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
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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)
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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.
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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
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