Newsletter for Sunday May 19th 2013

Masses this Week
Sunday May 19th. 9.15am. Robert & Margaret Muir
Sunday Feast of Pentecost Day of Special Prayer for the Church.
Monday May 20th. 10.00am. Private Intention
Tuesday May 21st. 10.00am. No Service
Wednesday May 22nd. 12.noon No Mass
Thursday. May 23rd. 10.00am Monica Walker
Friday May 24th. 7.00pm. Holy Souls
Saturday May 25th. 9,00am. No Mass
Sunday May 26th. 9.15am. Private Intention
Sunday Feast of The Holy Trinity

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Lawrence Carty, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly, Pat Sanderson, Father Milburn, John Titterington and all housebound Parishioners.

2. Anniversaries – May 20th – 26th.
Jeremiah Murphy, Joseph Tiffen, Thomas Askless, Mary Annis, James Sydney Stobbs, William McKeown, Thomas Henry Annis, James Gaffney, Patrick Mc Cormick, Michael Fahey, James Joseph O’Reilly, Michael Bell, Patrick McAvoy, Ada Carpenter, Paul Graham, Jane Anne Craigs, John Simpson, Charles Thomas Craig, William Maxwell Bulman, Brian Howie, Mary McCarthy, Francis Gibson, Isabella Doyle, Rita Lamb. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney, Doreen Scope, Father John Caden, Joyce Drummond, Beatrice Gilmour, Brian Dobison & Robert Telfer recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £104.90p
Gift Aid. £ 82.00p
Communications Collection £ 21.50p Many thanks
Today a Special Collection for The Lay Training Fund. (open till June 16th.)

4. May 200 Club:.will be drawn on May 26th.

5. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

6. Lourdes – Your candle was placed at the Grotto and Mass said there for your intentions and the Parish by the Pilgrimage Priests. Photo on the notice board.

7. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

8. Diocesan Festival: The Diocesan Festival will take place on 29th. & 30th. June at the Diocesan Youth Village in Consett. DH8 9BA. £10 per person (includes both days) under 18’s go free. . Please book by 24th. May. Numbers are limited. For more information – website http://www.rcdhn.org.uk

9. May Procession: The Schoolchildren will be taking part in a May Procession in honour of Our Lady on Monday 20th. May. From 1.30pm. at Church. All are welcome to attend.

10. Parish Council will meet on Tuesday 21st. of May, at 7pm. Any Agenda items can be left at the Piety Stall. This is your Parish and all Parishioners are welcome to attend the Council meeting. Parents of our School Children are especially welcome to attend.

11. CAFOD Hungry for Change Programme: The G8 Hunger Summit will be held in the UK in June. CAFOD is working with another 170 charities to demand that G8 tackle the root causes of hunger, for thought there is sufficient food in the world, 870 million people don’t have enough to eat. The first stage will be to bombard the Prime Minister’s Office with freepost messages reminding him how important it is to solve the problem once and for all. Cards will be available in the coming weeks, followed by further action. Pope Francis will certainly expect Catholics to be spearheading the campaign so get your pens ready to sign and send the cards when they arrive!

12. ‘Near Restful Waters – Days for Carers’. During Carers’ Week, there will be three days around the Diocese for Carers to come together for a time of rest and reflection. Wednesday 12th. June. St. Joseph’s Norton. (£15 to include lunch). Thursday 13th. June. Minsteracres (£30 to include 3 course meal). Saturday 15th. June. Holy Name, Jesmond (£15 to include lunch). To book please contact Department for Spirituality – 0191 2433313 e-mail spirituality@diocesehn.org.uk

13. Priest`s Sick Communions: Fr Brown will take Holy Communion to housebound parishioners in private accommodation on Thursday morning.

14. Ecumenical Pilgrimage to Holy Island on 13 July 2013. 900 tickets have been distributed and more are being snapped up. Anyone who would like to go is asked to inform their parish priest so tickets can be allotted.

