Fifth Sunday of Easter

29th April 2018 Psalter week 1

Mass Book Page 264

PLEASE PRAY FOR: The sick and housebound of the two parishes. We include all those in hospitals, nursing homes and their own homes. Our Lady, Health of the sick. Pray for them. THOSE RECENTLY BAPTISED: Holly Newell, Honey Marie Griffiths, Katherine Georgina Wooltorton Welcome to the family of the church THE DEAD: Recently Deceased: Sheila Evans, Margaret Smith-Keitley Anniversaries: Anne Isabel Day, Philip Robert Kurek, Rudolph Henra Fritz Uibel, Connie Kelsall, Mary Eileen Copson, Lurlene Monica Fairbairn, Sean Mulvey, Anthony Joseph Roche. May they rest in peace. CLERGY ANNIVERSARIES:

Rev Peter Cooney, Rev Peter Heath, Rev Thomas William O’Connor, Rev Michael Byrne.

Our Lady Queen of Peace

Bransford Road, Worcester, WR2 4EN

St George’s Catholic Church

1 Sansome Place, Worcester WR1 1UG

Telephone: 01905 22574 E-mail: stgeorge.worcs@btinternet.com

CatholicWorcester www.catholicworcester.org @CatholicWorcs

CLERGY AND CONTACTS

Very Rev Canon Brian McGinley (Parish Priest)

Rev Reginald Lewis, Rev Paul O’Connor, Rev Chris Blackman (Permanent Deacons)

Parish Secretary: Mrs Susan Fairman

Parish Safeguarding representative St George’s: Mrs Ruth Bader Tel: 01905 21053

Parish Safeguarding representative OLQP: Mrs Marie McHugh Tel: 01905 429199

Embrace Community Development Co-ordinator: Chris Watkins Tel: 07387109661

St George’s Parish Hall booking enquiries: Tel: 01905 22574 or email:

stgeorgesparishhall@gmail.com

In Hospital, Care Home or housebound? Text details to Deacon Chris on 07462 040390

*NEW PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS FROM 1st JAN 2018*

MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 9.00-3.00pm (OFFICE CLOSED WEDNESDAY)

Catholic Parishes of

Our Lady Queen of Peace

And

St George

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday, 5th May – March for Life in London. Coach departing from St George’s at

0730hrs

Tuesday, 8th May at 7pm – Community ‘Treasure Hunt’ meeting in St George’s Parish

Hall

Saturday, 23rd June – Friends of the Holy Land Coffee Morning and Sale

GOOD SHEPHERD MASS

Please note that Mass on Tuesday, 1st May

at 1.00pm is the Good Shepherd Mass to

which children from all the schools in the

deanery are invited. Bishop Robert Byrne will

be presiding. There will be no additional Mass

at either St George or OLQP on that day.

Parishioners are welcome to attend the Good

Shepherd Mass. Please check the Mass

schedule carefully for any other changes.

EMBRACE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CO-ORDINATOR

My name is Chris Watkins and I have taken

over from Jane Bamber as Community

Development Coordinator at Father Hudson’s

Care. My role in the Worcester Diocese is to

encourage a sustained, community led

response to engaging with older people that

are lonely and isolated. I would like to invite

you all to the Forget-me-not Friendship group

which will be held at Our Lady Queen of

Peace Church on Thursday 17th May at

10.30 am to 12 pm after Mass. There will be

tea, biscuits and a warm welcome. I would

also invite anyone who is concerned about

themselves, or someone else who is isolated

or alone in the parish, to contact me for

confidential support.

I would also like to let you know that the three

Parishes will be organising an ‘Our Amazing

Place Community Treasure Hunt’ on

Saturday 7th July. There will be three events

held around our Lady Queen of Peace; St

George’s Church and Primary School; and St

Joseph’s Church and School. The ‘treasure’

will be the wonderful people, buildings and

open spaces of the Parishes. If you want to

get involved in the organising of this event,

please let me know, everyone is invited to

take part. The first meeting will be at 7pm on

Tuesday, 8th May at St George’s Parish Hall.

I will be speaking at all Masses next weekend

6th/7th May. I look forward to meeting you all.

Chris Watkins 07387109661

YOUTH ACTIVITY BAGS Over the next few weeks there will be some activity bags for young children available at the back of church. Each bag will have some books, pens, appropriate colouring activities and the 'Look' youth sheet. Please can we ask that these are returned to the back of church after each mass and that parents oversee the children using these so that they stay in good condition for as long as possible and so as many children as possible can use them. Thank you

MESSAGE FROM CAFOD

Thank you for your support to our Lent Fast Day appeal. Donations to

CAFOD until 12 May will be doubled by the UK Government. We have planned a £5 million programme to combat malnutrition - and with it we hope to be able to reach 245,000 people. But we need the full amount of match funding to make it happen. You can help us reach the full amount needed for this crucial programme. We still have some way to go yet! To donate please go

to cafod.org.uk/lent

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY A coffee morning and sale will be held in St George’s Parish Hall on June 23rd to raise funds for Friends of the Holy Land. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD CRAFT SESSIONS Our craft sessions in which we make items for the Operation Christmas child shoe boxes are taking place in the Community Room, Waitrose Super Market, London Road, Worcester WR5 2JG from 1.15pm to 3.15pm on May 9th and 23rd; June 6th and 20th; July 4th and 18th. Everyone is welcome to these sessions so please feel free to drop in during these times for part or all of the session. TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION IN HONOUR

OF OUR LADY

At Belmont Abbey, Hereford on Wednesday,

16th May starting at 9.00pm. Preacher:

Rev.Dom David Bird. Refreshments available

before procession. Abbey shop open.

