Good News!

Catholic Parish of St Mary & St Thomas More

2 Hallcourt Crescent, Cannock , WS11 0AB,
Parish Priest: Fr Peter Weatherby tel: 07766 335591
15th April • Third Sunday of Easter Deacons : Rev Michael Vickery, Rev Paul Hender
Welcome to everyone at Mass today, especially if you are Parish Sister: Sr Jacinta Mariette
new to our church or haven't been to Mass for some time. New Cross & Cannock Hospital Chaplains: 01902 695098
Practising Catholics, clear in conscience that they are St Mary’s Centre (Meals and Functions) 01543 579364
properly prepared, may receive holy communion. Others priest@cannockcatholic.org & www.cannockcatholic.org
are invited to come forward for a blessing. If so, please Cafod Representative : Jo Burrowes
place your hand on your heart to indicate this to the priest, Safeguarding: Jo Burrowes & Ann Hinsley
deacon or minister. (Birmingham Diocesan Trust: Reg Charity No. 234216)

Masses, Intentions & other services
 A ghost has no flesh and bones as I have!
Check mass intentions online at bit.ly/mass-intentions The 100 Club 

The Diocesan Website
A very big Thank you to
has been completely
15th April • Easter 3 • Peace
everyone who has
renewed. It has a much
Sat 14 5pm Paul Glynn RIP & Valerie Glynn: 

returned their envelopes
improved look and is
(60th Wedding Anniv thanksgiving)
and are continuing to
very easier to find your
Sun 15 8am Patrick Tyrell RIP (Anniv)
support the 100 club.
way around. From the
10.30am Mike Lordan RIP
This is much
site you can also sign up
Mon 16 No Mass appreciated, only a few
for a weekly newsletter
Tue 17 7pm Jean Golik RIP are outstanding. Can
on the front page of the
Wed 18 9.15am Mary Tarbuck RIP they please be returned
site which has a range of
Thu 19 9.15am Shelagh Gleve RIP asap. If necessary, Please
topical information,
Fri 20 9.15am Sr Leah Bannon contact Veronica on
mainly dealing with
10.30am Cardinal Griffin Easter Mass 0780889929.
finance, management of
Sat 21 10am Parish & People buildings, but also
Birmingham
spiritual and pastoral
Childrens Hospital 

22nd April • Easter 4 matters.
On May 6th Stuart Vesty
Sat 21 5pm Ann Kennedy RIP birminghamdiocese.org.uk
is taking part in the
Sun 22 8am Sean Costello RIP Outing to West
Simple Health Great
10.30am Tom Murphy intentions (sick) Midlands Safari Park 

Birmingham 10k run
Children’s liturgy during Sun 10.30am Mass and raising money for Mon 21st May £15 The
Birmingham Childrens price includes coach,
Baptisms: 14th 12pm Sebastian & Noah Perks; 15th (at
Hospital. Please support entry, guided coach
10.30am Mass) Ethan Benedict Haputantrige tour, as well as all the
him with your
Exposition (Holy Hour) Saturdays 9am to 9.50am sponsorship. shows. Meet at St Mary’s
Rosary 8.50am before Mass on Thursday and Friday at 9.15am. All are
Message from Cafod. welcome. Just a few
Morning Prayer 9.40am Saturday Thank you for your seats left. No meals
Confessions Saturdays 9am-9.50am, 10.30am-11am, support to our Lent Fast provided - bring packed
4.30pm -4.50pm. Day appeal. Donations lunch or purchase food
Parish Income 8th April: Collection £649 (Gift Aid £366); to CAFOD until 12 May at the location. To book
Development (Carpet) Fund £438 (Gift Aid £182); 
 will be doubled by the ring contact Veronica on
100 Club £475. UK Government. We 07808 899230
have planned a £5
Second Collections (full details at bit.ly/cannock2col)
 FEARLESS is a retreat
million programme to
22nd: Clergy Training Fund Annual Collection. for Years 5-9 at Alton
combat malnutrition -
Clergy Training Fund The total collected in the Parish and with it we hope to Castle from 20th-22nd
during 2017 was £1,908. Thanks for all your generous be able to reach 245,000 April 2018. Cost £69. To
support and thanks also to Richard Pilmore who organises people. But we need the book a place go to
the retiring collections and to all his helpers. full amount of match bcys.co.uk
APF (Misio) red boxes will be emptied in April: please funding to make it Bible Alive for May is
bring yours to Church. happen. You can help us now available from the
reach the full amount sacristy.
Parish Development Fund envelopes - please note these needed for this crucial
extra envelopes are for anyone who does not already have programme. We still
Gift Aid envelopes - those with GA envelopes already have a have some way to go yet!
monthly envelope for the fund in their boxes. to donate please go to
Foodbank thanks for the recent donations to the cafod.org.uk/lent
Foodbank. In April you donated 20.35 kg. bit.ly/2GX0EIK

Please submit notices and items for publication to Fr Peter by hand, by text 07766 335591 or by email to priest@cannockcatholic.org
15th April • Third Sunday of Easter

