St Mary’s Catholic Church
Surrenden Road, Preston Park, BrightonParish Priest: Fr Bruno Witchalls
Priest’s House, 5 Surrenden Road, Brighton, BN1 6PA
Telephone: (01273) 554509
Parish office e-mail:
Parish Website (being updated):
Hall and Cassidy Centre – Enquiries and Bookings –
Call John Morrison 07511 799526 /
All visitors to St Mary’s are most welcome to the church and to our parish
(The Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust is a Registered Charity No. 252878)
Parish Newsletter for 2 weekscommencing Sunday 5th March, 2017
Mass proper / IntentionSat / 04 / Vigil Mass / 7p.m. / Fr Andrew Fernandes, R.I.P.
Sun / 05 / 1st SUNDAY OF LENT (A)
Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 Mass Book p.151 / 10 a.m.
12 noon / Pro Populo – for the people of the parish Fr Michael Buckley, R.I.P.
Mon
Tue
Wed / 06
07
08 / 1stWeek of Lent
1st Week of Lent [Mass at St Mary’s House]
1st Week of Lent / 10 a.m.
8.15 a.m.
10 a.m. / Mrs Nancy Hart, R.I.P.
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Priest’s Intention
Thurs / 09 / 1st Week of Lent [Mass at St Mary’s House] / 8.15 a.m. / -
Fri
Sat / 10
11 / 1stWeek of Lent
1stWeek of Lent
Vigil Mass / 10 a.m.
10 a.m.
7 p.m. / Helen Bailey, R.I.P.
For Stuart, to recover from Cancer
Briony Macintosh, (Anniversary)
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun / 12
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19 / 2nd SUNDAY OF LENT (A)
Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 Mass Book p.155
2nd Week of Lent
2nd Week of Lent [Mass at St Mary’s House]
2nd Week of Lent
2ndWeek. of Lent [Mass at St Mary’s House]
St Patrick, Bishop, Patron of Ireland
2nd Week of Lent
Vigil Mass
3rdSUNDAY OF LENT (A)
Gospel:John 4:5-42 Mass Book p.158 / 10a.m.
12 noon
10 a.m.
8.15 a.m.
10 a.m.
8.15 a.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
7.00 p.m.
10.00a.m.
12 noon / Glenys Beda & Rosemary Voak, R.I.P.
Pro Populo – for the people of the parish
Mary Ann Pool, R.I.P.
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Priest’s Intention
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Justina Eckert,R.I.P.
Priest’s Intention
Holy Souls
Pro Populo – for the people of the parish
Rev. Alasdair Smith, R.I.P.
Confessions Saturday 10.30 – 11 a.m., 6.15 – 6.45 p.m. & at call
Tea & Coffee after our Sunday 10 a.m. Mass. All are welcome to join us down in the hall for this
OUR LENTEN JOURNEY
In the opening prayer for the First Sunday of Lent we turn to God and ask him that during the yearly observances of holy Lent ‘we may grow in understanding of the riches hidden in Christ’. Already we see our focus during this time being Jesus and the great treasures and graces to be found in particular in the events at the end of Lent, that is Holy Week and the mystery of the Cross.The same opening prayer then asks that by our works during Lent we might come to experience in ourselves these graces that come to us from the Cross. Each day in Lent has its own unique prayers for the Mass of the day, be it the Sunday Mass or a weekday Mass, and if you have time a daily meditation of these prayers and readings can open to us many of those riches hidden in Christ and his Cross. God bless you this next fortnight, Fr Bruno. / Sanctuary Lamp these weeks is burning forthe sick and housebound of the parish andOur Lady’s Lamp for Christian & Jeanne.If you would like for either of these lamps to burn for an intention contact the parish office.
LENT NOTES: The Lent ‘Walk With Me’ prayer booklets are still available in the Church Porch; Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7 p.m. in the Church; Confessions available after weekday Masses as well as usual times on Saturdays; Friday 10 March, Cafod Lent Fast day; Friday 10 March a Deanery Lent Vigil with Mass, Adoration and Confessions at the Sacred Heart, Hove. See over for details.
Welcome to FrSlawek
FrSlawek (from Poland) will be with us for most of this month of March. I am very grateful for his presence as I need to be away from the parish for parts of this month. He will be helping out with Masses and Confessions.
