ST. BENEDICTS R C CHURCH OWEN STREET, ATHERSTONE,
WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 1DG Tel: 01827 713177,
Website: st-benedicts-atherstone.org
Finance Secretary: Jo Howe 01827 750214Newsletter: Brian Ingram
01827 704858
email: [email protected] for inclusion in the
Newsletter by Thursday Noon
Dates for your Diary Slip Stitch - Knitting and sewing group,
next meeting Wednesday 5th August at 11:30 in the church hall.
Everyone welcome, enjoy a chat and a cuppa!
There will be a series of Jewellery Making sessions for children
aged 6 to 12 years, to be held in the Church Hall on the following
dates: July 27th, August 3rd, August 10th, August 17th and August
31st. The children can attend as many sessions as they wish. All
equipment is provided, there is no charge, however if you can
afford a donation towards costs it would be appreciated. If you
have children that would like to attend, please see Margaret Ingram
or call on 01827 704858.
SUNDAY 26th July 2015 - Baptism of PEPPI-ROSE SWEET at 11:00am.
We welcome Peppi-Rose into the family of the Church, please pray
for her and all of the family on this very special occasion.
Baptism, Gateway to the Sacraments.
Jesus said, I come to give you life. Full life of real hope and
love. When we bring our children through the door of the church for
Baptism, we are opening them up to the most incredible life
possible. They will come to know Gods unconditional love and start
to hear his voice telling them that they are special and that he is
pleased with them. How they need to hear that voice in the face of
so much rejection and criticism, dont they? They will join a
family, a community of friendship and faith just waiting to
strengthen and encourage them through lifes long journey. They will
experience Gods healing and forgiveness for their many sins and
failings. They will be open to Gods grace and his strength and
presence through the many challenges that life is going to throw at
them.
The Holy Spirit will give them meaning and purpose to change the
world around them.And finally at the end of their life as they walk
through the door of death, it wont be the end, they will be able to
walk into the joy and bliss of heaven, eternal life with God.
How can we not want this for our children?
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.
17th Sunday of the Year (B)Sat 25th July 4.00 pm
Feast of St James Apostle
Michael Griffin, Molly & John Ryan
Sun 26th July 9:30 am 17th Sunday For the Parish
Mon 27th July -
Tues 28th July 7.00 pm Prayer MtgMeet in Church, all welcome
Wed 29th July St. Martha
Thurs 30th July
Friday 31st July 10.00 amService of Holy Communion
Saint Ignatius Loyola
Sat 1st August 4.00 pm Vigil Mass Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Sun 2nd August 9:30am 18th Sunday of the year Parishioners
AnniversariesWe pray for all our deceased relatives and friends
especially those who's anniversaries fall at this time, Jean
O'Donnell, Dorothy Hall, Patrick Joseph Purcell, John Boyd, Sheila
Aherne, Veronica Welford, Mary Margaret Dingley, Molly Lynskey. May
they Rest in Peace.
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dictThe Liturgy & the of the Church
Readers this week: Sat. C. Chetwynd Sun: S. Hall Readers next
week: Sat: T. Wright: C. Forbes Offertory Procession this week: M.
Warren & Co. Eucharistic Ministers M. Bourne M. Heath Next Week
D. Leader T. Willmott Church Cleaning - Mrs S. Batty Altar Society
- Mrs S. Batty
Money MattersCollections last week: 1st - 241:02 153:62 - thank
you!Honesty Boxes 130:53Votive Candles 28:33June Direct Debit
receipts were: 1st collection 417 2nd. 44TOTE: 19/07/2015.
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PRAYER GROUP - The prayer will take the basic format of Evening
Prayer of the Church with the opportunity to extend the various
elements of the Prayer (Praise and adoration, listening to
Scripture readings and Intercession for our various needs). To give
you a sense of how long the meeting might last - last week we
prayed together for about half an hour!
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, Victor John Zeslawski, Val Horton and
Father Paul. Please remember our housebound parishioners in your
prayers: Marion Burrows and Marie Aherne .
Reaching out to the needy generously
There are many instances in the scripture where the Lord had to
pay particular attention to the poor, the hungry and the homeless.
It has become commonplace to place people migrating from one part
of the world to another. The reason is not far fetched. Apparently,
they are in search of better means of livelihood. The same can said
of people leaving one faith to another or one denomination to
another in search of meaning. It is true that we might not be able
to help everybody yet everyone can contribute to help someone.
Often times, it is easy to ignore the suffering unless we have
experienced what suffering really is in the lives of people.
The beatitude tells us that: Happy are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy (Matthew 5:7). And again, that love covers a
multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). Remember that evil thrive where
good men and women refuse to do good. As philosophy would like to
put it, evil is a negation of good. So, people are hungry. If we
have to put it literally, there is a kind of hunger somewhere. Two
types of hunger can possibly be identified physical and spiritual
hunger. The danger there is that neither the physical nor spiritual
hunger is easy to overcome.
While man has the capacity to satisfy physical hunger as we
noticed in the little boy who was generous enough to share from his
food, spiritual hunger on the other hand can only be satisfied by a
sincere desire to be filled by God. This is where Jesus avails
Himself to us to multiply our efforts each time we attempt to give
it a go. Only God can fill the void in human life and that is only
possible when we cooperate with Him. The Lord will satisfy with
good things, those who yearn for Him.
Fr Raphael Imoni.
