East Worthing Parish Newsletter

the Roman Catholic communities of Holy Family, Lancing & St Charles, Worthing

part of the Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Trust, a Registered Charity No. 252878

10th April 2016 : 3rd Sunday Easter Year C Volume 09 Issue 20

Second Chances . . . . . After the Resurrection, we might have expected the disciples to rush off in a frenzy of enthusiasm spreading the good news, but no, today we find them back on the lake fishing. When you stop for a minute to imagine what it might have been like to be in Peter’s shoes perhaps it isn’t all that surprising. Peter had given up everything for Jesus and promised his all. But despite all his promises, Peter had ended up denying Jesus three times. Almost certainly he would have been suffering from feelings of crippling guilt and insurmountable failure. Is it really any wonder that fishing suddenly seemed a more attractive option than evangelising? But for Jesus, giving up is not an option. Jesus appears at dawn by the lakeside where he asks Peter. “Do you love me?” Three times Jesus asks the same question … the same number of times that Peter had previously denied him. It’s as though Jesus is giving Peter the chance to put right a wrong. This is part of Peter’s healing process. This is Peter’s big chance to put his hopes and dreams back on track. Then Jesus, who has known all along what is in Peter’s heart, gives him a gentle reminder of his commission to shepherd his Church. There’s a heartening message for us too in this story. How many times do we see in the Bible people getting not just second chances but third and fourth chances? We can get things wrong and we can let ourselves down … but God who

knows what is in our hearts, reminds us that he is there to take away the burden of our guilt and of our failures and set before us new horizons and second chances. We are not expected to be perfect; we are only expected to be human.

Question of the week -

Whom should I seek out this week and invite to a real breakfast with me? Can I invite them to a spiritual breakfast with Jesus in a community that welcomes everyone to Jesus’ feast of mercy?

In the event of an emergency when a priest is urgently required and there is no answer at the above telephone number please ring St Mary’s (200416) or St Peter’s (01273 452654).

Parish Priest

Rev Fr Daryl George JCL

St Charles’ Presbytery

Chesswood Road

WORTHING

West Sussex

BN11 2AE

THIS WEEK:

S A I N T S & F E A S T S -

S U N 3 E A S T E R C

M O N S T S T A N I S L A U S

T U E E A S T E R W E E K D A Y

W E D E A S T E R W E E K D A Y

T H U E A S T E R W E E K D A Y

F R I E A S T E R W E E K D A Y

S A T E A S T E R W E E K D A Y

B I B L E R E A D I N G P L A N -

S U N P S . 3 2 , 5 1 , 8 6 , 1 2 2

M O N 2 S A M U E L 1 3 - 5

T U E P S . 3 - 4 , 1 2 - 3 , 2 8 , 5 5

W E D 2 S A M U E L 1 6 - 8

T H U P S . 2 6 , 4 0 , 5 8 , 6 1 - 2 , 6 4

F R I 2 S A M U E L 1 9 - 2 1

S A T P S . 5 , 3 8 , 4 1 - 2

Financial News . .

Weekend of 13/03/16

1st £ 212:90

Good Friday 25/03/16

£ 113:25 Holy Places

Lenten Season

£ 67:61 Lenten Alms

Weekend of 27/03/16

1st £ 1,194:01 Easter (Fr Daryl)

Weekend of 03/04/16

1st £ 212:90

2nd Collection . . .

Weekend of 13/03/16

2nd £ 79:35 Easter Flowers

This Weekend 10/04/16

2nd Parish Maintenance Fund

Gift Aid members are able to make this collection tax efficient by using our Parish envelope.

Next Weekend 17/04/16

2nd Education of Future Priests

Gift Aid members are able to make this collection tax efficient by using our Parish envelope.

Many thanks for your continuing generosity to your Parish.

Bite Size . . .

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, 1945

Our Liturgy . . . . .

This Week (3 Easter C)

Divine Office

Week 3

Entrance

18.00 10.30

287 Antiphon : below

Penitential Rite

18.00 10.30

Said Said

Gloria

18.00 10.30

Said S 532

1st Reading Acts 5:27-32, 40-41 We are witnesses of all this, we and the Holy Spirit.

Psalm Response

18.00 10.30

I will praise you, Lord, you have rescued me. Song for the Word : below

2nd Reading Apocalypse 5:11-14 The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given riches and power.

