The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea and coffee are served after the 10.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. SUNDAY OCTOBER 31ST 2004 ALL SAINTS DAY THIRTY FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR |
All Souls Day Tuesday: We will have an extra Mass on the day at 9.00 a.m. for those who don't like coming out in the dark. It's a day of special prayer for all our deceased relatives and friends. Remember yours and come along. The evening Mass will be at the usual time of 7.00 p.m.
Parish 'Blessing of the Graves' Service: This annual Holy Cross tradition where we visit the graves of our deceased parishioners and friends in Eppleworth Cemetery will take place this year on Remembrance Sunday, November 14th at 3.00 p.m. It normally takes about an hour
Counters this week: Tricia Leach and Mary Chapman.
Next week: T.B.A.
Churches Together United Service: Tonight at 6.30 p.m. at the Methodist Church. The theme is: "Not The Hallowe'n Party!" And it's a celebration of the triumph of Good over Evil using film clips and music. It's aimed at all ages and will be followed by party refreshments. See you there?
Parish Council Meeting: We will meet here in the house, tomorrow, Monday at 7.45 p.m.
Antigrams (where a word or phrase is made out of the same letters as one of opposite meaning)
Funeral real fun. Marriage a grim era.
Lunch Club: We gather again on Wednesday at noon for good food, fellowship and fun. Have you been yet? Priory Room.
CWL News: The CWL Cake Stall this weekend is in aid of the parish St. Vincent de Paul Conference to help them in their work in the village. The CWL will be having their annual Christmas Appeal on the weekend of November 27/28.
The annual CWL Mass for their deceased members will be on Monday November 8th at 7.00 p.m.
CAFÉ Programme: We continue for the next six Fridays evenings, 7.30 for 8.00 p.m. You can join in any time you like. It's meant to be an enjoyable way of looking at and building up our understanding of what being a Catholic means. A bit like an M.O.T. !
Mel Gibson is sharing his box-office windfall from The Passion of the Christ with sick children. He has donated £5.6 million to two American hospitals with the funds marked for paediatric patients from countries where they can't find, let alone afford, suitable medical care.
The Pope's Ferrari: Ferrari is to present the Pope with his own Formula One racing car to mark the 26th anniversary of his election. The company's president, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, said the £250,000 car would be painted in Ferrari's customary shade of red, rather than the Vatican's colours, yellow and white. "The Pope would not be best pleased to see a Ferrari that wasn't a Ferrari," he said, recalling that Pope John Paul II had test-driven a Ferrari in the 1990's. "That was when Ferrari was not having great success and the least I can do to show my appreciation is to construct a special Ferrari car for him." (A Ferrari Pope-Mobile?)
Prayers for the Sick: Please remember Roy Caley and Andrea Gardham, both recently out of hospital. Joan Horbury (Saturday evening Mass) recovering from a stroke, Tom Cleary, Louisa Brierley, John Boland, John Gavin, Betty Eagan, Marian Hall's mother, Anita Marshall, Veronica Homan, Betty Swallow, Carlo Urbanowich (Aralda's son).
Parishioner of the week: Altarserver Sarah Halkon! Sarah, 13, took the gold medal in the North of England Open Judo Competition, held recently in Bradford. Sarah was following on from her success at the British Cadet Open Championship in Sheffield last August, where she gained a silver medal, losing by a narrow margin to Britain's current number one. Fighting in the Under 52kg weight category, Sarah beat clubmate Hannah Bedford in the under-16 contest. Sarah is hoping for further success in the forthcoming National Judo Championships to be staged near Stoke in early November. She won a silver medal in the nationals in 2002. Sarah represented Yorkshire and Humberside in the Roses Match last weekend at Preston. (I better treat her gently!).
Make Poverty History: CAFOD is aiming to develop a parish network where each parish in the Deanery has its own CAFOD Parish Contact. To facilitate this initiative we have arranged a Deanery Meeting on Thursday November 11th at The Endsleigh Centre and have invited Parish Contacts, priests, CAFOD supporters and some CAFOD staff to come along and get to know each other. The highlight of the evening will be guest speaker Monica Conmee, Schools Officer, who will talk to us on her recent visit to Sierra Leone with TV and Radio's Dermott O'Leary. We'll also have the chance to talk about how we can develop as a Deanery and discuss any issues related to Fast Day and how CAFOD supporters can help here in the diocese.
Discussion Forum at the Endsleigh Centre:
"Annihilation or Disintegration? Do we have a choice?"
A look at some fundamental issues which affect the First and Third Worlds, led by Sister Sue Morrison. Sunday November 14th at 7.30 p.m.
Hull and District Council of Christians and Jews: We are having our Annual General Meeting at The Guildhall on Thursday November 4th at 7.45 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Rabbi Ian Morris from Leeds and everyone is cordially invited to join us for what is always a very interesting and stimulating evening.
| Tombola | £301.80 |
| Gifts | £98.57 |
| Books | £56.80 |
| Bottles | £124.30 |
| Apples | £16.80 |
| Indian Food | £86.70 |
| Greetings Cards | £43.60 |
| Garden | £20.50 |
| White Elephant | £140.87 |
| Preserves | £72.00 |
| Toys | £39.16 |
| Crafts | £60.30 |
| Cakes | £94.60 |
| Raffle | £62.40 |
| Refreshments | £52.10 |
| Dyas Deals | £46.00 |
| Penna's Ice Cream | £13.47 |
| Door | £41.31 |
| Late Sales | £4.00 |
| Donation | £5.00 |
| Total | £1380.28 |
| Payment to Musicians | £20.00 |
| Final Total | £1360.28 |
Non-Parishioner of the Week: The award must go to Sandra, a friend of Linda. She has no immediate connection with Holy Cross, except through Linda, yet she worked really hard on the refreshment stall at the Fayre and also transported much of the stuff from the church to the Civic Hall. All that must make her an honorary parishioner! Thanks a million, Sandra!
Family Fast: Leo tells me that the final total sent to CAFOD came to £504.23 of which £354 was gift-aided to produce a further £99. Well done everybody!
Mike Avery gave me this piece: "When you pass the Church, just pay it a visit. So when at last you are carried in, the Lord won't say 'Who is it?'"
