th Newsletter Diocese of Arundel & Brighton 27 September 2020 THIS SUNDAY 27, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11 or 2:1-5; Matthew 21:28-32) 9.15am Mass: People of the Parish 11.15am: Bernard & Beatrice Eustace RIP MONDAY 28, Feria in Ordinary Time, Week 26 (Job 1:6-22; Luke 9:46-50) No Mass TUESDAY 29, Feast: Sts Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels (Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; John 1:47-51) 10.00am George Murphy RIP WEDNESDAY 30, Mem: St Jerome (Job 9:1-12, 14-16; Luke 9:57-62) 10.30am Requiem Mass of George Murphy RIP (all welcome, booking required) THURSDAY 1 Mem: St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Job 19:21-27; Luke 10:1-12) 10.00am Mass: For the intentions of Philip O’Reilly FRIDAY 2, Mem: The Holy Guardian Angels (Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Matthew 18:1-5, 10) 10.00am Mass: For Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life SATURDAY 3, Mem: The Blessed Martyrs of Sussex (Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Luke 10:17-24) 10.00am Mass: Peter, James, Francis & Henry Sherlock RIP 6pm Mass: People of the Parish NEXT SUNDAY 4, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (Isaiah 5:1-7; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43) 9.15am Mass: Minnie Paradine RIP 11.15am: For the wellbeing of Irena Ray-Crosby Emergency Telephone Numbers. Bognor Parish 01243 823619 Chichester Parish 01243 782343 Storrington Parish 01903 740338 Petworth Parish 01798 342169 Littlehampton Parish 01903 731171 Cathedral House Parsons Hill Arundel West Sussex BN18 9AY Tel: 01903 882297 Web Site: www.arundelcathedral.uk Email: [email protected] Canon David Parmiter Rev. Mr. David Clifton L.Th Cathedral Dean Deacon (Retired) The Arundel and Brighton Diocesan Trust is a Registered Charity No. 252878 FINANCIAL MATTERS: Thank you for your HOLY DUSTERS meet on a Monday morning at recent contributions to the collection: 10.30am to clean the Cathedral. If you can spare an 19/20 Sept: £242.44 + £200.00 (Gift Aid) = £442.44 hour or so to join them, please come along to the 2nd Collection for Home Mission: £94.65 sacristy door at 10.30am. SECOND COLLECTION TODAY For the Diocesan FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2021 We plan to fund for the Education of our Future Priests. This start the 2021 course in the late autumn and will collection can be Gift Aided. issue more details and a booking form in a couple of weeks. NEXT WEEK – SECOND COLLECTION is for Peter’s Pence the collection usually taken on the PARISH SAFEGUARDING Solemnity of Ss Peter & Paul for the work of the REPRESENTATIVE Many thanks to Lorraine Vatican. Cranfield who is stepping down as our parish rep CAFOD HARVEST FAST DAY is Friday 7th after several years of service to the parish. The role is being taken on by Cora Gillies. October. Envelopes are available at the back of the Cathedral to take away. The collection will be taken on REQUIEM MASS FOR GEORGE MURPHY RIP 11th October. You may also donate online at takes place this week on Wednesday at 10.30am. https://cafod.org.uk/News/UK-news/Harvest-Fast-Day George was Carmel Morison’s father, and she would GIFT AID If anyone is not currently Gift Aiding their welcome parishioners at the Requiem. Please complete offertory donations and would like to, please contact a booking form at the office. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id= wtv1K- OFFERTORY The Diocese has an online ‘parish 8X_E6hyastxO3v0JruRkWnypRLhZcUz1jHnqRUQzR offertory support campaign.’ See WT01OWDFWVzlKNFNWV1BBWjBBWUZYNS4u https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/parishoffertory The money you donate will go into a central Diocesan HELP SAVE LIVES by praying for an end to pot, so it is important that when you donate you also abortion in our community. Pro Life Pilgrimage by name the Parish, Arundel Cathedral, or Canon David as Live Stream from Walsingham led by the Bishop of your Parish Priest. This will ensure your donation will Leeds Sunday 27 September 12 noon to 6pm on come to the Parish and not to a different one. Thank www.walsingham.org.uk/live-stream and you very much for your support. www.youtube.com/WalsinghamCatholicTV 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil in Brighton 23 SEMINARIAN We look forward to welcoming to our September to 1 November See Parish Gustavo Campanello from St. John's Seminary, www.40daysforlife.com/brighton Wonersh. He will be on his Extended Pastoral More info at https://www.prolifepilgrimage.org/ Placement with us until June next year. He will arrive in time for the vigil Mass next Saturday (3rd October) AUTUMN PARISH PROCLAIMER Our parish and I am sure there will be an opportunity for Gustavo