ParishNews Blessed Sacrament Parish Heavitree Exeter 20 May 2018 Pentecost Sunday.

Parish Priest Fr Jonathan Stewart The Spirit of truth will lead Priest in retirement Fr John Watkins you to the complete truth. PARISH OFFICE The Presbytery, 29 Fore Street, Heavitree Exeter EX1 2QJ Telephone 01392 274724 Email exeter-heavitree @prcdtr.org.uk Parish Office hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10.00am–4.00pm Parish Secretary Lesley Hooper Safeguarding Reps Vince Clark & PENTECOST Lesley Hooper PARISH SCHOOL We have arrived at the fiftieth day - the St Nicholas Catholic completion of the Easter Season, and the Primary School Ringswell Avenue, completion of the Paschal Mystery: the Lord has Exeter EX1 3EG died, is risen, has ascended to heaven and now Telephone gives birth to his Church, by sending the Spirit 01392 445403 Email [email protected] upon the apostles. This feast of the gift of the Spirit www.st-nicholas- is so significant for us, because it marks the exeter.devon.sch.uk handing on of Jesus' ministry to the Church - in the Head Teacher Church we are guaranteed the presence of the Angela Folland CONVENT Lord, in his sacraments, in his ministers, in the Mount St Mary Convent, Blessed Sacrament and in his Celebrated Word. It Wonford Road, also marks the fulfilment of our thoughts about Exeter EX2 4PF baptism throughout this season: the gift of the Telephone 01392 433301 Spirit which we receive in Confirmation is the Blessed Sacrament Parish is `seal' of our baptism, guaranteeing and confirming part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth. all that baptism achieves. Facebook Blessed Sacrament Exeter www.blessedsacrament.org.uk

Welcome Calendar of Events We hope you have a Sun 20 May Mass in the Extraordinary Form happy and peaceful time Blessed Sacrament Church 3.00pm with us here in Exeter. Sun 20 May Pentecost Park Picnic Please ask one of the Heavitree Park 12.30pm Welcomers or contact the Mon 21 May First Adoremus Group Meeting parish office if we can St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm help in any way. Tues 22 May Mass in honour of St Rita and Liturgy of Blessing and Distribution of roses the Word St Rita’s Honiton 12.00pm Wed 23 May 1115 Youth Group for children St Richard Reynolds Centre 6.30pm During the 10.30am Mass Thurs 24 May Praise and Worship most Sundays. St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm Refreshments Sat 26 May Livesimply Sewing/knitting Group Sunday after 10.30am St Richard Reynolds Centre 10.00am Mass and Wednesday Sat 26 May Flores de Mayo after 9.30am Mass. Blessed Sacrament Church 4.30pm Thurs 31 May Thursday Lunch Club Parents and St Richard Reynolds Centre 12.30pm Toddlers Fri 1 June Syro Malabar Retreat Monday mornings 9.30– & Sat 2 June Church & St Richard Reynolds Centre 11.30am in the St Richard Sun 3 June Corpus Christi procession Reynolds Centre. All Blessed Sacrament Church 3.00pm welcome especially new Mon 4 June Adoremus Group Meeting faces. St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm Tues 5 June Pastoral Parish Council Meeting Getting married? St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.30pm Congratulations! Please Wed 6 June EYCC Youth Group give us six months’ notice St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm if you are planning to Thurs 7 June Cafod Group meeting marry in the Church. St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm Sick parishioners Sat 8 June Livesimply meeting Please inform one of the St Richard Reynolds Centre 10.00am priests of the parish office Tues 12 June Parish Evangelising Team meeting if you know someone who St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.30pm is in need of a visit. Thurs 14 June Thursday Lunch Club St Richard Reynolds Centre 12.30pm Newsletter Thurs 14 June Prayer Group Deadline for newsletter St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm items 4.00pm Wednesday. Sun 17 June Mass in the Extraordinary Form By phone or email. Blessed Sacrament Church 3.00pm Thank you Mon 18 June Adoremus Group Meeting Collection Sunday St Richard Reynolds Centre 7.00pm 6 May £1122.93 Wed 20 June EYCC Youth Group in RRC 7.00pm 13 May £1227.63

