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SUPPER AT EMMAUS by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601) This painting shows a moment in the story in St Luke's Gospel (24:13-35). Following the Crucifixion, two of Christ’s apost les were travelling downhearted from Jerusalem where they had pilgrimaged for the Passover, to Emmaus (possibly their hometown). They encountered a stranger en route, who they invited for supper. When the stranger blessed and broke the bread, “their eyes were opened and they recognised Him” as their risen Lord, after which “he vanished out of their sight”. “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road, they pondered. Caravaggio chose to represent the split second when the two apostles realise that they are witnessing a miracle of unimaginable power. He freezes that moment, enabling us to consider the miracle and experience it for ourselves. Caravaggio uses both symbolism and artistic technique to capture and convey the powerful dynamics and deeper meaning of the event. WEEK COMMENCING 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ` Divine Office: Week 1 Harvest Thanksgiving Composition: Christ is placed in the centre of the image and the figures around Him are focussed on Him. Christ’s face glows, and the shadow behind His head creates a halo, emphasising His holiness. Beardless Christ : Caravaggio portrays Christ as eternally youthful, an expression of His divinity: He is not dependent on time but stands outside of time. The 2 Apostles ( either side) are in rustic dress indicating their status, (the Apostles were poor). On the right the figure wears a shell, implying he is a fisherman. The scallop shell is symbol of pilgrimage and of Baptism, when we begin our pilgrimage towards heaven. Foreshortening of extended arms and hands draw the viewer into the image, and thrust the events of the image out of the canvas towards the spectator. Chiaroscuro & Tenebrism: use of highly contrasting light and shade emphasises this effect and adds drama. The elbow thrusts out of the canvas, an effect emphasised by the white fabric under the tear. Perspective: In contrast to the inverse perspective of Icons which draws the spectator into the heavenly image, heaven tumbles out of the image into our own time and space. Fruit: The apple is a well-known symbol of Adam and the pear of Eve. The apple is rotting, symbolising the Temptation and the Fall, and figs are associated with Adam and Eve’s shame. Pomegranates feature heavily in Judaism. Burst open, as in this image, they are a symbol of the fullness of Jesus’ suffering and resurrection. Grapes represent Christ’s blood and of His sacrifice which we receive in the Eucharist. The basket of fruit is balanced precariously on the edge of the table, about to topple out of the image. The Innkeeper expresses no reaction, nor recognition of his guest and he does not understand the significance of the event. He represents those who do not (yet) know Christ. Bread, water & wine connect this 1st Eucharist after the Resurrection to the Eucharist of the Last Supper Christ wears red, always a symbol in art of the blood He shed; His Sacrifice and His love for us Homely table setting and very ordinary attire tells us that this is the moment when the divine enters the everyday world. Toppling into our world, the fruit reminds us both of our own fallen nature and our source of salvation. The empty space at table is for us, the viewer. Christ’s hand blesses the gifts and extends towards us, offering the gift of His Sacrifice and Salvation is for all who recognise it. Expressions: Either side the figures show utter amazement as they recognise their risen Lord: the figure on the left grabs his chair; the figure to the right throws open his arms, a gesture resembling the crucifixion, indicating recognition.

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SUPPER AT EMMAUS by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1601)

This painting shows a moment in the story in St Luke's Gospel (24:13-35). Following the Crucifixion, two of Christ’s apostles

were travelling downhearted from Jerusalem where they had pilgrimaged for the Passover, to Emmaus (possibly their hometown).

They encountered a stranger en route, who they invited for supper. When the stranger blessed and broke the bread, “their eyes

were opened and they recognised Him” as their risen Lord, after which “he vanished out of their sight”. “Were not our hearts

burning within us while He talked with us on the road”, they pondered. Caravaggio chose to represent the split second when

the two apostles realise that they are witnessing a miracle of unimaginable power. He freezes that moment, enabling us to consider

the miracle and experience it for ourselves. Caravaggio uses both symbolism and artistic technique to capture and convey the

powerful dynamics and deeper meaning of the event.

WEEK COMMENCING 24 SEPTEMBER 2017

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

`

Divine Office: Week 1

Harvest Thanksgiving

Composition: Christ is placed in the centre of the image and the figures around Him are focussed on Him. Christ’s face glows, and the shadow behind His head creates a halo, emphasising His holiness.