872 (Hull West) Squadron Air Training Corps: I have been appointed to the Squadron as Chaplain and I will be installed on Saturday November 6th at a special service at St. Peter's Church at Woodmansey at 11.00 a.m. The squadron has adopted the grave of Sgt. Pilot Leslie Pidd who was killed on Sept. 15th 1940 over Hornchurch in Kent on Battle of Britain Day. He bailed out and was machine-gunned on the way down. He was a local Woodmansey lad. His unkempt grave was discovered by the squadron 8/9 years ago and each year at this time they visit it, tidy it up and have a short memorial service for him. It is during this service that I will be installed. Normally this would take place in the church of the chaplain but it would be impossible to fit everyone in at a Sunday Mass. If you'd like to come along on Saturday for an hour or so, it would be lovely. Just have a word with me. Especially any 'old' RAF personnel.
Parish Prayer Circle Intention for Friday: "We remember all the departed of our parish and those who have no one to pray for them. May they rest in peace. Amen."
SVP News: Jim Norton had a phonecall from WARMFRONT, a government organisation which is offering from £1,500 £2,500 towards central heating, upgrade of boiler, loft insulation or draft proofing. It's for the over-60's, people on working tax credits, or the under 60's on benefits and it is not means tested. According to Jim, the person who contacted him said that there were pushing it because very few people had taken up the offers. The phone number, if you are interested or know someone who may be, is 0800 3162811. Give it a try, you've nothing to lose and maybe a lot to gain!
Communicating with the Holy Souls: Karl Rahner, the great Jesuit theologian, writes about the issue of remaining in touch with those who have died: "The great and sad mistake of many people is to imagine that those whom death has taken, leave us. They remain! Where are they? In darkness? Oh, no! It is we who are in darkness. We do not see them but they see us. Their eyes, radiant with glory are fixed upon our eyes Oh, infinite consolation! Though invisible to us, our dead are not absent They are near us, transfigured into light, into power, into love."
Rainbows: A programme for working with children who have suffered bereavement. There will be two morning workshops here at Holy Cross on Saturday November 6 and 13 from 10.00 1.00 p.m. led by Kath Stead. Have a word with Chris Clarke if you are interested.
Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York: Marion and Nick Mooney recently went to Mass there and said that their bags were searched on the way in. And to make matters worse, there were three collections! So there are worse places than Holy Cross! (We search you on the way out to make sure you're not taking any money home with you!).
Anniversaries this coming week:
Sunday Patrick Griffith (Cassie's husband) and Arthur Sharpe.
Monday Terence Baker (Gerry's brother) and William McKinney.
Tuesday John Rowe, Anthony Wood (Brian's brother) and Annie Giblin.
Wednesday Stephen Falvey (Patrick's father).
Thursday John McGuire (Eithne Codd's father).
Friday Stella Wiles (Our first girl altar server who died tragically in 1983) and Evelyn Sharp.
Saturday Frederick Hodgson (Fred's dad), Fr. J. Fitzgerald, Ann Joys (Leo Murphy) and Winifred Jarvis.
Sunday Richard English (Dorothy's husband), Terence Gilson (brother of Dennis), Charles Shakespeare (Kath's husband)
Mass Intentions for the week:
Saturday 6.30 Ray and Willy Parker's Intentions
Sunday 10.00 - Martin Murphy
Monday 9.00 Terence baker (A)
Tuesday All Souls Day 9.00 Ivor Brazier (RIP
Tuesday All Souls Day 7.00 Stella and Patricia Corcoran
Wednesday 9.00 Communion Service
Thursday 9.00 Communion Service
Friday 9.00 Stella Wiles (A)
Saturday 9.00 The Parishioners
Saturday 6.30 Hought Family
Sunday 10.00 Richard English (A)
Diocesan Catechists' Course: Several people have shown an interest in this stimulating course already. All the main details were in the newsletter a couple of weeks ago. Have a word with myself, Jim Norton or Chris Pike if interested. The deadline for application is December 17th and it starts on Thursday January 20th.
Fairtrade Village Cottingham? At the Churches Together meeting this week we discussed this idea. Other villages in East Yorkshire now have that title. At our next meeting here at Holy Cross on Monday January 17th we will try and bring along the names of any people from our congregations who might be interested in this.
- Unfair trade rules rob poor countries of £1.3 billion a day 14 times what they get in aid.
- Vote for Trade Justice is a massive ballot and in the UK more than 50 organisations are collecting votes to send to the government demanding trade justice. There are ballot papers in the porch.
"Trade rules work to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and clearly this sort of global economic apartheid must stop." (Neville Gabriel, Justice and Peace Dept., Southern Africa Catholic Bishops' Conference.)
Belated Biggest Macmillan Coffee Morning: Friday November 5th from 9.30 11.00 in the Priory Room. Sponsored by the CWL it will include a Raffle. Delayed due to the Baltic Cruise!
Parish Walsingham Weekend: Friday December 10th Sunday 12th.
Transport supplied and full board all for about £50! We need to know the numbers as soon as possible to book rooms.
The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea and coffee are served after the 10.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. Sunday October 24th 2004 30th week of the year |
| Mass intentions: | ||
| Sat | 6.30 | Vincent Warwick (RIP) |
| Sun | 10.00 | Bridget Downey (B) |
| Mon | 9.00 | Bill Kemp |
| Tues | 7.00 | Joseph and Hilda Pearce (A) |
| Wed | 9.00 | George Slinger (RIP) |
| Thurs | 9.00 | Dora Tulip (A) |
| Fri | 9.00 | Kemp & Hollingworth Families |
| Sat | 9.00 | The Parishioners |
| Sat | 6.30 | Ray & Willy Parker |
| Sun | 10.00 | Stella & Patricia Corcoran |
| Anniversaries | ||
| Sat 23rd | Michael Woods-McConville | 1970 |
| Joan Atkinson | 1981 | |
| John Wood (Junior) | 1987 | |
| Frank Tolhurst | 1990 | |
| Winnie Bainbridge | 2000 | |
| Sun 24th | Elsie Crawford | 1990 |
| Tue 26th | Patricia Cook | 1999 |
| Thu 28th | Jane Croll | 1973 |
| Dora Tulip | 2000 | |
| Fri 29th | John David Woodmansey | 1946 |
| Mary Veronica Meehan | 1976 | |
| Sun 31st | Arthur Sharp | 1968 |
| Patrick Griffith | 1997 | |
Parish Council meeting: Monday, November 1st.
