Bulletin - 19/20 April 2025

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.

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Confessions

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

Mass Times

• Sat 19th, HOLY SATURDAY, 9.15am, Office of Readings and Morning Prayer

• Sat 19th, Blessing of the Easter Food Baskets (Polish Tradition), 10.00am

• Sat 19th, Easter Basket dedication for Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 2.00pm

• Sat 19th, CELEBRATION OF EASTER VIGIL, 8.30pm, Vigil Mass

• Sun 20th, Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at the Beacon, 6.30am

• Sun 20th, SOLEMNITY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Pro Populo

• Mon 21st, EASTER MONDAY, SOLEMNITY, 12.00noon, Holy Mass Livestreamed,Maureen & George Ward (Helen Connelly)

• Tue 22nd April, EASTER TUESDAY, SOLEMNITY, 7.45am, Holy Mass, Intentions of Carol Ann

• Wed 23rd, EASTER WEDNESDAY, SOLEMNITY, Private Mass

• Thur 24th, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. 10.00am-6.45pm

• Thur 24th, EASTER THURSDAY, SOLEMNITY, 7pm, Service of the Word and Communion Livestreamed

• Fri 25th, EASTER FRIDAY, SOLEMNITY, 9.15am, NO MASS, Check Mass times in the cluster.

• Sat 26th, EASTER SATURDAY, SOLEMNITY, 10.00am, NO MASS, Check Mass times in the cluster.

• Sat 26th, EVE OF SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Wendy Eckerseley ✟ (Eckerseley Family)

• Sun 20th, SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Wendy Eckerseley ✟ (Eckerseley Family)

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

SOLEMNITY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD – YEAR C

19th -20th APRIL 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 252

Pope’s Prayer Intention for April

For the use of new technologies. Let us pray that the use of new technologies will not replace human relationships, will respect the dignity of the person, and will help us face the crises of our times.

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: Dorothy Brooks and Barbara Lucas.

WHY SHOULD WE PARTICIPATE IN THE HOLY WEEK LITURGY?

On Palm Sunday we entered Holy Week, and welcomed Jesus into our lives, asking him to allow us a share in his suffering, death and resurrection. This is also the time we remember and relive the events which brought about our redemption and salvation. That is why the Holy Week liturgy presents us with the actual events of the dying and rising of Jesus. The liturgy also enables us to experience in our lives, here and now, what Jesus went through then. In other words, we commemorate and relive during this week our own dying and rising in Jesus, which result in our healing, reconciliation, and redemption. No wonder Greek Orthodox Christians greet each other with the words, “Kali Anastasi” (Good Resurrection), not on Easter Sunday but on Good Friday. They anticipate the resurrection. Just as Jesus did, we, too, must lay down our lives freely by actively participating in the Holy Week liturgies. Proper participation in the Holy Week liturgy will deepen our relationship with God, increase our faith and strengthen our lives as disciples of Jesus. But let us remember that Holy Week can become “holy” for us only if we actively and consciously take part in the liturgies of this week. This is also the week when we should lighten the burden of Christ’s passion as daily experienced by the hungry, the poor, the sick, the homeless, the lonely and the outcast through our corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

RINGING OF BELLS ON HOLY THURSDAY AND EASTER VIGIL

If you have a bell, please bring it to the Holy Thursday Mass and Easter Vigil. During this solemn Mass and the "Gloria" is sung to the triumphant sound of ringing bells. Then, after the "Gloria" is sung, all the bells in Rome and throughout all of the Catholic world are silenced out of respect for Our Lord's Passion. They will not be heard again until the feast of Easter is announced with the "Gloria" at the Easter Vigil. In the past, this strict silence was imposed on church bells, school bells, and even dinner bells. In other countries the people would say, "The bells have flown to Rome." According to folk belief, the bells from all the church steeples around the world fly to Rome after the Holy Thursday. They wait there until Easter morning when they journey back to their homes to spread the joyous proclamation of Our Lord's Resurrection to all of Christendom.

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:

Encounter_Day.pdf

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FR NAZ WILL BE JOINING THE UK MALAWI CATHOLICS

on their pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi from Thursday, 24th April to come back on Thursday 1st May. The group will be at the Canonisation of Carlo Acutis on 27th April before proceeding to Assisi.

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’ .

SAFEGUARDING VOLUNTEER NEEDED

The Trustees of the Birmingham Diocesan Trust are looking to recruit a skilled, Catholic volunteer with professional experience of safeguarding to join the Board of Trustees and chair the Safeguarding Sub-Committee. We’d welcome discussion with anyone interested in this important role – Further details at

www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/safeguarding.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 11TH – 17TH MAY 2025

Could I ask those people who have so generously delivered envelopes in the past for Christian Aid, to sign up once again on the list in the narthex. I am also looking for NEW volunteers. This is just delivering 20-30 envelopes in your road. Once again you will not be asked to return to collect the envelopes. Your address will be printed on the envelope and people will be asked to put it through your door. Then, at the end of the week, you bring them back to me. (Thank you Win Crawford)

JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME AND ASSISI

led by Canon John Batthula (St George’s, Worcester). 22nd – 27th November 2025. Departing from London Gatwick. 6 days / 5 nights. Dinner, B&B. Deposit of £350 needed to confirm a place. Overall cost is £1,359pp based on twin room occupancy. For more information or to book a place call 01793 881166.

STAINED-GLASS WINDOW

If anyone has any ideas they wish to share regarding the potential new stained-glass windows, please could you add them to the display in the Aldwin room or email 150stjosephs@gmail.com