THE PARISH OF ST. PATRICK & ST. GEORGE

Parish Priest: Fr. Paul Nellikulam St. Patrick’s Presbytery, Clipstone Road West, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0BT.

Telephone: 01623 622705 E-Mail : stpatrickchurch17@gmail.com

Newsletter : kendaly@hotmail.co.uk Website: www.stpatricksandstgeorges.org

St Patrick’s school: Headteacher – Mrs Jane Smedley 01623 478090 www.st-patricksrc.notts.sch.uk

all saints’ catholic school: Tel 01623 474700 www.allsaints.notts.sch.uk

WEEKLY BULLETIN 28th JUNE – 4th JULY 2020

FEAST OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL

THIS WEEK’S FEASTS: Tuesday, 23rd June First Martyrs of the Roman Church Wednesday, 1st July St Oliver Plunkett (Bishop, Martyr) Friday, 3rd July St Thomas (Apostle) Saturday, 4th July St Elizabeth of Portugal

LIVE MASS STREAMS THIS WEEK

St Barnabas Cathedral : Sunday 10.00 am

Weekdays 1.00 pm

Access via www.stbarnabascathedral.org.uk

(click on Cathedral Website icon then Live Streaming)

Bishop Patrick’s Chapel: Sunday 10.00 am

Access via YouTube – search Bishop Patrick McKinney

See also www.mass-online.org or www.churchservices.tv and www.vaticannews.va for other live-streamed services and messages from Pope Francis

Your Prayers are requested for: Liz T (Anne’s niece); Jackson L (for a recovery from his operation); Martin M; Rosemary S; John S; Bridie C, Tina T; Mary C, KP (Karen’s brother-in-law), Joseph D, Danny De L; Dianna B, Mary M, Theresa D; Ron and Jean M; Fr John C, Claire D, Richard G-O and Mrs C. Casey . All those suffering from the coronavirus and those working in the NHS or Care Services; those working in essential services to keep our country functioning Please let Fr Paul know of anyone who would like to be remembered in our prayers.

Spiritual Communion There are times when people are unable to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, through illness or due to their personal disposition. Even though some may not receive ‘sacramental’ Communion, all are united in some way by the Holy Spirit. The traditional idea of ‘spiritual’ Communion is an important one to remember and reaffirm. A deep spiritual communion is possible even when we do not share together the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. (cf. Celebrating the Mass 212) My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this Holy Sacrament of the altar.I love you above all thingsand I desire to receive you into my soul.Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen

REFLECTIONS: Fr Paul has kindly been providing daily reflections during the lockdown period and these are available on the parish website together with other ideas for prayer and the weekly newsletter

BE INSPIRATIONAL: This website hosts an array of resources for young people to help them in their prayer life and spiritual journey as well as having lots of links to activities in various schools. It is well worth encouraging our young people to have a good look at what it offers. www.beinspirational.co.uk

RE-OPENING OF CHURCHES: We have applied for permission to re-open St Patrick’s for private prayer from 1st July and are awaiting a response from the Diocese. Please see the NEWS Section of our website for up-to-date information. Details of when Mass can be celebrated will also be on the website.

YEAR OF THE WORD: Information on this initiative can be found on various Diocesan websites including our own Youth service site www.ndcys.com. Please encourage any younger members of our parish to view this page. There are also resources for use with young people during the current lockdown. The Church is built on the groundworks of Scripture; we listen to what our God is saying to us before we take action. Such listening may be achieved by a few companions who gather regularly to hear the Gospel of the upcoming Sunday Mass and share their prayerful responses to it. The Seven Steps are a good tried and tested way of doing this. A network of Seven Steps groups is growing across the Diocese. If you are interested in setting a group up, please contact the area representative the Rev. Mr. Anthony Cordes

“Outside The City” Release: Due to popular demand, this very moving and inspirational film, which was shown in cinemas around the country, about the lives of the monks at Mount St Bernard Abbey, was released on 8th June on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and DVD. To view trailer or pre-order your DVD (£12) visit: www.vivaverve.com/film/outside-the-city

FOOD BANK: A big thank you for the generous donations that you continue to give and these are needed more than ever at this time. If you want to know more or feel you can give up some time to volunteer at the foodbank, please speak to Angela Grabowski. Angela is collecting donations every Thursday but they can also be left directly with the Food Bank or in the porch of 117, Newlands Road. Details of items urgently needed may be found on the Food Bank website which is www.sherwoodforest.foodbank.org.uk/news

SCHOOL NEWS: Our schools are now all open for the children of key workers and those who are deemed vulnerable as well as those in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 and more recently pupils in Years 10 and 12. We not only thank the staff who are working to look after them but also pray for all involved in their care and to everyone involved in preparing the schools to welcome back their pupils. Please refer to the relevant school website for further information.

St Patrick’s Catholic Nursery and Foundation Unit: There are still currently places available for Foundation 2 (Reception) children for September 2020. If you know of any child who is requiring an FS2 or Nursery place for September 2020 and feel that St Patrick’s School would be the ideal school for them then please could you pass over your information to our office team on 01623 478090 and we can guide you in the right direction. All Saints’ Academy : In light of the fact that the school has been unable to welcome its new Year 7 pupils (current Year 6) students into school for their transition days, it has created a video in an attempt to alleviate any worries which they may have about beginning their secondary school journey and to give the a flavour of what to expect in September. The video may be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg1jP2N3qL0

The CELEBRATE Online Conference: 27th - 28th June 2020 Our events have always been for the whole family - and the online conference is no different. Hear from inspiring speakers, take time to prayerfully retreat, get creative, join with live worship and celebrate Mass together. All the content over the weekend will be hosted on our CELEBRATE Facebook page so make sure you 'Like' and 'Follow' us to not miss anything. A poster with more details is posted on our website. PARISH FINANCES: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SET UP STANDING ORDER ARRANGEMENTS THUS FAR. If you would like to set up a standing order to cover the amount you would usually put in the collection, please go to our website and click on the News Page where you will find a link to enable you to set up this payment. If you have any queries or experience difficulties, please contact Len Hutton. If you are unable to set up a Standing Order, perhaps you could set aside your weekly offering so that it can be collected when things return to something like normality. Thank you in anticipation of your generosity.

National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2020 Online

Hope and peace in a time of fear and suffering

Tuesday 30 June 8.30-9.00am

You are warmly invited to join the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2020 Online, which will be livestreamed on Tuesday 30 June at 8.30-9.00am. The event will include prayers led by parliamentarians, hymns led by special guest singers and a keynote address by the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we want to bring together parliamentarians, church leaders and Christians from across the UK to pray, as well as reflect upon the message of hope and peace that the Christian faith brings to our society in this moment. The event is free, but you must register via Eventbrite in order to receive access: tinyurl.com/nppb2020online

For more information visit: www.christiansinparliament.org.uk/prayer-breakfast/

ALL PARISH SOCIAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

NEWSLETTERS: IF ANYONE HAS ANY ITEM FOR THE NEWSLETTER (SHARING GOOD NEWS ETC) OR WOULD LIKE A COPY E-MAILED WEEKLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, PLEASE CONTACT FR PAUL OR KEN DALY

For regular updates please visit the website www.stpatricksandstgeorges.org We have also set up a parish WhatsApp Group to allow people to be kept informed and to offer help and support where necessary.

Please refer to the website NEWS page for details of how to join