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 JANUARY 23RD 2005 SUNDAY JANUARY 30TH 2005 FOURTH WEEK OF THE YEAR "MAKE POVERTY HISTORY" |
TSUMANI APPEAL: The collection last weekend came to the amazing total of £4,582.48 (including what was gift-aided). This has been sent off to CAFOD to be added to what has been collected during this past month all over the country. What can I say? Once again you have come up trumps! What does it say in the Gospel? "The amount you give out is the amount you will get back." Our reward will be great, both here and in heaven I'm sure! Not that we're doing it for a reward. God bless you all.
Rolf, a resident at Magnolia House, writes, on asking for a Mass to be said for what would have been his 62nd Wedding Anniversary. "I have sometimes wondered whether I might have chalked up an unusual, even if not to say unique 'treble' at the time. Because I made my First Confession at the Brompton Oratory at tea-time on the 14th and my First Communion on the morning Hazel and I were married on the 15th. Three 'first time' sacraments within 20 hours. We destroyer officers didn't waste a second of our precious shore leave in those days! And followed it up be being among those confirmed by Cardinal Griffin during the first service he conducted after receiving the Red Hat from the Holy Father, only a few days previously."
Adult Formation Area Meeting: Wednesday of this week at the Endsleigh Centre from 7.00 9.00 p.m. Parishioners from all the Hull parishes are invited to look at the proposals included in the new Strategic Plan put forward by Bishop John, which suggests a way forward regarding how we can support and encourage parishes in a practical way, in the light of falling number of priests, the twinning and amalgamation of parishes and the many other challenges facing our parish communities. Following this meeting we shall have one here in the parish to discuss among ourselves what the implications of the plan might be for Holy Cross.
Wednesday: Candlemas: Day: The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. On this day we bless the candles that will be used in the church during the rest of the year. This feast marks the close of the Christmas Festival of Light. Mass will be at 9.00 a.m.
Thursday The Feast of St. Blaise and the traditional Blessing of the Throats will take place during the morning Mass at 9.00
Congratulations to Rachel Cooper (nee Ulyatt) and her husband Des on the birth of their first child Joseph on Wednesday January 19th. And congratulations also to the new Babysitters, first time Grandparents Teresa and Les! "A Baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."
For Teresa and Les: "Grandchildren are gifts of God. It is God's way of compensating us for growing old."
Rest in Peace: Please remember in your prayers Monica Bolton, sister of Chris Campbell and Sr. Jill and niece of Agnes who died on Tuesday January 18th. And also Frank Douglas, uncle of John Clarke who died last week in Princess Royal Hospital.
John Donne wrote:
Any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.
Birthday Girl: And this week it is the turn of Pauline Burton who reached the grand young age of 60 last Thursday. Pauline is Marie Gallagher's sister. (And she was the one who grassed you Pauline!).
Pope Idol: It may not have celebrity judges not offer instant stardom for the winner, but a Catholic version of the TV series Pop Idol in the diocese of Middlesbrough sounds promising (The Tablet reports). The aim of the competition is to raise money for 50 young people to go to the World Youth Day in Cologne in August along with Bishop John. The judges are yet to be confirmed. According to Fr. John Paul Leonard, the Diocesan Youth Officer, the nasty Simon Cowell-type judge will be Mgr. Ricardo Morgan, Vicar-General of the diocese. He was a professional dancer at the Windmill Theatre in London before he became a priest and still judges dancing competitions. Others invited to be judges are the Catholic actor and local boy Kevin Connelly from the TV show Dead Ringers and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, the Middlesbrough footballer.
Our Own Holocaust: (an excerpt from last Sunday's Telegraph editorial):
Thursday is the 60th anniversary of the Russian army's entry into Auschwitz. This grim anniversary will inevitably be an occasion for some smug self-congratulation from politicians: part of the point of reminding ourselves how awful the Nazis were is to tell ourselves how good we are by comparison. Hitler's holocaust began in the 1930's with a policy which was not merely popular in other countries, but frequently practised by them: the forced sterilisation of those deemed "unfit to reproduce" because they were thought to carry a genetic predisposition to mental or physical handicap. Forced sterilisation is not murder, of course. But the Nazis' slide from the forced sterilisation of the mentally handicapped to their mass murder suggests how slippery the slope from one to the other can be. As the BBC's outstanding series on Auschwitz demonstrates, the Nazis decided that it was not worth feeding and nursing "gibbering idiots", and that they could not "burden future generations with their care". They claimed that the most "humane" alternative was to exterminate the people they called "useless eaters". Three doctors would look at the medical records of a "patient". They would mark the records with a red cross if they thought the individual was a suitable candidate for "evacuation". A majority vote decided his or her fate.
