ST. BENEDICTS R C CHURCH OWEN STREET, ATHERSTONE,
WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 1DG Tel: 01827 713177,
Website: st-benedicts-atherstone.org Parish Priest: Mgr. Paul
Watson
Finance Secretary: Jo Howe 01827 750214Newsletter: Brian Ingram
01827 704858
email: [email protected]
Dates for your Diary Monthly Cake Stall: Our next 'Bring &
Buy' cake sale will be Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April. Thank
you for your support and generosity in 'Baking and Buying' each
month, and thanks to the ladies who organise it all and clear up
afterwards. All proceeds help to boost Church funds. Future dates
:- May 16th/17th and June 27th (at Summer Fete)
Parish Council Mtg: Minutes of the recent Parish Council Meeting
are on the noticeboard at the back of the Church.
Some Ecumenical Events:
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - beginning 26th April -
Service of Prayer at Trinity Church at 6 pm. Revd. David Poulton to
preach. There will be Weekday Prayers at Trinity Church at 9.30 am.
Prayers for Christian Unity will be at St Benedict's on Friday 1st
May at 9.30 am before 10 am Mass.
Joint Service for Pentecost - 24th May at Mancetter Rec, 3 pm.
Revd Tony Tooby to preach.
Future Plans
Prayer Group - Fr Paul would like to know if anyone would like
to take part in a regular group for prayer. This could probably
take place on a weekday evening (after evening Mass, if Tues or
Thurs). Primarily, it would be to pray for the parish and to
discern God's purposes and the direction He wants to parish to
develop and grow. It could involve some teaching also about Worship
of God, Scripture, Intercession and Spiritual Warfare. As for
regularity - weekly, fortnightly or monthly, as seems
appropriate.
Scripture Group - Reading of Scripture plays a vital role in
developing our personal relationship with God. We speak to God when
we pray, but God speaks to us through his Word. God's Word is
essentially Jesus himself, but Jesus communicates through the
Scriptures and the power of the Spirit. If you would like to learn
more about the Scriptures and how we might use them in our daily
lives, then think about joining a group for a regular meeting. List
at the back of Church to express your interest in either or both
groups.
We extend a warm welcome to everyone worshipping here this
weekend, refreshments are served in the Church Hall after
9.30am
Mass, please come and join us, ALL ARE WELCOME.
2nd SUNDAY of EASTER (B)Sat 11th April 7.30 pm
Special Intention (A Brookes)
Sun 12th April 9:30 am2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER
Thanksgiving (M Warren)
Mon 13th April - No Mass
Tues 14th April 7:00 pm EASTER FERIA
Wed 15th April 10.00 am EASTER FERIA
Thurs 16th April 7:00 pm EASTER FERIA
Fri 17th April 10.00 am EASTER FERIA
Sat 18th April 4.00 pm Michael Wright
Sun 19th April 9:30am3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER
David Davidson
AnniversariesWe pray for all our deceased relatives and friends
especially those anniversaries fall at this time, John O'Keefe,
Madge Harris, Lizzie Boulstridge, Sheila Adamson, Lewis Baines,
Olive Wood and Pauline Donovan. May they Rest in Peace.
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Readers Next week: K. Doran D, Dickens Readers this week: S.
Machin S. Hall
Offertory Procession this week: Eucharistic Ministers M Bourne
T. Wilmott
Church Cleaning - J Wood, M. Simpson, C. Butler & G. Alves
Altar Society - " " " " " " " "
Confessions - Saturday 11.30am - 12 noon
Money MattersThank you for your very generous Easter Offering
last weekend!
Gift Aid donors - Please see Tracey (Sat) or Jo (Sun) after
Mass
1. Please throw away old envelopes. They will not be accepted
any more.2. If you miss a week through holidays etc... please
combine your offerings together into one envelope. There is no need
to submit multiple envelopes.3. 14 new parishioners joined the Gift
Aid in March! Thank you4. Donating your offertory collection by
standing order is the parish preferred method and we thank the
small but increasing number of people opting to use this
method.
More ItemsBible Alive - Easter issue - available at the back of
the Church 1.50.
Mass Intentions - At the present time there are no outstanding
Mass intentions to offered at your request. Now that we have
returned to celebrating Mass on most days, please feel free to ask
for Mass to be offered for any intentions that you have.
Unused Rosaries: Do you have unused rosaries tucked away in the
cupboard or drawer, we are collecting rosaries to send out to
various missions around the world, this appeal is being made by The
Catenians who have so far sent out 135,000 rosaries. It would be
good if we could give this initiative our support, spare rosaries
can be given to Brian Ingram.
Election debate and question time for North Warwickshire
parliamentary candidates on HS2 and national issues. Conservative,
Labour and UKIP candidates will be attending. 7.30pm, Wednesday
15th April, at the Polesworth School, Dordon Rd, B78 1QT. Please
come along to ask questions and hear what the prospective MPs have
to say.
Two vacancies at the Diocesan Education Service: Senior Officer
for Capital Projects and Place Planning deadline 20th April 2015
Adviser to Primary Schools deadline 27th April 2015
For further information is available on >>>>
http://www.bdes.org.uk/job-vacancies.html
The Sick and their CarersPlease pray for Father Andrew, Pat
& Maureen Burke, Bridie Symmons, Ada Russell, Winifred Jones,
Charlotte Smith, Kath Ford, Ursula Cope, Patricia Carter, Christina
Chetwynd, Olive Fortune and Father Paul. Please remember our
housebound parishioners in your prayers: Marion Burrows and Marie
Aherne .
EastertideFor the next 6 weeks we are celebrating the season of
Eastertide. For most of this season we shall be focusing on the
Apostles' encounters with the Risen Jesus. It is an opportunity to
ask ourselves about our own experience of the Risen Lord in our own
lives. We shall see that their experience of Jesus grew as He
explained the Scriptures to them; as He came to them in the context
of a meal (the Eucharist); and as he breathed out the gift of the
Holy Spirit on the Apostles. As well as receiving the Eucharist,
our own personal knowledge of Jesus will grow through reading and
letting the Lord speak to us through the Scriptures - especially
the Gospels (why not take Bible Alive for a daily short Scripture
reading); and in particular asking the Holy Spirit to reveal Jesus
to us. This is the very message that Pope Francis has been giving
to us through much of his writing and his homilies!
