10 January 2016 - St. Joseph The Worker

ST. JOSEPH
THE WORKER
Fr. Leslie Knight
The Presbytery
17 Highview Crescent, Hutton
Brentwood, Essex CM13 1BJ
T: 01277 221917
M: 07730 409784
Miss Bernadette Rossiter
St. Joseph the Worker
Primary School
Highview Crescent, Hutton
Brentwood, Essex CM13 1BJ
T: 01277 227282
www.stjosephshutton.org
Mission Statement
To have Christ at the centre of our
lives, enabling us to grow in faith
as a community where all feel
welcome, loved and valued.
St Joseph’s Pre-School (Brentwood)
Highview Crescent, Hutton
Brentwood, Essex CM13 1BJ
T: 01277 212591 (Session time only)
W: stjosephspreschoolbrentwood.co.uk
Lord give me the gift of a generous heart to follow your will as I journey the path of life.
You set before me the vocation of priesthood, religious life, single life and marriage. Grant me
the grace and generosity I need to answer your call. Amen.
Welcome to our parish news of St. Joseph the Worker 10 January 2016
Upcoming Masses
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY
JANUARY 2016
Saturday 9 6.00 p.m.
Mary Connaughton RIP
Sunday 10
8.30 a.m.
People of the Parish
10.30 a.m.
Pic Savourey
SEASONS OF THE YEAR BEFORE LENT
Monday 11 9.15 a.m.
Int. Anne Anderson
J and M Anderson
Tuesday 12 9.15 a.m.
For Julia
Wednesday 138.30 a.m.
Deceased and living members
of Muldowney families
Thursday 14 9.15 a.m.
Deceased and living members
of Muldowney families
Friday 15
9.15 a.m.
Brian Green RIP
Saturday 16 9.15 a.m.#
Private Int.
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY
Saturday 16 6.00 p.m.
In Thanksgiving
M and J Anderson
Sunday 17
8.30 a.m.
People of the parish
10.30 a.m.
Mary Boyer RIP
M and T Smith
Sacrament of Reconciliation on Saturdays
between 9.45 A.M. and 10.15 A.M.
Coffee/Tea On Thursdays
Please note that after the 9.15 a.m. Mass
on Thursdays, there is coffee/tea in the
parish room (off the Sacristy)
Come together with Jesus in the
Eucharist and each other afterwards.
Part One
Hearing the word of God
He sends out his word to the earth. (Psalm 147:15)
God’s loving initiative
“Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and varied ways by the prophets.”
(Hebrews 1:1) Our Christian faith affirms that God communicates with us. This
communication, which we know as ‘divine revelation’, begins long before the
coming of Christ. As the Letter to the Hebrews asserts, men and women came
gradually and in various ways to know God through hearing the voice of God They
came to know God as one who desired communion of life with them. It was due to
love that God reached out to us. Dei Verbum solemnly declares that ‘the invisible
God, out of the abundance of his love, addresses people as friends and converses
with them, to invite them to communion with him and to receive them into that
communion’ (Dei Verbum 2). This revelation of God takes place in the actions and
words of God in history. The God who in the beginning created all things by the
word continued through the centuries to care for the chosen people, so that they
came to know the one true God and to await a Saviour.
The Son, the fullness of all revelation
‘In these last days God has spoken to us by the Son.’ (Hebrews 1:2) In the Son of
God this revelation reaches its climax, for he is ‘both the mediator and the fulness
of all revelation’ (Dei Verbum 2). The Catechism explains: Through all the words of
Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he
expresses himself completely.’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church 102) Jesus Christ
confirms what revelation proclaims, namely ‘that God is with us to free us from the
darkness of sin and death, and to raise us up to eternal life’ (Dei Verbum 4). By his
death and resurrection from the dead, Christ, the Word of God, brings us the good
news of God’s love. Whoever comes to knowledge of Christ, comes to knowledge of
the Father by the gift of the Holy Spirit. In this way we come to know God as
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is revealed to us through Christ and God’s will for
our salvation is made known to us. Our response to God’s Word is a response of
faith, which leads on to thanksgiving and praise (Dei Verbum 5).
