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HOSPITALS: If you know of anyone in hospital who would like a visit from a Chaplain please use one of the following telephone numbers to arrange it. Fr. Slavic - Roman Catholic Chaplain: 07773 366120. City Campus: 0115 969 1169 ext. 76187 QMC Campus: 0115 924 9924 ext. 83799.
30th Anniversary of St. Anthony's Church, Calverton: Our Communities working together. 60th Anniversary of the Good Shepherd A REFLECTION FOR THE YEAR OF PRAYER FROM POPE FRANCIS: DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: A reflection from Pope Francis for the Year of Prayer, Fourth Sunday of Easter: All our thoughts and activities should be a part of our daily conversation with the Lord. There is no aspect of our everyday lives, however mundane, that cannot be offered in prayer to God and become an occasion of deeper union with him. In our fragility, prayer is a mark of our supreme grandeur, for prayer can work miracles in our world, transform lives and history, and serve the coming of God's kingdom of justice and peace. To read the full reflection and find more resources at dioceseofnottingham.uk/yearofprayer. CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH: Bishop Patrick will be with us to celebrate this great event on Saturday, 22nd June at 6:00 pm, followed by Reception afterwards in the Parish Hall. Thank you to all who are already planning and working so hard to celebrate this year of Jubilee, and please look out for the Jubilee Committee's opportunity for your involvement. There is still time to buy and dedicate a bouquet of Flowers for your loved ones (birthdays, success in exams, marriage, anniversaries, graduations, or those now gone before us.) to mark the 60th anniversary of the building and opening of the Church. Your support to date has been tremendous. We hope to couple the presentation of your generous floral displays from the Solemnity (Holy Day of Obligation) of the Ascension to the following Sunday. On the Saturday, We continue to welcome photographs, reminisces of the preparation and opening of the Good Shepherd Church and the parish development over many years since. We hope to create a timeline of photo memorabilia of the previous 60 years. Please do look them out from your albums etc… and let the Parish Administration Suite have copies. Thank you. Invitation to our neighbours. From this weekend we hope to share an invitation to an "Open Afternoon" with "Afternoon Tea" on Saturday, 11th May from 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm at The Good Shepherd Church. It will be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the Floral Displays of our parish Flower Guild (Especial thanks to them for the tremendous generosity of time and talent that decorates our Church with flowers) and to offer our hospitality (could you bake a few scones, apple cake, cup cakes, or a fruit cake to accompany cucumber, ham, egg and cress sandwiches?) with tea/coffee. We shall offer our neighbours guided tours (or a booklet for an independent visit) a warm welcome and invite to enjoy the gift of such a beautiful Church in the heart of their locality, as a place of personal reflection and our Assembly Rooms for recreation. If you could act as a steward/welcomer, or bake a few of the above to enable a welcoming success to our neighbours in the locality who will be invited, it would be gratefully appreciated and a sign of our unity as a parish family/community. PARISH EXTERNAL SUPPORT: The John Paul Foundation for Youth of our parish to respond to the call of the Church to support especially the sick, in pilgrimage to Lourdes. The Foundation (thank you for your support at the Shrine of St. John Paul in the Church) supports our youth accompanying the Bishop with the sick in the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes and by bursary, the support of those wishing to meet with the Holy Father (World Youth Day was an initiative of the Late Holy Father, now St. John Paul II) at the annual World Youth Day of Catholic Youth. ENABLING OUR MISSION CAMPAIGN: 'Thank you to everyone who has already come along to learn about this important initiative for our Diocese and our parish. If you haven't yet done so, please do return your pledge form as soon as possible.' Our parish communities, along with the Cathedral and two other parishes in the Diocese is currently undertaking the Enabling Our Mission campaign which aims to help us become more outward looking and missionary, while also striving to ensure that the fewer priests now available for active ministry across the