Please pray for sick in our hospitals & nursing homes around
the parish.
ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH: George Pearce, Timothy Bourke, Vilma
Wainwright, John Wiltshire, Ruth Hogan
Today
May 100 Club draw after 11.15am Mass
This week
Thursday 30th May is the feast of the Ascension
of the Lord and a holy day of obligation.
Worship and healing service: St John the Evangelist church,
Bath, 31st May 5.30 – 8pm. See poster in porch.
First Holy Communion preparation class: Saturday1st June,
11am – 12 noon in the parish room.
CTinW: Wellington Street Fair 2nd June. Cake
makers needed to produce cakes for the CTinW stall. Proceeds will go to the
Stroke Club bus.
Next Sunday second collection for Catholic Communications
network which delivers the bishops message to the media and wider world.
Coming Events
Mass for newly baptised and newly received: Saturday 8th
June at 10.30am at Clifton Cathedral with Bishop Declan. Sponsors, godparents,
members of RCIA team welcome. Refreshment in the Apostle Room before the Mass.
LGBT Mass: at 3pm at St Nicholas of Tolentino church,
Bristol, on 16th June. Details on poster in porch.
Summer Camps: residential week of outdoor activities,
catechesis, faith development, friendship and much more; £200 per child. Week 1
(ages 7 – 11) 12 – 16 August; Week 2 (ages 12 -16) 19 – 23 August. Further
information from http://livingyourfaith.co.uk
Year of Prayer –Sixth Sunday after Easter
Most, if not all people, like to receive gifts. Often the most
memorable ones are those we receive from a person who is in the last stages of
life. Very often the best gifts are those spoken, the words of advice or wishes
which are pertinent and life-affirming. Today, we hear words of advice and
consolation from Jesus to his disciples and to us. He offers us peace, the kind
of peace that comes not from the world but from him. We need to keep listening
to him, to God and to one another. We will face difficulties but when we do we
can be assured that the Holy Spirit will come and remind us of Jesus’ teaching
and help us to understand them, so that we can face our struggles and know how
to respond with knowledge and truth.
Gospel commentary for 6th Sunday of Easter
In today’s Gospel we encounter the disciples at a dark time.
They could not understand why God might allow their Messiah to be killed before
his mission was fulfilled. Jesus tried patiently to explain. The Holy Spirit was
going to be their constant companion, bringing his teaching to mind, helping
them to understand and interiorise it. Jesus was preparing a place for them in
heaven and preparing a place within them for himself and the Father to
make their home.
St John’s Gospel, written in Greek, uses the word “paraclete”
for the Holy Spirit which literally means “called to one’s side”. God’s
Spirit is the patient teacher at our side, guiding and encouraging. The
experience of God’s inner presence bring enlightenment and helps us make sense
of the events of our lives. Jesus speaks of it as “shalom”, the Hebrew
greeting which conveys a sense of well-being: of things “starting to come
together”. This was Jesus;’ parting gift to his disciples.
As we become aware of the Spirit of Jesus at our side and at
home within us, the miracle continues for us all. Life may seem very dark and
confusing at times. Patiently, however, the Spirit traces those words of Jesus
into our hearts and minds, helping us to make sense of the events of our lives,
shaping us to fulfil our potential as God’s own people. God’s word, dwelling
deeply within, changes us until it is Christ himself whom people see in us.
We are called to the sacred work of companioning others, as
encouragers to the despairing, guides to the lost and comforters to the hurting.
It requires us to keep trying when people give up on themselves and to forgive
when they seem ungrateful. This is how Jesus loves. It is why we must allow all
he teaches to become part of who we are: if you love me, he tells us today, you
will keep my word.
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Holy Father’s May prayer intention
May the Church in Africa, through the commitment of its
members, be the seed of unity among her peoples and a sign of hope for the
continent.
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Next
Holydays of Obligation:
Epiphany,
Ascension & Corpus Christi
are now celebrated on Sundays, at Sunday times above.)
Answers the question "What date is Easter Sunday" through to
2040)
Holy
day Masses are usually celebrated at the following times:-
9.15am.
Wellington
, 7.30pm. Wiveliscombe
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CTS
faith booklets-
Sold
at the rack near the doors of both churches.
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Parking for 11.15 Mass:
-is
permitted at Wellington Youth Centre, opposite the Total
garage. Just drive in and
park.
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Parish
structure:
Parish
Pastoral Council
(Chair:
Julia Tucker)
-follows
Canon Law and Diocesan guidelines, working collaboratively with the parish
priest to make pastoral decisions, and co-ordinate parish ministries.
Meets on 4th Tuesday of most months.
Parish
Outreach Committee (Chair: Pending new appointment.)
-Meets bi-monthly to promote the mission of the parish.
Finance
& General Purposes Committee
(Chair: Charles Moorland)
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also works under Church Canon Law with the Diocese Finance Office to
maintain the parish’s legal, financial and property matters.
Parish
Forum (Facilitator: Julia Tucker )
All are invited quarterly to discuss parish
development. Meets on
announced Saturdays,
9.15am-12.00. incl. Mass, coffee & discussion.
Parish
open Annual General Meeting:
The
next one will be announced close to March 2016.
Who
does what: Our main
parish functionaries
are now listed on the church notice-board,
or accessible clicking HERE.
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Parish
Projects:
Each
year the AGM agrees which charities the parish funds from 10% of the
offertory collections and from other events.
For 2010 we agreed to support:
Always CaFOD's work for the 3rd world;
plus: “Welcome
home
ministries,
Tanzania
from
2015
See Parish Room board at St. John Fisher for
details.
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Welfare:
Crisis
pregnancy? Nearest
LIFE centre for impartial support:
48 Queen St.
Exeter
. 07837
005562 www.lifeuk.org/exeter
Also “Alternatives” in
Taunton
, 0800 0086 857 www.alternativstaunton.org.uk
“Message in a Bottle:” With
an easy form, so 999 services find your needs.
FREE by church doors. Details:
Poster, Fr. Vincent
.
Parish
Visitors –support any in need: lonely,
sick, bereaved.. Tel. Fr Vincent
Hospitalisations:
With
no priest based at
Musgrove
Park; ask Fr. Vincent for anointing or confession before going in.
Sacrament
of the Sick: Available
after the homily at Sunday Mass once each quarter.
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Deadlines: For
the Parish Diary:
Do
you have any dates that may interest other Parishioners?
Pass a note about them to Fr. Vincent .
For inserts into the parish weekly bulletin:
Now 12.00pm. on Wednesdays in at the presbytery.
Posters
to display:
Friday evenings in at St. John Fisher Presbytery.
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Every
effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this diary, but you should check
details in the "This Week" section, or get in touch.
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A Bible –is available on the
table in St. John Fisher church, for your use.