MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS Church of SS Peter & Paul CLIFTON CATHEDRAL NEWSLETTER Sunday 26th January Cathedral House, Clifton Park, , BS8 3BX Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday 26th January 2020 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 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 , darkness represented chaos. [email protected] It was where the unknown, with all its threats, dwelt. Darkness was 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 th Director of Music Richard Jeffrey-Gray – [email protected] Monday 27 January whose vision is clear. And today’s tells us that, for Christians, Choral Director John Gibbons & 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 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 (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 Clem Cox, Judy Haworth, Dolores Kennedy, Pat Kissane, Eliza James, of Reconciliation: 11.15am – 12.15pm; 5pm – 5.30pm splendour, strength and honour in his holy place.

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 of Initiation – , 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 Declan at . 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 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 29th February. decided to help however they can, and hope you will support them! in the Cathedral at 5.15pm on Friday 31st January. The Junior Choir th 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 26 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 ( 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’. January. The doors will open at 7pm for free tea and cake before the England since 2018, with the intention of visiting every Catholic diocese hour-long talk, which will start at 7.30pm and will be followed by an and cathedral in the country before the end of 2020. The Slipper Chapel ANOINTING: On Saturday 15th February, at 2pm, there will be a Mass extended question time. Admission is free, but donations of £5 (to help Statue will be at Clifton Cathedral from Thursday 20th February to with Anointing for the sick and housebound of our parish. Anybody cover costs) will be welcome. For more details, visit www.cis.org.uk. Saturday 22nd February. For more details, visit www.dowrytour.org.uk. who needs a lift to this Mass is asked to contact Cathedral House. There will be a reception with tea and cake in the Apostle Room after Mass. Thursday 20th February

Please note that the 2pm Mass will replace our usual 10.30am Mass. 4 pm Shrine and Exhibition open

BRISTOL STREET PASTORS 4.30 pm Rosary and Litany of the English Saints and Martyrs th CIVIC MASS: The 11.15am Mass on Sunday 16 February will be our 5.15 pm Talk: ‘England’s spiritual heritage as the Dowry of Mary’ annual Civic Mass. We will welcome to the Cathedral the Lord Mayor Bristol Street Pastors, one of our Cathedral Parish Projects, would like 6 pm Angelus and Sung Litany of Our Lady of our City and County of Bristol, as well as various representatives to thank Cathedral parishioners for their support in 2019 and for the 6.15 pm Solemn Holy Mass of the Civic, Police and other authorities. This tradition was started Masses offered for their intentions. It was another busy year for Bristol in about 1970 in the Pro-Cathedral. Please note that there will be no Street Pastors. We were blessed with several new street and prayer Friday 21st February tea and coffee in the Apostle Room after the 9.30am Mass that day. pastors coming forward for training and commissioning, but also said 7.30 am Holy Mass goodbye to some faithful faces who sought new pastures to serve God. 9 am Shrine and Exhibition open th INSTALLATION OF CANONS: On Tuesday 25 February, at 12 noon, a 9.45 am Rosary of Intercession and Litany Over the year we were able to directly prevent at least ten people from Mass will be celebrated, here at the Cathedral, at which Fr Christopher 11 am Talk: ‘The Dowry of Mary and what it means for you’ either suicide or drowning. We helped over 430 people in other ways: Whitehead and Fr Gregory Grant will be installed as Chapter Canons, 12 noon Angelus and Holy Mass ordering taxis, calling ambulances, giving first aid, finding lost friends, and Fr Frank Bermingham will be installed as an Honorary Canon. 2.15 pm Led Eucharistic Adoration charging phones and giving directions. Our teams handed out over 4 pm Angelus Promise and Rosary of Intercession for Vocations 200 bottles of water and lollipops, 175 pairs of flip-flops, 27 space RITE OF ELECTION: All are warmly invited to join Bishop Declan here 5 pm Talk: ‘England’s spiritual heritage as the Dowry of Mary’ th blankets and rain ponchos and collected and binned over 3250 bottles at the Cathedral on Saturday 29 February, at 11am, to celebrate the 6 pm Angelus and Holy Mass (which can be used as weapons and are a hazard to bare feet when Rite of Election and the call to continuing conversion. 7 pm Eucharistic Healing Service and Benediction broken). We also distributed Christmas presents (which had been

collected from St Francis Primary School in Nailsea) to the homeless. ST JOSEPH’S CARPET: The Little Sisters of the Poor have an expensive Saturday 22nd February project to carry out this year at St Joseph’s Home. The carpet along Street Pastors strive to be a reflection of God’s love in action on the 9 am Shrine and Exhibition open the reception corridor is to be taken up and replaced with tiles. The streets, listening, caring and helping those in need. We welcome new 9.15 am Rosary and Sung Litany of the English Saints and Martyrs total cost of this work will be £22 500. Any parishioners who would like enquiries from those who might be interested in becoming a street 10 am Talk: ‘England’s spiritual heritage as the Dowry of Mary’ to make a donation to help meet this cost will find offering envelopes pastor or prayer pastor, operating from our base at St Stephen’s. 10.45 am Led Eucharistic Adoration in the Narthex. Gift Aid forms are enclosed with the envelopes, and any Full training will be given. Every Saturday night a team covers the 11.45 am Benediction current UK taxpayers can fill in these forms to enable the Little Sisters City Centre between 10pm and 3.30am. For further information about 12 noon Angelus and Solemn Holy Mass to claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated, at no cost to the donor. Street Pastors ministry, visit www.streetpastors.org/locations/bristol. 1.30 pm Shrine and Exhibition close and Dowry Tour comes to an end