Gospel Acclamation

18.00 10.30

Alleluia, alleluia! Lord Jesus, explain the scriptures to us. Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us. Alleluia! 264

Gospel Reading

John 21:1-19 Jesus stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish.

Presentation of the Gifts

18.00 10.30

601 852

Sanctus 18.00 10.30

Said S 584

Memorial Acclamation

18.00 10.30

Said S 585 C

Great Amen 18.00 10.30

Said S 586

Agnus Dei

18.00 10.30

Said S 590

Communion

18.00 10.30

Jesus said to his disciples: Come and eat. And he took bread and gave it to them, alleluia. Song for the Table : below

Thanksgiving

18.00 10.30

278 650

Recession

18.00 10.30

725 864

Next Week (4 Easter C)

Divine Office

Week 4

1st Reading Acts 13:14, 43-52 We must turn to the pagans.

2nd Reading Apocalypse 7:9, 14-17 The Lamb will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water.

Gospel Reading

John 10:27-30 I give eternal life to the sheep that belong to me.

Music and text of Antiphons from Psallite, © 2005 Collegeville Composers Group. Published by Liturgical Press, MN56321.

Used with Permission. Calamus Licence No.0338

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At night there are tears, but joy comes with the dawn (Psalm 29:5).

P A G E 2 Parish Office . . . . .

Parish Deacons: Rev. John Body 762038

Rev. Patrick Moloney Rev. Phil Richardson 752292

Office Hours : Monday - Friday 09.30 - 11.30am

Fr Daryl’s Surgery this week : Tuesday, 17.30-18.30.

Newsletter Editorial : Items for possible inclusion in the Parish Newsletter (if there is room) need to be received (in writing please) at the Parish Office by midday on Wednesday.

General Parish Information . . . . . Parishioner Registration : Every household within the Parish is requested to complete a ‘Parishioner Registration/Census’ form so that our Parish records may be kept up to date. These forms can be found in the church narthex and should be completed fully before being returned to the Parish Office. Should you move address within the Parish at any time please complete a new form and write ‘AMENDMENT’ across the top of the form. Thank you.

Hospital : Parishioners are advised that our local General Hospital (Worthing) in Lyndhurst Road does not give the names of inpatients to the Chaplaincy Department. This means that should you find yourself admitted as an emergency case to the hospital you will need to inform the staff that you wish the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy to be informed, either yourself or through a relative. If you are going into hospital as a ‘planned admission’ you are strongly encouraged to contact the Parish Priest well beforehand so that, if appropriate, the Sacrament of the Sick can be celebrated beforehand.

Infant Baptism : Infant Baptisms are intended for the children of practising parishioners only and are celebrated on five occasions during the year after parents and godparents have completed a course of preparation. There can be no celebration without this important course. The dates of the courses for the current year can be found in the application form in the church narthex (bright green). Baptisms do not take place during the seasons of Advent or Lent.

Sacramental Preparation : Notice of the availability of application forms for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist will be made in the Parish Newsletter between the school Summer Half Term and 31st August each year. Possible candidates for Confirmation should respond to the announcements made in the Parish Newsletter during the Autumn school term. Parishioners are advised that it is very difficult to imagine that any family/individual who is not regularly practising their faith as a member of our community could possibly be ready to celebrate a Sacrament of the Church.

Marriage Preparation : Marriages are celebrated by appointment with the Parish Priest. It should be remembered that in England and Wales six months minimum notice is required before a marriage may take place; this is a requirement of the Church for all marriages that involve a Roman Catholic (even if they are not taking place in the Catholic Church). It is also necessary that one of the parties must have a meaningful connection with the Parish. Marriages do not take place during the seasons of Advent or Lent.

P A G E 7

Church Mouse (cub reporter). . . The musings of one of God’s smallest creatures on events in and around the Parish over the past seven days . . . .

A very busy week here at the Presbytery since Fr D came home from his Lourdes trip with special needs children.

On his day off on Monday he spent longer in bed than he normally allows himself before starting to deal with the washing the trip had generated. Once the big white boxes in the utility room were running at full speed he turned his attention to the build up of post that had accumulated whilst he was away. There was also the matter of a couple of plastic panels that had detached themselves from a bay window on St Charles’ Parish Centre in all the wind that ran along the coast during the early hours on Easter Monday morning - when he was leaving for the airport (04.00) in the morning he found them on the drive and just placed them safely inside the house until his return.

