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    St. Benedicts Church Newsletter 28th December 2014

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    Newsletter 74

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    Dates for your Diary

    After our celebration of Christmas the Church continues, during the octave
    of Christmas, to echo with the joy of the coming of our Saviour among us.
    And Christmastide also continues for two more weeks until the Feast of the
    Baptism of the Lord on Jan 10/11th. During this time the Crib and the
    decorations, the lights and flowers, remain adorning the Church.
    You are invited to visit the Church, and especially the Crib, during this
    period for a moment of prayer and of thanksgiving - not least for the gift of
    God's Son and for the blessings of the year that is coming to it's close. It is
    an opportunity to pop in with the children for a quiet moment of prayer after
    the excitement of Christmas Day has subsided.
    I would like to take the opportunity of thanking everyone involved in
    decoration the Church for Christmas, for the flowers and for assembling
    the Crib. Your efforts on behalf of us all have made our celebrations even
    more uplifting and reflect the joy of the season. Thank you.
    ______________________

    The Holy Family


    The Christmas season, beginning with the birth of Jesus and ending with
    the feast of the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan represents liturgically
    the years of Jesus' hidden life with Mary and Joseph before he set out on
    his mission as the suffering servant of God - sent to accomplish salvation.
    There is little told us about that hidden life apart from a few events which
    give a clue to Jesus' later saving work - Jesus' presentation in the Temple a prophetic moment revealing that Jesus' life will be offered to the Father
    on the Cross for the salvation of all (Jews and Gentiles), the visit of the
    three wise man (symbolising the future acknowledgement of Jesus by the
    Gentiles; and Jesus' disappearance in Jerusalem and his being found in
    the Temple - a momentary hint that Jesus had come to accomplish the
    plan of His Father in heaven. All of these incidents are prophetic signs of
    what was to come in Jesus' later public life.
    For now, Jesus is to grow and be prepared for his saving work within the
    love and protection of the Holy Family. Mary and Joseph are the models
    for the way we nurture and prepare our children for their vocation and life.

    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.

    ST. BENEDICTS R. C. CHURCH


    OWEN STREET, ATHERSTONE,
    WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 1DG
    Tel: 01827 713177,
    Website: st-benedicts-atherstone.org
    Parish Priest: Mgr. Paul Watson

    The Second Collection this week is for the Restoration Fund.


    Finance Secretary: Jo Howe 01827 750214
    Newsletter: Jenni Taylor 01827 718213
    email: [email protected]
    Items for inclusion in the Newsletter by Thursday Noon

    Feast of the Holy Family (B) 2014


    Sat 27th Dec

    4:00pm

    Patricia Morris

    Sun 28th Dec

    9:30am

    For the Parishioners

    Mon 29th Dec

    No Mass

    Feast of the Holy Family


    St Thomas Becket, Bp.
    Martyr

    Tue 30th Dec

    7:00pm

    Wed 31st Dec

    !0.00am

    Thu 1st Jan

    10.00am Jean Carroll

    Mary, Mother of God

    Fri 2nd Jan

    10:00am Harry Charnell

    SS. Basil & Gregory

    Sat 3rd Jan

    4:00pm

    Philomena Doran

    Feria

    Sun 4th Jan

    9:30am

    Jane Power (N & T M)

    Solemnity of the Epiphany

    Christmas Octave
    For the Parishioners

    Christmas Octave

    The Liturgy & the Care of the Church


    Readers this week:
    M. Henney N. Osborne
    Readers Next week:
    M Bourne
    D Dickens
    Offertory Procession this week: M Warren & Co

    Church Cleaning - Mrs R Hatton & Mrs A Duffield


    Altar Society - Christmas flowers

    The Sick and their Carers


    Please pray for Father Andrew, Pat & Maureen Burke, Noel OBrien,
    Bridie Symmons, Ada Russell, Winifred Jones, Charlotte Smith, Kath
    Ford, Christina Chetwynd, , and Fr Paul. Please remember our
    housebound parishioners in your prayers:
    Mary Thacker, Marion
    Burrows and Marie Aherne .

    Anniversaries
    We pray for all our deceased relatives and friends, for Terry Furlong
    and Ian Moore, and also the members of this Parish whose
    anniversaries occur about this time Lola Hill, Francis Plunkett,
    Janet Deanne Bloor, Martha Hiatt, Charles Gavigan, Vera Johnson,
    Nora Foster, Monica Lea. May they rest in peace.

    Money Matters
    Last week 1st Collection - 341.88
    2nd Collection - 119.54
    Thank you!
    Many thanks for your Christmas Offerings to Mgr Paul.
    Tote: Winning numbers - 16/19 24.24 - no winners, (Rollover)
    Snowball 5

    News
    RIP - We bring you the news that Walter Terry Furlong died peacefully
    in his sleep early in the morning of Tuesday 22nd December - on the
    anniversary of the death of his wife Win. Terry has been a familiar
    face on Sunday mornings for as long as most people can remember,
    greeting people on the way into Church and taking the collections (for
    more than 50 years) and organising the Tombola. Terry was 94 years
    and amazingly active to the end. We shall miss him. Our sympathies
    go to Des and Michael. Details of the funeral will be announced later.
    May he rest in peace.

    "That in all things God may be glorified St. Benedict

    News (Continued)
    Rotas for next year for Readers, Church Cleaners and the Altar
    Society (Flowers) have been drawn up. They are available at the back
    of the Church. If you are involved, please take a copy. If there are
    dates that are not possible for you, it would be very helpful if you could
    arrange to swap with someone.
    St Benedict's School is anxious to find two new Foundation
    Governors. Please consider taking on this role as a way of supporting
    and ensuring the Catholicity of the School. One of these two may be a
    parent of a child currently in the School.
    Crib Offerings - Fr Hudson's Society have asked if we would have a
    Crib Offering to help to bring peace and comfort to some of the most
    vulnerable and marginalised people within the Diocese. Their
    collaborative Community Projects and their School Based Family
    Support Project help some of the poorest, isolated and deprived
    families within the Diocese. As we gaze in wonder at the generosity of
    God in sending His Son to enter our world - at first as a vulnerable
    child in a stable, let's, in our turn, remember the poor and vulnerable
    today.
    Looking to the New Year, is there anyone who has keyboard (piano/
    organ) skills would be interested in helping with music in the liturgy
    especially on Sundays? Perhaps also we could think about
    establishing a choir so that we could begin singing other parts of the
    Mass, such as the Responsorial Psalm, Gloria, and plan some extra
    music for Holy Week.
    St John Wall Catholic School Governors are inviting applications
    for the post of Headteacher following the retirement of the current
    Headteacher. The Governors are also hoping to interest committed
    and practicing Catholics who may be presently employed outside the
    Catholic sector.
    If anyone is interested contact details can be found on the noticeboard
    at the back of Church. The School is in Handsworth, Birmingham.
    RIP - We learned of the death on Christmas Eve of Ian Moore. We
    pray for the repose of his soul and that God may bring comfort to his
    family and all those who mourn his passing. May he rest in peace.

    Raffle - the list of prizes and winners on the noticeboard at the back of
    the Church. Remaining prizes can be collected from the Presbytery

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