In the Escomb Partnership of the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle Fr Dennis Tindall (address and parish office) St Mary’s, Vart Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6PQ: (01388) 603431

Bulletin e-mail: office@stmaryandstwilfrid.org.uk Sunday, 8 March 2020

If you Stand very Still

If you stand very still in the heart of a wood you will hear many wonderful things. The snap of a twig and the wind in the trees and the whirl of invisible wings. If you stand very still in the turmoil of life and you wait for the voice from within, you’ll be led down the way of wisdom and peace, through the rough world of chaos and din. If you stand very still and hold onto your faith you will get all the help that you ask. You will draw from the silence the things that you need - hope and courage and strength for your task. - Anon

In addition to the church collections above, we also receive on average £420 per month from direct debits. Enormous thanks.

Today’s Mass Page Numbers

Penitential Rite:

Mass & Readings: Pages 155-157

85-88

Creed: Page 11

Eucharistic Prayer will usually be: Page 25 OR 28

Our Father etc.: Page 56

Confession Times

St Mary Saturday

10.15 - 11.00 am,

St Wilfrid Before Sunday morning

Mass until 9.20 am.

Also after weekday morning Masses by request and any

other time by simple arrangement

Quote: “A champion is someone

who gets up when he can’t” - Jack Dempsey (boxer)

S t M a r y ’ s

Collection: £431.56 2nd Collection: 234.28

Thank you.

S t W i l f r i d ’ s

Collection: £198.38 2nd Collection: £129.60

Thank you.

Services & meetings Location

Saturday 7 March

9.30 am - Mass: Holy Souls 9.30 am - Eucharistic Service 5.30 pm - Vigil Mass: People of the parish

St Wilfrid St Mary St Mary

Sunday 8 March 2nd Sunday of Lent

9.30 am - Mass: Theresa Trueman 11.00 am - Mass: Cecilia pham thi Hong 4.00 pm - Holy Hour Adoration

St Wilfrid St Mary St Wilfrid

Monday 9 March

9.30 am - Eucharistic Service 8.30 am - No Mass 11.45 am Funeral Service for MARION LOWE 12.00 - Lenten Reflection 1.00 pm - Craft Group 7.00 pm - Prayer Group and Adoration 7.00 pm -

St Wilfrid St Mary St Wilfrid St Mary St Mary St Wilfrid

Tuesday 10 March

9.30 am - Prayer Stations for Lent 9.30 am - Mass: Private Intention

St Mary St Wilfrid

Wednesday 11 March

9.30 am - Eucharistic Service 9.30 am - Mass: The Ottewell Family 2.30 pm - Pilates

St Wilfrid St Mary St Mary

Thursday 12 March

9.30 am - Eucharistic Service 9.00 am - Mass: Holy Souls 6.00 pm - Confirmations parents and candidates

St Mary St Wilfrid St Mary

Friday 13 March

8.15 am - Mass in St. John’s School - Private Intention 6.30 pm - Stations of the Cross at St Helen’s

Saturday 14 March

9.30 am - Mass: Holy Souls 9.30 am - Eucharistic Service 10.30 am - First Confessions 5.30 pm - Vigil Mass: Private Intention

St Wilfrid St Mary St Mary St Mary

Sunday 15 March 3rd Sunday of Lent

9.30 am - Mass: People of the parish 11.00 am - Mass: Rita Desai 4.00 pm - Holy Hour Adoration

St Wilfrid St Mary St Wilfrid

12.00pm in St Mary's meeting room, there will be a time to reflect on the Word Of God. Come along and take some time to listen to the God Who Speaks. CAFOD - Lent Collection Boxes - If your loose change is weighing down your pockets and purses, please take a CAFOD collection box from the back of church. All of the money donated will provide the world’s poorest communities with the resources and training needed to maintain sustainable vegetable gardens. Items to be collected - if you kindly brought food for Father Dennis’ 50 years a priest celebration, your plates, cake tins, and boxes are in the kitchen at St Mary’s ready to collect. Thank you

St Wilfrid’s Lottery Prizes for this month are as follows:

