C ATHOLIC P ORTSMOUTH Catholic Parishes and Schools in Partnership in the City of Portsmouth SUNDAY 3 MAY - FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER We are due to be pruned says the Gospel; cut back so that new growth can form which will yield more fruit. Yes we get complacent, we get stale and we need a fresh start. We need someone to whisper to us to get up and take a new step, to make a difference, to be life giving. But, oh dear, pruning means I have to have parts of me cut back - the parts that lead me away from Jesus, I suppose, or the parts that weaken my connection to the vine; to the body of Christ; to you. Something in or about me might have to be cut which I anticipate will cost or hurt me in some way but I need to be prepared to allow change, to allow the Father to correct and discipline me as my loving father. I could avoid the pruning – carry on without looking back – but the gospel also warns that the vine grower, the Father, may cut me off altogether. There is no life without Jesus, so pruning is the choice I make. Just how the Father will choose to prune is up to Him but ‘Live in me’ says Jesus, later in the gospel reading, ‘as I live in you’. We know Jesus lives ‘in us’ by the nature of our very creation. John 1 v3 reminds us that all things were made through Him and without Him nothing came into being. It is unsurprising then that ‘He lives in us’. But Jesus seems to be inviting us to ‘live in Him’ and it is surprising perhaps that this is not a certainty but an invitation. We need to actively choose to live ‘in Him’. Jesus has chosen you and me to respond to His invitation right now and actively get to know Him so intimately that we are completely grafted onto the vine; that we are ‘in Him’ in every aspect of our lives. How is this intimacy achieved? Well, although there are many forms of prayer I don’t think we can avoid time spent in conversation, speaking and listening to Jesus; time set apart from all else and focussed on Him. The more time we spend in Jesus’ company, and the more open we are, the easier to hear the whisper of the Father’s voice. Then we can be confident in asking for what we need, knowing, that because it is completely in line with the will of the Father, we shall receive what we ask. This then is the foundation on which we receive and build our lives, and step out into something new, and make a difference, and be life-giving. Pruning leads to much more fruit, so let us have the desire to be well grafted onto the vine. Let us pray for an abundance of fruit, fruit that will last throughout our city. There is much to be done. Lucy Sayer Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun Fr Kazimierz Stefek - Assistant Priest: Fr Pawel Przybyszewski tel. 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 Tel. 07747 728734 Parish Secretary: Mrs Clare Shore Office Hours: Mon 0900-1100 and Tues to Friday 0900-1500 Safeguarding Representative: Val Croughan 023 9234 1682 St John’s Cathedral: Bishop’s House, Bishop Crispian Way, PO1 3HG – Tel. 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 Monday – Friday Parish Pastoral Assistant: Sister Maura Chin [email protected] Safeguarding Representative: Sue Smy 023 9273 0855 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 Safeguarding Representative: Elaine Lindsay 07749 200592 St Colman with St Paul Fr Joe McNerney (Hospital Chaplain) – Assistant Priest: Fr John Humphreys [email protected] - 023 9228 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 Safeguarding Representative: Irene Taylor 023 9264 0754 or 07914 722708 Pastoral Youth Worker: Dom DeBoo tel 023 9283 6524 mob 07769 185603 – [email protected] 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 SUNDAY 3 MAY 2015 - FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 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. Next Session: Wednesday 6 May. 