13th September - Exaltation of the Holy Cross

 

Parish Priest: Fr. Ian Jackson Tel 0191 5864319

Priest in residence: Fr. Michael Humble 

Parish Contact:  Mrs. Norma Musgrave Tel. 07932 465188

Facebook/Comms: Charlotte: Tel. 07538 258781

Parish Safeguarding & Welfare: Jo Anne Laing 07528 753110

 

Mass Intentions

 

Sat (13th)      4.30 p.m.    Michael Waistell (RIP): Jean Cudlip (RIP) & Marjorie Henderson (RIP)
                                         & People of the Parish


Tues (16th)   12 noon      Requiem Mass – Mary Mills (RIP)


Wed (17th)    10 a.m.       Peter & Rosemary Barlow (RIP)


Thurs (18th ) 10 a.m.      Thanksgiving (P&F)


                      12 noon     Funeral Service – Thomas Betts (RIP)


Fri (19th)       10 a.m.      Billy Nicholson (RIP)


Sat (20th)      4.30 p.m.   Walter Robinson (RIP) & People of the Parish

 

Confessions: 30 minutes before Mass 


Rota for Sat 20th Sept.: Reader: Lyndsay  Collectors: Alan & Margaret  Eucharistic Minister: Kathleen

 

Sanctuary Lamp Intention

In loving memory of Michael Waistell

 

Your prayers are asked for the sick and housebound as well as those who look after them; Isaac, James, Jude, Nancy, Steven Briggs, Steven Briggs Snr., Christopher Brown, Kenneth Bruce, Andrew Brydon, Liz Butler, Dennis Champley, Christopher, Anne Conroy, James Cooper, Daniel, Fr. Gary Dickson, Connie Evans, John Frain, Linda Illies, Lynsy, Ann Jones, Denise Jones, Marie, Julie McCluskey, Morris, Pat Proudlock, Mr. Robinson, David Roche, Rose, Sarah, Vera Stanger, Les Thompson, All our sick friends and relatives

 

Parish News - 23rd Aug 2025

 

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mary Alice Mills, aged 91 (Peterlee), who has died. Requiem Mass is Tuesday at 12 noon, followed by cremation at Sunderland. We extend our deepest sympathy to her family and friends at this very sad time. May she rest in peace.


Please pray for the repose of the soul of Thomas William Betts, aged 63, who has died. Funeral service is Thursday at 12 noon, followed by burial in our parish cemetery. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and friends at this very sad time. May he rest in peace.


Tombola is tonight so please come along to win yourselves a prize and support our church fundraising.


Book exchange: As we have removed some of the benches from the chapel, there is a bit more space in which we can put books out on the table. There are quite a few avid readers among you, so please feel free to bring/take books. If there are any that have been there a while and been read, we can donate them to the charity shop.


The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross celebrates two historical events: the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 320 under the temple of Venus in Jerusalem, and the dedication in 335 of the basilica and shrine built on Calvary by Constantine, which mark the site of the Crucifixion. The basilica, named the Martyrium, and the shrine, named the Calvarium, were destroyed by the Persians in 614. The Church of the Holy sepulchre which now stands on the site was built by the crusaders in 1149. However, the feast, more than anything else, is a celebration and commemoration of God’s greatest work: his salvific death on the Cross and His Resurrection, through which death was defeated and the doors to Heaven opened.


Catholic Education second collection will take place during Mass this evening


Mission Sunday next week. There will be a second collection


Feasts and Memorials this week: • Monday – Our Lady of Sorrows • Tuesday – Ss Cornelius, Pope; Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs • Wednesday – St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church • Friday – St Januarius, Bishop, Martyr;St Theodore of Canterbury, Bishop• Saturday – Korean Martyrs