On Tuesday, after celebrating Mass, he caught up with two of our local undertakers to see what was happening concerning two deaths in the Parish that occurred during Holy Week and will necessitate Requiem Masses (- one took more research that he was expecting but he got there in the end!). In the late afternoon Fr D began to get together the necessary information for an audit of last year’s finances in the Parish. Each year three large, three medium and three smaller parishes of the diocese are randomly chosen for this audit as part of the requirements of the Charity Commission. Later he was dealing with a couple of parishioners who came along to his Parish Surgery.

On Wednesday Fr D returned to some of the post after celebrating Mass and started paying some of the more recent bills that have arrived. In the afternoon he was with the ladies of the Parish Catholic Women’s League as they held their Annual General Meeting (the 60th one!). After the AGM Fr D went to see the widow of one of the people who had died during Holy week to arrange the funeral service and, after supper, he complete work on the service and booklet.

After Thursday morning’s Mass Fr D went off hot-footed to Bishop’s House in Hove to see how much had appeared in his ‘in-tray’ since the week before Holy Week. Fortunately there was not too much of a build up and he was able to write up a couple of Sentences for a couple of cases he judged on March 18th, before the Easter services hit!

CHILDREN’S WORDSEARCH 3rd SUNDAY EASTER YEAR C

P A G E 3 Services For The Coming Week . . . . . Day Date Where Time Service / Intention Donor

Sat. 9th April Easter Weekday

St Charles PLEASE NOTE : No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Today

St Charles PLEASE NOTE : No Reconciliation Today

St Charles 18.00 For the Parishioners

Sun. 10th April Third Sunday of Easter Year C

Holy Family 10.30 Anne Anderson R. & F. Hill

Mon. 11th April St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr

No Service Today

Tue. 12th April Easter Weekday

St Charles 09.30 Rev Fr Ralph Message †

Wed. 13th April Easter Weekday

Holy Family 09.30 Rev Fr Tony Collins

Thu. 14th April Easter Weekday

St Charles 09.30 Angela George †

Fri. 15th April Easter Weekday

Holy Family 11.30 Requiem For Ralph Wooldridge

Holy Family PLEASE NOTE : No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Today

Holy Family PLEASE NOTE : No Reconciliation Today

Sat. 16th April Easter Weekday

St Charles 17.00 - 17.45 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

St Charles 17.00 - 17.30 Reconciliation

St Charles 18.00 For the Parishioners

Sun. 17th April Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C

Holy Family 10.30 Les & Anne Marchant P. & S. Dunbar

Mass may be offered for both the living and the dead and also for most other intentions. We do our best to try and accommodate specific dates but this can be especially difficult on weekends and at less than three months notice.

‘Mass Intentions’ are published in the Parish Newsletter on the weekend before they are celebrated although sometimes a Requiem Mass will ‘bump’ an intention to a later date.

Campaign To Make Tax Fair . . . . .

You’ve heard about tax dodging companies like Starbucks and Amazon in the UK. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Every year, unfair international tax rules let companies dodge billions of pounds of tax in developing countries – tax that could pay for essential services like schools and hospitals. A fair tax system means everyone pays their fair share – big companies included. It’s time to make tax fair. Everywhere!

To do:- Why not visit

www.actionaid.org.uk/campaign/campaign-to-make-tax-fair/take-action-to-make-tax-fair-everywhere

and sign the online petition asking treasury minister David Gauke to make this a priority.

New Diocesan Positions . . . . P A G E 6

DIOCESAN PROPERT MANAGER 3 DAYS PER WEEK (0.6 FTE)

[BASED IN HOVE]

The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton covers the city of Brighton & Hove, the counties of East and West Sussex and Surrey outside the London boroughs. The Diocese has 95 parishes and 68 schools serving the Catholic community and the Diocesan Trust is a substantial charity with approximately 500 employees (excluding clergy).

Reporting to the Financial Secretary, the Property Manager will advise the Trustees and Parish Priests on the maintenance, management and development of the Diocesan properties. S/he will be responsible for ensuring that the Diocese has adequate property insurances and for guiding the Diocese on property transactions and building projects. The Property Manager will also advise and support schools in these areas.

This new Diocesan role will be a central resource for all parishes in carrying out and implementing quinquennial surveys of Diocesan properties and monitoring follow up work on these. S/he will be responsible for creating a database of Diocesan properties and monitoring any issues with regards to these properties and tracking legal aspects such as tenancies. In addition, the post holder will join the Diocesan Health and Safety Committee and be the first line of support for parishes and diocesan agencies in ensuring that compliance with Health and Safety is maintained and documented within an online system. Helping parishes to observe Health and Safety requirements will be a key aspect of this role, including promoting awareness and compliance with 2015 Construction Design and Management regulations.

