Someone
to Pray for?
Please tell your ‘Community Correspondent’, or ring the Newsletter
Secretary, 265533.
HOSPITAL?
Are you, someone in your family,
or a Catholic friend, in hospital now, or going into hospital soon?
When you go into hospital, they ask you your religion. However, this and
all the other details you give are private, and
no-one else will be told; not the chaplains, not Sister Veronica, not
the priests who visit the hospital. If you want Communion, care, or just
a visit from
the Church, you or your relatives have to inform Sister Veronica or one
of the Priests or Sisters or the Parish Office that you are there.
Please let the Catholic Chaplain know,
Sister Veronica, 01633 858539 or via the
hospital chaplaincy office, 234263.
In a hospital emergency,
the Hospital switchboard can page the On-Duty Priest for you.
How
do I Book a Mass Intention? If you want someone to be remembered
at Mass, please write down the person’s name, whether they are alive
(for their intention) or have died (for the repose of their soul), the
church in which you want Mass, and if there is a particular date on which
you wish Mass to be said for them. This is usually written on an envelope,
in which you can enclose a ‘stipend’ (originally the wherewithal
for the priest to live that day, though now more of a ‘tip’
for him). All of this should then be given to one of the priests, for
entry into the list of Mass requests, to be said on the specified date,
or when next there is the opportunity.
For
More Information of the
Missal Translation
All
Saints Parish
Bereavement Support Group
Providing advice, support and help in times of grief All six Parish Communities
have
trained bereavement befrienders:
Josephine Hurley, Stephen Rumsey, Mike Coombes, Sister Justina Morrin,
Kath Bown, Jim McDonnall, Sister Brigid Cantwell, Mary Culley, Joan Moran,
Lillie Fennell
If you would like to speak to someone please get in touch: Telephone:
All Saints Parish office (01633) 265533 or
Josephine Hurley (01633) 256037
Write to The Bereavement Support Group at
2 Livingstone Place, Newport NP19 8EY
Tel (01633) 250118
Email: AllSaintsBSG@live.co.uk
All
Saints Parish
MISSION STATEMENT
"Making
the Word of God come alive and active
to lift up each person in the wider community.
'Let your light so shine before all
that they may see your good works
and so give glory to your Father in heaven'."
Congratulations:
to Father Edmund,
who has been asked by the Archbishop to be Parish Priest of the Parish
of Llantwitt Major with Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan,
from February 1st.
And Welcome to Father Richard who has been asked to be part
of the Clergy and Pastoral Team for all Saints.
The
Night Shelter which will again be in Saint Mary's Institute for
the Wednesdays of February and March, starting on Wednesday 1st February,
has need of your prayers for the guests, the helpers and the other churches
taking part. We are thankful for the very generous financial donations
received and we no longer require money, however donations of new underwear
and socks for men and women is gratefully accepted. We are short of
one person to do a night shift from 10pm on Wednesday
night until 6am on Thursday morning - if you are able to help with
this shift please contact Phil Dunn on 07808576157 with the date(s) you
will be Thank you for your help and especially for your prayers.
THE
WEDNESDAY WORD
The Wednesday Word is a national prayer mission which
links parish and schools through regular weekly prayer. Full details about
the mission can be found at www.wednesdayword.org
Each week the Parish Version of The Wednesday Word will be made
available for us to take home. Please do take a copy home today and start
to pray with it in spiritual solidarity with many parishioners throughout
the country, and with all the families of our Primary Schools, –
that they be touched by the Gospel, their faith be deepened, and that
their lives in Christ flourish: The Schools Version of ‘The
Wednesday Word’ will be distributed to all the families of our four
Primary Schools each week.
Confirming Our Young People
in Faith:
The Archbishop will come to the Parish on the weekend of 12th / 13th May
to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. All the teenage members of
the Parish who wish to celebrate and publicly Confirm their growth in
Faith and Strengthen their commitment to the Communion of the Church are
invited to Saint Joseph’s High School at 6pm on Tuesday to enrol
for serious investigation of and preparation for the Sacrament.
An Invitation
from Archbishop George Stack
Archbishop George invites you to join him for Sung Evening Prayer on Sunday
January 22nd at 4.00pm at Saint David’s Cathedral, Charles Street,
Cardiff, CF10 2SF. This is an Ecumenical Service to celebrate the Week
of Prayer for Christian Unity. The invitation is extended to all parishioners
in the diocese and also to their friends from neighbouring local congregations.
All are welcome to share in light refreshments after the service.
DEVELOPING
OUR GIFTS –
VOLUNTEERING OUR TALENTS
As announced at the Parish All Saints Celebration, the Pope has announced
a Year of Faith to start on October 11th 2012, a month and a day before
our November 12th anniversary the Catholic Presence in Newport. Marking
the 50th anniversary of the 2nd Vatican Council, this will strengthen
and deepen our celebrations, asking us to make it a year of sharing Faith,
studying Scripture, and re-visit the documents of the Council. As a Parish,
and as individual communities, we are challenged to work together and
prepare our response and involvement in this anniversary and year of Faith,
a call to give value to the continued Catholic presence in our city.
Starting Thursday 6th Ocober
at 5pm there will be
a Monthly Holy Hour for the Parish:
Adoration, prayer, and worship,
in SaintMichael’s Church: All are invited.
I Needed the quiet
A meditation found
in May Brunnock’s houseafter her death.
I needed the quiet
so he drew me aside,
into the shadows
where we could confide,
away from the bustle
where all the day long,
I hurried and worried
when active and strong.
I needed the quiet
though at first I rebelled,
But gently, so gently,
my cross he upheld,
and whispered so sweetly
of spiritual things.
Though weakened in body,
my spirit took wings.
To heights never dreamed of.
At end of the day
He loved me so greatly
he drew me away.
I needed the quiet,
no prison my bed,
but a beautiful valley
of blessings instead.
A place to grown richer,
in Jesus to hide.
I needed the quiet
so he drew me aside.
