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Collections & Standing Orders
St George’s: £1216 & £995 St Teresa’s: £148 & £230 St George’s CAFOD: £836 St Teresa’s CAFOD: £204
Thank you for your generosity
Upcoming Second Collections: 21st October: Home Mission Sunday 28th October: St George’s Boiler Appeal 4th November: Cathedral Appeal 25th November: Catholic Youth Service
Diocesan Prayer Link: Holy Family , Patchway, Bristol
Parish Priest: Monsignor Bernard Massey Assistant Priest: Fr David Savoury [email protected] [email protected]
Parish Administrator: Carolyn Kirby St George & St Teresa Parish Office: Tel: 01823 272700 Hours: Monday - Thursday 9.30am - 1.00pm & Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm Email: [email protected] Website: www.tauntoncatholicchurch.co.uk Permanent Deacon: Rev Trevor Jones: email: [email protected]; tel: 01823 270 935
Churches: St George’s, Billet St, Taunton, TA1 3NN St Teresa’s, Eastwick Rd, Taunton, TA2 7HF
We remember all those who have died recently
And those whose anniversaries occur at this time:
Michael Woodhead, Walter Binding, Avelique Brooks-Daw, Patricia Brown, Florence Cook, Kevin Leavy, Michael
Maloney, Angela Richards, Mary Webber, Dick Widger,
Mary Chedzoy, Patrick Brown, Philomena Tibbenham, Rita Nicholas,
Mary Spicer, Hilda Wilson, Oliver Kowalewski, Joseph Bottomley,
Jock Green, Cynthia Marshall, Ursula Dowley, Tom McLoughlin, Louise Rogers, Pauline Moscardini
& Patrick Sheehan
In this week's extract from the letter to the Hebrews St Paul says that the word of God is "something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword". In the story of the rich young man kneeling before Jesus, asking what he must do to inherit eternal life, the word of God must certainly have been felt keenly when Jesus counselled him to, "sell everything you own and give the money to the poor". Being a man of great wealth, he went away sad. Why does Jesus go on to say that it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God? It is no sin to be rich and the people listening to Jesus saw wealth was a sign of God's favour; but whilst it is no sin to be rich, possession of even moderate wealth can lead us to be less than Christians are called to be – humble, loving and peaceful. Nations go to war over the appropriation of wealth. It is no surprise that individuals can be corrupted by it; can become domineering, devious, manipulative, proudly-aloof and even, when their interests appear to be threatened, downright dangerous. The lure of that power which wealth affords is dangerous to the soul because the powerful can become indifferent to the plight of those suffering want or persecution. Human fellowship is fractured. The attitude that says people are poor because they are lazy, for instance, has no place in the Christian heart; neither does hostility to refugees or even economic migrants. When Jesus says that it is as hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven as it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, but that everything is possible for God, I am inclined to think that the more our eyes are open to the needs of the poor and underprivileged, the more they have our
empathy and our alms, the wider the Father makes the eye of the needle. Fr David
CONFESSIONS & ROSARY St George's: Confessions Thursday: 12.00-12:20pm Saturday: 10:00am-10:30am & 5:00pm –5:20pm Rosary : Thursdays: 11:45am & Saturdays:10:00am
St Teresa’s: Confessions by request
Sat 13th
5:30pm
St George’s 28th Sunday Intention of Teresa Hewitt
Sun 14th
8.00am
St George’s 28th Sunday People of the Parishes
Sun 14th
9.30am
St George’s 28th Sunday Taunton Parish Harvest Festival Mass
Sun 14th
11.00am
St Teresa’s 28th Sunday Alec Newbury RIP
Mon 15th
9:30am St George’s St Teresa of Jesus
(of Avila) Deceased Members of the Walker & Baron Families
Tues 16th
9:30am
St George’s Dedication of Anniversary of the Parish Churches
Mary Tucker RIP
Wed 17th
9:30am
St George’s St Ignatius of Antioch Margaret Reid RIP
Thurs 18th
12:30pm
St George’s St Luke Cynthia Marshall RIP
Fri 19th
10:00am
St Teresa’s Feria Carmelo & Graziello Petraschi RIP
Sat 20th
9.30am
St George’s Feria Intention of Sina Healey
Sat 20th
5:30pm
St George’s 29th Sunday People of the Parishes
Sun 21st
8.00am
St George’s 29th Sunday Maria Zelazik RIP
Sun 21st
9.30am
St George’s 29th Sunday Intention of Joan Walker
Sun 21st
11.00am
St Teresa’s 29th Sunday Joan King RIP
MASS TIMES FOR THE COMING WEEK
BOOKSHOP: Please support your church & pay us a visit for your Gifts & Cards. Opening times:
Sunday, 8.30am -11.30am
Spanish Lessons Advanced Spanish on Tuesdays 10 - 11:30am. Spanish for Beginners on Tuesdays 6:30 - 8pm.
