Our Lady and St Charles Borromeo
Prayer of St Charles Borromeo
Almighty God, you have generously made known to human beings the mysteries of your life through Jesus Christ your Son in the Holy Spirit.
Enlighten my mind to know these mysteries which your Church treasures and teaches.Move my heart to love them and my will to live in accord with them.
Give me the ability to teach this Faith to others without pride, without ostentation, and without personal gain.
Let me realise that I am simply your instrument for bringing others to the knowledge of the wonderful things you have done for all your creatures.
Help me to be faithful to this task that you have entrusted to me.
Amen.
Parish Priest Fr James E Caulfield
The Rectory
69 Queen's Road
Wisbech
PE13 2PH
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Parish Secretary Mrs Veronica Marsden.Please note Veronica is a volunteer and is only in the office on Monday and Friday mornings. For any general enquiries please email or drop a letter into the rectory.
Email: secretary-catholic-wisbech@outlook.com;
Our Lady and St Charles Borromeo Newsletter 24th March 2024
Palm Sunday; Year B: Weekday Cycle 2; Devine Office Wk 2
Parish Priest Fr James E Caulfield Telephone 01945 583466 Email: PPWisbechRC@outlook.com
Parish Secretary Mrs Veronica Marsden.Please note Veronica is a volunteer and is only in the office on Monday and Friday mornings. For any general enquiries please email or drop a letter into the rectory.
Email: secretary-catholic-wisbech@outlook.com;
Mass Times:
Saturday 23rd March Mass 18:00
Sunday 24th March Mass 09:45 Palm Sunday Assemble in
Garden
Monday 25th March Mass 10:00
Tuesday 26th March 11:30 Chrism Mass at Norwich Cathedral
18:30 Pilgrim Cross Mass
Holy Thursday 28th March 19:00 Mass of the Lords Supper
Good Friday 29th March 15:00 Celebration of the Lords Passion
Easter Sunday
Easter Vigil 30th March 20:00 Starting in the garden with the lighting of the
Paschal Fire.
Morning Mass 31st March 10:00
Monday 1st April No Mass
Friday 5th April 12:15 Mass for Fr John Daley IC R.I.P.
with De Profundis
Saturday 6th April 18:00 Mass
Sunday 7th April 10:00 Mass
Confessions Wednesday 27h March 18:00 – 20:00
Tea and Coffee in the St Joseph's Hall after 10:00 Mass all welcome
Gluten Free Hosts. If you are a celiac sufferer and require a gluten free host, please contact the Sacristan before Mass and arrangements will be made for one to be placed in a pyx for you.
Fr John Daley IC RIP Funeral Arrangements
Fr John Daley was parish priest OL&StCB Wisbech 1984 -1990
His body will be received into the church on Wednesday 10th April at 7pm.
The Requiem mass will be on Thursday 11th April at 11am.St Joseph’s Church Leicester.
Volunteers Needed On Tuesday 26th March we are hosting the midland leg of the Pilgrim Cross (formerly Student Cross) Mass will be at 19:00 followed by supper. Volunteers needed to help provide:
Baked Potatoes; Salads; Apple Pies/ Apple Crumbles or other puddings. The main course is under control.
Will also welcome support with washing up and serving teas and coffees. Fr Caulfield would also welcome a couple of volunteers to help with breakfast and clearing up on the Wednesday Morning.
Holy Week and Easter Triduum Holy Week commences with Palm Sunday on the 24thMarch. The Lithuanian Community will be joining us on that day, as they did last year. During Holy Week we shall host the Pilgrim Cross and you will be able to join in the Diocesan Celebration of the Chrism Mass. The Easter Triduum consists of the three services on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Attendance at all 3 is required. On Holy Thursday the Mass will include the Mandatum, the washing of the feet, and volunteers are needed. Good Friday will include the celebration of the Lord’s Passion and the Veneration of the Cross. Easter Sunday will see the celebration of the Easter Vugil on the Saturday night but may also be fulfilled by celebration of the Mass on Easter Sunday. Timings will be published in Next Weeks Newsletter.
Chrism Mass 26th March
11:30 St John the Baptist Cathedral, Unthank Road, Norwich. Followed by Hot Cross Buns. All welcome to attend the Mass presided over by the bishop. During the Mass the Bishop will Consecrate the oils to be used in church in the coming year.
Inviting young adults (age 18 -30) to walk the Camino.
Join Bishop Peter as he leads a walking pilgrimage to Santiago de Compestela from 21st – 29th July 2024. The estimated cost is £675 which includes a subsidy from the dioceses made possible by a generous benefactor.
For more information and to book a place, please see www.rcdea.org.uk/youth. Places are limited and bookings accepted on a first come first serves basis.
Catholic Social Action The recent launch of the Do Justice Vision paper by the Catholic Social Action Network https://dojustice.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Do-Justice-For-Parishes.pdf "We are called to help to liberate people from anything which binds them down and prevents them from enjoying a truly human life." International Slavery Remembrance Day on 25th March.
Children’s Liturgy Following a recent safeguarding review there are to be changes in the Children’s liturgy at the 10am Sunday Mass. It is policy to regularly review all safeguarding issues and adopt ‘Best Practice’.as a standard across the diocese where possible. There is nothing wrong with our current practice but to ensure that the children gain the maximum benefit of a volunteer catechists time some changes will be introduced after Easter.
1) The children must be attending primary school.
2) Once the child has received their 1st Holy Communion, they should remain in church rather than join the children's liturgy. (They are welcome to apply to become Altar Servers,)
3) No Children over 11 may join the children's liturgy or be in attendance, even if ‘supervising’ a sibling.
4) Parents may take younger children out during the Mass to use the toilet or to sit quietly for a while, but they may not bring younger children to the children’s liturgy group.
5) There is space at the back of the church and in the choir loft for parents to supervise younger children in activities such as colouring in.
6) The Children's Liturgy will be less distracted by the younger children and hopefully those attending will be more receptive to the excellent tuition provided by the catechists.
Jubilees there are two Jubilee years coming up and planning for them needs to start now. The first is the International Year of Jubilee in 2025. This is lead by his Holiness the Pope and he had called it to be a year focused on learning how to pray. There is a calender on the notice board outside the church with the specific dates for various groups, such as youth to focus their attention.
The second Jubilee is in 2026 and will mark the 50th anniversary of the Diocese. There will be a number of diocesan events, but we are also encouraged to have a major Parish celebration. As part of this jubilee, I have asked that the Parish History be revised and possibly have the history booklet reprinted. I would also like to commend the youth of the parish to consider conducting YouTube, interviews with some of the older members of the Parish and build an archive of memories from those who have lived in the parish for 50 years or more. This is of cause also depended on those people volunteering to be interviewed. If the interviews are conducted over the next 18months the archive will be ready for the Jubilee in 2026. Anyone who is able to provide assistance in editing these clips into a single archive that can be stored in the cloud and made available for download would be a very valuable volunteer. Please note all those involved in the interviews will be asked to sign a consent form so that the interview can take place and the recording stored in an archive that will be accessible to the public. If anyone has other ideas as to how the parish can mark the diocesan birthday, please drop Fr Caulfield a note.
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