nd Newsletter Diocese of & Brighton 22 August 2021

All Masses are available via the live stream on www.arundelcathedral.uk

st THIS SUNDAY 22, 21 Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ephesians 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32; John 6:60-69) 6.00pm Saturday Vigil Mass: People of the 9.15am Mass: Alfred George Eames RIP 11.15am: In thanksgiving for 40th Wedding Anniversary of Maria & Dominic Whitehouse

MONDAY 23, Feria in Ordinary Time, Week 21 (1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10; Matthew 23:13-22) No Mass

TUESDAY 24, Feast: St Bartholomew, Apostle

(Revelation 21:9b-14; John 1:45-51) 10.00am Mass: Sylvia Humphery RIP

WEDNESDAY 25, Feria in Ordinary Time, Week 21 (1 Thessalonians 2:9-13; Matthew 23:27-32) 10.00am Mass: Terry McDonagh RIP

THURSDAY 26, Feria in Ordinary Time, Week 21 (1 Thessalonians 3:7-13; Matthew 24:42-51) 10.00am: Carolyn Luck RIP

FRIDAY 27, Mem: St Monica (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Matthew 25:1-13)

10.00am Mass: Terry McDonagh RIP

SATURDAY 28, Mem: St Augustine, , Doctor (1 Thessalonians 4:9-11; Matthew 25:14-30) 10.00am Mass: Gwendolen, Duchess of Norfolk RIP 6.00pm Mass: People of the Parish

NEXT SUNDAY 29, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8; James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23) 9.15am Mass: Minnie Paradine RIP 11.15am: Terry McDonagh RIP

Emergency Telephone Numbers.

Bognor Parish 01243 823619 Chichester Parish 01243 782343 Storrington Parish 01903 740338 Petworth Parish 01798 342169 Littlehampton Parish 01903 731171 Cathedral House Parsons Hill Arundel West BN18 9AY

Tel: 01903 882297 Web Site: www.arundelcathedral.uk Email: [email protected]

Canon David Parmiter Rev. Mr. David Clifton L.Th

Cathedral Deacon (Retired)

The Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust is a Registered Charity No. 252878

From Canon David: ARUNDEL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS During the Following the lifting of most of the legal restrictions festival, which runs Saturday 21st – Monday 30th relating to Covid-19, the Bishop’s Conference of August, the Cathedral will be hosting several events & Wales have advised the following, which and exhibits. Arundel Art Society will exhibit in the Bishop Richard has endorsed: Recognition of the Cathedral Centre (upper hall), open daily from 11am – presence of the virus in the population means that 5pm. During coffee after 9.15am Mass on both certain preventative practices will still be required, Sundays parishioners will get time to view the exhibits and this is important to ensure that Diocesan privately. trustees are seen to be discharging their Health & In the Cathedral will be three exhibitors: Artists Susie Safety duties. The Health and Safety Executive have Olford and Julie Burnett-Kirk in the north and south aisles and Sussex Scribes (calligraphy) in the baptistry. issued new guidance for employers and for See more about the artists at Trail Artists 2021 | AGT organisations, and this makes clear that a duty to 2020 (arundelgallerytrail.co.uk) keep premises safe continues beyond the removal of Three concerts will be held in the Cathedral: Thursday any Covid-19 legislation.” The full advice from the 26th a concert for children, Sunday 29th a programme of Bishop’s Conference is available on their website light classics and Monday 30th a concert for the festival www.cbcew.org.uk finale. For more information and tickets see For the time being this means sanitising hands, using www.arundelfestival.co.uk and www.visitarundel.co.uk face coverings (especially if singing), ventilating Tickets will also be available on the door for concerts. buildings and cleaning. Mercifully our local cases of Finally, there will be an organ recital by Daniel Moult Covid-19 seem low, but as a Cathedral we attract on Monday 30th August at 1pm. Free entry, retiring visitors from other areas where case numbers might collection. be higher. If you are exempt from wearing a face covering I am sure others will understand the THE CATHEDRAL SHOP Opening hours: situation. It also seems to me that for weekday Monday – Friday 10.30am – 4.00pm Masses, where numbers attending are low, there is Saturday and Sunday 12.30pm – 4.00pm no need for a face covering (unless singing near CAFOD is responding to significant crises across others). We are gradually re-introducing a little bit of the world this week. We are working with local singing at the Masses with a view to developing that Church organisations in Haiti to deliver emergency further in September. aid to people affected by the catastrophic earthquake Currently we’re using alternate pews and I am and tropical storm. In the tragic situation in thinking of returning to normal seating when I get Afghanistan, we are working to ensure the safety of back from holiday in mid September and depending our local partners and their communities. We are on the situation. We will keep social distancing in supporting local aid workers to deliver urgent food the transepts. If you have any strong feelings either and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of way, please get in touch. people facing extreme hunger in Tigray in Ethiopia,

