OF ST BEDE 185 BALDWINS LANE, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTS, WD3 3LL TEL: 01923 231969 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.parish.rcdow.org.uk/croxleygreen THIS PARISH IS PART OF THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE TRUSTEE CHARITY NO. 233699 PARISH PRIEST: Fr John Wiley PARISH ADMINISTRATOR / SAFEGUARDING REPRESENTATIVE : Mrs Ursula Bartlett ______FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – Sunday 3rd May 2020 Stay home, keep safe and stay well – our doors may be closed but spiritually we are together.

MASS ON-LINE FR JOHN’S REFLECTION SPIRITUAL COMMUNION There are numerous opportunities to This week’s Gospel: Prayer of St Alphonsus follow Masses and liturgies on-line. John 10: 1-10 My Jesus, Details on parish website and at: This Sunday is Good Shepherd I believe that you are present in the Sunday, when we read one of the Holy Sacrament of the . Diocese of Westminster much-loved passages in St John’s I love you above all things www.rcdow.org.uk Gospel, where Our Lord compares and I passionately desire to receive Catholic ’ Conference of himself to a good or model you into my soul. & Wales shepherd and ourselves to the Since I cannot now receive you sheep of his flock. Because this sacramentally, come spiritually into www.cbcew.org.uk picture of the good shepherd has my soul so that I may unite myself Each THURSDAY at 7pm been such a popular comparison wholly to you Mass will be celebrated for the NHS for the role of the priest in the now and forever. Amen. and key workers at one of the church. This Sunday has for many throughout the country, years been set aside as a day of THE ROSARY ahead of the 8pm clapping: prayer for vocations to the Live-streamed at 11.05am daily 7th May: Leeds priesthood and religious life. from Walsingham Shrine. Marcus Stock So this weekend let us pray for all www.walsingham.org.uk/live- 14th May: Newcastle Cathedral who are considering whether they stream/ Bishop Robert Byrne CO may have such a vocation; that 21st May: Cathedral God will help them make their FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Bishop Mark Davies decision with a healthy Please remember our First Holy 28th May: combination of generosity and Communion children and their Bishop Terence Drainey realisation. Please pray also for the parents / carers in your prayers. men and women in seminaries and May they continue to focus on STAYING IN TOUCH novitiates. Those who have made preparing for their special day, Remember to sign up for a provisional judgement about which will be re-scheduled as soon E-Alerts on the parish website. where their vocation lies, and are as it is possible to do so. Any queries please contact: preparing to make a permanent [email protected] commitment to that vocation and to FOOD BANK exercise it. Pray for those who Our local Food Banks continue to HELP & SUPPORT have been given the responsibility operate. For information please Please continue to keep in contact for promoting or testing vocations; contact: with others by phone, emails and a difficult and often unrewarding Supporter Care team on the various other social media task. Above all, do try to deepen 01722 580178 or methods available to us. Let us your own sense of vocation, [email protected] know if you hear of anyone who because it is only when this is may need help. present in all of us that more PARISH FINANCE people will respond to the call to Many thanks for your continued CHILDREN’S LITURGY the priestly ministry and to the support at this difficult time, and to Stations of Light for children religious life. those who are working behind the https://www.facebook.com/watch/c scenes to monitor and control the olourandshapeonline/27490991351 PLEASE PRAY FOR: situation. 0 776/ The sick and housebound in our Planned Giving Envelopes parish, especially Rita Murray, Joy RESOURCES FOR FAMILY Grateful thanks to those who have McCann, Noreen Conroy, Maria posted envelopes through the CATECHESIS / SUPPORT FOR Britter, Gladys Seear, Mary Casey, PARENTS Presbytery door. However, we John Gannon, Leah Taylor, Bridget must now ask you to retain your Stories of the Saints (also suitable Doogan, and Fr Philip Cross. for Confirmation candidates in envelope donations for the time considering Saints’ names), Let us also remember the lately being, as our G4S security liturgical calendar, prayer at deceased, and those whose banking service has been mealtimes, the crowning of Mary anniversaries occur about this suspended until further notice. time. May they rest in peace. Forms for Bank Standing Order and First Eucharist retreats at home We also continue to pray for our and Gift Aid are now available on https://catechistsjourney.loyolapres key workers – the NHS and all who the parish website, if you would like s.com/ are working on the front line in very to consider changing to this difficult circumstances. convenient way of donating. ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY If you have any queries please Contact: James Garibaldi Contact: Ursula – 445163 or 07557 515860 [email protected]