PALM SUNDAY – 02ND APRIL

Would you please remember to bring your own greenery from your garden if you have one!

PARISH PENITENTIAL SERVICE – 03RD APRIL

7:00pm – St Joseph’s – Parish Penitential Service

HOLY THURSDAY – 06TH APRIL

7:00pm – St Josephs – Mass of the Lord’s Supper

GOOD FRIDAY – 07TH APRIL

10:00am – St Josephs / Our Lady Star of the Sea / Notre Dame – Stations of the Cross

3:00pm – St Josephs – Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion

HOLY SATURDAY – 08TH APRIL

11:00am – St Josephs – Święconka – Blessing of Easter Baskets

8:30pm – St Josephs – Solemn Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD – 09TH APRIL 

8:00am – Notre Dame

10:00am – Our Lady Star of the Sea

10:30am – St Josephs

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group meet on Monday 20th March in the St Magloire Parish Room, St Joseph’s.

Tea/Coffee from 7:00pm, prayer group starts at 7:30pm.

For more information please contact Frank on 07781 108394.

Sts Padre Pio and Philomena Prayer Group meet Meet on Thursday 23rd March at 7:30pm at Jenny and Bill’s home.

Enquiries -Tel: 07781 425779

Mothers Prayers Group meet on Friday 24th March at 10:30am at Christine’s House.

For information – Tel: 259995 / E-mail: christineguernsey2014@gmail.com.

On Saturday 25th March an Easter pop-up shop in support of Children in Zambia will be open just up from Smilers and Co-op at Vazon. Look for the signposted field. Plenty of parking! Delightful goodies on sale and an opportunity to admire new born lambs!

The Stations in St Joseph’s on Friday 31st March at 6:00pm will be suitable for all ages and particularly for young people, so we encourage any young people in our community to come along to this short time of reflection on the ‘Way of the Cross’.

The Auxiliary and Active Members of the Legion of Mary are holding their Annual Acies Service on Saturday 1st April at 2:30pm in St. Joseph’s Church.

We hope that those attending will be able to stay for a Social get-together over afternoon tea, circa, 3:30pm–4:30pm.

R.S.V.P either Maud – Tel. 729445 or Viv – Tel. 254969. If you require transport, please let us know when responding.

This week, please pray for Deacon Edward Hauschild, whose ordination to the priesthood will take place on Saturday 25th March at 11:00am at St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth. This is a major event for the Diocese and also for our Parish in Guernsey as Edward has strong family links (Gloria Guillou is his Grandmother). Edward always served on the Altar when he visited at the Christmas and Easter Masses. All are welcome to attend the Mass of Ordination as we rejoice in this new priest that the Lord is giving to us. If you cannot attend in person, please remember him in your prayers as he prepares these next days. The Ordination Mass will be live streamed in St Joseph’s Church from 11:00am next Saturday, however it may be audio only due to issues with the cathedral’s camera. Fr Edward will say his first Mass in Guernsey during April (date to be announced) and a reception will follow afterwards.

Eucharistic Ministers & Readers Rotas for the period 26th March-14th May are available for collection in the Sacristy following Mass.

Thursday 16th March at 7:30pm In the Third Lenten Reflection, Charity, Bishop Philip will share some thoughts on how God causes love in the world and how love is stronger than death. He will also reflect on love of neighbour and love of self and how this love should be put into practice in our life and in acts of service and charity of our parishes.

To book please follow the link below for each session that you wish to participate in. https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7e1036ab-b87c-4cb7-8081-79d4f0830d6c@0f107169-67e0-4eaf-8428-9e9f05e974ab

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group meet on Monday 13th March in the St Magloire Parish Room at St Joseph’s.

Tea/Coffee from 7:00pm, prayer group starts at 7:30pm.

For more information please contact Frank on 07781 108394

Laudato Si next meeting will take place on Monday 13th March at 7:00pm in St Yves Room at St. Joseph’s. All welcome to attend.

UCM meet on Tuesday 14th March at 7:00pm in St Joseph’s Parish Room. Reflections with Deacon Mark. Raffle will take place.