There are disturbing parallels with our present laws on abortion. To abort an unborn child beyond 24 weeks' gestation is recognised in law as infanticide but only if the child is thought to be "normal". If doctors diagnose physical or mental handicap, including, it seems, a cleft palate, it is lawful to kill the unborn child any time up to its birth. This is a programme for eliminating the handicapped. Its justification is that it is better "not to burden" either the present or future generations with their care. The state is killing "unhealthy" children because we do not want to live with them, or to bear the costs of looking after them. It is a justification the Nazis would have appreciated.
About 200,000 unborn children are aborted every year in England and Wales, many because doctors have decided they will be handicapped. That is a killing rate of nearly 550 a day: less than the number gassed daily at Auschwitz, but an horrifically large number none the less and larger than the numbers of defenceless handicapped murdered by the Nazis.
We have successfully disguised the enormity of what we are doing from ourselves, just as the Nazis did. Next Thursday should not be an occasion for congratulating ourselves on how far we have come from the moral abyss of National Socialism. It should rather prompt an honest recognition of how disturbingly close our abortion laws have taken us to it.
Eucharistic Ministers: Those of you who help on a Sunday morning will find the new rota in an envelope with your name, on the table in the porch. Thank you again for all your help during this past year.
Manna Coffee Shop: What was the old Pine Shop is now a thriving Coffee Shop run by Christ Church and supported by all the other churches in the village. They are looking for volunteers to help out, nothing too heavy, you don't even have to be able to work the till or prepare the food! Clearing tables and tidying up is just as necessary. Just ask at the counter and tell them where you're from. And if you haven't been in yet, get yourself along and enjoy a tasty cuppa. Fairtrade products are used and can also be bought there.
Mona Dyas: The Mass this coming Friday morning at 9.00 a.m. will be a Memorial Mass for Mona and her sister Marjory who died two months after Mona in September. After the Mass, Mona's ashes will be interred at Eppleworth Cemetery.
Sick and Housebound Parishioners: Please remember Elsie Murphy, Peter and Margaret Price, Stuart Buchan, Willy parker, Peter Watts, Roy Caley, Tom Cleary, Anne Freelance, Anita Marshall, Marion Boland, John Gavin, Mrs. Pratt, Betty Nicholls, Ivy Behan, Paddy and Mary Falvey, Veronica Homan and Betty Swallow.
Junior Citizens Party: This will take the place of the regular Senior Citizens Party this year which has probably run its course. I counted about half a dozen parishioners there last year. So now it's the turn of our younger parishioners, i.e. those in secondary school. We plan an evening's bowling on Friday May 20th at Hull Bowl, with food included! Watch this space.
Parish "St. George's Day" Dinner: Well, it's actually the day before! Friday April 22nd at Hessle Golf Club, Eppleworth Rd. just three minutes past the cemetery! More details soon.
First Holy Communions and our traditional Treasure Hunt and Strawberry Tea will take place as usual on the same day Sunday July 10th.
Parish Council Elections: Change of procedure: Pat Britton, Tony Simmonds and Jim Norton are coming off this Spring. We are looking for anyone who might be willing to replace them. Don't be shy! There will be no voting slips, ballot papers or the like any more. Nobody bothers to vote so it's a waste of paper and time. But the Parish Needs You! Don't be shy and think of the perks! The new Chairperson of the Parish Council is Jacqui Woodmansey aged 20 something or other!
Word for Today February to April: Please take a copy today.
40 Days Prayer Guide: Lent Programme. Again there are free copies available in the porch. It's the programme that Cottingham Churches Together will be following during Lent.
Lourdes Booking Forms: Any adult wishing to go on the Diocesan Pilgrimage can get a booking form from Gerry Baker on 875614.
