An appeal will be made, and a collection taken to support the work of the Little Sisters of the Poor at 10:00am Mass on Sunday 22 April.

Please could you let the parish office know on 0191 3843442 or office@stcuthberts-durham.org.uk of any Sundays you will not be available for the new rota by noon on Thursday 26 April.

The new rota will run from Sunday 29 April until Sunday 9 July. If you would like to be included in the rota more or would like to be on a little less, please do get in touch, thank you.

HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (President of the Pontifical Council for Culture.) Universities as Places of Encounter Between Faith and Culture – A public conversation with Bishop Paul Tighe (Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture.) Tuesday 1 May 2018 at Ushaw College: 6.15pm; Lecture in the Exhibition Hall. 7.30pm: Drinks reception in the Refectory.
Lecture only tickets: £5 per person (concessions £2.50; Durham University staff and students free with assistance from Durham University Catholic Chaplaincy).
Drinks reception: £5 per person (no concessions).
Everyone is welcome; this is a ticketed event and registration is essential. Please register by 9am  Monday 23 April at https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=909

 “To Doe Our Countrie Good”: Douai, Rome, and the Tridentine Seminary. Monday 30 April 2018: 6pm in the Exhibition Hall, Ushaw College.
Tickets: £5 per person (concessions £2.50; Durham University staff and students free with assistance from Durham University Catholic Chaplaincy).
Registration: Everyone is welcome; registration is essential. Please register by 9am tomorrow Monday 23 April at https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=908

During the season of Eastertide, we are encouraged to say the Apostles’ Creed at Mass. The text is below.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
(At the words that follow, up to and including the Virgin Mary, all bow.)
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the
Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting. Amen.

The inaugural Cassidy Lecture: ‘Dr Joe Cassidy: The Theological and Philosophical Roots of a Fine Principal’ by Professor Ann Loades, Professorial Fellow of St Chad’s College and Professor Emerita in Divinity at the University of Durham. Saturday 28th April in the Cassidy Quad, St Chad’s College, 18 North Bailey. All are welcome to attend a drinks reception in the Cassidy Quad at 6pm followed by the lecture at 6.30pm.

Open house: Have you ever wanted to have a look around the house and grounds? Now’s your chance! With exhibitions, tours, moments of reflection, tea, coffee and good home cooking. This event is free, but of course donations are always welcome. Monday 7 May, 11am-4pm.

Dr Eleanor Standley (Oxford University) on Devotional Objects. Tuesday 24th April – drinks from 5.30pm, lecture at 6.00pm.

Firstly, thank you to all who donate so generously to our parish. The set of planned giving envelopes for the new financial year is now available in named boxes in the porch for Gift Aid donors to pick up. There are also some unnamed boxes and people are free to take these but please add your name and contact details to the sheet nearby. If anybody wishes to know more about planned giving, envelopes, standing orders or Gift Aid, please contact Andy Doyle (andydoyle1066@sky.com or 0191 378 3660).

The Day of Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life this year will be celebrated on Sunday 22 April. This day flows from the broader culture of vocation, and is when the universal Church asks the Lord to send more labourers to the harvest. The theme for this year is ‘It’s Your Call’. ukvocation.org ukpriest.org ukreligiouslife.org diaconate.org.uk

Thursday 19 April, 10am-7pm, and Saturday 21st April, 10am-2pm, at Traidcraft, Kingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, NE11 0NE. Huge reductions on all kinds of Traidcraft merchandise, from archive collections to the newest handcrafted finds. Enter ‘The Den’ at the side of the building to discover quirky discontinued and archive items at a fraction of their usual price.

450th Anniversary Conference for the founding of the English College at Douai. 450 Years Pioneering Catholic Education: Past, Present, Future. Monday 30 April – Tuesday 1 May at Ushaw College, including a public lecture by Prof Eamon Duffy on Monday 30 April at 6.00pm, and the Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 1 May at 6.15pm. Details and online registration on the Centre for Catholic Studies website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/ccs/events/douai450/

Mass on Sunday 8 April  will be celebrated by Fr Archie Casey of the Xaverian Missionaries. St. Guido Maria Conforti, Archbishop of Ravenna, Bishop of Parma, Founder of the Xaverian Missionaries (1895) wanted his first missionaries to continue the work of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the Missionary Family, in China at whose doors Xavier had died. Therefore, China was chosen as the first mission of the Xaverians, but all the missionaries were expelled from the country in 1954. The Xaverians then accepted the invitation of the Popes to announce the Gospel in many other nations. Today the Xaverians (who are roughly 707 in number) work in 22 countries. Fr Archie, who will be making the Annual Mission Appeal this weekend, has worked in Bangladesh and the Philippines.

To everyone who helped in the preparation and celebration of our Holy Week and Easter liturgies. It was a wonderful celebration, shared by our whole community and the many visitors who joined us.