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 are looking for a couple more leaders to join our team so if you’re able to help please let me know. Next Session: Thursday 7 May. FIRST AID TRAINING We have booked a first aid training session run by the British Red Cross at St John’s Cathedral Hall from 1030– 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. SUNDAY NIGHT EXTRA (11 – 16) 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 This 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 last couple of weeks I have been 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. Sunday Night Extra is our space for you to chill out on a Sunday night with other young Catholics, eat good food and 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. Sunday Night Extra will be increasing in regularity from monthly to fortnightly so do come and join us and explore your faith deeper. Next Session: Sunday 10 May. THE BEACON PROJECT The Beacon Project is an exciting new prayer project at St Swithun’s Catholic Church open to all people (14+). It encompasses the rosary, praise and worship, great teaching and adoration The evening runs from 1930–2130 in the church followed by tea and coffee. Next Session: Monday 4 May. PASSION FOR PORTSMOUTH Thank you to all of those that came and supported us on Tuesday for our evening ‘Passion for Portsmouth’. It was a great opportunity to think about some of the deeper issues underlying our ministry and how we can have a real heart and drive for Portsmouth. RECONCILIATION DIARY 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 Monday 4 May - Our Lady of Peace (Medjugorje) Prayer Group: 1100-1200 Jubilee Room, St John’s Cathedral - Beacon Project – St Swithun’s Church 1930 Tuesday 5 May - Parent, Toddlers and Baby Group: 0915-1115 St Swithun’s Hall - Cluster Multi-Schools Celebration Evening ‘Rejoice’: 1930 at St John’s Cathedral Friday 8 May - Mothers Prayer Group – 1045 Our Lady of Lourdes Church - WCCM – Meditation Group – 2000 Meeting Room, St Swithun’s Hall - Guides and Brownies meet 1700-2000 Our Lady of Lourdes Community Room Saturday 9 May - Annual Rosary Rally: 1215 Mass at St John’s Cathedral and Benediction at 1400 Monday 18 May - Beacon Project – St Swithun’s Church 1930 Please pray for those who are ill, especially: Micheline Thompson, Michael Foster, Pat Needham, 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: Mark Imperiali, Canon Patrick O'Leary (former PP), John (Jack) Mason, Thomas Woods, John Singer, Emerientiana (Reini) Goss, John Francis Caine, Francis John Hadley Grady, Charles Peyton, Anna Greenway, Jane Sands, John Porter, Marion Gash, Sarah Jayne Payne, Joan Empson, Lawrence Lawes, Catherine Walsh, James Halstead, Barry Hickey, Robert Frazier, Margaret Bolt, Walter (Wally) Puddick, Patrick O'Leary, Doreen Lord, Joseph Talt, Henry James Hampton, Harry Suter Ellul, William Curry, Paul Vella, Florence Bisson, Margaret Mary (Maire) Bristow, Catherine Owles, Thomas O'Doherty, Maureen Kinsella, Canon Daniel Cogan, Bernard Durr, James Donovan, Ivy Mary Eccles, Frances Finney, Teresa Burke, Elizabeth Mary Jeannette Ebdon-Hussey, Cecil Brain, Dorothy Carter, Barbara Joan Dore, Violet Vickery and Adam Sheppard. 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: £1,107.07 inc DD/SO - Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun: £991.06 inc SO (56% GA) Clergy Training Fund £187.10 (56% GA) - St Colman with St Paul: £1145.10 inc SO (73.4% GA) - St John’s Cathedral: £2,033.37 inc SO (43% GA) NEWSLETTER NOTICES If you have articles, news, notices or anything you wish to advertise in this newsletter, please email it to [email protected]. Please ensure that it is received by 1800 on the preceding Wednesday. Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk Pastoral Area News THE BEACON PROJECT An evening of praise and worship, AREA NEWS teaching, fellowship and prayer at 1930 on Monday 4 May at St Swithun’s Church, Waverley Road, Southsea PO5 2PL. We aim to meet every two weeks on Monday evening for Rosary, time of praise and worship, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, teaching, small groups and prayer. Bring your friends. Contact: [email protected] ROSARY CRUSADE 2015 (ROSARY RALLY) Join the Confraternity of the Rosary to pray for conversion and for world peace on Saturday 9 May. Starts at 1215 Holy Mass followed by the Rosary, procession, hymns and prayers. Concludes with Benediction & Brown scapular enrolment. Refreshments in the Cathedral Centre at 1500. VISIT OF RELICS OF BLESSED LOUIS AND ZELIE MARTIN The relics of Blessed Louis and Blessed Zélie Martin, one of the first married couples ever to be beatified will arrive in the Cathedral on Thursday 21 May at 1000 for a Day of Veneration. Bishop Philip will celebrate Mass at 1215. Blessed Louis and Blessed Zélie are the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux. You can read more about them on