NEWSLETTER

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

524 Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton, WV11 2LH, UK

Parish Priest: Fr. Edgar G. Dizon

corpuschristi.wton@gmail.com

             Sunday 27^th April 2014

Second Sunday of Easter

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in His goodness and love, which nothing can shake.  ~ Cardinal Basil Hume

TIMES OF HOLY MASS AND LITURGIES THIS WEEK 2nd Sunday of Easter – Sunday Lectionary Cycle A, Weekday Mass Cycle 2,  Psalter Week  2
Day              Date             Time                         Liturgical Day
	Saturday           26th                  6:00 pm                Vigil Mass                                                                                                       12:00 pm                 Baptism of Brady L H Sunday             27th                11:00 am                Second Sunday of Easter                                  Monday           28th                 9:00 am                  St George,   Martyr, Patron of England                       Tuesday           29th                 9:15 am                  Catherine of Siena,   Virgin, Doctor of the Church      Wednesday      30th                 9:00 am                  Easter Feria                                                       Thursday           1st  (May)         9:00 am                  Easter Feria                                                      Friday                2nd                 9:00 am                  Athanasius,   Bishop, Doctor of the Church                                                    9.30 am  Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.                 Saturday            3rd                 6:00 pm                  Vigil Mass                                                         Sunday              4th                11:00 am                  Third Sunday of Easter

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE   Saturday at 5:30 pm before the Vigil Mass.

Of your charity:

Please pray for the sick in the Parish and those who care for them

And those who have died and loved ones left behind.

"It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." 

(2 Machabees 12:46)

News

Red Boxes:   We have received a message informing us that the Diocese collected £300,461 for the Association for the Propagation of the Faith/Mill Hill. In a letter from Archbishop Bernard all who shared in this tremendous effort are thanked for their contribution. He acknowledges what a lot of hard work by organisers and sacrifice by parishioners went into this collection.

Bishop Elect:   Fr Robert Byrne of the Oxford Oratory is to be appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham. We are invited to pray for him as he prepares for his episcopal ordination at 11.00 am on May 13th at St Chad’s Cathedral. He will be serving the deaneries of Birmingham and Worcester.

Church Doors:   As I think most people are aware, the doors, both front and back, of our church are in a very poor state of repair. A reliable carpenter has been consulted and his verdict is that it is not practical to repair them, so, sadly we shall need to spend several thousand pounds to replace them, starting with the front doors which are the most badly affected. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that we, as a parish and indeed we as parishioners, do not have endless funds, and so it is with great regret that an appeal has to be launched to pay for these necessary replacement doors. Trevor Cooke, as Chair of the Finance Committee, has agreed to outline exactly what is needed and will be speaking to us about this at both Masses next weekend, 3rd / 4th May.

Book of Remembrance:   This will be taken to the calligrapher’s this coming week; if you have requested an entry please check with Keith that your details are correct.

Requiescat in Pace:   Of you charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of BETTY C. who died recently. May she rest in peace.  Please also pray for her family and friends who now mourn for her. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Parish Records:   Some weeks ago parishioners were invited to fill in the new Parish Record forms. Many thanks to all those who did so. But if you did not do it at that time would you please do so now. There is a real need for these records to be up to date so that Father is able to stay in touch with people of the parish and many of the record cards are now very much out of date.

Peter’s Pence:   The Diocese has received the thanks of the Holy Father for the sum of £37,736.69 which was due to the generosity of all who contributed to Peter’s Pence last year.

Holy Places:   Our collection for Holy Places in Jerusalem and the Holy Land on Good Friday amounted to £110.00. Cardinal Nichols has expressed his support for this worthy cause, so many thanks to all who contributed so generously.

Thank you!   Many thanks are due to those parishioners who worked so hard over Holy Week and Easter weekend to make this precious time the blessing that it was. It was a special time for all of us that would not have been possible without the willing help so freely given. Thank you.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land:   There are still some places left on this Pilgrimage Tuesday 2nd to Thursday 11th September. The cost is £1545 per person. This price is all-inclusive, making it excellent value. But, of course, the greater value is in enriching the pilgrims’ spiritual life and making a real contribution to Christians in this area. If you are interested full details are available from the office.

READERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

READERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Saturday 3^rd  Readers:      G B, H S

Euch. Ministers:      T C, B B

Sunday 4^th Readers:       A F, A C

Euch. Ministers:      M T, M C

CHURCH CLEANERS:  Team D

CORPUS CHRISTI NEWSLETTER

  Corpus Christi Catholic Church

Wolverhampton

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

Corpus Christi Church,

524 Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton, WV11 2LH, UK

Parish Priest: Fr. Edgar G. Dizon

corpuschristi.wton@gmail.com

           Sunday 20^th April 2014

Easter Day

Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right...
~Phillips Brooks, "An Easter Carol"

 