Sr. Anne writes from Kiloloran in the Philippines: "Dear Fr. Pat and parishioners, a huge Thank You for the generosity of your giving to the rehabilitation of the livelihood and housing of those with whom we live and work in the Philippines. I will try to keep you informed as to the progress of the work via Patrick and Anne. It was so good to meet you and, once again, thank you. With love and assurance of prayers. Anne"
Parish Pilgrimage to Compostela: Sept. 11th 22nd 2005 Peter should have some booking forms this weekend. His phone number is 845459.
Parish Prayer Circle Intention for Friday: "Lord, bless and heal the broken hearted and bring all the victims of the Tsunami to rest and peace in you."
Anniversaries this coming week:
Saturday Maureen Woods-McConville (Tony's sister)
Sunday Harry Park (Jean Gray's father), Mona Ulyatt (Les's mother), and Margaret Howdle.
Monday Elizabeth Parker-Gott (Ray's grandmother) and Kath Frank.
Tuesday Peter McNicholas (John's brother) and Francis Kedward (Ros Durkin's father).
Wednesday Charles Taylor, George Sallis (Monica Cook's father), William Barron.
Thursday Robert Jackson (Phil's dad) and Margaret Brittain (Patrick's mother).
Friday Fulgenci Navarro (Carmen's father) and Muriel Wilson (Elsie Murphy's sister).
Saturday Herbert Burgan (Arthur's father) and Mary Jo Cummings.
Mass Intentions for the coming week:
Saturday 6.30 Patrick and Bridget Downey
Sunday 10.00 Josie McVeigh (RIP)
Monday 9.00 Christine Andrews (RIP)
Tuesday 7.00 Mike Dex
Wednesday Candlemas Day James and Elizabeth Rodgers 9.00
Thursday St. Blaise 9.00 Joseph McStravock (RIP)
Friday 9.00 Mona Dyas Memorial Mass and burial of her ashes.
Saturday 9.00 Communion Service
Saturday 6.30 Bernadette Reed (RIP)
Sunday 10.00 Eagan and Barber Families.
Parish Accounts: We're looking for the people who are using envelopes numbered 6 and 99. It's so that we can claim back the tax from your Gift-Aid declaration. Remember, for every pound you give us, the Chancellor gives us another 28p. Not to be sneezed at!
For Des Cooper, the new dad: "God must have known our earthly need for someone wiser; someone who could turn a hopeless situation into shades of victory; someone whose touch could transform clouds into sunshine, tears into joy, sadness into laughter That's why He made fathers like Himself."
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 JANUARY 23RD 2005 THIRD WEEK OF THE YEAR CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK |
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Our service this year will take place at Zion Church this evening, Sunday, at 6.30 p.m. The preacher will be Rev. T. Holborn from the Methodist Circuit. It would be great to see a good Holy Cross turn-out. You'll still have time to get home for 'Coronation Street'!
During Lent, all the churches in the village will be following a single programme called "40 Days Prayer Guide an Extraordinary Prayer Journey." Copies of the 'Guide' will be available in the next week or so, and on the Thursdays of Lent we will gather for about forty-five minutes in each of the churches for a time of prayer and reflection, beginning at 7.30 p.m. We will be the host church on March 10th. There will be more details next week.
| If with pleasure you are viewing Any work that I am doing. If you like me or you love me, tell me now. Don't withhold your affirmation Till the priest makes his oration, And I lie with snowy lilies o'er my brow. If I earn your praise, bestow it, If you love me, let me know it. Let the words of true encouragement be said. Do not wait till life is over And I'm underneath the clover, For I cannot read my tombstone when I'm dead. |
Counters this week: Sallie and Michael Pinder.
Next week: Sheena Pike and John McNicholas.
Fairtrade: Supporters of Fairtrade products are invited to an open forum event at the Friends' Meeting House in Percy St., off Freetown Way, this Wednesday from 7.15 p.m. A spokesman for the forum said, "Come to an open meeting to share views and generate ideas for Fairtrade in Hull." Admission is free and Fairtrade refreshments will be provided.
Café Programme: Our second series of presentations will start this Wednesday in the Garden Room at 7.30 p.m. The title of this module is "Exploring the Catholic Church." There will be eight talks given by a Catholic lay theologian which are interesting, jargon free and witty. The title of the first one is, "Who needs the Catholic Church?" Others include "Baptism Gateway to Life", "Personal Prayer Pathway to Joy", "What is the Mass?", "Getting More out of the Mass", "Confirmation Empowered to Serve", "Keeping a Pure Heart" and "Mary and the Saints".