www.louisandzeliemartin.org PORTSMOUTH CATENIAN The Portsmouth Catenian are running a 5-a-side walking football tournament on Saturday 6 June at Portsmouth College. If you would like to play contact Nigel Miller 01243373039 or [email protected] BIG CHURCH DAY OUT Big Church Day Out is a Christian music festival for the whole family, 23-24 May Wiston House, West Sussex. Every year, 20,000 Christians attend this music festival, which features contemporary Christian music and Catholic worship leaders such as Matt Maher. This year, parishioners of Portsmouth Diocese are being offered a special discount. Tickets start at £18 for adults and £12 for children. There will also be a Sunday Mass for Catholic festivalgoers. Further information www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk and click on ‘Big Church Day Out’ where you can also watch a promo video. OAKLANDS CATHOLIC SCHOOL STAFF VACANCIES Music and Modern Foreign Languages (either French or Spanish) Teachers. Further details on school website [email protected]. Closing date 11 May 2015 (1700). DIOCESAN “DON BOSCO” BOYS’ CAMP Fr Mark Hogan will lead a boys’ camp of secondary school age at St Cassian’s Kintbury from Sun 26 July to Sat 1 August. Cost £180 (bursaries available) Contact: Tony and Michelle Crabtree, Penney Cottage, Heather Lane, Up Nately, Hook RG27 9PT and [email protected] PORTSMOUTH CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION “Can we have dignity in medicine without faith – and if so, how? A talk during Mary’s month of May by Father Andrew Pinsent on Tuesday 12 May at 1930 in the Cathedral Hall Centre. UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH STUDENTS Hello to you all! I wish you every good wish and blessing as you prepare for exams or hand in coursework. If you do need a listening ear please call in to see me or one of the other Chaplains in the Nuffield Center. We want to support you. On Wednesday 6 of May we have our final Mass of the year. We welcome all students and staff. Please come along so that we can give thanks to God for the past year with all its joys and challenges and pray for one another. Mass will be at 1830 followed by refreshments. On Sunday 10 May at my flat 33, Brandon Court, Lawrence Road, Southsea, PO5 1PF there will be the Students’ Brunch followed by “A short reflection on Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, too”. It would be great to see you there! Easter blessings, Angela. Contact: 023 92823706 or [email protected] CELEBRATE SOUTHAMPTON The Catholic Charismatic Weekend Conference will take place from 26-27 Sept 2015 at St Mary’s College, Bitterne Park. The speakers are Archie Cameron, Gemma Wildsmith, David Wells and Steve Murray. Fees Adults over 22 years: £38 Young Adults 16-21 years: £20 Children 3-15 years: £10 Creche under 3 yrs: Free. There will be children and youth streams for all ages. For further details contact: READERS AT ST SWITHUN’S Please collect the new rota from the Sacristy. If possible, can you put in your dates as soon as possible for August, September and October on the form in the Sacristy. We are quite low on readers and would really appreciate more volunteers, or everyone on the list to fill in their availability to avoid the same people reading all the time. THANK YOU To Brian McCreesh for showing the DVDs on Catholicism during Lent. There will be a new series by Robert Barron which Brian will be showing in St Swithun’s Hall in the autumn. CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 10 May to 16 May If anyone can help deliver and collect envelopes for Christian Aid in the streets near St Swithun's Church, please contact Anne Worden on 9281 7586 (evenings) or email [email protected]; or in the streets near Our Lady of Lourdes Church please contact Monica Madigan on 02392 732577. ST ELIZABETH CONVENT, BELARUS PRODUCTS FOR SALE - On Friday 15th May after 10am and 7pm Masses there will be a sale of items from St Elizabeth Convent. They are a charitable organisation aiding disabled orphan children and housing people who have suffered the rough and tumble of life (homeless, drug or alcohol addicts, ex-prisoners and less able) providing food, medicine and emotional support. The workshops include sewing and embroidery shops, candle workshop, wood-carving, stone and blacksmith workshops. Some of the people working have lost all hope in realizing their potential due to