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PARISH OF ST ANNE’S St Anne’s Presbytery, 43 Welbeck Avenue,
Darlington, DL1 2DR Tel : 01325 464547
email [email protected] Fr Kevin Dixon, Holy Family & St Thomas Aquinas, Tel : 01325 463636 Parish Administrator : Fr Greg Price, Tel : 01325 257681 Fr Gordon Ryan, St Augustine’s, Tel : 01325 266602 Registered Charity No. 1143450 Fr Ian Grieves, St Osmund’s & St Mary’s, Tel : 01325 730191 Diocesan Website Address : www.rcdhn.org.uk Reverend Deacon Jurgen Muller, Tel : 07982624693
THE PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED OUR PARTNERSHIP PRIEST’S CAN ALL BE CONTACTED ON THE ABOVE TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
24TH SUNDAY OF YEAR A
13TH SEPTEMBER 2020
ST TERESA’S ARE NOW OPEN At last we are able to come together to worship, celebrate and experience our being Church and all that that means. I hope that those who have come along to Mass will have found it an uplifting experience. We tried to make our church a welcoming place, as normal, and a safe place, where we have taken every precaution to mitigate the menace of the virus. We do believe that if we all follow the simple guidelines of safe-distancing and wearing a mask there should be no danger of catching or spreading Covid-19. For the foreseeable future you will have to book a place by phoning 07734274559 Wednesday – Friday, 6pm-8pm, or going on-line to send an email to Michael Cox at [email protected]. We thank Michael for his service as we do all our volunteers. God bless, Fr Greg.
For those whose anniversaries we have been asked to remember during the month of SEPTEMBER
Wilson Robinson, Doris Mary Shutt, Freda Margaret O’Reilly
Slade & Hall Family, Una Watson, Maureen Ryder, Dave Cavill, Louis Wilson, Hazel Longstaff, Albert Bowtell, Thomas Wilson
Ellie McClelland, Laurence Nugent, Patricia Mary Laing Christine Anne Hood, Paul Francis Blakeborough, Margaret Dryden
Jean Todd, Patrick Fox May They Rest in Peace.
YOUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR All who are ill, isolated or struggling with anxiety, loneliness or bereavement. Those who have lost their business or jobs at this time. Those who are working under very difficult circumstances & our children coping with school, college & university. If you would like someone added to the prayer list, please let me know by email.
FEAST DAYS Monday : The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Tuesday: Our Lady of Sorrows Wednesday: SS Cornelius & Cyprian Thursday : St Robert Bellarmine
MASS INTENTIONS Fr Greg & Brother Robert are continuing to celebrate a daily Mass. Intentions can be posted to Fr Greg at the following address : St Teresa’s House, Harris Street, Darlington, DL1 4NL. Don’t forget to include a preferred date if you have one. Saturday 12th September Thomas & Phyllis McLay (St Anne’s) Sunday 13th September Arthur J. Blakeborough (St William’s) Samuel & Winifred Nicklin (St Teresa’s) Monday 14th September Tony Blakeborough RIP (St Williams) Tuesday 15th September Martin Prendergast Wednesday 16th September John Morrigan RIP (St Anne’s) Thursday 17th September Special Intention (MB) Friday 18th September Margaret Clitheroe Saturday 19th September Our Clergy (St Anne’s) Sunday 20th September Sandra Parkes RIP (StT)
FINANCE Grateful thanks to those parishioners who are donating to St Anne’s by standing order every month or have handed in their offerings to the office while we have been closed. Any donations are very important as we still have costs and maintenance in the Church & Hall to upkeep. Our income has reduced significantly since March & obviously we are receiving no rental from the Church Hall. Parishioners are now encouraged to make donations to church via standing order or online donations to reduce contact with monies. If you would like to change your envelope donation to a standing order, our bank account details are : St Anne’s Church, Darlington, Sort Code 40-34-18, Account Number 12374668
NORTHERN CROSS Unfortunately The Northern Cross have had to give up the office in our Presbytery due to the financial difficulties they now face. They are now producing the paper from home with minimum staff. The Northern Cross have always been great supporters of St Anne’s, advertising and covering events in the parish. If you usually buy the paper from the back of church, PLEASE consider a subscription, either on-line or print - see details below. An annual online subscription, at £20, or an annual print subscription - where the Northern Cross is delivered direct to your door, at £36 (this includes post and packing). You can pay by bank transfer online, making a payment to: Northern Cross. Account number: 81602292. Sort code: 40-43-11. When asked for a reference, please use your name - to allow us to verify your payment, then email [email protected]. To pay by cheque, please make cheques payable to 'Northern Cross' and post them to Subscriptions Dept, Northern Cross, c/o WM Fortune & Son, Collingwood House, Church Square, Hartlepool, TS24 7EN.