Counters this Sunday: Anne Tordoff & Sheila Levett; and next Sunday: Tricia Leach & Mary Chapman
The CAFÉ PROGRAMME starts on Friday the 29th, 7.30 for 8. If anyone needs a lift or can give one, please contact Teresa Ulyatt (845355).
Prayer Circle Intention for Friday, the 29th: We ask you, Lord, to guide and support all students recently in higher education and particularly to care for the students from, and in, our own community.
Next weekend, 0ct 30 31, the Catholic Women's League is kindly organising a Cake Stall after both Masses in aid of our St Vincent de Paul Society.
Autumn Fayre A big thank you from Father Pat on behalf of the beneficiaries, especially to all who came along on Friday evening to sort out the Tombola prizes and fold the hundreds of tickets young and old were there. A fuller break-down will follow but the total so far (last Sunday) was £1,371.28.
Churches Together meeting on Monday, 25th, 7.30 at St Mary's; United Service next Sunday, the 31st 6.30 at the Methodist Church.
Congratulations again to Ray Parker on his MBE investiture by the Queen; and also to Dick Woodmansey, whose birthday is on Sat, the 23rd.
Children and Bereavement (death, divorce and desertion): A course given hereby Kath Stead two half-days on Nov 6 & 13. Further details from Chris Clarke (844128).
Walsingham Visit: names as soon as possible please. Transport by car will be available to those who want it.
Baptism this weekend Sun 12.00: Samuel Townhill, son of Kerry and Ben from Finkle Street.
BRITISH SUMMER TIME ENDS NEXT WEEKEND. CLOCKS GO BACK ONE HOUR ON SAT NIGHT
The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea and coffee are served after the 10.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. SUNDAY OCTOBER 17TH 2004 29TH WEEK OF THE YEAR |
Rest in Peace: Please keep in your prayers Mary Davidson's brother Chris McDonagh, who died on Tuesday afternoon in Paris. We have been praying for Chris for quite a while now. He developed cancer four years ago and fought a long, hard battle with it. He was aged 57. Our thoughts are with his wife Sabine and their two children who live in Paris and also with Mary and her brother at this very sad time. May he rest in peace. Amen.
Counters this week: Teresa and Les Ulyatt.
Next week: Anne Tordoff and Sheila Levett.
And thanks you to Chris and Mike Eyre for offering to join the rota to help out . It is appreciated.
Last weekend's readings saying thanks: A letter to The Times: "Sir, Twelve charities benefited from a deed of variation to my mother's will, but only half acknowledged the gift. My biggest disappointment was that I minded: truly charitable givers, I suspect, do not wish to be thanked. However, the letters we did receive gave us such pleasure, especially from the Polite Society, who, typically, set the standard for appropriate courtesy."
Parishioner of the Week: Jean Rowlands! Thank you Jean for popping along to the church on Saturday afternoons to set out all the Mass and hymn books for the evening Mass. It is much appreciated I can tell you. (You were spotted!)
Parish Prayer Circle Intention for Friday: "We pray that all those who come to the "Knowing God Better" CAFΙ evenings, beginning Friday October 29th will have their faith deepened and will be very blessed."
Prayers for the Sick: Joan Horbury Andrea Gardham, Betty Eagan, Tom Cleary, Louisa Brierley, Roy Caley, John Boland, John Gavin, Anita Marshall, Veronica Homan, Betty Swallow, Carlo Urbanowich, Ursula Stainton and Marian Hall's mother.
Pie and Pea Supper: About eighty people turned up last Friday evening for what turned out to be a most enjoyable and entertaining evening. The main attraction (after the pies and peas!) was Malcolm the Magician who entertained us for about forty minutes with various tricks. Barbara Marshall, Jean Kemp, Joan Williams and Terri Riddiough were at various times his assistants (but he couldn't make them disappear!). We are indebted to the ladies of the CWL for arranging such a pleasant evening. What will be the entertainment next year I ask?
Parish Quiz: This coming Friday, October 22nd. This annual event takes place in the church starting at 8.00 p.m. prompt. It's a BYOD affair (bring your own drinks). Nibbles etc. will be provided! A good evening's fun is guaranteed for all!
Postcard from St. Petersburg: Arrived Wednesday signed by the Holy Cross Cruisers "From Russia With Love!" Thank you very much.
Think Galapagos Ltd. I spotted this among the new companies in the Mail's Business section last week. Director: Rachel Dex, 25, Trinity Lane, Beverley. Secretary: Miguel Santiago Bejarano (her husband). He gave a presentation on the Galapagos Islands to one of the local Rotary Clubs and according to Geoff and Ann Land, it was excellent. His business is to promote the Galapagos and he's be glad to give a talk here sometime on the subject. Maybe our next cruise? What do you think, Ray?
Hull Fayre Joke: Fortune teller "Prepare yourself for a shock. Your husband is going to die a violent death within the year."
Woman "And will I be acquitted?"
Churches Together United Service. Sunday October 31st at the Methodist Church at 6.30 p.m. "Not the Hallowe'en Party!" A celebration of the triumph of Good over Evil using film clips and music. Followed by party refreshments! See you there!
The next meeting of the Churches Together representatives will be on Monday October 25th at 7.30 p.m. at St. Mary's Hall.
Churches Together marking "One World Week". We invite you to an evening of good company and good things on Friday 22nd October at the Methodist Church Hall from 7.00 9.00. There will be a Fun Quiz (with a prize), sample home made cakes and sweetmeats with a Christmas flavour, a presentation on how to become a Fair Trade village, and a Traidcraft stall with Christmas cards, fairly traded produce and exquisite items from around the world. The tickets cost £1.50 and can be purchased at the door.
Autumn Fayre: It's too early to give a complete rundown on the success but can I, on behalf of all those who will benefit from the proceeds, say a very big thank you to all who helped in any way. You know who you are and that's enough!
Amnesty Concert: An extra one this year with the musicians all offering their services for free! Tuesday October 26th at The Ferens Art Gallery at 7.30 p.m. Tickets from Marian on 843948 or Anne Tordoff 858244 and they are priced at £10. The concert features The Aegle Trio (piano, clarinet and cello) and music from Beethoven, Finzi and Poulenc.