Newsletter for Sunday 5th May 2013

Masses this Week
Sunday May 5th. 9.15am. Carmelina & Eddie Emptage
Monday May 6th. 10.00am. Private Intention
Tuesday May 7th. 10.00am. No Service
Tuesday St.John of Beverley (OM)
Wednesday May 8th. 12.noon Private Intention
Thursday. May 9th. 10.00am Private Intention
Friday May 10th. 7.00pm. Sister Audrey R.I.P.
Saturday May 11th. 9,00am. No Mass
Sunday May 12th. 9.15am. Private Intention
Sunday Feast of the Ascension

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Lawrence Carty, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly, Pat Sanderson, Father Milburn, John Titterington and all housebound Parishioners.

2. Anniversaries – May 5th. – 12th.
Daniel Coxon, Elizabeth Mason, John Brown, Marion Taylor, John Crawford, Mary Jane Loughlin, Margaret Blackett, Albert Quinn, Anne Burke, Alfred William Brough, William Holland, Elizabeth McKenny, Mary Ethel Welsell, Helen Maxwell, Martin Cornelius Durkan, Joan Cameron, Mary Pauline Dawson, Joseph Rigolon, John Hirst, Catherine Spencer, George Bunting, Francis Kelly, George Larkin, Joseph Fisher, Joan Brown. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney, Doreen Scope, Father John Caden, Joyce Drummond, Beatrice Gilmour, Brian Dobison & Robert Telfer recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £94.40p
Gift Aid. £71.00p
Sick & Retired Priests Collection £53.20p Many thanks
Donation £25.00p

4. April 200 Club Winners: .

£50 No. 159. G. Aynsley. £20 No.120 O.Rowe. £1) No. 31 G.Sanderson.

5. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

6. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

7. Diocesan Festival: The Diocesan Festival will take place on 29th. & 30th. June at the Diocesan Youth Village in Consett. More details and booking instructions to follow.

8. May Procession: The Schoolchildren will be taking part in a May Procession in honour of Our Lady on Monday 20th. May. From 1.30pm. at Church. All are welcome to attend.

9. Parish Council will meet on Tuesday 21st. of May, at 7pm. Any Agenda items can be left at the Piety Stall. This is your Parish and all Parishioners are welcome to attend the Council meeting. Parents of our School Children are especially welcome to attend.

10. CAFOD Hungry for Change Programme: The G8 Hunger Summit will be held in the UK in June. CAFOD is working with another 170 charities to demand that G8 tackle the root causes of hunger, for thought there is sufficient food in the world, 870 million people don’t have enough to eat. The first stage will be to bombard the Prime Minister’s Office with freepost messages reminding him how important it is to solve the problem once and for all. Cards will be available in the coming weeks, followed by further action. Pope Francis will certainly expect Catholics to be spearheading the campaign so get your pens ready to sign and send the cards when they arrive!

Feed the World.

Newsletter for Sunday 7th April 2013

Masses this Week
Sunday April 7th. 9.15am. Special Intention (ED)
Monday April 8th. 10.00am. Sister Audrey. R.I.P
Monday Feast of the Annunciation (transferred from 25th. March)
Tuesday April 9th. 10.00am. No Service
Wednesday April 10th. 12.noon Private Intention
Thursday. April 11th. 10.00am Private Intention
Friday April 12th. 7.00pm. Holy Souls
Saturday April 13th. 9,00am. No Mass
Sunday April 14th. 9.15am. Private Intention

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Lawrence Carty, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly, Pat Sanderson, Father Milburn and all housebound Parishioners.