Scripture and Tradition
God’s revelation, which came to its fulness in Christ, the Word of God, was handed
on from generation to generation and reached written form in the books of the
Bible. The prophet Isaiah instructed his disciples to preserve his teaching by writing
it down for future generations (Isaiah 8.16). St. Paul speaks of receiving and handing
on in his preaching the fundamental beliefs about Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-3). In
such ways we see the emergence of the Tradition, which comes to signify all that
has been revealed and handed on concerning Christian faith and life. The Second
Vatican Council speaks of Tradition as follows: ‘Now what was handed on by the
apostles includes all those things which contribute towards the holiness of life
and the increase of faith of the people of God, so that the Church, in her teaching,
life and worship, perpetuates and hands on to all generations everything that she
is, everything that she believes.’ (Dei Verbum 8)
continued on p3
Eucharistic Ministers at
This Week’s Masses
18.00
8.30 10.30
Gaye O’Regan
Bill O’Regan
Paul Bolton
Joan Parker
Lyn Birnie
Ken Eady
Kathy Hillhouse
Mary Brooks
Chris Brooks
Readers at This Week’s Masses
18.00 Pat Creavin
8.30 Gerry Sarah
10.30 Marina Moffat
Eucharistic Ministers at
Next Week’s Masses
(16/17 January)
18.00
8.30
10.30
Maurice Roche
Ewa Kania
Stella Walker
John Spinks
Mary Allum
Margaret Bailey
Dominic D’Albequeque
Willa Jackson
Marina Moffat
Readers at Next Week’s Masses
(16/17 January)
18.00 Marian Anderson
8.30 Carol Giles
10.30 Sophie Newbould
We welcome you to St. Joseph the Worker on this the Feast of
the Baptism of the Lord.
First of all, I wish to thank everyone who prepared the church
for Christmas and all who carried out the various Ministries.
I also want to thank each and every one of you for the cards,
gifts and your Christmas offering. Everyone was so kind.
Thank you.
I hope this year will be a year in which we will all come closer to Jesus and
Mary, who have had a sabbatical from Sunday Mass, but will return on a regular
basis so that our whole parish will benefit from the Merciful Father in this
Jubilee Year of Mercy. For all of us the story in Luke’s Gospel of the Prodigal Son
is worth reading over and over again, and pray about it and its implications
for each one of us. We only have a few weeks and we will be plunged into the
season of Lent, a season of Mercy.
As we return to today, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord brings a fitting
climax to the season of Advent. Christmastide draws our attention to the
revelation of the Trinity, which is at the very core of our Christian faith. This is
the secret at the very heart of God’s mystery, namely that God is three persons
in one. God the Father of mercies, the Son who redeemed us, and the Spirit
who makes us holy. Through baptism we are immersed into the mystery of the
Blessed Trinity.
In this Year of Mercy we are invited to enter in the very depths of the
unsearchable and unfathomable riches and treasures of God’s life and mystery.
Each one of us has received the call to evangelise and lead others in our family
and community into the mystery of the Trinity. As we embark on our journey
through this New Year, we too invoke the Blessed Trinity and ask the Father to
pour out his love and the Son’s mercy, and the Spirit his grace and power upon us.
Have a great Sunday and a wonderful week with your families.
Anniversaries
We pray for the anniversary of all
our relatives and friends, especially
those whose anniversary occurs at
this time.
We pray for:
Freddie Foster, Jean Vowles, Eric
Smith, Florence Cronin, Gwendoline
Thomas, Antoinette Vassey, James
Tobin, Frederick Slaughter, Mary
Shaw, Josephine Millett, Horace
Hutton, Harry Ford, Margaret
O’Riorden, James Power, George
Porter, Arthur Gilbert, Rosemary
Walker, and Alfred Said
Priests of our Diocese:
Canon Francis Dobson (1991), Fr.
John King (2012), Fr. Gilbert Pearson
(1947), Fr. Neville Banks (2006) – one
time parish priest of St. Josephs.
May these and all the faithful
departed Rest in Peace and Rise in
Glory and Grace
Sickness
We pray for our sick in our parish:
Nicholas Sharkey, Daniella DiLisio,
Paul Denton, Don Whittle, Simone
Austin, Jacqueline Birnie, Maureen
Flaherty, Pauline White, Mairead
O’Driscoll, Nora McPherson, Mano
Subryan, Kathleen Green, Beryl
de Prazer, Mary Sheehan, Janice
Masters, and Jim Jarvis.
Our Lady of Lourdes intercede for
them.
