Bulletin - 22/23 February 2025
- stj584
- Feb 20
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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 - 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 22nd 10pm - Holy Mass
FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST PETER, APOSTLE – Holy Souls
Sat 22nd 6pm - Holy Mass
EVE OF THE SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Seamus Cleary ✟ (John Farrell)
Sun 23rd 11am – Holy Mass Livestreamed
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – Mary Amphlett✟ (Viv Fox)
Mon 24th 12 noon - Holy Mass Livestreamed
Feria in Ordinary Time – Thanksgiving (Tom & Bincy Jennymon)
Reception of Martin Burger in church at 4.30pm (Family Only)
Tues 25th 10.30am – Funeral Mass
Martin Burger’s Funeral
Weds 26th - Private Mass
Feria in Ordinary Time
Thur 27th 10am-6.45pm - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Thur 27th 7pm - Holy Mass Livestreamed
Feria in Ordinary Time - Charles Thige ✟ (recent) Asha Maina)
Fri 28th 12 noon - Funeral Mass
Michael Kelly’s Funeral
Sat 1st March 10am - Holy Mass
FEAST OF ST DAVID, BISHOP, PATRON ON WALES – World Refugees (Helen Connelly)
Sat 1st 6pm - Holy Mass
EVE OF THE EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Martin Burger ✟ (Anne & Paul Lewis)
Sun 2nd 11am - Holy Mass Livestreamed
o EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Martin Burger ✟ (Chris & Liz Burger)
Holy Mass at St Joseph's is livestreamed on some days via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@stjosephs.rcparish.malvernuk
About This Week's Mass
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR C
22nd- 23rd February 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 141
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 Psalm 102 1 Cor 15:45-49 Luke 6:27-38
MAKING RIGHT CHOICES - The first reading shows David making the right choice, respecting God’s anointed king by forgiving his offenses. Saul on the other hand continues to make the wrong choices. He is imprisoned in his own misery of seeking his revenge. In the Psalm we meet God’s mercy and compassion which we should practice in our choices. St. Paul tells us how the “First Adam” made a wrong choice of disobedience, bringing death into the world, whereas Jesus, the “Second Adam,” made the right choice of fulfilling his Father’s saving plan for mankind by accepting acute suffering and a heinous death. The Gospel gives us the “Golden Rule” and our obligation to be loving, forgiving, merciful, and compassionate: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” To this Jesus gives additional commands of radical Christian love. He orders us to love our enemies and to be merciful and compassionate to everyone as God our Father is loving, merciful, and compassionate. He concludes by instructing us to stop judging others and start forgiving all who offend us.
Pope’s Prayer Intention for February
For vocations to the Priesthood and religious life. Let us pray that the ecclesial community may welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission in the priesthood and religious life.
Please Pray
For the Sick and Housebound, 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 the Recently Deceased:
Martin Burger
Michael Kelly
Bill Carew
For Those on the Anniversary of their Deaths, especially for the repose of the souls of Oscar Burger, Paul Park, Father Antony Hayne, Paula Yamoi binti Yakok and George Farmery.
Funeral Services
Martin Burger
Private Reception of Martin in Church Monday, 24th February at 4.30 pm (Family only)
Funeral Mass at 10.30am on Tuesday, 25th February
Michael Joseph Kelly
Funeral Mass on Friday, 28th February at 12.00 noon
Margaret Pauline Stevens
Mass prior to Funeral: Friday 14th March at 4.00pm
William (Bill) Carew
Funeral on Thursday, 20th March at 10.30am
World Day of Prayer
This year prepared by the women of the Cook Islands.
Services are being held at:
The Church of the Ascension, Somers Park Avenue, at 2.00 pm with a choir from Dyson Perrins High School and at
The Davenham Chapel, Graham Road at 7.30 pm. There is some parking in the grounds of the Nursing Home.
Suitable themed refreshments will be served after both Services. Posters are out in the narthex notice board with information.
100 + CLUB WINNERS FOR FEBRUARY
1st Mary Taylor £100
2nd Dana.Van Ling £50
3rd Catherine Wiseman £50
4th Nazzarena Wood £25
5th Ruth Harrison £25
WELLSPRING LEDBURY
Saturday 8th March - 10.00am - 4.00pm - Teaching and Ministry Day
HOPE AND HEALING - A Day of Support for the Bereaved - Event Leader Lis Whybrow
For further details and to book visit www.thewellspring.uk/events
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR VACANCY
We are looking for an Office Administrator for JCJourneys pilgrimage company www.jcjourneys.com The ideal person ideally needs to be – organised, efficient, numerate, literate, computer literate, flexible and good-humoured and Catholic .. and wants to come and work in Shelsley Beauchamp !
Please contact jane.roberts@jcjourneys.com
THE NEXT NEWMAN MEETING
Wednesday 26th February. 7pm St. George's RC Church Hall, Worcester: Mystery, Meaning and Majesty, Orthodox Phenomena Expressed in Icons, Melangell Roe-Stevens -Smith, a member of the Orthodox Church. All welcome, especially newcomers!
Parish Magazine Copy Day
for the next edition is Sunday 16 March. All contributions welcome, especially if you haven't written for us before. Please send contributions to Margaret Rank merank@btinternet.com or leave in an envelope in the narthex.
GREAT MALVERN PRIORY
Women’s Breakfast - Saturday 1st March at 10amin the Lyttelton rooms upper hall. Speaker: Ruth Wharton
‘Building stronger family relationships’ to book tickets £7 from the Priory online.
HALF-TERM FAMILY MORNING
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN MALVERN HALF-TERM FAMILY MORNING AT LYTTELTON WELL CAFÉ - Monday 17th February 10.00am - 12pm
£3 per family - Refreshments included
Board games on the tables.
To book a table - Text Pauline on 07503 218532
EARRING FOUND
Small flower stud found in church, please contact the office if it is yours.
