Trinity News Newsletter of Holy Trinity Parish, Plymouth

26 August 2018 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B

Saturday 25 August 5.30pm St Paul’s Maria Vassallo RIP

Sunday 26 August 9.00am Holy Family Maria Keith RIP

10.30am Holy Redeemer Fdn Ann Collier RIP

Weekday Masses

Friday 31 August 10.00am Holy Family

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B

Saturday 1 September 5.30pm St Paul’s Monica Wyche RIP

Sunday 2 September 9.00am Holy Family For the people

10.30am Holy Redeemer John, Dai, Ian, Ivor, Matt, Roy, Jason RIP

Holy Trinity Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth which is a registered charity (213227)

Parish Priest Arriving in September

Parish Secretary Fiona Lang

PARISH OFFICE 6 Pemros Road St Budeaux Plymouth, PL5 1NE

Parish Office hours Monday—Friday 9am—3pm

Telephone 01752 361161

Email plymouth-holytrinity@prcdtr.org.uk

Website ww.holytrinityplymouth.co.uk

Safeguarding Representatives Fiona Lang Pat Morris Kathy Turvey

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Catholic Children’s Society Annual Collection

THIS WEEKEND

We thank Fr Jacek for celebrating Mass with us during August. Next weekend we will welcome our new parish priest, Fr Petroc, to Holy Trinity Parish.

In our prayers this week Please pray for the repose of the souls of: RIP: Mary Sugden

Anniversaries of parishioners: Margaret Pocock, Hannah Healy, Don Dwyer, Patrick O’Halloran, Roseanne Loftus, Joseph Schembri

Anniversaries of clergy: Father Bernard Tracy, Father Desmond Haslehurst, Father Michael O’Reilly, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.

May they rest in peace

Intercession for Clergy Please pray for our Diocesan Clergy: Mon: William Muir CJ Tue: Edward Pondel SCJ Wed: Cieran McGuinness MAfr Thu: Chacko Panathara CM Fri: Cadoc Leighton OPraem Sat: Gilmour McDermott

Extraordinary Form Mass St Edward the Confessor, Home Park Avenue, Peverell. Every Sunday at 11.30am

Marjon Memory Café At Marjon University every other Wednesday. The café is run by students and staff of the university, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Society.

Pope’s Intentions August 2018 Universal—The Treasure of Families That any far-reaching decisions of economists and politicians may protect the family as one of the treasures of humanity.

Welcome Whether you are a regular at our Mass or a visitor to our city we hope that your visit here is spiritually fruitful. Please ask one of our Welcomers or contact the parish office if we can help you in any way.

Sick parishioners Please tell the parish priest or the parish office if you know of someone in the parish who is in need of a visit.

Newsletter Deadline for articles for the newsletter is 4pm on Wednesdays. Please get in touch with the parish office by email or phone.

Parish Giving 19 August 2018 £475.09 Thank you!

Getting married? Congratulations! Please give us at least six months notice if you are planning to marry in the Church.

Baptism If either yourself or your partner is a practicing Catholic and you would like your children to be baptised then please contact the parish office for details of our short course.

Parish Schools St Paul’s Catholic Primary School Pemros Road, Plymouth Telephone 01752 365459 Email: admin @stpaulsplymouth.com

Keyham Barton Catholic School Renown Street, Plymouth Telephone 01752 567684 Email: keyam.barton.rc.primary.school @plymouth.gov.uk

Regular Events in the Parish

Divine Mercy Prayer Group Meets every third Sunday at 6pm in Holy Redeemer Church. Everyone is welcome to join us. Next meeting: 16 Sep

Holy Hour at St Paul’s The first Sunday of each month at 6pm. Please come and join us. Next Holy Hour: TBC (in September)

Soup and Scripture Third Thursday of each month at 20 Whiteford Road, Mannamead, Plymouth PL3 5DL. Contact Joanna Price on 07759 114507.

Evangelisation Group Help spread the word of God. We meet on a Wednesday at Holy Redeemer Presbytery. Contact: Mark Mesley 07789 274679. Next meeting: Wed 26 Sep at 7pm

Ignatian Prayer Group Meets in Holy Family Church Hall on Beacon Park Road. Everyone is welcome and refreshments are provided. We meet on a Friday at 10.45am and on a Monday at 7.30pm. If you’d like more information please contact Joanna Price on 07759 114507. Next meeting:

Catholic Youth Club If you are aged between 11 and 17 then please come and join us in Holy Family Church Hall on Thursdays between 6.30pm and 8.30pm. We meet every Thursday during term time.

Rosary Come and pray the Rosary with us:

Fridays after the 10.00am Mass at Holy Family Church and

Wednesday at 9.00am at Holy Redeemer Church. Everyone is very welcome.

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Join us at Christ the King where we have the opportunity to adore Christ in the Eucharist from Tuesday mornings, right through to Friday mornings, 24 hours a day during this time. If you are able to take part, permanently or as an occasional substitute, please contact 01752 662537 or email plymoutheateam@gmail.com.