Secular Clergy Parish Groups on the Eucharist Fund Appeal In preparation for Adoremus 2018 – On Sunday 27 May we will be taking up the The Eucharistic Congress, in Liverpool in mandated collection for the Plymouth September, we will be running several Diocesan Secular Clergy Fund. This gives parish groups. The purpose of the groups us the opportunity to express our will be: to help us grow in love and gratitude to those priests who have served understanding of the Mass, our us through the years and are now retired appreciation of the presence of Christ in or unwell. Please be generous. And don’t the Eucharist, and foster our sense of forget you can always make provision in mission which springs from the Eucharist. your will for the fund. Gift Aid envelopes are available in the church porch. Everyone can participate and though most groups have already started you are still We pray for… welcome to join one of them. There the young people of Exeter who were are also a series of podcasts that are recently confirmed. Also Finn Carolan who available to help us understand is to be baptised into our parish further what, we as a church, are being community this weekend. We pray for invited to prepare for. Podcast 2: Journey him, his parents and Godparents. like the magi: http://catholicnews.org.uk/Home/Special- Pentecost Picnic in the Park Events/Adoremus-National-Eucharistic- Come along to Heavitree Park today, Pilgrimage/Let-Us-Adore-Him-Adoremus- Pentecost Sunday 20 May and join Podcasts/Episode-2 parishioners and locals to celebrate the ‘Church’s Birthday’. Bring your own picnic Walsingham and wear red or orange to symbolise the Marriage and family life pilgrimage week flames. There will be a birthday cake and 11–17 August at the Catholic National balloons. Shrine of Our Lady Walsingham. For more info visit www.walsingham.org.uk or email Praise & Worship [email protected] or call The next prayer group will be held in the 01328801007 St Richard Reynolds centre on Thursday 24 May from 7.15 – 9.00pm. livesimply World Communications Day One of the key actions included in the Thank you for contributions of £194.02 livesimply action plan for our parish is ‘Organise and participate in activities/ Exeter’s Young Catholics campaigns on environmental sustainability The next meeting of EYCC will be on and climate change’. In the coming months, Wednesday 6 June in the St Richard we will explore opportunities for Reynolds Centre at 7.00pm. If you’re aged supporting local as well as national 16 to 21 you are most welcome to join us. campaigns. At a local level, we are planning to get involved in the ‘Plastic Free Exeter’ Flores De Mayo initiative that seeks to avoid single use A traditional Filipino Marian devotion of plastics in the city www.engb.facebook. Mass, a procession, devotion and flower com/plasticfreeexeter/. Details to follow. offerings at Blessed Sacrament Church on Starting 3 June we are collecting non- Saturday 26 May at 4.30pm. All welcome. perishable food donations at Masses on the

first Sunday of every month for Exeter Any questions, please email Erik Renz at Foodbank. There will be a collection box at [email protected]. back of the church. Please help if you can. Attention parents: We would greatly As another part of the livesimply parish appreciate anyone who is able to help actions we would like to set up a sewing chaperone the event. If you are able to and knitting group and would like to volunteer (and if you’d like to bowl), invite anyone who may be interested to please include this on your consent form. come along to an initial meeting in the St Thank you! Richard Reynolds Centre on Saturday 26 May at 10.00am. We would love the group Run to the Son to include those who can sew or knit and Friday 22 to Sunday 24 June at Buckfast also those who would like to learn new Abbey. A weekend of prayer and skills, so please feel free to come along to inspiration to help equip you for mission. find out more. If you have any questions, Tickets £50 inclusive of food and camping please call Sharron on 07756691940. facilities (other accommodation available If you would like to find out more or want at additional cost). Booking forms online to contribute to our livesimply action plan, at www.buckfast.org.uk/run-to-the-son or you are welcome to join the next meeting contact St. Peter’s parish Plymouth on on Saturday 9 June at 10.00am in the St 01752 701660. Richard Reynolds Centre. You can also contact [email protected] or Pilgrimage to Buckfast leave a message at the parish office, if you The annual pilgrimage to Buckfast will don’t have internet access. take place on Wednesday 30 May. This is organised by the CWL but everyone is 1115 Group welcome. A coach will leave Holloway Street at 12noon and Blessed Sacrament at 1115 Next Meeting AND Bowling Night 12.10pm. The return journey will begin at *DATE CHANGE*: 5.30pm. The cost will be £10. Please The next meeting of the 1115 group will contact Frances Canning 01392 209542 take place in the St Richard Reynolds if you would like to come or want