General News

MARCH FOR LIFE 2018

A coach has been booked for the March for Life which will be leaving St George’s Church on Saturday, 5th May at 7.30am and departing from London at 5.30pm. There are a few seats still available so if you would like to attend please give your name to Canon Brian or one of our Deacons. Donations towards the cost of the coach would be most welcome. ACTA MEETING

Sunday, April 29th 2018. Fr Kieran

Fitzsimons and Ruby Almeida, National Chair

of Quest, ‘Welcoming our Christian LGBT

Sisters and Brothers’. 1.30pm for 2pm, till

4.00pm at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Vivian

Rd, Harborne, B17 0DN. A wonderful

opportunity to learn about the experience of

LGBT people in the church. Quest’s leader is

coming especially from London to talk to us.

Do please spread the word about this

meeting. Everyone welcome. No need to be

an ACTA member. No charge.

“THY KINGDOM COME” KINGDOM ARTS EXHIBITION - Thursday May 17th to Saturday May 19th from 11.00-4pm at St George’s Church, St George’s Square, Barbourne, WR1 1HX

MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS – May editions

of Bible Alive £2.25 : My Day by Day £1:

Sacred Heart Messenger £1.25 : All available

from the table at the back of church. Cash in

the ‘Newspapers’ box please

OLQP SCHOOL - READING VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED If there is anyone who is willing to spare a few hours a week to come into our school to hear our children read, please contact the School Office on 01905 421409 or email admin@ourlady.worcs.sch.uk to find out more. We look forward to hearing from you. PIETY STALL First Holy Communion cards and mementoes are now on sale. WEDNESDAY WORD is available at the back of Church each week and is an excellent way of preparing for Mass each Sunday. Please do take a copy.

REGINA, caeli, laetare, alleluia:

Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,

Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia.

Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia

O QUEEN of heaven rejoice! alleluia:

For He whom thou didst merit to

bear, alleluia,

Hath arisen as he said, alleluia.

Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Our Lady Queen of Peace News

“My house shall be called a house of prayer”

BEFORE MASS talk to God DURING MASS listen to God

AFTER MASS talk to each other

St George’s News

Saturday 28th Fifth Sunday of Easter

10.30 – 12.00pm 10.30 – 12.00pm 12.30pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Vigil Mass – Mary Bayliss / Russell Sagarino RIP

6.00pm St Joseph’s Vigil Mass

Sunday 29th

9.00am St George’s Mass – Antonio Constantino De Almeida RIP

10.00am St Joseph’s Mass

11.00am OLQP Mass – Pro Populo

2.00pm 5.00 -5.45pm 6.00pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s

Polish Mass Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass - Mary Copson RIP

Monday 30th Easter Feria

10.00am

St George’s Requiem Mass for Michael McGiness RIP

Tuesday 1st Easter feria

1.00pm

St George’s Good Shepherd Mass – Youth and Children

Wednesday 2nd St Anthanasius, Bishop,Doctor of the Church

12.00pm

St George’s

Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion

Thursday 3rd Ss Philip and James, Apostles

10.00am OLQP Mass – Maisie Jeffers RIP

Friday 4th English Martyrs

12.00pm St George’s Mass – Michael Mannion RIP

Saturday 5th Sixth Sunday of Easter

10.30 – 12.00pm 10.30 – 12.00pm 12.30pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Vigil Mass – Paul and Marina Silver Wedding Anniversary

4.30pm Spetchley Vigil Mass

6.00pm St Joseph’s Vigil Mass

Sunday 6th

9.00am St George’s Mass – Mary, Frank and Tom Crean RIP

10.00am St Joseph’s Mass

11.00am OLQP Mass – Bernard Grant RIP

2.00pm 5.00 -5.45pm 6.00pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s

Polish Mass Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass – Pro Populo

Liturgical Information

Saturday 5th Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

6.30pm 7.00pm

OLQP OLQP

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass – Seamus Kelly RIP

Sunday 6th

9.00am 11.00am

OLQP OLQP

Mass – People of the Parish Mass – Michael Eric Reynolds

9.15am 11.15am 12.45pm 6.00 -6.45pm 7.00pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s St George’s St George’s

Mass – People of the Parish Mass – Terry Jones RIP Polish Mass Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass - Hugh McKeon RIP

Monday 7th Feria

10.00am 12.00pm

OLQP St George’s

Service of the Word with Holy Communion Mass –

Tuesday 8th Feria

10.00am 9.00am

OLQP St George’s

Mass – Mass –

Wednesday 9th Feria

10.00am 12.00pm

OLQP St George’s

Mass – Mass–

Thursday 10th

10.00am 12.00pm

OLQP St George’s

Mass – Mass –

Friday 11th Feria

10.00am 12.00pm

OLQP St George’s

Mass – Mass –

Saturday 12th Feria

10.30 – 11.45am 10.30 – 11.45am 12.00pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass –

Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

6.30pm 7.00pm

OLQP OLQP

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass –

Sunday 13th

9.00am 11.00am

OLQP OLQP

Mass – Mass –

9.15am 11.15am 12.45pm 6.00 -6.45pm 7.00pm

St George’s St George’s St George’s St George’s St George’s

Mass – Mass – Polish Mass Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Mass -

Liturgical Information COLLECTIONS Thank you for your continued support and generosity

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE ST GEORGE’S

Gift Aid £200.00 Gift Aid £346.45

Loose Plate £216.16 Loose Plate £572.86

Total £416.16 Standing Orders £199.00

Total £1118.31

CLERGY TRAINING FUND CLERGY TRAINING FUND

Gift Aid £55.95 Gift Aid £197.15

Loose Plate £66.14 Loose Plate £197.94

Total £122.09 Total £395.09

These Parishes are part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Registered Charity No. 234216