e.lichgate news September 2020 St. Paul’s, Hasland Serving Hasland, Grassmoor, Winsick & Corbriggs St. James’, Temple Normanton www.stpaulshasland.com WEB DIRECTORY St Paul’s: www.stpaulshasland.com www.achurchnearyou.com//church/19826/ facebook page: St-Pauls-Church-Hasland The easiest way to access it is to go the A Church Near You page for St Paul’s and click on the facebook link next to the word Social. You don’t need a facebook account just to view the material. St James the Apostle: www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13274/ The See of Ebbsfleet: http://www.ebbsfleet.org.uk The Society: http://www.sswsh.com The Diocese of Derby: http://www.derby.anglican.org/en/ The Church of England: https://www.churchofengland.org LIVE-STREAMING SERVICES The Sunday Mass at St Paul’s will continue to be ‘live-streamed’ on the parish facebook page: just search for ‘St Paul’s Church-Hasland Facebook’. You don’t need an account to see the service, only if you wish to interact with it. When the Mass is at St James’, it will be recorded and ‘posted’ afterwards. FROM THE REGISTERS CHRISTIAN BURIAL 20th August Carolyn BELL aged 74 25th August Eric BROWN aged 79 (followed by burial at Temple Normanton Cemetery) ‘We entrust you to God’s merciful keeping’ 2 September 2020 From your Rector and Vicar Dear friends For just over a month now, both of the parish churches have been reopen for worship and it has been a joy to be able to greet well over 60 individuals back to one or both of the churches and I am sure that, as the weeks go on, more and more people will feel confident about returning. All that is done in either of the churches, the spacing of the pews and chairs, use of hand sanitiser, the wearing of masks unless you are exempt and sitting in households, all help to give us confidence that it is safe to worship in church once again. In S Paul’s appropriate music is now played as people gather in church and it has been good to be able to reintroduce other people to read the lessons, after all a change of voice helps keep our attention! The challenges of space in the sanctuary and vestry areas still hamper the reintroduction of the full liturgy with servers and ceremonial in either of the churches and, although reports are written nationally and then considered, it is still unclear how or when congregational singing might be allowed to return. The important thing though, is that church is open, you may safely come and make your communion, which is fundamental to our faith. Making our communion is not an extra for those who like that kind of thing but central to the message of the love of God found in the person of Jesus Christ who left us this sacrament as the prime way by which His people are fed and nurtured: do this in remembrance of me. Through it we are drawn ever closer to His divine self, of whom we partake and are caught up with, the crucified, risen, ascended Lord, ever seated in glory at the right hand of the Father, whom together with the Holy Spirit are worshipped and adored. Our faith is not simply a faith of word, written or aural that records events but a living faith of Word and Sacrament, that goes back through the unbroken tradition of the church to the Apostles and Our Lord himself, the Word made flesh. It is this same Lord, who called us at our baptism, who still calls us today, to partake at that Holy Table, where He offers himself that we might be made whole through His actions. The Holy Sacrament of the Altar is not something that can be done at home and I invite you, when you feel able, to join me at that holy place where Christ makes himself known and calms the fevered brow. Fr Geoffrey 3 SERVICES IN THE TWO PARISHES To attend church: • You need to book. (this ensures there are not too many people) • Telephone Fr Geoffrey 6pm - 7pm on Wednesday the week before. (e.g Wednesday 9th September for services on 13th, 15th, 17th September) • Please bring a face mask unless you are exempted from wearing one. St Paul’s Hasland Sunday 10:30 am Parish Mass Tuesday 7:15 pm Low Mass Last Sunday —— No Parish Mass The Friday and Saturday Masses remain suspended at this time. St James the Apostle Temple Normanton Thursday before —— No Low Mass 1st Sunday 10:30 am Communion by Extension Thursday 7:15 pm Low Mass Thursday before —— No Low Mass Last Sunday 10:30 am Parish Mass That is, there is not a Mass on the Thursday before the church is used on the Sunday - the 