Lord Jesus, we ask for Your help as we begin this new school year ...
Lord Jesus, we ask for Your help as we begin this new school year. Allow us to experience Your presence in the many blessings You put before us. Open our eyes to the new challenges and exciting opportunities that this new school year brings. Open our heart and mind to new friends and new teachers. Give us a generous spirit to be enthusiastic with our studies and courage to accept new opportunities. Help us to be attentive to one another and let us experience Your presence in our new friends. Jesus, inspire us to do our best this year! Amen
Parish Priest: Priest Fr John Nwadike CM Address: The Presbytery, Babworth Road, Retford. DN22 7BP Telephone: 01777 703373 Office email: [email protected] Fr John’s email: email [email protected] Support our fundraising efforts through easyfundraising www.easyfundraising.org.uk/stjosephsretford
Date/ Feast Days
Time
Intentions
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Saturday 3rd September
5.15 pm No Confessions 6.00 pm Pat Farthing
Sunday 4th September
9.30 am Priest Intention 2.00 pm Mass at Ranby Prison
Weekday in Ordinary Time Monday 5th September
No Mass
Weekday in Ordinary Time Tuesday 6th September
9.30 am Thanksgiving
Weekday in Ordinary Time Wednesday 7th September
9.30 am No Mass
Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday 8th September
9.05 am Rosary 9.30 am Elizabeth Connor
Weekday in Ordinary Time Friday 9th September
S
eptember Reading Material: Bible Alive @ £2.50, Word Alive @ £1.50 and My Day by Day @ £1. These are available in the basket on the sanctuary.
11.45 am Rosary 12.15 pm Thomas & Lena Cox
24
th
Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)
Saturday 10th September
10.00 am Altar Servers Training 5.15 pm Confessions 6.00 pm James, Ellen & Peter Harvey
K
rd
eep the date! Edinburgh Woollen Mills fashion show Friday 23 September in church Hall at 7 pm featuring five of the parish’s top catwalk models. Entrance fee £3. This is a UCM fundraising event on behalf of The Medaille Trust (eradiction of human trafficking). It is hoped a representative from the Trust will speak to the parish at a weekend Mass prior to the event.
Sunday 11th September
9.30 am Maureen Hepworth 2.00 pm Mass at Ranby Prison
Next Weekend 10th /11th Sept
Greeters
Lectors
Eucharistic Ministers
Saturday
Neil Grayston
Pauline Towers Yvonne Round
Michael Hill
Sunday
Christine Jacques
Maura Moss Arianna Natriss
Trish Clarke
T
his weekend we celebrate the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Welcome back to all our parishioners who have been away over the summer break. A new academic year will begin this week for the children, and there are lots of events for the parish to look forward to in the coming weeks.
P
lease pray for
• All those whose anniversaries fall this week: Mary Holder, Harry Parfitt, Simon Burgess. All recent dead of our parish. • Pope Francis’ Mission Intention for September: that by participating in the Sacraments and meditating on Scripture, Christians may become ever more aware of their mission to evangelise.
F
r John would like to meet with the Altar Servers’ for a training and practice session on Saturday 10th September from 10 am to 12 noon. If you haven’t already done so, please let Fr, Michael or Jim know if you can’t make it. hildren’s Liturgy will resume on Sunday 11th September. This programme is for children between the ages of 4 to 7 years.
C O
n Sunday 25th September we will celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving. This is will be a Children’s Mass where we would like to encourage all our children and youth to be involved in the liturgy.
A
Mass to commemorate the Jubilee Year of Mercy in our parish will be celebrated on the evening of 18th October Feast of St Luke the Evangelist. It is hoped that this will be a joint event between parish and school.
A
big thank you to all those who have supported the parish by shopping online through easyfundraising. Your effort has raised £25.16 for this quarter (Apr to Jun). Please consider signing up if you shop online regularly your support really does make a difference and will help us raise even more. https:// www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stjosephsretford
I
f you know of any one who is lonely or poorly and would like a visit or help from a member of the SVP, please contact Eddie McGarvey or any member of the SVP. The person does not have to be a member of the parish.
• The sick and housebound members of our parish.
• The work of the SVP.
S
t Wilfrid’s Centre this year celebrates 25 years of helping homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded people throughout the Hallam Diocese. To mark this very special occasion it is hoped that parishes around the Diocese will come together to lend their support and make this year’s Bishop’s walk a springboard to the next 25 years of providing this vital service. Please consider sponsoring Bishop John and the team to walk 15 miles in the Peak District in aid of St Wilfrid’s Centre on Friday 9th September 2016. Your help really does make a difference to the lives of their clients. Sponsorship forms are pinned on the notice board at the back of the church. If you are able to Gift Aid please fill in your name, address and postcode and tick the Gift Aid box.
M
arriage preparation course—Engaged Encounter weekend run by the World Wide Marriage at the Hallam Pastoral Centre on 19th/20th November. Book online at http://wwme.org.uk/weekends. An Engaged Encounter weekend will give them precious time together, away from all the distractions of the wedding preparations— a real opportunity for quality time with each other.
St Joseph’s Bassetlaw Food Bank Volunteers
I
f you have any Mass Intentions please use the brown Mass Offering envelopes at the back of Church. You can hand them in at the sacristy.
