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 DiarySlip 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: 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.
COFFEE MORNING: 09:30 - 12:30 WEDNESDAY 19th AUGUST at Nuneaton
Methodist Church in aid of the CHINTHOWA DEVELOPMENT TRUST, a good
social occasion, please come along, (the cakes are always
great)
Congratulations To Graeme and Francesca.
MARRIAGE is not a purely human institution despite the many
variations it may have undergone through the centuries in different
cultures, social structures and spiritual attitudes. These
differences should not cause us to forget its common and permanent
characteristics. Although the dignity of this institution is not
transparent everywhere with the same clarity, some sense of the
greatness of the matrimonial union exists in all cultures. "The
well being of the individual person and of both human and Christian
society is closely bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and
family life." ARTICLE 7: THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
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.
19th Sunday of the Year (B)Sat 08th Aug
10:00am 4.00 pm
Saturday Mass. Vigil Mass
Saint Dominic
Sun 09th Aug 9:30 am 18th Sunday For the Parish
Mon 10th Aug -
Tues 11th Aug7.00 pm Prayer
MeetingMeet in Church, all
welcome
Wed 12th Aug
Thurs 13th Aug
Friday 14th Aug 10.00 amService of Holy
CommunionSaint Maximilian
Kolbe
Sat 15th Aug10:00am 4.00 pm
Saturday Mass. Vigil Mass
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sun 16th Aug 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, Harry
Smyth, Pat Hanlon, Mary Ellen Breen, James Turner, Henry William
Farrugia May they Rest in Peace.
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dictThe Liturgy & the of the Church
Readers this week: Sat. S. Callery Sun: A. Senter Readers next
week: Sat: S. Machin T. Willmott Offertory Procession this week: Jo
Howe & Co.
Next week: A. Senter & Co Eucharistic Ministers T. Wright D.
Dickens Next Week M. Bourne M. Reed Church Cleaning - Mr. & Mrs
Wrobel Altar Society - Mrs. A. Senter" "
Money MattersCollections last week: 1st - 241:02 153:62 - thank
you!Honesty Boxes Votive Candles June Direct Debit receipts were:
1st collection 417 2nd. 44TOTE: 2/08/2015.
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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).
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 .
Real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist
Jesus continues to show himself to us in the Eucharist as a true
friend as presents to his or her beloved. The Lords presence is
re-echoed in Hebrews 13:18 when it said: Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today and forever. St. Pope John Paul II tells us in his
encyclical letter, ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA no.9 that: The
Eucharist, as Christ's saving presence in the community of the
faithful and its spiritual food, is the most precious possession
which the Church can have in her journey through history. He not
only provides himself as our earthly food but also goes with us to
the heavenly banquet. As if to assure us of this, Jesus says I am
the living bread that comes down from heaven, anyone who eats this
bread will live forever (John 6:51). It is the source and summit
(LG 11) of the Churchs actions as a result of the real presence of
Christ. Jesus is here with us and continues to accompany us in our
entire lifes journey. May we allow ourselves to be fed by the bread
of life.
Fr Raphael Imoni
