NORTHAMPTON  CATHEDRAL  BULLETIN

Cathedral House, Primrose Hill,
Northampton, NN2 6AG.
Telephone: 714556

Christian Meditation Tuesdays  5-5.30pm Convent 103 Harlestone Rd.

FUSION Youth Group one Sunday each month 6.30-8pm in the Upper Room

Choir practice Friday 6.30 – 8.30pm

Please pray for the following:
Cheryl Kirby, Christine Corbin, Simon Hurman-Peebody, Cummeapen Niven, Mark Kemse Owabome, Issac Imhanwa
& Angela Wright who will receive the Sacraments this Easter.

THE SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND IS FOR:
Cathedral Friends    
               
LAST  2 WEEK’S  COLLECTIONS
First Collection:  13.2.10           £1081.18
                             20.2.10           £1361.36
Second Collection: (x2weeks)   £233.44
(Cathedral Friends)
CAFOD: (x 2 wks)                     £172.93
THANK YOU!

Deceased: Patrick Doherty, Mark Laste, Michael Harte,
Francis Holmes, Henderson Haynes, Ashton Wilson,
Teresa King, Simon Woodward.    May they rest in peace

Sick:  Carmel Clancy, Lil Fredricks, Arthur Gardiner,
Philip Haskill, Lesley Payne, Tom Cooney, Alex Kiaune,
Phyllis Albon, Peter Kanh Pham, Mary Etherton, Dennis
Ryan, Molly Hughes, Alan Bellingham, Fran O’Toole,
Patrick Harte, Jo Neil, Monica McGeehan, Paul Butler,
Bridie Karypauska, Carol McKenzie, Patricia Walshe,
Graham Archard, Natasha West, Noreen Grimes, Johanna
Cogger, Jack Hinde (child), Kathleen McLoughlin, Carol
Sexon, Mike Clark, John Barrett, Pat Goddard, James
Sullivan, Evie Flannery, baby Chloe Rolfe, Elizabeth Little (Barden), Gerry Mulcahy, Frances Roddy, David Hudson,
Canon Denis McSweeney and Fr Phillip Swingler

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT
We are in the middle of Fairtrade Fortnight which runs until 7th March. You are requested when shopping to replace your usual purchases for Fairtrade goods.  Please support the Fairtrade Stall after all Masses next weekend.  There will be a coffee morning at St Gregory the Great Church Hall on Wednesday the 3rd March at 9.45am.

WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The Women’s World Day of Prayer, an Interdenominational service, will be held at the Cathedral on Friday 5th March at 2pm.  This years service has been written by the Christian women of Cameroon on the theme that “Let everything that has breath praise God”. The speaker is Joseph Enow, a parishioner of the Cathedral. For more information contact the parish office. All are welcome.

PASSOVER MEAL
Our annual Holy Week Passover Meal will be held on the evening of Wednesday 31st March. This is a wonderful way of preparing for the celebration of Our Lord’s death and resurrection and helps us to understand the cultural background to the Last Supper.  Tickets are now available at a cost of £10.00 each, seats are reserved with payment.  Limited seating so please book early via the parish office.

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
This group recommences this Monday 1st March from 5pm to 6.30pm in Cathedral House and runs for 9 weeks. The aim of the group is to bring people together who have experienced the loss of a loved one at any time. For more information contact Philly in the Parish Office.

CAFOD FAST DAY
The Cathedral Community support CAFOD very generously on a weekly basis.  Last Friday the 26th February was the national CAFOD Family Fast Day Appeal, you were asked to forgo one meal that day and place the money into this weeks second collection for CAFOD which will assist them in their vital work around the world. 

PASTORAL AREA BULLETIN
If you haven’t as yet taken your Pastoral Area Bulletin please do so as you leave Church today.

THE VINE
Pick up a copy of your free diocesan newspaper this weekend.

PPG
The next PPG meeting is on Thursday 4th March at 7.30pm.

PRAYER MINISTRY
This Sunday, after 10.30am Mass, we are launching a new monthly initiative.  Many of us have things with which we struggle in life; health, family circumstances, worries. In these situations we often try to cope on our own but the Church gives us another useful resource; to be able to come to another person and ask for them to pray with us for that particular issue.  If you feel this is something from which you would benefit please come to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel after 10.30am Mass this Sunday where fellow parishioners will be available to pray with you. 

READERS
Readers from the readers rota are asked to contact the Parish Office if they are available to read a part from the Passion on either Palm Sunday or Good Friday. The rehearsals will be on Saturday 20th March at 11.30am for Palm Sunday readers and 12.30pm on the same day for Good Friday readers.

FAITH IN POLITICS
An evening to explore how Christians engage in politics will take place on Thursday 23rd March at 7.30pm at the New Testament Church of God, Horseshoe Street. Various speakers include the  Diocesan Manager of CAFOD, Frank Sudlow.

SPIRITUALITY EVENINGS
The Sisters of Nazareth invite you to attend a series of Spirituality Evenings on the first Wednesday of each month, starting on 3rd March from 6.30-8.30pm, in their convent at 118 Harlestone Road. For further details please ring 0778 597 5961.

ANNUAL DIOCESAN EVANGELISATION DAY
at St Joseph’s Church, Chalfont St Peter on Saturday 6th March from 10.30am to 4pm.  Please let Fr Simon know via the Parish Office if you will attend.

GOOD SHEPHERD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Be part of the crowd in our performance of “The Stations of the Cross” on Tues March 30th at 10.00am. For more details phone 01604 714399.