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'."
LONELY
/ ALONE:
‘He went off to a lonely place, and prayed there’. When-ever
we find ourselves in that place, we can remember we are not alone. He
is with us there too, he is praying there.
The Reflection
Evening for all Young People seeking to Confirm their Faith, and their
parents or guardians, starting out the journey to celebrate the Gift and
gifts of the Holy Spirit with the Archbishop: At the Ty Croeso centre,
at Llantarnam Abbey, this Thursday, 9th February starting at 7pm
and finishing at approximately 9pm. Any queries please contact David Watts
on 856544.
A Farewell
Message in gratitude from Father
Edmund Neizer:
As I respond to God’s call for the new mission in Llantwitt Major
and Cowbridge, I would like to thank God for Father John Kelly, our Moderator,
The Pastoral Team, and Parish Pastoral Council, and indeed all the Faithful
of All Saints Parish for our ‘journey’ together in God’s
love for the past 2 years. I wish you, one and all the abundance of God’s
choicest blessings on your faith journey and all your endeavours. Be assured
of my ceaseless prayers in thanksgiving and praise to God for the love
we shared together as God’s One Big Family. Please continue to pray
with me and for me in my new ministry in God’s love at Llantwit Major
and Cowbridge. Stay forever blessed, keep the faith, and remain in the endless love
and care of God. To God be the glory, honour, and praise!
The ‘Street Pastors’ have been watching and praying on
the streets of Newport for two years now, helping and rescuing many late
night revellers. Some of the original volunteers are now retiring, so
new helpers are sought. If you could help, either on the streets or at
the ‘night base’, please contact Les Tugwell on 764650.
“Health
and Safety” has a bad press, and is too often used as an excuse
or cop out, but well used, understood, and applied it is an important
expression of care and consideration, and a social and neighbourly duty.
As a Christian Community we need to be aware of the health and safety
needs of each other, and all who come to our churches and premises. Each
Community should have someone who has an eye for these issues and takes
responsibility for addressing them. The Community Committees are asked
to identify such people, and send a representative to a general Parish
Health and Safety review, on Thursday 24th February. (A good way to start
Lent?)
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.
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
house after 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.