Auschwitz: To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, there is a planned visit on May 7th a Saturday to the Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire (Beth Shalom). The cost of the visit will be approx. £20 which includes the entrance fee, an excellent buffet lunch and transport. It is an opportunity not to be missed. The centre is fully booked during the week for school and study visits.
There is a beautiful rose garden, the centre itself, a wonderful bookshop and the opportunity to hear first-hand experiences and testimonies of those who escaped the camp. The memories stay with you long after the visit. There will be a list at the back of church for anyone interested. If you'd like any more information you can speak to Chris Clarke on 844128.
Please pray for Julia and Justyna Lesny's grandmother who is very ill at home in Poland after suffering a severe stroke.
Smartie Tubes: A big thank you to all who took the tubes before Christmas and who then returned them, full of coins. You raised the wonderful sum of £187.55 which will go to the Orphanage at Bo in Sierra Leone, our twin parish. Added to that is the £163.41 which came from the raffle and collection at the Christmas Lunch Club, making a grand total of about £350. And I don't forget those of you who brought along bags of coins over the Christmas period to be added to the collection.
The HHARP Collection at the two Christmas Day Masses came to the amazing total of £734.16. And this is mainly due to the 'pestering' a few years ago of Alison Durkin, a young (ish) parishioner now living and working in London. The Holy Family was homeless and wouldn't it be good to remember the homeless in our own city at such a time. This has now become a Holy Cross Tradition along with the regular food collection at Sunday Masses. So from us all, Alison, thank you for your solidarity with those less off than ourselves, and for pricking our consciences too! Her sister Clare did one of the readings at Midnight Mass and she helped with the collecting at the door. A formidable couple, hard to get past!
The Philippines Typhoon Appeal: After Sr. Anne's words last weekend, you responded most generously, once again, with the sum of £851.10. I thought that people weren't meant to have any money left after Christmas! What you gave both before and after Christmas will have a real effect on the lives of the people that she lives and works with in the village of Killoran.
Tsunami Appeal: And if you have anything left ! Many of you will have already made donations to this appeal but if you haven't and would like to, then you have the opportunity on the way out today. It will be sent to CAFOD which is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee. CAFOD writes: "The Jesuit Refugee Service, our partner in the Aceh region of Indonesia, set up communal kitchens serving up to 5,000 people at a time. It is also providing medicines and supplies to support a health post in Banda Aceh, and helping people to trace family members who are missing." "From day one, our partner Caritas India turned churches and schools into camps that are now providing food, fresh water, sanitary facilities and medical assistance for over 60,000 displaced people. Caritas teams are also distributing emergency kits to thousands of survivors."
"Everything that is not given is lost." (Indian proverb)
Congratulations to Patrick Gorman and Jayne Rhodes who were married here last Saturday (even if it did clash with two other important events!). It was a lovely Nuptial Mass followed by an excellent reception at the Jarvis. The couple should have been honeymooning in the Maldives but instead went to Cuba. We'll see what John is smoking in the weeks to come? Young Oliver and Thomas looked very smart as pageboy and usher respectively. And you didn't look half bad yourself, John!
Crisis Pregnancy Centre, 310, Newland Ave. We offer free pregnancy tests, counselling and support, still-birth, miscarriage and post- abortion counselling. The service is provided by trained counsellors from the different churches and is well used by people from all over the city. The Centre is open on Monday from 7 9 p.m. Wednesday 12 2.30 p.m. and Friday 10 1.30 p.m. We are currently looking for support, counsellors (training available), receptionists, prayer and financial support. If you are interested in this work please contact either Gwen O'Reilly one of our parishioners on 845459 or the Centre on 492929.
The Garden Room: It's now up and running and will benefit the parish in many ways. We are grateful to the following parishioners who have agreed to manage the use of the Garden Room. Community Co-ordinator John McNicholas (876812).
Booking Clerk Jan Woodmansey (845496) and Treasurer Sheena Pike (842588). Parish groups using the room will not, of course, be charged but the availability of the room must be checked with any of the above before dates of parish activities are fixed. Several external Cottingham community groups have already booked the use of the room and it is expected that groups using the room would leave it clean and tidy. Could those on the tea/coffee rota on a Sunday please run the cleaner over it also?
