Bulletin - 19th February 2017

Post date: Feb 17, 2017 12:50:16 PM

PARISH REGISTER – If you have changed or have a new mobile telephone number or email address please complete a Parish Register Form available at the back of church and hand to Fr. Harriott. Thank You

NEW PARISHIONERS - If you are a new member of the parish, would you please make yourself known to Fr. Harriott or a member of the Parish Council and complete a form available at the back of church.

OFFERTORIES -

LEPRA APPEAL – Raised the magnificent sum of £1028 Many Thanks

19^th Feb. 2017 - Readers – C. Gibbs & J. Craigie Ems – T. Robson, J. Kingston & V. Rooker

Tea & Coffee – Margaret & Pat

26^th Feb. 2017 - Readers – C. Dobson & J. Coulson Ems – B. Wareing, A. Hall & J. Craigie

Tea & Coffee – Susan & Sian

PARISH COUNCIL – A meeting of the Parish Council will take place in the Presbytery Dining Room today following the 9.30am Mass.

ST. PATRICK'S CEILIDH Will be held 17^th March 2017 in the Benedictine Club, all our partnership parishes have been invited, but we ask as many parishioners as possible to come along and support this social evening. Tickets £3 adults £1 children will be available after Mass. Refreshments via a shared table.

CONFIRMATIONS – Eleanor Bowden, Eire Marshall and Callum Roberts from St. John's Parish along with Rebecca Ford, Luke Hall, Kaitlyn Sherard and Sean Turner from St. Paul's Parish have enrolled as candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation later this year. Please remember all of our Deanery candidates in your prayers.

DIOCESAN NEWSLETTER – The February edition is displayed on the Noticeboard.

2017 NORTHERN CATHOLIC CALENDARS – Are on sale at the back of church Price £2.50

FUTURE EVENTS – These are detailed on the back of the Newsletter and will be mentioned on the front of the Newsletter nearer their date.

ADDITIONAL PARISH & DIOCESAN INFORMATION- can be obtained from the Parish website https://sites.google.com/site/stjohnsannitsford. Anyone experiencing problems accessing the site, please contact Jerry Laidler on 07801 452372

"A partnership is a group of parishes agreeing to work together, to share resources, both human and material, to become stronger and better equipped for furthering the Kingdom of God".

Bishop Séamus

As you may have already read and heard, the proposal we submitted was approved with the added bonus of partnering with Sacred Heart, North Gosforth. This is a momentous decision for us all and everyone in our partnership is very excited at the prospect of developing and building our communities together.

There are four partnerships within our Northumberland Vicariate of which all proposals were accepted with ours referenced as Vicaraiate-4 (A4).

The Diocesan FTiH team will be providing further guidance in due course but their immediate ask is that we ‘Think People’. They tell us that:

“…Partnerships are about people, communities and relationships. An important aspect of the early stage of forming a partnership is for people to get to know each other better. Perhaps it is worth thinking about and discussing how you might start to do this across your area …”

To that end this is why the partnership is holding a get together by having a ceilidh …

... please read on J

St. Patrick’s Night Ceilidh for All the Community - Friday 17^th March @7:30pm:

To celebrate our new partnerships and bring communities together and raise money for CAFOD, St. Johns Youth Council are organising a Ceilidh with live band on

Friday 17th March at the Benedictine club at 7:30pm.

Tickets £3 per adult £1 Children - shared table - All will be welcome, especially families.

+ Tickets are on SALE NOW at the back of church +

+ Please support this partnership event +

All in our partnership would like to thank the Benedictine Catholic Social Club for supporting and getting this event off the ground as they are an integral part of our community.

Further Announcements & Events:

Walking Together in Hope – The Diocesan FTiH team are organising a walk along Cuddy’s Corse on Sunday 19th March to celebrate St Cuthbert’s Day. Details will be finalised shortly but the outline plan is to start the walk (at Chester-le-Street) late morning/early afternoon, have a prayer service and a break at Finchale Priory and conclude at St Cuthbert’s tomb in Durham Cathedral. Overall, this is an 8-mile route but there will be opportunities to join just for the prayer service – or to do part of the walk too. To register your interest or to request further information please e-mail us on hope@diocesehn.org.uk (0191 243 3304). We hope to organise transport for all in our partnership once final details and timings come from the Diocese FTiH team.

Galilee Talks - Saturday 4th March 2017 at 11 am at St. Mary's, Hexham - Catholic Education: why bother?

A Talk by Mr. Joe Hughes - Refreshments available from 10.30 am. All are welcome