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The Catholic Church in and The Sacred Heart Avon Stour Pastoral Area Our Lady of Sorrows & St. Thérèse of Lisieux www.avonstour.co.uk & St. Philip Benizi The Close Parish Priest: 15 Road Ringwood BH24 1LA Canon Paul Townsend Fordingbridge SP6 1EG

The Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year

Canon Paul Writes…

St. Mark, whose Gospel narrative we hear today, begins by telling us that Jesus is travelling by way of Sidon to go through the Decapolis region. The visitor to Israel/Palestine will discover that this was a circuitous route which didn’t make too much geographical sense. The strange geography is an indicator that there will be more to the incident that Mark describes than

immediately meets the eye. The route via Sidon and the Decapolis took Jesus through gentile territory which meant that the people Jesus met were not Jewish on the whole and did not share that faith. The view of the Jewish people was that those who lived in Decapolis were devoid of any faith at all.

So the man is brought who was deaf and could not speak effectively. His life and world were closed to communication with others and with God. With the greatest sensitivity and using the traditional healing procedures of the day, Jesus gave to the man his hearing and his ability to communicate normally. Jesus does this by the power of God and the Holy Spirit as Mark points out: “Then looking up to heaven Jesus sighed and said Ephphatha, that is, be opened”. A man of no particular faith or religious affiliation, as far as we can tell, encounters a healing and life changing experience in his meeting with Jesus. In that event we are given an example of what the Christian mission is about: bringing to those whose lives are closed to the life giving communication of God, a life changing encounter with Jesus. The Church in its wisdom remembers the experience of the deaf man each time we baptise a person. The minister touches the ears and mouth of the person and says this prayer: “The Lord Jesus made the deaf hear and the dumb speak. May he soon touch your ears to receive his word, and your mouth to proclaim his faith to the praise and glory of God the Father.” That openness to the word of God and the readiness to proclaim our faith to others is a gift to all of us who have faith in Jesus. Do we make that gift part of our daily prayer and our daily living?

Public and Zoomed Celebrations of Mass

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Sunday Sept 5th 11am  Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time  Enid De Groot RIP Wednesday Sept 8th 10am  The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Amy Moule Friday Sept 10th 10am  Feria (23rd Week in Ordinary Time)  A Deceased Person

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Saturday Sept 4th 6pm  Our Lady on Saturday  John Cuthbert D’Ewes Coke Sunday Sept 5th 9am  Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time  People of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Tuesday Sept 7th 10am  Feria (23rd Week in Ordinary Time)  Thursday Sept 9th NO MASS  St. Peter Claver  NO MASS

Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (B) Confession Saturday at 12 noon in Ringwood and otherwise by appointment. First Reading: Isaiah 35:4-7A Ringwood - Last Wednesday of the month Responsorial Psalm: 145(146):7-10 following 10am Mass R/ My soul, give praise to the Lord. Fordingbridge – First Tuesday of the month Second Reading: James 2:1-5 following 10am Mass Gospel: Mark 7:31-37

40 Days for Life Wednesday 22nd September - Sunday 31st

October.

Through prayer, fasting, and peaceful and respectful witness- Church cleaning in Fordingbridge– We would like to start the ing outside abortion centres, we church cleaning rota again. Vacuuming, dusting and cob web seek to reach women in pregnan- removal. If you think you would like to help please contact the cy crises, to offer them alterna- Parish Administrator at: [email protected] tives to abortion, and spiritual and Without your help we will need to go to the expense of getting a practical support. cleaner to come in.

A launch of the event will take place on Sunday 12th September, First Holy Communion: Anyone with a child who is rising 8 at the Oratory and would like to begin preparation for First Holy Communion in Church of the Sacred Heart, 1 September please email the Parish Administrator or call 01425 Albert Road, Richmond 653131. Hill, Bournemouth BH1 1BZ. Starting with Benediction at 6pm, there will be a presentation on the Greeting Cards 40DFL Vigil in Bournemouth fol- Cards for sale are now available again in Church. Please ask if you lowed a Q&A session, from 6:30 don’t see what you are looking for. to 7:30. We hope to be able to also sell ‘on line’ in the near future Thank you for your support - it all helps our Church finances EMERGENCY AID! Barbara and Maria . There are so many areas in the world that need our prayers and support at the moment. Afghanistan is our immediate concern but Haiti, Tigray, Syria, Forty Days and Forty Nights…. Beirut, etc and also coronavirus are ongoing too. If you would like to donate to CAFOD's work in any of these stricken areas your parish magazine please go to the following page on the CAFOD website. Every little helps and the need is so urgent. Thank you. Send contributions and feed back for future editions to: https://cafod.org.uk/News/Emergencies-news [email protected] . All contributions greatly appreciated. Helping Afghan Refugees Please have your submissions to Chris by the 25th of September Community First is working with County Council and other partners to coordinate the collection and distribution of donated items to support those being offered temporary accommodation in Hampshire Joint Parish Walk Full details are here: The next walk will be on Saturday 4th September https://www.cfirst.org.uk/donating-to-help-afghan-evacuees/? starting at 2.30. We will park at Long Slade Heath car fbclid=IwAR2H0PnFcpntQiN7p8nz0xcHrkkpYw-zeDELs- park (258007) at the top of the road to Sway from WZtajGTeKwn3ji8CshMy4 Wilverley. About 3.5 miles with some undulations. We Their address is: will leave Ringwood Church at 2.15. Any questions? Call David First Floor Offices 71 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1DH on 480052, or Jan 656726. Open for Drop off Monday-Friday 10am- 12noon

Standing Order information: Please continue to support your parishes through your donations. Thank you for your financial support: please, if you The best way, is to set up a Standing Order via your bank. can, continue to support your parishes during these The parish bank details are: difficult times via standing orders. June offerings to Parish bank accounts. Account Name: PRCDTR Ringwood Sacred Heart or Ringwood Fordingbridge PRCDTR Fordingbridge St. Mary and St. Philip Ringwood: Sort Code: 30 93 04 Account Number: 00886336 SO £2110 £2792 Fordingbridge: Sort Code: 30 93 04 Account Number: 00878309 Cash/Env £ 609 £ 495

Fordingbridge and Ringwood Contact Details Avon Stour Pastoral Area—For an urgent call to a priest if Fr. Paul cannot be contacted, please call a priest on one of the numbers below Office hours: Closed Aug 13-22 . Parish Priest: Canon Paul Townsend Fr. Darryl Jordan: Iford St Thomas More Tel: 01425 653131 Email: [email protected] Fr. Kevin Hoiles: Southbourne Our Lady Queen of Peace (01202424960)

Administrator: Melissa Hildreth Rev. John Chadwick: Christchurch St Joseph’s (01202483340) Rev. John Chadwick: Highcliffe Holy Redeemer Tel: 01425 653131 Email: [email protected]

Safeguarding Co-ordinator: More details on the website: www.avonstour.co.uk Fordingbridge: Donna Kerrigan 01425 656895 [email protected] Hospital Chaplain (B’mouth & C’Church): Fr. Darryl Jordan contact at: 03000194221 (Chaplaincy Office)

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