MASS TIMES

can be found here or please see Newsletter for details

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF

Maureen Wasson RIP her funeral will take place on Thurs 23rd May at 10.30am at St Joseph’s, followed at Surrey and Sussex Crematorium

Carmel Peaston RIP her funeral will take place on Wed 5th June at 10.30am at St Joseph’s, followed at Redstone Cemetery

Please remember them and their families in your prayers

COLLECTIONS

Retiring Collection next weekend : World Communication Day

Thank you for your generosity

World Communications Day is next Sunday 12th May. We are asked to pray for those who work in the media. A retiring collection will be taken to support the work of the Bishops’ Conference Media Office, which promotes the Church’s message in the local, regional, national and inter-national mass media, and helps journalists to a better un-derstanding of the Church’s activities and witness.

DIARY & NOTICES

Thank you to our confirmation candidates and their families who organized the cake sale last weekend and raised over £600 for the Cafod Emergency Sudan appeal.

Repository at St Joseph’s Church. Please come and browse our stock. With Confirmation & Holy Communion soon, we have Mass missals, rosary beads, medals, prayer cards, ordinary cards, and more. The new larger missals with readings will be out at the beginning of Advent this year. Open before and after Saturday and Sunday Mass.

International Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians Sunday, 5 May 2024 The International Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians is celebrated annually on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. It offers an opportunity for Eastern and Western Christians to come together to pray for peace in the world – especially in the Middle East.

Lets ask the Spirit for the gifts of priests’ The diocese has produced leaflets, available at the back of the Churches, called: A Month of Prayer for Vocations. These outline an intention for each of the coming weeks and provides a ‘prayer itinerary’ for this journey to Pentecost.

Rosary and Prayers for Vocations will be prayed at St Teresa’s following Monday morning Mass until the end of May; all are welcome to join, or pray at home at the same time.

Rosary Group – Tuesdays at St Joseph’s from 7pm – 8pm.

Adoration on Wednesdays (7pm) at St Joseph’s is suspended for the next 7 weeks as the group leaders attend a diocesan course. Thank you for your understanding.

Our Parish Sunday Lunch: next Sunday 12th May from 12.30pm in the St Joseph’s PNL Centre, hosted by our Choir. All welcome, no need to book, BYO drinks. If you could help host a lunch please contact the parish office.

Ask your MP to support the abortion time limit reduction amendment and oppose abortion up to birth Support an amendment to lower the abortion time limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks and oppose two abortion up to birth amendments. Take action: Collect a postcard from the back of the church and post it to your MP in support of this amendment! Email your MP by visiting righttolife.org.uk/littlefighters and righttolife.org.uk/uptobirth before the debate on Wednesday 15 May.

St Joseph’s Preschool will be holding a Spring Fayre on Saturday 18th May 11am – 2pm – note it in you diary.

Parish International Mass & Gathering May 19th 11 am Mass at St. Joseph’s Church, celebrating the diversity of our parish community. Everyone is invited to wear traditional costumes and we will have multilingual bidding prayers . Following mass, there will be international food festival and entertainment. If you would like to participate by reading, preparing a multilingual bidding prayer and/or food prepa-ration for this exciting event, contact the parish office.  

The Promise of the Father – continues and you can catch up online https://www.catholicparishofworthingandlancing.co.uk/the-promise-of-the-father/ 

PNL Book + Circle: Next meets after the 10am Mass on Friday May 24th – our chosen book is the 2018 revised edition of Denis McBride’s “The Road to Emmaus and Beyond: A journey from Easter to Pentecost”. All welcome.

Worth Abbey Gathering – Everyone is invited to Worth Abbey from 11.00am – 4.30pm on Saturday 1st June for a social and spiritual day with Worth Abbey Pilgrims, Join in guided walks, monastic prayer, children’s activities. BYO lunch, admission free; please register your attendance at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/worthabbey

Save the Date! Please continue prayers for Deacons Eddie Hopkins and Gustavo Campenello of our Diocese who are making final preparations for ordination to the priesthood on Sat 22 June at 14:30 in Arundel Cathedral 

Friday 28th June Quiz Night (run by Reigate Catenians) in the Parish Centre at St Josephs, funds for A&B Diocese Lourdes ‘Red Shirts’. All welcome. More details to follow.

