THIS WEEK St Peter's Sat 19 Apr 8.00pm Vigil Mass of Easter People of the Parish Cirencester Easter Sunday 11.00 am Mass (Tetbury 9.00 am) People of the Parish) (Linked with St Michael’s Tetbury) 20 Apr Easter Sunday of the Resurrection Mon 21 Apr Mass 10.00 am Joseph Yap (RIP) Weekly Newsletter w/c 20 Apr 2014 –Easter wk1 - Yr. A Tue 22 Apr Mass 9.00 am – John Lodge (INT) Sunday of the Resurrection Wed 23 Apr 10.00 am Liturgy of the Word & Exposition (Tetbury Mass 10 am) HAPPY EASTER Thurs 24 Apr 6.30 pm – Evening Mass. Joseph Yap (RIP) On Behalf of Fr. Daniel and myself I’d like to take this opportunity to send you all our best Fri 25 Apr 9.00 am Mass Joseph Yap (RIP) wishes for a Happy Easter and to welcome you to our parish. If you are a visitor, we hope you enjoy your stay. If you are new to the parish please pick up an information pack from Sat 26 Apr 6.00 pm First Mass of Sunday Edward Johnstone (Int) Sun 27 Apr 11.00 am Mass (Tetbury 9.00 am) Nina & Christopher James one of our "welcome team“. God Bless. Fr. Issy (WedAnniv); Bertha Thirlby (RIP) POPE FRANCIS – CHRIST’S PASSION THE ROSARY: Mon – Fri, 8.40 am, the Rosary is said in the Church. Easter Sunday, the day of the Lord’s Resurrection is the Mother of all Sundays. It is a day CONFESSIONS: Confession time for the parish is every Saturday at 5.00 – 5.30 pm. It which vindicates our faith , re-establishes our hope and continues to prompt us to charity. could also be arranged by appointment with Fr. Issy. If we have suffered with Christ, we shall share his eternal reward. Those who die with him Mobile phones should be completely turned off in church – not left in Silent mode - thank you. will rise with him. Pope Francis reminds us that Christ’s suffering and death reflect the sufferings of all humanity and we discover God’s answer to the mystery of evil, suffering CONTACTING US and death. He gives us his Son, who dies humiliated, betrayed, abandoned and reviled. Yet God’s victory shines forth in what appears, in human terms, to be failure and defeat. Parish Priest: Fr.. Isidore Obi. St Peter’s Catholic Church, 7 St Peter’s Road, Jesus’ passion is the culmination of his revelation of the Father’s infinite love and his Cirencester,GL7 1RE. Tel: 01285 652087. Email the parish office: summons to faith in his word. “By his wounds we have been healed” (cf. 1 Pet 2:24). …as [email protected] Parish Website: www.stpeterscirencester.org we follow Jesus along the way of the cross, may we imitate his loving obedience to the will Diocesan Website : www.cliftondiocese.com of the Father, especially in times of difficulty and humiliation, and open our hearts to his gifts of reconciliation, redemption and new life. More info from the Pope at www.vatican.va

CARDS available for most occasions A Great range of pamphlets Saturday from the repository rack at the Covering most of the key teachings of th back of the church. the Church at the back of the church. 26 Apr.

Information for inclusion in the Folk Mass – 6 pm Kids Activity Evening - 7- 8.15pm Newsletter should be (All Primary ages welcome in the Hall) (All are welcome - in St Peter’s) sent to the parish It will be celebrated by Fr.. Issy , office before Thursday There will be an Easter Egg hunt, BBQ and with Young People doing Readings each week. To sponsor creative activities. & Bidding Prayers. To be a part of the newsletter contact Please put your name on the list in the the mass music group email Kate the parish office. porch to come or to be a helper. Kinsey: [email protected] CARE & DEVELOPMENT IN OUR PARISH DIOCESAN & VATICAN NEWS PRAYER PARISH FINANCES CANNONISATION – 27 APRIL Last week’s collection = £411, Gift Aid £420, Gift Aid Your Prayers are needed for: The double canonisation of John Paul II and John XXIII will be broadcast to cinemas in the Rebate £100. Total = £931. Many thanks for your Those who are sick, including: Clifton for free and across the UK & Ireland in 3D live from Vatican City on Sunday great generosity. Iris Brennan, Reg Bunt, Agnes 27 th April. Phil Gibbons from Clifton will also be in Rome making audio podcasts for the Clifton Diocesan Reg. Charity No. 233977 Moran, Patrick MacDermott, Irene diocese website and will be broadcasting live on local BBC Radio stations too. The event will Spaul, Elizabeth Catling and Alice THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EASTER GENEROSITY... be free although there may be a nominal charge for the glasses. Participating Cinemas in Walsh. Especially Shaun for his help with the newsletter; to Clifton Diocese include : Bristol: Showcase Cinema De Lux, Cineworld: Gloucester: Cineworld (Please inform Fr. Issy of any sick Pinky