S T JOSEPH, husband of the Vir-

gin Mary, foster-father of Jesus,

blessed are you! Guide us to your

Immaculate wife and her Divine Son,

that fathers may be as loving as you,

mothers as cherished as Mary and

children kept as safe as the infant

Jesus in your care.

Pray with us! Pray for us! Intercede

for us, who are placed under your

patronage!

Baptism By arrangement with Fr Stephen.

Speak to him after Mass. Baptism is

usually on a Sunday at 1.00pm

Confession At St Anne’s on Fridays, 6.15-

6.45pm, Saturdays 9.00-9.15am.

Other times or places by

arrangement—see Fr Stephen

Exposition & Benediction

of the

Blessed Sacrament St Anne’s on Fridays, 6-7.00pm.

S T ANNE, Mother of the Virgin

Mary, Grandmother of Jesus,

blessed are you! Take us by the hand

and turn us towards God, the Father,

source of love and life; the Son, Jesus

the Redeemer; and the Holy Spirit

who lives in our hearts.

Pray with us! Pray for us! Intercede

for us who are placed under your pat-

ronage!

The Parish of St Anne, which includes St Joseph’s Church, is part of

the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity Number 234216

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In Eastertide, after

the 5.00pm and 8.30am Masses, and instead of the Hail Mary during the bidding prayers at the 10.30am Mass, we sing the traditional Eastertide anthem to Our Lady.

Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia! Quia quem meruisti portare,

alleluia! Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia! Ora pro nobis deum, alleluia! [Joy to you, O Queen of Heaven, alleluia He whom you were fit to bear, alleluia Has arisen as he said, alleluia. Pour to God for us your prayer, alleluia.] V. Rejoice and be glad O Virgin Mary, alleluia

R. For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia.

MAY IS MARY’S MONTH!

St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church Camp Hill Road, Chapel End, Nuneaton CV10 0JP

St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church Spring Hill, New Arley CV7 8FE

Priest: Fr Stephen Day, 93 Camp Hill Road, Chapel End, Nuneaton CV10 0JP Tel. 02476 392365 E-Mail stastj@nuneatonwalk.wanadoo.co.uk

www.saint-anne-nuneaton.co.uk

Pentecost: Come Holy Spirit 27th May 2012: Christ is Risen, alleluia! Readings: Vigil p 285, Day p 286 Order of Mass

Mass Times & Intentions

Saturday 26th Vigil Mass at St Anne’s 5.00pm The People of the Parish

SUNDAY 27th

PENTECOST

Mass at St Joseph’s

Mass at St Anne’s

8.30am

10.30am

Kate Jackson RIP

Laszlo Nagy RIP

Monday 28th Feria: Week 8 of the Year

Mass at St Anne’s 9.30am Jim Alison

Tuesday 29th Feria

~ ~ ~

Wednesday 30th Feria

Mass at St Anne’s School 9.30am Priest's Intention

Thursday 31st Visitation of the BVM

Mass at St Anne’s 9.30am John Cullen RIP

Friday 1st St Justin, M

Exposition & Benediction

Confession

Mass at St Anne’s

6-7pm

6.15-6.45

7.00pm

Pat & Eddie

Saturday 2nd Of Our Lady

Mass at St Anne’s

Vigil Mass St Anne’s

9.30am

5.00pm

The People of the Parish

Tommy Lee RIP

SUNDAY 3rd

The Holy Trinity

Mass at St Joseph’s

Mass at St Anne’s

8.30am

10.30am

Bernard Martin RIP

Kevin Reidy RIP

Veni Sancte Spiritus!

For Your Prayers... The sick, especially Margaret Donnelly, Mary

Jones, Joyce Bell, Betty Mackey, Rose Cooney,

baby William, Helen, Jonathan Webb, Eric Nel-

son and Gerard Collins

The faithful departed, especially Kate Jackson,

Bill Hagen, Len Smith, Les Alfrey and Winifred

Mackey whose anniversaries fall at this time, and

Bernard Martin recently departed

Madeleine McCann and her parents

Our parish, that we receive the Spirit’s Gifts

Vocations to the Priesthood, for Michael Glover

and all in training at our seminaries

St Anne’s School, pupils, parents and staff

This Weekend The Solemnity of Pentecost The final day of the

great Easter Season. The mystery of Christ’s

death, resurrection and ascension is completed by

the fulfilling of His promise to send us the Holy

Spirit. The Spirit is given for the forgiveness of

sins, to lead us into all truth and to give power and

life to us, his people—the Church.

