th Mass & Office Times 28 Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 9th October 2016 Everyone is welcome th SS John Roberts and Ambrose Barlow, priests & martyrs, 9 October 2016 St Benedict’s Church Saturday Vigil Mass 5pm This Sunday is the solemnity of Saints John Roberts and Ambrose Barlow for Sunday Masses 9am, 11am & 6pm the Downside community. These two martyr monks gave their lives on the scaffold because of their desire to enable English Catholics to continue to be Confessions Sundays at St Benedict’s 10.15-10.45 full and active members of the Catholic Church. In times of persecution and at great risk they made the sacraments available; both saints were The Abbey Church Weekdays Vigils at 6am apprehended while saying Mass. This Sunday is our opportunity to give Lauds at 7.10am thanks for our martyrs and to reaffirm the fullness of Christian faith for Mass at 8.35am which they died. Midday Office at 12.30pm Last Saturday saw a training session for our Ministers of the Word. It was Vespers at 6pm well attended and we enjoyed sharing expertise as well as reflecting upon the responsibility of the Ministers to proclaim God’s Word so that it falls on Sundays Lauds at 7.30am good soil and bears a rich harvest in our lives. We hope to follow this with Mass at 10am a training session for our Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. Together Midday Office at 12.30pm these Ministries help keep the Eucharist in its rightful place as the summit and source of our lives as baptized Christians. Vespers and Benediction at 5pm th On Monday October 10 Br John George will make his temporary vows at Mass at 10 a.m. in the Abbey Latin Mass in Abbey Crypt on the 1st Sunday of the Month at 11.15am Church. Please keep him in your prayers and, if you are able, join us at the Mass. His vocation is an important sign of faith and hope and love for us. You will be most welcome. th Holy Ghost Masses Tuesday, Friday & Saturday at 9.45am Please pray for Roger Walsh-Waring, who died on 4 October. Details of his funeral, to take place in St Confessions Saturdays at Holy Ghost – 10.15-11.00am Benedict’s, will be announced shortly. Dom Leo Maidlow Davis EVENTS Prior Science & Spirituality exhibition Lectio Divina Group th th OCTOBER NEEDS 4 May - 12 December 2016. Herschel Museum, Bath Instant Mash Let the Bible wake you up to the reality of God! Downside Sixth Form Open Day Powdered Milk Mondays at 10am, Abbey 15th October 10.45-2.00 UHT Milk Visitor Centre. Sugar Custard/Puddings (not rice) Benedictine Cultures conference Biscuits 27th - 29th October 2016. Downside Abbey. For more information go to CONTACTS Pasta/Pasta Sauce Dom Michael Clothier Tel: 01761 235111 http://www.downside.co.uk/shop/events/monastery-events/benedictine-cultures-conference/ Soup Dom Boniface Hill Tel: 01761 235115 Tinned Meat Pies/Tinned Corned Beef St Cecilia Concert Toiletries (Shower Gel/Shampoo/Deodorants) 17th November 2016, 7pm. Downside Abbey Church CONFESSIONS & ROSARY *We have plenty of baked beans and meat other Rosary every Thursday at 7pm St Benedict’s Sealing of the Holy Door than meat pies and corned beef at the moment, Confessions every Sunday 10.15-10.45am th Many thanks. 19 November 2016, 8am - 5pm. Downside Abbey Church St Benedict’s www.downside.co.uk [email protected] 01761 235100 Registered Charity Number 1158507 Mary’s Meals Vacancy for a Catholic Foundation Governor World Porridge Day will be on Monday October 10th. You are encouraged to make a 'Porridge Smile' St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School has a vacancy for a Catholic Foundation Governor. School using tasty toppings and share your best photos on social media using #PorridgeSmiles and text Governors are people from all walks of life and professions who offer their various skills to support the Oats16 £2 to 70070 to provide a hungry child with meals for a month in school. school. Training is available for all aspects of governance and experience in the education field is not a A recent letter from Mary’s Meals is on the notice board in the parish hall for you all to read. requirement. Your generosity with donations at refreshments after Mass has resulted in gifts to Mary’s Meals totalling If you are interested in supporting