for her help in the sacristy; to Chris Johnson Gloucester Quays: Swindon: Cineworld. For more info go to www.cliftondiocese.com person, especially those that who has helped with the organ; to Anna Lockhart and POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS NEW OF BRENTWOOD require a visit. ) the flower arrangers; to our altar servers and all who Pope Francis has appointed Father SM, currently the Director of the National We pray for all the departed have helped in any way, we appreciate. For all your Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham, as the seventh . His episcopal souls and all whose anniversaries gifts and donations to Fr Issy this Easter, THANK YOU. fall at this time including: ordination will take place at Brentwood on 1st July 2014 at 12 noon. The bishop- Norah Curling, Pat Barry, Teresa elect was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1951. He took final vows in the Society of Mary Deasy, Mary Bull. FORTHCOMING EVENTS [Marist Fathers] in 1981 and was ordained in 1983. More info at www.cliftondiocese.com Prayer Requests: SYRIAN CHRISTIANS FACING “WAY OF THE THE” THIS EASTER St Peter’s Book, for you to write CIRENCESTER’S WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP – 23 APRIL your prayers, can be found at the Christians in Syria are facing a seemingly endless Way of the Cross, one of the country’s most Women's Fellowship at Ashcroft Church invite you to senior Church leaders has said. As the ancient Church in the Middle East faced one of the back of church. their Anniversary Rally on Wednesday 23rd April at If you have an urgent request for most challenging Holy Weeks in its history, the Maronite Samir Nassar of 2.30pm. Speaker to be Rev. Diane Daymond with the Damascus lamented the death of the Dutch Jesuit Fr Frans van der Lugt, who was shot dead prayer , contact the Prayer Line on Stratton Singers from Cheltenham. To attend please 01285 656284 or 01666 860387 by an unknown assailant in the besieged rebel enclave in Homs on April 7. Please pray for contact Julia Morgan on 01285 652352 asap. them all. More info at www.catholicherald.co.uk PARISH SPRING FAYRE – 10 MAY HOME VISITS WE NEED YOUR HELP – This is a great opportunity If you would like a visit or Holy POPE APPOINTS BRITISH WOMAN PRESIDENT OF PAPAL ACADEMY for everyone to come together to support our parish Communion at home, please ring Pope Francis has named British sociologist and professor, Margaret Archer, president of the in a practical way. The planning is now well underway the parish office (652087) to make Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. She is the second female president of the papal but we do need more help and now is the time to arrangements. academy and succeeds US law professor and former US ambassador to the Vatican, Mary Ann come forward if you can contribute ideas, time, or Glendon, who served two five-year terms as head of the academy from 2004 to 2014. More products . Please sign up on the notice board or email TEA/COFFEE & CATCH UP info at www.catholicherald.co.uk Please do join us for refreshments Anne Vickers at [email protected] or Fr.. after Sunday mass (in the Hall). Issy at the parish office. THANK YOU POPE CONDEMNDS CHILD ABUSE Visitors are very welcome to JOIN DAY OF RECOLLECTION 13 MAY Pope Francis has reiterated his resolve to continue to tackle the child abuse in the Church. US. The parish prayer circle will be having their day of Asking forgiveness from victims he says that the Church must be even bolder in its efforts to STUART MACLEAN recollection on the 13 th of May at Nymsfield Convent, protect the young. It was the first time a Pope has taken personal responsibility for the sex Please pray for the repose of the from 10am to 4pm. A list available after Easter. crimes of his priests and begged for forgiveness. Last month, Francis named the initial soul of a former parishioner, Scott members of a commission to advise him on best practices to combat sexual abuse in the Stuart Maclean, who died recently THIS WEEK’S VISIT TO SIGNPOST Church. Half of them are women . More info at www.thecatholicuniverse.com at the age of 37,and for his family. Visit to the Signpost project’s Monday evening Drop- He was received in to the Church in will be THIS MONDAY 21 April . To join us please MISSO FILM ON MISSIONARY IN CAMBODIA at St Peter’s and married here meet at the Presbytery at 6.30 pm. More information Missio, the Pope’s official charity for overseas mission, has created a short film about the before moving with his job. at: www.cirencester-signpost.org.uk inspiring work of missionaries serving in Cambodia. More info at www.cliftondiocese.com