more centre on Wednesday May 23 from 18:30- details. This is a lovely spiritual and social 20:00. Please be sure if you are dropping occasion. your children one of the group leaders or volunteers is on premises (from 18:15 Annual Music & Liturgy Day generally). The next meeting will be on With composer and liturgist Paul Inwood Friday June 8 at Exeter Tenpin Bowling. at St Joseph’s Parish Hall, Newton Abbot on Please collect the necessary forms 23 June. All are welcome including (consent and conduct) available in the instruments. ‘Music for the Journey’ a day church porch. Please return forms no later looking at a variety of music by different than Sunday May 27 so an accurate composers for times of sorrow and joy, headcount and booking can be done. The and for moments when we are at changing completed forms should be placed in a points in our lives. Cost - £10 per person sealed envelope marked ‘1115 Trip’ and including tea/coffee. It will start with put through the presbytery letterbox. registration at 10.00am and finish with a Preliminary costs are £11.20 per person closing liturgy at 4.00pm. Further plus any additional money for food, games, information available by emailing: etc. Money will be collected at the bowling [email protected] with the alley on the night so please ensure that subject Liturgy Day. Prior booking is your child has paid before dropping off. essential before 31 May.

CAFOD Coffee Morning an offering at the same time. This is CAFOD hope for your support for our simply what you can afford and would coffee, cake, plant and book sale at the like to give. Sacred Heart Church, South Street, Exeter Foodbank Sponsored Walk on Saturday 2 June (10-30 am - 1pm). You can support the work of Exeter Offers of cakes and help on the day will be Foodbank by joining this sponsored walk gratefully appreciated. on June 23. More information is available from [email protected] or by Your chance to star! phoning 07818226524 Volunteers are needed to act as "extras" in a 30 minute section of a film on the Adult server at Mass Reformation for EWTN Catholic TV Is there someone amongst our network from the USA. The episode will parishioners who feels called to serve the focus on The Battle of Fenny Bridges, and parish in this way? If you do, please speak be filmed in and around Feniton in early to Fr Jonathan or Fr John. Thank you to all September. A copy of Sacred Heart’s Five our servers who do a wonderful job on Wounds banner will feature. Able-bodied Sunday but also during the week. men of 18 or older are needed, and some women and accompanied children for non- Catholic Women’s League battle scenes. A "walk through" in July or The monthly meeting on Tuesday 22 May August at Feniton is expected. Anyone has been cancelled to enable members to interested please contact Ruth Yendell attend the Mass at St Rita’s at 12.00noon 01392 215147 [email protected] that day. The next monthly meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 June at the True Survivor Mount St Mary’s Centre. A vocation event for boys aged 13 to 18 on May 29 to 31. Come along to a ‘wild St Nick’s News camping’ experience offering formation in Our DROP OFF DROP IN coffee mornings Christian manhood. It offers a combination have also restarted every Wednesday from of training in survival skills and an 8.45am–9.30am. Parishioners are welcome explanation of how we need parallel skills to join staff and parents to enjoy fresh in the spiritual life. This year’s schedule coffee and cakes! includes input on the priesthood as a Eucharistic Congress Parish/School model of manhood and so those attending Group. Please note that one of the parish need to be open to considering a priestly groups to support this congress is meeting vocation, please see the poster in the at St Nicholas School on Friday mornings porch, contact Fr Dylan James, Vocations AT 9.00am. Please sign up on the form at Promotor, or at www.beyondthewild.org. the back of the church. Mass Intentions Corpus Christi Procession If you would like a Mass celebrated for a On June 3, our parish feast day, we will particular intention, for someone who is process around our grounds and return to ill or a loved one who has died, in the presbytery garden for Benediction thanksgiving for an answer to prayer or followed by refreshments. Everyone is perhaps something personal, please see most welcome. Bring any flags and Lesley in the parish office who will be banners. Let us celebrate and proclaim the able to help you find a date and time Lord’s presence in our midst. Procession which suits you. It is traditional to make begins in the church at 3.00pm.