Please Pray … Stella Skillen, Annette

Mason, Doris Crabb, Joanne
… The Holy Father's Prayer Jeavons, Bob Evans, Nicola
Are you a tax payer, but not yet a member of the parish Intention for the Month of McCulloch, Celia Hurdiss,
Gift Aid scheme? For a very small amount of paperwork, April is for those who have Dee Fellows, David Holt,
any donations given by you to the parish will be Responsibility in Economic Theresa Hadley, Dr Peter
increased by a quarter - so for example, a donation of £8 Matters: that economists may Hayward, Fr Pat Farrelly, June
becomes £10. Please join, if you haven’t already. There are have the courage to reject any Weatherby.
leaflets at the back of the Church. economy of exclusion and
… for those who have 

Gift Aid Envelopes for the next tax year are now ready know how to open new
died recently: Julia Sadula,
for collection. Everyone who has made gift aid paths.
John Poole, Gwendal Stanley,
declaration, including those who have a standing order, … for Persecuted Christians: Lilian Handley.
can have a set of envelopes. Please use the envelopes (or that Christians throughout
a plain envelope with your Envelope number on it) for all … for those with
the world, especially those in
donations to parish funds. If the donation is not for the anniversaries about this time:
countries where freedom of
Sunday collection, please write “Donation” on it. 16th Iris Hickey; 19th Joan
religion is not upheld, can
Sheppard; 20th Kathleen
celebrate Easter in peace and
Jackson.
Did Jesus really rise from the Dead? safety.
Yes! St Paul said that if there is no resurrection, then … for Nicola and Philip, to
everything we believe is a complete waste of time. But is marry in Easter week Holy Souls
there evidence that it might be?
… for those receiving Please check the draft of the
Well - first, we can be sure that Jesus truly died on the cross. parish memorial book which
communion at home: Peter
We are told that when the soldier put the spear in his side
Clamp, Duncan Angus, Don is at bit.ly/cannocksouls and
‘blood and water’ came out. This indicates that Jesus’ lungs
and Breeda Hinton, Don also in Church. There are
were full of fluid - he had suffocated as he hung there.
McCulloch, Mary Casey, some duplicates in the list
Secondly, everyone knew where Jesus’ body was placed.
Gerry Marriott, Billie Wyles, and perhaps other errors -
The women visited the tomb. They knew who the tomb
Maria Wacławski, Catherine please let Fr Peter know.
belonged too. Soldiers even guarded it.
Thirdly, even the enemies of the first Christians agreed that Holloway, Bernard Deakin,
the tomb was empty after his death. It would have been Iris Robertson. Please let Fr Peter know if 

easy to prove he’d not risen if his body could be found. It ... for those undergoing or you wish to add any petitions
couldn’t. It has disappeared. recovering from treatment or or thanksgivings onto this
And fourthly - most importantly - when Jesus was arrested otherwise in need of our prayer list.
and crucified his disciples fled in fear for their own lives. prayers: Christopher Cooper,
One of them had betrayed him. Another denied he ever Kevin O’Mahony, Emma
knew him. Yet in three days they were transformed from fear
to joy. No longer afraid that they might die, they were ready
Cartwright-Keegan, Thanksgivings …
Winifride Haynes, Peter
to give their lives for what they had seen. And their message … for those who were
Clamp, Norah Perry, Mary
has spread throughout the world ever since. No one is baptised, confirmed and
prepared to die for a lie. Casey, Tom Murphy, LeeAnn
made their first communion
Lister, Ray Bishop, Audrey
What more proof could we need? in the Easter season: Sophie,
George, Mitek Karasinska,
Claire, Peggy and Martyn
St Mary’s Centre 01543 579364 Cath Hunt, Betty Murphy,
Cath Rockey, Alan Jones, … for Winefride Haynes’ 93rd
Sunday Carvery 12-3pm £6.95
Geoff Tipping. birthday
Wednesday Carvery 5.30-8pm 2 for £10
Thursday OAP Special: … for the sick or housebound:
12-2pm £4.00 (£5.95 non oaps) Christine Rogers, Mary
Saturday Menu 4-8pm 2 for £9 Rowley, Kath Turner, 

ALL FUNCTIONS CATERED FOR.
Full Sunday rota is at bit.ly/cannockrota
Readers Ministers Readers Ministers
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ROTAS Sat 5pm Sat 5pm Sun 8am Sick Visiting Sun 10.30am Sun 10.30am
Counters Stole Washing

Tom S Clancy, E Team 1

Sister A & R Hinsley Michael
April 15 Margaret D & G Korzonek Burrowes Sargeant, David Gleve
Shirley D&M Seavers Pat Seery
Easter 3 Tym P & C Wilson Colman Amy Pritchard Peter Garnet
Weatherby Hibberts Javier G-Fritz David Gleve
Whitelaw I Savage
Gail & David
S & T Bullivant Team 2
April 22 Patrick Warren S & T Bullivant David Martyn Porter Korzonek M. Powell, 

Sister Jacinta & Fr S & P Kilgallon Pat Seery
Easter 4 Wendy Owens P & C Wilson Korzonek Kay Rimmer C Bridges, C S. Nelson
Peter G Dockery
Jackson

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