Welcome to the Catholic Parish Communities of Ashby & Measham ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk Father Colin Patey St Charles Borromeo Bosworth Road 01530 412237 Measham [email protected] DE12 7LQ @FatherColin1 Rev Deacon Andrew Martin

Our Lady of Lourdes Station Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 2GL

Secondary School Blessed Robert Sutton, Burton on Trent Mr M Cain 01283 749450

Primary School St Charles Borromeo Measham Mrs R Elmore 01530 270572

Third Sunday of Lent — 7/8 March 2015 Ashby Sat 7 Sun 8

Mon 9

4.45pm 5.30pm

Exposition & Confessions (until 5.15pm) Mass for Holy Souls (November List)

10.00am 12.30pm 4.00pm 9.30am

Mass in Thanksgiving (Oforka family) Baptism of Eleanor Dory Matilda Rogers Stations of the Cross & Benediction Mass for Intentions of Hannen family

Tue 10

9.30am 7.00pm Wed 11 9.30am 10.00am Thu 12 6.30pm 7.15pm 7.30pm

Mass for Donor’s Intention First Reconciliation Mass for Special Intention (Birthday) Lent Reflection Session in Crypt Exposition & Confessions (visiting priests) Benediction Mass for Election of new bishop

Fri 13 Sat 14

9.30am 4.45pm 5.30pm

Mass for Annie Wood Redfern RIP Exposition & Confessions (until 5.15pm) Mass for Mary Ann Cullen RIP

Sun 15

10.00am Mass for the People of the Parishes

Measham Sat 7 6.45pm Tue 10 11.00 Sat 14 6.45pm

Mass for the People of the Parishes Stations of the Cross — with children Mass for Winifred Enderby RIP

Sun 15

Stations of the Cross & Benediction

4.00pm

This week: Fri: Abstinence from meat: Next Sun: Lent 4 (Laetare/Mothering Sunday) )*+ ,-./* S0. A121,0-.*, the Ten Commandments have occupied a predominant place in the catechesis of baptismal candidates and the faithful. In the fifteenth century, the custom arose of expressing the commandments of the Decalogue in rhymed formulae, easy to memorize and in positive form. They are still in use today. The catechisms of the Church have often expounded Christian morality by following the order of the Ten Commandments. he Ten Commandments state what is required in the love of God and love of neighbour. The first three concern love of God, and the other seven love of neighbour. As charity comprises the two commandments to which the Lord related the whole Law and the prophets... so the Ten Commandments were themselves giv-

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In Church

Cleaners

Team A

Flowers

Lent — no flowers

Ashby 227

Measham 28

Loose Plate

£277.41

£35.00

Envelopes

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£85.00

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Attendance Offerings

Singing the 10am Mass during Lent Most of the sung parts of the Mass are the ICEL Missal Chants, (M1 – M9) which follow 967 in our hymnbooks. The words and chant of the Our Father (Pater noster) can be found at 467.

en on two tablets. Three were written on one tablet and seven on the other. he Council of Trent teaches that the Ten Commandments are obligatory for Christians and that the justified man is still bound to keep them; the Second Vatican Council confirms: “The bishops, successors of the apostles, receive from the Lord... the mission of teaching all peoples, and of preaching the Gospel to every creature, so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism and the observance of the Commandments.” he Decalogue forms a coherent whole. Each “word” refers to each of the others and to all of them; they reciprocally condition one another. The two tablets shed light on one another; they form an organic unity. To transgress one commandment is to infringe all the others. One cannot hon-

