Bulletin - 10/11 May 2025

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Updated: May 10

Parish Details

Parish of Saint Joseph, Malvern, Worcestershire

Archdiocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity 234216

Address: 125 Newtown Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1PF

Parish Priest: Fr. Nazarius Mgungwe fr.nazarius.mgungwe@rcaob.org.uk 01684 574250

Parish Administrator: Nazzarena Wood stjoseph.malvern@rcaob.org.uk 01684 574250

PAC Chairman: Edd Hogan, 07500 639308

Parish Safeguarding Rep: Kevin Douglas 01886 832468

Health & Safety, Room Bookings: Sue Stubbings 01684 541716

St Joseph's School - Head Teacher: Thérèse Langford 01684 573016

School Secretary: Charlotte Wilkinson 01684 573016

Co-Chairs of Governors: Chris Park & Maggie Griffiths 01684 573016

Safeguarding

The Parish operates in accordance with Statutory Safeguarding Guidance and the National and Archdioceses policies & procedures at all times. Our Parish Safeguarding Representative is Kevin Douglas. He can be contacted at sg.stjoseph.malvern@rcaob.org.uk or alternatively the Diocesan Safeguarding team can be contacted on 0121 230 6240 safeguarding@rcaob.org.uk if you have any concerns.

Confessions

Fr Naz hears confession in the Confessional from 10:30am until 11 am on Saturdays or by appointment.

Mass Times

Sat 10th May, EASTER FERIA, 10.00am, Holy Mass, Pro Populo
Sat 10th, EVE OF FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Michael Kelly ✟ (School Governors)
Sun 11th, FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, 11.00am, Family Mass for First Holy
Communion children and families - Livestreamed, Thanksgiving for 40 years as an Altar Server. (Edd Hogan)
Sun 11th, Christian Aid Service, 4.00pm, Ecumenical Service
Mon 12th, EASTER FERIA, 12.00 noon, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Nan & Tom Delaney ✟ (Lynne Harper)
Tue 13th EASTER FERIA 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Reaching the Unreached
Wed 14th, FEAST OF ST MATHIAS, APOSTLE, Private Mass
Thur 15th, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. 10.00am-6.45pm
Thur 15th, EASTER FERIA, 7pm, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Maria Cerjo ✟ (Rita Vehbi)
Fri 16th, EASTER FERIA, 9.15am, Holy Mass, Pro Populo
Sat 17th May, EASTER FERIA, 9.00am, Holy Mass, Michael Kelly ✟ (Chris & Liz Burger)
Sat 17th, EVE OF FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Jim Harper ✟ (Liz Harper)
Sun 18th, FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Rosemarie ✟ (Sarah Houlston)
Sun 18th, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Liturgy, 4.00pm

Holy Mass at St Joseph's is livestreamed on some days via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@stjosephs.rcparish.malvernuk

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About This Week's Mass

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR C

10TH -11TH MAY 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 262

Pope’s Prayer Intention for May

For Working Conditions. Let us pray that, through work, each person may find fulfilment, families may be sustained in dignity, and that society may be humanised.

Please Pray

For the Sick and Housebound of St Joseph’s Parish: Clare Gray, Anne Wiseman, Anne-Marie Elder and Elizabeth Docker. We include all those in hospitals, nursing homes & their own homes. Our Lady, health of the sick, pray for them. Amen.
For Those on the Anniversary of their Deaths: Norma Parson, Tony Leer, Jean Leer and Achamma Koshy.

SECOND COLLECTIONS SUNDAY

This week Is for the Clergy Training Fund.

Next week for Christian Aid.

Three Altar Servers

will receive their Bronze Medal at the 11am Mass.

PAC MEETING

Monday, 12th May 2025 at 7pm in the McEnnis Room

ZOOM LITURGY MEETING

Tuesday on 13th May at 5pm.

