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Week Commencing: Saturday 19th February 2022
Day Place Time Service Intention
Sat 19th Feb
7th Sunday
in Ordinary
Time
Sun 20th Feb
HTB
HTB
SJD
SMW
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SJD
HTB
SJW
11.00am
3.00pm
4.00pm
5.30pm
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8.30am
10.00am
11.30am
Holy Rosary
Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
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Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
Sarah & John Burke RIP
John McConnell RIP
Win Reeves RIP
Val Waddell RIP
Special Intention
Patsy McLaughlin RIP
Mon SMW 10.00am Mass followed by Coffee Nan Morris RIP
Tues
SJD
SJW
Online
6.00pm
8.00pm
No Mass
Parish Surgery
Sycamore
Wed SJW 11.30am Mass followed by Soup James Smith RIP
Thurs SMW
SJD
11.00am
No Mass
Holy Rosary
Fri
HTB
HTB
10.00am
10.30am
Adoration
Mass followed by coffee
Rene & Bill Corkindale RIP
Sat 26th Feb
8th Sunday
in Ordinary
Time
Sun27th Feb
HTB
HTB
SJD
SMW
———
SJD
HTB
SJW
11.00am
3.00pm
4.00pm
5.30pm
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8.30am
10.00am
11.30am
Holy Rosary
Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
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Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
Mass of Sunday
Monsignor John Henslin RIP Jack Smith Birthday
Karen RIP
James & Edith Robinson RIP Fr. Casey RIP
Arthur Dutton RIP
Confessions: Available after weekday masses. Please notify the priest before Mass that you
wish to make use of the Sacrament. Or by appointment.
Second Collection this week: Building Funds
Second Collection next week: Building Funds
The St. John Henry Newman Cluster
Four Churches - One Faith Family
www.stnewmancluster.org
01902 452841
Father Craig Fullard (Parish Priest)
Holy Trinity, Bilston
St. Joseph’s, Darlaston
St. Mary's, Willenhall
St. Joseph’s, Wolves
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Ash Wednesday Masses (2nd March)
7.00am at HTB 10.00am at SMW
11.30am at SJW 7.00pm at SJD
Dare to Dream..
...Reaching Outwards
An Update on our Cluster initiatives
re: community engagement and
outreach. We will also discuss what
charities we will support in Lent.
Join and find out what we are up to!
Meeting:
Monday 21st Feb. via Zoom
Meeting ID: 849 3889 7880
Passcode: 735336
Can’t zoom but want to know more
then have a chat with me
(contact via Cluster Office).
God Bless, Lynne Richards
Charity Auction Friday 18th March at
St. Joseph’s Club, Wolverhampton In aid of Compton Care
Message from Fr. George…
“ I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
last September and had surgery before
Christmas, which was only partly successful.
I am just starting chemotherapy to be able
to have another operation.
I have good days and not so good ones,
and have lost over two stones in weight,
though I recommend better ways to do so!
Many thanks for all your prayers and I ask
that to keep them up please”.
God bless, Fr. George.
( I know that we will all want to send Fr. George
our love and prayers, and as so many of you
have said - we look forward to seeing him back
at Mass as soon as he is able to do so. Fr. Craig )
There will be a Choir Practice on Friday
March 4th at 7pm at Holy Trinity
Church - new members welcome!
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In years 7 - 13 at school ? Got ideas to share? We want to hear them!
Pizza, fun and have your say! Sun 27th February, Holy Trinity Bilston.
3 - 5pm
If your interested please get in touch via facebook/
twitter or [email protected],uk
Consent forms to be filled in ahead of the session.
Youth Forum!
The St. Newman Cluster
wants to hear your views!
Please note change of time!
Thursday’s at 7.00pm
How do you make God laugh….
Tell him your plans!
It’s certainly felt like that for the last couple of years both for me as
a Priest and on personal level as well. I’m sure that you can all
concur on different levels. That rainbow seems to be starting to
shine through in our country (Please Lord - may it shine brighter),
though in other parts of the world the pandemic is still affecting
people’s lives in traumatic ways—lots to pray about.
Even my plans for my recent retreat/pilgirmage were changed, the two priests whom I
was meant to be travelling with couldn't because of covid at the last minute. God had other
ideas about how I was to spend the five days and it was a blessed time in other ways.
Upon returning home I was informed that my operation will have to be delayed.
In all of this it’s important for me to remember that it’s God’s timing and God’s plans that are
important and my duty is to seek to be at one with them, just as St. Francis of Assisi did. I was
privileged to offer mass in Assisi last week and you were all very much prayed for. May we
in our own ways seek to ‘rebuild the church’ in our Cluster as we prepare for the Great
celebration of the Resurrection. May we together listen to Holy Spirit at work today - talking of
which don’t forget to hand back any completed Synod Questionnaires you might have!
Later on in the bulletin you will be able to read about some the ways in which we are going
to help each other, as a faith family, spiritually reach upwards this Lent. Start preparing now
for how you are going to keep a Holy Lent. More next week on our reaching outwards this
Lent. Let’s together move forward in faith, hope and love. God Bless, Fr. Craig
Friday 4th March
at 1.30pm in
St. Lawrence's,
Anyone interested
in helping, come
along on 21st February
at 2.00pm in
St. Lawrence's Hall.
Parish Sacramental Preparation!
No class this coming week due to half term,
then we are back on 28th February for the final
teaching session . Then we will have one final
class Mon 28th March 6:30pm at SJW ahead of
their reconciliation on Thursday 31st March.
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Fridays in Lent
Sundays in Lent
Journeying together through Lent . . .
