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WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 14th June - 10am First Holy Communion Mass, 4.15pm Confession, 5pm Mass
Sunday 15th June - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
WEEK OF 16th June
Monday 16th June - 9.30am Whole School Mass with Bishop Richard
Tuesday 17th June - 11am Mass, 7.30pm Rosary
Wednesday 19th June - Church closed
Thursday 20th June - 11am Mass
Friday 21st June - 11am Mass
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 22nd June - 5pm Mass
Sunday 23rd June - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 3.15pm Confirmation Youth Alpha, 5pm Youth Mass
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Fr Simon gave a talk on "The Paschal Mystery – a reflection on Jesus Christ as the wounded healer” recently in Guildford. Take the time to Read Fr Simon's Talk
Most Holy Trinity C
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As the Implementation of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan comes ever nearer and the picture becomes clearer as to how the liturgical and pastoral provision will change, it seems likely we will have a closer relationship with the communities of Holy Family (Heath End) and Holy Angels (Ash). As such, Fr. Robin and I have decided that this weekend (and for this one weekend only) we would do a ‘pulpit swap’. Fr. Robin, therefore, will celebrate the Sunday Masses at Joan of Arc and I will celebrate the Sunday Masses at Holy Family and Holy Angels.
As such, not to ‘steal his thunder’, I will leave it to Fr. Robin to explain the Holy Trinity to you! What we can say, however, is that we were baptised into the Trinity ‘in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’ and evoke the ‘one God in three persons’ every time we pray, for the ‘sign of the cross’ expresses the Trinitarian nature of our prayer to the Father, through the Son, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. For a deeper statement of faith on the Most Holy Trinity, I would refer you to the ‘Athanasian Creed’ also called the ‘Quicunque Vult’.
On Monday 16th June, Bishop Richard visits St Polycarp’s school to bless the new hall and will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving in St Joan’s Church at 9.30am. We are grateful for his time, as Monday is the Feast of St Richard of Chichester, secondary patron of our diocese and Bishop Richard needs to be in Chichester later in the day for the annual celebrations.
The Prayer of St Richard of Chichester
Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ for all the benefits thou have given me, for all the pains and insults thou have borne for me. O most merciful Redeemer, friend and brother, may I know you more clearly, love you more dearly, follow you more nearly, day by day.
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