2. Anniversaries –April 8th. – 14th.
David Henry McGill, William Leslie McCarthy, Norah Teresa Macbeth, Mary Gibson, Mary
Ann Lambert, Michael Bamborough, James Edward Goode, Robert Turnbull, Charles Cameron, Elizabeth McGregor, Margaret Crabtree, George Lambert, Cornelius Lewis, Cecilia Cairns, Michael Fineran, Richard Main, James Bowden, James Livingstone, Hugh Drinkeld, Robert Lamb, Ellen Shepherd, James Coffey, John Pattinson, Robert Dominic Dunbar, Rosanna Best. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney, Doreen Scope, Father John Caden, Joyce Drummond, Beatrice Gilmour & Brian Dobison recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £115.10 p
Gift Aid. £ 70.00p
Holy Places £ 17.46p Many thanks

4. March 200 Club Winners:
£50 No. 80 K.Gillies. £20 No.4. P.Amis. £10 No 171 E.Sanderson.

5. Lourdes Petitions. Parishioners will be going to Lourdes in May and anyone wishing to send candle offerings or petitions for the Grotto can leave them at the Piety Stall and they will be placed there for you.

6. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

7. Fish & Chip Supper & Social Evening: 10th. April, 7pm. In aid of Parish funds. Tickets £5.50p each available from the Piety stall.

8. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

9. Diocesan Festival: The Diocesan Festival will take place on 29th. & 30th. June at the Diocesan Youth Village in Consett. More details and booking instructions to follow.

10. Mass and abstinence for over 70`s. Fr Brown has been asked recently about whether the obligation to attend Mass every Sunday and to observe days of fasting and abstinence apply to the over 70`s. The law on Sunday obligation is that all Catholics are obliged to attend a Sunday Mass (includes Saturday vigil) unless for a serious reason. Age in itself does not constitute a serious reason. As for fasting and abstinence, abstinence from meat is binding on all who have completed their fourteenth year (canon 1252). Fridays are always days of abstinence in England and Wales unless a major feast falls on a Friday. Fasting (which applies to only Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) ceases to be an obligation for those who have begun their sixtieth year.

11. Father Brown & Father Milburn wish to thank everyone who helped to prepare the Church for Easter and those who helped with the Services.

Jesus is Risen

ALLELUIA

Newsletter for Sunday 24th March 2012

Masses this Week
Sunday March 24th. 9.15am. Matilda Bews
Monday March 25th. 10.00am. Private Intention
Tuesday March 26th. 10.00am. No Service
Wednesday March 27th. 12.noon Private Intention
Thursday. March 28th. 7.00pm
Maundy Thursday. Mass of The Lord’s Supper and Watching until 10.00pm.
Friday March 29th. 3 .00pm.
Good Friday Fasting & Abstinence. Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion.
Saturday March 30th. 7.30pm.
Holy Saturday. Easter Vigil Service with Mass.
Sunday March 31st. 9.15am. Peter Tierney.
Sunday – Easter Day.

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition. Stations of the Cross after Mass.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Lawrence Carty, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly, Pat Sanderson, Father Milburn and all housebound Parishioners.

2. Anniversaries –March 25th. -31st.
Annie Bergin, George Albert Hope, Sadie Wiseman, Rosemary Ann Duggan, James Dawson, Maria McNulty, Annie Douglas, Dorothy Carpenter, Peter McMullen, William Dunn, Norah Muckle, George Henry Watson, Leslie Topping, Dorothy Fry, John Gaffney,
William Gibson. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney, Doreen Scope, Father John Caden, Joyce Drummond & Beatrice Gilmour recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £95.76p
Gift Aid. £78.00p
Lenten Alms £16.00p Many thanks

4. March 200 Club Will be drawn on Easter Sunday, 31st. March

5. Lourdes Petitions. Parishioners will be going to Lourdes in May and anyone wishing to send candle offerings or petitions for the Grotto can leave them at the Piety Stall and they will be placed there for you.

6. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

7. Fish & Chip Supper & Social Evening: 10th. April, 7pm. In aid of Parish funds. Tickets £5.50p each available from the Piety stall.

8. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

9. Diocesan Festival: The Diocesan Festival will take place on 29th. & 30th. June at the Diocesan Youth Village in Consett. More details and booking instructions to follow.

10. Year of Faith: The next DVD presentation by Fr Barron will take place in the hall at St Mary`s on Tuesday 26th March at 7.30pm. The theme is proof for the existence of God.

