The contemplative prayer group at Ushaw will resume its meetings on the first and third Fridays of the month, beginning on September 7th. Meetings, lasting about an hour, will start at 1.45pm, following Mass at 12.30pm and a light lunch in the Refectory. All are welcome.
Finchale Partnership: Minutes of the PDG meeting
The Partnership Development Group met at the end of July, to review the first year, and to discuss the activity of our 6 sub-groups. The PDG concluded that we have achieved a lot in our first year, but we need to make sure that we give more people the opportunity to get involved. The minutes of the meeting are on the Partnership webpages, and there is a copy on the noticeboard at the back of church.
The ‘One Year On’ document which we sent to the Diocese can be found here.
‘Serve the Lord with Gladness’
Fr. Andrew will be leading a Day of Recollection for all ministers at Ushaw College on Saturday 29 September, from 10.30am- 3.30pm. The day is free of charge to all parish ministers this also includes a light lunch.
Booking is essential as places are limited. You will find booking forms at the back of church, or you can book by emailing liturgy@diocesehn.org.uk
Deacon Matthew Pulis
Welcomers needed!
Welcoming people as they arrive for Mass is an important ministry. Welcoming visitors to the church and making sure they can find everything they need is obviously important, but a word of welcome to people who attend St. Cuthbert’s regularly is just as important and helps to build up our community.
At the moment, we are very short of welcomers at the 10.00am Mass on Sunday morning. If you would like to help, or if you want to find out more about what it involves, please speak to Margaret Doyle after Mass or email margaretdoyle1066@sky.com
Justice and Peace
Our parish collects biscuits and toilet rolls to help provide basic supplies to asylum seekers in the diocese. These are collected regularly, on the first Sunday of the month. If you would like to donate items and haven’t brought anything in yet then please remember to bring them to Church on or before Sunday 2 September and place them under the bench in the narthex ready to be collected.
WHO ELSE SHALL WE GO TO?
Jesus presents his disciples with a challenge. He has spelled out his teaching clearly; ‘I am the bread of life.’ His followers must eat his body and drink his blood, in order to have eternal life. His language seems so strange and shocking that many find it intolerable. They leave him, even though they have seen his miracles. But Jesus never tones down his message to make it acceptable. He speaks with absolute truth and integrity.
‘What about you?’ Jesus asks the twelve apostles. And Peter replies on behalf of all. ‘Who shall we go to?’ They have come to know Jesus, and to believe in him. They have seen that there is no other Saviour, and no other teaching that brings life. We may feel discouraged by our own sins and failures; we may feel outraged by the scandals and the shortcomings that we see in the Church; we may be tempted to go away too, as others have done. But as Pope Francis has said, the Church can only repent and reform herself with the involvement of all her members. Who else shall we go to?
Partnership Matters
Partnership Matters: the August/September issue of the regular Partnerships newsletter is now on the diocesan website, www.rcdhn.org.uk
Pope Francis: Letter to the People of God
Pope Francis has responded to new reports of clerical sexual abuse and the ecclesial cover-up of abuse. You can read his letter at www.rcdhn.org.uk
Diocesan Job Vacancy
Cathedral Outreach Co-ordinator, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne – Closing date Sunday 9 September. More details at www.rcdhn.org.uk
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Wisdom or Foolishness?
In today’s first reading, Wisdom invites everyone to her house. Even the ignorant and foolish are promised that they can become wise, if they sit down and eat with her. Paul, too, urges the Christians living in Ephesus to live sober, sensible lives, like intelligent people. But in the Gospel, Jesus confronts his disciples with a teaching that seems to fly in the face of common sense. They must eat his flesh and drink his blood, in order to have eternal life. Many of his disciples rejected this idea, and gave up following him. It’s a teaching that is incomprehensible, if we think in worldly terms. Only our faith tells us that the Body and Blood of Christ which we receive in the Eucharist is God’s promise of everlasting life.
Vocations to the Priesthood
There will be a day of reflection for men over the age of 40 considering a possible vocation to the Priesthood on Saturday 20 October, 2018 10.00 am – 4.00 pm at St. Hilda’s Centre, 391 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 7NL. The theme of the day: “The significance of our story”
For more information and to confirm attendance including any special dietary requirements for the lunch and refreshments that will be provided please contact Father David Smith at wallsend.ourladystcolumba@rcdhn.org.uk or telephone 0191 262 3882.
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The Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady
Falls on Wednesday 15 August, and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be celebrated at St Cuthbert’s on Wedneday at 12.15pm and 7.00pm. There will be Mass at St Patrick’s, Langley Moor at 6.30pm on Tuesday (Vigil Mass) and at 9.30am on Wednesday, St Godrics 10:00am Wednesday and St Joseph’s at 7:00pm Wednesday.