Gerry Baker writes: "I write on behalf of the Hull Lourdes Sick Fund Committee to ask if you would be so kind as to publicise the forthcoming Annual Lourdes Mass and Rally which will take place on Sunday 13th February at the Marist Church at 2.00 p.m." There will be a box in the porch for any gifts or Tombola prizes, Bottles or White Elephant stuff (a time to pass on those unwanted Christmas presents!).
SVP News: The parish conference recently received a bequest of £1,000 from a parishioner. It was decided to forward it to the SVP Disaster Fund to use as they saw best. The conference would again like to express its thanks for all the support you give it throughout the year.
Japanese Girl: She has just completed her medical studies and is aged around 25 and she would like to spend from March 7 12 with a family in the parish. She speaks good English and would be no burden. Steve Haswell (double bass in the church band) is the contact and his number is 876628.
Anniversaries this coming week:
Sunday Herbert Butler
Monday Fr. Michael Hussey and Michael Spaven
Tuesday Monica Wood (Brian's sister), Erik Andersson (Terry Atkinson's father) and Mary Brown (Joan Horbury's mother).
Wednesday James Stephenson (John's brother), Charles Pidd (Mary's husband) and Pauline Hazelgrove.
Thursday - Alfred Haughey (Mike's father) and Agnes Spaven.
Friday Elizabeth Mooney (Nick's mother) and Phyllis Wackett.
Saturday Maureen Woods-McConville (Tony's sister).
Sunday Harry Park (Jean Gray's father), Margaret Howdle and Mona Ulyatt (mother of Les).
Parish Accounts: As we are doing the accounts for the past year, just a couple of queries. Who is using envelopes numbered 6 and 99? There are coming in regularly and to claim back the tax we need to know who is using them. Is it you? And Rob Wright, have you got the set numbered 65?
Adult Formation Area Meeting: Over the past 12 months or more, the Diocesan Adult Formation Committee have been working on producing a report a strategic plan for Bishop John and his Council, which looks at the present situation and future trends in our diocese. This plan called "Sowing the Seed" is now ready. Already the priests of the diocese have met to consider the plan, and we are now seeking the views of the people in the parishes. The plan offers a vision of how we might meet both current needs and future developments in our diocese, in so far as we can predict them. The whole thrust of the Plan is to seek to empower and enable all the baptised members of our parishes to live out their faith and contribute to the life of their parish with confidence. It suggests a way forward regarding how we can support and encourage parishes in a practical way, in the light of falling numbers of priests, the twinning and amalgamation of parishes, and the many other challenges facing our parish communities. But the implications of adopting this plan are far-reaching, both financially and in terms of diocesan policy and strategy. So we need to hear your response to the proposals and recommendations suggested by this Plan. There will be a meeting at the Endsleigh Centre on Wednesday February 2nd from 7 9 p.m. for all the parishes in our area. All parishioners are invited to attend. Following that meeting, we will hold a meeting here at Holy Cross so that we can discuss among ourselves what the implications of the plan might be for our parish.
'Holy Cross and Friends' Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela:
September 11th to 22nd 2005. Coach out, ferry home. Taking in Reims, Avallon (overnight), Vezelay, Le Puy en Velay (overnight), Pau (overnight), Roncesvalles, Pamplona, Burgos (overnight), through Galicia to Lugo (overnight), Compostela (three nights), Avila (overnight), Vitoria-Gasteiz (overnight), Bilbao and ferry to Portsmouth or with the option of flying home to Stanstead). Approximate cost will be £650. You can get further details from Peter O'Reilly on 845459 (And I ask myself, could Peter be the next Ray Parker?). There will be further updates next week.
Prayer Circle Intention for this coming Friday: "We give thanks for the tremendous generosity shown by so many at Holy Cross over these past few months as we have responded so freely to the many needs in our world today."
Amnesty International Spring Concert: Ferens Art Gallery this Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. Clarinet and Piano. Tickets are £10 and available from Marian Hall on 843948 or Anne Tordoff on 858244.
Sick Parishioners: Please remember in your prayers John Gavin, Willy Parker, Anita Marshall, Paddy Falvey, Lilian Fowlston, Louisa Brierley, Roy Caley, Tom Cleary, Ivy Behan, Alice Sinclair, Ursula Stainton, Betty Nicholls and Betty Swallow.