Thank you to all who contributed in so many ways to a very enjoyable afternoon at the Befrienders Tea party last Saturday. It is difficult to name everyone but special thanks to Canon Chris who prepared the beautiful service of Benediction and Michelle and Cathy who provided the musical accompaniment. Then there were those people who prepared the warm and cosy premises, and many others who gave lifts or welcomed our guests, and helped to bring and serve the scrumptious refreshments. The musical interlude, the first performance of a newly formed quartet added to the especially joyful atmosphere after so many disappointments and cancellations of the past two years. Thank you Judy for arranging this. Our guests’ enthusiasm, smiles and happy greetings on seeing old friends again was the best contribution. When a 90+ lady was asked the following day if she was tired she replied, ‘Oh No! I was uplifted’ and that makes it all worthwhile.

The Order has at its heart an individual commitment to personal spiritual development with the collective endeavour of supporting the Church and Christian people across the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem – which includes Cyprus, Jordan and the Holy Land. We are blessed to have several Knights and Dames here in Guernsey and on Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent) we will be joined by His Excellency Michael and Felicity Byrne KGCHS along with other dignitaries of the Southern Section. The Knights and Dames will be vested and will be part of the formal procession into Church. This is a wonderful occasion for us and are honoured for such a visitation. I shall be inviting His Excellency to say a few words at the end of Mass about the work of the Order and its  Mission. May I encourage you to come along to the 10:30am Mass that day so that His Excellency can see a great cross section of our Parish Community. Thank you, Canon Chris KHS

Boxes can be collected or dropped off after both St Joseph’s Masses on Sunday 19th March in the Parish Room.

Celebrate the real meaning of Easter whilst tasting delicious Fairtrade Milk chocolate at the same time. To order please go to one of the following links:

eden.co.uk/the-real-easter-egg or re-vived.com/products/the-real-easter-eggs-fun-pack.

In the Second Lenten Reflection, Hope, I will reflect on the gift of hope and the role it plays in our lives, on what constitutes our true happiness as human beings and what God in His loving goodness has promised us in the future.

You can register for the second webinar here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f1b405cb-6509-4500-9020-a1455209ea74@0f107169-67e0-4eaf-8428-9e9f05e974ab

From 17th July for 4 nights, the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place this year. The Diocesan Pilgrimage will be leaving from Bournemouth airport. Once in Lourdes we will stay at the Hotel La Solitude, celebrate Mass daily, and take part in all that Lourdes has to offer. If you would like to know more either as a pilgrim or as a youth helper, serving our pilgrims and helping to make our pilgrimage a success, please email lourdes@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk.

The Holy Spirit Prayer Group meet on Monday 6th March in St Joseph’s Parish Room.

Tea/Coffee from 7:00pm, prayer group starts at 7.30pm.

For more information please contact Frank – 07781 108394.

BIG WALK TO BAMENDA

Well done and thank you very much to the 27 Parish volunteers who have already started our walk to Bamenda, as well to the sponsors and parishioners who are praying for our success. Everyone can follow our community progress on the maps at the back of each church. These are going to be updated every Monday, so please drop your mileage slips in the boxes after any of the weekend Masses or send it via e-mail to finnertyfive@cwgsy.net. However to be sure of actually reaching Bamenda, we need a few more walkers! Even if you can only walk a mile a day, please would you help us achieve our goal, for the benefit of CAFOD and Bamenda. Pick up a sponsorship form from the boxes under the map, or email the above address. It doesn’t matter if you couldn’t start at the beginning of Lent; every little mile helps!

ECO-EVENT

As part of our commitment to be wise stewards of God’s good creation, Trinity is hosting an eco-event on Saturday 18th March between 2:00pm and 5:00pm that is open to all. We are partnering with 15 different local organisations and individuals who have a desire to play their part in protecting our planet from bug hotels to sustainable fashion to seaweed usage to connecting faith with
nature. There will be inspiring talks, family activities, a sustainable café, stalls with practical tips and ideas and more! Everyone is invited to drop in or to stay for the whole afternoon. Let us know that you are coming – go to the link https://www.justonething.gg.

Divine Will Prayer Group meet on Tuesday 7th March at 7:00pm at the Centre For Peace and Wednesday 8th March at 10:45am at Notre Dame du Rosaire.

Le Platon lottery results for February draw –

1st – 3 – £100

2nd – 28 – £50

3rd – 74 – £25

Prayer for all the Peoples of the Middle East & the Peace of Jerusalem on Sunday 5th March. Please contact Maud for time/venue – Tel 729445.

It’s great to see the numbers increasing for our coffees and teas in the parish room after 10:30am mass on a Sunday. However, our small group of volunteer helpers is dwindling and in need of replenishment – we lost a few recently and would love to hear from anyone who might like to join us in serving refreshments. You’d be on a rota – perhaps ‘on duty’ once every 4/5 weeks – and it’s a lovely way to keep in touch with the community. Please contact Chris if you would like to help – E-mail: chris@betleys.com / Tel: 07911 715658.