Parish Music Group: They now play for us every second Sunday and certainly enliven our worship. Would you like to join them? Can you play an instrument? The rehearsal takes place for about thirty minutes before the Mass. The music will normally be distributed earlier on in the week. We'd love to have you play or sing with us. Don't be shy! Just have a word.
CAFÉ Programme: This begins on Friday October 29th and runs for the following six Fridays, 7.30 for 8.00 p.m. It will be an enjoyable way of looking at our faith so don't be afraid. It's for you and me and all of us. We can all learn something.
Wilberforce Public Lecture Clare Short MP: "Rethinking the War on Terror." Tuesday Oct. 18th in the Guildhall at 7.30 p.m. Admission free by ticket only. Contact The Lord Mayor's Secretary on 615093 or call in to the Hull Tourist Information Centre, Paragon St.
The Pope has asked senior Roman Catholic theologians to find 'a more coherent and enlightened way' of describing the fate of babies who die without baptism. John Paul II made the appeal in an address to the International Theological Commission, which advises the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. According to traditional Catholic teaching, baptism is necessary for salvation, but few Catholics believe that unbaptised babies will be denied salvation by God.
Martin House Hospice for Sick Children: The next Coffee Morning will be at St. Mary's Church Hall on Thursday October 24th from 10 12 noon. Admission is Adults-60p, Children-10p. All the usual Martin House stalls. Sheila Cundy is our Holy Cross contact on 845342.
Several schools in France have turned away Roman Catholic priests after a law forbidding conspicuous religious symbols in classrooms came into effect. Five priests were barred from state schools in the Var region because they were wearing clerical dress. A spokesman for the Diocese of Frejus-Toulon said that the expulsions would not disrupt the work of chaplains. "We're not rigid about this," he said. "Religious garb is not essential for a Catholic priest's mission."
St. Mary's College "Parent Parish Partnership": An opportunity for parents, parishioners and teachers to meet informally and explore current issues in the education of our young people. Thursday 21st Oct. 6.30 8.30 p.m. The main topics will be: (1) St. Mary's Catholic Ethos, Identity and Practice. (2) Transport, the current situation in the East Riding and potential solutions. If possible could you let Mrs. Moore in the Admin Office know you are coming. Telephone 851136. Fax. 804522.
As women age they develop a more positive image of God and a more negative image of the Church, according to research conducted in New Zealand. Dr. Mary Betz, of the Catholic Institute of Theology in Auckland, based her study on interviews with Roman Catholic laywomen. She said that as women got older "they began to see God as an inclusive God, where they saw the Church as male-dominated and unequal."
Diocesan Catechists' Course 2005 2005: A part-time course, over four terms, designed to help laypeople deepen understanding of what it is to be a faithful and responsible member of the Church, and to develop their gifts and the confidence to use them in partnership with priests and people in their parishes.
Who is it for? Anyone either already involved in the life of the parish, or who would like to be. No formal academic qualifications required simply a willingness to learn and the sponsorship of your parish priest.
There are four units over four terms and each unit consists of one Saturday and 6 evening sessions here in Hull, plus a weekend retreat.
Unit One Faith of the Church: foundations.
Unit Two Liturgy, RCIA, Sacraments of Initiation.
Unit Three Our life in Christ: Partnership and Service.
Unit Four Spirituality, Vocation and Ministry.
The course starts on Thursday January 20th in Hull and the five evening sessions will be on Thursdays.
Deadline for applications is 17th December.
Chris Pike did the last Catechists' Course and he writes: "As you know, I responded to a call from God to transfer across to the Catholic Church nearly 20 years ago. The priest who received me suggested that I continue my Christian walk within the Catholic community, without the need for any further instruction. In reality this has meant that I have had a wonderful freedom to break all the rules of the Catholic Church, as I did not know the rules! My faith has been based on biblical revelation and sound teaching, including involvement within the renewal movement. I have progressively grown to love and benefit from the sacraments, through the Mass, my role as a Eucharistic Minister and as a worship leader in the music ministry. Time spent at Taize has enriched my sense of wonder in a great God. The problem doing the course is that I now have access to the Catholic Catechism and some of the Papal Documents which contain 'the rules'. I feel therefore that I have no excuse for my rule-breaking and must therefore admit that where I continue to do so I am following in the footsteps of my PP as a 'faithful rebel of the faith'. On a more serious note we practised 'Lectio Divina' every week on the course. This Latin phrase would have meant nothing to me before the course and now is a source of strength. I never knew that when I have been reading and thinking about the Sunday Mass readings before choosing the hymns for the music group, that I have been doing Lectio Divina. I realise now that Catholics have probably been threatened by my suggesting that they join a Bible Study Group, to be refreshed by the Scriptures. What I have now realised is that I should have been inviting them to engage in a Lectio Divina group, and they would have flocked along, as this is one of the buzz words that Catholics use to put us ex-Protestants off the scent of their spirituality. There is a need for more teaching to make the gifts of the Catholic Church more accessible to us average Catholics. Pope Paul VI said, "The Church has the task of transposing the essence of the Gospel message into the language of the people we must reshape with boldness!" This is an enormous task for both priests and laity, which we must commit ourselves to. The forthcoming CAFÉ Programme will go some way to making this a reality in our parish. It always amazes me how very many sincere Catholics still stick their tongue out when receiving Communion, which as a Eucharistic Minister looks very unbecoming, whilst others still only receive the Host and walk past the chalice. As a church I believe that too many continue to obey rules, which were applied when they were children, and perhaps have not had sufficient teaching to reflect on and update their faith and faith practices. I realise that as the number of priests declines, pending changes in the rules about married priests (in my opinion), then more and more of us are going to be called to take on lay leadership positions in our parishes. Meeting people from the other Hull parishes, especially from our own West Hull Deanery where they are sharing priests and amalgamating parishes, as we will have to do soon, has been an enriching experience. Thanks for the opportunity to be part of such a talented and lively group who are all on the 'journey of faith'. Chris Pike."
Anniversaries this coming week:
Saturday Hilda Murphy (Leo's mother) and Margery Johnson.
Sunday James Walsh (Marion Mooney's father) and Kitty Gilmore.