Wedding invitation! Alannah Smith (daughter of Diana Smith) is marrying James Thomas on Saturday 8th September in St Paul's Church at 2.30pm. All parishioners are most welcome to attend the ceremony.

Grants for School Transport If your child will be attending a Catholic school in the Diocese in the next academic year and you wish to apply for a grant from the School Transport Fund, please contact the parish office as we have the form you will need to complete.

Grants are allocated on a need basis and forms should be returned to the parish office before the end of August.

Put a Smile on a Child’s Face Please give generously today towards the work of the Catholic Children’s Society and keep them and their beneficiaries in your prayers. Your love, kindness and generosity will make a difference. Thank you. Remember, Gift Aid your donation if you can!

Year Books If you would like a Diocesan Year Book for 2019 can you please contact the parish office. We will be ordering them soon and we need to know how many to order. Please order yours before the 2nd of September.

Adoremus 2018 The Eucharistic Congress There are a series of podcasts to help us understand further what we, as a church, are being invited to prepare for. The podcasts are available from http://catholicnews.org.uk/Home/SpecialEvents/Adoremus-NationalEucharstic-Pilgrimage/

Kerala floods: an SVP appeal As you’ve probably seen in the media, terrible floods have been taking place in Kerala in southern India. Hundreds of people have been killed and many more are missing; countless homes have been washed away, and the monsoon season is set to continue until early September. Kerala is the most Christian state in India – it has more churches than any other region. The leading Catholic volunteering charity, the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP), is very active there and they are doing great work helping the victims of the flood in local communities. However, they desperately need funds. Please contribute to the SVP’s Kerala appeal. To donate visit www.svp.org.uk, telephone 020 7703 3030 or send cheques made out to SVP (write ‘Kerala appeal’ on the back) to SVP, Romero

House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB. And please remember our sisters and brothers in Kerala in your prayers

Stella Maris Mass Apostleship of the Sea invites you to a Mass in honour of our patron Stella Maris, Our Lady Star of the Sea. Come pray for the work of Apostleship of the Sea and for seafarers on Wednesday 26th September 2018 at 7pm in St Mary Immaculate Church, Killigrew Street, Falmouth TR11 3PR. Fr Brian Kenwrick will celebrate Mass, followed by a reception. All invited. Please RSVP by email to salvina @apostleshipofthesea.org.uk www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk

The Word 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

First reading Joshua 24:1-2,15-18 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; then he called the elders, leaders, judges and scribes of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. Then Joshua said to all the people, ‘If you will not serve the Lord, choose today whom you wish to serve, whether the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are now living. As for me and my House, we will serve the Lord.’

The people answered, ‘We have no intention of deserting the Lord and serving other gods! Was it not the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt, the house of slavery, who worked those great wonders before our eyes and preserved us all along the way we travelled and among all the peoples through whom we journeyed? What is more, the Lord drove all those peoples out before us, as well as the Amorites who used to live in this country. We too will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’

Psalm Response Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Second reading Ephesians 5:21-32 Give way to one another in obedience to Christ. Wives should regard their husbands as they regard the Lord, since as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife; and as the Church submits to Christ, so should wives to their husbands, in everything. Husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her to make her holy. He made her clean by washing her in water with a form of words, so that when he took her to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless. In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies; for a man to love his wife is for him to love himself. A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats the Church, because it is his body – and we are its living parts. For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one body. This mystery has many implications; but I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church.

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life; you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!

Gospel John 6:60-69 After hearing his doctrine many of the followers of Jesus said, ‘This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?’ Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, ‘Does this upset you? What if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? ‘It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. ‘But there are some of you who do not believe.’ For Jesus knew from the outset those who did not believe, and who it was that would betray him. He went on, ‘This is why I told you that no one could come to me unless the Father allows him.’ After this, many of his disciples left him and stopped going with him.

Then Jesus said to the Twelve, ‘What about you, do you want to go away too?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘Lord, who shall we go to? You have the message of eternal life, and we believe; we know that you are the Holy One of God.’

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Hymns Laudate: 960, 604, 631 & 647

Liturgy of the Word for Children During our weekend Masses at all our churches. All children are welcome to join us.

Confession St Paul’s: Saturday at 5.00pm Holy Redeemer: Wednesday at 9.00am (when there is a Mass)

Reflection on The Word Our Lord came as a shepherd and as King of Shepherds. Shepherds represent those who make a commitment to lead a holy life. In this sense we are all shepherds, and Our Lord desires to favour those like Himself. As a good shepherd and lovable pastor of our souls that are his sheep, Jesus came to teach us what we ought to do so that we might be made whole through Him. He came to recreate what was lost, and no one has ever been betrayed by Him. How happy we are when we choose Jesus as our leader, who gives us unparalleled peace and calm if we follow Him. Our Saviour shows us that God’s majesty will not be overcome by evil, but will overcome evil by good: the work of a true King.

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