Requiem Mass for Pope Francis at the Cathedral
on Tuesday 22nd April at 7.00 pm
and at St Gregory’s on Wednesday 23rd April
at 7.00 pm.

Sunday Mass times are:
9.00 am and 11.00 am.

There is a Mass according to the Syro-Malabar Rite celebrated in Malayalam at 5.00 on Sunday evenings.

(There is a Mass in the Cathedral on Sunday evenings at 5.15 pm)
Weekdays, normally Mass at 9.00 am
except on Thursdays when it is at 7.00 pm
On Holy Days, Mass at 7.00 am, 9.00 am and 7.00 pm

Prayer for Francis

CASPAR and why it is important

One of the important principles of the management of data is keeping it up to date. When we went
into lockdown during COVID the parish tried to keep in touch by telephone, but we found that
more than half our database was useless with many having moved house or stopped using their
landline telephone.
This was the experience of many parishes, and as a result the CASPAR system was developed, in
which every user is in charge of their own data. This also reduces the responsibility of data
protection for parishes and the diocese, although we are still bound by the rules of GDPR (General
Data Protection Regulations). The CASPAR system should be more secure than the basic systems
that we were previously using.
CASPAR is still under development, and will have many additional features. One which is already
in use is the reporting to the diocese of bits of data which used to require form-filling. Now
CASPAR does it automatically.
Please sign up as soon as you can.
www.caspar.church/me?ID=56067

It’s just plain wrong that the Church is in decline precisely when the world needs it most.

With support from Divine Renovation, we have found new hope and are seeing new life in our parish: people are coming to know Jesus and are becoming new disciples.

Divine Renovation is a Catholic ministry dedicated to parish renewal.

Divine Renovation is a ministry which accompanies priests and lay leaders who desire to see their parish come alive by providing them with the tools and coaching they need to lead their parish from
maintenance to mission.

We have a vision that we will be a ‘thriving Catholic community’, and in order to do this we must fully embrace its missionary identity by ‘confidently and humbly proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ’.

Instead of maintaining the methods and practices that were best suited for a time in the Church’s life that has since passed, we must live a culture of mission and evangelization.

Part of our way of putting this into practice is through the Alpha course

Alpha began on Tuesday April 29th:
there will be another in the autumn.

Click here to go to the Alpha page

Gregory Care

You will find at the bottom of the page under ‘Latest News’, a link to the report of last year’s activity of Gregory Care. This represents a lot of work done by very few people, and aims to provide support to any in the parish who are disadvantaged by financial circumstances, ill health, accident or any other of life’s events.

When you read it, you will see the great breadth and scope of their work, which is not just for those of our congregation, indeed, it helps anyone of any faith or nationality. The chief source of funding comes from the parish repository, whose profits last year were shared between Gregory Care and the Hope Centre.

Each week in the Newsletter there is a notice with the telephone number of Gregory Care: if you know of anyone in need, please invite them to ring, and if, reading the report, you think of other needs, or coulod offer help yourself, please make contact using the same telephone number.

Evangelii Nuntiandi.

Pope Francis, in his address at the Papal Audience on Wednesday 22nd March spoke of the importance of Pope St Paul VI’s Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi. Although dating from 1975, Pope Francis speaks of its continued importance. This is, in part. because it did not receive the attention it deserved at the time, but now its time has come.

It is available as a printed book, and there are a number of web-sites offering it for sale, but it is available free on the Vatican website, and the link to it is below.

As we work towards becoming a ‘Missionary Parish’, this is useful reading for us all.

Sunday: 9.00 am and 11.00 am.
There is a Mass according to the Syro-Malabar Rite celebrated in Malayalam at 5.00 on Sunday evenings
(There is a Mass in the Cathedral on Sunday evenings at 5.15 pm)

Prayers for Ukraine:

We say this prayer every day at St Gregory’s for Ukraine, come if you can, or pray at home. This is the prayer which is said in Church at every Mass.

O God, author and lover of peace,
to know you is to live,
to serve you is to reign.
defend against every attack
those who cry to you
so that we, who trust in your protection,
may not fear the weapons of any foe.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen

For Weekday Mass times, see the Newsletter

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is on Thursday mornings from 9.00 am to 11.00 am.

Donations for the Hope Centre may be made on their just giving page:
www.justgiving.com/campaign/helphope , and donations for CAFOD may be put in a clearly marked envelope and put in the CAFOD money box near the office door whenever the church is open.