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: brianingramocds@gmail.com

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.

EASTER SUNDAY (B)Sat 4th April 7.30 pm Easter Vigil Michael Feeley

Sun 5th April 9:30 am EASTER SUNDAY Terry Furlong

Mon 6th April - No Mass

Tues 7th Aprill 7:00 pm EASTER TUESDAY Special Intention (KB)

Wed 8th April 10.00 am EASTER WEDNESDAY

For the Parishioners

Thurs 9th April 7:00 pm EASTER THURSDAY

Fri 10th April 10.00 am EASTER FRIDAY

Sat 11th April 4.00 pmSpecial Intention (A Brookes)

Sun 12th April 9:30am2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER

Thanksgiving (MWarren)

AnniversariesWe pray for all our deceased relatives and friends especially those anniversaries fall at this time, Ted Hodgson, Mary Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence, Ada Harrison, Doris Turner, Ricardo Nakielski, Michael Sheedy, Susan Geraghty, Gerald O'Shea, Amanda Jane Ireland,. May they Rest in Peace.

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Readers this week: Readers Next week: K. Doran D, Dickens

Offertory Procession this week: Children

Eucharistic Ministers T Wright ? Church Cleaning - Mr & Mrs G Strugnell Altar Society - Easter Flowers

Confessions - Saturday 11.30am - 12 noon

I would like to take the opportunity of thanking everyone who has contributed to the celebration of Holy Week and Easter - to the Altar Servers, Organist, Readers, Eucharistic Ministers, Church Cleaners and those who decorate the sanctuary and Altar of Repose with flowers and our Church Wardens. I have not included names for lack of space, but, on behalf of all, Thank You!

Money MattersLast week 1st Collection - 245.84 2nd Collection - 167.60Thank you!Easter Sunday - 2nd Coll is the Easter Offering to Fr PaulGift Aid donors - Please see Tracey (Sat) or Jo (Sun) after Mass

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.

LOURDES PILGRIMAGE The Joy of Mission 23rd - 29th May 2015 I am still interested in the possibility of joining the Birmingham Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. I understand that the all-in cost including the flight is about 750 and the total cost if travelling overland by coach is about 450. I do appreciate that it might now be rather short notice to save up for this, however, if you are interested, please sign the sheet in the porch and then we can have a meeting to look at the details. This year is the 75th anniversary of the diocesan pilgrimage!

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 .

A VERY HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL & YOUR FAMILIES!Now that we have reached the climax of our celebration of Holy Week, the highpoint of this Easter weekend is to renew our personal contact with Him who died and rose from the dead for us. Today we renew our Baptism and our baptismal promises. During the week I have spoken about God giving us a 'new heart' insofar as we have been touched by the love Jesus showed for us by loving us 'to the end'. The experience of Jesus' love and the awakening of the new heart is itself the evidence that Jesus is alive. We could not receive his love in this way if we were simply remembering a dead person from the past. Jesus is risen - we acknowledge him as Lord & Saviour!