A five week ‘get together’ to reflect on we can live a good Lent now
and how Holy Week effects our lives today..
Where? St. Joseph’s, Darlaston When? 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Each session will include:
Prayer, Gospel Reading, Time for Reflection & Sharing
Participation by Zoom will be possible: Meeting ID: 873 8157 9423 Passcode: 541136
Sunday 6th March - Lent: Pray + Fast + Give How can we live the three pillars of Lent today?
Sunday 13th March - God’s Love + Forgiveness What does it mean to be reconciled with God and our neighbour?
Sunday 20th March - Eucharist + Priesthood + Service How does the Last Super help us to serve today?
Sunday 27th March - The Cross & A Mother’s Loss How did Jesus’ suffering change our suffering and loss?
Sunday 3rd April - Light + Hope What does it mean to be an ‘Easter People’ today?
Adoration at 6.30pm &
Stations of the Cross at 7.15pm 4th March - SJW 11th March - SJD
18th March - HTB 25th March - SJD
1st April - SJW 8th April - HTB
Stations of the Cross
at 9.20am
Each Friday of Lent at
St. Mary's, Willenhall
Wednesdays in Lent
Online Lent Chat reflecting on
some themes in the book & film
‘The Shack’ at 8 - 8.45pm via Zoom
9th March - How do we view God?
23rd March - Where is God ?
6th April - Do we need to let go?
The book can be ordered via
Amazon or the film watched on You
Tube or Netflix. Zoom Meeting
ID: 875 1265 2721 Passcode: 750876
Mass at 7.00am
Holy Trinity,
Bilston.
Followed by
breakfast bars
& Coffee
Reaching Upwards
Things we are doing spiritually in addition to our weekly routine this Lent
Rosary at 11.00am
St. Joseph’s,
Wolverhampton.
Followed by Mass at
11.30am & Soups at
12noon (Money from
which donated to our
Lenten charity)
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Essential Cluster Information Parish Priest: Father Craig Fullard (01902 452841) Cluster Deacon: Rev Mr Maxcel Biakai Ngamsha
Cluster Retired Priests: Fr. George Grynowski & Fr. John Greatbatch
Cluster Office: St. Joseph’s Presbytery, Stowheath Lane, Wolves. WV1 2QN.
Cluster Tel: 01902 452841 Cluster Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stnewmancluster.org
Cluster Safeguarding Reps: Katy Carthy, Theresa Price, Jan Rollason, Irene Gutteridge, Mike Harvey
Cluster Schools: Holy Rosary (HRSC) : 01902 878440 Holy Trinity (HTSC): 01902 558977
St. Joseph’s (SJSC): 0121 568 6496 St. Thomas More Secondary: 01902 368798
Mass Intentions: Mass envelopes at the back of each church
Cluster Church Address (For Sat Nav):
St. Mary's, Leveson St. Willenhall. WV13 1DA St. Joseph’s, Willenhall Road. WV1 2QN
Holy Trinity, Oxford St. Bilston WV14 0PX St. Joseph’s, Church St. Darlaston. WS10 8DY
The Cluster Churches are part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity Number 234216
How Can I support the work of our
Cluster Financially.
Standing Order (this is the most cost effective way for
the parish to receive donations). A standing order
means that your bank pays the parish directly a set
amount each week or month, enabling a secure and
direct transfer. You can set up a standing order either
by filling in a standing order form which you can collect
from the Cluster Office for the individual church bank
details and arranging a standing order directly with the
bank.
Planned Giving
If you prefer to make your offerings to the parish using
cash, it is often helpful to use the planned giving enve-
lopes. This gives you privacy in making your offerings,
and you can set aside a particular sum of money each
week to place in our envelopes
Online
You can donate via our website, from your home, by
visiting the cluster website & clicking on the donation
page. You can make donations to the parish of your
choice.
Donation by Credit/ Debt Card at the back of each
church.
You can use your credit/debit cards in the contactless/
chip and pin terminals in church.
Gift Aid
For those who are tax payers, making a Gift Aid
declaration enables the parish to claim back tax that
has been paid. This means that for every £1 that you
give to the Cluster, the parish you choose receives
an additional 25p in reclaimed tax.
The Cluster Prayer Loving and Merciful Father, bless,
we pray, our cluster of communities.
May we always seek your will &,
united in our endeavours,
may we proclaim your love to the world
and glorify you in all that we do.
We make this our prayer in the power
of the Spirit and through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Cluster Vision
Our vision is to be a Cluster of communities
which are faithful to the mission
entrusted to us by Jesus Christ,
full of missionary disciples who work
together co-responsibly in vibrant
communities of faith, joyful in their service
of God and neighbour.
Dates for the Diary...
18th Mar Auction Night (Compton Care)
12th Mar Jumble Sale (SMW)
25th Mar Jumble Sale (HTB)
16th Apr Easter Vigil Party & Fireworks
(SJD)
18th Apr Focolare Easter Family Party
(HTB)
8th May May Devotions (SMW)
14th May Diocesan Day Pilgirmage
to Walsingham (Cluster Coach)
27th May Race Night at Parish Club (SJW)
3rd Jun Queen’s Jubilee Afternoon
Teas, Stalls & Song of Praise (SJD)
9th Jul Cluster Candlelight Dinner (HTB)
23rd Jul Summer Fair (SJW)
25th Jul Cluster Pilgirmage to Assisi &
Rome
11th Sep Autumn Fair (SMW)
9th Oct Feast Day of Parish Patron
& Sponsored Walk