Monday Mark Markos (Angela's father).
Wednesday Fr. Thomas McEntegart (Parish Priest Holy Cross died in 1957) and Peter Gilson (Dennis and Betty's son).
Thursday Rose Heenan.
Saturday Michael Woods-McConville (Tony's brother), Joan Atkinson, John Wood (Brian's brother), Frank Tolhurst (Diana's father) and Winnie Bainbridge (Pat Wright's mother).
From the Shrine at Walsingham: "Dear Fr. Pat, I write to acknowledge, with thanks, the donation of £464 which we have received from the parish of Holy Cross. we are most grateful for this support for our project and will include the intentions of your parishioners in the next novena of Masses to be offered at the Shrine. I hope that in the future we will be able to welcome groups from your parish to the Slipper Chapel and to the new Church of the Annunciation in Walsingham village. Noel Wynn, SM Director."
Mass Intentions for the coming week:
Saturday 6.30 Norah and Bill Norris (A)
Sunday 10.00 Joseph Havelin (RIP)
Monday to Friday Communion Services
Saturday 9.00 The Parishioners
Saturday 6.30 Vincent Warwick (RIP)
Sunday 10.00 Bridget Downey (B)
The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea and coffee are served after the 10.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. SUNDAY OCTOBER 10TH 2004 28TH WEEK OF THE YEAR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR ALL AFFECTED BY CANCER |
Cancer is so limited
It cannot cripple love
It cannot shatter hope
It cannot corrode faith
It cannot eat away peace
It cannot destroy confidence
It cannot kill friendship
It cannot shut out memories
It cannot silence courage
It cannot invade the soul
It cannot reduce eternal life
It cannot quench the Spirit
It cannot lessen the power of the Resurrection.
Counters this week: Denis and Betty Gilson.
Next week: Teresa and Les Ulyatt.
Due to illness two vacancies have arisen on the 'Collection Counting Rota'. This involves counting the weekend collection after the Sunday Mass every ten weeks. If anyone would like to join this rota please contact myself or Teresa Ulyatt (845355).
Family Fast Day Collection: £427.17 of which £309 was Gift-Aided, adding another £86. Many, many thanks. A lot has been asked of you recently and you have continued to be your usual generous selves.
Delia's Dhal Curry: Ruth Halkon made this and according to her mother, Helen, it was a tremendous success and most tasty! Did anyone else try it? Let's know how it went.
Gift-Aid: Three 'newish' parishioners took gift-aid forms last week which increases their weekly giving by almost 30% (courtesy of the Chancellor!). If you are a tax-payer you really should be using either a standing-order or a set of envelopes. I've got all the details if you should need them.
Bo Orphanage in Sierra Leone: Fr. Peter Konteh writes: "Dear Fr. Pat and Parishioners of Holy Cross Parish. Many greetings from Sierra Leone and in particular from the children in St. Mary's Home. I wish to take this opportunity to once more, on behalf of our many suffering children to express our sincerest thanks and appreciation to you and all your benefactors for the tremendous support we have received from you in the past. You have always been willing and ready to help whenever we are in great need. May God bless you always. The children are aware of the constant support you are rendering to them, as such they are always praying for you. I always have you and your benefactors in prayers. May God bless you all. Fr. Peter K."
Amnesty International Concert: Thursday October 26th. in The Ferens Art gallery at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are £10 and include refreshments and can be gotten from Anne Tordoff on 858244, Marian Hall on 843948 or Kathy on 348038. The concert features The Aegle Trio (piano, clarinet and cello) and the programme includes Beethoven Trio in Bb for piano, clarinet and cello, opus 11. Finzi's Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Poulenc's Sonata for clarinet and piano and Brahms' Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet and cello, opus 114.
CAFÉ Programme: We had an excellent planning meeting on Monday evening in the house. We hardly had enough room! Over twenty people came along offering to help, ranging from teenagers to the other end of the scale! Please take home the literature you'll get today and have a good think about it! It's something we can all do with. Maybe you'd like to invite some of your family and friends too. (Wine will be served!).
Lourdes Youth Pilgrimage 2005: Now is the time to start thinking about whether or not you'd like to come with us. And the big attraction this year is that we'll be in Lourdes along with the International Military Pilgrimage when 30,000 from the armed forces from all over the world gather in Lourdes, bringing their sick and war-wounded with them. It really is a spectacular sight to see them in their dress uniforms, with bands and flags etc. parading round the town and giving concerts at street corners. The dates? Whit half-term. We leave on Thursday morning May 26th. and return on the following Friday evening. The cost is about £340 but the parish will 'go halves' with you.
Walsingham Weekend: I have provisionally booked 30 rooms for the weekend of December 10-12. We'd hope to leave here around 8.00 a.m. and arrive there for the lunchtime Mass at the Shrine followed by lunch at 1.00 p.m. It's 'need to know time' if you are thinking of coming with us. Transport will be by our own cars, sharing lifts as necessary. The cost for the weekend should be around £50, full board. Good value!
Rabbi Lionel Blue writes: "Humble little bits of humour at least make impossible situations mare bearable because they deflate tragedy and the reality is usually (not always) better than a nightmare. The following nuggets have helped me as I have lurched through life: take off your glasses and your dancing partner will look ten years younger; tell her to do the same (some advice there for John and Sandra). If the rich could pay the poor to die for them, there would be no unemployment; how do you emigrate from Israel with a small fortune? By immigrating into it with a big one; whenever Moses is mentioned in synagogue, the congregation cheers but one man sobs, 'If he'd only turned right after crossing the Red Sea we would be swimming in oil not all that milk and honey!' ; a holiday postcard from a client to an analyst, 'So happy! having a wonderful time! Why?' Make a list of all the things you've ever worried about. Cross out all the ones that never happened. There's none left! You see, it's the things you don't worry about that get you (which is worrying, I admit, but in a different kind of way). Have a happier day!"
Jan's 'Autumn Fayre' Craft Stall: The stuff is coming in after her appeal last week. Surely you can do something creative?
AUTUMN FAYRE THIS COMING SATURDAY:
It's all happening in the Civic Hall starting at 10.30 a.m. Stall holders will be able to set up at 9.00 a.m. Articles can be left in the church porch during the week. We are especially looking for items for the Bottle Stall, tinned goods, Tombola prizes (even last year's prizes will be acceptable!). But please, no rubbish! The proceeds will be divided between Star of the Sea Parish in Sierra Leone and the Drop-in Centre at St. Charles. Please support us if you can!