Catholic Education and would consider taking on this key role, please £445 since last August, meaning we have now provided a meal in school every day for 37 children living in desperate circumstances, who may not have eaten at all without your support. It costs just £12.20 to contact Mrs Nicola Cherry, Clerk to the Governors for further information:- 01761 418594 or provide a meal every day at school for one child for a year. [email protected] Please try to imagine those 37 extra grateful children queuing up in our little church for Children’s Liturgy alongside our own; it is a lot of children. We hope to continue this valuable work together. Downside is currently recruiting for a part-time Maintenance Administrator and a full- time Electrician. The closing date for applications is Monday 10th October 2016, by 9am. For further details visit www.downside.co.uk/working-with-us Forthcoming Special Masses and Events St Mary’s Church, Glastonbury is celebrating a Marian Jubilee from 12 noon until 4 The Downside Abbey Visitor Centre & Bookshop is looking for a Volunteer to work every p.m. this Sunday, October 9th. There will be Adoration, Rosary, sung Evening Prayer Monday from 2 to 4pm. Your main duties are to help with running the shop, welcoming visitors, and Benediction. There will be some refreshments, but you are advised to take a packed lunch. operating the till, All Saints, Tuesday 1st November: Mass at 10 a.m. in the Abbey Church and at creating displays and opening/closing the shop. If you are interested then there is an opportunity to be 6.30 p.m. in St Benedict’s. more involved with event management. For more information contact Tamsyn Richardson-Aitken on All Souls’ Day: Wednesday 2nd November Mass at 8.35 a.m. in the Abbey Church and 01761 235174 or drop into the Abbey Visitor Centre. at 9.45 a.m. in the Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton Second Collections Saturday and Sunday October 8th and 9th: CAFOD A Day with Mary th th nd Saturday and Sunday October 15 and 16 : Mission Sunday This will be held in the Abbey Church on Saturday 22 October. The day begins at th th 10 a.m. and finishes at 5 p.m. You are welcome to the whole of the day or any part of Saturday and Sunday October 29 and 30 : Comboni Appeal (Missions in the Southern Hemisphere) it. For more information see the leaflets in St Benedict’s. Benedictine Cultures Conference 27th-29th October sees the Monastery Archives and Library hold their conference on Benedictine Cultures. Speakers will discuss topics such as military chaplains, the execution of George Gervase, the nuns of East Bergholt and Dom David Knowles. For more information contact 01761 235323 Downside Abbey Podcast Sealing of the Downside Holy Door st You can now download the Gospel reading and homily Join the Monastic Community for a full day of events to Offertory Collections Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 21 to every week to your mobile, tablet or computer. It’s free reflect upon the Jubilee Year of Mercy on 19th Parish Collection last week raised : 30th July 2017, for those aged 18 to 30 and available to everyone. iTunes or Apple users should November. The day will run from 8am - 5pm, please £427.27 Fr. Anselm will be leading this special pilgrimage for go to bit.ly/AbbeyPodcast and Android users should go join us for part or all of the day. All are welcome. The young people. This is a one-off opportunity to to bit.ly/AbbeyPodcastStitcher Sealing of the Holy Door and Mass will take place at travel at a very competitive price (£900 for 10 days, 3.30pm. Please bring a packed lunch. Items for the Newsletter fully inclusive). Further details can be found on the HOLY GHOST, MIDSOMER NORTON ONLINE NEWSLETTER If you would like to contribute items for consideration Abbey website at: Confessions every Saturday 10.15-11am A reminder that the parish newsletter is also available for inclusion in the Parish Newsletter, please send them http://www.downside.co.uk/shop/events/monastery- Prayer Group every Monday at 8pm on the Downside website should you wish to view it to: [email protected] and we will do our best events/pilgrimage-holy-land/ online www.downside.co.uk, parishes then newsletter. to get them in the next week’s newsletter. .