Parish Newsletter 19 June 2022
Corpus Christi Sunday
Our Lady and St Peter, Aldeburgh
Parish Priest: Fr Tony Rogers tonybrucerogers@gmail.com
Parish Safeguarding Officer: Chris Quinn:
Tel: 07886795380
Website: catholicsinaldeburghandleiston.org
Tel: 07778 221509
Masses during the Week
Saturday: 1800 Aldeburgh* (People of the parish)
Sunday: 0915 Leiston (Alice Looby +)
1100 Aldeburgh*
Monday 0900 Aldeburgh*
Tuesday No Mass today
Wednesday No Mass today
Thursday No Mass today
Friday 1400 Funeral Mass for Elizabeth
Donovan at Aldeburgh*
Saturday 1800 Aldeburgh*
Sunday 0915 Leiston
1100 Aldeburgh * (People of parish)
Hospital Stays: the contact number for Fr Bineesh, who is the Catholic chaplain at Ipswich Hospital is 075496 95648. Please phone him directly, if you would like a visit during your stay, or ask a family member or friend to do so. This is obviously subject to hospital regulations.
Livestreamlink for Mass
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC-GsEOvS0m19a_jvjwgLRDw/livestreaming
Welcome to anyone who is visiting us this
weekend. Please feel at home among the people of
this corner of the Lord’s vineyard.
Thanks to Fr Don for celebrating the Saturday Vigil Mass.
Fr Tony’s Diary: Another somewhat crazy week! Sunday – Ruby Jubilee celebration in Chippenham (Cambs. – not Wilts) Tuesday – Funeral in Northampton then overnight for Ministry to priests at Clare Priory (so no mass on Tuesday or Wednesday). Thursday – Liturgy Commission meeting at Poringland, Friday – Elizabeth Donovan’s funeral. Saturday. Jubilee Mass at Walsingham for Mgr Philip Moger at 1430.
Feasts this week: Monday – St Alban, first English martyr; Tuesday – St Aloysius Gonzaga; Wednesday – Ss John Fisher and Thomas More; Thursday – Nativity of St John the Baptist; Friday – Sacred Heart of Jesus (abstinence dispensed); Saturday – Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Elizabeth Donovan RIP: Elizabeth’s funeral mass will be in Aldeburgh on Friday, 24th at 14.00
Money Matters: Thank you for your generosity in the collection last Sunday which amounted to total of £188.50 plus standing orders. In the meantime, we continue to be grateful and rely on all who pay by standing order and we still encourage you to set up one, if you haven’t yet done so. In these days when not everyone has returned to mass, it is all the more necessary that we can be assured of a regular income, irrespective of Mass attendance The only details you need are these: Sort Code 20-98-07: a/c number: 90777048.
And for Gift Aid purposes, the Charity number for the diocese is 278742. Thank you for your continued generosity. The parish account is: St Peter’s Catholic Church Parish Account’: Registered Charity: No 278742’. If you have a problem when you try to set up a direct debit, please get in touch.
Retiring Collection today for the Pro-Life charities chosen by the Bishops’ Conference. Bishop John Sherrington writes: I would be most grateful if you could encourage parishes to accompany their prayer with the annual collection.This collection, which has been much depleted during the last two years, supports various organisation which work in the public square to promote the case for the protection of life from the beginning to its natural earthlyend (Anscombe Centre, Right to Life, Living and Dying Well) as well as some practical projects such as Rachel’s Vineyard, and homes run for pregnant mothers by Life. A percentage of monies will be directed to local projects. The particular intention of Day for Life prayers is ‘Care of the Elderly’
Please Keep In Your Prayers Hugh de las Casas, Mary Birkett, Liz O’Connor, Liz Sanders, George Martin, Paul & Bernie McComish, Alex Vachell, William Leigh, Giovanna Cimenti, Luisa Bessey, Margaret Stubbs, Heather Mabey, Maureen Dawson, Anne Smith, Brigid Simpson, Fr Don Coleman, Dominic Dobson, Fr Brendan Moffatt, Maurice Bennell, Annie Morris, Kate Hoare, Helen McGuire, Una Blissett, Patricia Ellis, Anne Alban, Gerry Gray, Veronica Bayley and all who are sick or in isolation; for Elizabeth Donovan and all who died recently and also for Mrs U. Turner, and all whose anniversaries occur this week
CAFOD’S Live Simply Campaign – If you would like to find out more about the ‘Live Simply’ campaign, please contact Deidre Charleston or Chris McElhatton on dscharleston@gmail.com c.mcelhatton@hotmail.co.uk and give us permission to keep your contact details. We will not share them with others.
Rome Pilgrimage with Fr Tony. Just to let you know that bookings are now closed.
