON AND EASTNEY (“CHIMES”) are holding a Good Friday walk from 1000 at the Coffee Cup on the seafront, finishing at the Pyramids. People are welcome to join in en route or meet at the Pyramids. DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND Bishop Philip Egan, together with Mgr Canon Vincent Harvey and Fr James McAuley will be leading the Pilgrimage from 22 November to 02 December. Bookings are now being accepted. See www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk for electronic enquiry form. Should you wish for more information, do contact the Pilgrimage organisers, Deacon Iain & Cheryl MacFirbhisigh: Tel 015 3472 5963 or email: [email protected]. DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION There will be Divine Mercy Devotion at St Swithun’s Church on Sunday 12 April at 1500. All welcome to attend. EMBROIDERY EXHIBITION 2015 St Agatha’s Church, Market Way, Portsmouth. From Friday 12 June to Saturday 20 June 1000-1600. Closed Sundays. For further information visit: www.stagathaschurch.co.uk or call 07454815968. HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT ST AGATHA’S CHURCH - Palm Sunday Mass at 1100 - Monday mass at 1100 - Tuesday Stations of the Cross at 1100 and 1930 - Maundy Thursday Mass and Procession to Altar of Repose 1930 - Good Friday Passion Ceremonies and Communion 1200 - Saturday Easter Vigil mass and ceremonies 1930 - Easter Sunday Mass at 1100 SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN’S TRAINING Training is being offered on Sunday 19 April from 1300-1500 at St Paul’s Church, Paulsgrove. If you are working with children make sure you have attended a safeguarding training. Contact Soraya on 023 9283 6511. ST PETER'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY St Peter's Catholic Primary, a vibrant twoform entry school in Waterlooville, is seeking to appoint a Headteacher. Closing date is 30 March. Further details and an application pack: [email protected] ST EDMUND’S SCHOOL PORTSMOUTH There is a vacancy for an Assistant Finance Manager to cover maternity leave starting 1 June 2015 for 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year. Please contact Mrs Slight on 023 9282 3766. PASTORAL CARE SERVICES So much outstanding practice already takes place in our local parishes and could be made more widely available. The Pastoral Care Services team is appealing for parishioners who have experience in caring for travellers, the bereaved, those with mental illness, the homeless, people with dementia, residential homes or disability. We are particularly concerned to promote support for those who are profoundly deaf and would appreciate contact with that part of the Catholic Community. For further information contact Fr Peter Hollins 01730 262290 or [email protected]. Parish News VOLUNTEERS FOR WASHING OF FEET ON HOLY THURSDAY AREA If you NEWS would like to volunteer to have your feet washed by the priest during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday evening at Our Lady of Lourdes at 1930 please put your name on the sheet on either of our Church Notice Boards. MASS OF THE OILS Tuesday 31 March at 1100 at St John’s Cathedral. The bishop and all the priests and deacons of the diocese renew their dedication to serve in the Church and to administer the sacraments. At this Mass the Bishop blesses and consecrates the oils of Chrism, Baptism and the Sick. These oils will be used in all the churches of the diocese during the coming year. Please note that there will be no 10am Mass at St Swithun’s on this day. HOLY PLACES – GOOD FRIDAY The collection on Good Friday is for Holy Places to support people and places of the Holy Land. Christians of the Holy Land rely heavily on help that comes from this collection. Your donation will directly help in the care, protection and preservation of the sites associated with the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in the Holy Land. EASTER OFFERINGS It is the custom in the Diocese for the Easter Sunday collection to be given to the parish clergy for their personal use. This forms a significant part of their annual income. Gift Aiders: please use the white envelope in your pack so that the Parish can also benefit. FOOD BANK A reminder that we will NOT be taking donations of food for the Food Bank in April. GIFT AID ENVELOPES If you have not already done so please pick up your box of Gift Aid envelopes for the next tax year. Please sign the form to confirm that you are still paying tax. If you would like a statement for last year please contact Clare in the Office. DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION There will be Divine Mercy Devotion at St Swithun’s Church on Sunday 12 April at 3pm. On the Second Sunday of Easter, the responsorial psalm and Gospel for Cycles A, B and C centre on the theme of mercy. In Psalm 118 we sing three times, “His mercy endures forever.” The Gospel, from John 