ST PAUL’S PARISH NEWSLETTER
29TH MAY 2022 SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Parish Mass Book: 7th Sunday of Easter: Order of Mass Page 7; Prayers and Readings Page 281
THAT THEY MAY BE ONE
There is almost a sense of listening to another’s conversation as we hear the proclamation of this gospel. The tenderness, intimacy, and passion we hear in Jesus’ words are utterly disarming. We are given glimpses of the eternal familial nature of the relationship between Jesus and the father.
Jesus has just finished praying for the disciples, and now he turns his thoughts towards those of us who will come to faith as a result of their word. In his prayer, Jesus speaks passionately of his desire for believers to be united to each other, with him, and the Father in their relationship: “so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you” (v. 21a). The unity for which Jesus prays is not an end in itself; his desire is for the Church to be a very part of the love that exists between the Father and himself, “that the world may believe that you sent me” (v. 21b). Jesus prays that the world may recognize God’s saving love in the life and action of the Church.
During these days of the Easter season, we hear stories of the beginnings of the Church. With compassion and tenderness, Jesus brings his disciples through the initial shock and confusion that followed the Resurrection. He assures them, instructs them, and helps them to see that they are essential to continuing the work he started. Though this gospel, like last week’s, occurs before his death and Resurrection, Jesus’ prayer is not bound by time and chronology. The Church today is as connected to those gathered behind locked doors, as it is to the parish across town, as it will be to parishes of the future. The unifying force is the Church’s participation in the saving love of God. How do I live in that love?
DEACON MIKE – next weekend will be his final Sunday in the parish. He will then prepare for his priestly ordination. Mike will be ordained in Westminster on Saturday 25th June at 10:30am. All parishioners are invited to attend. On Sunday 26th June, Mike will celebrate Mass for the first time as a newly ordained priest here in St Paul’s at the 12 noon Mass. This will be followed by a parish celebration in the Parish Centre.
PLATINUM JUBILEE HOLIDAY – Mass at 10am on Thursday 2nd June and Friday 3rd June. No morning prayer.
CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK –
Tuesday 31st May The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday 1st June St Justin
Friday 3rd June St Charles Lwanga & Companions
MASS INTENTIONS – We begin booking masses for July from Wednesday 1st June. Please note that if you ask for an intention on a specific date and a funeral is subsequently arranged on that day, the intention will be moved to the next available date. We are able to send Masses to Fr Henry in Malawi.
BAPTISMS – Please contact Fr Perry to arrange dates for baptism.
THANK YOU – for the offertory collections for Sunday 22nd May which amounted to £1124.83 (Envelopes £617.96; Loose £506.87). In April, Standing Orders + Online Donations amounted to £6604.02; Contactless donations amounted to £678. Thank you for your support.
HARINGEY DEANERY
Come and Join
The Great Haringey
Deanery Bank Holiday Walk
On Bank Holiday Thursday 2nd June 2022
9.15am Depart St Francis De Sales – Tottenham
10.30am Depart St Pauls – Wood Green
12.00pm Mass at Our Lady of Muswell followed by packed lunches in the parish Hall
1.45pm Depart Our Lady of Muswell – Muswell Hill
3.30pm Depart St Peter in Chains – Stroud Green
4.45pm Depart St John Vianney – West Green
5.30pm Arrive at St Ignatius – Stamford Hill for evening prayer
If you are interested in joining us for all or part of the day, please sign your name to the list at the back of the church
BERNADETTE CATTERTON RIP – We pray for the repose of the soul of Bernadette Catterson who died recently. We offer our condolences and prayers to her family at this time. Her Requiem Mass will be on Tuesday 7th June at 9:30am. May she rest in peace.
ALPHA – Thank you to the ALPHA TEAM for all their work in organising the recent ALPHA program in the Parish.
ALTAR SERVERS – Next Sunday we will be enrolling some of the servers into the Guild of St Stephen. Four of our older servers will be receiving silver medals for having served for 10 years.
FIRST MASS PARTY – Thank you to those who came for the meeting on Thursday evening. Please sign-up for the food you can bring for the celebration. We will set-up the hall on Saturday 25th June after the 5:30pm Mass. Donations of food can be brought to the hall on Sunday 26th June before the 12 noon Mass.
PRE-COMMUNION CLASSES
For those children attending non-Catholic schools, we run a pre-communion class, which the children need to attend before they join the main Communion group. If you have a child in Year 2 from September 2022, please call the Parish Office to book a time to come and register.
FIRST CONFESSION & FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2022
Please note the following points with regard to registering.
1. St Paul the Apostle Wood Green must be your regular place of worship. If you attend
Mass in another parish on a Sunday, then that is the Parish you should register your child.
2. Children for the programme should be in Year 3 from September 2022 or above
3. Children should know the basic prayers i.e. The Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory Be.
To register, please ring the Parish Office Monday to Friday 10:30am – 2 pm and book a time to see Fr Perry. Parent(s) and child should attend the registration appointment and you are asked to bring a copy of your child’s Baptism Certificate. No further registration after Wednesday 29th June 2022.
| PARISH DIARY – THE WEEK AHEAD Sunday 29th May Refreshments after 10am Mass 1:30pm Albanian Mass Tues 31st May Refreshments after 9:30am Mass + Church Cleaning Sunday 5th June Refreshments after 10m Mass | ST CUTHBERT’S WALK Meeting for all pilgrims on Tuesday 31st May at 7pm in the Parish Centre. FACE COVERINGS It is no longer necessary to wear face coverings in church. |
NEXT SUNDAY 5TH JUNE – PENTECOST SUNDAY
1ST Reading Acts 2:1-11; 2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; Gospel John 20:19-23