weekly newsletter - Salisbury Catholic Churches

ST OSMUND’S ╬ HOLY REDEEMER ╬ ST GREGORY’S
Clifton Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered -Charity No. 233977
PARISH PRIEST
Canon Michael J Fitzpatrick
[email protected]
07479 881 388
ASSISTANT PRIEST
Fr Colin Mason
[email protected]
01722 333581
PARISH OFFICE
Monday - Friday 9.30 - 12.30
01722 333581
[email protected]
St Osmund’s
95 Exeter Street
Salisbury SP1 2SF
01722 333581
Most Holy Redeemer
Fotherby Crescent
Bishopdown
Salisbury SP1 3EG
St Gregory’s
St Gregory’s Avenue
Salisbury SP2 7JP
01722 334496
Deacon
John Proctor
01722 340206
[email protected]
Deacon
John Detain
01722 415588
[email protected]
Deacon
Stephen Godwin
01722 501854
[email protected]
Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Barford Lane, Downton
Salisbury SP5 3QA
Deanery Youth Worker
Xanthe Dell
01722 333581
[email protected]
Chapel of the Holy Family
Southampton Road, Whaddon
Salisbury SP5 3EB
Diocesan Website
cliftondiocese.com
Parish Website
salisburycatholics.org
Deanery Website
salisburycatholicdeanery.org
ORDINARY WEEK 14
SATURDAY
4 July
SUNDAY
5 July
9.00 am
9.30 am
10:30 am
6.00 pm
6.00 pm
9.00 am
9.30 am
11.00 am
6.00 pm
Year B
Weekday Cycle 1
Psalter Week 2
St Gregory’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
St Osmund’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
St Osmund’s
MASS
Intentions of the donors
Holy Redeemer
MASS
Downton
MASS
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
St Osmund’s
MASS
Tony Sparkes RIP
St Gregory’s
MASS
Marina Goddard RIP
St Osmund’s
MASS
Sean Boylan RIP
St Osmund’s
MASS
People of the Parish
MONDAY
6 July
9.00 am
8.45 am
9.00 am
St Gregory’s
St Osmund’s
St Osmund’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
MASS
Robin Turvey RIP
TUESDAY
7 July
9.00 am
9.30 am
9.45 am
12 noon
St Gregory’s
St Osmund’s
St Osmund’s
Salisbury Hospital
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
MASS
Mary Robson RIP
Hospital MASS
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
MASS
Doris Phelan RIP
WEDNESDAY
8 July
9.00 am
10.00 am
St Gregory’s
Holy Redeemer
THURSDAY
9 July
9.00 am
11.00 am
12 noon
9.00 am
10.00 am
6.45 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
St Gregory’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
St Osmund’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
St Osmund’s
MASS
James Slade RIP
St Gregory’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
St Gregory’s
MASS
Christopher Ross RIP
St Osmund’s
Evening Prayer
St Osmund’s
MASS
Mike & Eileen Farebrother (Golden Wedding)
St Osmund’s
Proclaim15 Prayer Vigil to Midnight
ST BENEDICT, Abbot, Patron of Europe
St Gregory’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Morning Prayer
St Osmund’s
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
St Osmund’s
MASS
John Cremin RIP
Holy Redeemer
MASS
FRIDAY
10 July
SATURDAY
11 July
9.00 am
9.30 am
10:30 am
6.00 pm
St Gregory’s: Fridays 10.30am
S AC R AM E N T O F R E C O N C I L I AT I O N
St Osmund’s: Saturdays 11.00am
Holy Redeemer: Saturdays 5.40pm
Also by request: please contact the priest
CONGRATULATIONS to Eileen Connors and Patrick Doran who were married at St Osmund’s on Tuesday
30 June. Please pray for Patrick and Eileen at this special time.
CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME to Martha Evelyn-May Hide, who will be baptised at St Osmund’s
on Saturday. Please pray for Martha, her parents and Godparents, at this special time.
PRAYER VIGIL: PROCLAIM ’15 As part of the
national evangelisation effort organised by the Catholic
Church in this country for 2015 we are meeting and
praying about what we can all do here in Salisbury to
evangelise. There will be a Prayer Vigil at St Osmund’s
church this week: from the end of the 7pm Evening
Mass till Midnight on Friday 10 July. All are welcome.
We also need people to sign up to cover the later
hours of the evening please.
GLASTONBURY PILGRIMAGE The annual Diocesan Pilgrimage is being held at Glastonbury, Sunday 12
July. A coach is booked, which will leave from Salisbury; £10 per person, £5 children. First come, first
served. Please provide your own packed food and drinks. If you want to attend, please put your names on
the lists at the back of all churches now, as there are limited numbers. Parish altar servers are invited to
assist with the Mass of the Anointing at 3.30pm: please give details to the Parish Office.
