Bulletin - 22/23 November 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 22nd, MEMORIAL OF ST CECILIA, VIRGIN, MARTYR, 10.00am, Holy Mass, Pro Populo
Sat 22nd, EVE OF SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Judith Babbage ✟ (Craig Family)
Sun 23rd, SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Vocations to priesthood, Religious life and Marriage
Mon 24th, MEMORIAL OF ST ANDREW DUNG-LAC PRIEST AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS 12 noon, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Abel & Vincent Lobo (Well-being)
Tue 25th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME 7.45pm, Holy Mass, Pro Populo
Wed 26th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME, Private Mass
Thur 27th, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. 10am-6.45pm, In Church
Thur 27th, Patrick Moloney Funeral Service, 3.00pm
Thur 27th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME, 7.00pm, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, For those who have died in the Past Year.
Fri 28th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME, 9.15am, Holy Mass, Thanksgiving (Tom & Bincy Jennymon)
Sat 29th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME, 10.00am, Holy Mass, Deceased members of the Allen Family (Margaret Allen)
Sat 29th, EVE OF FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Sonia & George Wedding Anniversary (Sonia & George)
Sun 30th, FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Intention of Layla Frances Kirby (Sundrella & Matthew)

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

Bulletin as PDF

About This Week's Mass

SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE – YEAR C Book - Volume 2

22nd – 23rd November 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 167

Pope’s Prayer Intention for November

For the prevention of suicide. Let us pray that those who are tempted to commit suicide may find the support, care and love they need in their community, and be open to the beauty of life.

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: John Andrews.

RECENT DEAD

Please pray for:

Patrick Moloney Funeral Service will take place on Thursday, 27th November at 3.00pm.
Rosemary Thorp Funeral Mass Tuesday, 2nd December at 11.30am.
Kathleen June Miles Funeral Service will be on Thursday, 4th December at 11.00am.

SECOND COLLECTION THIS SUNDAY

For the Catholic Youth Service.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Congratulations to Sonia and George Johny.

RCIA - ADULT FORMATION: JOURNEY IN FAITH

Friday, 28th November 7.00-8.30pm The Church’s Year and the gift of grace.

CONFIRMATION

Monday, 1st December – 5.30–6.30pm in the McEnnis Room - To build a better life.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION SESSIONS

Tuesday 2nd December 5pm-6.30pm Family Meeting: Ways of praying.

Sunday 7th December 9.30am-10.45am Family Meeting: We welcome Jesus into our homes.

PARISH MASS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PAST YEAR

will be celebrated at 7pm on this Thursday, 27th November. If you wish to submit names of your family or friends who have died in the past year, please fill them on the form in the Narthex or submit their names to the parish office. A candle will be prepared for each of the deceased and if you wish you can donate £1 for the candle. These candles will be blessed and lit at the Mass of the day, and you will be asked to carry them to the sanctuary during the Mass. They can be taken home after Mass

PRAYING FOR VOCATIONS

The month of November is dedicated to praying for all vocations and particularly to the Priesthood and Religious life. We welcome Douglas Grantham and Filip Gronkiewizc seminarians from Oscott College who will share their vocation story at the weekend Masses for Christ the King. They are both seminarians for Birmingham Archdiocese.

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.

2nd December: UPTON: Hope, Vigilance and Watchfulness Self-Examination/Repentance
9th December: ST WULSTAN: Peace, Repentance and Conversion: Prayer and discipline.
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

PLEASE PRAY FOR JITHIN TITTO

who will be ordained deacon at St. Mary’s College, Oscott, on Friday, the 28th of November. The liturgy will be celebrated in the Syro-Malankara Rite, following the Holy See’s latest guidelines. This is the Rite to which Jithin belongs by birth, although he is a seminarian of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Fr Naz will be in attendance on behalf of the parish.

DEANERY ALTAR SERVERS DAY

All altar servers from around our Deanery are invited here to St Joseph’s on Saturday 29th November (10.30am-3.30pm) for a day where we will come together to share experiences, listen to one another, learn more about the ministry of serving at the altar, grow in faith and enjoy good company and a meal together. It would be good to have a good turn-out from our own parish! Please let Edd, or Fr Naz know if you can come.

DATES FOR NEW ST JOE’S YOUTH GROUP

Fridays 6pm-7.30 pm in the McEnnis Room. Next dates are 21st November and the 5th & 19th December. Please contact Suzie Wolff: suziewolff@gmail.com 07939 511177 for more information.

ONE WORLD GROUP CURRY NIGHT SUCCESS

The Friday before last nearly 40 parishioners, including a strong contingent from the Youth Group, gathered to enjoy some delicious curry and to hear about a visit to our Partners of Reach the Unreached in Tamil Nadu. The event was a great success, thanks to the sterling work put in by everyone involved. Thanks obviously to Tom and Binci, who produced such lovely food. The evening would not have worked so well without the input of all who helped with setting up the room and - most importantly - stayed behind afterwards to clear up. Special mention must be made of the members of the Youth Group, who helped with serving and helped the technologically illiterate oldies deal with the IT side of things. The success of the function will surely encourage us to continue with our work; it is an indication of the success of the evening that we will be able to send over £500 to RTU to help support their work

CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT

Sunday, 14th December at 2.30pm Refreshments and Mince Pies followed by the Carol Concert at 3.30pm.

CHRISTMAS CRIB FESTIVAL 13-14 December

This year, to help us to remember the true meaning of Christmas, we will be having the Christmas Crib festival again. See the posters around the church for details. BUT... we will need volunteers to be in the church to make sure that the cribs are safe. A sign-up sheet will be put in the narthex in due course.

MARY AND JOSEPH’S JOURNEY AROUND MALVERN

Throughout Advent, (from 30th November) Mary and Joseph (figures) will be travelling around the parish enroute to Bethlehem, and we will be looking for families to host them overnight. The idea is that they will only spend 24 hours with each family and we need to begin to work out with fellow parishioners who you can collect or take Mary and Joseph and how we can pass on to each other. The figures are robust and suitable for families. The sign-up sheet is in the narthex.

COLLECTION COUNTERS

Thank you for the four new volunteers. We need one more to have a complete set of eight counters. Please contact Father Naz or the office if you can help.

NEURODIVEERSITY AND THE CATHOLIC FAITH SURVEY

If you know, or think, you have Autism, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia/DCD, Sensory processing differences, or other similar condition, please consider completing the online surveys. The deadline is Monday 12 January 2026. For more information, please look at the posters in the Narthex or go to: https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/news/neurodiversity-and-the-catholic-faith