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St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX
Tel: 01452 523603 [email protected] Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk
Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977
Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG [email protected] Assistant Priest: Canon Alan Finley [email protected] Permanent Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson [email protected] Rev Tim Meadows timothy.meadows@d eacon.cliftondiocese.com Rev David Hebbes [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English [email protected] Parish Office: Tues, Wed, Fri -9.30am-2.30pm Thurs-12.00pm-5.00pm
Parish Safeguarding Representatives: John Bond & Deacon Colm Robinson
Schools
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School: Tel: 01452 524792. Web: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk St Peter’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre Tel: 01452 520594. Web: www.st-petershigh.gloucs.sch.uk
6th August 2017 – Transfiguration of the Lord
Sunday 6th August
6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass Frank Wasylkiw RIP 9.00am Mass Deceased of the O’Donnell Family 10.30am Mass Ints of Michael Stratford 12.30pm Polish Mass 5.30pm Mass People of the Parish
Diocesan Prayer Link Batheaston-
Good Shepherd Bradford-on-Avon-
St Thomas More
Monday 7th August 9.30am Mass Ulahannan Kalarickal RIP Ordinary Time Tuesday 8th August 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
7.00pm Mass One Recently Dead St Dominic
Wednesday 9th August 11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 12.00pm Mass Annakkutty VarkeyRIP
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Thursday 10th August 9.30am Mass John Clark RIP St Lawrence
Friday 11th August 9.30am Mass John Cherian RIP & Aleyamma John RIP 8.30pm Polish Mass
St Clare
Saturday 12th August 10.00 Mass Ints of Michael Stratford 10.30am-11.30am Confessions 5.15pm-5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Kathleen Thornton RIP
Ordinary Time
Mass Text: Sunday 6th August 2017 – Transfiguration of the Lord Responsorial Psalm: The Lord is king, most high above all the earth. Gospel Acclamation: This is my Son, the Beloved, he enjoys my favour; listen to him. Preface: The Mystery of the Transfiguration Eucharistic Prayer: III
Next Weekend: Sunday 13th August- 19th Sunday in Year Kings 19:9. 11-13 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:22-33
Last Week: Offertory - £1468.85 Bishop’s Charitable Fund: £515.75 Mass Count – 782
This Week: Week 18 and Week 2 for the Daily Prayer of the Church.
RIP: We ask your prayers for those who died recently: Alfonso Joseph Lawrence: His funeral service takes place in St Peter’s Church on Friday August 11th at 11.30am followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery. Those attending are asked to be in church by 11.00am.
Advance Notice: Tuesday August 15th is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady, a Holyday of Obligation. Mass will be at 12noon and 7.00pm.
We pray for those who are ill - Andrea Brushneen, Sarah Anderson, Marie Cunningham, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Hayley Fox, Florence Stephens, Rita Lenagan, Sharon Williams, Neil Hillyer, Michaele Hercules, Ann Vaughan, Lal Slattery, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Jane Conway, Tom Kennedy, Phil Gammond, Peter Green, Mandi Stokes, Theo Montague, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Patricia Walsh, Janice Hunt, Cecilia Edwards, Veronica Burke, Janet Diaco Katie Hawketts, Cynthia Harvey, Fr Aidan Murray, Alan Hipwell, Fr Donal Daly. Do please inform us of names to be added or taken from this list.
Transfiguration of the Lord: When a Feast of the Lord falls on a Sunday in Ordinary Time its celebration takes precedence over the Sunday so today, August 6th, we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
RCIA Programme 2017/18: If you are thinking of being baptised/confirmed as an adult, or entering into full communion with the Catholic Church, please contact Fr Liam or Fr Alan via their email addresses. The programme will start in September.
Retirement Club: There are seats remaining on the Coach to Weston Super Mare on September 6th, at £10 each. Ring Janet if you would like to come, on 531687.
Coffee & Natter: After 9.30am mass on Thursday morning, 10th August, in the Social Centre lounge. Do come along for tea/coffee biscuits and a natter.
Our Lady of Fatima: During this centenary year of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima celebrations are taking place across the country. There is one for our diocese on Saturday 19th August from 10:30am until 4:30pm at Sacred Heart, Westbury-on-Trym (Grange Court Road, Bristol BS9 4DR). The day will begin at 10:30am with the welcome for the statue of Our Lady and the relics of Saints Francisco and Jacinta, and continue with the Rosary. Mass will be at 11:30am. After lunch (please bring a packed lunch) there will be a Holy Hour from 1:15pm and then a film at 2:30pm. The day will end with an opportunity to venerate the relics of the saints and final prayers. All are welcome to all or part of this special day.
Gloucester Foodbank: Thank you for your continued support, they are very grateful for your prayers, cash and food donations. This has helped them face a challenging but exciting year in which they expect to give out over 6000 food parcels, over 60% to families with children. Foodbank are re-launching their 200 club, which encourages people to give a regular amount. Some forms are available at the back of church along with their newsletter. The top 5 items they need at the moment are: Long Life Fruit Juice (not chilled), Tinned Cold Meat (corned beef/ham), Long Life Milk, Toiletries.
Taizé Services: Wednesdays 7.30pm as follows: 6th September-Prayers for healing, 4th October -Creationtide, 1st November-All Saints, 6th December-praying for the light. All taking place St Mary de Lode Church, St Mary’s Square, Gloucester GL1 2QX. All welcome.
Gloucester Day Service of Thanksgiving: At St Mary de Crypt Church, Southgate Street , on Saturday 2nd September at 12 noon . The Preacher is The Right Rev’d Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester. All welcome.
A Day With Mary: A day of instruction, devotion and intercession, based on the message given at Fatima in 1917, will take place at Downside Abbey (Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Radstock, BA3 4RJ) from 10.00am until 5.30pm on Saturday 26th August. As well as the Crowning of Our Lady, there will be Exposition and Benediction. Please bring a packed lunch. For full details, visit www.adaywithmary.org..
Sung Vespers At Tintern Abbey: The annual ecumenical service of evening prayer at Tintern Abbey (Tintern, Chepstow, Gwent, NP16 6SE) takes place this year at 3.00pm on Sunday 3rd September. People from all backgrounds and denominations will join together in the timeless service of Vespers, which would have been sung in a similar way at the Abbey before the Reformation. The speaker this year is the Rt Reverend Dom Paul Stonham OSB, Abbot of Belmont. If the weather is fine there is no more pleasant way to spend an afternoon in the beautiful Wye Valley! Please bring a folding chair. Entry to the Abbey is free for those attending the service. For further information, please contact the Friends of Our Lady of Tintern on 01594 530612.
And Finally: In the early Church, those about to be baptized made their profession of faith facing eastward, seeing the rising sun as a symbol of Christ. Even if our modern world has lost contact with such cosmic imagery, this symbolism retains its power. For what does it mean to be Christian, but to confess our faith in the light, a light that casts out gloom and darkness? In putting on Christ at baptism we become children of light. This light gives us new hope, helps us to know God as Father, and enables us to recognize Jesus in the weakest and poorest. When we were baptized we received a candle that was lit from the Paschal Candle, as a sign of Christ’s victory over the darkness of sin and death. This is also a sign of the life of the Church: to be ablaze with this new light! As Christians, let us remind each other that we have been reborn as children of the light, and, faithful to our baptismal calling, let us share the new hope that Jesus brings. Pope Francis