BIBLE STUDY Group meets Wednesdays from 3pm to 4.30pm. The next meeting is Wednesday 15 July.
Please call 336581 for details.
PRAYER AND PRAISE is held at St Gregory’s Church from 7pm-8pm on the first Sunday of the month.
Tonight 5 July. Everyone is welcome.
PARISH DATABASE AND CENSUS We are implementing a new parish database for all our Catholic
churches here, as the current old database has got out of date. As part of this, we are doing a parish
census of all parishioners. A green census form will be handed out at all Masses this Sunday. Would you
please take a form (one per family), complete it, and return it to Niki in the parish office.
WALSINGHAM Have you booked your place on our 2015 Pilgrimage to Walsingham? If not, do so now;
you will not regret it. It is a wonderful way to prepare for the coming of Christ while all the world is sliding
into the Christmas frenzy. Peace is the word that sums up Walsingham. The village is small pretty and very
quiet. The two churches spacious, full of light and warmth and holy calm. In contrast the Slipper Chapel is
very small and charming – Our Lady and the flowers. Comfortable accommodation and good food in the
Pilgrim’s Hostel and a pub next door. Do come and join us – after one visit you will feel you must return. It
will take place by coach from Wednesday 2 December to Friday 4 December. The Pilgrimage will be led by
Fr Tom Dubois. Contact Graham Brown, who is organising a group from our Salisbury Deanery. Please
collect a booking form from the parish office and return with a non-refundable deposit of £25 as soon as
possible to the office. The total cost will be confirmed at a later date, but will probably be about £120,
dependent on numbers. Cheques should be made out to St Osmund’s Parish. All enquires to Graham –
Tel: 01980 590465 or email: [email protected].
NOAH’S ARKS Sacred Heart Church, Tisbury, is considering mounting an exhibition of Noah’s Arks,
probably in 2016. Anyone who possesses or has access to one which might be borrowed, please contact:
Fr Robert Miller 01747 870228 ([email protected]).
WHADDON GARDEN LUNCH Sunday 19th July, 12.30pm onwards, held in Mike and Anne Huntley's
garden, at Whitchers House, Alderbury. Traditionally, this is a ‘Bring and Share’ BBQ lunch to which all are
welcome. Please bring a platter of food to share (e.g. something for the barbecue, cooked meat or veggie
dish, quiche, salad, pudding), and something to drink. Further details at Holy Redeemer church, or ring the
Huntleys on 711438.
NEPAL DISASTER FUND David and Penny O’Brien are opening their garden in aid of the Nepal Disaster
– Roses and Clematis – 10.30am to 12 noon and 4pm to 6pm on Wednesday 15 July at Landsbrook Farm,
Landford Wood, SP5 2ES. 01794 390220.
ST GREGORY’S Cake stall this weekend after Mass. Donations always appreciated. Thankyou.
MY GENERATION The group are having an outing to Weymouth on Wednesday, 8 July, cost £5. For
details and to book a seat, ring Chris Francis on 321109.
SECOND COLLECTION next Sunday is for the Apostleship of the Sea. Next week is ‘Sea Sunday’ when
the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. There will be a second collection for the
Apostleship of the Sea, the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church in Great Britain. It
provides practical and spiritual support to seafarers visiting our ports. Please give generously to support its
important work. The Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) is part of an international network of AOS agencies
working in 89 countries to support the people of the sea. Many merchant seamen are Catholics who are
away from their families and homes for months at a time; and, while at sea, away from the opportunity to get
to Mass. Please take an envelope for this collection today, especially if you are a tax payer.
YOUTH
YOUTH MASS will next be held at St Osmund’s Church in September.
SOURCE Youth Group for 10-14 year olds meet on Mondays at 6.30pm.
SPIRIT GROUP for Years 4 and 5 meets in St Osmund’s Parish Rooms every Monday from 3.30pm in term
time. New members always welcome.
YDISCIPLE If you would like to join with lots of other young people discovering for themselves what a life of
faith is all about please contact Xanie.
WORDS FROM POPE FRANCIS
The reading, taken from the Acts of the Apostles, speaks to us of the first Christian community
besieged by persecution. A community harshly persecuted by Herod who “laid violent hands upon
some who belonged to the Church… proceeded to arrest Peter also… and when he had seized him he
put him in prison” (12:1-4). However, I do not wish to dwell on these atrocious, inhuman and
incomprehensible persecutions, sadly still present in many parts of the world today, often under the
silent gaze of all. I would like instead to pay homage today to the courage of the Apostles and that of
the first Christian community. This courage carried forward the work of evangelisation, free of fear of
death and martyrdom, within the social context of a pagan empire; their Christian life is for us, the
Christians of today, a powerful call to prayer, to faith and to witness.
A call to prayer: the first community was a Church at prayer: “Peter was kept in prison; but earnest
prayer for him was made to God by the Church” (Acts 12:5). And if we think of Rome, the catacombs
were not places to escape to from persecution but, rather, they were places of prayer, for sanctifying
the Lord’s day and for raising up, from the heart of the earth, adoration to God who never forgets his
sons and daughters. The community of Peter and Paul teaches us that the Church at prayer is a
Church on her feet, strong, moving forward! Indeed, a Christian who prays is a Christian who is
protected, guarded and sustained, and above all, who is never alone.
A call to faith: in the second reading Saint Paul writes to Timothy: “But the Lord stood by me and gave
me strength to proclaim the word fully… So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue
me from every evil and save me for his heavenly Kingdom” (2 Tim 4:17-18). God does not take his
children out of the world or away from evil but he does grant them strength to prevail. Only the one who
believes can truly say: “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want” (Ps 23:1). How many
forces in the course of history have tried, and still do, to destroy the Church, from without as well as
within, but they themselves are destroyed and the Church remains alive and fruitful! She remains
inexplicably solid, so that, as Saint Paul says, she may acclaim: “To him be glory for ever and ever” (2
Tim 4:18).
A call to witness: Peter and Paul, like all the Apostles of Christ who in their earthly life sowed the seeds
of the Church by their blood, drank the Lord’s cup, and became friends of God. Paul writes in a moving
way to Timothy: “My son, I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has
come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is
laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that
Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing” (2 Tim 4: 6-8). A Church or a
Christian who does not give witness is sterile; like a dead person who thinks they are alive; like a dried
up tree that produces no fruit; an empty well that offers no water! The Church has overcome evil thanks
to the courageous, concrete and humble witness of her children. She has conquered evil thanks to
proclaiming with conviction: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (cf. Mt 16:13-18).
(29 June 2015)
SPECIAL MASSES
Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham Mass:
Ordinariate Evensong and Benediction:
Polish Mass:
Syro-Malabar Rite Mass:
Extraordinary Form Mass – Third Saturdays:
Holy Redeemer: 11.00am Sunday and 6.30pm Wednesday
Holy Redeemer: 6.00pm Second Sunday of the Month
St Osmund’s:
4.00pm Second Sunday of the Month
Holy Redeemer: 5.30pm First Sunday of the Month
Holy Redeemer: September
Wardour:
August
HEALING PRAYER MINISTRY
Sunday 12 July - 9am St Osmund’s
Sunday 26 July - 9.30am St Gregory’s
Saturday 8 August - 6pm Holy Redeemer
Sunday 23 August—11am St Osmund’s
PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
CLIFTON DIOCESE: With the diocese we pray for the priest and people of St Bonaventure, Bishopston,
Bristol; and with other Christians in Salisbury we pray for the members of the local Pentecostal Churches: Elim,
Assemblies of God, and Vineyard.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS all those who are sick and in hospital. We remember those who
have died recently, and their families and friends, as well as those whose anniversaries occur at this time. May
they rest in peace.
‘STREET PASTORS’ Please keep our Salisbury ‘Street Pastors’ and ‘prayer pastors’ in your prayers this week.
Members of our own Catholic congregations go out each weekend and join with other Christians in listening and
talking to young people on the streets of our town at night.
WEEKLY GUIDE TO PRAYER
On this Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read that Jesus was not accepted in his home town. In the
eyes of the local people, he was just the person they had seen grow up. This distressed him so he did not work
many miracles at home.
At our weekday Masses we continue with the final week of readings from Genesis. Jacob stops for the night and
has a vivid dream about a stairway to heaven and the Lord telling him that the land on which he rests would be
given to Jacob and his descendants. Jacob wrestles with a stranger in the night and is blessed by that stranger
before they part. The readings then jump ahead nine chapters to pick up the familiar story of the famine and Joseph, Jacob’s son, who has been sold into slavery by his brothers. Joseph is now a powerful man in Egypt managing food in a starving world, and his brothers are sent by their father to Egypt to beg for food. Joseph meets
with his brothers and finally reveals himself to them and is reunited with his now-elderly father, Jacob, who
comes to Egypt. Jacob dies a happy man, asking only that his family take his body back to their homeland for
burial. The readings end as Joseph dies in Egypt, also asking to be buried in the land of his birth. It is a great
story of God’s fidelity.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading
A reading from the prophet Ezekiel 2:2-5
The sons are defiant but they shall know that there is a prophet among them.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 122
Our eyes are on the Lord till he shows us his mercy.
Second Reading
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 12:7-10
I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast
so that the power of Christ may stay over me.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Word was made flesh and lived among us;
to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God. Alleluia!
Gospel
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
A prophet is only despised in his own country.
6:1-6