NEWSLETTER FOR SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2025
MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, 30th June: Feria
9:15am, St. Begh’s
Hugh Turpin
10:00am, Quay Street
John, Elisabeth & Gerard Cowley
Tuesday, 1st July: Feria
NO MASS
Wednesday, 2nd July: Feria
10:00am, Quay Street
Valerie, Desmond & Ros Mooney
7:00pm, St. Begh’s
John Langton
Thursday, 3rd July: St. Thomas, Apostle
10:30am, Quay Street
Thanks to St. Jude
Friday, 4th July: Feria
9:15am, St. Begh’s
Doreen Denwood
10:00am, Quay Street
Alice Vaughan
Saturday, 5th July: Votive Mass of the BVM
10:15am, Quay Street
Intentions of Stephen Martin
Vigil Mass for Sunday
4:45pm, St. Begh’s
Alf Nixon
Special Intention (MR)
Hugh Turpin
Alex & Stephen Dawson
Kath Messenger
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY
8:30am, Quay Street
Special Intention (RT)
10:00am, St. Begh’s
Jean Hughes
Stephen Dawson
Jayne Blincow Intention
Doreen Denwood
Kathleen McNicholas & Sheila Hall
SEVEN DAY LAMPS will be lit this week for the following intentions:
Sacred Heart: (1) Brian Woodend (2) John Connery
Our Lady: (1) No Intention (2) Ethel Ruddy (3) No Intention
St. Therese: Doreen Denwood
St. Joseph: No Intention
Our Lady of Sorrows: (1) No Intention (2) Margaret McCarten
Our Lady at Quay Street: (1) Susan & Edmund Ruddy (2) No Intention
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS: Anne Nattrass and Clare Brannon, who have died recently, Jennie Henney, Julia Crewdson, Catherine Starkey, William Croft, and all those whose anniversary occurs this week. May they all rest in God’s peace.
PARISH SAFEGUARDING REPRESENTATIVE: Maud Smith, the parish secretary; call on 01946 692342
WEEKLY COLLECTIONS: We received £908.00 last week in the baskets and through the letterbox.
FUNERAL SERVICE: for Clare Brannon will take place on Thursday at 10:15am at St. Begh’s church. May she rest in peace.
FUNERAL MASS: for Anne Nattrass will be at St. Mary’s, Cleator, at 9:10am on Wednesday, 2nd July. May she rest in peace.
200 CLUB DRAW: The winners this month are Debra Sloan, (1st prize), Deborah Hoodless, (2nd prize). Congratulations.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: We have received a request from a lady who is creating a MA student film in Whitehaven about King James II and the Glorious Revolution, which you will remember took place in 1688. She is wondering if any parishioner might be interested in playing a Catholic bishop or priest – Latin requested for the authenticity of the piece. They would be required to film on Saturday 12th July at Muncaster Castle and Sunday 13th July onboard the Galeon Andalusia, which will be in Whitehaven harbour at the time. Early start - ready to film at 06:30 - 09:30m. The film crew have all worked professionally in the industry. They will pay travel expenses and provide lots of food. If interested, please tell Fr. Cenydd.
COME AND SEE WEEKEND: at Holy Cross Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Pembrokeshire. Single Catholic women aged between 25 and 45 are invited to discern their vocation during a monastic experience weekend to be held on Friday, 8th to Monday 11th August 2025. Please address questions about the weekend or registration to comeandseehca@gmail.com
LAUGHTER LINE: My husband is such a bad cook he uses the smoke alarm as a timer.
The Apostles’ Church: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul
This Sunday’s celebration of the great Apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel, he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Exodus 3:8; 12:11; 14:19). As Peter affirms in his great confession of faith in Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus is “the Christ,” the Messiah for whom the prophets had taught Israel to hope. But He is more than what the Jewish people had been hoping for. He is the Christ, but He is also, as Peter confesses, “the Son of the living God.” Born of the flesh of the Jewish people, He is a son of Abraham and David (see Matthew 1:1; Romans 1:3). Through Him and the Church founded on the rock of Peter’s faith, God fulfils the promise He made to Abraham: to bless all nations in his seed (see Genesis 22:16–18). What Christ calls “my Church” is the new Israel, the kingdom of God, the family made up of all peoples—Jews and Gentiles—who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God (see Galatians 3:26–29; 6:15–16). And we must make this confession our own. Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?” is addressed to each of us personally. We must confess our faith in Christ not only with our tongues but with our lives. As Paul describes his discipleship in this week’s Epistle, we must make our lives an oblation, an offering of love for the sake of Jesus and His kingdom (see Romans 12:1). We know, as we sing in this week’s Psalm, that the Lord has rescued us in Christ Jesus. We know that He will stand by us, giving us strength to face every evil—and that He will bring us to the heavenly kingdom we anticipate in this Eucharist.
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