Bulletin - 26/27 April 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 - 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 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, Mass for the Repose Soul of Pope Francis
Sun 27th, SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER, 11.00am, Holy Mass, Baptism of Olalekan and Anthony. - Livestreamed, Vincent Eckerseley ✟ (Eckerseley Family)
Mon 28th, SOLEMNITY OF ST GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF ENGLAND, NO MASS
Tue 29th April, FEAST OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, PATRON OF EUROPE, NO MASS, St Wulstan’s Church – Holy
Mass at 10.00am - Blackmore Park – Holy Mass at 10.00am
Wed 30th, EASTER FERIA, St Wulstan’s Church – Holy Mass at 10.00am
Thur 1st May, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. 10.00am-6.45pm
Thur 1st May, EASTER FERIA, 7pm, Service of the Word and Communion Livestreamed
Fri 2nd, MEMORIAL OF ST ATHANASIUS, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, 9.15am, School Mass
Fri 2nd, Mass at Dalvington Care Home, 3.00pm, Holy Mass
Sat 3rd, FEAST OF SS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES, 10.00am, Annual Mass for Benefactors Johnson Association
Sat 3rd, EVE OF THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Bill Carew ✟ (Ann Wiseman)
Sun 4th, THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Mass for the Repose Soul of Pope Francis

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

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR C

26TH -27TH APRIL 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 256

Pope’s Prayer Intention for April

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: Warwick Matthews.

100 + CLUB WINNERS FOR APRIL

1st - Mary Marsh £100.00

2nd – Sam Craig - £50.00

3rd – Doris Burger - £50.00

4th – Alfred Teuma - £25.00

5th – Marion Haley - £25.00

SENTIMENTS OF ARCHBISHOP BERNARD ON POPE FRANCIS

As the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis comes to a close, all the faithful, Religious and clergy of our Archdiocese join in praying for the repose of his soul.

We recall with gratitude the Canonisation of St John Henry Newman, Birmingham’s saint, in 2019 by Pope Francis and the late Holy Father’s appreciation for Cardinal Newman’s teachings on the development of doctrine.

The Holy Spirit inspired Pope Francis to lead the Church along the Synodal Pathway in fidelity to the teachings of the Second Vatican Council and this will undoubtedly remain an important part of his abiding legacy.

We also remember Pope Francis’s many ecumenical and inter-religious initiatives as he prayed and worked for the unity of the Church and of mankind and for the respect due to God’s creation.

We pray that the Good Shepherd will now welcome the Successor of Peter into the company of saints. May he rest in peace.

TRAINING OF NEW EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

Sunday, 11th May at 4pm in church.

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:

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 privileged to attend the Pope’s Funeral Mass on Saturday 26th April.

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.

MALVERN FOOD BANK

Please remember the needs of the Malvern Food Bank. Items that are in short supply are – Jars of jam, pasta sauce packets, tins of baked beans and tins of carrots, tins of fruit and toothpaste and toothbrushes.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY – COMPLETE FORGIVENESS

Divine Mercy Sunday is a feast day that is observed on the Second Sunday of Easter, which concludes the Octave of Easter. It is based on the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy that Faustina Kowalska reported as part of her visions of Jesus and is associated with special promises. Thus, to fittingly observe the Feast of Mercy, we should:

1. Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter.

2. Sincerely repent of all our sins.

3. Place our complete trust in Jesus.

4. Go to Confession, on or shortly before Divine Mercy Sunday.

5. Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast.

6. Venerate* the Image of The Divine Mercy.

7. Be merciful to others, through our actions, words, and prayers on their behalf

LYTTELTON WELL

From May the opening days of the Lyttelton Well Cafe and Bookshop will be changing. We will be closed on Saturdays but open Monday-Friday 10am-3:30pm. We want to say a big thank to you everyone who has supported the Well over the years - staff, volunteers and customers. Until May we’re open Tuesday-Saturday, and our final Saturday will be May 10th – please do come along and support us!

CONNECTED FAMILIES EVENING - 6th May – ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH, MALVERN WR14 3JX

Parent with Confidence – 7.30pm – 9.30pm 6th May 2025 – Please come and join us.