This week’s readings are on the following page.
ST AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH, DARLINGTON
Usual WEEKDAY MASSES have resumed with the church being open 30 mins before and after to
enable private prayer, (unless any local measures are implemented).
Monday - 12.15pm
Wednesday – 7.00pm
Thursday – 12.15pm
Friday – 7.00pm
Saturday – 10.00am
Face Coverings must be worn and social distancing to be observed.
Contact details must also be given to comply with “Track and Trace”.
Sunday Masses are still on hold but will continue to be live-streamed.
ST OSMUND’S, GAINFORD are now open for Mass but they are only allowed 20 people in Church,
so a place must be booked. For 9.30am Sunday Mass & 10am Tuesday Mass TEXT 07796282216.
For 11.30am Sunday Mass & 10am Wednesday Mass CALL or TEXT 07775591105.
ST THOMAS AQUINAS has reopened with restrictions on numbers etc. Please see their bulletin for
details.
All partnership bulletins are on the website www.staugustineschurch.org.uk under the Hogarth
Partnership banner.
A comprehensive list of all the churches which are open/scheduled to open are on the Diocesan
website.
Weddings and baptisms can now take place but with only up to 30 people present.
DIAL A MASS SERVICE – if you know of anybody who doesn’t have internet access there is the opportunity to listen to mass on the phone. From 12noon on a Sunday dial 01642 130120 (which is charged at local rates) and listen to the 12 noon Sunday Mass at Middlesbrough Cathedral – this was setup by the Knights of St Gregory. The Mass is recorded and can be listened to anytime during the week. CAFOD are hosting a live online children’s liturgy for families, on Sundays at 10am.
GOSPEL: Matthew 18 : 21-35 Peter went up to Jesus and said, “Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?” Jesus answered, “Not seven, I tell you, but seventy seven times. And so the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants. When the reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents ; but he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, to meet the debt. At this, the servant threw himself down at his masters feet. ‘Give me time,’ he said, ‘and I will pay the whole sum.’ And the servant’s master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt. Now as this servant went out, he happened to meet a fellow servant who owed him one hundred denarii ; and he seized him by the throat and began to throttle him. ‘Pay what you owe me,’ he said. His fellow servant fell at his feet and implored him, saying, ‘Give me time and I will pay you.’ But the other would not agree ; on the contrary, he had him thrown into prison till he should pay the debt. His fellow servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened, and they went to their master and reported the whole affair to him. Then the master sent for him. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said. ‘I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me. Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you?’ And in his anger the master handed him over to the torturers till he should pay all his debt. And that is how my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.”
Pope Francis – Prayer to Mary for Protection during the COVID–19 Pandemic. O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of
salvation and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick.
At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain,
with steadfast faith.
You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need.
We are certain that you will provide, so that,
as you did at Cana of Galilee,
joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love,
to conform ourselves to the Father’s will
and to do what Jesus tells us:
He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to
bring us,
through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God.
Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test –
and deliver us from every danger,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.
FIRST READING: Ecclesiasticus 27 : 30-28:7 Resentment and anger, these are foul things, and both are found with the sinner. He who exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin. Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you, And when you pray, your sins will be forgiven. If a man nurses anger against another, Can he then demand compassion from the Lord? Showing no pity for a man like himself, Can he then plead for his own sins? Mere creature of flesh, he cherishes resentment ; Who will forgive him his sins? Remember the last things, and stop hating, Remember dissolution and death, and live by the commandments. Remember the commandments, and do not bear your neighbour ill-will ; Remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook the offence. SECOND READING Romans 14:7-9 The life and death of each of us has it’s influence on others ; if we live, we live for the Lord ; and if we die, we die for the Lord, so that alive or dead we belong to the Lord. This explains why Christ both died and came to life, it was so that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Excerpts from the Jerusalem Bible version of scripture © 1966, 1967 & 1968 by Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Company Inc. under ONE LICENSE A-632145.
