Bulletin - 7/8 June 2025

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.

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Confessions

Fr Naz hears confession in the Confessional from 10:30am until 11 am on Saturdays or by appointment.

Mass Times

• Sat 7th, EASTER FERIA, 10.00am, Holy Mass, Mairead Murray ✟ recent (Alison Pellatt)

• Sat 7th, EVE OF SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Roger & Wendy Eckersley ✟ (Eckersley Family)

• Sun 8th, SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST, 11.00am, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, Bill Carew ✟

• Mon 9th, MEMORIAL OF MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH, 12.00 noon, Holy Mass - Livestreamed, John Griffiths ✟ (Maggie Griffiths)

• Tue 10th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME, 7.45am, Holy Mass, Thanksgiving (Jennymon Family)

• Wed 11th, MEMORIAL OF ST BARNABAS, APOSTLE, Private Mass

• Thur 12th, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. 10am-6.45pm

• Thur 12th, FEAST OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST, 7.00pm, Holy Mass Hyme Levi ✟ (Max Mainini)

• Fri 13th, FUNERAL FOR DAVID TAYLOR, 10.00am, Funeral Mass

• Sat 14th, FERIA IN ORDINARY TIME, 10.00am, Holy Mass, Pro Populo

• Sat 14th, EVE OF SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, 6.00pm, Holy Mass, Ted Lawrence ✟ (Gemma Lawrence)

• Sun 15th, SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, 11.00am, Trinity Sunday - Father's Day - Celebration of First Holy Communion Mass - Livestreamed

• Sun 15th, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Liturgy, 2.00pm

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

SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST – YEAR C

7TH - 8TH JUNE 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 287

Pope’s Prayer Intention for June

That the world might grow in compassion. Let us pray that each one of us may find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus and, from his Heart, learn to have compassion on the world.

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 death: Margaret Mays, Jeremy Hope and Christine Eckersely

• For those celebrating their Wedding Anniversary: Helen & Geoff D'Cruz and Viv & Allan Fox.

RECENT DEAD

David John Taylor: · Reception into church on Thursday 12th June at 4pm· Funeral Mass: Friday 13th June at 10:00am

SECOND COLLECTION SUNDAY 15th JUNE WILL BE FOR

Day for Life.

60TH YEAR OF ORDINATION

Roger Watson will be celebrating his 60th year of ordination as a Church of England Minister on 15th June at St Leonard’s Church of the Beauchamp Community. It will start with an Ecumenical Service Evensong at 3pm followed by tea. A sign-up sheet is available in the Narthex for catering purposes

TEA IN THE GARDEN (INDOORS IF WET)

You are warmly invited to join us for tea, cakes and social time in our garden on Sunday 29th June from 2pm. Liz and Chris Burger at 120 Lower Howsell Road, WR14 1DL

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

Sunday 6th July, 4pm, in the McEnnis Room. Please come to this important meeting where we hear from Fr Naz and the PAC about the past year and the plans for our parish into the future. Several PAC members will be retiring, and we would like to invite parishioners to consider joining the PAC. Nomination forms will be in the narthex over the next few weeks. If you have questions about the PAC or what being a member involves, please ask Fr Naz or Edd Hogan. An agenda and supporting documents that the APM will cover will be available shortly online and a printed reference copy will be available to view in church.

100 + CLUB JUNE WINNERS

1st - Cathy Showell – £100

2nd – Helen D’Cruz - £50

3rd – Monika Hill - £50

4th – James Walsh - £25

5th – John Eckersley - £25

LIFEPATH

Approximately 60 primary school children are booked in for Lifepath week. Please come and join us for the Commissioning Service at the Priory on 22nd June at 6.30pm. You will be very welcome, and please pray for the continued planning and for the children attending as they think about their own Lifepath.

MARCH FOR LIFE COACH

Join March for Life UK on Saturday 6th Sept in London! The right to life underpins every other right we have and without it every other right is rendered meaningless. Abortion denies the most vulnerable in our society their most basic right, the right to life, which is why this year’s theme is ‘Human Rights for All Humans’. Unite with thousands of others at this family-friendly event where we recognise the value of life from conception and stand up for all those who have been impacted by abortion. A coach will be leaving St George's Church carpark, Worcs, at 7.30am and will depart London at 5pm. Seats cost £25, payable in advance. We usually have a priest or two with us. To book a seat or for more info contact Isabel: 07773 501721 or email izzyvs@gmail.com

PARISH MAGAZINE

Copy Day for the next edition is Sunday 29th June. All contributions welcome, especially if you haven't written for us before. Please send copy to Margaret

Rank merank@btinternet.com or leave in an envelope in the narthex.

CHURCHES TOGETHER MALVERN

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - LANSDOWNE CRESCENT METHODIST CHURCH -MONDAY 9th JUNE - Tea/coffee available in the Welcome Room from 7.00pm - Meeting will start at 7.30pm and finish by 9pm - This is open to all to come and hear of the exciting initiatives happenings in the local churches.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK

I want to say a big THANK YOU to all who contributed the success of our Christian Aid week especially to the lovely people who volunteered to deliver envelopes in their street. The church collection for Christian Aid raised £794.43. Of this £345 was Gift Aided so will raise a further £86. The contributions from the street collections was £565, of which £315 was gift aided so will increase it by another £78.

In addition St Joseph’s held a service for all Malvern churches on 11th May and this raised a further £85 which with gift aid will increase by £16. There was £30 donated by a virtual envelope, also gift aided. So, the total raised from all these was £1,474:43 and when the gift aid is added, it will be £1,631:93. Thank you. Win Crawford

PICNIC AND SWIM - CHURCHES TOGETHER MALVERN

Sunday 8th June - Pentecost Sunday from 3pm – 5pm in the Elim grounds in West Malvern – Pool opens at 3.30pm to 4.30pm at NO CHARGE – There will be seating but if you have your own picnic chair, please bring it

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.

VISITATION OF THE NATIONAL PILGRIM STATUE OF FATIMA AND THE RELICS OF SS. JACINTA AND FRANCISO

– Saturday 28th June St Chad’s Cathedral will host this special day starting with a processional welcome at 10am, and Mass at 10.30am. There will be the opportunity to venerate the Relics and recitation of the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary.