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Times of Mass and Devotions |
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| Sat 12 Apr | 5.30pm | HA | First Mass | Ann Franisack & Donnie Whelan (RIP) |
| Sun 13 Apr | 9.15am | HF | Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord | Special Intentions of the people of the Parish |
| 11.00am | HA | Mass Intention available | ||
| Mon 14 Apr | NO MASS | NO MASS | ||
| Tue 15 Apr | 10.00am | HF | Tuesday of Holy Week | Joan Packwood (RIP) |
| 1.30pm | HA | Funeral of John Flack | ||
| Wed 16 Apr | 9.30am | HA | Wednesday of Holy Week | Special Intentions of Connie Tewkesbury |
| 10.30am | HF | Funeral of David Taraszek | ||
| Thur 17 Apr | 9.30am | HA | Prayer/Exposition of Blessed Sacrament | |
| 7.30pm | HF | Mass of the Last Supper | Special Intentions of all present | |
| Fri 18 Apr | 9.30am | HA | Children’s Good Friday Service | Special Intentions of the people of the Parish |
| 3.00pm | HF | Liturgy of the Passion | ||
| 7.30pm | HA | Stations of the Cross | ||
| Sat 19 Apr | 5.30pm | HA | Vigil and Mass of Easter | Special Intentions of the people of the Parish |
| Sun 20 Apr | 9.15am | HF | Mass of Easter (Children’s Mass) | Donor’s Intentions. Easter Flowers |
| 11.00am | HA | Mass of Easter | Donor’s Intentions. Easter Flowers | |
| 5.30pm | HA | Easter Sunday Evening Mass | Donor’s Intentions. Easter Flowers | |
Liturgy
13th April 2014 – Palm Sunday
Blessing of Palms: HA: 721 HF: 568 How great thou..
Procession into Church: HA: 722 HF: 190 Sing Hosanna
Offertory: HA: 320 HF: 239 Hail Redeemer
All depart in silence
Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to you, O Christ (3 times)
Christ was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross. But God raised him high and gave him the name which is above all names. Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory.
Collections for 6/4/2014
Holy Angels: £249.07 + Standing Orders
Easter Flowers: £88.59
Holy Family: £313.36 Standing Order: £993
Easter Flowers: £92.41
Information
Chrism Mass at Arundel Cathedral:
Will take place on Wednesday, 16th April at 6pm.
FUN DAY: Holy Angels and Holy Family free Parish Fun Day will take place on Sunday, 6th July, 2014 from 1pm until 5pm
Adult Confirmation sessions: Will take place between Easter and Pentecost. On Wednesday’s 7th & 21st May & 4th June starting at 7:30 pm at Holy Angels Ash. All are welcome to come, even just to refresh your faith. More information from Deacon John.
Come and Listen to one of the most spiritually inspiring people – Fiona Hendy – Holy Angels 6.30 for a 7pm start on Sat. 10th May. Our Youth Group have invited Fiona to talk to us on after evening Mass this talk is not just for the young – come along and be inspired. (a Poster will be on display shortly with more information)
Prayer Requests
For the sick: Deacon David Morgan, Newton Abrew, Paul Gibson’s Mother, Judy.
Holy Angels
Prayer Group for Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday. The next date is Tuesday, 6th May. Coffee at 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. To be held in the Parish Office
Holy Family
Special Collection: There will be a Special Collection on Good Friday, 18th April at HolyFamilyChurch for the Holy Places.
Lenten Lunch: Holy Family J&P team will be holding a Lenten lunch on Friday 11th April at 12.30pm. All are most welcome. Please pencil this date in your diaries.
Father David’s Message
Christian Gifts at Holy Family A number of Parishioners have asked if we could have a Gift Shop at Holy Family like the one at Holy Angels. In principle there would be no objection, but finding the space and the person to run it and the expense of the stock for half an hour a week are all factors that need to be considered. I put the proposal to Judy D’sa who runs the Gift Shop at Ash and she gives a lot of voluntary time to making it attractive and well stocked. Judy has offered to supply a catalogue and order anything Parishioners from Holy Family want on the Holy Angels account until we make other plans at Holy Family. The Catalogue is now on the Table at the back of Church with Judy’s contact details.
The Relic of the True Cross
On Good Friday there will be a very special opportunity for us to be present when a unique Christian artefact on loan to the parish for the day is available for parishioners to see at Stations of the Cross at Holy Angels Church, Ash.
After the body of Jesus had been taken down from the cross, Soldiers were put on guard at the tomb where Jesus had been buried and the Cross was thrown into a cave on the hill of Calvary and covered with earth. The Jewish Leaders were concerned to do all they could to ensure that the followers of Jesus would not be able to use the body of Jesus or the Cross as a focus for what they saw as political ends.
When the emperor Constantine became a Christian his mother, Helena, in 326 AD was given permission to excavate the site of Calvary. During the excavations three crosses were discovered, one of which had a wooden plaque with the inscription ‘Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews’ in Hebrew, Latin and Greek as ordered by Pontius Pilate. During it’s long history this Cross has been split into many thousands of fragments to satisfy the demand of Christian Communities throughout the world to have even a small fragment of the Cross on which Jesus died.
This year we are very privileged in having been able to negotiate the loan of a very small fragment of the Cross discovered by Helena in Jerusalem in 326 AD for Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at Holy Angels. The fragment is protected behind glass in a small gold cross within a silver casket. At Stations of the Cross at Holy Angels this year we will be able to view the tiny fragment of the Cross and spend a few moments in private prayer in the presence of this very special and rare piece of Christian history.
EASTER SERVICES
The Maundy Thursday Mass, Good Friday Passion and Easter Vigil alternates each year between Holy Angels and Holy Family. For these three very special services neither of the Churches takes precedence and the singers for the Choir, Readers, Ministers of the Eucharist and Candidates for the Mandatum (foot washing ceremony) ideally come equally from both churches. The principle services for these three days this year will be at Holy Family.
Maundy Thursday – 17th April 2014
Holy Angels: 9.30am – Morning Prayer & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
Holy Family: 7.30pm – Mass of the Last Supper
Good Friday – 18th April 2014
Holy Angels: 9.30am – Children’s Good Friday Service
Holy Family: 3pm – Liturgy of the Passion
Holy Angels: 7.30pm – Stations of the Cross
Easter Vigil (Saturday 19th April 2014)
Holy Family: 8pm – Vigil and Mass of Easter
Easter Sunday: 20th April, 2014
Holy Family: 9.15am – Mass of Easter children’s Mass
Holy Angels: 11am – Sunday Mass of Easter
Holy Angels: 5.30pm – Easter Sunday Evening Mass
The Easter offering – Envelopes are available with the Newsletter this Sunday for those who wish to use them for the Easter Offering for the Priest. In the Catholic Church in England and Wales as many of you know the Celibate Priests are volunteers and receive no salary. Your kind offerings at Easter and Christmas provide them with a holiday fund and a car for pastoral work.
Thank you and God Bless
Father David.