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MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS Cathedral Church of SS Peter & Paul CLIFTON CATHEDRAL NEWSLETTER Sunday 26th January Cathedral House, Clifton Park, Bristol, BS8 3BX Sunday 26th January 2020 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 0117 9738411 cliftoncathedral.org @clifton_cath Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Cathedral House Office Hours: 9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday Out of Hours – Emergency Sick Calls Only : 07757 677710 A Light has Dawned. Lots of people are afraid of the dark. It seems Cathedral Dean Canon Bosco MacDonald almost universal for people to want to light up darkness. They feel [email protected] more secure and it lets them see where they are going. It even makes Assistant Priest for Pastoral Care Fr Cavan McElligott people whistle! For the writers of the Bible, darkness represented chaos. [email protected] It was where the unknown, with all its threats, dwelt. Darkness was Parish Deacon Kevin Moloney – [email protected] also where evil lurked. That’s why God’s first creative act was to cast darkness away by making light. God had control over the worst that Parish Deacon James Patrick – [email protected] darkness could muster. The disorder of darkness was replaced by the Parish Deacon Paul Brandon – [email protected] 6 pm Vigil Mass Peggy Duggan RIP 8 am Mass William Arnold RIP regular appearance of the sun and the moon. The shadows of defeat Administrator Mary Manners – [email protected] 9.30 am Family Mass Private Intention and captivity, death and disorder, were powerless before God. Bookings Robert Newton – [email protected] 11.15 am Solemn Mass People of the Parish That same darkness appears in the way people behave. To walk in R. C. I. A. Knowing the Faith – [email protected] 6 pm Mass Nora Dowling RIP the dark is to move along blindly with no thought of the consequences, Children’s Liturgy of the Word – [email protected] to stumble aimlessly, to make decisions without the guidance of those Director of Music Richard Jeffrey-Gray – [email protected] Monday 27th January whose vision is clear. And today’s Gospel tells us that, for Christians, Choral Director John Gibbons Organist & Junior Choir Stephen Bryant 7.30 am Mass Holy Souls these days of darkness are over. Those who are called, like the first Chaplaincy www.briscathchap.org.uk Safeguarding 0117 954 0993 apostles, to follow Jesus are promised a light to dispel darkness. In Tuesday 28th January – St Thomas Aquinas fact the Gospel writers talk about Christmas as the time when a light Clifton Diocese (a company limited by guarantee) registered in England 7.30 am Mass Bridget McBrien RIP came into the world, a light which darkness could not overpower. and Wales under number 10462076. Registered Charity № 1170168. Registered Office: St Ambrose, North Road, Leigh Woods, BS8 3PW. Light, of course, is the opposite of darkness. To walk in the light is Wednesday 29th January to have vision, a vision of how things could be. Light means hope, and 7.30 am Mass Private Intention those who walk in light are no longer prey to desperation; they have the promise of Jesus that they will inherit everlasting light. When we Thursday 30th January speak of people finally seeing the light, we mean that they have at last Today’s readings can be found at universalis.com/mass or come to understand the truth and importance of something. We do our by scanning this Quick Response Code with a QR-capable 7.30 am Mass Private Intention best today to make choices that are right, which live up to the ideals device. Please set your device to silent mode during Mass. Friday 31st January – St John Bosco of the Gospel. And if sometimes we feel a little in the dark, then the good news is that a light has dawned. It is Jesus Christ, the Lord. 7.30 am Mass Private Intention 5.15 pm Vespers (Junior Choir) PRAYER MATTERS st Saturday 1 February Entrance O sing a new song to the Lord; sing to the Lord, Antiphon: all the earth. In his presence are majesty and Please pray for the sick of our parish and for all who are unwell: 10.30 am Mass Special Intention splendour, strength and honour in his holy place. Clem Cox, Judy Haworth, Dolores Kennedy, Pat Kissane, Eliza James, Sacrament of Reconciliation: 11.15am – 12.15pm; 5pm – 5.30pm Andy Dawes, Ken Wright, Stella McBride, Sheila Daly, Adam Walker, 6 pm Vigil Mass Bristol Street Pastors 1st Reading: Isaiah 8:23 - 9:3 William Gregory, Sylvia Hambidge, Gabriele Green, Mary Peacock, Responsorial Psalm: The Lord is my light and my help. Allan Liversedge, Julie Phinikas, Ann Fletcher, Edmund Richardson, Sunday 2nd February – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Chris Vigars, Jane Cooper, Clare Coyle, Lorretto Coyle, Jenny Coyle, 8 am Mass Ralph Rossiter RIP 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 10-13, 17 John Hunt and all in our hospitals, residential and nursing homes. 