11. Mass and abstinence for over 70`s. Fr Brown has been asked recently about whether the obligation to attend Mass every Sunday and to observe days of fasting and abstinence apply to the over 70`s. The law on Sunday obligation is that all Catholics are obliged to attend a Sunday Mass (includes Saturday vigil) unless for a serious reason. Age in itself does not constitute a serious reason. As for fasting and abstinence abstinence from meat is binding on all who have completed their fourteenth year (canon 1252). Fridays are always days of abstinence in England and Wales unless a major feast falls on a Friday. Fasting (which applies to only Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) ceases to be an obligation for those who have begun their sixtieth year.

12. Penitential Service at St Mary`s Cathedral. Saturday 23rd March at 12 noon with individual confessions until 5pm when there will be Benediction.

13. Holy Week confessions. St Mary`s church, Forest Hall, will be open for exposition with confessions on Wednesday 27th March from 6pm-7pm.

14. Mini Pilgrimage to Hexham and Heavenfield in gratitude to St Wilfrid and St Oswald who passed on the faith to us Sat April 6th 10 – 1pm Mass at the Abbey celebrated by Bishop Seamus Cunningham. Gather at St Mary’s Catholic Church for 10am. Procession to the Abbey for Mass at 10.30 Journey to Heavenfield where St Oswald won the North for Christianity (optional) or follow a virtual pilgrimage in the parish hall. All Welcome

15. Priest`s Sick Communions: Fr Brown will take Holy Communion to housebound parishioners living in private homes this Thursday morning.

Clocks go forward, Saturday night.

Newsletter for Sunday 24th February 2013

Masses this Week
Sunday February 24th. 9.15am. Fr. Eddie Gibbons. (NBF)
Monday February 25th. 10.00am. Private Intention
Tuesday February 26th. 10.00am. No Service
Wednesday February 27th. 12.noon Private Intention
Thursday. February 28th. 10.00am. Private Intention
Friday March 1st. 7.00pm. Private Intention
Friday St. David (F)
Saturday March 2nd. 9.00am. No Mass
Sunday March 3rd. 915am. Ada Christie.

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition. Stations of the Cross after Mass.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Lawrence Carty, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly, Father John Caden, Pat Sanderson, Father Milburn and all housebound Parishioners.

2. Anniversaries – February 25th. – March 3rd.
Maria Hands, Robert Kelso, James McPhee, Walter Brannan, Maria Ritson, Violet Matthewson, Priscilla Milburn, Joseph Henry Haley, Maureen Shiells, Michael Carruthers, John Edward Sproat, Benjamin Brennan, Terence Albert Brady, Peter Tait, Rosemary Gibson, Joseph Spencer, Eleanor Rogers, Maureen Walsh, Mary Elizabeth Dunbar, Anita Robson, Elizabeth Shannon, George Lunn. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons and Eddie Emptage, Ada Christie, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney & Doreen Scope recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £ 98.76p
Gift Aid. £586.40p Many thanks

4. February 200 Club Will be drawn on today in the upper room after Mass.

5. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

6. Fish & Chip Supper & Social Evening: 10th. April, 7pm. In aid of Parish funds. Tickets available from the Piety stall from next week.

7. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

8. USED CHRISTMAS CARDS: Mr Jan Ludwinski writes: A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated their cards to me. The response was excellent. I now have a lot of work to do to design and print a range of nativity and religious cards for Christmas this year. I`m still looking to work with an experienced graphic designer. If you`re interested in the role, then please call me on (1091) 266 1316.

9. Year of Faith: The next episode of Fr Barron`s `Catholicism ` will take place on Tuesday 26th February at 7.30pm at St Mary`s Forest Hall. All welcome. The topic will be the teaching of Jesus.

10. The Beginning Experience is holding a weekend for those who find themselves alone again through divorce, separation or bereavement. The programme gives people the opportunity to deal with their feelings and come to terms with their loss and grief in order to be able to start to live again rather than just exist. The weekend will take place from 19th-21st April 2013 at Ministeracres Restreat Centre, near Consett, Co Durham. For details contact Maureen on 01912841595, Rosemary on 01207 563672 or email grannyanny8@yahooo.co.uk

11. Following the sudden closure of St Josephs Benwell, Sharing Fair wish to express gratitude to Fr Milburn, Fr Brown and parishioners for the use of 2 rooms at St Peters & Paul and thanks too, to all the volunteers from the Parish who support the project”

Newsletter for Sunday 17th February 2013

Masses this Week
Sunday February 17th. 9.15am. Peter Tierney (KC)
Monday February 18th. 10.00am. Craig Michael Grainger
Tuesday February 19th. 10.00am. No Service
Wednesday February 20th. 12.noon Private Intention
Thursday. February 21st. 10.00am. Private Intention
Friday February 22nd. 7.00pm. Private Intention
Friday Chair of St. Peter in Rome (F)
Saturday February 23rd. 9.00am. No Mass
Sunday February 24th. 9.15am. Fr. Eddie Gibbons. (NBF)

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition. Stations of the Cross after Mass.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Lawrence Carty, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly, Father John Caden and all housebound Parishioners.

2. Anniversaries – February 18th. – 24th.
Thomas Garrity, Jane Adamson, John Norman Scott, Ann Langshaw, James FitzPatrick, Mary Redmond, Joseph Kenneth Holmes, Yamar Pegram, Thomas Gaffrey, Leo McCourt, Edward Wilkinson, Catherine Elizabeth Wood, James Johnson, Peter Dane, Alice May Ivey, Elizabeth Brooks, Alice Harrison, Lancelot Maddison, Thomas Temple, Maurice O’Malley, Catherine Ann Henry, Irene Thompson. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons and Eddie Emptage, Ada Christie, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney & Doreen Scope recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £118.77p
Gift Aid. £ 65.00p Many thanks

4. February 200 Club Will be drawn on February 24th.

5. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

6. Fish & Chip Supper & Social Evening: 10th. April, 7pm. In aid of Parish funds. Tickets available from the Piety stall from next week.

7. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

8. USED CHRISTMAS CARDS: Mr Jan Ludwinski writes: A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated their cards to me. The response was excellent. I now have a lot of work to do to design and print a range of nativity and religious cards for Christmas this year. I`m still looking to work with an experienced graphic designer. If you`re interested in the role, then please call me on (1091) 266 1316.

9. Year of Faith: The next episode of Fr Barron`s `Catholicism ` will take place on Tuesday 26th February at 7.30pm at St Mary`s Forest Hall. All welcome. The topic will be the teaching of Jesus.

10. The Beginning Experience is holding a weekend for those who find themselves alone again through divorce, separation or bereavement. The programme gives people the opportunity to deal with their feelings and come to terms with their loss and grief in order to be able to start to live again rather than just exist. The weekend will take place from 19th-21st April 2013 at Ministeracres Restreat Centre, near Consett, Co Durham. For details contact Maureen on 01912841595, Rosemary on 01207 563672 or email grannyanny8@yahooo.co.uk

Newsletter for Sunday 3rd February 2013

Masses this Week

Sunday February 3rd. 9.15am. Roy Glenton (KC)
Sunday – Day of Prayer for Catholic Education – Special Collection.
Monday February 4th. 10.00am. SCS Monthly Intention
Tuesday February 5th. 10.00am. No Service
Tuesday St. Agatha (M)
Wednesday February 6th. 12.noon No Mass
Wednesday St. Paul Miki and Companions (M)
Thursday. February 7th. 10.00am. No Mass
Friday February 8th. 7.00pm. Holy Souls
Saturday February 9th. 9.00am. No Mass
Sunday February 10th. 9.15am. Ada Christie (H)

Next Wednesday 13th. February, Ash Wednesday. Lent begins.

Friday Evenings 6.30 – 7pm. Confessions & Exposition.
Eucharistic Ministers & Readers. Please see rota at back of Church.

Cycle of Prayer Intentions: – Better understanding between Christians and Jews: Those who suffer persecution oppression and denial of human rights, human life, seafarers.

1. Please pray for the Sick of the Parish.
John Burke, Irene Berryman, Ellen Wilkinson, Mark Lowther, Vera Glenton, Joyce Smart, Jennie Tierney, Myra Carty, Florence Eaton, Matty Heslop, Dorothy Brown, Sheila Burrows, Ellen Gills, David Inglis, Harry Scrimshaw, Frances Dawson, Gerty Spence, Alice Rice, Joseph Poland, Rusty Taylor, Kathleen English, Winnie Elder, George Sanderson, Lawrence Carty, Nora Carr, Belle Quinlan, Maureen Atkinson, June Mallett, Father Brendan Kelly and all housebound Parishioners.

2. AnniversariesFebruary 4th. – 10th.
James Kemp, Anthony James Vainola, Vasyle Sudchak, James Marshall, John Tenny, Ann Tait, Stanley Williams, Thomas O’Neill, Reginald Cook, Evelyn McKenna, Annie Hopper, Esther Garrity, Sarah Tait, Henry Wilkinson, Robert Vincent, Rebecca Henderson, Thomas Wilkinson, Catherine Reilly, Mary Bell, George William Matthews, Veronica Hart, James Neary, Nora Patterson. Father Sean Conaty, Father Vincent Melia, Moira Brown, Father Eddie Gibbons and Eddie Emptage, Ada Christie, Roy Glenton, Peter Tierney & Doreen Scope recently dead and all deceased Parishioners.

3. Offertory Collection £ 61.85p
Gift Aid. £ 69.00p Many thanks
Catholic Education Collection £ 17.60p remains open.

4. January 200 Club Winners:

£50 No. 183 M.Stubbs. £20 No. 192 E.Bell. £10 No. 43 K.Sultman

5. St. Stephen’s School. Please keep the children and the school in your prayers and especially the new children and their families joining our Parish family.

6. Admission to Newcastle Hospitals Due to lack of information. regarding religious denomination in the RVI, Freeman and Newcastle General Hospitals patients or their relatives must take responsibility to inform the Chaplain, Fr Michael Corbett, of their admission. Fr Corbett’s can be contacted at St Andrew’s on 0191 232 1892. If it is urgent please ask the Ward Sister to page the RC Chaplain. QUEEN ELIZABETH – RING 0191 4452072 and leave a message FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN AN EMERGENCY ASK THE WARD SISTER TO CONTACT THE ON CALL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN — NOT JUST A CHAPLAIN

7. CATHOLIC PARLIAMENTARY AND PUBLIC POLICY INTERNSHIPS For ten years the Catholics Bishops Conference has organised Parliamentary and Public Policy Internships for recently graduated Catholics. This year we are looking to offer at least 6 internships: Three interns will be placed with Christian MPs at Westminster, two in public policy with CAFOD and one in a media internship in Archbishop’s House Westminster. All internships will run from September 2013 – July 2014 and include accommodation and subsistence allowances. Full details and an application form can be found on our website: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/catholic-internships
Completed application forms must either be emailed to interns@cbcew.org.uk or posted to: Michaela Kelly, Head of HR, 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX. The closing date is 9am on 25th February 2013 and Assessment days will be 25th and 26th March 2013.

8. Thank You to those who donated their used Christmas Cards to the local businessman who intends to launch his own range of religious cards next year.

9. Priest`s Sick Communions: Fr Brown will take Holy Communion to parishioners in sheltered accommodation this Thursday morning.

10. St. Mary’s Sixth Form Open Evening. You are warmly invited to St. Mary’s Sixth Form open evening on Thursday 7th February at 6.30pm. The Open Evening begins with a presentation at 6.30pm from the Headteacher, Head of Sixth Form and current students, followed by the opportunity to meet subject teachers and students representing all departments. Please the website for further details.