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St Edward, Coquet Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1EE
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Church Close, Monkseaton, NE25 9PG
Our Lady and St Edmund, Station Road, Backworth, NE27 0RU
4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT, Year A, 17th & 18th December 2016
PARISH NOTICES
WELCOME TO BISHOP PAUL MASON, AUXILIARY BISHOP FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK Welcome to Bishop Mason who will celebrate the 50th Anniversary Mass of the Teams of Our Lady Group on Saturday, 17th December in Our Lady’s and St Edmund’s Church. He will celebrate the 11.00am Mass at St Edward’s on Sunday, 18th December.
DEANERY ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE: 20TH DECEMBER The Deanery Advent Penitential Service will be celebrated at 7.00pm on Tuesday, 20th December at St Cuthbert’s Church, North Shields. All are welcome.
CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING AT ST EDWARD’S: EXPOSITION AND CONFESSIONS Between 9.30am and 10.30am there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions in preparation for Christmas.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on the last Thursday of Advent at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church starting at 9.30am until the commencement of Mass at 10.00am.
FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND: CRIB OFFERINGS This year, with the encouragement of Bishop Cunningham, the parish will be donating the Christmas Collection to Friends of the Holy Land. Every penny will help the poorest Christian families, especially in and around Bethlehem, the West Bank, Gaza and Israel with education, employment, health and housing. For further information, please see the poster on the notice board. Please keep our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land in your prayers at this time. www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk
RECENTLY DECEASED Please pray for the repose of the soul of Jim Collingwood of Whitley Bay, who died on 6th December 2016 whose
Requiem Mass was held at 11.00am on Friday, 16th December at St Edward’s Church. May he rest in peace. Amen. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Giovanni Arnone who died on 10th December 2016. His Requiem Mass will
be held at 10.00am on Tuesday, 20th December at St Edward’s Church. Followed by burial at Whitley Bay Cemetery. May he rest in peace. Amen.
TUESDAY 7.00PM MASS, ST EDWARD’S CHURCH Because the number of people attending Mass on a Tuesday evening is so small, from Tuesday onwards, Mass will be celebrated in the Parish Rooms in the Presbytery, followed by the regular choir practice. Please enter through the Presbytery main door. Mgr Andrew.
COMPLINE AT ST EDWARD’S CHURCH We’re taking a Christmas break and Compline will be resuming on Thursday, 12th January 2017.
TIMES OF OUR CHRISTMAS MASSES Please note that the times of Christmas Masses throughout the Deanery are on our website www.northtynesidecatholic.org.uk
Church Christmas Eve Mass Christmas Day Mass
Our Lady and St Edmund, Backworth No Mass 9.30am
St Edward, Whitley Bay 6.00pm (Carols from 5.30pm) 11.00am
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monkseaton 8.00pm (Carols from 7.30pm) No Mass
PARISH MONDAY CLUB—ST EDWARD’S CHURCH
The Monday Club will not be meeting during the holiday period, we wish everyone all the very best for Christmas and the New Year and look forward to our return on 9th January.
PARISH LUNCHEON CLUB—IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH
The Christmas lunch on Wednesday was a huge success with forty people enjoying a full Christmas menu. Huge thanks are due to all the volunteers who have worked so hard over the past six months to make the club a resounding success. Thanks are also due to three of our local supermarkets, Morrison's, Sainsbury's and Aldi who all made donations to the Christmas lunch, we could not have done it without them.
THANKS Fr Tom Cunningham and Mgr Andrew wish to express their grateful thanks for all the kind thoughts and wishes extended to them this Christmas. WALKING GROUP The next walk on Thursday, 5th January will be down Jesmond Dene and along the Quayside—6½ miles approximately. Meet at West Monkseaton metro station for the 9.35am train to South Gosforth. More information from Margaret Graham on 0191 2529569 or Pat Kerr on 0191 2807764.