If there are any changes please let
Fr. Leslie know.
Join The Brentwood Diocesan
Pilgrimage to Lourdes, Summer 2016
In this Year of Mercy and Celebrating the
Feast of the Assumption a Pilgrimage will
be led by Bishop Alan Williams from 14-19
August 2016
Flights and Full Board Price from £639 (Coach option from £419 also possible)
Plenty of assistance for pilgrims with
medical needs. Come as a parish group,
come on your own, come as a group of
friends, come as a couple ... everyone is
welcome!
For full details and a booking form
call Cathy on 01206 501146, or email
[email protected].
www.brentwoodlourdes.org
Jubilee Year Of Mercy
The Holy Door is open every day at the
Cathedral – accessed from the car park.
To gain Plenary Indulgence you have
recently received the Sacraments of
Holy Communion and the Sacrament of
Reconciliation and to pray one Our Father,
one Hail Mary and one Glory Be….for the
intentions of Pope Francis.
Children’s Liturgy.
The Children’s Liturgy of the Word takes
place at 10.30 a.m. Mass. This is not a
crèche but a celebration of the Word of
God. To attend your child should be
between four and seven years.
200 Club Winners
October
NovemberDecember
1.C Peters 1.A Walker 1.D Grainger
2.A C Bailey 2.J Jarvis
2.M Bailey
3.B Richards 3.M Yates 3.D Gill
Thank you for your support and a very happy
New Year from all at St. Josephs 200 Club.
Say Each Day
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy.
Hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children
of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine
eyes of mercy towards us, and after this
our exile, show unto us the Blessed fruit of
thy womb Jesus. O Clement, O loving, O
sweet Virgin Mary.
New Readers And Eucharistic
Ministers Needed
In this Year of Mercy what can you do to
serve others? One way is to assist in
proclaiming the Word of God by becoming
a Reader - we especially need more Readers
at the 6.00 p.m. Saturday Mass. Or perhaps
you feel called to help administer the
Eucharist at Mass and to the sick of the
parish. If you think you would like to
volunteer for these Ministries, please see
Fr. Leslie or contact Willa Jackson:
[email protected]
Full training/opportunities to practice will
be given.
Finance News
Looking Back – Looking Forward
Bible Alive and Word Alive - January
Now it’s time for making New Year’s
resolutions! But first let’s look back at 2015.
◊ What did you enjoy the most during
this year?
◊ What was the hardest for you?
◊ What really great things have happened
to you this year?
◊ Now think about 2016. What would you
like to be better at?
◊ How can you help others more?
◊ How can others help you?
◊ What really great things would you like
to happen to you and in the world
during the year to come?
Share your ideas with someone who cares
about you. Write them down so that you
can look at them again this time next year.
Both these publications are now available
at the back of the church and cost £2.25
and £1.50 respectively. They both go together.
Word Alive gives all the Scripture readings
for each day during the month. Bible Alive
gives you a reflection on these readings.
Please do make these two booklets part
of your family prayer so that all may grow
in love and service of the Lord.
Hospitality Ministry
The Sunday Hospitality Ministry is calling for
volunteers to serve coffee, tea, biscuits, etc.
after the 8.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. Masses.
The more volunteers that we have the
easier it will be to prepare a rota, which
will be a great help for everyone concerned.
Please see Father Leslie or call Jan on 200278.
Church Cleaning
We are looking for volunteers to clean the
church on Fridays after morning Mass for
approximately 30 minutes. Tea and coffee
is always provided afterwards.
Sunday Choir 10.30 a.m.
We are looking for new members for our
choir at our 10.30 a.m. Sunday Mass. We
are also keen to talk to anyone who can
play a musical instrument. If you are
interested, please see Catrina after 10.30
a.m. Mass.
Abbotswick House Of Prayer.
Come, relax and recharge your spiritual
batteries. Please pick up a card from the
back of the church.
The Parish Properties
Father Leslie would greatly appreciate
some help in looking after and
maintaining the parish properties: Church,
Church hall and Presbytery. This is mainly
from an admin point of view, plus Health
and Safety issues. If you have some
property knowledge and a few hours to
spare each week, then please email
[email protected] and Ian
will pass on your details to Father Leslie.
This would be a voluntary position, but it
would provide great help and support to
Father Leslie and the parish.