1st Prize: £50 (#30 - Barbara Green) 2nd Prize: £30 (#143 - Mary Stockton) 3rd Prize: £15 (#8 - Carol Johnson) 4th Prize: £15 (#81 - Joan Banks) 5th Prize: £15 (#22 - Peter Murphy) 6th Prize: £15 (#66 - Ann Carney)

7th Prize: £15 (#116 - Maureen Nicholson) 8th Prize £15 (#18 - B. Robinson)

Thanks to all who support this fund raising effort. St Wilfrid Red Boxes - please leave at the back of church for the March collection. Thank you for the December collection of £314.83. Durham Deafened Support - Mutual Support Group for those with 'Inner Ear Balance Disorders, Hearing Loss & Tinnitus'. Join us on Wednesday March 11th 1.30 -3pm in St Mary's meeting room. Everyone welcome. For more information contact: DDS Telephone 0191 5183358 Email:admin@ddsupport.org.uk Website www.ddsupport.org.uk Film Club - on Tuesday 10 March at 2 pm we will be showing Mary Queen of Scots (starring Saoirse Ronan) in St Mary ’s meeting room.

Betty Shoulder Irene Welford

Michael Dowson Mrs Aitken

Val Mundell Joan Lightfoot Monica Fuller

Michael Nicholson Adam Hudspeth

Christopher Browne Kate Johnson Tyler Quinn

Maureen Nicholson Norah Hutchinson

Robin Davis Angela Graham Stephen Gregory

Frank Ridley Jack Tobin

Jacob Thomas Charlotte Thomas Marie Robinson Sheila Campbell

John Boyle Teresa Brown

Shirley Degnan Margaret Brown

Joan Hannon Christina Marsh (3)

Kathy Lloyd

Roman Banks Jane Hardy (Kirby)

Joan Banks

Please pray for Marian Lowe (66)

who has died. May she rest in peace

Please pray for the health of:

Sun Genesis 12: 1-4 Ps 32 2 Timothy 1: 8-10 Matthew 17:1-9

Mon Daniel 9: 4-10 Ps 78 Luke 6: 36-38

Tues Isaiah 1: 10, 16-20 Ps 49 Matthew 23: 1-12

Wed Jeremiah 18: 18-20 Ps 30 Matthew 20: 17-28

Thurs Jeremiah 17: 5-10 Ps 1 Luke 16: 19-31

Fri Genesis 37: 3-4, 12-13,17-28 Ps 104 Matthew 21: 33-43,45-46

Sat Micah 7: 14-15, 18-20 Ps 102 Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32

Sun Exodus 17: 3-7 Ps 94 Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8 John 4: 5-42

Scripture Readings for this week’s Masses:

Our Local Foodbank - Many thanks for your continuing support. However, the continuing requests for help have seen some of the supplies become very depleted. This week we need jam, tinned corned beef and mince, tinned potatoes and vegetables. We have large supplies of tinned beans and soup so do not need these specific items at present. We would be truly grateful for any help you could give no matter how small. The need for assistance is local and very real. Our continued thanks to you all. The God who speaks - God comes to us in the Mass, in our Communion, in the teaching we hear at Mass and in the Scripture readings. If Jesus stood in front of you and spoke to you, you’d listen. The good news is that he does that in the Mass readings. Start today to listen carefully. Woodhouse Close Crisis Project are in urgent need of curtains, towels and bedding. If you are able to help, donations can be dropped off either at Woodhouse Close Church or at St Mary’s or St Wilfrid’s. Thank you. First Holy Communion - our young children making their first Holy Communion are now well on in their preparations. But there may be some older youngsters (10 years old or more) who have missed out in earlier years. We’d like to hear about them and make alternative arrangements. If you are aware of anyone, please ask a family member to get in touch with Fr Dennis as soon as possible. Thank you. Lent - The Lent Extra booklet is now available at the back of church for the giveaway price of only £1.50. Do get yours to help you through Lent. When they’re gone they’re gone. The Lent lunches for our area are: Wednesday 11 March at 12.00pm at Bishop Auck. Methodist Church, DL14 6EN Wednesday 18 March at 12.00pm at Woodhouse Close Church, DL14 6DP Wednesday 25 March at 12.00pm at South Church Methodist Church, DL14 6STWednesday 1 April at 12.00pm at St Anne’s Anglican Church, DL14 7J Lenten Reflection - each Monday during Lent, at