Oldest Parishioner: Congratulations to Mrs. Galloway, a resident at the Old Vicarage in Skidby who last week celebrated her 99th Birthday! Roll on 2006! We'll have a party!
Mass Intentions for the coming week:
Saturday 6.30 The Conway Family
Sunday 10.00 Rose Nicholson
Monday 9.00 Terri Barker (A)
Tuesday 7.00 Pauline Tolhurst (A)
Wednesday 9.00 Margaret Lambert
Thursday 9.00 Evelyn McKeown
Friday 9.00 Rolf and Hazel Kennedy (62nd Wedd. Anniv.)
Saturday 9.00 The Parish
Saturday 6.30 Patrick and Bridget Downey
Sunday 10.00 Josie McVeigh (RIP)
A newlywed farmer and his wife were visited by her mother, who immediately demanded an inspection of the place. While they were walking through the barn, the farmer's mule reared up and kicked the mother-in-law in the head, killing her instantly. At the funeral service, the farmer greeted the mourners. The priest noticed that whenever a woman would whisper something to the farmer, he would nod his head, "Yes" and say something. Whenever a man walked by and whispered to the farmer, he would shake his head, "No" and mumble a reply. Curious, the priest asked the farmer what that was all about. He replied, "The women would say, 'What a terrible tragedy' and I would nod my head and say, 'Yes, it was.' The men would ask, 'You want to sell that mule?' and I would shake my head and say, 'Can't. It's booked up for a year.' (Courtesy of Anthony Wood. Well I'm not taking the blame!)
Borrowed Book: Lent to a student at St. Mary's to help with coursework on RE, about abortion etc. Could I have it back as someone else needs it urgently? Thanks in anticipation.
Tel:01482 847763 Fax: 01482 845225 e-mail holycross@hccott.freeserve.co.uk Website: holycrosscottingham.org.uk Vigil Mass: Saturday 6.30 pm; Sunday 10 am Weekdays 9 am, except Tuesday 7 pm Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 9am; Tuesday 7 pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament all day Saturday from after morning Mass, ending with Benediction at 6 pm |
| Anniversaries this coming week | Sat 15th | Frances Mary Graham | 1971 |
| Bernard Kolodziej | 1989 | ||
| Christine Collins | 1990 | ||
| Sun 16th | Henry William Budd | 1961 | |
| Nancy Eagan | 2001 | ||
| Mon 17th | Edith Horbury | 1959 | |
| Michael Atkin | 1986 | ||
| Tues 18th | Eileen Cregan | 1966 | |
| Stanley Drew | 1986 | ||
| Wed 19th | Scott Kolodziej | 1989 | |
| Thurs 20th | Ronald Cuss | 1980 | |
| Albert Ernest King | 1990 | ||
| Laura Mary Nolan | 2000 | ||
| Fri 21st | Francis Bingham | 1954 | |
| James Eagan | 1973 | ||
| Harry Hanson | 1994 | ||
| Sun 23rd | Herbert Butler | 1983 |
Counters this weekend: Sally and Michael Pinder; & next weekend: Gerry Doherty and Margaret Nicklas
Prayer Circle intention for Friday, Jan 21st ( for Christian Unity Octave): We ask the Holy Spirit to inspire Christians of all denominations, in this country and throughout the world, to work together for people and for the glory of God.
| Two quotes from Graham Greene: | "Human nature is not black and white, but black and grey" and "When we are not sure, we are alive." |
Pray for our sick and house-bound: Ivy Behan, Marion Boland, Louisa Brierley, Roy Caley, Tom Cleary, Betty Eagan, John Gavin, Paddy Falvey, Lilian Fowlston, Veronica Homan, Eric Kay, Anita Marshall, Elsie Murphy, Betty Nicholls, Bernard Proctor, Alice Sinclair, Ursula Stainton and Betty Swallow.
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela ("The Green Coach Rides Again!") A pilgrimage is planned to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain from the 11th to the 23rd of September this year. In the Middle Ages, Santiago was (after Jerusalem and Rome) the most important pilgrimage site in Christendom, with half a million pilgrims a year making the long journey (the Camino) mainly on foot from various parts of Europe to the shrine of St James the Apostle at Santiago.