Live Life to the Full Summer Camp for young people in School years 7-11. The Lay Community of St Benedict are running a residential event for young people. With opportunities for inspiring talks, uplifting prayer, fun activities and space to just be this Summer camp will help your faith soar! 20-24 August at Worth Abbey. Contact Pete for more information E: lcsb.pete@gmail.com. Early bird prices available before 30th June

Thinking about becoming a Catholic, or maybe want to be confirmed as an adult? We run informal ‘Come and see’ sessions looking at different aspects of our faith. Please contact the parish office for more information

Church Library – a number of religious books have been donated to the parish and are available at the entrance of St Joseph’s—please feel free to browse and borrow at no cost any that may be of interest – return them afterwards!

Parents, Babies and Toddlers Group – meet during term time on Wednesdays at 10.30am in the St Joseph’s PNL Centre. 

The Saturday Group is a social group for adults and we meet at St Joseph’s, Saturdays 3pm—5.15pm. Please join us for a chat, games, a drink, & sometimes even singing

The January 2024 issue of the Parish Justice & Peace Newsletter is available here: https://thenativityofthelord.org.uk/news/newsletters/justice-peace

Yellow Bucket Collection. The parish donations to the food bank at St Matthew’s Redhill are very welcome. https://www.redhillfoodbank.org.uk/how-can-i-help.

CAFOD: Pope Benedict XVI said that “Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace.” For decades CAFOD has spoken out against injustice. To find out more please go to cafod.org.uk/ latestcampaigns

Caritas Social Action Network, in partnership with St John of God Hospitaller Service an international Catholic Charity are matching Ukrainian people displaced by the brutal war in their country with people in the Catholic community willing to host them in their homes for six months. If you have room in your home and in your heart to consider welcoming a stranger then we’d love to hear from you. Please visit https://sjog-homesforukraine.uk

For Information on SVP help, Telephone Support and Care of the Sick in the Parish, please click here.

DIOCESAN RUN EVENTS

Youth Ministry Training: at the St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley 18th May. Do you want to see more young people in your Parish? Sign up for the Diocesan two day Youth Ministry training course. Be inspired, encouraged and equipped for the new era of mission that we find ourselves in. E: lizzie.wakeling@abdiocese.org.uk

please also see the Diocesan website or click here

DO YOU SHOP ONLINE? AND WISH TO HELP PNL? If you shop online at no cost to you a small donation can be made to the parish for each purchase you make! All you need do is enter your details by going to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/pnl and clicking ‘Support us for free’. Then, when shopping online, you will be asked if you want to claim a donation for PNL. Click ‘Claim Donation’ and a small percentage of what you spend will be sent to our Parish Development Fund. So, please get clicking. Thank you.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word is returning!, during the 11am Mass at St Joseph’s. To comply with diocesan safeguarding rules we must adhere to the appropriate adult/child ratios meaning limited numbers; each child must have a consent form pre-filled by their parent or guardian, and a registration of children attending is required for each session. We are starting the sessions on an ad hoc basis with volunteers who are all DBS checked, with hopes of increasing frequency when more volunteers come forward. We welcome anybody who would like to volunteer, please get in touch. For more information contact pnlchildliturgy@gmail.com and to give consent for each child go to: https://forms.gle/XJgWreVksmvK7Pwv9

Resources for families and faith a revamped website offers many fun and helpful ways to develop faith – you might like to take a look: www.colourandshapeonline.com

Thinking of getting married, congratulations! A reminder; Bishop Richard calls for a minimum of 12 months’ notice for Marriages planned to take place in a Catholic Church to allow for the necessary preparation & paperwork.

Marriage Care write to say: Please encourage your parishioners to seek support if they are experiencing relationship distress. Our professional relationship counselling service is provided on a donation-only basis and seeking help at whatever stage can make a real difference. You can find out more and book counselling sessions at www.marriagecare.org.uk

SAFEGUARDING IN THE PARISH Some roles in the parish require volunteers to have a DBS check which are renewed every 3 years. Katie Jones, our Safeguarding Rep, will be contacting people if a re-check is needed. However if you are in a role in the parish and have not had a recheck or if you have any query on the DBS process please contact Katie on 01737 761017.

Please note our parish safeguarding has a new email address: sg1.pnl@abdiocese.org.uk

BEQUESTS THANK YOU We are very grateful that a number of parishioners from our three churches have assisted our parish by gifting a donation to the parish in their wills. A sheet has been prepared by the diocese outlining the wording that should be used for this. It also includes information on Foundation Masses and bequests to our diocese. If you would like more information please contact the parish office

The Catechism of the Catholic Church How can you deepen your Catholic faith without going on a course or sitting down and reading the whole book from cover to cover? The answer is that each week we are publishing short extract summaries from the Catechism of the Catholic Church which have been thematically arranged in bite-size chunks that take no more than 10 minutes to read. Teach yourself and deepen your faith: click here to take you to our feature paged