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1 17 th DECEMBER rd SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR B ST AUGUSTINE S 30 Coniscliffe Road DARLINGTON DL3 7RG PARISH BULLETIN BREVIARY WEEK : 3 Fr Gordon Ryan Tel: info@staugustineschurch.org.uk Chaplaincy Office Memorial Hospital (Mrs Carol Moody ) Office Hours: Mon/Tues Thur/Fri WORD FOR TODAY In a society that puts a premium on being first, best, fastest, richest and most successful, it s hard to stand up for being a good helper, a true friend or a trusty aid. Yet the whole purpose of John the Baptist s existence was to point to someone far more important than himself. When we do our pointing is it towards or away from ourselves?

2 ADVENT Today is known as Gaudete Sunday, coming from the Latin word meaning rejoice. God expects us to be happy at all times, says St Paul, and to live lives of gratitude for all that he does for us. St Augustine s Primary School The School Advent Liturgy will take place in Church on Monday 18 th December at 5.30pm ST CUTHBERTS CARE ADVENT ALMS APPEAL St Cuthberts Care s two Catholic nursing homes provide invaluable peace of mind often to older people with no family and minimal income. Combined efforts from parishes to date have raised just over 16,000 towards our Hardship Fund and your ongoing support is immensely appreciated. They will also be supporting a PACE project to provide lunch, gifts and take-away food parcels to 40+ homeless adults on Christmas Day. Your donation would be helpful. Envelopes available. OUTSIDE NATIVITY in the PC grounds on Saturday 23rd December at 6pm. Free Entry, but if you could bring along tinned food or long-life milk as a donation these will be sent to the Food Banks they like to build up their stocks for distribution in January. Join us afterwards in the Centre for a warming drink and there maybe a surprise visitor for the children. This will be followed by the CAFOD QUIZ pm SVP Last week s collection raised , thank you for your continued generosity. The Christmas Crib will have a donation basket for the Baby Feeding appeal where all the money will go directly to the SVP run Feeding centres in Sudan and South Sudan. Do you support Catholic schools and right of Catholics to send their children to them? Then we need you to make your voice heard. The Government is making a critical decision on whether to overturn the admissions cap which prevents Catholic schools from allowing all Catholic pupils to attend. They have acknowledged that this policy discriminates against Catholics and promised to abandon it, now we need you to tell them not to u-turn on their promise to Catholics. Visit or search for Catholic Education in your search engine to write to the Government and urge them to drop their policy which bans new Catholic Schools.

3 HOGARTH PARTNERSHIP CHRISTMAS MASSES 2017 Christmas Eve Sunday 24 th St Augustine's 5.30 pm Carols 6.00 pm Christmas Mass St Thomas 5.30 pm Carols 6.00 pm Christmas Mass St Osmund s Gainford 6.00 pm Carols 6.30 pm Christmas Mass St Teresa s 6.30 pm Carols 7.00 pm Christmas Mass St Anne s 7.30 pm Christmas Mass Holy Family 7.30 pm Carols 8.00 pm Christmas Mass St Augustine's pm Carols midnight Christmas Mass St Mary s Barnard Castle pm Carols midnight Christmas Mass Christmas Day Monday 25 th St Williams 9.00 am Christmas Day Mass St Osmund s Gainford 9.30am Christmas Day Mass Holy Family am Christmas Day Mass St Augustine's am Christmas Day Mass St Osmund s Gainford am Christmas Day Mass POLISH MASSES Christmas Eve Sunday 24 th St Teresa s pm Shepherd s Mass Christmas Day Monday 25 th St Teresa s am Christmas Day Mass

4 First Reading: Isaiah 61: The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim liberty to captives, freedom to those in prison; to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord. I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God, for he has clothed me in the garments of salvation, he has wrapped me in the cloak of integrity, like a bridegroom wearing his wreath, like a bride adorned in her jewels. For as the earth makes fresh things grow, as a garden makes seeds spring up, so will the Lord make both integrity and praise spring up in the sight of the nations. My soul rejoices in my God. The Psalm Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Be happy at all times; pray constantly; and for all things give thanks to God, because this is what God expects you to do in Christ Jesus. Never try to suppress the Spirit or treat the gift of prophecy with contempt; think before you do anything - hold on to what is good and avoid every form of evil. May the God of peace make you perfect and holy; and may you all be kept safe and blameless, spirit, soul and body, for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has called you and he will not fail you.

5 Gospel: John 1: A man came, sent by God. His name was John. He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe through him. He was not the light, only a witness to speak for the light. This is how John appeared as a witness. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?' he not only declared, but he declared quite openly, 'I am not the Christ.' 'Well then,' they asked, 'are you Elijah?' 'I am not,' he said. 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.' So they said to him, 'Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?' So John said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord.' Now these men had been sent by the Pharisees, and they put this further question to him, 'Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the prophet?' John replied, 'I baptise with water; but there stands among you - unknown to you - the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo his sandal-strap.' This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising. 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd, and Doubleday and Co Inc., and used by permission. A box of Prayer Tags to hang on the Christmas Tree is available at the back of Church. Please complete one and return it to the box, where it will be placed on the tree. If you wish to make a donation please use any of the boxes on the pillars, Cafod, HCPT, Holy Souls, or perhaps a St Cuthbert s Care envelope.

