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MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS AT ST JOSEPHS, ST BERNADETTES AND ST TERESA’S 4th Sunday of Advent – Year B ST PHILIP NERI, MANSFIELD St Bernadette - Saturday Vigil 6.00pm Private Intention ST JOSEPH, SHIREBROOK St Joseph - Sunday 8.45am Thomas and Eileen Greengrass RIP St Teresa 10.45am Private Intention ST BERNADETTE, BOLSOVER ST TERESA, MARKET WARSOP The Nativity of the Lord All enquiries and for newsletter items please contact: St Joseph’s Vigil Mass 5.30pm Private Intention The Presbytery, 3 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, St Joseph’s Mass with Prayers of Midnight at 8.00pm – Stanislaw Zdunczyk RIP NG19 7AB Monday – Christmas Day Telephone (01623) 623458 St Bernadette 9.00am Mr & Mrs Hickey Parish Email: [email protected] St Teresa 11.00am People of the Parish St Teresa’s Convent: Tel: 01623 845091 Tuesday – St Stephen, the First Martyr Parish Websites: www.stphilipmansfield.com – St Joseph 10.00am For the Altar Servers www.saint-joseph.org.uk Wednesday – St John, Apostle and Evangelist Diocesan Website: www.nrcdt.org.uk St Teresa 7.30pm Private Intention (JK) NRCDT: SPN Charity Number 1134449, Company Number Thursday – The Holy Innocents St Joseph’s 9.00am Private Intention 7151646 Friday – St Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr St Bernadette 9.00am Service of Word and Communion

Saturday – Sixth Day within Octave of the Nativity of the Lord St Joseph 10.00am No Saturday Mass during January

The Feast of the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Year B) th St Bernadette – Saturday Vigil 6.00pm People of the Parish 4 WEEK OF ADVENT (YEAR B) St Joseph – Sunday 8.45am Peter Gilgrass RIP 24th DECEMBER 2017 St Teresa 10.45am Walter, Pat & Rebecca Feculak’s Int’s Confessions: St. Teresa’s, Wednesday evenings, 7.00 – 7.25pm; Catholic Schools Saturdays after 6pm Mass at St. Bernadette’s. Just for the month of January Confessions at St Joseph’s will be Monday at 7.30pm Parish Priest St Philip Neri with St Bede Voluntary Academy Fr John Kyne Head Teacher: Money Matters for St Joseph’s, St Bernadette’s & St Teresa’s for the weekend of 17 Dec Mr W. Lewis St Teresa = (10/12= £102.40 + Turkey/Tinsel £370 = Raffle £299.50 = Cakes £73.00 = Tombola Tel: 01623 489 010 £72.00 + Bonus Ball £50) 17/12 = £168.80 + Bonus Ball £50 + Donation £70.00 + Christmas Fair Assistant Priest: nd Fr Raphael Imoni = £680.00 – This weekend 2 Collection for: Poor & Needy Parishes = £56.23 St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy St Joseph’s = £124.16 Head Teacher: St Bernadette’s = £116.90 + Weekly Draw Winner: R Neale (6) + £188.00 Standing Orders Parish Deacon nd Mrs D. Tibble 2 Collection last weekend: Poor & Needy Parishes = £69.21 Rev Barry Dickinson Please keep in your prayers the sick and housebound of our parishes: Tel: 01623 742 609 Paul Hayton, Ian Moore, Tony Corcoran, Roy Geeves, Catherine Phillips, Sheila Lowe, Mary McMonigle, Garry Jones, Maureen Turner, Kathleen McHugh, Peggy Hazledine, Tess Reardon, Secretary All Saints Catholic Voluntary Academy Mary Kolat, Josie Wilson, John Flanagan, Audrey Cross, Pauline Andrews, Willow Rose, Philip Debra Harley Head Teacher: Donaldson, Eddie Dean, Ronnie Walker, Fr Eamon O’Hara, Alma Hopkinson, Joan King, Shirley Mr. P. Greig Thornhill, Kate Gilbert, Paul Batterbee. Tel: 01623 474 700 All items for the newsletter to be received by Wednesday noon please Please remember in your Prayers: Those who have died recently, especially Valerie MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS AT ST PHILIP NERI th th th Wiffen, whose Vigil is on 4 Jan at 4.30 and Funeral Service on 5 Jan at 10am, also 4 Sunday of Advent (Year B) Mrs Ramamoorthy who died recently, Mrs Ramamoorthy’s Funeral Mass is to take Saturday Vigil 6.00pm People of the Parish place at Wokingham but she will be buried at Mansfield Cemetery on Saturday 13 th Jan Sunday 9.00am Bernard Twidale RIP at 12.30pm; please remember them and their families in your prayers. 