A.M.D.G. THE OF ST TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS Parish Priest: Rev Keiron Walker St Walburga’s Presbytery – Kirkgate – SHIPLEY BD18 3LU

Telephone: 01274 583708 – Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.stteresabenedicta.org

SUNDAY 31st MAY 2020

PENTECOST SUNDAY

Lately Dead: Teresa Reilly

FOOD BANK

There will be another collection for the Bradford Metropolitan Foodbank in St Walburga’s car park on Monday 1st June between 12.00 and 1.00 Any tinned or dried foods are always welcome including soup, tinned fruit, fish, meat and veg, biscuits tea, coffee, cereal, rice and pasta. Many thanks!

Fr Keiron is asking if any children, older parishioners, or indeed anyone would like to share a prayer, a thought or a message - please send them to the parish at [email protected] with SUNDAY MASS as the subject. He will try to read as many as possible after Mass on Sunday.

Readings at Mass Acts 2:1-11 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak. Psalm103 Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth. 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 In the one Spirit we were all baptised. -Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love- John 20:19-23 As the Father sent me, so am I sending you: receive the Holy Spirit.

Watch Mass online:

Sundays: • Fr Keiron’s live-streamed Mass from St Walburga’s at 9:15am on YouTube: click /search for "Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross" and subscribe to our channel, or via the Parish Facebook page – You can watch it again later. • Holy Mass will be live streamed on Sundays at 11:00am from . Watch on YouTube

Weekdays: • Leeds Cathedral will live-stream daily Mass at 10:30am. • EWTN TV has Mass live streamed twice a day at 12 Noon and 6pm GMT • Also from the Basilica of Our lady of Walsingham at 12:00 noon. • If you have access to the Internet, find the readings on Universalis.

Act of Spiritual Communion

Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

NATIONAL ROSARY RALLY – PENTECOST SUNDAY

People are invited to join the National Rosary Rally taking place in throughout England, Wales, and Scotland from 9am to 9pm on Pentecost Sunday, 31 May. In each people are encouraged to pray the Rosary individually, in families, as online prayer groups or parish groups, where possible led online by their parish priests, at any time within the specified hour. As part of the rally, the Leeds Diocese has been asked to pray the Rosary from 6pm – 7pm and we are warmly invited to join in. The Rosary rally will end with a final online Rosary & Blessing from John Keenan at St. Mirin’s Cathedral in Paisley, from 8pm – 9pm.

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404 Pope Francis is encouraging Catholics to pray the Rosary in their family homes this month, especially when the pandemic is making us aware of the value of our families and making it possible for us to pray together at home. He encourages simple Rosaries and joining online Rosary initiatives to pray to Our Lady for deliverance from Covid-19 and he has composed two prayers for this intention.

Pope Francis’s Prayer:

O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the cross took part in Jesus’ pain, keeping your faith firm. You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need, and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee, we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection. Amen. Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404 PRAYER FOR LIFE

O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.

Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) Pope John Paul II

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404

PARISH FINANCES

While there are no public Masses in church, there are no collections and money left at church is not being taken to the bank. There are other ways to continue contributing to the parish. To make a bank transfer or set up a standing order the parish details are: name – St Teresa Benedicta, sort-code – 40-27-15, account number 21016989. To text money from your phone send CHURCH CROSS to 70500 – this costs £5 plus your normal text cost. The Diocesan website – dioceseofleeds.org.uk – has an on-line Gift Aid form and other ways of donating. If you are struggling financially please do not be under any pressure to give to the church; your first priority is to look after your family and yourself. If you are lucky enough to still have a regular income you might want to consider some of the good causes the parish usually supports. Many are struggling to continue their work and are accepting donations on-line. Follow the links to the following examples: The Franciscan Friars : https://www.stpatricksmission.co.uk/development Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank: http://www.bradfordfoodbank.com/ Bradford North Food Bank: https://bradfordnorth.foodbank.org.uk/ CAFOD: https://cafod.org.uk/

Dear Parish Family,

May the joy and peace of the Risen Christ bring strength, protection, healing, and love to each one of us. As we hold each other in spiritual communion, may the bond of love rise up in our deepest being. Love is stronger than physical separation, go gently, keep safe, and we will win through. Thank you to every one of you for embodying the discipleship of Christ. It is a joy to speak to you, to pray for you and to hold you in my heart. Lifting you up in all the Easter Masses, until that day we can be together again, having deepened our awareness of each other, which will lead one day to the promise of eternal life. Peace and love, Fr. Keiron

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404

PARISH WEBSITE

Find the The Bidding Prayers archive and the Beatitudes For A Global Pandemic both on the Prayers page under the Organisations menu item.

Prayer Suggestions:

• Pray the Protection Prayer followed by the Rosary each day until the crisis ceases. (Go to www.rosaryonthecoast.co.uk for the link to the Protection Prayer) • Pray the Rosary as never before. You can follow it daily as it is streamed from Leeds Cathedral after the Angelus from 12:00 noon • Start a 9 Day Novena invoking St Joseph or Our Lady’s intercession, • Increase your times of Prayer, whether at home or in Churches through Adoration, Rosaries, Chaplets of Divine Mercy, Lectio Divina, Praying the Scriptures… • Faith in Isolation is a platform created to spiritually nourish those isolated from their faith practices as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. • The Liturgy of the Hours also known as the Divine Office is the universal prayer of the church. You can join in on Universalis (you can also download their app for easier access) or on the site of St Marie’s Cathedral, Sheffield. • Meditation. An online course at home ‘The Roots of Christian Mysticism’ at www.theschoolofmeditation.org It is a chance to explore, discover or deepen the practice of contemplative prayer. Further information: David on 01274 581094. • You can find a collection of prayers for times of illness published by the Liturgy Office.

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404

Parish Administrator: Nick Connor email: [email protected] Maintenance Co-ordinator: Peter Smith [email protected] – Parish Safeguarding: Nick Buck 01274 593030 – To hire St Aidan’s Hall: Val McQuade: 01274 060149 or 07873 722737 – Executive Head of St Walburga’s School (01274 531102) & St Anthony’s School (01274 592738): Mrs E Snelling.

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404 ALL MASSES PRIVATE and AT ST WALBURGA’S

There will be no public masses for the foreseeable future and the church will remain closed

Sunday 31st May 9:15am NHS, care & nursing homes residents and staff PENTECOST SUNDAY

Monday 1st June 9:00am Elsa Magee R.I.P. Our Lady, Mother of the Church

Tuesday 2nd 9:00am Teresa Reilly (L.D.) St Marcellinus & Peter, Martyrs

Wednesday 3rd 9:00am Harry Young (L.D.) St Charles Lwanga & Companions, Martyrs

Thursday 4th

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, 9:00am Herbert & Mary Coulter (A.) THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST

Friday 5th 9:00am Louie Mahon (A.) St Boniface, Bishop & Martyr

th Saturday 6 9:00am Wendy Prisk (L.D.)

Sunday 7th June 9.15am People of the Parish THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Diocese of Leeds - Registered Charity: No.249404