Classes are in The Catholic Centre & just begun FFI/to book ring 01823 975212
or email: myriamsmith@btinternet,com
Mother’s Prayer Group
meets every Tuesday 9:30am to 10:30am in The Catholic Centre. Hope for your family ‘Nothing is impossible with God’
Friends of St George's 200 Club Winners - September
1. Anthony Norton (£20) 2. Jim Grace (£12) 3. John Carrington (£8)
New members welcome. Please pick up a form which is available from the back of the church; please return the completed form together with your subscription to the Recto-
ry marking your envelope '200 Club'. Many thanks.
APF/MISSIO RED BOX COLECTION ST GEORGE'S & ST TERESA’S
Please forward your Red Box to your Promoter for emptying ASAP.
Please DO NOT leave your 'filled box' box in St George’s church.
Many thanks. Phil Jones & Betty Pond
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION If your child is in Year 3 or above and you would like him/her to make his/her First Holy Communion in June next year, please
email the Rectory on: [email protected] for a First Holy Communion Application Form. Please complete &
return the form to the Parish Office by Sunday, 18th November. There will be a meeting for the parents on Wednesday, 21st
November 2018 at 7pm in St George’s Church. Sessions for the children will start on Saturday, 12th January 2019 at 4.30pm, in the Catholic Centre. The date of the First Holy Communion
Masses next year will be Saturday 22nd June 2019.
Congratulations to the families of Nylah Edginton, Gabriela
Duchnicz, Borys Horeczy, Zoe Scrivener-Contreras, Marcel Leszczynski, Cecilia Smith, and
Annabelle & William McEllwaine who were Baptised recently.
Information provided to the Diocese, together with all other personal data about individuals held by the Parish & Clifton Diocese is processed in accordance with the Diocese’s Privacy Notice, which is available at cliftondiocese.com/privacy-notice or from the Parish Office.
Foundation Governor St George’s Catholic School is
seeking to appoint 2 Foundation Governors onto the Governing Body. The school is looking for
enthusiastic and committed members of our parish who are prepared to express their views,
listen to the views of others representing the school and to influence pupils’ education for
the better. FFI Contact Mgr Bernard Massey or Helen
MacConnell (Chair of Governors).
Prayer of Silence Group Meetings at 10.15am in the Catholic Centre. We
will now be meeting on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month, on these
dates: 22nd October; 12th & 26th No-vember; 10th December; with
no meeting on 24th December! Everyone is welcome to come
and join us. FFI contact: Rev Ed Channing on 251253 or
Wrio Russell on 421796
There will be a six-week introductory course on Christian Meditation
starting on Wednesday, 7th November at the Catholic Centre, Taunton, 5.30pm to 6.30pm. The
meetings include a talk, an experience of Christian meditation
& a time for questions & discussion. We are using the methods &
materials of the world Community for Christian Meditation, which
carries on the work of Dom John Main, an English 20th Century
Benedictine monk who did much to recover the ancient Christian practice
of Silent Meditation using a single sacred word or mantra. FFI contact
Dcn Ed Channing on 251253 or Wrio Russell on 421796.
MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS During the month of November we
pray for the Holy Souls. We also remember those dear to us who have died, family & friends & the
deceased of our parish. Throughout this month those names placed in
the Holy Soul Box will be prayed for at all Masses. Please place your list of names in the Holy Souls Box at
the front of the church.
Clifton Diocesan Vacancies For details of all current Vacancies, for
Application forms & full job descriptions visit the Clifton Diocese website under the
heading “Diocese – Working for us”.
Youth Synod During October, Pope Francis is
holding a Synod in Rome on Youth, Faith & Vocational
Discernment. For the week of 15th – 21st October, our diocese is entering into a time of focus and prayer for young people.
Prayers for each day are available along with many more resources for young people, catechists and
parishes from your parish and from: www.cliftondiocese.com. You can follow our Social media journey to the Synod each day
using @cliftonyouth.