Rotas for the period 5th March – 2nd July 2023 now available for collection.

St Joseph & St Mary’s Church (La Couperderie)
Saturday 25 March 2023 | 6.30pm

CONDUCTOR: Helen Grand
ORGANIST: Andrew Warren

A short one-hour concert on the eve of Passion-tide
Bach: Jesu Meine Freude
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Soloists: Chiara Beebe, Deborah Bideau,
Kirsty Dempster, Trish Grover,
Sally Henderson, Tina James,
Joan Le Flem, Philippa Nicolle,
Henri Northmore, Matthew Barrett,
Mackenzie Gordon, Archie Purdue

Free entry | Retiring collection

Facebook: @GuernseyChamberChoir
Instagram: @GuernseyChamberChoir
Website: guernseychamberchoir.com

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place for 15 minutes before all the weekday Masses of Lent

MASS AT ST APOLLINE CHAPEL

Mass will be held at 11:00am each Monday during Lent at St Apolline Chapel. First Mass will be celebrated this Monday 27th February and each Monday thereafter. This will be in place of the 12 noon Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea for the Lent Season.

St Joseph’s Parish Room be open for coffee, cake and a chat on WEDNESDAY MARCH 8th and on every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Drop in any time between 9:30am-11:30am.

Everyone is welcome! This is a chance to enjoy a cup of coffee, meet with others and keep warm in this cold weather!

During Lent, I invite you to join me for three online Lent Reflections! I will broadcast the Lent Reflections as a webinar on Thursdays 2nd, 9th and 16th March at 7:30 pm, each lasting about 40 minutes. In each Reflection, I will share some personal thoughts on one of the three theological virtues, in order (1) Faith, (2) Hope and then (3) Charity. Each Reflection will begin with a short period of prayer. The Lenten Reflections are open to all and everyone can register: see below. Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1812 -1845, I will explore each virtue as a gift of God that stirs us towards personal happiness and animates our moral lives. Whilst drawing on my own experiences as a priest and bishop, I will also explore the role of religion in life and the future of the Church in our Diocese and our ten-year plan You Will be My Witnesses. Numbers are limited so sign up now.

(Please note that you have to register for each webinar separately – so why not do it all now in one go?!). You can register for the first webinar (2nd March at 7:30pm)

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/33290866-35ca-43ca-b6c0-da7699e13f49@0f107169-67e0-4eaf-8428-9e9f05e974ab

Do you have an interest in Sacred Music and how it enhances the Liturgy? Whilst the ability to sing is appreciated, a good sense of humour is essential! The Parish
Schola is a small group (hoping to grow) of friendly people singing a variety of music from the tradition of Catholicism, right up to the modern day. We desperately need to increase our number. We don’t sing every Sunday, only monthly and on Solemn Feasts and we start rehearsing for Holy Week on Tuesday 7th March at 7:00pm in St Joseph’s. Our rehearsals only last 1 hour. Why not come along (even just for Holy Week)? Message or call Luke on 07781 122199 or E-mail lodonnell@cwgsy.net.

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has so far signed up to join the parish community BIG WALK to Bamenda! And it’s still not too late to join in; just pick up a sponsorship form from under the map in any of our three churches and follow the instructions to submit your weekly mileage/kilometre totals so the map can be updated each week. If you would like to make a Lenten offering by sponsoring the walk but have no individual to sponsor you can just sponsor the parish community as a whole. Please contact Ann Finnerty at: finnertyfive@cwgsy.net and she will add your name to the parish sponsors list. The walk will finish at Easter; immediately after that please collect your sponsorship money and pay it to the parish account by cheque (details in The Messenger), referenced ‘Bamenda Walk’. It is essential to make this reference, which could be written on the back of the cheque.

The Befrienders Tea Party with Benediction will be on Saturday 4th March at Delancey starting with Benediction in the church at 2.30pm moving into the Alzheimers Centre at 2.45pm for the tea party with musical entertainment. Parishioners who are housebound or unable to get to Mass regularly for health or other reasons are particularly invited. Also anyone yearning for a chance to meet up with these cherished old friends will be very welcome. For catering purposes it is essential that you let us know if you would like to come. Please phone Angela 07781 112221 or Meg 252401 as soon as possible.