1st and the last Sunday in each month. There is a Mass on other Thursdays. Benediction & Sunday School At the moment, Benediction is yet to be restarted in either parish. Sunday School is not yet able to restart. CONTACT THE RECTOR FOR MORE INFORMATION Wedding superstitions The bride should step over the church threshold with her right foot. It is bad luck to try on the wedding ring before the ceremony. ( Just hope it fits!) 4 THE SOCIETY OF THE HOLY HOUSE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM Walsingham in Norfolk, known as ‘England’s Nazareth’ was recently voted the nation’s favourite spiritual place by listeners to Radio 4. Originally founded in 1061 and restored in 1922 by the then vicar, the shrine has long been a place of pilgrimage within these shores. For as many years as people can remember, parishioners from both parishes have been going on pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and some have formed a closer association with it by becoming members of The Society of the Holy House of Our Lady of Walsingham. The objects of the Society are: • To honour Mary, the Mother of God and to deepen faith in the Incarnation of Our Lord. • To promote devotion to Our Lady and pilgrimage to Walsingham. • To further, with the aid of Our Lady’s prayers, the conversion of nations and re- union of Christendom. • To seek holiness of life through prayer, the scriptures and sacraments. Members of the Society are asked to say the Angelus each day. As the parish pilgrimage in 2019 drew to a close, the question that burnt within my heart was whether this was the right time to support those local pilgrims in a very particular way by seeking to set up a Local Cell, which offers pilgrims an opportunity to strengthen and renew the spiritual benefits of their pilgrimage as well as being a focus of prayer. The first task was to ascertain if there were sufficient members of the Society, as seven members, along with a priest associate of the Holy House are needed to form a Local Cell. That being done, I had intended to call a meeting to gauge support but then lockdown happened! Telephone calls and post provided the way forward and, after much use of the postal service, seven signatures were sent to the Shrine. The Shrine, like much of the country, has been working at much reduced capacity and while the signs from Norfolk indicated things were progressing, the Diploma of Fraternity, the formal paperwork showing that the cell has been established in the Church of S Paul, Hasland, did not arrive until early August The full name is The Cell of the Society of Our Lady of Walsingham and S Paul. Helen Crampton has agreed to be cell secretary and Muriel Haslam the treasurer with myself as the first local superior. Although I am still busy organising the first meeting of the cell I will write next month about how other people, that might be interested in joining, can do so. Fr Geoffrey 5 CALENDAR & READINGS FOR SEPTEMBER Tuesday 1st NO MASS AT ST PAUL’S TH st SUNDAY 6 1 Reading Ezekiel 33:7-11 TH nd THE 13 SUNDAY 2 Reading Romans 13:8-14 AFTER TRINITY Gospel Matthew 18:15-20 Tuesday 8th The Birth of the Blesséd Virgin Mary th Thursday 10 Feria TH st SUNDAY 13 1 Reading Genesis 50:15-21 TH nd THE 14 SUNDAY 2 Reading Romans 14:1-12 AFTER TRINITY Gospel Matthew 18:21-35 Tuesday 15th Feria th Thursday 17 Feria TH st SUNDAY 20 1 Reading Jonah 3:10-4:11 TH nd THE 15 SUNDAY 2 Reading Philippians 1:21-30 AFTER TRINITY Gospel Matthew 20:1-16 nd Tuesday 22 Feria TH st SUNDAY 27 1 Reading Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 TH nd THE 16 SUNDAY 2 Reading Philippians 2:1-13 AFTER TRINITY Gospel Matthew 21:23-32 th Tuesday 29 Michaelmas ANNUAL CHURCH MEETINGS THIS YEAR Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the holding of annual meetings in churches across the country was deferred. The diocese has now indicated that they must be held by the end of October at the latest. To allow time for the proper notice of the revision of church Electoral Rolls to be given, the dates and times that have been decided on are as follows: S Paul’s Hasland - Saturday 24th October at 3:00 pm. S James the Apostle Temple Normanton - Wednesday 28th October at 3:00 pm. The necessary reports and forms for elections will be available in plenty of time to ensure the meetings can be efficiently held, using the minimum necessary agenda to help us comply with the situation we are presently in.