The Property Manager will be responsible for communicating developments in Diocesan guidance on property matters, including updating the property sections of the Parish Administration Manual. Over time the post holder will create a directory of approved suppliers for parish maintenance work, quinquennial surveys and various inspections. The post holder should also bring an awareness of funding streams available for church repairs, including grants for listed church buildings and should be able to support parishes in making applications for such funding.

The Property Manager will be a qualified building surveyor or equivalent. In addition, it is a requirement that the post holder will be sympathetic towards the aims and ethos of the Catholic Church.

The remuneration package comprises a competitive salary and a 15% non-contributory pension scheme.

Please contact Sarah Kilmartin (Financial Secretary) 01273 859705 finance@dabnet.org for an application form and job description.

Closing Date: 9th May 2016 w ith interviews to follow shortly afterwards.

DIOCESAN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER 2 DAYS PER WEEK (0.4 FTE)

[BASED IN HOVE]

The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton covers the city of Brighton & Hove, the counties of East and West Sussex and Surrey outside the London boroughs. The Diocese has 95 parishes and 68 schools serving the Catholic community and the Diocesan Trust is a substantial charity with approximately 500 employees (excluding clergy).

Reporting to the Financial Secretary, the HR Manager’s role will be to provide the Diocese with HR support on all matters relating to the employment and management of employees throughout the Diocese. In practice this covers everything from developing HR policies with the trustees, through to helping Parish Priests conduct job interviews or a disciplinary meeting. HR queries also arise from our schools and nursery schools and the post holder will provide support and advice as required.

The HR Manager will be asked to develop, implement and update a range of HR policies to ensure that staff are employed legally and fairly and that their line managers know the employment rights of their staff. The post holder will also be asked to develop and maintain an HR database to provide accurate information about Diocesan job roles and employees.

The HR Manager should be CIPD qualified or equivalent. In addition, it is a requirement that the job holder will be sympathetic towards the aims and ethos of the Catholic Church.

The remuneration package comprises a competitive salary and a 15% non-contributory pension scheme.

Please contact Sarah Kilmartin (Financial Secretary) 01273 859705 finance@dabnet.org for an application form and job description.

Closing Date: 9th May 2016 w ith interviews to follow shortly afterwards.

Parish Ministries For Next Weekend . . . . . P A G E 4

Date / Mass Welcome Ministers

Readers Eucharistic Ministers

Altar Servers

Children’s Liturgy

Prayers of Intercession

Saturday 16th April 4 Easter C

18.00

St Charles

E. Hamilton J. Finch M. Puno

A. Finch T. Gear

S. Morris

N/A N/A

Sunday 17th April 4 Easter C

10.30

Holy Family

B. Morris S. McCann

J. Sims K. Dalton

S. Dunbar J. Tasker S. Bottomley M. Lyons

B. Richardson M. Richardson

K. Crees T. Paterson

PLEASE REMEMBER : If you are unable to complete your particular ministry then it is your responsibility to arrange cover with another minister. In this way our Sunday Liturgies will run in a smooth and prayerful way.

For those who

are unwell…….

those who have

died recently….

those whose

anniversaries

occur…..

the Holy

Father’s Prayer

Intention….

For those unwell at this time:

Anne Godfrey, Patrick & Janet O’Connell, Barbara

Sarcoe, Andrena Godfrey, John Poetz, Maria Rodrigues, Sheila Bergin, Peggy Dyke, Kathleen McKeown, Elizabeth Robinson, Shirley Whelan, Christopher Browne, Gordon O’Taney, Eileen Stabler-Smith, Deborah Carter, Rosemary Bellamy, Anne Anderson, Win & Michael Lyons, Stephanie Spencer, Hamish Paterson, Eleanor Jukes, Deacon Pat,

Prayers Please . . . . . Canon Gerald Coates, Fr Dominic Rolls, Fr Eric Flood and Canon Tony Whale.

The recently deceased:

Ralph Wooldridge.

Anniversaries of death:

Winifrid Whitwell, Kathleen Godeck, Ellen Challen, Brian Ridley, Michael Reynolds, May Cooney, Lucie Piotrowski, Bernard Whitwell, William Tracey, Mary Watts, Mary Brennan, Fr John Franklin, Fr Archibald MacDonald, Fr Patrick Emmanuel, Mgr James McConnon, Fr Brendan Burke and Fr Leonard Whatmore.