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Good news! After the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 celebrations due to Covid we are confident that we will be able to go as a diocese and as part of the wider Catholic Association family, from Friday 19 to Friday 26 August 2022. We hope to top 100 East Anglians for the first time this century. For help contact the diocesan director Deacon John Morrill at john.morrill@rcdea.org.uk or at 07956 536140 or at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 12 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 8LT. There is a lot of detail on the pilgrimage website at
https://www.tangney-tours.com/pilgrimages/lourdes/catholic-association# I’ve just booked my place!
Help for Ukraine: Advice on how you can help people caught up in the war in Ukraine is available from Catholic Social Action Network at: https://www.csan.org.uk/ukraine/
Faithful Stewards of God’s Gifts: On the last Sunday of June and the first two Sundays of July, we shall be launching the Diocesan campaign that will be inviting us to consider the best use of our ‘Time, Talents and Treasure’ in the life of our parish and community. Unlike, the ‘Alive in Faith’ campaign which was a definite fund-raising campaign, this is much more about the ongoing life of our community and our regular commitment of time that we can offer in service of the parish, talents we can share – whatever they may be, and our financial contribution on a regular basis. This will begin next weekend with an introduction to the programme.
Readings for Corpus Christi
First reading: Genesis 14:18-20
Melchizedek king of Salem brought bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High. He pronounced this blessing: ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, creator of heaven and earth, and blessed be God Most High for handing over your enemies to you.’ And Abram gave him a tithe of everything. The word of the Lord.: Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm: You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.
The Lord’s revelation to my Master: ‘Sit on my right:
your foes I will put beneath your feet.’ Response
The Lord will wield from Zion your sceptre of power
rule in the midst of all your foes. Response
A prince from the day of your birth on holy mountain,
from the womb before the dawn I begot you. Response
The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change.
‘You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.’ Response
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
This is what I received from the Lord, and in turn passed on to you: that on the same night that he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.’ In the same way he took the cup after supper, and said, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me.’ Until the Lord comes, therefore, every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming his death. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 9:11-17
Jesus made the crowds welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing. It was late afternoon when the Twelve came to him and said, ‘Send the people away, and they can go to the villages and farms round about to find lodging and food; for we are in a lonely place here.’ He replied, ‘Give them something to eat yourselves.’ But they said, ‘We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we are to go ourselves and buy food for all these people.’ For there were about five thousand men.
But he said to his disciples, ‘Get them to sit down in parties of about fifty.’ They did so and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them; then he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the crowd. They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps remaining were collected they filled twelve baskets. The Gospel of the Lord.:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
Sunday Reflection
The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord, which we know as Corpus Christi, gives us an opportunity to revisit the events of Holy Thursday. That day was full of material to ponder, and now that Lent and Easter are complete, this feast provides an opportunity for deeper reflection on the mystery of the Eucharist instituted by Christ on the night before he died. Jesus acknowledges the need of the crowd and shows compassion for the,.
He ‘makes them welcome’, speaks to them about the kingdom of God, and heals the sick. This attitude of Jesus contrasts with that of the Twelve, who are insistent that the crowds are sent away. Jesus’ reply to this ‘Give them something to eat yourselves.’ The Christian, like Jesus must recognise the needs, both material and spiritual, of those who are searching for the kingdom.
The narrative of the miracle itself, especially in the detail of the actions of Jesus in verse 16 – and taking the five loaves and two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd – clearly prepares us for the Last Supper. The miracle of the loaves, then does not only look back to God’s past provision for his people, such as the provision of manna in the desert, but also points to the Eucharist and to the self-giving of Christ on the cross.
St Paul reminds us explicitly of what Jesus did on the night before he was betrayed. He gives us not an earthly bread, but the bread which is the gift of himself that we might live.
Text for Corpus Christi. This text is attributed, with good reason, to St Thomas Aquinas and is used before and after the Magnificat at Vespers on the feast.
O Sacred banquet!
in which Christ is received,
the memory of his passion is renewed,
the mind is filled with grace,
and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
Come on Pilgrimage!
The Diocesan Youth Service have two fantastic opportunities for young people to go on pilgrimage this summer. ‘From 25th – 29th July 2022 we are going on Pilgrimage to Holywell, known as the ‘Lourdes of Wales’! This looks to be a fantastic few days in beautiful surroundings with great company. We will be travelling as a group by road to stunning North Wales and staying in a local retreat centre.
However, that’s not all! We’re really excited to be teaming up again with Radio Maria England to help run England’s Way. This is a four-day walk from Bury St. Edmunds to Walsingham from 11th – 14th August 2022, arriving in time to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption in England’s Nazareth. Are you up for the challenge?
For more information see www.rcdea.org.uk/youth
Support for our local foodbank is more important than ever. For that reason, weekly offerings are collected from both churches and delivered to the local distribution centre. We’re no longer restricting this to the first Sunday in the month, so please do what you can each week. In these days of rapidly increasing prices, it is a true lifeline for many people.
Saturday: 1800 Aldeburgh* (People of the parish)
Sunday: 0915 Leiston (Alice Looby +)
1100 Aldeburgh*
Monday 0900 Aldeburgh*
Tuesday No Mass today
Wednesday No Mass today
Thursday No Mass today
Friday 1400 Funeral Mass for Elizabeth
Donovan at Aldeburgh*
Saturday 1800 Aldeburgh*
Sunday 0915 Leiston
1100 Aldeburgh * (People of parish)
Hospital Stays: the contact number for Fr Bineesh, who is the Catholic chaplain at Ipswich Hospital is 075496 95648. Please phone him directly, if you would like a visit during your stay, or ask a family member or friend to do so. This is obviously subject to hospital regulations.
Livestreamlink for Mass
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC-GsEOvS0m19a_jvjwgLRDw/livestreaming
Welcome to anyone who is visiting us this
weekend. Please feel at home among the people of
this corner of the Lord’s vineyard.
Thanks to Fr Don for celebrating the Saturday Vigil Mass.
Fr Tony’s Diary: Another somewhat crazy week! Sunday – Ruby Jubilee celebration in Chippenham (Cambs. – not Wilts) Tuesday – Funeral in Northampton then overnight for Ministry to priests at Clare Priory (so no mass on Tuesday or Wednesday). Thursday – Liturgy Commission meeting at Poringland, Friday – Elizabeth Donovan’s funeral. Saturday. Jubilee Mass at Walsingham for Mgr Philip Moger at 1430.
Feasts this week: Monday – St Alban, first English martyr; Tuesday – St Aloysius Gonzaga; Wednesday – Ss John Fisher and Thomas More; Thursday – Nativity of St John the Baptist; Friday – Sacred Heart of Jesus (abstinence dispensed); Saturday – Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Elizabeth Donovan RIP: Elizabeth’s funeral mass will be in Aldeburgh on Friday, 24th at 14.00
Money Matters: Thank you for your generosity in the collection last Sunday which amounted to total of £188.50 plus standing orders. In the meantime, we continue to be grateful and rely on all who pay by standing order and we still encourage you to set up one, if you haven’t yet done so. In these days when not everyone has returned to mass, it is all the more necessary that we can be assured of a regular income, irrespective of Mass attendance The only details you need are these: Sort Code 20-98-07: a/c number: 90777048.
And for Gift Aid purposes, the Charity number for the diocese is 278742. Thank you for your continued generosity. The parish account is: St Peter’s Catholic Church Parish Account’: Registered Charity: No 278742’. If you have a problem when you try to set up a direct debit, please get in touch.
Retiring Collection today for the Pro-Life charities chosen by the Bishops’ Conference. Bishop John Sherrington writes: I would be most grateful if you could encourage parishes to accompany their prayer with the annual collection.This collection, which has been much depleted during the last two years, supports various organisation which work in the public square to promote the case for the protection of life from the beginning to its natural earthlyend (Anscombe Centre, Right to Life, Living and Dying Well) as well as some practical projects such as Rachel’s Vineyard, and homes run for pregnant mothers by Life. A percentage of monies will be directed to local projects. The particular intention of Day for Life prayers is ‘Care of the Elderly’
Please Keep In Your Prayers Hugh de las Casas, Mary Birkett, Liz O’Connor, Liz Sanders, George Martin, Paul & Bernie McComish, Alex Vachell, William Leigh, Giovanna Cimenti, Luisa Bessey, Margaret Stubbs, Heather Mabey, Maureen Dawson, Anne Smith, Brigid Simpson, Fr Don Coleman, Dominic Dobson, Fr Brendan Moffatt, Maurice Bennell, Annie Morris, Kate Hoare, Helen McGuire, Una Blissett, Patricia Ellis, Anne Alban, Gerry Gray, Veronica Bayley and all who are sick or in isolation; for Elizabeth Donovan and all who died recently and also for Mrs U. Turner, and all whose anniversaries occur this week
CAFOD’S Live Simply Campaign – If you would like to find out more about the ‘Live Simply’ campaign, please contact Deidre Charleston or Chris McElhatton on dscharleston@gmail.com c.mcelhatton@hotmail.co.uk and give us permission to keep your contact details. We will not share them with others.
Rome Pilgrimage with Fr Tony. Just to let you know that bookings are now closed.
