02.03.2025 Newsletter

St. Joseph’s Dinnington.   Parish Priest:  Fr Andy.   Tel: 01909 562664

Weekend Masses:

9.30am Sunday at St. Joseph’s;   

6pm Saturday at Blessed William Richardson, Kiveton (for Sunday)

Penitential Service 5pm the first Saturday of the month at St. Joseph’s

Children’s Liturgy first Sunday of the month.

Email: andyjgraydon@gmail.com.   Website: www.stjosephsdinnington.com

EMERGENCY CONTACT:

In the event of an emergency where you may specifically require the services of a priest please contact either:

Monica Carroll (07813 920844) or Anne Marie Carroll (07841 038663)

Week beginning Sunday 2nd March 2025

The Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

(Year C, Green)

SATURDAY 1st March

SAINT DAVID, BISHOP  ●

6pm Service of The Word with distribution of Communion

at Blessed William Richardson Church, Kiveton

Readings for the day:

Philippians 3:8-14;   Ps 1:1-2. 3. 4, 6. ℟ Psalm 40(39):5a;  Matthew 5:13-16

Sunday: (with children’s liturgy)

9.30am Mass at  St Joseph’s.

(For John Frank Seymour Weeks)

Celebrant Fr Geoff Bottoms

Sirach 27:4-7;   Ps 92(91):2-3. 13-14. 15-16. ℟ cf. 2a;

1 Corinthians 15:54-58;   Luke 6:39-45

MONDAY:

No Mass today.   

Sirach 17:24-29;   Ps 32(31):1-2. 5. 6. 7. ℟1a;   Mark 10:17-27

TUESDAY:

11.30am Hour of quiet prayer at Blessed William Richardson Church, Kiveton

There is no evening  Mass today.

7pm Parish support meeting in the parish rooms

Sirach 35:1-15;   Ps 50(49):5-6. 7-8. 14, 23. ℟23b;   Mark 10:28-31

  (Saint Casimir)

THE SEASON OF LENT   

5th March: ASH WEDNESDAY (Year C. Purple)

7pm Mass with distribution of ashes at St Joseph’s.

Celebrant Fr Geoff Bottoms

Joel 2:12-18;   Ps 51(50):3-4. 5-6b. 12-13. 14, 17. ℟ cf. 3a;   

2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2;   Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

THURSDAY:

There is no early   Mass today.

2pm Rosary for Peace in the parish rooms.          

Deuteronomy 30:15-20;   Ps 1:1-2. 3. 4, 6. ℟ Psalm 40(39):5a;   Luke 9:22-25

FRIDAY:

No Mass today.     

Isaiah 58:1-9a;   Ps 51(50):3-4. 5-6a.18-19. ℟19b;   Matthew 9:14-15

(Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs)

SATURDAY:

  6pm Service of The Word with distribution of Communion

at Blessed William Richardson Church, Kiveton

Readings for the Day:

Isaiah 58:9b-14;   Ps 86(85):1-2. 3-4. 5-6. ℟1a;   Luke 5:27-32

  (Saint John of God, Religious)

Next Sunday:  The First Sunday of Lent (Year C, Purple)

9.30am Mass at St Joseph’s.

Celebrant Fr Geoff Bottoms.

Readings:

Deuteronomy 26:4-10;   Ps 91(90):1-2. 10-11. 12-13. 14-15. ℟ cf 15b;

   Romans 10:8-13;   Luke 4:1-13

PARISH PRAYER FOR THE WEEK: We pray for Pope Francis; may God’s healing love touch and strengthen him.      Lord, in your mercy...

(CAFOD Weekly prayers of intercession)

THE POPE’S INTENTION FOR MARCH:  For families in crisis.

Let us pray that broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences.

Notices

RIP MARY DUCEY: The funeral of Mary Ducey will take place on Thursday 3rd April at 12.15 Immaculate Conception RC church, Spinkhill. We pray for Mary and we keep Paddy and the family in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time.

RIP JOHN FRANK SEYMOUR WEEKS:  John died on 8th February surrounded by his wife Paula and family.  We pray for John and keep Paula and the family in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time.

RETIRING COLLECTIONS:

Last weekends collections for "Racial Justice Sunday" came to £137.42.  Thank you.

CHURCH CLEANING KIVETON:  Do you  have an hour to spare  to help with cleaning our beautiful   Blessed William Richardson church in  Kiveton?  We would love for you to join us.

When: 4th March at 12.30

CHURCH CLEANING DINNIGTON:

Could you spare two hours a week for a month to help clean our church? We are in need of some new people to join our team to help keep our beautiful church looking it's best. If you can help please contact Anne-Marie Carroll on 07841 038633.

LIVE SIMPLY MARCH:

The collection of clothes for the Clothing Bank has been a fantastic success, thank you to all who have donated so far. The collection will continue throughout March, please bring your donations of clothes (in good condition) to church or ring Chris Parrott 07817542303 to arrange drop off at her house.