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is usually South Sudan and north-east Nigeria. You can read available between 10.30 and 11am on Saturday more about how we can all express solidarity with mornings. You may also contact the office to make an our sisters and brothers affected by these appointment. emergencies on the CAFOD website: https://cafod.org.uk/News/Emergencies-news. Your FINANCIAL MATTERS: Thank you for your recent compassion, generosity and prayers have helped us contributions. 14/15 August: £361.02 + £266.00 (Gift to stand together and enable us to continue to support Aid) = £627.02 communities in these difficult times. Thank you. COFFEE AFTER 9.15AM MASS has re-started in We will take a collection for CAFOD next weekend the Cathedral Centre (and outside, weather 28/29 August. permitting) All welcome. PARISH PICNIC We plan to have a parish picnic on CALLING ALL COFFEE/TEA MAKERS. If you Sunday 19th September from 12.30pm onwards in the would like to join the Ministry of Refreshment and Cathedral garden (Centre if wet). Bring your own come onto the rota for coffee after 9.15am Mass, picnic, drinks provided. It would be great to have a please contact Louise at the Cathedral Office and small team of parishioners to organise. If you could Betsy will then be in touch with you. It is a very offer some help, please contact Louise in the parish rewarding and necessary ministry that has been office or speak to Canon David. missed during the Covid pandemic. MEMORIAL TO CHILDREN LOST BEFORE PARISH BEREAVEMENT GROUP will offer BIRTH If anyone can help keep the memorial in the coffee after 10am Mass on the 2nd Wednesday of the cemetery looking tidy on a rota basis (approx once month commencing September 8th. Please join them in every 6 weeks) please contact Maria Whitehouse on Cathedral House dining room after Mass for a coffee 01903 413606 and a chat.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL PILGRIMAGE WALK IN ARUNDEL Saturday 25th 21st Sunday Year B, 22nd August September at 11am in honour of Our Lady. Stopping at Holy Lord, help us to be guided by Jesus, your son, our the remains of the ancient religious foundations of bread of life. We give forever thanks to you for Arundel for short prayers. Walking from the site of rewarding us with eternal life. Hear our prayers. Calceto Priory near Arundel Railway Station, to the Dominican Priory near the Post Office, to St Nicholas’ We pray for Pope Francis as he reminds us of the Church, the , St Mary’s Gate and the prayer intention for the month of August, inviting Cathedral. All welcome. Contact Lindsey Stratford on everyone to work for a transformation of the Church - a 01903 884567 or [email protected] or work that begins with “a reform of ourselves” through see www.arundelcathedralfriends.uk an experience of prayer, charity, and service, inspired by the Holy Spirit. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2022 The 2022 course Lord, in your mercy … will begin in late autumn for children who will be in

For the thousands in Afghanistan who are desperately Year 3 or above from September. An application form trying to flee the country after the Taliban insurgency. is available here: First Communion 2022 on via the May the many families, especially those with children, Cathedral website. living in makeshift camps in Kabul, be kept safe and A MESSAGE FROM TURNING TIDES: “You are delivered aid in their hour of need. helping us to rebuild and save lives. As the country Lord, in your mercy... transitions into life after lockdown we’d like to tell you For those caring for loved ones. Let us recognise their about the incredible things – you – are helping us dedication and all-consuming love and compassion as achieve throughout this pandemic. We have created a they commit their time and care for those in need. webpage to help tell this story and share the numbers. Lord, in your mercy … These are not ordinary numbers - they are life-changing numbers. Throughout the pandemic, record numbers of For those who gather to celebrate the Arundel Festival: people need our help. From March 2020 to April 2021, that they may experience the richness of God’s gifts in thanks to you, we supported just over 990 people. And the creative work of those who participate in this event. more are coming all the time. Locally, the number of Lord in your mercy... people presenting as newly homeless has doubled. We We pray for all who have died recently. now have 39 different projects and 205 rooms of We pray for all those who are sick for whatever reason, accommodation across , providing that they might find healing and full recovery. We pray different levels of support to ensure there is an for Paul Rumball, Lizzie Bennett, Lee Ward, Pat individual pathway for every single person to leave Burton, Richard Crosby, Eve Larley, Benita Marshall, homelessness behind.” Jean Marc Fritz, Philip Wood, Bernard Sanderson, Nick McMenemy, Ann Rowe, SPIRITUAL COMMUNION Pauline Rodmell, Irena Ray-Crosby, Molly Morgan, PRAYER OF ST ALPHONSUS Virginia Stewart, Richard Elwood, Georgia Mumby, My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this Holy Elizabeth Haviland, Janine Busbridge, Linda Monet, Sacrament of the altar. I love you above all things Ann Ogunniyi, Dr Matthew Rosenfeld, Sr Giles, and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul. Margaret Gammons, Eileen Rogerson, Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul Charlie Moodie and all in the local hospitals and so that I may unite myself wholly to you hospices, the Priory or in their own homes. now and forever. Amen. Let us ask Our Holy Mother to intercede for us as we PRAYER FOR HEALTH STAFF pray. Hail Mary … Wondrous God, author of life,

Lord, You are the living bread that came down from you fashioned us in your likeness and breathed into us the life which is your own. heaven, we place our faith in you. Amen. Be with those whose special care MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARIES MASS: Anyone is the health of mind and body. celebrating a wedding anniversary that has particular Fill their hearts with awe for the life which is your gift significance for them is welcome to join the annual and sustain them daily in your service, celebration of marriage at St Joseph’s Church in that their hands may bring to others Guildford. This year the celebration, with Bishop the comfort of your healing touch. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Richard, is on Saturday, October 9th with Mass at PRAYER FOR THOSE AFFECTED 11.30. In order that we can be Covid compliant we do Merciful God, come to the help of your people. ask that everyone books their space via our website. Be our shelter in this time of peril Please use the following link Diocesan Marriage and strengthen the bonds of our community. Anniversaries Mass and Reception (09-Oct-2021) · Bring healing to all who suffer ChurchSuite Events or contact the Diocesan Marriage the ravages of disease and assist those whose skill and art & Family Life Adviser, Katherine Bergin at can put an end to this affliction. [email protected] (Places are Through Christ our Lord. Amen. limited to 150). We so look forward to celebrating with you!