Mgr. Harry Doyle’s Jubilee Feast of St Rita of Cascia This year Fr Harry Doyle celebrates the You are invited to join the Augustinian golden Jubilee of his ordination as a priest. Recollect community in Honiton to He has been associated with the Exeter celebrate the feast of St Rita on Tuesday 22 Deanery for over 25 years. There will be May at St Rita’s Centre. Mass is at 12.00 an anniversary Mass at Plymouth noon followed by the blessing and Cathedral on Friday 8 June at 12.00noon distribution of roses for the sick. The for all those priests in the Diocese who principal celebrant will be Fr Jonathan celebrate their jubilee in 2018. You are Stewart, Dean of Exeter. At 3.30pm there very welcome to attend. Holy Cross in will be benediction. You are very welcome Topsham, Fr Harry’s current parish, is to join this celebration. Hot drinks will be organising a collection in recognition of available all day but you will need to take a the work he has done for Plymouth diocese packed lunch. over the last 50 years including his work for Exeter Deanery. They will present him St Mary’s Winslade with a cheque and a small gift after the 11.00 am Mass at Holy Cross on 10 June. School Reunion If you would like to donate, please place Are you an ‘Old Boy’ of St Mary’s Winslade your cash contribution in one of the School? If so, you are invited to a reunion envelopes in the porch for this and put taking place on Saturday 16 June. Mass at through the presbytery letterbox or hand 9.30am will be celebrated at Blessed in to the Parish office. Many thanks. Sacrament by Fr Jonathan, himself an ‘old boy’, followed by a get together at Cardinal New Parishioners Newman House from 11.00am till 6.00pm. Are you new to Blessed Sacrament parish? Numbers attending are needed for catering If so, you are most welcome and we hope so if you want to attend please contact the you will be very happy here. If you haven’t parish office for details on how to book or already done so, please provide us with contact Pat Cauldwell at your contact details. Forms are available [email protected] in the church porch and from the parish office (electronically) and should be Altar Servers’ Rally, returned to the office once completed. This Mass and BBQ also applies if you have been here for a This annual Mass be celebrated by Bishop while but not yet completed a form. It is Mark at Plymouth Cathedral at 11.30am on good for us to know something about you Saturday 23 June followed by a barbeque and to be able to keep you updated with which should finish around 1.30–2.00pm. things happening in the parish. Thank you. Bishop Mark would like as many altar servers as possible from the Diocese, and Youth Synod Gathering their families, to attend. Servers will need 2–5 July at Buckfast Abbey for 16–19 year to take their albs/cassocks and cottas. olds. You are invited to respond to the call A list will be placed in the sacristy for any of Pope Francis to meet with other young of our servers who are going to add their people as part of the international name so that we can inform them how preparations for the 2018 papal synod on many to expect for catering purposes. Young People, Faith, and Vocational Transport will not be provided but as Discernment. Cost £50. Contact families are invited we hope that you will [email protected] for more all go along. information

Parish News now Community sponsorship every two weeks of refugees We have decided to try publishing the A free half day event for those interested in parish newsletter every two weeks rather finding out more about the community than every Sunday. We have included a sponsorship scheme, at The Old Deanery, Calendar of Events which is easy to refer to Exeter on Wednesday 20 June from and will hopefully keep you in touch with 10.00am till 12.00noon (registration from what’s going on in and around the parish 9.30am). You can find out about the and diocese. Obviously this will mean that Government's new community if you want an item to appear you will have sponsorship scheme for refugees. Go to: to make sure it gets