Our Housebound and Those
Who Live Alone
So many of our housebound and those in
care homes miss the parishioners at
St Josephs. One such parishioner is Kath
O’Reilly. Her address is St. Anne’s Home,
Room 20, 77 Manor Road, Stoke Newington,
London N16 5BL. Wouldn’t it be nice for as
many of us as possible to send her a letter,
or card, of good wishes from time to time,
and indeed to all housebound parishioners
we know so that they are not forgotten at
Christmas time.
Merciful Like the Father
In this coming year our focus
should be on the Corporal Works
of Mercy and the Spiritual Works of
Mercy, as below.
Corporal Works of Mercy
◊ to feed the hungry
◊ give drink to the thirsty
◊ clothe the naked
◊ welcome the stranger
◊ heal the sick
◊ visit the imprisoned
◊ bury the dead
Spiritual Works of Mercy
◊ to counsel the doubtful
◊ instruct the ignorant
◊ admonish sinners
◊ comfort the afflicted
◊ forgive offences
◊ bear patiently for those who do us ill
◊ pray for the living and the dead
The above will we our challenge for the
Year of Mercy.
200 Club
For an outlay of just £24.00 per year (£2.00
per month by standing order) you can win
a monthly prize of £45.00, £25.00 or £15.00
and your generosity will also help us with
our stretched finances here at St. Joseph
the Worker. Please pick up a 200 Club form
from the table at the back of the church.
from page 1
In recent years Christians of different
communities in dialogue have explored
together the close relationship between
Scripture and Tradition. An Agreed
Statement by the Second Anglican - Roman
Catholic International Commission
declares: ‘Within Tradition the Scriptures
occupy a unique and normative place and
belong to what has been given once for all.’
(The Gift of Authority 19).
A Report of the Joint Commission for
Dialogue between the Roman Catholic
Church and the World Methodist Council
reads: The Word is present in Tradition as
the communication of the Gospel to new
generations of believers.’ And again: ‘Since
they preserve the proclamation of the news
of salvation by the prophets and apostles,
the Scriptures are at the same time the
model and the heart of the Tradition.’
(Speaking the Truth in Love 18) Scripture
and Tradition, closely bound together, make
‘present and fruitful in the Church the
mystery of Christ’ (Catechism of the
Catholic Church 80).
For the week ending 2/3 January 2016
you gave £264.03 of which £26.00 was
GIFT AIDED (excluding Standing
Orders).
Crib Collection for Brentwood
Catholic Children’s Society raised
£214.70.
Thank you and God Bless.
GIFT AID
Please do not forget, if you are a UK
taxpayer, to Gift Aid what you give to
the church. This benefits the parish
enormously. At present we have a lot
of maintenance work to attend to in
the Parish Hall and Church and all of
this will cost a considerable amount
of money. Every little helps!
200 CLUB
Also, there are “200 CLUB” forms at
the back of church. Please sign up for
£2.00 per month, maybe win a cash
prize every month, and help your
parish financially.
Many thanks and God Bless
Pope Francis
@pontifex
Let us thank God who is merciful and
ever at our side.
No one can put limits on God’s love,
for he is always ready to forgive.
The mercy of God will always be
greater than any sin.
Let us pray for Christians suffering
persecution, often amid the shameful
silence of so many.
Catholic Newspapers
Please note that the Herald, the
Universe and the Catholic Times are
available at the back of the church.
Don’t forget Bible Alive £2.25 and
Word Alive £1.50. Also money for
books in the box under the picture of
the Prodigal Son.
Fr. Leslie wishes you all a
very happy New Year.
In The Gospel Today
Jesus is baptised by John. The Holy Spirit
comes down from heaven like a dove.
God the Father is heard saying to Jesus,
“You are my Son. the Beloved”.
A Prayer to Say
Dear Jesus, baptism is a time when we
are welcomed into God’s family. Thank
you for welcoming me into your family.
Help me to be a good family member so
that I can be a true child of God. Amen.
EACH WEEK WE ASK PARENTS TO SAY
THIS PRAYER WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PICK UP A COPY.
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We hope you enjoyed reading the newsletter this week; please do remember that if, for some reason, there are not enough hard copies
at the back of the Church, it can always be downloaded from the Parish website (www.stjosephshutton.org). A PDF of the newsletter
can be found under “communication”.