Plymouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust - Registered Charity No. 213227
EASTER TRIDUUM SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL :
13 Apr: Maundy Thursday 7pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
& Watch until Midnight
14 Apr: Good Friday
9am Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
11am Ecumenical Stations of the Cross
(starting at St Peter’s CE)
3pm Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion
15 Apr: Holy Saturday
9am Office of Readings & Morning Prayer
8pm Easter Vigil Mass
16 Apr: Easter Sunday
8am, 10am and 6pm Easter Mass
CHRIST THE KING
16 Apr: Easter Sunday
9am Easter Mass
ST JOSEPH’S
16 Apr: Easter Sunday
11am Easter Mass
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
It is a moving experience each year on Palm Sunday as we go up
the mountain with Jesus, towards the Temple, accompanying him
on his ascent. But what are we really doing when we join this
procession as part of the throng which went up with Jesus to Jerusalem and hailed him as King of Israel? Does it have anything to
do with the reality of our life and our world? To answer this, we
must first be clear about what Jesus himself wished to do and
actually did. He was journeying towards the Temple in the Holy
City, towards that place which for Israel ensured in a particular
way God’s closeness to his people. The ultimate goal of his pilgrimage was the heights of God himself; to those heights he wanted to lift every human being. Our procession today is meant, then,
to be an image of something deeper, to reflect the fact that, together with Jesus, we are setting out on pilgrimage along the high
road that leads to the living God. (Pope Benedict XVI)
CHRISM MASS IN THE CATHEDRAL
WEDNESDAY, 12TH APRIL AT 12 NOON
During this Mass, which the Bishop celebrates with his presbyterium, the oils are blessed, manifesting the unity and communion
of the priests with their Bishop. Priests gather and concelebrate,
coming from different parts of the diocese. Thus is manifest in a clear
way the unity of the priesthood and the sacrifice of Christ living on in
the Church. Everyone is invited to attend this important ceremony.
The Mass will be filmed and should be available on the Diocesan
website by Thursday lunchtime. You may like to put this in your bulletins this weekend for those who cannot come to the Cathedral.
HOLY WEEK - Year A Psalter 2 - Mass times & intentions
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF: all
those who have died recently and those whose anniversaries
occur at this time.
May they rest in peace and their family and friends be comforted.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
sick
and housebound: Baby Anaiya Down, Fynn
Fleming,
CATHEDRAL PARISH APPEAL. We need around £2,000 a week to
cover the running expenditure of the three churches. We appreciate that
for many families money is scarce but if everyone increased their giving
by just £1 and also where possible sign up to the envelope planned giving
system. Our £20,000 deficit would quickly disappear. We do greatly appreciate everybody’s generosity to date in these stringent times.
Collection for Holy Places on Good Friday.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION ENVELOPES. Please collect your offertory envelopes from the back of the church as you leave today.
Collections at Easter Masses
As is customary, collections at Easter Masses are our
personal gift to the clergy. Please use one of the special Easter Envelopes you will find at the back of the
church (in the Cathedral narthex). Thank you.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
in the cathedral
Mon - Thurs 9.30am - 4 pm ending with Rosary and Evening
prayer, Friday: 9.30am - 7pm , Saturday: 10.30am - 4pm.
During Holy Week the Exposition will be on Monday and Tuesday only.
FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY
SUNDAY, 23rd APRIL
IN THE CATHEDRAL AT 3PM
This most special feast, which was requested by
Jesus Christ Himself is to be celebrated on the 1st
Sunday after Easter. The Amazing Promise of
Jesus—“The soul that will go to confession and
receive Holy Communion (on this day) shall obtain
forgiveness of sins and punishment” (II, 138).
Confessions will be heard throughout the ceremony and after. This should be accompanied by trust
in God’s mercy and some deed of mercy towards one’s neighbour by
word or prayer.
There will be no Vespers on that day.
CATHEDRAL/BISHOP’S HOUSE
RENOVATION
The cost to the parish, of the repairs to the guttering,
stone work, windows, chimneys and architectural fees,
is £108,000. Please be as generous as you can. All
contributions help clear the debt. Thank you for your
generosity. Monsignor Bart
£108,000
£19.715.49
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
POŚWIĘCENIE POKARMÓW
w Plymouth odbędzie się w Wielką Sobotę w
Katedrze w godzinach: 13.00, 13.30 i 14.00.
First Sacraments
Next class: Tuesday 18th April,
4.15pm -5.15pm (term-time only)
BLESSING OF EASTER FOOD
in accordance with the Polish tradition: Holy
Saturday, 1pm, 1.30pm and 2pm in the Cathedral
Confirmation
Next class: Friday 21st April 2017,
4.30-5.30pm (term-time only)
New candidates will need to join the new group
that will start in November, 2017
SPUC Plymouth branch would like to draw your attention to the
RCIA
Next class: Friday TBA
7.30pm (after 7pm Mass)
To enrol on any of the Sacramental
Preparation courses, please contact
01752 662537
[email protected]
with your name, address and tel. number.
PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN
PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
led by Bishop Mark O’Toole
27 May—2 June 2017.
Cost: £779pp. Tour Operator: Joe
Walsh Tours tel. 0203 468 0617,
[email protected]
Plymouth Deanery Penitential Services during Lent:
Plympton—Tuesday 11 April at 6.30pm
PALM SUNDAY We are giving out extra palm
crosses and prayer cards on Palm Sunday for
friends and family that can't get to Church. Please
take an extra palm cross on Palm Sunday as you go
into Church so that it can be blessed, and then take
a prayer card on the way out. Give it to a family
member or friend so that they too can enter into the
spiritual journey of Holy Week.
Total collection for
CAFOD
Fast Day: £1,140.95
Africa Appeal: £2,760.14
following Actions: Saturday 29th April, 11.00 am to 1.00 pm. ProLife Chains (Silent Witness) along the pavement edge in Exeter
Street, Plymouth (near Dunelm Mill). 2017 marks 50 years of legalised killing of unborn babies in England & Wales. 20th May, March
for Life in Birmingham: coach leaving St Peter’s Catholic Church,
Crownhill at 8.00 am. Leaving Birmingham at 5.00 pm. Cost £20.00
per person. Donations gratefully accepted to cover cost of coach
hire. SPUC/LIFE Joint Petition to strip Marie Stopes of its licence to
carry out abortions launched following a CQC Please sign the petition against this callous disregard for both babies and women. Further info. from: Chris Hudson, Tel. (01752) 224018 SPUC Plymouth
Fatima Prayer Group Cathedral
Prayer group to promote the message of Our
Lady of Fatima for the 100th Anniversary of the
apparitions.
The first meeting will begin on Saturday 13th
May after the 10am Mass with an introduction to the group
and future prayer meetings which are to be held on 2nd, 3rd
& 4th Saturday of each month at 11am. Under the direction
of Monsignor Bart Nannery and with the help of Timothy
Tindal-Robertson from the World Apostolate of Fatima, the
group will be lead by Andrew Proctor. Saturday, 13th May
2017 Pope Francis will be in Fatima to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Our Lady’s first apparition to Blessed Jacinta,
Blessed Francisco and Lucy.
Fatima story—film in the Cathedral Centre
Fatima DVD ‘Little Shepherds’ will be shown in the Cathedral
Centre on Tuesday, 25th April 2017 at 7pm. Everyone interested in hearing the story of our Lady’s appearing to the little
shepherds again, will be most welcome. As you have probably seen, in the Catholic press, Pope Francis has said he will
canonize Jacinta and Francisco later this year.
Regular events in St Joseph’s Church, Devonport
W Kościele Świętego Józefa Devonport
The Way the Truth and the Life. Diocese of Plymouth Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
Sun, 6 May 2018 to Thurs, 17th May 2018. Join Fr
Philip Austen and Bishop Mark escorting you along
El Camino, the ancient Way of St James. Cost £899
per person, contact the parish office in Exmouth
01395 263384, [email protected].
Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament -6.30-7.30pm each
Wednesday . Adoration prayer both in Polish and English. Everyone is invited to attend. Wystawienie Najświętszego Sakramentu - Od 18.30 do 19.30, w każdą środę.
Proclaiming Christ to the World
Dr Caroline Farey, Director of Studies at the
School of the Annunciation
Rosary group led by Polish people -Tuesdays at 6pm. All are
welcome. Modlitwa Różańcowa w języku Polskim w każdy
wtorek o godzine 18.00. Zapraszamy na wspólną modlitwę.
6 May - Dorchester 10am-12.30pm Holy Trinity Parish Centre, 13 May - Truro 11am-1.30pm Our Lady
of the Portal Church (Mass at 10.00am) 20 May—
Exeter 10am-1pm St Nicholas’ RC School. For information contact: 01752 701660
No charge, everyone welcome to attend.
'Salt and Light' gathering. This group welcomes all who would
like to meet informally for social time with shared refreshments
(these are provided free of charge) and concludes with an optional prayer time in the church reflecting on a scripture passage.
The gathering is from 3-5pm on the first Sunday of the month.
Please join us for 15 minutes or for the whole time. All welcome.
Prayer in Polish— 8pm every first Saturday of each month.
Nabożeństwo do Matki Boskiej w języku Polskim w każdą
pierwszą sobotę miesiąca o godz. 20.00.