LENT AT ST BERNARDS:

St Bernard's Catholic High School will be having Mass each Wednesday at 8am during Lent, starting next Wednesday 5th March where ashes will also be distributed. The Mass will be in the main hall and breakfast snacks will be served after Mass.

These Masses have proved very popular with staff and students from both St Bernard's and our partner primary schools and we very much look forward to seeing you there

Please contact Tammy on 01709 828183 for more details

CALLING ALL OVERWHELMED AND BUSY PARENTS!

Come join us for a faith-filled weekend at St Vincent’s Mission Hub! Mike and Alicia Hernon, of the famous Messy Family Project, are coming all the way from the USA, to lead couples during an exclusive workshop, on the Four Disciplines of a Family! The main event is on Saturday 15th March (11-3pm) (Childcare is available on a pre booking basis only).  There will also be a Date Night for married couples on Friday March 14, (7:30-9:30pm) with cheese and wine and a talk from Mike and Alicia, on How to Keep Your Love Alive. The evening will end with Eucharistic Adoration.  https://stvincentsmissionhub.org/events-and-info

JOIN CAFOD’s BIG LENT WALK IN THE JUBILEE YEAR:

You are invited to join CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year - walking 200km over 40 days during Lent. Journey to one of the churches or shrines designated as places of pilgrimage in our diocese as part of your Big Lent Walk. Every £1 you raise will support communities like Lokho’s in Kenya, experiencing the worst impact of the climate crisis, to rebuild their lives in hope.Sign up here: https://walk.cafod.org.uk/

'BORN FOR THIS'.  THE WAY OF THE CROSS:

A powerful depiction of the Stations of the Cross, in words, music and drama is being performed on Palm Sunday, 13 April, 3.00 pm at Immaculate Conception, Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham.  Admission free. Retiring collection for St Vincent de Paul Society.

HALLAM FORMATION AND MISSION WITH THE JESUIT INSTITUTE PRESENT   LISTENING WITH THE HEART:

This is a series of 5 sessions, (one in person and 4 on-line) to explore LISTENING WITH THE HEART through prayer, reflection, discussion and practice.

WHEN? Day 1. March 8, 2025 10 am-5 pm In-person Day 2. Thursday 13 March 7-9 pm On-line Day 3. Thursday 20 March 7-9 On-line Day 4. 27 March 7-9pm On-line Day 5.  3 April 7-9 pm On-line. See Flyer for futher details. Book using the QR Code.

If you would like to find out more contact the Formation & Mission Team. formation-mission@hallam-diocese.com

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PREPARATION:

The sessions take place on Wednesday in the parish rooms on the following dates starting at 6:30. The meetings will last approximately an hour.

Meeting 4      12 March

Meeting 5      19 March

Meeting 6      26 March

Meeting 7      16 April

DIGITAL GIVING:

Hopefully you have seen the credit card reader which has recently been installed at the back of St Joseph’s church. Sadly there was a small deficit last year in our parish funds and therefore it needs to be as easy as possible for parishioners to contribute to our parish.

There are now two new ways of cashless giving

      1.    It’s very easy to use the card reader at the back of church, clear instructions are with the machine,  

OR

      2.    You can use the QR code in church and on the website, just scan the code and follow the simple instructions

LENTEN COURSES:

The Dinnington group will meet at 7pm (6.30 for refreshments) each Thursday as follows:

13th March. St. Leonard’s

20th March St Joseph’s

27th March Salvation Army Hall

3rd April Methodist Church

10th April - tbc. (Possibly The Bridge)

All wecome.

The Kiveton Group will meet at 7pm as follows:

Wednesday 12th March at BWR, Kiveton;   

Wednesday 19th March at St John’s Church  Wales;   

Thursday 27th March. St Peter’s Church, Thorpe Salvin;

Thursday 3rd April at Wales Methodist Chapel;   

Wednesday 9th April at All Hallows Church, Harthill.

All Welcome

LIVE SIMPLY MARCH:There will be a collection of pre-loved clothes in good condition in church during February. All the clothes will be taken to the Clothing Bank who provide free clothes parcels for people in need. See the information on the leaflet in church

Please consider signing the CAFOD Cancel the Debt petition to cancel the unpayable debt that many low income countries are burdened with - http://cafod.org.uk/campaign/the-new-debt-crisisburd

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: George Blow and his grandma;  Victoria Broughton; Christopher Browne;  Eileen Butterfield;  Jim Chandler;   Sam Cleasby;  Betty Delaney;  Barbara Dexter;  Pat Duffin;  Gillian Gee;  Robert Hume;   Sophie Hughes;  Owen Jenkinson;  Jed Krotki;  Kumba;  Isabel Main-Reade;  Haylen Markillie;  Charlie Massarella;  John Parker;  Emma Pearson (Glen’s daughter);  Annie Reynolds;  Maria Senogles;  Sandra Sherratt;  Olive Stafford;  Margaret Tyler; Pat Vickers;  and Teresa Williamsa