9.30 am Family Mass People of the Parish Gospel Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the kingdom, And for all those whose anniversaries occur around this time: 11.15 am Solemn Mass Private Intention Acclamation: and cured all kinds of sickness among the people. Fr Peter Callaghan, Deacon John Colling, Ann Vera Goodman, Pauline Lee, 6 pm Mass Daniel Harrison Tom Lynas, Simon Chandler, Dennis Squires, Gus Blackman, June Brewer, Gospel: Matthew 4: 12-23 Mary O’Sullivan, June Bostock, Alfred Murphy, Alan Legge, Joan Shackell, Roy Scripps, Patricia Smythe, Sean O’Connor, Beryl Newport, Peter Quirk, St Joseph’s Home. Monday to Saturday: Daily Mass at 10.30am. Communion Look towards the Lord and be radiant; Antiphon: let your faces not be abashed. Marguerite Lhospice, Carmello Giannetto, Evelyn Puddicombe, Jean Ruck. Sunday: Mass at 11am; Exposition at 4.30pm; Evening Prayer at 5pm. PARISH MATTERS PARISH MATTERS BUSHFIRES IN AUSTRALIA PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP: Parents, grandparents, guardians and CONFIRMATION: The Sacraments of Initiation – Baptism, Eucharist, Parishioners will be aware of the bushfires that continue to burn in carers are all invited to bring their toddlers along to the Apostle Room Confirmation – make us fully-fledged members of the Church. If you Australia, despite recent rainfall there. Hot and windy conditions are at 9.30am on Thursdays, when adults can relax, children can play, and have been baptised, but have never been confirmed, then consider forecast to return to the country in the near future. Thirty people have all can make new friends. A contribution of £1 per family is requested. joining one of our Confirmation programmes, starting in March and died in the fires (including four firefighters) and over a billion animals leading to Confirmation by Bishop Declan at Pentecost. There will be have been killed. More than 24.7 million acres of bush, forest and parks FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: On Thursday 30th January, the First Holy one programme for young adults (in Year 10 or above) and another have burned, and almost three thousand homes have been affected. Communion preparation session will be held in the Apostle Room. programme for older adults (anybody eighteen years old or above). Last year, Josh and Marianne D’Silva moved to Bristol from Australia, For further information, and to register your interest, please contact th and watching all this unfold back home is heart-breaking. They have JUNIOR CHOIR: Clifton Cathedral Junior Choir will be singing Vespers [email protected] by Saturday 29 February. st decided to help however they can, and hope you will support them! in the Cathedral at 5.15pm on Friday 31 January. The Junior Choir welcomes new members aged from seven to twelve. Rehearsals are FINANCE: The offertory collection for last week came to £1585.32, After the 9.30am Mass today (Sunday 26th January) there will be a cake on Fridays from 4.15pm. Membership of the choir enables children to comprising £967.32 in loose cash and £618.00 in weekly envelopes. sale in the Apostle Room, and all the money raised will be donated to develop their musical skills whilst having fun with friends. For further Standing Orders received last week amounted to a total of £350.00. selected charities. There will be delicious homemade treats on sale, so details, contact Stephen Bryant at [email protected]. Thank you for your generosity and donations throughout the year. bring along your generosity and appetites! Marianne and Josh look forward to seeing you after Mass. If anyone is unable to attend but CHILDREN’S LITURGY: The team behind the Children’s Liturgy at our would like to make a donation, please feel free to get in touch with 9.30am Sunday Mass will be meeting at Cathedral House at 7.30pm Marianne on 07946 069519 – any help would be greatly appreciated. rd on Monday 3 February. This meeting was originally scheduled for COMMUNITY MATTERS Thursday 23rd January, but had to be postponed due to illness. Anyone interested in joining the team is welcome to attend. For more details, CHRISTIANS IN SCIENCE: The Bristol branch of ‘Christians in Science’ please contact Mary Manners at [email protected]. is pleased to present a talk by Lizzie Henderson (Youth and Schools THE DOWRY OF MARY Programme Director at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion), RCIA – KNOWING THE FAITH: The RCIA group will meet at 7pm on who will speak on ‘Science, Creativity and Faith in the Classroom’ at Preparing for the rededication of England as the ‘Dowry of Mary’, the Wednesday 5th February at Cathedral House for a session entitled ‘Mary Redland Church Hall (Redland Green Road, BS6 7HE) on Friday 31st Slipper Chapel Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham has been touring and the Saints: Our Spiritual Mother and the Communion of Saints’.