Beardless Christ: Caravaggio portrays Christ as eternally youthful, an expression of His divinity: He is not dependent on time but stands outside of time.

The 2 Apostles (either side) are in rustic dress indicating their status, (the Apostles were poor). On the right the figure wears a shell, implying he is a fisherman. The scallop shell is symbol of pilgrimage and of Baptism, when we begin our pilgrimage towards heaven.

Foreshortening of extended arms and hands draw the viewer into the image, and thrust the events of the image out of the canvas towards the spectator. Chiaroscuro & Tenebrism: use of highly contrasting light and shade emphasises this effect and adds drama. The elbow ‘thrusts out’ of the canvas, an effect emphasised by the white fabric under the tear. Perspective: In contrast to the inverse perspective of Icons which draws the spectator into the heavenly image, heaven tumbles out of the image into our own time and space.

Fruit: The apple is a well-known symbol of Adam and the pear of Eve. The apple is rotting, symbolising the Temptation and the Fall, and figs are associated with Adam and Eve’s shame. Pomegranates feature heavily in Judaism. Burst open, as in this image, they are a symbol of the fullness of Jesus’ suffering and resurrection. Grapes represent Christ’s blood and of His sacrifice which we receive in the Eucharist. The basket of fruit is balanced precariously on the edge of the table, about to topple out of the image.

The Innkeeper expresses no reaction, nor recognition of his guest and he does not understand the significance of the event. He represents those who do not (yet) know Christ.

Bread, water &

wine connect this

1st Eucharist after

the Resurrection

to the Eucharist

of the Last Supper

Christ wears

red, always a

symbol in art

of the blood

He shed; His

Sacrifice and

His love for us

Homely table setting and very ordinary attire tells us that this is the moment when the divine enters the everyday world. Toppling into our world, the fruit reminds us both of our own fallen nature and our source of salvation. The empty space at table is for us, the viewer. Christ’s hand blesses the gifts and extends towards us, offering the gift of His Sacrifice and Salvation is for all who recognise it.

Expressions: Either side the figures show utter amazement as they recognise their risen Lord: the figure on the left grabs his chair; the figure to the right throws open his arms, a gesture resembling the crucifixion, indicating recognition.

MASS TIMES FOR WEEK COMMENCING 24 SEPTEMBER 2017: 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Saturday 23 6.30pm St Edward’s Vigil

Sunday 24 9.30am

10am

11.30am

5pm

St Peter’s (Polish)

St Joseph’s Harvest Thanksgiving

St Peter’s

St Peter’s

See printed copy for Mass intentions

Monday 25 6.30pm St Edward’s

Tuesday 26 9.30am

6.30pm

St Joseph’s Ss Cosmos & Damian

St Peter’s

Wednesday 27 9.30am St Peter's St Vincent de Paul

Thursday 28 9.30am

6.30pm

St Joseph’s St Wenceslaus/Ss Lawrence

St Edward’s Ruiz & Companions

Friday 29 9.30am St Peter’s SS MICHAEL, GABRIEL &

RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS

Saturday 30 9.30am St Peter’s

SYRO-MALABAR MASS: normally 4th Sunday of the month at 4pm at St Edward’s Church.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturdays St Edward’s 5.45 - 6.15pm

Sundays St Joseph’s 9.15 - 9.45am

Saturdays St Peter’s 10 - 10.30am

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Tuesday St Joseph’s 8.30 – 9.30am

Thursday St Edward’s 5.30 – 6.30pm

Saturday St Peter’s 10 - 10.30am

MORNING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH (Divine Office) 15 minutes before morning Mass: St Peter’s - Saturdays; St Joseph’s - daily

REGULAR PARISH GROUPS (more info from parish office)

FATIMA ROSARY St Peter’s: 9am Fridays; St Joseph’s: Thursdays after Mass

STATIONS OF THE CROSS Fridays after Mass (St Peter’s)

SACRED HEART Devotion Fridays after Mass (St Peter’s)

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP devotion 3rd Wednesday monthly

(St Peter’s after Mass)

MOTHERS’ PRAYERS Mondays 7.15pm (St Peter’s Parish Centre upper room)

DIVINE MERCY Devotion Fridays at 2.45pm (St Peter’s)

LEGION OF MARY Saturdays 10.30am (St Peter’s Parish Centre)

LIFE ASCENDING prayer group: 2nd Thursday monthly 10am (St

Joseph’s bungalow)

EMMAUS Scripture sharing, Thursdays 2pm fortnightly (St Edward’s)

SVP (St Vincent De Paul Society) 7.30pm first Monday of month (St Peter’s

Parish Centre)

UCM (Union of Catholic Mothers) 1.30pm (winter), 7pm (summer) third

Tuesday monthly (St Peter’s Parish Centre)

PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Term time weekly Mondays 9.30am (St

Joseph’s Bungalow).