illness. Together with the sisters these people produce beautiful articles with love and prayer. The products include clerical vestments, church vestments, liturgical sets, banners, book covers and bookmarks. Expert icon painters and tailors collaborate to create real masterpieces, using semiprecious stones and pearls, gold, silver, brass strings, and natural silk. Please come and support this very worthwhile cause. [email protected]. uk or 02380 292 058. All welcome. Parish News VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED If you are free on a Tuesday morning and AREA NEWS would like to help at our Parish Parent and Toddler group please contact Sr Marie Elise on 07747 728734. Also if you enjoy flower arranging and wish to be part of the team please contact Sr Marie Elise. ASCENT GROUP Trip to Boarhunt/Southwick on Thurs 14 May. For those booked please assemble at St Simon’s Church car park at 0945 to board the red minibus that will leave at 1000. Please note that St Simon’s Church car park is situated next to St Simon’s Church at the lower end of St Ronan’s Road where it forms the junction with the lower end of Waverley Road Southsea. For any queries please contact Bob Steward on 02392 833690. FIRST COMMUNION First Communions will be on Sunday 21 and 28 June at St Swithun’s Church. Please continue to pray for our children preparing to receive the Eucharist and their families. Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk Liturgical Calendar and Mass Times S SATURDAY 2 MAY First Mass of 5th Sunday of Easter SUNDAY 3 MAY FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 9:26-31 1 John 3:18-24 John 15:1-8 MONDAY 4 MAY THE ENGLISH MARTYRS (1535-1680), feast TUESDAY 5 MAY of the 5th Week of Easter WEDNESDAY 6 MAY of the 5th Week of Easter THURSDAY 7 MAY of the 5th Week of Easter FRIDAY 8 MAY of the 5th Week of Easter SATURDAY 9 MAY of the 5th Week of Easter SATURDAY 9 MAY First Mass of 6th Sunday of Easter SUNDAY 10 MAY SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48 1John 4:7-10 John 15:9-17 People of the Parish Sean Morgan RIP (TG) People of the Parish Jim Pidgely 0800 0830 0900 0930 1000 1015 1100 1100 1200 1600 1800 1800 1000 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 St Paul Corpus Christi St John’s Cathedral QA Hospital St John’s Cathedral St Swithun St Swithun 1215 St John’s Cathedral Tony and Adelaide de Battista RIP 0915 1000 1215 1900 0730 1000 1200 1215 0915 0930 1000 1200 1215 0730 0930 1000 1215 1830 1900 0900 1000 1215 St Colman Mick Woodgate & Deceased Parishioners RIP (SW) St Swithun Sarah Bryant RIP P St John’s Cathedral Private Intention St Swithun St John’s Cathedral Jackie Fitzpatrick INT St Swithun Joseph Aloysius Talt RIP F Corpus Christi Ann & John Shortael RIP St John’s Cathedral David Robinson INT St Colman Holy Souls (CC) St Joseph Audrey O'Leary F St Swithun DJ's Personal Intentions Our Lady of Lourdes St John’s Cathedral Funeral Mass for Martin Johnson RIP St John’s Cathedral Joseph Salerno RIP Corpus Christi Susan Choo Richards St Swithun Frederick Robinson RIP P St John’s Cathedral Michael and Samuel Grubb RIP St Colman Phyllis Galloway RIP (TG) St Swithun Corpus Christi Alessandro Salvati P St Swithun Albert Dyer RIP P St John’s Cathedral Kathleen and Terry North RIP Our Lady of Lourdes People of the Parish St Colman Maureen & Harry Brickwood RIP (CB) St John’s Cathedral Provost Gerard Hetherington and Family F St Joseph Cyril Foster St John’s Cathedral St Swithun Miss Clare de Hamel & Parents RIP F St Joseph Frederick Johnson F St Colman Joan Hudson RIP (BH) St John’s Cathedral Deceased Members of Nash Family RIP St Swithun KHS for the Welfare of Christians in the Holy Land Corpus Christi People of the Parish St Paul Mary Ann White RIP (CC) St John’s Cathedral People of the Parish Our Lady of Lourdes Mass in Vietnamese QA Hospital John Joseph Cummings RIP (CC) St Swithun Mass in Polish St John’s Cathedral Bernadette Flynn RIP F: Foundation – P: Perpetual 1800 1800 0800 0830 0900 0930 1000 1015 1100 1100 1200 1400 1600 1800 1800 Mary Anne Glyson RIP P Eileen Gamson RIP Elizabeth Fallow RIP (TG) Deceased Members of Featherstone and Nash Families RIP People of the Parish (PS) People of the parish Rowland Aman RIP Holy Souls (CC) Sister Rita Andrews INT Mass in Polish Holy Souls Catholic Portsmouth - www.CatholicPortsmouth.org.uk
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