20:19-31, begins with the risen Christ appearing to the apostles on Easter night. Jesus calms his disciples by saying and giving them “Peace”. He shows them the scars of his Passion, his wounded hands and side. His glorified body retains the evidence of his saving work through his suffering, death and resurrection. The Risen Jesus fills them with joy and again says to them - and produces in them - “Peace”. Then He breathes on them and explains what the divine breathing means with the words, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained”. He gives the apostles the power of God’s mercy for the sinner, the gift of forgiving sins from God’s treasury of mercy. From Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday to the Eighth Day of Easter, the divine love song of mercy is chanted amid abundant alleluias. For centuries in liturgy the Church has proclaimed the mercy of God through the Word of God and the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. The tables of Word and Sacrament are heaped with the promises of Divine Mercy and its grand effect in the lives of millions. Please note that the Devotions do not include Mass! Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk Liturgical Calendar and Mass Times S SATURDAY 28 MARCH First Mass of Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion SUNDAY 29 MARCH PALM SUNDAY of the Lord’s Passion Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1 – 15:47 MONDAY 30 MARCH of HOLY WEEK TUESDAY 31 MARCH of HOLY WEEK WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL of HOLY WEEK THURSDAY 2 APRIL MAUNDY THURSDAY FRIDAY 3 APRIL GOOD FRIDAY of the Lord’s Passion SATURDAY 4 APRIL HOLY SATURDAY SATURDAY 4 APRIL Solemn Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter SUNDAY 5 APRIL EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION, solemnity Acts 10:34, 37-43 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9 1800 0800 0830 0900 0930 1000 1015 1100 1100 1200 1200 1600 1800 1800 0730 0915 1000 1215 0730 1100 1900 0730 0915 1000 1000 1215 1900 1930 1930 2000 2000 0730 1000 1200 1500 1500 1500 1500 1900 1900 1900 1200 1600 1600 1800 2000 2000 2030 2100 0800 0830 0900 0930 1000 1015 1100 1100 1200 1200 1200 1600 1800 Our Lady of Lourdes St Colman St John’s Cathedral St Joseph St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Joseph St Colman St John’s Cathedral St Swithun Corpus Christi St Paul St Swithun St John’s Cathedral QA Hospital St Swithun St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral St Paul St Swithun St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St John’s Cathedral St Colman Corpus Christi St Swithun St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Joseph Our Lady of Lourdes St John’s Cathedral St Colman St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Swithun St Joseph St Colman St John’s Cathedral Corpus Christi St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Swithun St Swithun St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Paul St Swithun Corpus Christi St John’s Cathedral St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Joseph St Colman St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Paul Corpus Christi Our Lady of Lourdes St John’s Cathedral St Swithun QA Hospital St John’s Cathedral People of the Parish John Walters RIP (BW) Hetherington Family INT People of the Parish Tony Slow RIP Bernard and Margaret Duffy RIP Stanley Roach RIP Peter Anthony Myles RIP (SM) Edith Mary Alcantarilla RIP Carmen Labiand RIP Una Kronshage RIP Petitions (AH) Mass in Polish Nada Hudson INT Mass in Polish People of the Parish Special Intentions (FD) Margaret Darby RIP P McLaughlin Family INT F Chrism Mass Holy Souls (AJ) Funeral Mass: Rita Haughian RIP William Joseph Geary P Nicholas Locke RIP Mass in Polish Intentions of Frances Reece Charles Benny RIP P Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Win & Tom Cummings RIP (CC) Stations of the Cross led by families of the parish Stations of the Cross The Solemn Liturgy The Solemn Liturgy The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord's Passion The Solemn Liturgy of the Passion Stations of the Cross Stations of the Cross led by Bishop Phillip The Solemn Liturgy in Polish Blessing of Easter Food Blessing of Easter Food Blessing of Easter Food Blessing of Easter Food Deceased Members of the Scantlebury Family (FM) Marie de Glamorgan RIP P People of the Parish Solemn Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter Mary Ann Doherty RIP Michael Gracias RIP F Intentions of Sr Mary Gleavey Thanksgiving (FD) Richard Trist INT Margaret Moran and Family Ryan Tejam RIP (CT) Moira Cooke RIP People of the Parish People of the Parish Mass in Polish John Joseph Cummings RIP (CC) Sister Bernadette Nevin OLC INT F: Foundation – P: Perpetual Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk
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