Bulletin - 3/4 May 2025

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May 2
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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 3rd May, 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 - Livestreamed - Mass for the Repose Soul of Pope Francis
Mon 5th, EASTER FERIA, 12.00 noon, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Martin Burger ✟ (Lynne Harper)
Tue 6th EASTER FERIA 7.45am, Holy Mass, Special Intention of the
Jennymon Family
Wed 7th, EASTER FERIA, Private Mass
Thur 8th, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. 10.00am-6.45pm
Thur 8th, EASTER FERIA, 7pm, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Annual Mass for
Benefactors (Johnson Association)
Fri 9th, EASTER FERIA, 9.15am, Holy Mass, World Refugees (Helen
Connelly)
Sat 10th May, EASTER FERIA, 10.00am, Holy Mass, Michael Kelly ✟ (School Governors)
Sat 10th, EVE OF FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Pro Populo
Sun 11th, FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, 11.00am, Family Mass for First Holy
Communion children and families - Livestreamed
Sun 11th, Christian Aid Service, 4.00pm

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

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR C

3RD – 4TH MAY 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 259

Pope’s Prayer Intention for May

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: Veronica Ferguson and Julie Lewis
For those celebrating their Wedding Anniversaries: Christine and Peter Smith

TRAINING OF NEW EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF COMMUNION

Sunday, 11th May at 4pm in church.

ONE WORLD GROUP PARISH MEETING

Reaching the Unreached Fr Antony, the Director of RTU will visit St Joseph’s on Tuesday 13th May, and you are cordially invited to meet him on one of his rare visits to the UK. We have put together the following programme:

6pm Mass in the church with Fr Antony presiding
7pm Presentation and Social Gathering with Refreshments.
Please do your best to attend this important event.

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:

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’ .

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)

This year, the Malvern Christian Aid Ecumenical Service is taking place at St Joseph's at 4.00pm on May 11th. St Joseph's Second Collection for Christian Aid will take place on weekend 17th-18th May. As well as the usual envelopes and card reader, people will also be able to donate via a dedicated webpage. This information will be on our website.

JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME AND ASSISI

led by Canon John Batthula (St George’s, Worcester). 22nd – 27th November 2025. Please note there has been a change in Travel Agent and the trip is now much cheaper. Details are available at www.catholicworcester.co.uk

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.

THE THURSDAY GROUP

will be meeting on Thursday May 8th at 2.00pm for a presentation on flower arranging given by Yolanda Campbell. Yolanda is a very experienced flower arranger who has a gold medal from the Chelsea Flower Show & runs a business providing flowers for weddings & other occasions. We would like to see as many visitors as possible as well as Thursday Group members for this very special visit from Yolanda, all are welcome.LYTTELTON WELL

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.

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.