PARISH DIARY
Date / Time / Place / Event / Contact
Tuesday
Thursdays / 3-4pm
2-4pm / Cassidy Centre
Cassidy Centre / Bible Study & Prayer Group
Seniors Club / Luke Fernandes 01273 556927
David Alfred 01273 540038
Mon 06 Mar / 8 pm / Cassidy Centre / Parents 1st Holy Communion meeting / Janet Silva /Charles Wookey
Wed 08 Mar
Sun 12 Mar
Wed 15 Mar
Sat 18 Mar / 7.30-9 pm
9.30am
1-2 pm
9.30am / Church Hall
Cassidy Centre
Cassidy Centre
Church / Yrs 7-11 Youth Club
Childrens First Holy Communion Class
SVP Meeting
Group 1 FHC Children Reconciliation /
Mrs Janet Silva
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Please keep in your prayers those in our parish and families who need them at this time: Sister Anne, Lorna Briggs, Mary Connett, Paddy Cummiskey,Jose Luis Garcia, Paul Green, Judy Harrison, Dick & Betty Morris, Terry Rodrigues, Claire Shelton-Jones, Callum Stone, Diana Taylor, Tom Walsh & Tracey Weller.
AN EVENING WITH THE LORD
A Deanery Lenten Vigil: Friday 10 March, 6 pm - 12 Midnight. A Vigil of Adoration and devotions at The Sacred Heart Church, Norton Road, Hove, for all the parishes of Brighton & Hove. Mass will be celebrated at 6 pm,and then Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with availability of the Sacrament of Reconciliation through to Midnight. Evening Prayer will be celebrated at 9 pm and Night Prayer and Benediction at 11.30 pm. This event will take the place of some of the parish reconciliation services we have during Lent.The evening will be Live Streamed through the internet on
Cafod Lent Family Fast Day – Fri. March 10
Please pick up a Fast Day envelope from the Church Porch.
A Thank you from the St Patrick’s Missionary
‘It is the faithful Catholics that keep the Church as a power for good at home and abroad. Thank you for your support and generous collection of £681.62.’Fr Oliver Leavy
100 CLUB FEBRUARY DRAW WINNERS
1st Prize, £50 Miss J Witts; 2nd Prize, £30 Mr. B J Morrison;
3rd Prize £20 Mrs.J Stone.
Have you considered joining our parish 100 club ?
It’s a great way to raise funds for the parish& 3 cash prizes every month, including our Bumper Draw in October. Annual subscription is just £30 or you can pay bi-annually £15 x 2. If you’re stuck for a birthday present for someone this could be it!Contact Mary Cornelius of 01273 558812 for more information or email the parish office. It’s really that easy to join.
CHILDREN’S TOYS / GAMES AT MASS
Children are always welcome at Mass but could parents please make sure that if they need to bring toys those toys are of the soft and silent variety when played with. Thank you.
‘AD ORIENTEM’ AT MASS
The Parish of Star of the Sea (San Francisco) have a rather good website and their parish priest has put together a 10 minute video presentation on praying the Mass ‘ad Orientem’. The video is accessible on their website at ‘starparish.com’ where you can scroll down and click on‘Facing God Together’. / From the Saints
At the age of 11 St Therese of Lisieux made her First Holy Communion. On that day she made three resolutions which she kept for the rest of her life:
1 – I will struggle against my pride;
2 – I will entrust myself to the Blessed Virgin Mary every day by saying the Memorare;
3 – I will never get discouraged.
The Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen(St Bernard).
Preston Park Preschool – Active Kids Vouchers
Thank you for those Sainsbury’s vouchers which have already come in.Vouchers can be put in an envelope through the presbytery door or in the collection plate.
FOODBANK COLLECTION BOX
Another car load was delivered to the Foodbank this week from St Mary’s. Thank you again. They are still looking for the usual items and toiletries. There is a list of what they need by the box. Items can be left in the box in the porch which is usually accessible in the day.
Chilworth Abbey Study Day- Arise, my love, and come away:the theology of the Bodywith talks given by Fr John Seddon OSB, on Sat, 18thMarch, 2017. The day begins with Mass at 9.00 am. Three talks will divide the Day. St Augustine's Abbey, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, NearGuildford.GU48QR.Online info:
AN ACT OF CONTRITION FOR CONFESSION
‘Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul, the sins of my body, my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins, the sins I know, the sins I do not know; the sins I have concealed so long, and which are now hidden from my memory. I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal and venial, for all the sins of my childhood up to the present hour. I know my sins have wounded thy tender heart. O my Saviour, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through the most bitter passion of my Redeemer. Amen. O my Jesus, forget and forgive what I have been. Amen.
“I have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners to repentance” Luke 5:32