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Stewardship St. David Lewis : Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family of William Bereaved or lonely and in need of support? If you are Hopper, our former organist and a regular Holy bereaved or lonely and would like company and a friendly Rosary participant on Saturdays before Mass, who recently left chat, the Bereavement Support Group are here to help. Drop- this earthly life to be with his creator. May his soul rest in in at St. Michael’s Hall on Wednesdays 2:00pm-4:00pm or see peace. Amen contact details on the posters in our churches. Admissions forms for Reception entry 2019 to the six Catholic Thank you to the organizers and participants of the Christmas schools in Newport are available now online or from the Party held on 28th December 2018 schools and need to be returned by 14th January 2019. Date to remember : Our Next Committee meeting will be The next St David’s SVP meeting will be Tuesday 22nd January held on Thursday 31st January 2019 at 5.30 pm in the St. David at 5:15pm in the sacristy Lewis' Church Hall. Other News The next Baptism course is due to start in February. If you have a child under the age of 8, who you want to be Baptised, Lourdes Pilgrimage 2019. A group of people from around All please complete and return the form ‘Your Child and Baptism’ Saints make an annual pilgrimage to Lourdes and invite you to th th to the parish office by Monday 28th January. join their trip from the 6 – 11 September 2019. 5 nights – No applications will be accepted after this date, and any Full board -departing from Bristol with coach from Newport. received will automatically go onto the next course, after Contact : Antonetta on 01633 508460 for further information. Easter. Please do not return the form(s) electronically. CATHOLIC DIRECTORY FOR WALES 2019 – This Annual Prayer & Worship Publication is now available across all our churches priced £3.00. This invaluable guide provides parish & clergy The next Folk Choir rehearsal at St. David’s will be 7:30pm on information, Mass times, Catholic sodalities etc. covering all of Monday 14th January 2019 in the sacristy. Wales and Herefordshire. A useful guide and a further record for the archives of Catholic History in wales. Get your copy Evening Prayer & Benediction resumes this Sunday 13th TODAY. January 2019. Job Vacancy : Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus dates back to the Headteacher : St. Patrick’s R.C. Primary School, Lucknow seventeen century, to Sr. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who Street Grangetown. Cardiff. Closing date : 24th January 2019 received apparitions from Our Lord. During these apparitions, at 12noon. Full details can be found on church notice boards. He explained that he wanted people to practice it widely; Our Lord asked for acts of reparation be made, for frequent reception of Holy Communion, and the keeping of a Holy Hour. The Sacred Heart Prayer Group gathers for the Holy Hour on 19th and 26th January, beginning at 3:00pm in St. Mary’s. Social & Fundraising St. Mary’s 200 Club 06.01.19. No. 39 M. Hoare St. Gabriel’s 90 Club 1st : £50.00 No. 54. C. Haines. 2nd : £30.00 No. 104. M. Thomas 3rd - £20.00 No. 77. J. Parker. SPUC White Flower Appeal – the Annual appeal will take place at all Masses THIS weekend. ST MICHAEL'S FUND. Our total collected this year came to an amazing £4,509 which has be used towards the maintenance and refurbishment of St Michael's. Many, many thanks to all who have donated so generously this year. A lot of necessary repairs have already been carried out, and it's all thanks to you. Here's to 2019! FOR OUR NEIGHBOURS The next St. David’s Folk Choir rehearsal will be on Monday Oh Lord, the Son, In a world full of anger and frustration, 14th January at 7:30pm in the sacristy Teach us, your servants, your friends, your sisters and your brothers, To overturn the tables and tear down the St. Anne’s : Please take your poinsettia home after Mass this fences Which turn away the hungry and homeless: To Sunday, if they are still alive if not your pot will be in the porch feed and house the disciple that knocks on our door In the for your collection. guise of the stranger, And to find the Love we seek in loving others. All Saints Parish Office, Parish Pastoral Team: 9 Stow Hill, Newport. Fr. Michael Doyle (Parish Priest) NP20 1TP. Fr. Daniel Stanton, Fr. Robert James, Fr. Roman Kowalski, Fr. Peter McLaren, Telephone: 01633 265533 Deacon Pasquale Cinotti, Deacon Rigo Logier Email: [email protected] Sr. Brigid Cantwell Hours: 9:00am – 3:00pm (Mon – Fri) Sr. Paul Gerard Chidgey Sr. Justina Morrin, Sr. Miriam Morrin Administrator: Tracy Morgan Sr. Visitation O’Donoghue Website: allsaintsrcnewport.org.uk Sr. Claude Walsh Churches: St. Mary, Stow Hill, Newport, NP20 1TP. St. Anne, Oliphant Circle, Malpas, Newport NP20 6PF. Ss. Basil & Gwladys, Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone, NP10 9DW. St. David, Park Crescent, Maesglas, Newport, NP20 3AQ. St. David Lewis, Monnow Way, Bettws, Newport, NP20 7DX. St. Gabriel, Ringland Circle, Newport, NP19 9PQ. St. Julius the Martyr, Beaufort Road, St. Julian’s, Newport, NP19 7PZ. St. Julius, Aaron & David, High Street, Caerleon, NP18 1AG. St. Michael, Clarence Street, Pillgwenlly, Newport, NP20 2BZ. BAPTISM OF THE LORD - Cycle C – 13.01.19. Returning to Ordinary Time Entrance Antiphon: With the solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, we mark the end After the Lord was baptised, the heavens were opened, of the Christmas season, and begin afresh the season of and the Spirit descended upon him like a dove, Ordinary Time. The word ‘ordinary’ can be rather misleading, and the voice of the Father thundered: as it denotes sameness or boring, even. Yet this new season of This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Ordinary Time is full of a unique richness, it is full of its own distinctive flavour. The famous Abbot of Solemnes, Dom Psalm Response: Prosper Guéranger observes that what the liturgical year effects Bless the Lord, my soul! our soul. He says that “the succession of seasons imparts to the Lord God, how great you are. Christian the elements of the Christian life”. At the heart of this new ‘Ordinary Time’ season, is, of course, Gospel Acclamation: the distinctive green vestments worn by the clergy, and with Alleluia, Alleluia! which our altars and tabernacles are veiled. The colour green Someone is coming, said John, someone greater than I. takes us to nature, to the springtime, to the new life which will He will baptise you with the Holy spirit and with fire. bloom forth before us in the coming months. Green, for us, Alleluia! therefore, is a symbol of hope. By directing our thoughts and minds to this ‘blessed hope’, we are being directed to the Memorial Acclamation: Kingdom of Heaven, and our longing and yearning we have to We proclaim your Death, O Lord, journey there. The rhythm of Ordinary Time aids the And profess your Resurrection preparation and purification of our soul; through our encounter Until you come again. with the Lord in the readings and in the Eucharist, we realise that it is only in placing our trust in the Lord and not ourselves, Communion Antiphon: can we begin to make that journey toward the Kingdom of Heaven. Behold the One of whom John said: I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God. As this new season of Ordinary Time unfolds, we are invited to come to reflect upon those ‘elements of the Christian life’ that will aid our preparation and purification for the Kingdom. As these elements unfold in the Liturgy of the Word, and explained through the homilies over the next year, let us pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit afresh in our lives and in the life of our parish. In an Emergency, call: 07805 696474 (24 hours) Hospitals – Royal Gwent, St. Woolos & St. Cadoc’s Home Visits If you know of anyone who is in hospital or about to go into hospital and If you would like a sick visit at home or know somebody who would, would like to receive holy communion, please ring the parish office you can now request a visit by calling the parish office; completing leaving the persons’ name and ward details. Or contact the Hospital the ‘Request a Sick Visit’ form and handing it to a member of the Chaplaincy on 01633 234234. Pastoral Team. It is also possible to request a visit at home or in hospital by completing the ‘Request a Sick Visit’ form and handing it into the parish office or a member of the pastoral team. The form can also be completed online at http://allsaintsrcnewport.org.uk/sick/ Vigil Masses of the Sunday Saturday 12th St. Mary 3.30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation until 4.15pm January 2019 4.30pm Special Intention St. David Lewis 4.30pm Holy Rosary 5.00pm +Kathleen White, +Russell John Jenkins St. Gabriel 5.00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation until 5.20pm 5.30pm +Dennis Ford Ss. Basil & Gwladys 6.00pm The Williams Family Intention Ss. Julius, Aaron & David 6.30pm +Nicola Conca Sunday 13th St. Anne 9.00am Sister Visitation Baptism of St. David 9.00am Msza w j. polskim The Lord St. Mary 9.30am G.E. of Pat Ryan, +Nick Jordan St. Gabriel 10.00am Marie Walsh, Teresa Marsh St. Michael 10.45am +Annie O’Flaherty(16th Anniv-), +Eli & Narcia Huggins, +Willie Healy St.