The Catholic Community of Central Nottingham St Barnabas Cathedral Derby Road and St Augustine of England Woodborough Road Welcome to all our visitors at St Barnabas Cathedral and St Augustine of England TWENTY FIRST WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME Saturday 24th August 2019 ~ Sunday 1st September 2019 Psalter Week I ~ Sundays - Year C ~ Weekdays - Cycle I Weekday Masses at The Cathedral: In addition to the 1pm weekday Mass, Mass will be celebrated each weekday at 7.30am in the Lady Chapel and at 6.15pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. St Francis Xavier Mission Society Next weekend we welcome Fr Willie Hattie to the Cathedral who will be appealing on behalf of the Society. Prayers For Vocations Saturday morning in the Cathedral Blessed Sacrament Chapel at 9.15am. All welcome. Children’s Liturgy We look forward to starting again next Sunday, the 1st September, at the 10am Mass. Sunday Morning Tea & Coffee Tea and Filter coffees will be served after the 8am, 10am & 11:15am Masses in the Cathedral Hall with bacon butties available after the Masses. Please note the Repository is closed for the summer and will reopen next Sunday. Times of Confession Tues - Fri Cathedral 12.15pm - 12.50pm Saturday St Augustine 5.15pm - 5.45pm Saturday Cathedral 10.30am - 12 noon 5.30pm - 6.15pm Weekly Exposition Times Thursday Cathedral 12noon - 12.45pm Thursday St Augustine After 10am Mass Saturday Cathedral 10.30am - 12 noon 5.00pm - 6.00pm Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocese Trustees Company No. 7151646 Charity No. 1134449 CATHEDRAL MASS TIMES FOR THE TWENTY FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME ~ Psalter Week I Saturday 24th August Vigil Mass 6.30pm Sunday Twenty First Sunday 8am 25th August in Ordinary Time 10am 11.15am 6pm Monday Feria or 7.30am 26th August Blessed Dominic of the 1pm Mother of God 6.15pm Tuesday Saint Monica (memorial) 7.30am 27th August 11.15am Requiem ~ 1pm 6.15pm Wednesday Saint Augustine (memorial) 7.30am 28th August 1pm 6.15pm Thursday The Passion of 7.30am 29th August Saint John the Baptist 1pm (memorial) 6.15pm Friday Feast of the 7.30am 30th August Dedication of the Cathedral 1pm 6.15pm Saturday Feria or Saint Aidan and 9.15am Prayers for Vocations 31st August Saints of Lindisfarne or 10am Mass of Our Lady Vigil Mass 6.30pm Sunday Twenty Second Sunday 8am 1st September in Ordinary Time 10am 11.15am 6pm Please visit our Facebook page "St Barnabas Cathedral". Hospitals If you have a relative or friend go into QMC or City please inform the Chaplaincy Dept., via ward staff or your parish priest and request a visit. QMC: 0115 9249924 ext 63799. City: 0115 9691169 ext 56187. ST AUGUSTINE’S MASS TIMES AND EVENTS FOR THE TWENTY FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME ~ PSALTER WEEK I Saturday 24th August Vigil Mass 6pm Sunday Twenty First Sunday 25th August in Ordinary Time 11am 2pm African Community Tuesday Saint Monica (memorial) 27th August 10am Wednesday Saint Augustine (memorial) 28th August 9am Thursday The Passion of 29th August Saint John the Baptist (memorial) 10am Friday Feast of the Dedication 30th August of the Cathedral 10am Saturday 31st August Vigil Mass 6pm Sunday Twenty Second Sunday 1st September in Ordinary Time 11am Refreshments in St Augustine's Church Hall every Sunday after the 11.00am Mass all very welcome to come along. St Augustine’s Craft & Art Group The next meeting of the Arts and Crafts Group will take place on the 3rd September from 11:15am to 1pm in St Augustine’s Hall. All are welcome to come along. Parish Clustering ~ Planning for the Future Thank you to all who came along to the Parish Meeting on the evening of the 29th July. The feedback from this meeting has now been compiled and details are available at the back of the church. Please do take a copy. Please be assured that nothing is yet set in stone, but at this moment in time we do need to start looking at the long term outlook for all our parishes and the fact that there will be fewer priests to be able to run all the Masses that are currently available in our area. St Augustine’s African Choir next Sunday the African Community at St Augustine’s will lead the singing at the 11am Mass. John Bradburne Memorial Society There will be a 40th year Anniversary Mass and exhibition on Saturday 21st September 2019 at Westminster Cathedral at 2.30pm to celebrate the life and work of John Bradburne, whose cause for beatification as the first 20th century English saint is moving ahead this year. John spent years seeking God from the