6 CAROL SERVICES St William s Carol Service will be on Wednesday 20 th December at 6pm. The young children and choir will lead the Service. St Thomas Carol Service led by the children Thursday 21 st December at 6pm St Augustine s Carol Service will be on Sunday 31 st December at 4pm CAFOD EVENTS Afternoon Tea and Christmas Sing-a-Long TODAY Sunday 17 th December from 3pm till 5pm tickets priced at 4.00 and available after Mass, in the Parish Centre or contact Carole Springfield Christmas Cafod Quiz after the nativity on Saturday 23 rd December 7.30pm 8pm. CHILDREN S LITURGY OF THE WORD STUDY DAY Will be held at St Hilda s Resource Cenre, West Road, Newcastle on Saturday 3 rd February pm. please contact liturgy@diocesehn.org.uk if you wish to attend. COFFEES FOR 2018 We have the following months available if you/your group wish to host this. March 2018 July 2018 August 2018 December 2018 Please contact the office or with your preferred month. Thank you. SUNDAY COUNTERS Wednesday 27 th December at 10.00am if anybody from the counting teams are available. Thank you. FR PAT MCKENNA We offer Fr Pat all our best wishes on his retirement. If anyone would like Fr Gordon to visit a parishioner who is sick or housebound, please let him know with written contact details of name/address etc.

7 ST AUGUSTINE S PARISH CLUB/CENTRE INFORMATION PARISH CENTRE INFORMATION To book the Parish Centre : staugspc@gmail.com or telephone Bar Opening Time: Sunday pm TUESDAY LUNCHEON CLUB 19 th December 2017 from pm with last orders at 1.30pm. We anticipate a finish time of 2.30pm. Cost is 2.50 which includes homemade soup, bread and cake. Everybody welcome. HCPT Group 195 would like to invite you to their New Year s Eve Ceilidh at St Augustines Parish Centre, am. HCPT are a charity who take disabled and disadvantaged children on pilgrimage holiday for a week, in Lourdes, France. To reserve your tickets priced at 7.00 for adults (includes New Year s Eve toast) and 2.00 for children. Family tickets also available (2A + 2C for 15.00) please text/phone Julie Watson on COFFEES AFTER MASS Are hosted by Carmel School Peru Project PADDINGTON BEAR This week In Bank Total Raised so far 31, MINISTERS WELCOMERS OFFERTORY READERS Intercessions CHRISTMAS DAY 6.00 pm Midnight 10.00am Altar Servers to arrange Pat Ingham M Frank/F Ingham Mr & Mrs Holborn Children Children Becky Irving B Sanderson/L Carlson Bowman Family M Knowles/B Hasler

8 DECEMBER 17 th 3 rd SUNDAY OF ADVENT - YEAR B SUNDAY St Augustine's St Augustine's 9.15 am 6.30 pm Peter Harrison RIP Joseph McIntyre RIP MONDAY St Augustine s St Augustine s pm 5.30 pm D/M Lindsay Family exposition follows till 3pm School Advent Liturgy TUESDAY St Augustine's pm Eucharistic Service WEDNESDAY St Augustine s 7.00 pm Special Intention THURSDAY St Augustine s am Ints of St Therese FRIDAY St Augustine's 7.00 pm Alex Peter RIP SATURDAY St Augustine's am Rita Urwin RIP SATURDAY 23 rd SUNDAY 24 th December 3 rd Sunday of Advent (B) SUNDAY 24 TH December MONDAY 25 th December Christmas Day Year (B) THOSE WHO ARE SICK LATELY DEAD ANNIVERSARIES MINISTERS WELCOMERS OFFERTORY READERS St Augustine s St Augustine's St Augustine s 5.00 pm 9.15 am 6.00 pm Followed by Confessions Keith Cowan RIP Followed by Nativity at PC Kevin Cundy RIP Jim Beaver RIP St Augustine s Midnight O Hare family St Augustine s am People of the Parish Please remember Fr Gary Dickson, Fr Richard Harriott, Sister Evelyn and all priests and religious in the diocese who have health problems. Also the sick and housebound of the parish - Maureen Harrison, Michelle Butler, Anne Kee, Betty Smith, Lillian Brown, and those looking after them. December Anniversaries Stella Davies, Emma Howard, Thomas Wake, Keith Cowan, Mary & James Courtney, Teresa Conway, Ralph Pearson, Anne Decosemo, Alan Love, Jean Carter, Dennis Beaumont, Erin Adam, John Fay, Francis O Hare, Moria Griffin, Joe Lyonette, Hilda McCallum, Anthony Millett, James Christey, Aldo Di-Duca. May they rest in peace. SUNDAY 24 th December 5.00 pm (Saturday) 9.15 am McGovern Family Tobin Family J Kilgour/J Murphy R Ivanec Hughes Family C McKeown/J Owens COUNTERS TEAM (A) P Anwyll/C Webb/J Brown