ONE WORLD GROUP PARISH MEETING - CHEESE & WINE EVENING - TUESDAY 13th MAY

Interested in learning about how St Joseph’s parish is actively supporting a project to help some of the poorest people in southern India? Reaching the Unreached helps children and their families in rural villages in Tamil Nadu and our parish supports their work through the One World Group.

Fr Antony, who is the director of RTU, will be visiting us next week, and will concelebrate Mass at 6pm. Following the Mass, we will gather in the McEnnis Room to enjoy some cheese and wine while we learn about the RTU’s work.

Limited spaces available! Please sign up by adding your name to the list in the narthex or alternatively email Helen at louise_helen@hotmail.com

CURILLO ENCOUNTER DAY

Saturday 17th May 2025 here at St Joseph’s Church. You are warmly invited to a time of reflection and fellowship, led by Curillo. 9.30am – 1pm (Parish Mass at 9am) – Refreshments and lunch provided. Details below:

TRAINING OF NEW EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

Sunday, 18th May at 4pm at St Joseph’s Malvern

THE MONTH OF MAY, THE MONTH OF MARY

The month of May is dedicated to Our Blessed Mary. During this month Christians, both in church and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. Families are welcome to host the statue of the Blessed Mary from Sunday after Mass to Saturday before the 6pm Mass to give a chance to say the Rosary as a family for one week and as well as to invite friends to join you in the week. Please fill a form in the Narthex. At the start of each Mass, we shall recite the ‘Regina Caeli’ .

60TH YEAR OF ORDINATION

Roger Watson will be celebrating his 60th year of ordination as a Church of England Minister on 15th June at St Leonard’s Church of the Beauchamp Community. It will start with an Ecumenical Service Evensong at 3pm followed by tea. A sign-up sheet is available in the Narthex for catering purposes.

CAFOD

Thank you to St Joseph’s for the generous donation of £1,235.65 received on 30 April 2025 for Family Fast Day.

WORCESTERSHIRE CIRCLE NEWMAN ASSOCIATION

The talk scheduled for 21st May on the Council of Nicaea has had to be postponed as the speaker is now not able to make it.

However, we do have a summer outing planned for Saturday June 28th to Harvington Hall. If you are interested please get in touch with John Duddington at duddingtonjohn@gmail.com

100+ CLUB WINNERS FOR MAY

Mrs Ruth Harrison 1st Prize £100

Mr Ed Hogan 2nd Prize £50

Mrs Colette Phelps 3rd Prize £50

Ms Vicky Alfonso 4th Prize £25

Mrs Natalie Preece 5th Prize £25

MESSY VINTAGE SERVICE

‘’Summertime Praise’ - Holy Trinity Church - Thursday 5th June at 2pm. Especially for Older People and people living with dementia and their Carers. There is parking in the churchyard. All are Welcome.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK MAY 11th-17th

Saturday 10th May, 10am to 12 noon. Coffee and cake at Malvern Priory.

Sunday 11th May at 4pm (Ecumenical Service at St Joseph’s Church with guest speaker Batanai Padya, Christian Aid Co-Ordinator of the Midlands).

Christian Aid collectors- Please pick up your envelopes on Saturday or Sunday from the narthex.

You can donate through https://fundraise.christianaid.org.uk/envelope-2025/malvern-st-josephs-rc-church or the QR code below.

LYTTELTON WELL

Well Counselling Service Fundraising Quiz Night - Saturday May 10th - The doors open at 7pm and the quiz gets going at about 7.30, The cost is £3.00 per head plus a contribution for tea, coffee, squash, biscuits etc.

The monthly CTiM coffee morning is on 13th May 10am to 12.00 in the cafe. Do come and meet old friends and new.

The Lyttelton Well Cafe and bookshop is now open from 10am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday.

Have you considered volunteering in the cafe or bookshop? We can offer you a friendly team, and an opportunity to love and serve Malvern. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Ali Email: ali@lytletonwell.co.uk