Malayan jungles in World War Two to wanderings in Europe and Israel, until he finally found his true place in the world caring for leprosy patients at the Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement in Zimbabwe. Here he dedicated his life to God and to those suffering from leprosy until his death on the 5th September 1979. For more information, please refer to www.johnbradburne.com. The Cathedral is a place for quiet prayer and reflection - all are most welcome to take advantage of this oasis of peace in our busy world. Today: It is hard to imagine Jesus telling anyone to “Go away; I do not know you”. However, it does seem just, if we consider that these people actually had every opportunity to know him, and they chose to neglect every moment of grace that came their way. Jesus told his disciples, when he sent them out to preach “If people in a town do not receive you, shake the dust of their town from your feet, and go on your way…..” They were offered a gift and they chose to reject it. A wealthy man lost his wife when his only child was very young. A Housekeeper came to work in the house, and to take care of the boy. The boy died tragically at twenty years of age. The old man was without kith or kin, and he died of a broken heart some years later. There was no heir to his enormous estate, nor could one be found. There was a will but that was in the hands of the solicitors and there was an auction to dispose of the personal effects of the mansion. On the day of the auction the whole town had gathered for there were a lot of nice things to be sold including lots of very nice paintings and antiques etc. The old housekeeper attended the auction, not because she could buy anything, but her grief was too strong to keep her away. The auction began with the selling of a picture – a picture of the old man’s son – no one seem to want it and so it was bought by the old housekeeper – her few pence was enough to buy it. She had loved him as her own and now she was delighted to get his picture. She brought the picture home, and proceeded to take the picture from the frame. When she opened the back of the frame some papers fell out – they looked important so she brought them to her solicitor. Her solicitor looked at her and laughed, saying “You sure have landed on your feet this time. The old gentleman has left all his estate and all his money to the person who loved his son enough to buy this picture”. Loving the son got her the lot! The message is the same today: “Whoever loves the Son gets it ALL”. (MB) Robert Gower This weekend is our Organist, Robert Gower’s, last Mass as he heads for pastures new in Berwick-upon-Tweed, and this weekend we also welcome back the Cathedral Choir who have comeback early from their summer break to join Robert for the 11.15am Mass. We are extremely grateful to Robert for his dedication and outstanding musicianship which he has shown throughout his tenure, not just through his imaginative hymn accompaniment and extemporisations, but also introducing a whole range of organ music to serve the Mass, and writing a complete 3 -year cycle of responsorial psalms! His experience and expertise has directly shaped the evolution of the music department over the last five years and we wish him and his wife Pauline all the very best for their next chapter. New Organist Appointment We are delighted to announce that James Perkins has been appointed the new Organist here at the Cathedral from mid-September. Parish Finances Last Week Last week’s St Augustine Cathedral Thank you for your Church Maintenance Loose Plate £ 173.30 £ 1,207.13 generosity to the work Collection on the Envelopes £ 125.00 £ 693.53 of the Church! Feast of the Assumption S/Orders £ 160.20 £ 707.68 In your Will, please The Cathedral: £870.98 Total £ 458.50 £ 2,608.34 remember your St Augustine’s: £82.52 Church. Canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman, Sunday 13th October 2019 in Rome As you will be aware, Blessed John Henry Newman is to be canonised on Sunday, 13th October by Pope Francis, in Rome. More information is available via the website: www.newmancanonisation.com The 33rd Rosary Rally takes place this year on the 1st September 2019 at Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire. You are warmly invited to join in the Rally to pray for ‘World Peace and Young People’. The Principal Celebrant is Fr Colin Patey (Retired Priest of the Nottingham Diocese) and the day will commence at 2pm with concelebrated Mass, followed by picnic and refreshments in the lovely grounds of the monastery.