11.00am Dec’d Grady/Towey Family & Mavis Robinson CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES The Nativity of the Lord AT ST PHILIP NERI St Joseph’s Vigil Mass at 5.30pm, Mass Christmas Eve Vigil Mass 5.00pm John & Kathryn Carr Int’s 5.00pm Christmas Eve Vigil Mass with Prayers of Midnight at 8.00pm 10.30pm Carols/Readings followed by Mass at 11.00pm People of the Parish 10.30pm Carols/Readings St Bernadette’s- 9am Christmas Day Monday– Dawn Mass 10.00am Christopher Page RIP 11.00pm Midnight Mass St Teresa’s-11am Christmas Day 10.00am Dawn Mass Tuesday – St Stephen, the First Martyr Fr John and Fr Raphael: Would like to express their thanks to all who do so much for 10.00am Shirley Browne RIP our wonderful parish throughout the year, and they wish everyone a happy and holy Wednesday – St John, Apostle and Evangelist Christmas and every blessing for the New Year. Fr Raphael will be away in Nigeria for 12.10pm Allan Smith RIP the month of January, we wish him a safe trip home and hope he returns refreshed. Thursday – The Holy Innocents Christmas Eve Vigil Mass: An invitation is extended to all children and their families 12.10pm Roger Oliver RIP to come along to the 5pm Vigil Mass; all the children are welcome to join in the Friday – St Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr celebration and wear their nativity costumes. Devotions from 11am – 12 noon The Crib: Please try and make a special visit as a family to the crib and to pray there 12.10pm Service of Word and Communion together. Our crib offerings this year will be donated to “Mission Together”; this charity Saturday – Sixth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord encourages children worldwide to care about mission through prayer, learning activities 10.00am Patrick Michael Boyle RIP and fund-raising and to become missionaries themselves. Its unique motto is “children Baptisms - 12noon Brandon Pasamonik/Kacper Klonowski/Antoni Zur helping children”. It supports both spiritual and physical wellbeing and carries out educational, medical and welfare projects overseas. It is the Catholic Church’s official The Feast of the Holy Family – Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Year B) overseas charity for children. Please be as generous as you can. Saturday Vigil 6.00pm People of the Parish Rotas: for church cleaning, hall cleaning, offertory, coffee and planned giving are now Sunday 9.00am Allan and Josie Smith RIP available for collection from the folder in the narthex. If you would like to volunteer to 11.00am Mary & Paddy Kyne’s Int’s join any rota please contact the parish office so you can be added to the list, thank you. Confessions after 10am Mass and 6pm Vigil Mass on Saturday First Holy Communion 2018 at SPN: The Enrolment Mass will be on Sunday 14th January at 11am Mass and the first meeting for parents and children is on Monday 15th Money Matters for St Philip Neri for the weekends of: 17th December January 2015 at 3.45pm. If your child is the age to make their 1st Holy Communion next P.G: £637.00 + Loose: £430.71 = £1067.71+ Standing Orders year and doesn’t attend St Philip’s Primary School (but you are parishioners of St 2nd Collection last weekend: Poor & Needy Parishes = £465.83 Philip’s Church) please contact the school. Fundraising at St Teresa’s: Many thanks to all parishioners who prepared and Parish Ministries in Our Parish Diary cooked the Christmas dinner and to all who gave of their time organising the stalls and Churches Coffee after Mass in our raffle – your efforts are greatly appreciated – a grand total of £1485.00 has been raised Eucharistic Ministers Churches from all the recent fundraising event. Christmas Bake Sale: Thank you to all who Readers* At St Bernadette’s after 6pm supported the event, it was a great success and raised £153.00. St Bernadette’s Offertory* Vigil, St Philip’s after 9am; St Raffle raised in excess of £90, well done to all. Planned Giving* Joseph’s after 8.45am and Winter Shelter in Mansfield: are seeking volunteers to help with this worthwhile Flowers* St Teresa’s after 10.45am. cause, please find all relevant information that is required at the back of our Churches, Cleaning* And at St Philip’s after or contact Phil Morton at [email protected] . The shelter will be at Coffee* Chesterfield Road Methodist Church from 23rd December to the end of February 2018. *New volunteers are always very 12.10pm Mass, which will resume on Wednesday 10 th All Altar Servers: we will celebrate a special Mass on our feast day, St Stephen’s welcome; Contact St Philip’s parish Day, 26th December, at 10am, in St Philip’s and St Joseph’s to thank our altar servers office if you wish to offer your help. January. for their dedication through the year. All altar servers are encouraged to attend this Mass along with their family and friends.