magazine will be available at the back of the Cathedral, to introduce himself to the Parish more fully after in when you can collect your copy after Mass on Saturday due course. evening and the Masses on Sunday morning. The online version will be on the website during the course ST PHILIP HOWARD CATHOLIC SECONDARY of next week. We would really appreciate your help to SCHOOL will be running a virtual Open Evening on provide Alex with content for the final magazine of this 30th September. See www.sphcs.co.uk for more details. year. The winter issue will be published mid-December so the deadline for articles is 11 November. FACE COVERINGS Following the Government announcement it will now be mandatory to wear a face CAFOD CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY covering in church unless you fall under the exempt APPEAL is ongoing. The effects of coronavirus on categories. A covering may be a mask, shield or scarf, developing countries where CAFOD works are likely whatever if most comfortable. to be devastating. There is also an emergency appeal COMMUNION A reminder that the current for the people of Beirut following the explosion this regulations from the Bishops Conference state that week. You can donate at https://cafod.org.uk/ communion should be given in the hand only. PLEASE VISIT THE ST PHILIP HOWARD MASS BOOKING Please let us know which Sunday CATHOLIC SCHOOL website www.sphcs.co.uk for Mass (Saturday 6pm, Sunday 9.15am & 11.15am) you exciting teaching and support opportunities currently intend to attend by a Friday lunchtime. If you have being advertised. Visits from prospective applicants already completed a form and there is no change, we are always very welcome. will keep you on the list. CALL A MASS TELEPHONE SERVICE for people THE CATHEDRAL LIVE STREAM without internet access. Sunday Mass is recorded and Please follow the link on the Cathedral website to you can dial in at any time on 01642 130120 to hear the follow the live stream Mass Click here for parish Mass. The call is charged at local rate. website. This is also available via Church Services TV https://www.churchservices.tv/arundel PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL CATHEDRAL OPENING TIMES For 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Opening hours are for Mass followed by a short time ‘United in love, with a common purpose and mind’ let for private prayer, as follows: us pray for our world: Monday CLOSED For the Church: that, through its ministry, the Church Tuesday 10am – 11am may be a true sign of justice, of forgiveness and of Wednesday 10am – 11.30am (funeral this week) reconciliation. Lord, in your mercy … Thursday 10am – 11am For those whose decisions shape our communities and Friday 10am – 11am our world: that their policies may respect the fullness Saturday 10am – 11am of human dignity and their actions serve the common 5.45pm – 6.45pm good. Lord in your mercy…. Sunday 9.00am – 10am; 11am – 12 noon For an end to the Covid-19 pandemic – that all people Attendance at Sunday Mass (i.e. Saturday 6pm, Sunday tend to the needs of the very poor and vulnerable, 9.15am & 11.15am) must be booked with the especially refugees and those without electricity, Cathedral Office. running water or adequate shelter. To enable the social distancing rules to be followed, Lord in your mercy…. groups (except those in one household) must not gather For all those who claim to live in Christ: that, united in inside the building. conviction and in love, we may follow the will of the Entry to the Cathedral will be through the North Door Father and be living signs of the Gospel. (facing London Road under the tower) and exit via the Lord in your mercy…. West Door. Please help our stewards by observing this We pray for those recently bereaved. May we hold in system. our hearts all those whose families or friends have died. Please sanitise your hands on entry with the gel May we comfort each other even as we keep apart. We provided, observe the distancing rules and follow the pray especially for Nick O’Brien and George Murphy one-way system. who died recently. The more volunteers we have, the more we will be able We pray for all those who are sick for whatever reason, to open. that they might find healing and full recovery. We pray for Fr Albert van der Most, Fr Martin Jakubas, PRAYER FOR HEALTH STAFF Paul Rumball, Lizzie Bennett, Martyn Ford, Lee Ward, Wondrous God, author of life, Guy Russell, Richard Crosby, Benita Marshall, you fashioned us in your likeness Jean Marc Fritz, Michael Winter, Pat Burton, and breathed into us the life which is your own. Canon Ralph Crowe, Bernard Sanderson, Be with those whose special care Nick McMenemy, Pauline Rodmell, Maurice Clouter, is the health of mind and body.