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St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX
Tel: 01452 523603 Email: [email protected]
Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com
Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977
Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG [email protected] Assistant Priest: Fr Gerry Walsh Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson, Rev Tim Meadows Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English [email protected] Parish Office: Tuesday - Friday 9.30am-1.30pm
Sunday Mass Times 6.00pm (Sat), 9.00am, 10.30am, 2.15pm (Polish), 5.30pm
Reconciliation/Confessions Saturday: 10.30am-11.30am & 5.15pm – 5.45pm
Schools
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School. Tel: 01452 524792. Web: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk St Peter’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre. Tel: 01452 520594. Web: www.st-petershigh.gloucs.sch.uk
20th April 2014 – Easter Sunday
Mass Text Responsorial Psalm: This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad? Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed; let us celebrate the feast then, in the Lord. Alleluia! Preface: Easter 1 Eucharistic Prayer: 1 or 2
LAST WEEKEND: Mass Count – 724 Offertory - £1780.64 MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS THIS WEEK: 8.00pm (Sat) (Easter Vigil). Sunday 9.00am (Thanksgiving – Joseph & Family). 10.30am (Larry Montagu RIP). 2.15pm - Polish Mass. 5.30pm (People of the Parish). Monday 9.30am (Elsie Hall Anniv). Tuesday 9.30am (Patricia Szarek RIP). Wednesday 12.00pm (Paul Montanaro Anniv). Thursday 9.30am (Michael McSweeney RIP). Friday 9.30am (Barbara George & Bridie Coffee RIP). Saturday 10.00am (Joseph Toner RIP). 6.00pm (Ali Bunney RIP). EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Wednesday at 11.30am. Friday at 8.30am. WELCOME: To all who are visitors with us this Easter Weekend. EASTER COLLECTION: The Offertory collection at the Easter Vigil and at the Masses on Easter Sunday is your offering to Mgr Liam and Fr Gerry. EASTER THANK YOU: Thank you to all who have been involved in the preparation for and celebration of the Easter Triduum, especially Deacons Colm and Tim; Roy, Pete, Bob and all musicians and singers; readers and Eucharistic ministers, altar servers, church cleaners and flower arrangers, welcomers, ushers and collectors, all who work in and around the sacristy and church. EASTER BLESSINGS: Mgr Liam, Fr Gerry, Fr Donal, Deacons Colm, and Tim wish all parishioners and their families a very Happy Easter. CONGRATULATIONS: and welcome to the fullness of the catholic faith to Timothy Ball, Bobbie Kent and Steven Areington who were baptised and Patricia Godwin, John Davies, Iona Pippen and Christopher Johnson who were received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. We also congratulate and welcome Megan Phelps and her son Harry baptised during the 10.30am mass today and Macey Lee baptised at 12.15pm today EASTER VESPERS: Evening Prayer of the Church for Easter Sunday at 4.15pm today. Do join us. PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL: Andrea Brushneen, Alison Blake, Hilda Lawrence, Sarah Anderson, Idaline Daley, Ona Pukas, Marie Cunningham, Colin Rocheberry, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Norah King, Charlie Slade, Deacon Tim Meadows, Edmundo Padilla, Ross Nash, Daryl Paris, Fr Kevin Knox-Lecky. JOURNEY IN FAITH: Will resume on Wednesday 30th April. PETER’S YOUTH: Next meet on Sunday 27th April. All secondary school aged young people are welcome FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY – SUNDAY APRIL 27TH: St Gregory’s Church Cheltenham at 2.30pm and Our Lady of Lourdes, Newent at 2.45pm. See noticeboard for more details.
