12th NOVEMBER 2017 - 32nd SUNDAY OF YEAR A

BREVIARY WEEK : 4

Fr Gordon Ryan

Tel: 01325 266602 www.staugustineschurch.org.uk

email: info@staugustineschurch.org.uk

Office Hours: Mon/Tues 9.30 – 2.30 Thur/Fri 9.30 – 2.30

WORD FOR TODAY

As the Church’s year draws to a close over the next few weeks we are reminded of the need to

be alert for the coming of the Lord. Have we fallen into the same laxadaisical habits as the five foolish bridesmaids? Are there daily ways in which Jesus comes to meet us that we may

be overlooking?

ST AUGUSTINE’S 30 Coniscliffe Road

DARLINGTON DL3 7RG

PARISH BULLETIN

Today on Remembrance Sunday we remember all who have died in our parish and for all those who gave their lives in the World Wars and in conflicts throughout the world.

May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,

rest in peace. Amen.

PRIESTS’ TRAINING FUND There are envelopes available at the back of Church for the Priests’ Training Fund. This will remain open until 26th November. Please note your donation can be gift aided. Booklets also available re the Clergy Training Fund.

RED MISSION BOX HOLDERS Thank you for supporting the Missions through the "red boxes". The annual collection is now due. Please bring in your red box by the end of November for opening and counting. Alternatively, you may wish to pick up a brown "Mission" envelope from the back of the Church and empty the contents of your box into this, or write a cheque (payable to APF - Mill Hill) for the equivalent amount. Kindly leave your envelopes or boxes in the sacristy. To find out more about the "red box" appeal and Catholic Missions in today's world, visit www.missio.org.uk Our Mission Co-ordinator is Mary Mustard (9.15am Mass) if you have any questions/queries.

MISSION APPEAL – 19th November Every year we are asked to hold an appeal in the parish on behalf of the Missions, this year we will be welcoming Rev. W. Krzempek from the Society of African Missions. He will be here on Sunday 19th November at both masses, when a collection will also take place.

STARS AGM STARS AGM will take place in the Parish Centre on Sunday 12th November7.30pm. STARS Committee would encourage all STARS members, past and present, to attend. The AGM will be preceded by a Committee Meeting at 7.00pm. Would any STARS member interested in joining the Committee please contact Martin McLean (01325 465275) in advance of the AGM.

HOGARTH PARTNERSHIP NEWS/EVENTS

It's not too late to get involved – if you would like to be part of the following groups please leave your name and contact in the office/Julie Humphrey and

this will be forwarded on to the relevant groups Liturgy,Prayer & Spirituality/Formation/Communications/Team Building/

Human Resources/Finance/Property/Young People.

Partnership Christmas Social Evening at St Anne’s Saturday 25th November after Evening Mass. Grand Raffle, Bottle Stall, Shared Table and live entertainment. Further details to follow.

Parish Fayre’s – All on Saturday 25th November Holy Family – 11.00 am St Teresa’s – opens at 12 noon

St Williams – 1-3pm

CHURCH FLOWERS After numerous years arranging the flowers in Church for Sundays, Easter, Christmas, Weddings, First Communions, etc., Elizabeth France would now like to step down and enjoy some retirement time. If you would like to become part of a team please contact the office or Elizabeth herself. On behalf of everyone we would like to say thank you to Elizabeth and her team for the wonderful flower displays in our Church – they are always commented on especially by visitors.

SVP Last week’s collection raised £326.86. The SVP would like to thank you for your generosity and to remind you that the

• Northern Cross is on sale this weekend, only £1, of which 20p goes to the SVP.

DARLINGTON WALK FOR PEACE - Sunday 26th November starting at 12.30pm meeting at Darlington Quaker Meeting House, Skinnergate. The walk will cover 3 miles, calling at 7 venues : St Augustine’s Church, Bondgate Methodist Church, Jamia Mosque, St Cuthbert’s Church, Sikh Gurudwara Sahib, Atisha Kadampa Buddhist Centre, The Dolphin Centre. A meal will be generously offered at Sikh Surdwara. All welcome.

If anyone would like Fr Gordon to visit a parishioner who is sick or housebound, please let him know with written contact details of name/address etc.

First Reading: Wisdom 6:12-16 Wisdom is bright, and does not grow dim. By those who love her she is readily seen, and found by those who look for her. Quick to anticipate those who desire her, she makes herself known to them. Watch for her early and you will have no trouble; you will find her sitting at your gates. Even to think about her is understanding fully grown; be on the alert for her and anxiety will quickly leave you. She herself walks about looking for those who are worthy of her and graciously shows herself to them as they go, in every thought of theirs coming to meet them.

PSALM

For you my soul is thirsting, O God, my God. Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the Lord's own teaching, that any of us who are left alive until the Lord's coming will not have any advantage over those who have died. At the trumpet of God, the voice of the archangel will call out the command and the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise, and then those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the clouds, together with them, to meet the Lord in the air. So we shall stay with the Lord for ever. With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another.

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus told this parable to his disciples: 'The kingdom of heaven will be like this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones did take their lamps, but they brought no oil, whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps. The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at midnight there was a cry, "The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him." At this, all those bridesmaids woke up and trimmed their lamps, and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, "Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out." But they replied, "There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves." They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed. The other bridesmaids arrived later. "Lord, Lord," they said "open the door for us." But he replied, "I tell you solemnly, I do not know you." So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.'

© 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission.

Christmas Gifts with a world of difference. Please take home a copy of The CAFOD 2017 Christmas catalogue, if you would like to order a gift that will

make a huge difference to people in developing countries.