Holy Father’s Prayer Intention:

“. . . . that people may learn to respect creation and care for it as a gift of God.”

Parish Roundup . . . . . P A G E 5

Holy Family, North Road, Lancing Mass 10.30 Sunday

St Charles, Chesswood Road, Worthing Mass 18.00 Saturday

STEPPING STONES - Our Parish Bereavement Group ‘Stepping Stones’ will be meeting on Thursday (14th) in the Holy Family Parish Centre at 14.30. Any parishioners who would like to come along for a chat and a cup of tea are most welcome to attend. 2016 EASTER DUTIES - ALL Roman Catholics are expected to complete their ‘Easter Duties’ between Ash Wednesday (10th February) and Trinity Sunday (22nd June) this year. This means receiving Holy Communion in a worthy manner, having celebrated God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. LECTIO DIVINA - Do not forget that there are sheets available (yellow) in the church narthex for those parishioners who would like to take up Bishop Richard’s recommendation of prayer using the Sunday Scriptures. PARISH WOMEN’S GROUP - The next event for the Parish Woman's Group will take place in St Charles’ Parish Centre on Friday 15th April at 19.00 sharp and will take the form of a Fish and Chip Supper + Raffle. For catering purposes please be sure to contact Angela (200369) BEFORE THIS DATE if you are definitely coming. GRANDPARENTS DAY OF REFLECTION: ‘Is Modern Life Toxic for Children?’ A day to explore the pressures on children growing up in a techno-centric world and how we as Grandparents can best support them. Led by Sue Palmer, international speaker and author of ‘Toxic Childhood’ - a ground breaking book studying the effects of contemporary childhood on child development. On Saturday 10th September, 10.00 to 16.00 at The Christian Education Centre (DABCEC), 4 Southgate Drive, Crawley, RH10 6RP. Drinks will be provided but please bring along a packed lunch. To book your place contact Katherine Bergin (Marriage & Family Life Adviser) telephone: 01293 651152 or email: katherine.bergin@dabnet.org CATENIAN ASSOCIATION - The Catenian Association is an international brotherhood of practising Catholic laymen. Members can be found in the UK, Australia, Africa, Malta, Ireland and India. The Worthing and Chanctonbury Group, founded in 1947, are now actively seeking new members. The Group meets socially once a month. If you would like the opportunity to meet other Catholic laymen and to build a lifelong friendship with them and their families, the Catenian association can offer this and much more. To express an interest (with no commitment) please contact Frank Duggan (536791 or ftduggan@yahoo.co.uk) for more information.

DEACONS’ THOUGHTS . . . .

One hundred and fifty three. Fish that is. A strange number and not one with any obvious symbolic significance though that hasn’t stopped biblical commentators from the earliest times trying to find one. For us it’s the type of detail that gives depth and authenticity to the resurrection account - after all John the evangelist himself tells us that he is a witness to these things, and that they are true.

Peter is once again singled out. He denied his Lord three times at the Passion and now he has to affirm his love for him three times. Understandably he is upset but this is part of Jesus’ ‘hand over.’ He wants to be assured that his ‘rock,’ his main man, is willing to look after and feed Jesus’ lambs and sheep, in other words His Church. Us.

Peter is willing. He is willing to go to his death to carry out this commission from the Lord. Not only Peter but several other disciples were willing to do the same. Surely that willingness is as good a piece of evidence for the absolute reality of the resurrection as there is. You would not be willing to die for something you knew to be an illusion. It happened.

Alleluia, Christ is risen.

THE TOWERS CONVENT SCHOOL ANTI-TRAFFICKING HUB

The Towers Convent School are holding an evening event on Monday 18th April from 18.00-20.00, which is designed to raise awareness about modern day slavery. The intention is that the event will spearhead other activities, which can be discussed on the evening itself.

There are several speakers lined up, who already work, in their different fields in supporting anti-trafficking. More information concerning these speakers is available on the website (www.thetowersconventschool.org). During the evening there will be a question and answer session plus an opportunity for attendees to speak to visiting speakers over refreshments.

Due to the content of some of the evening being of a sensitive nature the event is restricted to year ten (minimum) and upwards, who would be interested in attending.

They hope that the evening will be well attended and that future work, growing out of the venture, may help to make a difference.