Service times & Mass Intentions SATURDAY 27th December: (4.45 – 5.15pm Confessions at Christ the King) 5.30pm (Mass at Christ the King) SUNDAY 28th December: The Holy Family, Mary & Joseph 9.30am Mass: Private intention 11.00am (Mass at Christ the King) This week... Altar Server David Reader: Malcolm Caporn MONDAY 29th December: St Thomas of Canterbury 9.30am Service of Word & Communion Offertory Procession: Denis & Sally Heaney TUESDAY 30th December: 6th Day within the Octave 9.30am (Mass at Christ the King) Ministers for Holy Communion: Mary & Val WEDNESDAY 31st December: 7th Day within the Octave 9.30am Mass: Elsie Rogers, RIP THURSDAY 1st January: Mary The Holy Mother Of God 10.00am Mass: Canon Bernard Mooney, RIP FRIDAY 2nd January: Ss. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen 9.30am (Mass at Christ the King) SATURDAY 3rd January: (4.45 – 5.15pm Confessions at Christ the King) 5.30pm (Mass at Christ the King) SUNDAY 4th January: The Epiphany of the Lord 9.30am Mass: People of the Parish 11.00am (Mass at Christ the King) Coffee Morning Phil Ballardie & Hilary Bradley Offertory Envelopes: £ 232.50 Loose: £ 100.76 Total: £ 333.26 Flowers £74.32 Thank you Tellers: Edmund Jarvis & Mrs Richardson Christ the King: Telephone no. 01332 340161 Nottingham R C Diocesan Trustees (Company Number 7151646 Charity Number 1134449) Church of All Saints Belle Vue Road, Ashbourne Derby DE6 1AT Parish Priest: Fr John Guest T: 01335 342 236 E:johnguest@allsaintsashbourne.org.uk Assistant Priest: Fr. John Martin T: 07714460526 Deacon: Keith Bunyan T: 01335 360350 Website: www.allsaintsashbourne.org.uk Sunday 28th December Holy Family 1st Reading: Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3 Psalm: Psalm 104 R: He is the Lord, our God. He remembers his covenant for ever. 2nd Reading: Hebrews 11:8. 11-12. 17-19 Gospel: Luke 2:22-40 Communion antiphon: Our God has appeared on the earth, and lived among us. A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! My Dear Friends, We have already begun the Church’s New Year with the season of Advent. This week we celebrate the beginning of the New Year in our civil calendar. It is good that we precede it with the Feast of the Holy Family as this time of the year is a time for the family. We may get together with other members of our families in a way we do not do at any other time of the year. We may of course do the opposite and avoid such family meetings. All families are different and get on or don’t get on in their particular ways. But is is a time when we ponder family life, what it has brought us, for good or bad, and the particular links that have contributed so much to the people we are. Jesus is born into just such a mixture. We don’t know much about his family background, apart from his parents, Mary and Joseph, and we don’t know much about them. What we do know is that they cared for him and sought to give him the best upbringing they could in their hazardous world of an occupied country. Our families are our first inspiration in our Christian lives. They are also our first testing grounds. As we begin a New Year together, we pray for the insight and fortitude to live our family lives well. Fr. John National Catholic EvangelisationConference – 11th July 2015: The rotas for 2015 are being prepared. Please let Denis & Sally or Fr John know if you would be able to join in helping with the flowers, the cleaning, the counting, the readings at Mass or the Offertory Procession. Many thanks in advance. All help appreciated. The Joy of the Gospel– Building a Missionary Parish is the theme of the National Catholic Evangelisation Conference to be held in Birmingham on Saturday 11th July 2015. Cardinal Vincent Nichols says: ‘This pioneering day conference, inspired by Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium, is for all clergy, religious and lay people. Why? Because we all share the One mission – to proclaim the joy of the Gospel. The wide range of practical ideas offered for Planning and carrying out fruitful parish evangelisation will help us all to be better missionary disciples. Please put the date in your diary. I look forward to seeing you there.” For further information, please visit www.catholicnews.org.uk/ gospeljoy. The Diocesan Education Service is looking for people willing to become a Foundation Governor in one of our schools/ academies. Further info: visit www.nottingham-des.org.uk call 01332 293833. Nottingham Justice and Peace: Sonia Aslam works for the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Pakistan. She does exactly the same as us- she supports and fights for human rights. By doing this she has put her and her family’s lives in danger, as she has been threatened for working against Islam. She has fled to the UK, but has been refused Asylum. A Christian country, that promotes the same values that she fights for in Pakistan, will not allow her to stay here. An appeal is due and she needs all the support she can get. Please sign this petition to plead the Home Office to allow Sonia to stay. Share this with everyone you know, spread the word and help Sonia! https://www.change.org/p/ukvisas-and-immigration-homeoffice-grant-sonia-aslam-asylum x A New Year’s Resolution? The Briars Diocesan Youth Centre is looking for support for their fundraising initiative, a Big Bike Ride that will take place over three days from 3rd-5th July 2015 and will cover 150 miles of beautiful Derbyshire scenery. Accommodation will be supplied en route at Alton Castle and Hartington Hall Youth Hostel. You need to be 18+, and they will be looking for you to raise a minimum of £1,000! See the notice on the church board for further details and ask the parish clergy for a registration form if you think you would like to take up the challenge. Good luck! Ashbourne Churches Together: Our next united service will be held in the Methodist Church on Sunday, 25th January during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Further details from Mary Sharpe 01335 370 636 Joan Shaw is now in Ivy House, 1 The Green, Mickleover. Please speak to Fr. John before visiting. The latest issue of Just Now from the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission is available online at www.nottinghamjp.org x Please remember in your prayers the following people who are sick or housebound: Kath Armstrong, Irene Bolton, Giovanni Caruso, Fr Tony Colebrook, Hubert Connell, Fr Peter Coyle, Erika Cundy, Robert Cundy, Fr Hugh Doherty, Tom Donnelly, Roger Finch, Veronica Gadsby, Bob Ginns, Paul Griffiths, Jim Hannigan, Monica Hoptroff, Louise Levison, Fr. John Joe Maloney, Mgr. Jonathan Moore, Mgr Joe Phelan, Pat and Pam O’Donnell, Fr. Eamonn O’Hara, Joan Shaw, Peter & Yvette Smith, Fr Peter Wade, Bernie Walker, Mgr. Edward Walker and Ellen Williamson. May they be comforted and healed. We remember in prayer our departed brothers and sisters, especially Jennifer Harrison, Audrey Wagland, Christine Doyle, Canon Bernard Mooney, Marjorie Waldron, Jean Russell, Clarence Ogle and all whose anniversaries occur at this time. May the Lord welcome them with gladness.