Please pray for sick in our hospitals & nursing homes around
the parish.
ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH: James Francis, Jo Stafford, Bridget
Hutchings, Andrew Whelan, John Hughes, Patricia Ellen Jeffries.
General
First Holy Communion preparation
2020. Any children aged 7 or over for this course, please see Fr Ikeokwu or
Julia Tucker.
Flower arrangers please sign the new rota in the porch.
Tea & coffee: please sign rota in porch
On behalf of those concerned with the teaching of our Confirmation
candidates, Fr Ikeokwu expresses his deep appreciation to those who contributed
and made the reception of our candidates a huge success. May God bless you all.
Last Week
October 100 Club winners: 1st
Mary Ann Mariano; 2nd Pat Leigh;
3rd Mandy Willy
Today
CTinW: Remembrance Day Service,
3.15pm in the Park
This Week
P.P.C. meeting
has been postponed from 12th to 19th November.
LGBT Mass at St Nicholas of Tolentino church, Bristol, 17th
November, 3pm. See poster in porch.
Coming Events
Year of Communion: join Bishop
Declan for Evening Prayer and presentation of resources for the Year of
Communion, at Clifton Cathedral on 22nd November at 7.00pm.
National Youth Sunday: 24th November: Nearest Youth Sunday
Event is on Saturday 23rd 11am – 4pm at St Bede’s College,
Bristol. Theme of the day is “Significance.” See poster in porch.
Christ is Alive! Unpacking the synod for youth ministry; Saturday 30th
November in London. See poster in porch for full details.
Year of Prayer –32nd Sunday in ordinary time
November is traditionally the month when the Church reflects on the significance
of people we have oved and who have died. Specifically, this weekend, we
remember all those who have died in war. It can be a painful time for anyone who
has experienced the death of someone close to them. Fundamental to our Christian
belief is that Jesus rose from the dead. Alongside this we believe and trust
that after our own death we will rise again. The Sadducees did not believe in
the resurrection and so tried to ridicule belief in it. Jesus cuts through their
question highlighting that God is a God of the living not of the dead. This is a
certainty of faith which gives meaning to our own life and enables us to trust
that we will meet again those we have and have lost, not on this earth, but in
the fullness of life with God.
Gospel commentary for 32nd Sunday in ordinary time
In the Old Testament there was little awareness of an afterlife. For those
people redemption came about through the restoration and preservation of the
nation. They would live on and flourish through their children and the
generations that followed. In the later books of the Old Testament (Wisdom and
Maccabees) there was a belief that God has something more in store for them.
When Jesus came into the world, his people were disputing all
these matters. He pointed out to them that once this life is over, as children
of God, we become children of the resurrection. Then we will realise that we are
the one family of God and all belong to God and one another.
The story of Christianity down through the last two thousand
years is often a violent story of religious conflict. Jesus came to free us from
the attitude of mind which justifies violence. He conquered the violence of the
world by refusing to give up on love. When Peter turned to violence, Jesus told
him to put his sword away; as he died on the cross, he prayed: “Father,
forgive them; they do not know what they are doing”. In the face of all the
religious conflicts and terrorism that beset our world, there is only one
answer: the compassion of Christ.
These final weeks of the Church’s year offer us the opportunity to
re-examine our understanding of Christ’s promises: consider again the meaning
of the resurrection. St Paul is absolutely insistent that nothing makes sense
without it: “if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is useless and
your believing it is useless”. Paul also came to realise that because of
Christ’s death and resurrection we already live everlasting life here on
earth. In our baptism this is the life we are given. Accordingly, today take
with you St Paul’s message: “May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our
Father who has given us his love…. comfort you and strengthen you in
everything good that you do or say”.
Clifton Diocese
Polish Directory:
Lists Polish chaplains, societies,
Masses etc. throughout the diocese
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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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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
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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.