CANONIZATION: Cineworld Gloucester Quays will be screening live by satellite in 3D The Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on 27th April at 9am. Admission to this event will be free (customers need only purchase 3D glasses at £1 per pair due to the event being broadcast in 3D). See noticeboard for details. SR SHEILA WRITES: ‘On behalf of the Community in Carrigtwohill, Cork, I would like to say a big thank you for your Mass cards, letters and phone calls and messages of sympathy on the sudden death of our dear Sr Mary Brosnan. May she rest in peace. Mass will be offered for your intentions. Thank you all’. Sr Sheila along with Sr Mary were parish sisters in this parish for many years and will be fondly remembered by many. LISTEN UP! FOR 16-25 YEAR OLDS: St James’ Priory, Bristol has been booked for Saturday 10th May from 11am to 5pm for a special diocesan Vocation’s conference for young people called ‘ListenUP! It is being run by our Vocations Ministry. Following on from Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to young people at Twickenham in 2010, the question being asked is his very own – “What kind of person would you really like to be?” The main speaker is Fr Christopher Jamison, the Benedictine monk, TV presenter, author and wonderful communicator. There will be opportunities for praise and worship; workshops and testimonies. All food and drink is provided. We have the whole premises to ourselves! This is a great opportunity to grapple with important questions about who God calls us to be and how we can best serve the Church – all in a fun and faith-filled environment. If you would like more information, please contact Fr Matt Anscombe. [email protected] Under 18s will require parental consent and Fr Matt can provide a consent form. ‘GHOST’ WALK: Arranged by the Friends of St Peter’s on Thursday 24th April at 7.00pm, meet at the back of Sainsburys. Rose Harvey is leading the walk, which will be a long one, going to Gloucester Docks and ending back in town. £2 charge towards the Lady Chapel Restoration. DIOCESAN SUMMER CAMPS 2014: “Living Your Faith” Summer Camps are once again taking place at Our Lady‟s Homestead, Nympsfield between 4th-8th August (age 7-11) and 11th-15th August (age12-16). These camps are designed to give Catholic children and young adults the opportunity to explore their faith in an atmosphere of support and fun. Please contact [email protected] or Stephen Spurrell on 07847 915415. CONFIRMATION 2014: Application forms for this year’s parish confirmation programme will be available from next weekend. Confirmation will take place in the Autumn.
ADVANCE NOTICE: With First Holy Communion taking place on Saturday May 10th and 17th at 11.00am, there will be no 10.00am mass or morning confessions on those days. FR GERRY: Goes on retreat this coming week. We keep him in our prayers RED MISSION BOXES/MISSIO: Box holders and promoters, thank you all so much for your generosity in helping the missions. Please collect your magazines from the back of church and also your mission box if it is there. Please feel free to empty your own box if you can and put the money into one of the brown envelopes provided. Otherwise, please bring it to church to be emptied. If you would like to write a cheque, please make it payable to “APF”. Any queries, please contact me on 07787 835 762 or email [email protected] Many thanks Lucy Hayward ONE CHURCH OR MANY: Professor Gavin D’Costa will give a talk on ‘So what does the Catholci Church teach about relations with other Christian Churches’ at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Newent on Thursday May 29th at 7.30pm. See noticeboard for details. AND FINALLY: The Resurrection of Jesus is not the happy ending to a nice story, it is not the “happy end” of a film; rather, it is God the Father’s intervention there where human hope is shattered. At the moment when all seems to be lost, at the moment of suffering, when many people feel the need to get down from the Cross, it is the moment closest to the Resurrection. Night becomes darkest precisely before morning dawns, before the light dawns. In the darkest moment God intervenes and raises.. Pope Francis at General Audience April 16th.
Next Sunday – 2nd Easter Sunday
Acts 2:42-47. 1Peter 1:3-9. John 20:19-31.
Vocation Matters- 20th April – Easter Sunday “He saw and he believed” Are you a half glass empty or a half glass full person? It seems that Mary of Magdala is the former and John the latter in the Gospel of the Resurrection. Well, it’s obviously not quite that simple. The gift of faith is imparted in different ways to different people. John’s belief is incredible though. His conviction is solid. He saw and he believed. There are those today who would seek to debunk the objective reality of the Resurrection; so-called myth-busters. However, if you want to follow Jesus and know how He is calling you to serve, that’s a no-brainer! He is truly risen. Jesus is alive! Happy Easter!