Date
Thursday
Date
Friday
8/9
Linda Garfoot Maria Wheeler
9/9
Sean Tingle Kay Hopkins
15/9
Cath Croft Trish Clarke
16/9
Fay Legard Kevin Murphy
22/9
Joce McGarvey Eddie McGarvey
23/9
Liz Meacher Vi Crossland
29/9
Jim Anderson Eileen Hannah
30/9
Diane Murphy Sally Hill
Last Weekend (27th/28th Aug) Attendance: 97 1st Collection: £157.89 Building Fund £176.79
Parish Priest: Priest Fr John Nwadike CM Address: The Presbytery, Babworth Road, Retford. DN22 7BP Telephone: 01777 703373 Office email: [email protected] Fr John’s email: email [email protected] Support our fundraising efforts through easyfundraising www.easyfundraising.org.uk/stjosephsretford
Date/ Feast Days
Time
Intentions
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Saturday 3rd September
5.15 pm No Confessions 6.00 pm Pat Farthing
Sunday 4th September
9.30 am Priest Intention 2.00 pm Mass at Ranby Prison
Weekday in Ordinary Time Monday 5th September
No Mass
Weekday in Ordinary Time Tuesday 6th September
9.30 am Thanksgiving
Weekday in Ordinary Time Wednesday 7th September
9.30 am No Mass
Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday 8th September
9.05 am Rosary 9.30 am Elizabeth Connor
Weekday in Ordinary Time Friday 9th September
S
eptember Reading Material: Bible Alive @ £2.50, Word Alive @ £1.50 and My Day by Day @ £1. These are available in the basket on the sanctuary.
11.45 am Rosary 12.15 pm Thomas & Lena Cox
24
th
Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)
Saturday 10th September
10.00 am Altar Servers Training 5.15 pm Confessions 6.00 pm James, Ellen & Peter Harvey
K
rd
eep the date! Edinburgh Woollen Mills fashion show Friday 23 September in church Hall at 7 pm featuring five of the parish’s top catwalk models. Entrance fee £3. This is a UCM fundraising event on behalf of The Medaille Trust (eradiction of human trafficking). It is hoped a representative from the Trust will speak to the parish at a weekend Mass prior to the event.
Sunday 11th September
9.30 am Maureen Hepworth 2.00 pm Mass at Ranby Prison
Next Weekend 10th /11th Sept
Greeters
Lectors
Eucharistic Ministers
Saturday
Neil Grayston
Pauline Towers Yvonne Round
Michael Hill
Sunday
Christine Jacques
Maura Moss Arianna Natriss
Trish Clarke
T
his weekend we celebrate the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Welcome back to all our parishioners who have been away over the summer break. A new academic year will begin this week for the children, and there are lots of events for the parish to look forward to in the coming weeks.
P
lease pray for
• All those whose anniversaries fall this week: Mary Holder, Harry Parfitt, Simon Burgess. All recent dead of our parish. • Pope Francis’ Mission Intention for September: that by participating in the Sacraments and meditating on Scripture, Christians may become ever more aware of their mission to evangelise.
F
r John would like to meet with the Altar Servers’ for a training and practice session on Saturday 10th September from 10 am to 12 noon. If you haven’t already done so, please let Fr, Michael or Jim know if you can’t make it. hildren’s Liturgy will resume on Sunday 11th September. This programme is for children between the ages of 4 to 7 years.
C O
n Sunday 25th September we will celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving. This is will be a Children’s Mass where we would like to encourage all our children and youth to be involved in the liturgy.
A
Mass to commemorate the Jubilee Year of Mercy in our parish will be celebrated on the evening of 18th October Feast of St Luke the Evangelist. It is hoped that this will be a joint event between parish and school.
A
big thank you to all those who have supported the parish by shopping online through easyfundraising. Your effort has raised £25.16 for this quarter (Apr to Jun). Please consider signing up if you shop online regularly your support really does make a difference and will help us raise even more. https:// www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stjosephsretford
I
f you know of any one who is lonely or poorly and would like a visit or help from a member of the SVP, please contact Eddie McGarvey or any member of the SVP. The person does not have to be a member of the parish.
• The sick and housebound members of our parish.
• The work of the SVP.
S
t Wilfrid’s Centre this year celebrates 25 years of helping homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded people throughout the Hallam Diocese. To mark this very special occasion it is hoped that parishes around the Diocese will come together to lend their support and make this year’s Bishop’s walk a springboard to the next 25 years of providing this vital service. Please consider sponsoring Bishop John and the team to walk 15 miles in the Peak District in aid of St Wilfrid’s Centre on Friday 9th September 2016. Your help really does make a difference to the lives of their clients. Sponsorship forms are pinned on the notice board at the back of the church. If you are able to Gift Aid please fill in your name, address and postcode and tick the Gift Aid box.
M
arriage preparation course—Engaged Encounter weekend run by the World Wide Marriage at the Hallam Pastoral Centre on 19th/20th November. Book online at http://wwme.org.uk/weekends. An Engaged Encounter weekend will give them precious time together, away from all the distractions of the wedding preparations— a real opportunity for quality time with each other.
St Joseph’s Bassetlaw Food Bank Volunteers
I
f you have any Mass Intentions please use the brown Mass Offering envelopes at the back of Church. You can hand them in at the sacristy.
Date
Thursday
Date
Friday
8/9
Linda Garfoot Maria Wheeler
9/9
Sean Tingle Kay Hopkins
15/9
Cath Croft Trish Clarke
16/9
Fay Legard Kevin Murphy
22/9
Joce McGarvey Eddie McGarvey
23/9
Liz Meacher Vi Crossland
29/9
Jim Anderson Eileen Hannah
30/9
Diane Murphy Sally Hill
Last Weekend (27th/28th Aug) Attendance: 97 1st Collection: £157.89 Building Fund £176.79
