Bulletin - 8/9 February 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.

---

Confessions

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

Mass Times

• Sat 8th 6pm - Holy Mass

  • Eve of Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    • Thanksgiving for new baby - The Neville Family (Anne & Paul Lewis)

• Sun 9th 11am - Family Mass for First Holy Communion Children & Families Livestreamed

  • Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    • Chuck Walker ✟ (Irena & Stefan Scicinski)

• Mon 10th 12 noon - Holy Mass Livestreamed

  • St Scholastica, Virgin

    • Holy Souls

• Tues 11th 7.45am - Holy Mass

  • Feria in Ordinary Time

    • Pro Populo

• Weds 12th - Private Mass

  • Feria in Ordinary Time

• Thur 13th 10am-6.45pm - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

• Thur 13th 7pm - Holy Mass Livestreamed

  • Feria in Ordinary Time

• Fri 14th 9.15am - Holy Mass

  • St Cyril, Monk, and St Methodius

    • New Baby - Broadbent Family (Anne & Paul Lewis)

• Fri 14th 1pm - Funeral of John Ormonde Crowe

• Sat 15th Feb 10am - Holy Mass

  • Feria in Ordinary Time

    • 21st Wedding Ann: Emilia & Igor Dovkoshjia

• Sat 15th 6pm - Holy Mass

  • Eve of Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    • Olly Jones RIP (Gemma Lawrence)

• Sun 16th 11am - Holy Mass Livestreamed

  • Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    • Betty Clark ✟

• Sun 16th 3pm - Ukranian Greek Orthodox Service

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

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

YEAR C 8TH – 9TH February 2025 – Parish Mass Book Page number 135

Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 137:1-5, 7-8 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11

PETER CHOSE TO OBEY: In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus preaching from Peter’s boat to a large crowd. When the teaching had ended, Jesus told Peter to pull out into deeper water for a catch of fish. In matters of fishing, Peter was the expert, while Jesus was only a carpenter. Hence Peter, perhaps not wanting Jesus to look foolish, explained, “Master, we have toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word, I will let down the nests.” So, Peter chose to obey. That declaration of trust was what made the miracle that followed possible. This time, however, instead of pulling up an empty net, Peter and Andrew found the net was filled to bursting point. Peter was able to receive his call because he had seen the tremendous power of God. Today’s Gospel concludes with an inspiring image of commitment: “When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him

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.

Gospel Share Group

Gospel Share Group meets every Friday in the McEnnis Room at 7.30 pm for one hour. Please come and join in.

Please Pray

• For the Sick and Housebound, especially 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:

  • Michael Joseph Kelly

  • Martin Burger

  • John Ormonde Crowe: Funeral at St Joseph’s church, Friday 14th

    February at 1.00pm

• For Those on the Anniversary of their Deaths, especially for the repose of the souls of Rosa Messart and Waclaw Urbanski.

Second Collection Next Week

Racial Justice.

Kidderminster-Worcester Clergy Deanery Meeting

This meeting will be hosted at St Joseph’s Malvern this Tuesday, 11th February. A big thank you to all those who accepted to provide refreshments and lunch to the clergy.

THE FEAST DAY OF ST JOSEPHINE BAKHITA

the patron saint of victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, takes place on February 8. There are 50 million victims of human trafficking across the world and as many as 130,000 in the UK, hidden in plain sight in your neighbourhood. Pope

Francis describes human trafficking as “blood money” and a “crime against humanity”. We are all called to combat this evil trade. To find out more and what you can do, go to santamartagroup.org/resources. A link to further information can be found via: Santa Marta Group | St. Bakhita Day

HOUSE GROUPS

Alice Kerby will be speaking at the weekend Masses to introduce the initiative of House Groups.

Retrouvaille Marriage Help Programme

Any couple experiencing problems within their marriage are welcome to

contact Retrouvaille who regularly run marriage help programmes: www.retrouvaille.org.uk

Malvern Hills Food Bank

Please remember the needs of the Food Bank especially at this time of year,

Day Retreat For Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist

This will take place at Prinknash Abbey on Saturday, 15th March to be led by Monsignor Patrick Kilgariff. The retreat will be for serving Eucharistic Ministers and new recruits from St Joseph, Malvern, Blackmore and St Joseph Upton. St Georges has shown interest to be part of and it will be open to St Wulstan’s depending on how many of our three churches have signed up for it. On Holy Thursday, both the serving and new ones will be commissioned to update our records. A full programme of the retreat will be communicated later.

Caritas Social Action Network

is launching Catholic Social Teaching: An Introduction, an online course for staff and volunteers in parishes. The programme will be spread over five one-hour Zoom sessions on each Tuesday in March and on 01 April 2025. The course is aimed at parishioners who are not so familiar with Catholic Social Teaching, or who would welcome a refresh. We will also be hearing from CSAN members who work on the front line of poverty and exclusion, bringing our theoretical discussions to life. The course fee is £95 for all five sessions, which includes a copy of Raymond Friel’s book, Catholic Social Teaching: An Introduction for Schools, Parishes, and Charities. Click on the link below to find out more information, or get in touch with course administrator, Bernadette, at bernadette.durcan@csan.org.uk.

PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK

Escorted Tour to Westport, Knock & Co Mayo, 10th March 2025. £799.00 pps. Price includes flight, 10kg hold luggage, 4 nights’ in 4* Castlecourt Hotel, Westport with Dinner, Bed & Breakfast. Lunch on three days. All entertainment, excursions and transport included. Visit Knock, Galway City, Kylemore Abbey, Croagh Patrick, Ballintubber Abbey, Quiet Man Museum. Single supplement on Enquiry. Contact 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com

National Jubilee Walking Pilgrimage of Hope

The national Pilgrimage of Hope will take place in September 2025, with 4 main Ways which will bless our country with a Sign of the Cross. The Ways start at the Catholic cathedrals in Cardiff, Leeds, Norwich and London and will finish at Nottingham Cathedral on 13th September 2025, the eve of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Pilgrimage will walk through St Joseph’s Parish. We shall be expected to help and support the pilgrims, for example by opening the

church so that pilgrims can enter and pray. In the next few weeks our parish will receive communication indicating in which we could participate, help and support this exciting and prayerful Jubilee project