TIMES OF HOLY MASS AND LITURGIES THIS WEEK Easter Sunday – Sunday Lectionary Cycle A, Weekday Mass Cycle 2,  Psalter Week  1
Day              Date             Time                         Liturgical Day
Saturday         19th                  8:00 pm                   Easter Vigil
Sunday           20th                11:00 am                   Easter Morning Mass
Monday          21st                10:00 am                   Easter Monday
Tuesday          22nd                  9:00 am                  Easter Tuesday
Wednesday     23rd                  9.00 am                  Easter Wednesday
Thursday        24th                   9.00 am                  Easter Thursday
Friday             25th                   9:00 am                 Easter Friday
Saturday        26th                  8:00 pm                   Vigil Mass
Sunday           27th                11:00 am                   First Sunday of Easter
	SACRAMENT OF PENANCE   Saturday at 5:30 pm before the Vigil Mass.

Of your charity:

Please pray for the sick in the Parish and those who care for them

And those who have died and loved ones left behind.

"It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." 

(2 Machabees 12:46)

News

HEAR YE, HEAR YE!   “We have become mute in the Catholic Church. We have become silent worshippers sitting in our pews as lifeless as the wood of those pews…”   ~ Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland (1866-1945)

Lenten Project:   Very many thanks to all of you who so generously supported the Union of Catholic Mothers’ collection for the Brothers of the Good Shepherd. One hundred and ninety one items of tinned and packaged goods were collected. The brothers do a wonderful job with the most needy people in our area. So, thank you.

Great Birmingham Run:   Have you made a New Year’s Resolution to get more active this year? Is 2014 the year to tackle a half marathon? Help some of world’s poorest people whilst reaching your goals by joining CAFOD’s team of runners in the Great Birmingham Run on 19 October 2014. Please call 01922 722944 or email birmingham@cafod.org.uk if you might be interested. Thank you.

Book of Remembrance:   This will be taken to the calligrapher’s in the next week or so, if you have requested an entry please check with Keith that your details are correct. Or if you wish to have a name added this is the final chance to do so.

Church Doors:   As I think most people are aware, the front doors of our church are in a very poor state of repair. A reliable carpenter has been consulted and his verdict is that it is not practical to repair them, so, sadly we shall need to spend several thousand pounds to replace them.  There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that we, as a parish and indeed we as parishioners, do not have endless funds, and so it is with great regret that an appeal has to be launched to pay for these necessary replacement doors. Trevor Cooke, as Chair of the Finance Committee, has agreed to outline exactly what is needed and will be speaking to us about this at both Masses 3rd / 4th may.

	“There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter… I understand the grief of people who have to  endure great suffering, yet slowly but surely we all have to let the joy of faith slowly revive as a quiet yet firm trust, even amid the greatest distress…”      ~ Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium 6.
Easter Offering Envelopes are available in the porch. Easter offerings are your personal gift to the priest of the parish and forms of his personal income. They can be handed in during the normal collection at any of the Masses or the Sundays following Easter.

Parish Records:   Some weeks ago parishioners were invited to fill in the new Parish Record forms. Many thanks to all those who did so. But if you did not do it at that time would you please do so now. There is a real need for these records to be up to date so that Father is able to stay in touch with people of the parish and many of these are now very much out of date..

CAFOD Fast Day:   Due to your generosity we were able to send £237.70 to CAFOD for their vital work. Much of this was Gift Aided. Thank you.

READERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

READERS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Saturday 26^th Readers:      A R, A P

Euch. Ministers:      E N, W R

Sunday 27^th Readers:       L B,  F L

Euch. Ministers:      J P, S L.  

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

Corpus Christi Church,

524 Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton, WV11 2LH, UK

Parish Priest: Fr. Edgar G. Dizon

corpuschristi.wton@gmail.com

CHURCH CLEANERS:  Team B

CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH

Corpus Christi Church,

524 Griffiths Drive, Ashmore Park, Wolverhampton, WV11 2LH, UK

Parish Priest: Fr. Edgar G. Dizon

corpuschristi.wton@gmail.com

CAFOD Mass Oct 4 2013

CAFOD

Wolverhampton Deanery

CAFOD Harvest Fast Day Mass, 4 Oct 2013

St Patrick’s Church, New Cross

ORDER OF SERVICE

Entrance:

                           - Marty Haugen.

Here in this place, new light is streaming, now is the darkness vanished away. See in this space our fears and our dreaming, brought here to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in the lost and forsaken; gather us in the blind and the lame. Call to us now and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name

We are the young our lives are a mystery, we are the old who yearn for you face. We have been sung throughout all of history, called to be light to the whole human race.

Gather us in the rich and the haughty; gather us in the proud and the strong. Give us a heart so meek and so lowly, give us the courage to enter the song

Here we all take the wine and the water, here we will take the bread of new birth.

Here you shall call your Sons and your daughters, call us anew to be salt for the earth.

Give us to drink the wine of compassion, give us to eat the bread that is you. Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion, lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

Not in the dark of buildings confining, not in some heaven, light-years away. here in this place the new light is shining now is the Kingdom, now is the day.

Gather us in and hold us forever, gather us in and make us your own. Gather us in all peoples together, fire of love in our peoples together.

Welcome by Fr Dawid, Parish Priest St. Patrick’s Church Penitential Act - Pershore Mass — Alan Smith

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy

Christ, have mercy. Christ have mercy

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy

First reading: Letter of James Ch 3 vv 13 - 18. Read by a student from Our Lady bind St Chad Catholic Sports College

Psalm - to be sung by St Edmund’s school choir from psalm 131 - My soul is longing for your peace - Lucien Diess

Gospel Acclamation - Celtic Alleluia, Fintan O’Carroll/Christopher Walker

Alleluia x 4

Verse: Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the

mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.

Gospel: Matthew 11 vv 25-30

During the offertory procession representatives of Catholic schools, youth groups and parishes will bring symbolic offerings representing the work of CAFOD; our solidarity with peoples experiencing injustice; and local Justice and Peace related activity undertaken since Lent this year. These are to be received by priests and placed before the altar. Participants will say what they have brought and what it represents.

Whilst the bread and wine is being offered Our Lady & St Chad’s School will lead us in singing:

Offertory:              Blessed are you Lord - Mike Stanley

Blessed are you, Lord God of creation, thanks to your goodness we bring you this

Bread: Fruit of the earth, work of our hands let it become our spiritual food. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever and forever more.

Blessed are you, Lord God of creation, thanks to your goodness we bring you this wine: Fruit of the vine, work of our hands, let it become our spiritual drink. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever and forever more

  (flute solo) Then repeat Blessed be God forever         Last time ending: Amen

Holy Holy - New Celtic liturgy - Christopher Walker

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Memorial Acclamation: setting by Trevor Stockton.

Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection, you have set us free, you have set us free.

Amen - New Celtic Liturgy - Christopher Walker. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Lamb of God: setting by Christopher Walker - New Celtic Liturgy

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace

Communion

St Edmund’s School Choir will sing

Jesus Christ is waiting

Jesus Christ is waiting, waiting in the streets; No one is his neighbour all alone he eats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I am lonely too. Make me, friend or stranger, fit to wait on you.

Jesus Christ is raging, raging in the streets, Where injustice spirals, and real hope retreats, Listen, Lord Jesus, I am angry too. In the kingdom’s causes let me rage with you.

Jesus Christ is healing, healing in the streets; curing those who suffer, touching those he greets. Listen, Lord Jesus, I have pity too. Let my care be active, healing just like you.

Jesus Christ is dancing, dancing in the streets, Where each sign of hatred he, with love, defeats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I should triumph too. On suspicion’s graveyard let me dance with you.

Jesus Christ is calling, calling in the streets, “Who will join my journey? I will guide their feet.” Listen, Lord Jesus, let my fears be few. Walk one step before me; I will follow you.

John L. Bell & Graham Maule, copyright © 1988 WGRG, Iona Community

God in His love for us lent us this planet, words by Valerie Ruddle God in his love for us lent us this planet, gave it a purpose in time and in space:

small as a spark from the fire of creation, cradle of life and the home of our race.

Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty, life that sustains us in body and mind: plenty for all, if we learn how to share it, riches undreamed of to fathom and find.

Long have our human wars ruined its harvest, long has earth bowed to the terror of force; long have we wasted what others have need of, poisoned the fountain of life at its source.

Earth is the Lord’s, it is ours to enjoy it; ours, as his stewards, to farm and lefend. From its pollution, misuse and destruction, Good God deliver us, world without end.

Together we say the Harvest Fast Day prayer - (Catherine Gorman, CAFOD)

God, of abundance, all good things come from you.

The world, full of life, reflects your glory and sings your praise. You call us to share fairly the bounty of your creation and the gifts you give us.

So many people in this world of plenty do not have enough to eat. And so we ask you, God of all, to create in us a desire to make all things new, so that through your goodness all those in need may eat and be satisfied. We ask this through Christ, our Lord Amen.

Before the final prayer Trevor Stockton will say words of thanks Recessional song

Peace Prayer - John Foley SJ

Lord make me a means of Your Peace; where there’s hatred grown

Let me sow Your love; where there’s injury Lord let forgiveness be my

sword;

Lord, make me a means of Your Peace

Lord make me a means of Your Peace; when there’s sadness here

Let me sow Your joy; when the darkness nears, may Your light dispel our

fears;

Lord make me a means of Your Peace

Lord grant me to seek and to share; less to be consoled, than to help

console;

Less be understood, than to understand Your good;

Lord make me a means of Your Peace

Lord grant me to seek and to share; to forgive in thee, You’ve forgiven me;

For to die in thee is eternal life to me

Lord make me a means of Your Peace.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY,

FOR TAKING PART TN OUR CELEBRATION MASS AND FOR YOUR

ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF CAFOD.