JUSTICE AND PEACE GROUP St Edward’s Justice and Peace Group wish to thank everyone who supported their Christmas coffee event, especially the
Choir who came to sing carols. We raised £260 for our charities. There remains one raffle prize unclaimed, Mrs M Martin.(Yellow 16 - 20). Please ring 0191 2577190.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church - £2,400 has been sent to Isaac’s House in Uganda. Paul Howells, the Liverpudlian builder who started Isaac’s House, sends a huge thank you for your great generosity. Recent photos and news about the children, Paul and his fellow builders support, are at the back of church. On behalf of Immaculate Heart of Mary Justice and Peace Group, many thanks to you all for your continued support and or giving so generously to Isaac’s House over the past 18 months.
PARISH BURNS SUPPER. There will be a Burns Supper at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, West Monkseaton, on Friday, 27th January, at 7.00 pm for 7.30, complete with Haggis & Bashit Neeps, a Piper, a wee dram, songs and recitations. Tickets at £18.00 each are available after Masses this weekend.
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH RED MISSION BOXES The Missio 2017 calendars are at the back of church and all are welcome to take one home. Our collection from your Mission Boxes for 2016 amounts to £1,100.65. Many thanks for your continued support and generosity for this most worthwhile cause.
OTHER NOTICES YEMEN CRISIS Advent is a time of prayer and reflection as we look forward to celebrating the birth of Christ. I especially ask over the coming weeks that you remember the people of Yemen. CAFOD is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – a coalition of leading aid agencies which has launched an appeal to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The civil war between the Houthi ethnic group and supporters of Yemen’s government is now into its second year. The UN estimates that the conflict has killed more than 10,000 people, with 6,000 people killed this year alone. The resulting humanitarian crisis is significant. More than 7 million in Yemen do not know where their next meal will come from. CAFOD’s partner in Yemen is providing humanitarian assistance in the form of food, water, medical care and shelter. You can find updates on the situation and how we are responding to this crisis. You can download prayers for your parish to use from our website www.cafod.org.uk. Should you like to support this appeal, you can donate online or send in donations to CAFOD, which will be used towards responding to this crisis. Thank you, as always, for all your support and prayers. Jo Kitterick, Parish & Volunteering, CAFOD.
ST THOMAS MORE SIXTH FORM LOURDES PILGRIMAGE At Easter, a team of sixth formers from St Thomas More (several from our Parish) are supporting a group of children with special needs on the Lourdes Pilgrimage. A festive coffee morning is being hosted by Julie Bloomfield this Sunday 18th December 2016 from 11.00am until 2.00pm at 14, Claremont Gardens, Whitley Bay NE26 3SD. Please come along for a cuppa and a mince pie. There will also be a raffle and all monies raised will go towards funding our team of young people in their endeavours. Those who attended the pilgrimage last year described their time spent with the children as life changing and some will be there again this year.
BUSKING NIGHT IN AID OF CAMBODIA Tickets are now on sale for a busking night on Friday 17th February 2017, 7.00pm until 11.30pm at Rockcliff Rugby Club, Lovaine Avenue. The headline act is "DPlus" featuring special guests !! If you have a musical instrument bring it along and join in the entertainment. Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for students. The price includes a chilli con carne supper with a vegetarian option. Available from Julie Bloomfield 07905246601 [email protected]. Funds raised are to support Charlotte Bloomfield to undertake voluntary work in Cambodia during Summer 2017.
