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C ATHOLIC P ORTSMOUTH
Catholic Parishes and Schools in Partnership in the City of Portsmouth
8 MARCH 2015 – THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT - YEAR B
Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross is a devotion usually recited throughout Lent which
recalls Jesus’s passion, death and resurrection. The devotion has a rich history
and developed in an attempt to reproduce the Holy places in other lands so
that pilgrims who could not travel to the Holy Land could enter into the great
mystery of these events in a spiritual and devotional way. Later, when access
to the Holy Land was blocked by Muslim Turks, reproductions of the stations
began to appear throughout Europe and the devotion became more popular. When we meditate
on the events of Jesus’s passion, death and resurrection, we are not only remembering what Jesus
did for us but Jesus calls us to an ever deeper union with himself by living out the mysteries of his life.
In Matthew 16:24-25 Jesus tells his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it,
and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” These words of Jesus were something that I had
always struggled with. However, in 2011, I joined the diocesan pilgrimage to World Youth Day in
Madrid. It was here, touched by the Holy Spirit, and through my experience the Stations of the Cross,
that I received new spiritual insight into the meaning of carrying the cross. As I approached each
station I began to realise that every suffering I had experienced, the Lord also experienced in his
passion death and resurrection. For every physical wound, for every false accusation, for every
humiliation and many other sufferings, the Lord experienced it all in his own life, and in his passion,
death and resurrection. So when we suffer, Christ not only understands the pain we go through but
he is truly with us in our suffering. But Christ does not leave us alone to carry the cross; Christ carries
the cross with us. How does he do this? Christ is present with us through the sacraments, through the
Church, through our family and friends, and those we encounter in our daily lives and in many other
ways too. But in suffering there is also hope, where our wounds of suffering are transformed into new
life of the resurrection. By taking up the cross we are called to die
and reject sin. By doing this we are raised to new life, and through the Holy Spirit we become more
Christ like as we become more aware of Christ’s presence in our souls. We also become more aware
of the love and freedom he offers us and the call to share it with others.
Ansel D'Mello
Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun Fr Kazimierz Stefek - Assistant Priest: Fr Pawel Przybyszewski
tel. 023 9282 8305 – southseaparish@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Our Lady of Lourdes Bransbury Road, Eastney, PO4 9JY - St Swithun 105 Waverley Road, Southsea, PO5 2PL
Pastoral Assistant: Sr Marie Elise Tel. 07747 728734 Parish Secretary: Mrs Clare Shore –
Office Hours: Mon 0900-1100 and Tues to Friday 0900-1500
Safeguarding Representative: Val Croughan 023 9234 1682
St John’s Cathedral: Bishop’s House, Bishop Crispian Way, PO1 3HG – Tel. 02392 826170
Cathedral Dean: Canon Dominic Golding VG – dgolding@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Assistant Priest: Fr James McAuley – jmcauley@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Parish Secretary: Mrs Lily Peach – cathedral@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk – Office Hours: 0900-1600 Monday – Friday
Parish Pastoral Assistant: Sister Maura Chin - Safeguarding Representative: Sue Smy 023 9273 0855
Corpus Christi & St Joseph Fr Steven Restori tel 023 9266 0927 – ccsj@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
Corpus Christi Gladys Avenue, North End PO2 9AZ – St Joseph Tangier Road, Copnor PO3 6JH
Parish Sister: Sr Mary Gleavey FMDM 07586 801868 – St Joseph Hall Bookings: Mrs Mary Vale 07897 488254
Safeguarding Representative: Elaine Lindsay 07749 200592
St Colman with St Paul Fr Joe McNerney (Hospital Chaplain) – Assistant Priest: Fr John Humphreys
scsp@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk - 023 9228 6408
St Colman St Colman’s Avenue, Cosham, PO6 2JJ – St Paul Allaway Avenue, PO6 4DG– tel. 023 9237 6151
Parish Assistant: Mrs Tess Pritchard Office Hours: 0900-1500 Mon to Fri
Safeguarding Representative: Irene Taylor 023 9264 0754 or 07914 722708
Pastoral Youth Worker: Dom DeBoo tel 023 9283 6524 mob 07769 185603 – ddeboo@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
PARISHES: Corpus Christi & St Joseph • Our Lady of Lourdes with St Swithun • St Colman & St Paul • St John’s Cathedral
SCHOOLS: Primary: Corpus Christi • St John’s Cathedral • St Paul’s • St Swithun’s • Secondary: St Edmund’s
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8 March 2015 – Third Sunday of Lent Year B
CONTACT Youth Club (11 – 16)
CONTACT
AREA NEWSYouth Club, our youth
club for young people aged 11–16,
runs from 1900–2100 at St Colman’s
K;k;k;l
Catholic Church. £1 a week subs +
tuck shop. Next Session: Wed 11
March
ZONED In (Year 6 Youth Club)
If you are in school year 6, then we
run a youth club for you on Thursday
nights from 1830–2000 at Corpus
Christi Catholic School with lots of fun
activities and equipment. £1 a week
subs + tuck shop. In our next session
we will be looking at how recycling
your unwanted goods can make a
big difference to our environment.
Next Session: Thursday 12 March
YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S MASS
We are holding our next Youth and
Children’s Mass at Corpus Christi
Catholic Church on Sunday 22
March so if you are from St Joseph’s
or Corpus Christi please look out for
that and then get involved. We will
be holding a rehearsal for any
children and young people that
want to be involved in sign
language and our final song at 1000
in Corpus Christi Primary School Hall
on Sunday 15 February
Feel free to get in touch:
facebook: ‘Dom DeBoo Portsmouth’
twitter @Dom_DeBoo_Youth
www.catholicportsmouth.org.uk/youth
ddeboo@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
tel: 07769185603
THE ULTIMATE FAMILY QUIZ
On Saturday 28 March, we will be
holding a family quiz at St Swithun’s
Catholic Church from 1900–2130 raising
money in support of our Pastoral Area
youth ministry. Tickets cost £5 for adults
and £3 for under 16’s or £15 for a family
ticket (2 adults, 3 children) and includes
a burger and hot dog meal as well as
some cracking prizes for the winning
teams.
DISCOVERY (13 – 18)
We are restarting DISCOVERY for
teenagers aged 13–18 to come and
explore their faith asking some of life’s
deeper
questions,
with
cracking
desserts. Our next session will be looking
at the theme ‘Why can’t we always
have what we want?’ Next Session:
Tuesday 10 March
RECONCILIATION
St John's Cathedral
Saturday 1100 - 1145
1700 – 1745
St Swithun
Friday 1930 – 2000
Saturday 1030 – 1100
Our Lady of Lourdes
Saturday 1730 – 1755
Corpus Christi
Saturday 0930
St Joseph
Saturday(Before 1800 Mass)
St Colman
Saturday 1700 – 1730
DIARY
Monday 9 March
- Our Lady of Peace (Medjugorje) Prayer Group:1100-1200
Jubilee Room, St John’s Cathedral
- Bible Timeline Study Course: 1930 St John’s Cathedral Hall
Tuesday 10 March
- Parent, Toddlers and Baby Group: 0915-1115 St Swithun’s Hall
Wednesday 11 March
- Lenten course – Catholicism: 1930 St Swithun’s Hall
Thursday 12 March
- The Search (RCIA): 1900 St John’s Discovery Centre
Friday 13 March
- Mothers Prayer Group – 1115 Our Lady of Lourdes Church
- Guides and Brownies meet 1700–2000 Our Lady of Lourdes
Community Room
- WCCM – Meditation Group – 2000 Meeting Room, St
Swithun’s Hall
Monday 23 March
- Ascent Group – 1415 St Swithun’s Church Hall
SUNDAY NIGHT EXTRA (11 – 16)
Sunday Night Extra is our monthly
space for you to chill out on a Sunday
night with other young Catholics, to
eat good food and to explore your
faith deeper. It is held in the Cathedral
Discovery Centre from 1900–2045 and
we ask for a donation of £2 per person
towards the cost of food. In our next
session we will be exploring the
question ‘What does it mean to
choose life?’ Next Session: Sunday 22
March
YOUNG ADULTS (18 – 30)
If you are aged 18–30, then every
fortnight we get together in the
Cathedral Discovery Centre from
1900–2100 for a meal, talk, discussion
time and then prayer, adoration and
confessions. In our next session we will
be looking at the theme ‘The battle
for your soul’ and how being aware of
the spiritual world can help us
become more alive in our faith. Next
Session: Sun 15 March
FLAME 2
Thank you to everyone who came to
Flame 2 this Saturday. We had a
fantastic day out at Wembley Arena
with 8000 other Catholics including
172 from Portsmouth Diocese. Well
done everyone for your enthusiasm
and for making it a great day
Please pray for those who are ill, especially: Micheline Thompson, Michael
Foster, Pat Needham, John Malbon, Margaret Badger, Rosemary Ashton,
Anne Sullivan, Catherine Morgan, Eileen Huddleston, Barbara Mulligan,
Harry Murray, Arthur Tobin and Jo Wheeler.
For those who have died: baby Tom Denny (Tony Denny’s Grandson)
And for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Selina Fairhall, James
Nuttall, Clarice Connor, Kathleen Davies, William Anderson, Mary Kathleen
Louise O'Reilly, Paddy Wall, Reginald Sainty, Margaret Driffield, Christina
Collins, George Carroll, Mabel Blake, Edward Nolan, Mary Adelaide Small,
Eric Daniel O'Neill, Muriel Mary Smith, Frans Anthony Aspinall, Nancie
Carter, Christopher Somers, Nora Wellstead, Annie Hadley, Percy Browne,
Michael Vahey, Eileen Bosonnet, Patrick Robinson, Christopher Joseph
Somers, Robert Thomas Turner, Cecilia Brennan, Mary Barlow, Cornelius
Barrett, Winifred Gridley, Fred Amos, Ambrosine Madeleine Marie Mellonet,
Daniel Cambridge, Agnes Handen, Mary Thompson, Arty-May "Sammy"
Sangwell, Catherine Jane Regan, Adele Romeo Grey, Ivy Holland,
Josephine Mary Hall, Shane Patrick Matthews, Stephen Philip Hatton, Paul
Andrews, Count Albert de Curzon, Noah Woolffe, Eileen Fowler, John
Aylward, Kathleen Dawson, Iris Stout, Georgina Alice Birtwistle, Edward
Ingram, Reginald "Reg" Bunting, Phyllis May Heardman, Joseph Bride and
Charles William Moss.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy
of God, rest in peace. Amen
WE ACKNOWLEDGE LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTIONS WITH THANKS:
- Corpus Christi with St Joseph: £1195.71 inc SO/DD
- Our Lady of Lourdes & St Swithun: £1,269.22 inc SO (69% GA)
- St Colman with St Paul: £1,002.40 inc SO (67% GA)
- St John’s Cathedral: £2,483.29 inc SO (42% GA)
Cafod Family Fast Day: £1,066.34
NEWSLETTER NOTICES If you have articles, news, notices or
anything you wish to advertise in this newsletter, please email
it to info@catholicportsmouth.org.uk. Please ensure that it is
received by 1800 on the preceding Wednesday.
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Pastoral Area News
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH STUDENTS
Today Sunday 8 March at Angela's NEW
AREA
flat (33, NEWS
Brandon Court, Lawrence Road,
Southsea, PO5 1PF) at 1345 there will be
the Students' Brunch followed by a Talk
from Ansel D’Mello (who is studying for
the priesthood and currently doing a
pastoral year at the Cathedral) about his
vocation/journey in faith. Please come
along. For further information contact
Angela: angela.odonoghue@port.ac.uk
YOUTH MINISTRY VOLUNTEER
The Diocese is currently looking for an
enthusiastic young volunteer to commit
for a period of 2 years on a part-time
basis to help out with the exciting youth
ministry activities and WYD 2016
preparations. The work required would
average between 7 to 10 hours per week
mainly
during
evenings
or/and
weekends. In return, we will cover the
cost and expenses for you to study a
Foundation Degree in Youth Ministry at St
Mary’s University, Twickenham. The
course is part time over 2 years and
comprises distance learning along with
occasional classroom lectures. Please
apply before 30 March 2015 as the hope
is that you could start your studies after
the summer break 2015 but there is some
flexibility on dates. For further info,
contact Angie Carroll on 07713 567 161
ASAP. Tel: 023 9284 3030
ASCENT GROUP
Monday 23 March 1415 St Swithun’s
Church Hall, Waverley Road – The
guest speaker this month is Brian
Masters from RNLI Education who will
give a talk on the workings of the RNLI.
CWL NATIONAL COFFEE MORNING
The Portsmouth City Section of the
Catholic Women’s League are joining
in the CWL National Coffee Morning
on Sunday 22 March after 1000 Mass
in the Cathedral Hall. Everyone is
welcome, please bring your friends.
GENERAL ELECTION 2015
The Bishops have written a joint Letter
to all Catholics in England and Wales
encouraging us to participate and
vote in the election and offering some
key issues and questions for reflection
on where candidates stand. Copies
are available from the Bishop’s
Conference website from Sunday
8 March www.catholicnews.org.uk.
Please read the letter and encourage
others to do the same.
ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO
He was assassinated on 24 March 1980
and many have prayed for him to be
acclaimed a martyr. Pope Francis
recently declared him this paving the
way for his beatification. A Mass to
celebrate this will take place on 24
March at 1930 in Immaculate
Conception Church, Portswood Road
Southampton, S017 3SB.
OAKLANDS SCHOOL
The Parents Association is presenting
“KOJAK REVENGE” on Friday 20 March
from 2000. Tickets £10 includes entry
into wine raffle. Call/text 07817 606571.
The School itself is presenting a
production of “OKLAHOMA” from 3-5
March at 1930 in the main school Hall.
Tickets through the School’s Finance
Office or via online payment system.
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT
Saturday 7/Sunday 8 March Orders
taken at St. John's Cathedral parish for
Real Easter Eggs made with Fairtrade
chocolate explaining the Christian
message of Easter. Eggs to be
distributed on 28/29 March.
For more information on these and
other events kindly please go to
www.portsmouthfairtrade.org.uk
THANK YOU FROM FAIRTRADE
GIFT AID
Please consider Gift Aid for your
Sunday offerings. It is of tremendous
financial aid to the Parish. For more
details please ring the Parish Office.
New boxes of envelopes will be
available shortly for collection.
MASS DUTIES AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES
Please would those
who help
at Mass give Anne, in writing, the dates
of those Saturdays they cannot
manage in April, May and June, by
Saturday March 14th at the latest. Give
the note to Anne or place it in the
envelope in the stewards' basket.
A big thank you to all those who
supported the various Fairtrade events
around the city during our successful
Fairtrade
Fortnight.
The
Church's
involvement in Fairtrade is based on
Christian witness. Christians are called to
love the poor – but also to ask questions
as to why they are poor. Fair trade is not
about charity, it’s about giving people
the dignity of working their way out of
poverty, providing opportunity and hope
for the future. It’s about developing a
different way of buying things, whether
we’re choosing coffee or chocolate, tea
or
t-shirts.
Read
more
at
www.portsmouthcatholiccathedral.org.u
k/fairtrade/
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
Bishop Philip Egan, together with Mgr
Canon Vincent Harvey and Fr James
McAuley will be leading the Pilgrimage
from 22 Nov - 2 Dec. To book - visit
www.portsmouthdiocese.org.uk
for
electronic enquiry form. Should you
wish, do contact the Pilgrimage
organisers Deacon Iain & Cheryl
MacFirbhisigh: Tel 015 3472 5963 or
email: blessings41@gmail.com
Parish News
RECONCILIATION SERVICES:
10.30am at Corpus Christi next
AREA
NEWS
Saturday
14 March
10am at St John’s Cathedral on
Saturday 28 March
LENTEN COURSE – CATHOLICISM
Wednesdays during Lent in the Canon
Kuner Room, St Swithun’s Hall at 1930.
Watching a DVD showing Father
Robert Barron you will learn what
Catholics believe and why while being
immersed in the art, architecture,
literature, beliefs and practices of the
Catholic tradition.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
During Lent there will be Stations of the
Cross in St Swithun’s Church at 9.30am
and 6.30pm on Fridays and 9.30am on
Saturdays and in Polish at 5.30pm on
Sundays.
LENTEN ALMS
As in previous years we will be
supporting Murambinda Parish in
Zimbabwe with collections being
taken this weekend, 21/22 March and
28/29 March. Gift Aiders please use
the envelopes provided in your packs.
CLERGY ASSISTANCE FUND
There will be a retiring collection for the
Clergy Assistance Fund next weekend
after all Masses. This collection helps
raise funds to help the sick and retired
Priests of our Diocese when they are in
need.
Gift Aiders please use the
envelopes provided in your packs.
CAFOD FAST DAY – THANK YOU
Together our parish raised £717.32 for
CAFOD’s vital work around the world.
With UK Aid Match funding, this means
we will have ensured £1,434.64 can be
used to help more of our sisters and
brothers deal with the devastating
impact of extreme weather. Thank
you for your generous compassion for
those living in poverty.
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Liturgical Calendar and Mass Times
SATURDAY 7 MARCH
First Mass of Third Sunday of
S
Lent
SUNDAY 8 MARCH
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Exodus 20:1-3.7-8.12-17
1 Corinthians 1:22-25
John 2:13-25
MONDAY 9 MARCH
TUESDAY 10 MARCH
WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH
THURSDAY 12 MARCH
FRIDAY 13 MARCH
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
First Mass of Fourth Sunday
of Lent
SUNDAY 15 MARCH
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
2 Chronicles 36:14-16.19-23
Ephesians 2:4-10
John 3:14-21
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Our Lady of Lourdes
St Colman
Joseph Henry Charlton RIP (FM)
St John’s Cathedral
St Joseph
People of the Parish
St John’s Cathedral Wesley Johnson RIP
St Swithun
Ted and Micheline Thompson's Intentions
St Joseph
Deceased Members of the Hicks Family
St Colman
Gunter Zimmerman RIP (MH)
St John’s Cathedral Sheila Thompson RIP
St Swithun
People of the Parish
St Paul
Mary Miller RIP (PM)
Corpus Christi
Joe & Pepita Grech
St John’s Cathedral Mary Rita Hudson INT
Our Lady of Lourdes Mass in Vietnamese
QA Hospital
Julia & Guy War (PM)
St John’s Cathedral People of the Parish
St Swithun
Mass in Polish
St John’s Cathedral Private intention
St Colman
Nicholas Webb RIP (FM)
St Swithun
Helen West RIP P
St John’s Cathedral Tony and Adelaide de Battista RIP
St John’s Cathedral Private Intentions
St Colman
Maria & Peter Malson (PM)
St Swithun
Elizabeth Geary RIP P
St John’s Cathedral Margaret Golding RIP
St Swithun
St John’s Cathedral Kevin Baldwin RIP
St Colman
Marjorie Burton RIP (PM)
Corpus Christi
Bronagh Davies RIP
St Swithun
Deceased of Robinson Family F
St John’s Cathedral Giovanna & Elia Fenech RIP
St John’s Cathedral
St Colman
The People of the Parish (PM)
St Joseph
John Broderick P
St Swithun
Jan Straczak RIP
Our Lady of Lourdes
St John’s Cathedral Funeral Mass for Josephine Obermaier RIP
St John’s Cathedral Kevin Baldwin RIP
Corpus Christi
Teresa & Thomas McCauley F
St Swithun
Miss EAE Edmunds, her father, mother & aunt Sarah Ellery RIP P
St Colman
Private Intentions (SP)
St John’s Cathedral Mario Oakes RIP
St Swithun
Corpus Christi
Patrick John William Louge P
St Swithun
Iris Stout RIP F
St John’s Cathedral Rose and Joseph Farrugia RIP
Our Lady of Lourdes Reginald Howard Bunting RIP F
St Colman
Ivy Searls RIP (FM)
St John’s Cathedral People of the Parish
St Joseph
Deceased Members of the MacEachen & Heywood families
St John’s Cathedral Cyril Lodge RIP
St Swithun
Baby Tom Denny (Tony Denny’s Grandson)
St Joseph
Priests of St Joseph’s Living & Dead F
St Colman
Joan Hudson RIP (BH)
St John’s Cathedral Tony Trigg
St Swithun
People of the Parish
Corpus Christi
People of the Parish
St Paul
John Joseph Cummings RIP (CC)
St John’s Cathedral Maturin Bekoin RIP
QA Hospital
Holy Souls (CC)
St Swithun
Mass in Polish
St John’s Cathedral Monica Harrette Koroma INT
F: Foundation – P: Perpetual
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