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our another person without blessing God his Creator. One cannot adore God without loving all men, his creatures. The Decalogue brings man’s religious and social life into unity. Catechism of the Catholic Church 2064 ff Please pray for a new Bishop of Nottingham: O God, eternal Shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care, grant in your boundless fatherly love a pastor for your Church in Nottingham who will please you by his holiness and to us show watchful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Station Mass: This Thursday, 12th March OLOL is hosting Loughborough Deanery for a Lenten Station Mass. There will be Exposition and Confessions with visiting priests from 6.30–7.15pm: feel free to arrive any time during this period. Mass is at 7.30pm. We’re having visitors: it would be rude not to be there ourselves! Light Lenten refreshments in Crypt afterwards. Sacramental Programme: Our children for first Reconciliat ion and Holy Communion will hav e their sessions after Mass this Sunday and their first celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday. Please move to the crypt for coffee immediately after Mass to give them the space they need — and please pray for them and their parents and catechists. The diocesan appeal to set up the fund to support retired priests has been running for just a year. Every parish is expected to play its part over a four year period. As part of our efforts there will be a second collection this weekend 7th/8th March and you will hear how we are doing and how you can help at the end of Mass. Among the vacancies in Catholic Schools which are now on ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk please see especially the one for a lunchtime supervisor at St Charles School and a maths teacher at Blessed Robert Sutton. Mothers’ Prayers: Our next meeting will take place on Monday 16th March at 7.30pm in the Church. All ladies are most welcome to join us to pray for our children, grandchildren and all children throughout the world. The meeting lasts for about one hour. Parishioner Edward Quinn is running the London Marathon for “Coping with Cancer.” See the noticeboard or ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk for more details. Confirmation 2015: All application forms should now hav e reached Fr Colin. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered at OLOL on Friday, 2nd October this year. There will be a meeting for all candidates and parents on Monday, 23rd March at 7pm at St Charles’ Church Measham. There will be about twelve preparation classes which will start in earnest after Easter. Next Sunday, Mothering Sunday we welcome children from St Charles School to be inv olv ed at Mass. Pilgrimages: Please take a look at the noticeboard for details of the Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage. Teresa Knott from Mother of God Parish, Leicester, is organising a pilgrimage to Poland in October (including Czestochowa and St Faustina’s Monastery) and to the Holy Land in December. Fr Colin has basic details. For more contact Teresa on 0116

Holy Week & Easter in our Parishes Our Lady of Lourdes, Ashby St Charles Borromeo, Measham Palm Sunday — 28/29 March: Usual Masses with Palm Ceremonies Holy Thursday — 2 April: 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Watch until…. 10.00pm Compline Good Friday — 3 April: 11.00am ‘Passion for Ashby’ United Act of Witness — meet outside St Helen’s 3.00pm The Passion of the Lord Holy Saturday — 4 April: No Mass at 5.30pm 8.15pm Easter Vigil Mass Easter Day — 5 April: 10.00am Mass

Eve of Palm Sunday — 28 March: Usual Mass with Palm Ceremonies Holy Thursday — 2 April: Please take part in the 7.30pm Ceremonies at Ashby. Good Friday — 3 April: 9.OOam Stations of the Cross Please take part in the 3.00pm Ceremonies at Ashby. Holy Saturday — 4 April: No Mass at 6.45pm 8.15pm Easter Vigil Mass Confession times in both parishes will be confirmed nearer the time.

Please put these dates and times in your diary now HOLY WEEK is the most important week of the year for anyone who takes his/her faith seriously .

Refreshments: Coffee and tea are available in the crypt after the 10am Sunday Mass and the 9.30am Mass on Wednesdays at Ashby, and after the Saturday evening Mass at Measham on the first Saturday of each month. Please stay for a chat and an opportunity to meet fellow parishioners and visitors alike. New parishioners: If you have recently moved into our parish please put your name, address & contact details in the book on the table near the piety stall at the back of church or email Fr Colin: [email protected] The Ashby Foodbank: Donations of dried/canned items can be put in the foodbank box at the back of the church. They are dropped off at the foodbank depot on a regular basis. If you would like to know more or get involved please visit ashbyfoodbank.org.uk, contact The Ashby Food Bank at the Holy Trinity Parish Office, or speak to Jane Desjardins at church. We have received a letter in acknowledgement for our donations to the Foodbank. This is displayed on the noticeboard, and I have also posted it on ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk Invitation to pray the Rosary: On Tuesday after the 9.30am Mass (about 10am) we pray the Rosary for priests and on Friday after the 9.30am Mass we pray the Rosary for peace. Please join us. St Charles Catholic Pre-School: To donate £2 towards the fundraising to replace our Pre-School PLEASE TEXT SCPS13 £2 TO 70070. If you would like more information please take a leaflet from the back of church. Please help to save this valuable asset to our community. Faith In Families: (Previously the Catholic Children’s Society): You can bring your boxes in as and when you like and leave them in the safe or at the back of church. I will then collect them when I am at church and return them to the back of church once they are empty. If anybody would like to have a box at home then please contact me (Amy Fearn 01283 210445). Yearbook: The 2015 Diocesan Yearbook is available at the back of both Churches, price £3. It’s a useful source of information on our diocese — strongly recommended. Vacancies in Catholic Schools: Please see ololstcharles.blogspot.co.uk Emptied boxes: If you have brought in a mission/faith in families box to be emptied, please take your empty box from the back of Church. Gift Aid: Thank you to all who have made a Gift Aid Declaration. This greatly increases the value of your giving at no cost to you. If you pay Income Tax and haven’t yet signed one, please ask for a form. If you have signed a declaration and no longer pay