Parish Quiz: This annual event will be on the Friday after the Fayre, in the church, 7.30 p.m. to start at 8.00 p.m. prompt. Please bring your own drinks. Nibbles and prizes will be provided! It's always great fun. Friday October 22nd.
Birthday Girl: This week it is the turn of Marion Mooney to hit the 'Big One'. It's on Tuesday the 12th. Congratulations!
The Cruisers Return: Our fifteen intrepid travellers returned last Monday from their Baltic Cruise. On the whole they had a great time, saw wonderful sights, experienced sea-sickness and force seven gales. The highlights? Everybody had their own. The Kiel canal at 61 miles in length. Rostock and Berlin 'nice but a certain sadness still'. Stockholm, Tallinn (good reports), St. Petersburg (The Winter Palace and the Opera 'Swan Lake' and the terrible poverty), Gdynia, the port for Gdansk in Poland, Copenhagen (wonderful, wonderful!), Oslo and finally, Dover!
St. Petersburg disappointed some, being full of apartment blocks (Soviet style). The Hermitage, the jewel in the crown, exquisite! Tallinn with the two Fr. Pat lookalikes in the Russian Orthodox Cathedral! The queues of young people praying at the Shrine of Our Lady of Kazan in St. Petersburg. Dermot Brennan being the 6,000th. visitor to the Brewery in Rostok and getting all the 'goodies'. The fjords were magical. Gdansk beautifully restored after the war. The crew was made up of 28 different nationalities with a Norwegian captain. No doubt you'll be hearing a lot more about this trip for a long time to come! And finally, our thanks to Ray Parker for making it all possible. Another example of one of Ray's Wonderful Away Days (or fortnights?).
"Should Children's Books Always Tell the Truth?" Fr. Gerard Burns from the Marist Community on Cottingham Rd. will lead this discussion with special reference to Philip Pullman's Trilogy 'His Dark Materials'. It's on tonight, Sunday, at the Endsleigh Centre, starting at 7.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Great North Run: Chris Pike has asked me to pass on his thanks for all the support you gave him. He has been promised over £300 which will go to the Orphanage in Bo in Sierra Leone. And his highlights? Giving a 'high-five' to Kelly Holmes and running for five miles with Batman and Robin. He'll be at both Masses this weekend to relieve you of your promised donations!
P.S. At John's wedding last weekend in Manchester, both Alex Ferguson and Peter Schmichael were in the breakfast room with them! But failed to get their autographs or any free tickets!
Christenings today: At noon we welcome into the family of God Eleanor Green, the first child of Simon and Nicola. And at 2.00 we welcome Emily Caitlin Khudonazarov, daughter of Angela and Juma from St. Vincent's parish. (Fr. Michael is away).
Q. I remember as a boy being told that blackberries belong to the devil from Michaelmas Day. Why?
A. When the Archangel Michael threw the Devil out of Heaven, legend has it that the Devil landed in a blackberry bush, spitting on them and making them poisonous. Before the calendar change in 1752, October 10th. was St. Michael's Day (or Michaelmas) and in folklore, no one picked blackberries after that date.
Parish Prayer Circle Intention for this Friday: "Lord, we ask you to heal the broken hearted and bring peace and reconciliation to all ravaged by war."
Mass Intentions for the coming week:
Saturday 6.30 Leslie Lawrence Birkinshaw (A+B)
Sunday 10.00 John and Nicola Pike (married last Saturday)
Monday 9.00 Lilian Connolly (RIP)
Tuesday Glynn Evans (RIP)
Wednesday 9.00 Tom Middleton
Thursday 9.00 Jim Gardham (RIP)
Friday 9.00 Communion Service
Saturday 9.00 The Parishioners
Saturday 6.30 Norah and Bill Norris (A)
Sunday 10.00 Joseph Havelin (RIP)
Anniversaries this coming week:
Saturday Kath Jephcott and Eileen Hughes (Eithne Codd's sister).
Sunday Aileen Murphy (Paddy Falvey's sister), Rita Parkinson and Roy Buchan (Stewart's father).
Monday Mary Cook (Mary Lunn's mother) and Mary Hall (Dan and Ben Palmer's grandmother).
Tuesday Ellen Rose King (Shirley Woods-McConville's grandmother).
Wednesday Mary Wright and Stella Corcoran (Tony's mother).
Thursday Michael McKeown (Moira Thomson's brother).
Saturday Hilda Murphy (Leo's mother) and Margery Johnson.
Sunday James Walsh (Marion Mooney's father) and Kitty Gilmore.
During a recent visit to Medjugorje, Diana had a Mass offered for the intentions of Holy Cross Parish. Thank you Diana.
My Old School: A renowned Northern Ireland college has launched a year-long celebration to mark its 125th. anniversary. Michael McCloskey, the youngest pupil at St. Columb's College in Derry, marked the opening of the programme of events by ringing the handbell which for decades has tolled time for class. Founded in 1879, the college came into its own with the advent of free education. It boasts two Nobel Laureates, John Hume and Seamus Heaney among its alumni, while current Celtic football manager Martin O'Neill also attended (a class-mate of mine), as did Bishop Edward Daly, playwright Brian Friel and song writers Phil Coulter and Paul Brady (who wrote lots of stuff for Tina Turner). However, current president Fr. Eamon Martin stressed that other old boys had made less conspicuous but vitally important achievements. "In difficult times, St. Columb's men have spearheaded the work of reconciliation, mutual respect and peace," he said. (The Universe)
The Marriage Course: It started on Thursday and the next session will be on Thursday October 21st. I managed the meal and it was excellent! Gwen and Peter can tell you more. Tel. 845459
SVP News: Next Sunday afternoon, Bishop John will be coming to the Endsleigh Centre for a celebration Mass to mark 150 years of the SVP here in Hull. The first conference began at St. Charles in 1854. Les Ulyatt, the Holy Cross Conference President, would like to extend an invitation to all at Holy Cross to attend this Mass which begins at 2.00 p.m.
St. Patrick's School Reunion: Thursday November 4th. at St. Vincent's Club starting at 7.00 p.m. More details from Barbara Garwell on 354029.