Travel will be by Appleby's coach from Cottingham. After an overnight ferry crossing to Zeebrugge, our route will take us through France visiting Vezelay in Burgunday and Le Puy en Velay in the Massif Central (two of the most important starting points for medieval pilgrims). Crossing the Pyrenees at Roncesvalles, we will follow the Camino through Spain with overnight stops in Burgos and Lugo, before arriving in Santiago for a three night stay. On our return we will visit Avila (famous for St Teresa), before catching the Bilbao to Portsmouth ferry home. Approximate cost: £650. For further information, please contact Peter O'Reilly on 845459.
Notice of the following events comes from Diana:
Christian Coffee Break at The Wheatsheaf in Kirkella on Wed 19 January from 10 to 11.30 am. The speaker will be Paul McWilliams, who has an amazing testimony of spiritual and physical healing. All welcome. If transport is required, contact Diana on 846555.
Day of Recollection with Father May at Maltby on Sat 29 January. A coach will leave Hull at 8 am and return at tea-time. For further information about cost and booking, phone Diana or Kath Holtby on 449187.
Forty days Prayer There is Hope in Hull is heading up forty days prayer for the city and our area, starting on Wed 9 February and concluding on Sun 27 March. The events start with "City Praise" on 16 January at Bourne Street, Hull and St Nicholas's Church, Beverley. Other events are planned and will be advertised later. "An extraordinary prayer journey bringing us closer to God and asking for revival in this area." Further information from: There is Hope 01482 606606; www.thereishope.co.uk email: tih@hope.karoo.co.uk
| From Radio 4: | "Stress is the major cause of bird death, apart from the French making sparrow roulade" and "As you grow old, you lose interest in sex, friends drift away and your children ignore you. There are many other advantages, of course, but these three are the main ones." |
Cottingham Churches Together The next meeting will be here at Holy Cross in the Garden Room on Monday 17 January at 7.30 pm.
The Christian Unity Service this year will be at Zion Church on Sunday, 23 January at 6.30 pm.
Tsunami Disaster Appeal There will be a collection for this appeal after each of this weekend's Masses. All the proceeds will be sent directly to Cafod.
We have received from WREN this week their grant to us for the building and equipping of the Garden Room.
| The four grants received are as follows: | Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust | £1,000 |
| F P Finn Trust (Hull) | £500 | |
| Cottingham Parish Council | £685 | |
| WREN (Waste Re-cycling Environmental) | £20,515 |
From Shirley: CaFE Meeting Brought Forward The first of the next set of meetings will be on Wed, 26 January (not 2 February) at 7.30 pm in the Garden Room. The title of this set is "Exploring the Catholic Church" by Marcellino D'Ambrosio.
We are all invited to a meeting at the Endsleigh Centre on Wednesday 2 February from 2 to 9 pm.
The bishop has asked the Diocesan Adult Formation Committee (Chairman Father John Lumley) to come up with a plan for the best way forward for the diocese, in view of problems connected with twinning, amalgamation or closure of parishes, as the size of congregations and the number of priests change.
This Strategic Plan, which has been named "Sowing the Seed", is to be presented to us at the meeting and our views and those of all local parishes are to be actively sought. There will be a period of time allowed for full consultation with parishes and our recommendations will be listened to.
For sale or to someone in need of it: a 3 foot single bed; excellent condition. Tel: John Stephenson (654761)
Finally, some more definitions:
dossier a French tramp
scandal footwear you're ashamed of
vanish rather like a van
cannibalistic Geordie missile
wolverine product for cleaning wolves
bigamist larger than a small fog
retard very difficult in Yorkshire
weight machine a Virgin train
weight watcher a Virgin train passenger
cabbage opinions of taxi drivers
(as with the last set, explanations will be provided on request)
Tel:01482 847763 Fax: 01482 845225 e-mail holycross@hccott.freeserve.co.uk Website: holycrosscottingham.org.uk Masses: Saturday 6.30 pm; Sunday 10 am; Thursday: Feast of the Epiphany 10 am and 7 pm The church is open all day from dawn till dusk. Tea and coffee are served after the 10 am Mass on Sunday. In the gospel John is at pains to point out that beneath the sketchy surface details of the birth of Christ there lies an overwhelming mystery. We ponder in amazement at the self-emptying of God, at the Almighty becoming the all-lowly, a child helplessly on his mother's knee or lying in a cattle trough. |
| Masses this coming week: | This weekend (and next) as normal: Saturday 6.30 pm, Sunday 10 am Thursday, Jan 6th The Epiphany, holiday of obligation, 10 am and 7 pm Friday, Jan 7th Requiem Mass for John Boland, 9.15 am (see below) |
All these masses will be said by Father Mike O'Connor, a retired(!!) priest of the diocese, to whom we are very grateful for supplying while Father Pat is away.