YOUTH CLUB 6.30-8pm Fridays at St Augustine’s School during term time

CRAFT GROUPS: St Peter's - last Tuesday of month; St Joseph's –

normally 2-4pm fortnightly (bungalow).

BARROWCLIFF CHURCHES TOGETHER 12pm to 1pm every last

Tuesday of the month at Wreyfield Methodist Church

OUR LADYS PRAYER GROUP 1st Thursday of the month 2pm to 4pm

(St Joseph’s Presbytery).

MASS ATTENDANCE St Edward’s Vigil: St Joseph’s 10am: St Peter’s 11.30am: St Peter’s 5pm: Total (inc. children):

OFFERTORY COLLECTION

Loose plate: £677

Non Gift Aid envelopes: £40

Gift Aid envelopes total £478

Standing orders (weekly av.): £524

Total: £1,719

NOTICES FOR VISITORS TOILETS St Peter’s: in the Parish Centre (across the car park); St Joseph’s & St Edward’s in the church building. ST PETER’S CHURCH IS OPEN at certain times during the week. Call in and say a prayer. CCTV is in operation. Do sign our VISITORS BOOK

300 CLUB WINNERS See printed copy

RECENT DEAD

See printed copy

MASSES RECEIVED: See printed

copy

ANNIVERSARIES: See printed copy

“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy” Proverbs 31:8f

BAPTISM PREPARATION next course: 7-8pm Thursday 5 October

for 4 weeks. Contact Fr Gubbins if you would like your child baptised.

RCIA/INSTRUCTION FOR CONVERTS begins 6-8pm on Tuesday

26 September at St Joseph’s Presbytery. If you are interested in

becoming Catholic, come along or speak to Fr Albert.

ICONOGRAPHY GROUP will resume Thursday afternoons in October.

As individual boards need to be prepared in advance, please add your name to

the list to participate, so we know how many to prepare. This has a bearing on

the start date (to be announced soon). It may be possible to run sessions on

an alternate date/time next year. If interested, contact the parish office.

DIOCESAN HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY STUDY DAY: 10.30am-

3.30pm Thursday 5 October at St Aelred’s Community Centre, 216 Fifth

Avenue, Tang Hall, York YO31 0PN. For all parishioners involved in visiting

work in the Hospitals. Contact Fr Albert ASAP if you would like to attend.

PEARL OF AFRICA CHOIR raising funds for their 7 schools and

orphanages in Uganda, will perform at 7pm on Friday 13 October at Queen

St Methodist Church. Admission free. Donations welcome. Traditional crafts

on sale. Please support this Christian choir on their annual visit.

READING VOLUNTEERS WANTED Do you have an hour or so to spare

each week during term time? St George's RC Primary School are looking for

volunteers to hear children read. No experience necessary. Please contact

school on 01723 583535 if you are able to help.

HOME MISSION SUNDAY collection last Sunday raised £304. Thank you.

PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS in the weekly parish newsletter. £10 for

1 week, £20 for 3 weeks. 35 words max. Contact Parish Office for more info.

Proceeds to Renovation Fund for St Peter’s Sanctuary.

ST GEORGE’S RAFFLE WINNERS drawn Saturday 16 September at the

church Wine and Cheese evening are on noticeboards.

THE RACE NIGHT team are delighted to announce the final total raised is

£1,162. A huge thank you to all who donated, our sponsors, owners, jockeys on

the night, and especially our stalwart supporters who turned out on the night to

make it the fun evening we all enjoyed. Without your support, we could not

achieve this amazing sum. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL. The parish thanks

Jennie Eyre and her team for all their hard work and a most enjoyable evening.