In his prose poem Khristos, Turgenev dreams that he is in a village church together with the peasant congregation. A man comes to stand beside him: "I did not turn towards him, but immediately I felt that this man was Christ". However, when eventually he turns towards him he perceives " a face like everyone's face. A face like all men's faces and the clothes on him like everyone else's". Turgenev is astonished. "What sort of a Christ is this then? Such an ordinary, ordinary man". But he concludes: "Suddenly I was afraid and came to my senses. Only then did I realise that it is just such a face a face like all men's faces that is the face of Christ."
"Kindness is given so softly, so gently, falling like tiny seeds along our paths and brightening them with flowers."
The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea and coffee are served after the 10.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday. SUNDAY OCTOBER 3RD 2004 27TH WEEK OF THE YEAR FAMILY FAST WEEKEND |
Our Housebound Parishioners: Many of you receive the weekly newsletter when our Eucharistic Ministers bring you Holy Communion. And it's lovely when they report back how this makes you feel still an important part of Holy Cross. Maybe out of sight but certainly not out of mind! So special greetings to you all as we begin the month of October. Today, Saturday, is the Feast of the Guardian Angels. May your own special guardian angel keep watch over you throughout this month. And who are you, some ask? Well, here are the names of some of our housebound. Mrs. Pratt, Betty Nicholls, Veronica Homan, Evelyn Allen, Paddy Falvey, Elsie Murphy, John Boland, John Gavin, Betty Swallow, Peter and Margaret Price, Rolf Kennedy and the others in Magnolia House, Ted Stafford and co. in the care home in Skidby, Anita Marshall, Ursula Stainton, Stuart Buchan, Joan Horbury, Betty Eagan, Hilda Cuss, Louisa Brierley, Tom Cleary, Roy Caley and Andrea Gardham. (If I've missed you out, please let me know!)
Mass on the radio: At 10.00 a.m. every Sunday morning you can listen to Mass on your radio if you tune to Long Wave 252 or Sky Channel 892. I know that some of you do and it's great to get a bit of feed-back about this.
Counters this week: Anne and Geoff Land.
Next week: Betty and Denis Gilson.
Walsingham 'New Church' Collection: Thank you again for your tremendous generosity. We raised over £424. There were two anonymous donations of £100. When I got back into the house after Mass on Sunday I found this note with five twenty pound notes attached: "Dear Fr. Pat, this is for the Walsingham Collection. Sorry it's late. I had to go to the cash machine." I had to ask myself, 'Would I have bothered?' Many, many thanks.
Parish Walsingham Trip: It's the weekend of December 10, 11 and 12, to coincide with the Advent Carol Service at the Shrine. The Marists are following in the footsteps of Safeways etc. offering, during November and December, two nights bed and breakfast for the price of one. I've worked out that for £45.50 we can have lunch and dinner on Friday with breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday plus breakfast and lunch on Sunday, and all with a bed thrown in. Not bad value! We intend to travel in cars sharing places. So you should add another £10 for fuel costs. If you are interested have a word with me as soon as possible.
Helen Woodmansey and James Mooney: Two of our younger parishioners who have flown the nest this past week leaving sad and lonely parents and empty houses (but room in the bathroom and no dirty clothes!). Well. there has to be something good about it! We wish both of them all the best as they settle down to university life, whatever that is?
Great North Run John Britton writes: "To everyone who bought my mum's cards, gave me money and to everyone who was praying for me to get round the course, I thank you. I completed the race in 2 hours and 52 minutes, which for me, an unfit university student, is fairly good. I have now raised about £400 for Cancer Research UK largely thanks to everyone at Holy Cross. The one thing that made the whole day extra special was passing Jimmy Saville 3 miles from the finish!"
Pie and Pea Supper: This Friday in the Priory Room at 7.30 p.m. It's for everyone and the tickets are £3. Please bring your own drinks. And the main attraction? Malcolm the Magician, guaranteed to amaze! I can't wait.
Cafι Meeting: As we get closer to the start of this programme there will be a planning meeting for anyone who can help on Monday, October 4th. in the house. There have been good reports from St. Anthony's where they did the seven week programme in one week! We'll take it a bit slower!
SVP News: Les Ulyatt writes "The St. Vincent de Paul Society was established in Hull in 1854 at St. Charles and to mark this 150th. anniversary, Bishop John will concelebrate Mass at the Endsleigh Centre on Sunday 17th. October at 2.00 p.m. The parishioners of Holy Cross have always generously supported the work of the SVP and we would like to invite you to join us for this Mass and celebration."
St. Patrick's School Reunion: Thursday November 4th. at 7.00 p.m. at St. Vincent's Club on Queen's Rd. It's for any decade, and year, any age and all ex-pupils are welcome. For further details please contact Barbara Garwell on 354029.
Parish Autumn Fayre: Only two weeks to go! There will be a Stall Holders meeting this Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. in the Priory Room. New faces are always welcome, and new ideas too!
Jan's Craft Stall: A new idea this year! We've all got some talent, she says. If you could donate just one item you or a friend has made we could have an interesting stall, and you could become famous (locally), or remain anonymous. If you can suggest a price for your work, please do so. Items, marked "Jan", can be left in the porch. She gives some suggestions of talents potter, woodworker, glass painter, jeweller, quilter, metal worker, marquetry, decoupage, dried flower arranging and the list is endless. Go on, give it your best shot!
Marriage Course: It begins this Thursday in the Priory Room starting with a meal at 7.00 p.m. (I wonder do I qualify?). It's not a marriage preparation course nor marriage guidance but an enrichment programme suitable for any married couple. The evening is built around a video presentation and following that an opportunity for each couple to discuss what they've seen. There is no group work! There are forms in the porch with details or you can speak to Peter and Gwen on 845459.
"Everything that is not given is lost' (Indian proverb)
Today, Dear Lord, I'm 80:
Given to me by Pat Whincop (not 80 herself, she assures me!)
Today, dear Lord, I'm 80 and there's still much to be done.
So, I hope, dear Lord, you'll let me live until I'm 81.
But then, if I haven't finished all that I want to do,
Would you please let me stay a while, until I'm 82?
To many a place I want to go, so very much to see.