to the Parish Office in communitysponsorshipexeter.eventbrite. good time (by Wednesday afternoon). We co.uk to reserve a place and find more also hope to have a notice board on the information at [email protected] outside of the church doors so that even if Catholic Summer Conferences the church is locked you will be able to find Would you like to know a little more about out the times of Masses etc. Catholic thinking, about how to grow in the Annual Youth Rally spiritual life, how to begin to respond in Will take place at St Rita’s Centre on love to those difficult questions about Sunday June 24 1.00 till 6.30pm. Catholic belief? The School of the Admission is £5.00. A bus will pick up at Annunciation is offering four short 12.15pm on the junction of Ringswell conferences this summer in the beautiful Avenue (St Nicholas School) and will surroundings of Buckfast Abbey - two in return at 7.15pm. Further details can be Spiritual Theology (12 to 15 June, and 30 obtained from Patrick on 01837 851438 or July to 2 August), one in Philosophy (2 to 5 07880 734088 [email protected] August), and one in Apologetics answering More information and parental consent difficult questions of our time (9 to 12 forms that must be completed for any August). Application forms can be youngster attending can be found in the downloaded from the School's website church porch. (https://www.schooloftheannunciation.co m/site.php?menuaccess=57) or you can Diocesan job vacancy call the School direct - 01364 645660. The Diocese has a vacancy for a Religious Education and Catholic Life Adviser, Natural Family Planning SW Plymouth CAST. This is a key role within Helping to build a 'civilisation of love' - the Trust. Some evening and weekend new teacher recruitment. For more work may be necessary. More details can information see the noticeboard in the be found in the church porch. To request church porch or contact Christine Hudson an application form and job description, on 07742320717 please email [email protected], Retreat sending completed forms to June 29 till July 1 weekend retreat at [email protected] or by post to Southgate Retreat House. Booking forms Karen Grute, Plymouth CAST, St Boniface available in the porch. House, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7JL. Closing date Thursday 24 May midday. The Pope Tweets… Potential interview date 31 May at St God loves us in a way that crushes all Boniface House, Ashburton, Devon. loneliness and isolation.

Thursday 31 May Mass Times The Visitation of the The Word Please refer to the notice Blessed Virgin Mary This Sunday 20 May board on the church door 9.30am First Reading for any alterations. Friday 1 June Acts 2:1-11 Sunday 20 May St Justin Psalm Response Pentecost No Convent Mass Send forth your spirit, 9.00am People of the parish 9.30am O Lord, and renew the face 10.30am of the earth. Saturday 2 June 6.00pm Second Reading 9.30am Mr Joy Johnson Veliveth RIP Galatians 5:16-25 10.00am Confessions Monday 21 May Gospel John 20:19-23 Sunday 3 June 8.00am Convent Next Sunday 27 May The Most Holy Body and First Reading Tuesday 22 May Blood of Christ Deuteronomy 4:32-34.39-40 NO Mass 9.00am Richard Ware RIP Psalm Response 12.00 St Rita’s Honiton 10.30am People of the parish Happy the people the Lord Wednesday 23 May 6.00pm 9.30am has chosen as his own. 4.00pm RD&E Hospital Second Reading Confessions Romans 8:14-17 Thursday 24 May Saturday 10.00am Church Gospel Matthew 28:16-20 St Aldhelm 9.30am Adoration Next Sunday 3 June 7.00pm Mondays 9.30am Church First Reading Exodus 24:3-8 Friday 25 May Tuesdays 8.00pm Convent Psalm Response St Bede the Venerable The cup of salvation I will 7.30am Convent raise; I will call on the Lord’s 9.30am Francesco name. Saturday 26 May Second Reading St Philip Neri Hebrews 9:11-15 9.30am Gospel Sunday 27 May Matthew 14:12-16.22-26 The Most Holy Trinity 9.00am Clare & Joe Leonard RIP COME HOLY SPIRIT 10.30am Alan Summerscales RIP 6.00pm People of the Parish Monday 28 May NO Convent Mass Tuesday 29 May 7.00pm Wednesday 30 May 9.30am 4.00pm RD&E Hospital