Coffee after 10.30am Mass at St Anne’s

Children’s Liturgy during 10.30am Mass

Medjugorje Prayer Group, Sunday 27th May

5pm, St Joseph’s (every last Sunday each month)

This Week Ordinary Time begins again on Monday, the

Monday of the 8th Week of Ordinary Time

Weds 3.30pm Children’s First Communion Class

Charity Soup Lunch Fri 1st June 12.30pm

Next Weekend The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity—the

feast of God Himself who has revealed Himself to

us as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Second Collection for the costs of Michael's

Ordination and presentation.

Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage 2nd-8th June.

Coming Soon

First Holy Communion Mass Sat 23rd June 5pm

The Ordination of Michael Glover to the priest-

hood at Our Lady of the Angels, noon, 14th July

Michael’s First Mass will take place at St Anne’s

on Sunday 15th July at 10.30am: BBQ follows

Walsingham Pilgrimage Fri 12th-Sun 14th Oct

Cleaners St A J Harness St J K Hannon & K O’Flanagan

Collection Counters Mary & Noel

Flowers at St Anne’s Mrs Ratcliffe

Cheese & Wine The Nuneaton Catholic Fellowship (formerly

CHF) is holding a cheese and wine party on Fri 15th

June, 7.30pm at Our Lady’s Hall. All welcome

Second Collection: Michael Glover In order that we might make a presentation to Mi-

chael and to help pay for the costs of the Ordination,

there will be a second collection NEXT SUNDAY

FINANCE

Gift Aid Not Gift

Aid

Loose

First Collection £189.00 £204.59

Building Fund £88.50 £84.47

THANK YOU for your giving

If you pay income tax there is no good reason not to join Gift Aid and a very

good reason to join —the tax man adds 25% to your giving! See Fr Stephen

Please !

YOU ARE INVITED TO TWO GREAT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF THIS PARISH AND OF THE WIDER

CHURCH

THE ORDINATION OF MICHAEL

GLOVER TO THE PRIESTHOOD Saturday, 14th July, 12 noon at

Our Lady of the Angels Church FR MICHAEL’S FIRST MASS

Sunday, 15th July, 10.30am at St Anne’s Church

followed by a parish celebration—

Summer BBQ This will likely be a big occasion - lots

to celebrate. Food, stalls, bar, raffle etc will all be needed! Planning meeting soon

Sunday’s Readings

T he coming of the Holy Spir-

it made all the difference.

People are filled with wonder at

the power of the Apostles’ witness, and

(undoing Babel) in so many languages too!

Everything will be accomplished through

the power of the Spirit. He enables the

Apostles to get out and on with building

the Church, and He sustains the Church

through all her trials. (Countless times,

secular rulers have attempted to extermi-

nate Christianity). And He sustains us. We

receive the Spirit in baptism, and then at

Confirmation He comes to confirm our

faith and give us the fullness of His gifts.

The Spirit is also given in keeping with

Christ’s promise to send the Advocate and

Helper, and to win forgiveness of our sins.

As the words of absolution put it “God,

through the death and resurrection of His

Son has given us the Holy Spirit for the

forgiveness of sins”. The Church and all

her members need all the Spirit’s gifts. His

presence transformed the Apostles and He

can transform us too.

New Sunday Mass Times: St Joseph’s 8.30, St Anne’s 10.30

W hen the sun's rays fall on bright and transparent ob-

jects, they themselves become radiant and from themselves shed a further shining beam: so the souls inhabited by the Spirit, and illuminated by the Spirit, themselves are rendered wholly spiritual and send out their grace to others. St Basil of Caesarea 330-379

Come, Holy Spirit!

Bernard Martin RIP It is with great sadness that we note Ber-

nard's death which happened last Mon-day night after a year of health problems

bravely borne. Bernard was a man of faith whose tireless service at St Joseph’s was willingly given over many years. His

faith was nurtured by the Passionists of Mt Argus in Dublin and they always

meant a great deal to him. Much of his life was spent in generously helping oth-

ers—whether young people, the sick or the Church. He died the day after re-

ceiving Holy Communion and the sacra-ment of anointing, just weeks short of

his 84th birthday. His body will be taken into St Joseph’s

on 12th June and the Funeral Mass will be the next morning, at a time to be

confirmed. Eternal Rest Grant unto Him, O Lord

Thank you to all who supported the plant and

produce sale last week. £136.99 was made