| Anniversaries | Jan 1st | John Charles Codd (1939), Denis Valente (1971), Reg Rawson (1988), Grace Rawson (1989) |
| 3rd | John Culkin (1963), John James Maguire (1981), Paddy Radley (1988) | |
| 5th | Mary Margerite Avery (1990) | |
| 6th | Madge Drew (1984) | |
| 7th | Annie Wood (1949), Rosa Ann Hartigan (1957), Frank Udall (1962) | |
| 8th | William Prissick (1961), George Mason (1989) | |
| 9th | Dorothy McGirr (1992), Annie McMahon (2000) | |
| May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. | ||
Counters this Sunday: Anne Tordoff and Sheila Levett; and next: Tricia Leach and Mary Chapman
John Boland, one of our oldest parishioners, died peacefully in Hull Royal on Boxing Day. He had been ill for some months but previously attended Sunday morning Mass (thanks to Gerry Baker, who regularly brought him) and also our fortnightly parish lunches. His Requiem Mass will be here on Friday, January 7th at 9.15 am and it is hoped that a good number of his parish friends will be able to be present. Please pray for the repose of his soul and for Marion, his wife, and for all his family.
Another recent death is that of Bishop Kevin O'Brian, who died in Leeds on December 27th after a long illness. He began his priesthood in the Leeds diocese, became Superior of the Catholic Missionary Society, then Vicar General in Leeds. He came to our diocese as Auxiliary Bishop in 1981 and was at St Charles's, Hull, till he retired in 1998. His body will be received into that church on Sunday, the 9th of January at 6 pm and the Requiem Mass for him will be at St Charles's on Monday the 10th at 12 pm. Please pray for the repose of his soul too.
Remember our sick and house-bound: Ivy Behan, Louisa Brierley, Roy Caley, Tom Cleary, Betty Eagan, John Gavin, Paddy Falvey, Lilian Fowlston, Veronica Homan, Eric Kay, Anita Marshall, Elsie Murphy, Betty Nicholls, Bernard Proctor, Alice Sinclair and Ursula Stainton,
And a special prayer for Winifred Day, Father Pat's mum, who isn't very well.
Prayer Circle Intention: Friday Jan 7th: We ask the guidance and the blessings of the Lord on all the activities of our parish in the coming year.
The wedding of Patrick Gorman (son of John and Pamela) to Jayne Rhodes will be at Holy Cross on Saturday, 15 January at 1 pm. Congratulations in advance.
Father Pat has especially asked me to announce that Mike Davidson was 50-something on 31 December. Sorry, Mike; at least he's not here to make you listen to us singing to you!
The tsunami tragedy has been in all of our minds and we must spare a thought/prayer for some of our parishioners who have strong connections with the stricken areas. Several are from Sri Lanka, including Niluk and Nishadi who were recently married and live in the parish; John and Jenny Clark have lived in Indonesia for 20 years and are returning in 2005; the Poulouse family are out in Kerala for the wedding of Joseph and Tina, as is Elizabeth, John and Sandra Stephenson's daughter; even though they are in the west of India, they cannot help but be affected by the problems afflicting their country. To all of them, our thoughts and prayers.
REMINDER - Smartie tubes!!
My favourite proverb (from Texas): "When the horse dies .. get off."
The next Parish Lunch is on Wednesday, 5 January at 12 midday, in the Green Room, of course. All welcome.
THEY MISSED HIM!
They were looking for a lion; he came as a lamb and they missed him.
They were looking for a warrior; he came as a peacemaker and they missed him.
They were looking for liberation from Rome; he submitted to the Roman cross and they missed him.
They were looking for a fit to their mould; he was the mould breaker and they missed him.
WILL YOU?
To end with some different definitions:
"palisade" - a drink the queen likes
"Margate" the mother of all scandals
"timbre" French lumberjack's call when the tree falls
"sentiment" the perfume he intended to buy
"postulate" new name for Royal Mail
"decade" Ant
"psychopath" crazy paving
"sewage" legal work
"mistake" winner of the butchers' beauty contest