Tel:01482 847763 Fax:01482 845225 email: fatherpat@holycrosscottingham.org.uk Website: holycrosscottingham.org.uk Parish Priest: Father Pat Day BA, BD Masses: Saturday 6.30 pm; Sunday 10 am; Sat 21st 9 am Communion Services: Mon to Fri 9 am, except Tues 7 pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament all day Saturday from after morning Mass, ending with Benediction at 6 pm The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea & coffee are served in the Garden Room after the 10 am Mass on Sunday. Sunday April 22nd 2007 Third Sunday of Easter Chapter 21 of St John's gospel is believed to be a slightly later addition to the original gospel, written to deal with issues that arose later in the community. Peter is singled out as the leader, whereas previously throughout this gospel Peter has not had a significant role. The disciple who is the leader in faith is John, the Beloved Disciple, and in this scene on the lake it is he who first recognises: "It is the Lord." The women disciples, so significant in this gospel, are also missing in chapter 21. Scholars believe that this chapter was written after John's death, to affirm the traditional leadership role ascribed to Peter. |
Mass intentions for the week
Saturday (21st) 9 am The Parish
6.30 pm Madge Wheelhouse
Sunday 10 am Gerry O'Donnell (RIP)
Monday 9 am Michael Blakey (A)
Tuesday 7 pm Carol Ann Hirst
Wednesday 9 am Edna May Holwell
Thursday 9 am John Bottery (RIP)
Friday 9 am Geoffrey Power (RIP)
Saturday 9 am The Parish
6.30 pm Domenico Delfino
Sunday 10 am Ann Mohan
Anniversaries:
Sat (21st): Mary Ellen Abel, Catherine McDonagh, Elizabeth Rodgers;
Sun: Peter Bezemer, Alfred Fearnley Johnson, James C Levett;
Mon: George Anthony Smith, John Patterson Graham, Mary Ann Prissick, Walter Cooke, George Ormiston;
Tues: Frank Porter, Michael Dent;
Wed: Arthur Homan, Father Alphonsus Wannyn, Alfred Mark Ford;
Thurs: Thomas McAlister, Frank Graham, Vera Willoughby;
Sat: Thomas O'Shaughnessy, Margaret Rawson.
Sick and housebound parishioners and their carers Please continue to pray for Lilian and Peter Fowlston, Mary and Paddy Falvey, Willy and Ray Parker, Joan and Ron Bottery, John Kilkenny, Ivy Behan, Flo Cavavagh, Margaret Price, Anita Marshall, Ursula Stainton, Betty Eagan, Jean Rowlands, Haralda's husband, Andrea Gardham, Rolf Kennedy, Cynthia Smith, Jean Wiles and Betty Swallow.
Counters this weekend: Sheila Levett and Anne Tordoff; and next: Tricia Leach and Mary Chapman.
Book Sale Please support the sale that Gwen Percival will be running in the Garden Room after the Sunday Mass.
Readings next weekend: Acts: 5, 27 32; Psalm 29; Apoc: 5, 11 14; John 21, 1 19
Father Storey: Thursday's up-date from Marian - Father Tony is quite well, no food or drink lines, looking well and speaking clearly. He is showing a great desire to get better wants to get up, get dressed and have a walk!
Prayer and Praise Evening at the Endsleigh Centre next Friday evening, April 27th, from 7.30 to 9 pm. All are welcome. For further information, contact Chris Pike (841593).
Saint George's night dinner on Monday, April 23rd this event is now fully booked an excellent response! If you have put your name on the list and have not received your tickets, please contact Peter O'Reilly (845459).
Ian Wass, who is now tutoring the fourth IT course attended by parishioners, gives home tuition on all aspects of this subject. Anyone who has attended any of these courses would be happy to recommend him. His phone number is 01482 679191 and his email address Ian@wass.co.uk
Jean Vanier (Founder of the L'arche Community) is leading a conference entitled "About Spirituality" in Southport on September 8th/9th. We only heard of his previous visit to the north of England at the last minute and people were disappointed not to be able to go. There is a poster in the porch and you can email for more details: chris@irenaeus.freeserve.co.uk
Top Quotes Wycliffe UK, a charity that translates bibles, has carried out a poll to find the most favourite quotations from scripture. They are:
No. 1 Proverbs 3, 5 & 6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do and he will show you which path to take."
No. 2 Jeremiah 29,11 "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."
No. 3 John 3, 16 "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."
Humber Bridge Cross Sponsored Walk for Christian Aid on May 12th, starting at 2 pm. Leo does this every year and takes a collection at the Masses that weekend. For the first time CAFOD is also being supported and CAFOD forms are in the church porch.
Grand Cabaret Evening a reunion night for all Catholic schools in the Hull area on Friday, May 11th at the Irish Centre, Chamberlain Road, Hull; 7.30 to 11 pm. M.I.C.E., Hull Irish Dancers, local entertainers. Tombola, raffles, buffet. Tickets £pound;5; proceeds to St Charles's Church Building Fund.
Citizens Band Radio Reminder Father Pat is looking into the possibility of broadcasting services from Holy Cross for the benefit of those who are no longer able to get to church and he would like to hear from anyone with CB experience.
"The Social Teaching of the Church" a study day organised by the diocese, in conjunction with Living Theology (Jesuits and Associates working in Adult Formation) on Saturday, June 16th, 10 am to 4.30 pm at English Martyrs, Dalton Terrace, York. Keynote address by John Battle MP "Living Simply in Public".
This is Your Body Teaching/discussion on how to understand the Mass; in the Garden Room on Wednesdays at 7 for 7.30 to 9 pm. The second session will be on Wednesday, April 25th. All are welcome.
Global Day of Prayer on Pentecost Sunday, May 27th in York Minster (7.30 to 9.30 pm) and Beverley Minster (6.30 to 8.30 pm). Seminars from 4.30 pm. Millions will be gathering this day throughout the world. See the poster in the porch for further details.
Has anyone got a TV that is surplus to requirements, please? Contact the Saint Vincent de Paul Society (Les on 845355) or Diana (on 846555).
Formation and Commissioning of Lay Ministers of Holy Communion on Sat, May 12th at Askham Bryan College at 10.15 am; packed lunch needed; day ending with Mass. Parishioners who would like to help at Mass and with the housebound are asked to put their name on the list in the porch by next Sunday and inform Father Pat.
Finally, a few more of Chris Pike's actual GCSE answers:
"Actually Homer was not written by Homer, but by another man of that name."
"Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline."
"Eventually the Romans conquered the Greeks. History calls people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long."
"Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonised by Bernard Shaw. Fiannly Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offence."
Many thanks to all contributors; normal service will resume next weekend.