Bulletin - 20/21 December 2025

Dec 18, 2025
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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

Executive Head: Mrs Christina Hall

Head Of School: Mrs Charlotte Docker 01684 573016

School Secretary: Lucy Daniels 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 20th, ADVENT FERIA, 10.00am, Holy Mass
Sat 20th, EVE OF FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Rachel & Philip Broadbent ✟ - Baby Loss (Anne & Paul Lewis)
Sun 21st, FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, 11.00am, Holy Mass, Livestreamed, Rosemary Thorp ✟ (Jean Rogers)
Mon 22nd December, ADVENT FERIA 11.30am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Holy Souls
Tue 23rd, ADVENT FERIA 7.45am, Holy Mass - Intention of the Priest
Wed 24th, CHRISTMAS FAMILY MASS, 4.00pm, Holy Mass - Pro Populo
Wed 24th, CHRISTMAS MASS DURING THE NIGHT, 10.00pm, Holy Mass, Pro Populo
Thur 25th, SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD. 10.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Pro Populo
Fri 26th, FEAST OF ST STEPHEN THE FIRST MARTYR, 12 noon, Holy Mass, In Thanksgiving for Altar Servers
Sat 27th, EVE OF FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Steven Rogers ✟ (Jean Rogers)
Sun 28th, FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, For Families of the Parish
Mon 29th December, FEAST OF ST THOMAS BECKET, BISHOP, MARTYR 12 noon, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Holy Souls
Tue 30th, SIXTH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS 7.45am, Holy Mass - Pro Populo
Wed 31st, SEVENTH DAY WITHIN OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD, 8.00pm, Holy Mass - Thanksgiving
Thur 1st January, SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. 10.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Pro Populo
Fri 2nd, MEMORIAL OF ST BASIL THE GREAT & ST GREGIRY NAZIANZEN, BISHOPS, DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, 9.15am, Holy Mass, Emily Mary Andrews ✟ (Johnson Association)
Fri 2nd, Mass at Dalvington Care Home, 3.00pm
Sat 3rd, CHRISTMAS FERIA, 10.00am Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Mr M E Connelly (Johnson Association)
Sat 3rd, EVE OF SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Housebound of the Parish
Sun 4th, SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Maureen & George Ward ✟ (parents of Helen Connelly)

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 ADVENT – YEAR A Book - Volume 1

20TH -21ST DECEMBER 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 90

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH

27TH – 28TH December 2025- Parish Mass Book number 106

Pope’s Prayer Intention for JANUARY

For Prayer with the Word of God. Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church.

Please Pray

For the Sick and Housebound of St Joseph’s Parish: Clare Gray, Anne Wiseman, Anne-Marie Elder and Roslyn La Ferla. 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 death: Luiz Eduardo Mathis Todder, Aled Rees, Roderick McLachlan, Vincent Rooney, Neil Wadsworth and John Baptist Low.

CHRISTMAS OFFERING

A reminder that your Christmas offering is a personal gift to the parish priest.

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES AT OTHER CHURCHES

ST WULSTANS

WEDNESDAY, 24TH DEC: CHRISTMAS EVE MASS: 7.30pm preceded by Carols at 7.00pm.
THURSDAY, 25th DEC: CHRISTMAS DAY MASS: 10.00am

BLACKMORE PARK

WEDNESDAY, 24TH DEC: CHRISTMAS EVE MASS: 9.00pm preceded by Carols at 8.30pm.

ST JOSEPH’S AT UPTON

THURSDAY, 25th DEC: CHRISTMAS DAY MASS: 9.00am

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION SESSIONS

Tuesday 6th January 5–6.30pm Family Meeting: My Conscience – A guide for my life

RCIA - ADULT FORMATION: JOURNEY IN FAITH

Friday, 9th January 7.00-8.30pm – God’s gifts of faith, hope and love

CONFIRMATION

Monday, 12th January: 5.30pm-6.30pm – Session 8 in the McEnnis Room.

HOLY JOE’S CAFÉ

Final Soup for Advent is Monday 22nd – Mass will be at 11.30am on Monday and Soup will be served at 12 midday – Please come along if you can.

CRIB DONATIONS

Feeding Hungry Children through The Wychumvi Charity. The Charity started when the British Council twinned the Wyche school with Gofu Juu in Tanga, Tanzania back in 2007. The Wychumvi Charity was started to fund a small meal for each child. This has been found to benefit the children physically in terms of nutrition and health but has also had a knock-on effect in terms of attendance and therefore in overall levels of attainment. Wychumvi currently provides over 600 meals a day for the children at Gofu Juu. The charity also established a programme where individuals in the UK could sponsor a child through Secondary School and where required onto High School and through university. The charity has sponsored over 90 children in this way in the past ten years. Doug Craig has had a lasting connection through the cultural exchange.

MALVERN CLUSTER ADVENT REFLECTIONS

The Malvern Cluster of parishes warmly invites you to four reflections this Advent each Tuesday of Advent. We shall be gathering from 6.45pm for light refreshments with a talk of 15 minutes at 7.30pm followed by a further 15 minutes of discussion/sharing and concluding with 15 minutes of prayer to conclude at 8.15pm as follows.

16th December: BLACKMORE: Joy – Gaudete, Rejoicing and Witness: Charity and service.
23rd December: ST JOSEPH’S MALVERN: love, Mary: The Faith and Incarnation: Imitation of Mary

ROOM AT THE TABLE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY

Could you offer an extra place or two at your table for Christmas? We're encouraging parishioners to open their homes and share the joy of Christmas lunch with a fellow parishioner this year. This will replace the previously successful Christmas lunches in the McEnnis Room. We would love you to be a part of this beautiful act of hospitality. If you are interested in being involved, please add your name to the sign-up sheet which is in the Narthex and someone will contact you.

ST CHAD’S CAROL CONCERT

Sunday 21st December, 5pm, with the cathedral choir. All welcome. No tickets required.