Do you think perhaps you could manage it, to make it 83?
The world is changing very fast, there is so much more in store,
I'd like it very much to live until I'm 84.
And if by then I'm still alive, I'd like to stay till 85.
New things to savour, so I'd really like to stick
And see what happens in the world when I am 86.
I know, dear Lord, it's much to ask (it must be nice in Heaven!)
But then I'd really like to stay till I am 87.
I know by then, I won't be fast and sometimes even late,
But I would love to be around when I am 88.
I will have seen so many things and had a wonderful time,
So I am sure that I'll be willing to leave when I am 89!
Maybe?
Wilberforce Public Lecture Clare Short MP.
"Rethinking the War on Terror." Tuesday October 19th in the Guildhall at 7.30 p.m. Clare Short, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Lady wood, was Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 until May 2003 when she resigned from the post over the Government's handling of the conflict in Iraq. Admission is free by ticket only. Contact The Lord Mayor's Secretary on 615093 or call in to Hull Tourist Information Centre, Paragon St.
"Listening 2004 in Middlesbrough Diocese." Last week we sneak previewed Bishop John's forthcoming article for the Voice. This week we have an extract from the official document which will be sent to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. "The second stage of the conversation turned to the question of young people in the parish. This was animated by Ella Haswell and James Preece from Holy Cross Parish, Cottingham, who spoke of their own experience and that of other young people in their local church. They mentioned the gap between confirmation and marriage when very little seemed to exist for young people. When it was provided they often felt it was more of an effort to entertain, to attract and retain the young, rather than to simply help them face the real challenges of living lives fully integrated with faith in God. As young people in church they sometimes had a sense of almost being a curiosity. They suggested that adults were possibly afraid to present young people with the full facts of the Catholic faith in case it was rejected."
An old woman is on a plane and getting increasingly worried about the turbulence around her. She turns to the priest next to her and asks: "Father, you are a man of God. Why can't you do something about this problem?" "Lady," says the priest, "I'm in sales, not management." (Anthony Wood)
Clerical fists fly in holiest of places: Police in Jerusalem reprimanded senior Greek Orthodox and Franciscan clerics on Tuesday after priests got into a brawl inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of Christianity's holiest places. Three Greek Orthodox clergy who started the punch-up with Franciscans were released from custody but may still face further charges. Both sides said they would try and resolve their differences. But rivalry has often boiled over between the six Christian sects that share the church on the site of Golgotha, where tradition dictates that Jesus was crucified and buried. The spark for the latest fist-fight came when the Franciscans left open their chapel door as a Greek Orthodox procession approached. Orthodox priests, annoyed because the door should have been closed, insulted Franciscans in the doorway and a brawl ensued. Israeli police with batons took five minutes to break up the brawl. One Franciscan was hauled by his rope belt from the chapel by Greek Orthodox clerics. "They're trying to kill me, they want to kill me," he wailed as he was beaten. A Franciscan friar from Ghana fought his way into the fray to try to free his colleague. But it was an Arab photographer and a shopkeeper who freed him by cutting the rope. A police spokesman said that both sides had been "told in no uncertain terms that this was no way for religious leaders to behave". Two years ago 11 monks from the Ethiopian Orthodox church were taken to hospital after a fight with members of the Egyptian Coptic Church. So distrustful of one another are the denominations that responsibility for locking and unlocking the church each day has been in the charge of successive generations of a Muslim family.
Congratulations to John Pike, son of Chris and Christine and brother of Amy and Liz, who married Nicola, today, Saturday. And we also welcome Liz, back from her year long adventure in Japan. No more fish and chips for her, it's sushi all round!
Parish Prayer Circle Intention for Friday: "For all our married couples and for the success of the Marriage Course starting on Thursday in the parish. And for John and Nicola married on Saturday."
Christenings today: At noon we celebrate the welcoming into the family of the church of Carmen and Christie Chan, the daughters of Caroline and Stanley Chan of New Village Road. And next Sunday at noon we have the christening of Nicola and Simon Green's first daughter, Eleanor. Congratulations!
Anniversaries this coming week:
Saturday Monica Percival (Richard's mother).
Sunday Harry Jephcott (a lovely gentleman).
Monday Laurence Wood (Brian's brother), Hilary Woods-McConville (Shirley and Tony's daughter) and James Lunn (Mrs. Lunn's husband).
Tuesday James Whincop (Pat's husband and Chris' dad).
Thursday Catherine McAllister (Joan Gibson's sister).
Saturday Kath Jephcott (Harry's wife).
Sunday Aileen Murphy (Pat Falvey's sister),Roy Buchan (Stuart's father) and Rita Parkinson.
Mass Intentions for the coming week:
Saturday 6.30 Keith Brown
Sunday 10.00 Kevin Daley (RIP)
Monday 9.00 George Kerr (RIP)
Tuesday 7.00 James Whincop (A)
Wednesday 9.00 Trevor John Willoughby
Thursday 9.00 Lilian Connolly (RIP)
Friday 9.00 Jim Gardham (RIP)
Saturday 9.00 - The Pike Family in Thanksgiving
Saturday 6.30 Leslie Lawrence Birkinshaw (A + B)
Sunday 10.00 John and Nicola Pike (Married last Saturday)
Discussion Forum at the Endsleigh Centre: Fr. Gerard Burns SM will talk on "Should Childrens' Books Always Tell the Truth?" (With reference to Philip Pullman's trilogy 'His Dark Materials'. Next Sunday at 7.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
City Praise at St. Martin's Church on Anlaby Rd. tonight, Sunday, at 6.30 p.m. This is an initiative to pray for Hull and its needs. More details from Diana on 846555.
Red Boxes Jingle: The Church's oldest mission aid charity in England and Wales, The Association for the Propagation of the Faith (APF), says the £3.3 m. its donors gave last year was "a real sign of generosity and vitality". Last month the charity sent £1.4 m. to some of the poorest parts of India, including Nagaland, a remote tribal area. "The monies collected do not go into a big anonymous account in Rome or anywhere else but go directly to those parts of the world which are in most need of pastoral support," said Fr. John Dale, the APF's national director. Here at Holy Cross, Ann Tordoff is in charge of the "Red Boxes". If you would like your box emptying, please bring it along to Mass. Thank you ever so much for your support.
"Nobody could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."