diocese are best able to serve our communities. We will be hosting a number of small gatherings at both Churches to explain this initiative and I hope you are able to make one of the following dates: Wednesday, 1st May at 10.00am - St Anthony's Church (after Mass) Wednesday, 1st May at 5.30pm - Good Shepherd Church To rsvp, please email goodshepherd@dioceseofnottingham.uk or call the parish office on 0115 926 8288. I appreciate your considering my invitation and I look forward to speaking with you soon. On behalf of our Bishop, Patrick and the future of our local Church, the Diocese of Nottingham, I remain, sincerely, Canon Philipp SECOND COLLECTION - CLERGY FORMATION: There will be a second collection at all Masses this Sunday, by order of the Bishop, for the diocese's clergy formation fund. This fund provides for the training of priests and deacons, for their on-going personal, spiritual and intellectual formation and for an office for the encouragement of vocations. Envelopes for this collection are available in the pack of offertory envelopes for those that use them. Thanks as always for your support. Parish Finance Committee. GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY - PATRONAL FEAST DAY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH IN OUR DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR: This is an opportunity to reflect on our involvement to build the community. The only time to say "I've done my bit" is when we meet the Lord in eternity. Until then, we all must take responsibility of mutual support of upbuilding the parish in our missionary and evangelizing activity. Think this weekend when one of our Pastoral Team seeks your help with an address at the 8:00 am and 9:45 am Mass this weekend.
These we have known and gone before us marked with the sign of Faith. Our deepest thanks to the generosity of those who have built our parish family and maintained our Church and Assembly Rooms in times past and whom we now commend to the Lord: The Late Teresa Mary Walsh RIP whose funeral rites will be shared on Wednesday, 1st May at 11:30 am prior to interment at Redhill Cemetery at 12:30 pm. The Late Mavis Ellwood RIP whose funeral rites will be shared on Friday, 10th May at 9:30 am prior to interment at Carlton Cemetery at 10:30 am. The Late Christopher Cuming RIP whose Requiem Mass and Funeral Rites are celebrated at 11:30 am on Thursday, 16th May prior to interment at Redhill Cemetery. May the Lord bless and keep His beloved in His care until we all meet again.
NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES: The Good Shepherd Office - goodshepherd@dioceseofnottingham.uk Baptism enquiry - gsbaptism@dioceseofnottingham.uk Hall Booking enquiry - gshallbookings@dioceseofnottingham.uk	CONTACT US! To assist a speedy response to your enquiry about the manifold activity of the our Community of North East Nottinghamshire (The Good Shepherd Church, Woodthorpe/Sherwood/Carrington/Arnold & Mapperley Plains with St. Anthony's Church, Calverton) please be confident to use one of the e mail addresses above. We recommend you visit the Parish Website - details on the previous page!
PARISH SAFEGUARDING: Representatives for the Good Shepherd: Julian Caesar 07513725471 (Good Shepherd) & Mr Christopher Forbes. For St. Anthony's, Calverton: contact Mrs Christine Thomas on christine.thomasPSR@dioceseofnottingham.uk tel: 07722 642429 Please note these numbers are not personal and exclusive for use by the Safeguarding reps.

From the Finance Committee of The Good Shepherd: Last Week: 14/04/24 Collection: £2066.59 Standing Orders: £920.00 St JP Foundation: £47.88 PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE: Secretary - Mr Philip Martin. Thank you for your generous and responsible giving. At the Good Shepherd Church donations can be received BY SMARTPHONE OR BY CARD: It is also possible to make one-off donations to the parish by smartphone. The code for you to scan with a smartphone camera is shown to the left. By scanning this code the smartphone will immediately open the parish's dedicated on-line donations page. To scan the code you will need to have installed a reputable QR and Barcode scanner app on your smartphone. Card Offerings or payments for Repository items can be made contactless by using the Digital collection plate in the welcome area of the Church. Legacies: Thank you for remembering the work of the Good Shepherd and St. Anthony's in Your Will.
Dear parishioners: PLEASE CONTINUE to offer courtesy to our neighbours when parking cars in the vicinity of the Church. Thanks!
Last updated 19.04.2024