PASTORAL COUNCIL MINUTES of the recent meeting are displayed on

noticeboards in each church, which include information about St Peter’s

Sanctuary and St Joseph’s proposed hall.

OCTOBER: MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY The Legion of Mary are

willing to come and pray the Rosary in your home during October and bring

the blessed statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

THE STORY & MESSAGE OF FATIMA DVD will be shown in the Parish

Centre on Friday 13 October after morning Mass. All welcome. We will

arrange another viewing of the DVD at St Joseph’s very soon.

HOLY SHOPS New stock now on display at St Peter’s and St Joseph’s.

FREE ROSARIES for anyone who wishes to pray the Rosary,

especially during October.

ST PETER’S ‘OLD SCHOOL’ Auborough Street lease to Scarborough

Borough Council ends in 2022. We currently receive £10,800 rent per annum.

The Council sub-let to Yorkshire Coast Enterprise who subsequently sub-let

unit space to small businesses.

ST PETER’S PARISH CENTRE is now repainted and carpets cleaned. It is

most bright and welcoming and ready for all groups to use.

HARVEST FAST DAY Friday 6 October

This year, CAFOD (Catholic Agency

for Overseas Development) Harvest

Fast Day focuses on their work in El

Salvador. Farmers there live on and

depend upon their land. The harvest

they reap is used to put food on the

table, and sold to buy essential items

such as clothes and medicine.

Our partner, Solidaridad CVX, are

working with farmers to provide

training and to reintroduce native

seeds that were used generations ago.

These seeds are strong and able to

grow in warm, rainy climates, helping

ensure good crops for farmers the

ability to provide for their families.

CAFOD Fast Day Giving Envelopes will be made available the weekend

before. Please give generously to help

some of our poorest neighbours.

YOUTH CLUB YOUTH CLUB Weekly on Fridays from 6.30-8pm at St Augustine's. For children in Years 5,6,7 & 8. £1 subs. Any questions or for more info, please contact Katherine Griffin at [email protected]. Activities include: Five a side football, Dodgeball, Uni-hock, Table football, Table tennis, Arts and crafts. Why not give it a try?

A Harvest Fast Day Reflection

“This is what we are about: We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. It is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results, but we are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.”

CAFOD

SUNDAY SMILE: On the first

day of school, a 4-year-old child

handed his teacher a note from

his mother. The note read, "The

opinions expressed by this child

are not necessarily those of his

parents."

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK:

www.svp.org.uk

Aiden Clarke LMPA, LBIPP

t: 01723 351347 m: 07975 500231 e: [email protected]

www.aidenclarkephotography.co.uk

AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHY

Please turn off your phone

inside the church

ST VINCENT DE PAUL (1581-1660) Feast Day: 27 September Beatified: 13 August 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII Canonized: 16 June 1737 by Pope Clement XII Patron of: All charities; prisoners; hospitals; leprosy; spiritual help; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies The early Church was characterized by its heart for the needy. In a world where the trend is to accumulate, the call to be Church is to give. A saint who brought the focus of the Church back to loving Christ in the least of the brethren is St Vincent de Paul. He spent his life preaching missions to and providing relief to the poor, even establishing hospitals for them, and ministered too to convicts. His impression on the Church to make it a serving church remains to this day. St Vincent is sometimes referred to as "The Apostle of Charity" and "The Father of the Poor". St Vincent founded the Ladies of Chariity and the Vincentians and cofounded the Daughters of Charity. This ‘Great Apostle of Charity’ knew in the intense moments of his prayer that his call was not only to care for the material needs of the poor. In order to bring about total wellbeing to their lives, one’s spiritual life was to be renewed in the Love of God. His incorrupt heart can be found in the Convent of the Sisters of Charity and his bones have been embedded in a wax effigy of the Saint located at the Church of the Lazarist Mission. Both sites are located in Paris, France. The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) founded in 1833 serves and offers material help to the poor or needy. The Society adopted St Vincent de Paul as its Patron. There are many Conferences (branches) worldwide, including in Scarborough. The Scarborough Conference meets on the first Monday of the month in St Peter’s Parish Centre. Come along if you are interested in joining.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Old round £1 coins will

cease to be legal

tender on 16 October,

and you will only be

able to spend the new

12 sided coins.

Please hand in your

Priest Training Fund

and red APF Mission

box as soon as

possible for counting

*