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: Good news! After the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 celebrations due to Covid we are confident that we will be able to go as a diocese and as part of the wider Catholic Association family, from Friday 19 to Friday 26 August 2022. We hope to top 100 East Anglians for the first time this century. For help contact the diocesan director Deacon John Morrill at john.morrill@rcdea.org.uk or at 07956 536140 or at Catholic Pastoral Centre, 12 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 8LT. There is a lot of detail on the pilgrimage website at
https://www.tangney-tours.com/pilgrimages/lourdes/catholic-association# I’ve just booked my place!
Help for Ukraine: Advice on how you can help people caught up in the war in Ukraine is available from Catholic Social Action Network at: https://www.csan.org.uk/ukraine/
Faithful Stewards of God’s Gifts: On the last Sunday of June and the first two Sundays of July, we shall be launching the Diocesan campaign that will be inviting us to consider the best use of our ‘Time, Talents and Treasure’ in the life of our parish and community. Unlike, the ‘Alive in Faith’ campaign which was a definite fund-raising campaign, this is much more about the ongoing life of our community and our regular commitment of time that we can offer in service of the parish, talents we can share – whatever they may be, and our financial contribution on a regular basis. This will begin next weekend with an introduction to the programme.
Readings for Corpus Christi
First reading: Genesis 14:18-20
Melchizedek king of Salem brought bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High. He pronounced this blessing: ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, creator of heaven and earth, and blessed be God Most High for handing over your enemies to you.’ And Abram gave him a tithe of everything. The word of the Lord.: Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm: You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.
The Lord’s revelation to my Master: ‘Sit on my right:
your foes I will put beneath your feet.’ Response
The Lord will wield from Zion your sceptre of power
rule in the midst of all your foes. Response
A prince from the day of your birth on holy mountain,
from the womb before the dawn I begot you. Response
The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change.
‘You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.’ Response
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
This is what I received from the Lord, and in turn passed on to you: that on the same night that he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.’ In the same way he took the cup after supper, and said, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me.’ Until the Lord comes, therefore, every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming his death. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 9:11-17
Jesus made the crowds welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing. It was late afternoon when the Twelve came to him and said, ‘Send the people away, and they can go to the villages and farms round about to find lodging and food; for we are in a lonely place here.’ He replied, ‘Give them something to eat yourselves.’ But they said, ‘We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we are to go ourselves and buy food for all these people.’ For there were about five thousand men.
But he said to his disciples, ‘Get them to sit down in parties of about fifty.’ They did so and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them; then he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the crowd. They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps remaining were collected they filled twelve baskets. The Gospel of the Lord.:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
Sunday Reflection
The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord, which we know as Corpus Christi, gives us an opportunity to revisit the events of Holy Thursday. That day was full of material to ponder, and now that Lent and Easter are complete, this feast provides an opportunity for deeper reflection on the mystery of the Eucharist instituted by Christ on the night before he died. Jesus acknowledges the need of the crowd and shows compassion for the,.
He ‘makes them welcome’, speaks to them about the kingdom of God, and heals the sick. This attitude of Jesus contrasts with that of the Twelve, who are insistent that the crowds are sent away. Jesus’ reply to this ‘Give them something to eat yourselves.’ The Christian, like Jesus must recognise the needs, both material and spiritual, of those who are searching for the kingdom.
The narrative of the miracle itself, especially in the detail of the actions of Jesus in verse 16 – and taking the five loaves and two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd – clearly prepares us for the Last Supper. The miracle of the loaves, then does not only look back to God’s past provision for his people, such as the provision of manna in the desert, but also points to the Eucharist and to the self-giving of Christ on the cross.
St Paul reminds us explicitly of what Jesus did on the night before he was betrayed. He gives us not an earthly bread, but the bread which is the gift of himself that we might live.
Text for Corpus Christi. This text is attributed, with good reason, to St Thomas Aquinas and is used before and after the Magnificat at Vespers on the feast.
O Sacred banquet!
in which Christ is received,
the memory of his passion is renewed,
the mind is filled with grace,
and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
Come on Pilgrimage!
The Diocesan Youth Service have two fantastic opportunities for young people to go on pilgrimage this summer. ‘From 25th – 29th July 2022 we are going on Pilgrimage to Holywell, known as the ‘Lourdes of Wales’! This looks to be a fantastic few days in beautiful surroundings with great company. We will be travelling as a group by road to stunning North Wales and staying in a local retreat centre.
However, that’s not all! We’re really excited to be teaming up again with Radio Maria England to help run England’s Way. This is a four-day walk from Bury St. Edmunds to Walsingham from 11th – 14th August 2022, arriving in time to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption in England’s Nazareth. Are you up for the challenge?
For more information see www.rcdea.org.uk/youth
Support for our local foodbank is more important than ever. For that reason, weekly offerings are collected from both churches and delivered to the local distribution centre. We’re no longer restricting this to the first Sunday in the month, so please do what you can each week. In these days of rapidly increasing prices, it is a true lifeline for many people.