PIETY STALL – Our piety stall has now received new stock of Christmas cards, calendars, 2018 diaries, please take a look and all reasonably priced.

There are memorium cards at the back of Church for Fr Seamus, please take one and remember him in your prayers.

PADDINGTON BEAR

5th November £1.37 Money in Bank £496.35 Total Collected £31,794.41

REFLECTION – Waiting for his coming The foolish have no oil in their lamps. They burn themselves out through a life of self-seeking and dedication to worldy cares and vanities. They do not even think of the Lord, much less wait for his coming. The wise, on the other hand, have oil in their lamps. They are detached from themselves and from the cares of the world, and are full of charity. They are waiting for the Lord, and desire nothing else but his coming. Let us keep our minds alight with faith, our souls alight with hope, and our hearts alight with love, as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

CAFOD CABARET This year's CAFOD Cabaret will be held on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December. If you wish to take part please contact asap Martin McLean (01325 465275 or martin.mclean2@ntlworld.com ) or to Stuart Sanderson. As ever, both new and returning performers are welcome. Don’t hide your light…Your Third World still needs YOU!

• Tickets will be available from this weekend after Mass, from the Parish Centre bar or from Martin McLean (tel 01325 465275). Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December. Ticket price £5

DARLINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY Verdi Requiem – Saturday 25th November 7.30pm at Darlington Dolphin Centre. Tickets £15/£12, students £5. Available from the Dolphin Centre or online at www.dchoral.co.uk or on the door. This is a unique opportunity to hear this magnificent Verdi work performed live in Darlington. With combined choirs of 150 singers and orchestra of more than 50, it is an unforgettable musical experience, whatever your musical tastes. Darlington Choral Society has brought together three choirs, two regional orchestras and four top class soloists under the baton of Richard Bloodworth. Verdi's operatic approach to the requiem mass firmly places it as one of the greatest sacred choral works ever written.

COFFEES AFTER MASS are hosted by Zoe - Air Ambulance

PARISH CENTRE INFORMATION To book the Parish Centre : email staugspc@gmail.com or

telephone 07909 747145

Bar Opening Time: Sunday 7-10.30pm

ST AUGUSTINE’S PARISH CLUB/CENTRE INFORMATION

Tuesday Luncheon Club 21st November 2017 from 12.30 pm from 12.30pm with last orders at 1.30pm. We anticipate a finish time of 2.30pm. Cost is £2.50 which includes homemade soup, bread and cake. Everybody welcome.

Gail Wiper and members of the Inner Wheel Club of Darlington invite you to join them at their annual Christmas charity coffee morning at St Augustines Parish Centre on Thursday 16th November 2017 from 10 am until noon. Tickets available from Gail on 07899 915218 or on the door. The charity we are helping this year is Citizens Advice Bureau in Darlington who are now heavily dependent on donations after Government cuts.

STUCK FOR AN IDEA FOR WHAT TO DO THIS NEW YEAR’S EVE AND CAN’T GET A BABY SITTER? HCPT Group 195 would like to invite you to their New Year’s Eve Ceilidh at St Augustines Parish Centre, 7.30-12.30am. HCPT are a charity who take disabled and disadvantaged children on pilgrimage holiday for a week, in Lourdes, France. This is a holiday of a lifetime for the children and a chance for respite for their families or carers. The children travel in small groups with dedicated volunteer carers and volunteer nurses and doctors.

To reserve your tickets priced at £7.00 for adults (includes New Year’s Eve toast) and £2.00 for children. Family tickets also available (2A + 2C for £15.00) please text/phone Julie Watson on 07809 340321.

NOVEMBER 12TH 32nd SUNDAY OF YEAR A

SUNDAY St Augustine's St Augustine's

9.15 am 6.30 pm

Mary Marks RIP Fr Seamus Doyle RIP

MONDAY St Augustine’s 12.15 pm Eucharistic Service exposition follows till 3pm

TUESDAY St Augustine's 12.15 pm Eucharistic Service WEDNESDAY St Augustine’s NO SERVICE

THURSDAY St Augustine’s 12.15 pm Eucharistic Service

FRIDAY St Augustine's NO SERVICE

SATURDAY St Augustine's 10.00 am Ints of Melia & Foy Family Followed by Confessions

SUNDAY 19TH November 33rd Sunday of Year (A)

St Augustine's St Augustine’s

9.15 am 6.30 pm

James Vincent McCulla RIP George & Catherine Lynn RIP

THOSE WHO ARE SICK Please remember Fr Gary Dickson, Fr Richard Harriott, Sister Evelyn and all priests and religious in the diocese who have health problems. Also the sick and housebound of the parish - Maureen Harrison, Michelle Butler, Anne Kee, Betty Smith, Lillian Brown, Rita Urwin, and those looking after them.

LATELY DEAD

ANNIVERSARIES November Anniversaries – Gordon Davies, Thomas Taylor, Kathleen Taylor, Mary Ord, Francis Keenan, Elizabeth Watson, Louisa Temple, Mary Appleby, Mavis McGuirl, Joan Beckwith, Alan Green. May they rest in peace.

MINISTERS SUNDAY 19th November

9.15 am 6.30 pm

WELCOMERS OFFERTORY READERS

Irving Family Mr & Mrs Allison B Hasler/F Ingham

Mr & Mrs P Holborn Pauline Widdall J Owens/S McEvoy

COUNTERS TEAM (A) P Anwyll/C Webb/J Brown

Sunday 5th November

£ 484.17 £ 294.99 (£ 368.74 gift aided) £ 779.16

Please note there are no Masses next week – except Saturday 10am Eucharistic Services, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday only.