Hospital Chaplaincies North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields & Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Northumbria Way, Cramlington: Contact Fr Stephen Watson on 07768 3873931. RVI, Freeman & Walkergate: Please phone Fr Andrew Shaw at St Andrew’s, Worswick Street, Newcastle on 0191 2321892. Newcastle General Hospital: Sister Teresa, 0191 2336161 ext. 28465. Contact email addresses, numbers and website: Monsignor Andrew (St. Edward) [email protected] (0191) 2528021 Star of the Sea Primary School [email protected] (0191) 6432080 Cluster Website www.northtynesidecatholic.org.uk Priests’ telephone numbers Monsignor Andrew Faley 0191 2528021, Father Martin Stempczyk 0191 2513770, Father Chris Hughes 0191 2575801
Deacon Frank Forde and Deacon Terry McGann contact via Parish Office 0191 2527066. Parish Office opening hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10.00am—12.00noon. For bulletin entries
please contact the Parish Secretary - telephone 0191 2527066 or email to [email protected]
Our Lady Star of the Sea: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle | Registered in England No. 7732977 | Registered Charity No. 1143450
Please remember in your prayers those who are ill: Maureen Bell, Norma Smith, Steve Heywood, Charlie McCuigan, Kevin York, Anne Marie Gormley, Ray Blackburn, Cameron Lindsay, Judy Helmsley, Tatyana Zynovieva, Jim Ferguson, George Miller, Pat Southwell and Norah Blewitt . Please also remember those whose anniversaries occur at this time and those who have died recently especially Marian DiMascio, Mary Ridley, Jim Daniels, Sean Carroll, Joan Ironside, Jim Collingwood, Margaret Longton and Giovanni Arnone.
MASS INTENTIONS
DAY ST EDWARD’S IMMACULATE HEART
OF MARY OUR LADY’S AND
ST EDMUND’S
Saturday 17th December 9.30am Marian DiMascio (AM)
10.00am CONFESSIONS 6.00pm People of the Parish
12.00 noon Teams of Our Lady 50th Anniversary
Celebration Mass
Sunday 18th December 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
11.00am Muriel Lavelle (MD) 9.30am Keith Opstad (AO)
Monday 19th December 9.30am Des Mohan (AM) 10.00am Word & Communion
Tuesday 20th December
10.00am Requiem Mass Giovanni Arnone
No evening Mass or Word & Communion
10.00am Mass for Vocations (Catenians)
Wednesday 21st December ST PETER CANISIUS
9.30am Word & Communion 8.00pm Prayer Group
10.00am Nancy Lynch (VL) 9.30am Donor’s Intentions
Thursday 22nd December 9.30am Jim & Angela Allen (AT) 10.00am Pat Grundon (KP)
Friday 23rd December ST JOHN OF KANTY
9.30am Cyril Wilson (AW) 10.00am Renie Coupe
Saturday 24th December
9.30am Exposition & Confessions
5.30pm Carols 6.00pm Mass - Pat O’Shea (BO’S)
7.30pm Carols 8.00pm Mass - Agnes Hall
Sunday 25th December THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
11.00am People of the Parish 9.30am People of the Parish
READINGS AT MASS 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, 18TH DECEMBER 2016
The Order of Mass is in the Laudate Hymn book from page 200.
First reading Isaiah 7:10-14
The Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’ Then Isaiah said: ‘Listen now, House of David:are you not satisfied with trying the patience of men without trying the patience of my God, too? The Lord himself, therefore, will give you a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a
son whom she will call Immanuel, a name which means “God-is-with-us.” The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm Psalm 23:1-6 Response: Let the Lord enter! He is the king of glory.
Second reading Romans 1:1-7 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures. This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead. Through him we received grace and our apostolic mission to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations in honour of his name. You are one of these nations, and by his call belong to Jesus Christ. To you all, then, who are God’s beloved in Rome, called to be saints, may God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send grace and peace. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us’. Alleluia!
Gospel Matthew 1:18-24 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph; being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ Now all this took place to fulfil the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’ When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you. Lord Jesus Christ.
Memorial Acclamation When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
Scripture readings © 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd and Doubleday, Psalm © 1963, The Grail, and all used by permission.
1. The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples. It is he who set it on the seas; on the waters he made it firm
2. Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? The man with clean hands and pure heart, who desires not worthless things.
3. He shall receive blessings from the Lord and reward from the God who saves him. Such are the men who seek him, seek the face of the God of Jacob.
