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St. Anselm’s
Pembury
No. 207
THE WEEK AHEAD Mon 2 Serving Catholics in the village of Pembury and home to the Ordinariate
of Our Lady of Walsingham in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent
Tue 3 Under shared Sacramental and Pastoral Care of
Archbishop Peter Smith & Mgr. Keith Newton Clergy: Email: Wed 4 Fr. Edward Tomlinson 01892 825009 Fr. Nicholas Leviseur 01892 770451 [email protected] Thu 5
Fri 6 St. Paul Miki & companions for families Low Mass 10am Sat 7 Feria vocations Low Mass (OrdinariateRite) 9am Website: www.saintanselms.org.uk Blog: www.saintanselms.org.uk/blog PRESENTATION OF THE LORD priests Solemn Mass 8pm St. Blaise medical profession Low Mass 12pm St. Gilbert of Sempringham Ordinariate Low Mass 7pm St. Agatha persecuted Christians No Mass today 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1st February 2015
Sunday lessons year B; weekday lessons year I
Next Sunday – 5th in Ordinary Time
9.15am
11am
Preacher 6.30pm Solemn Mass (with children’s liturgy) Sung Mass
Father Ed
Evensong & Benediction A warm welcome: to S. Anselm’s Pembury. We hope to see you again.
The Children’s liturgy: takes place in the sacristy during the 9.15 Mass.
Visitors welcome. Our teachers are police checked and follow basic child
safety procedure. We believe children are the church of today.
Pray for the sick: Susan Adcock, Lillian Kitley, Conor Lee, baby Leah,
Steve & Clare Pearson, Harry Grech
Pray for the departed: Robert Harrison, Peter Rhodes, Peter Parish,
Marion Minihane
Prayer list: to add a name speak to Father Ed. People are prayed for at
daily mass for at least one month and can be added as necessary.
Crib Charity: we raised an amazing £1465 for the children of Sri Lanka.
That is a fantastic amount for a parish our size. Well done everyone!
Candlemass: falls tomorrow. We will be holding Mass at 8pm. Do please
support this as we attempt to keep the feasts on their proper days.
Ash Wednesday: falls on 18th February in 2015. There will be a special
mass in church at 8pm. All are encouraged to attend.
Flowers: We urgently need more volunteers to arrange flowers in church.
No experience necessary. Speak to Father Ed if interested. Please!
Mass intentions: if you want Mass said for any purpose, speak to Father
Ed. This can be on a Sunday or a weekday or on a specific date.
Ordinariate Rite Mass: is now used on Saturday mornings. This rite,
sanctioned by the Vatican, reflects English spirituality. Why not come
along and see for yourself?
First Communion: A course of instruction for those ready to be
prepared for 1st Communion (age 7 and above) is being prepared. It will
consist of 12 Saturday morning sessions beginning in April with the
confirmation and first communion service taking place on July 20th. Speak
to Father Ed if interested and book a place today!
Confirmation: Those seeking confirmation in this coming year are asked
to speak to Father Ed as soon as possible please. This is for those who
are secondary school age and above. This course will also be suitable for
those wishing to be received into the Catholic church.
Marion Minihane, a local Catholic who will be known to some of you,
died unexpectedly on holiday with her husband in Mexico. The funeral
arrangements have not been made yet.
Join us in prayer: take this sheet home and pray for the mass intentions
in your personal devotions. This joins together those at mass and home.
Contact: Father Ed Tomlinson
The Presbytery, 31 Henwoods Crescent, Pembury, TN24LJ
9.15am – Solemn Mass (& Sunday School)
11am- Sung Mass
6:30pm – Evensong & Benediction
St Gilbert of Sempringham
Gilbert was born at Sempringham, England the son of a wealthy Norman
knight. He was sent to France to study and returned to England to receive
the benefices of Sempringham and Tirington from his father. He became a
clerk in the household of the Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Bloet, and was
ordained by Robert's successor, Alexander. He returned to Sempringham as
Lord on the death of his father in 1131. In the same year he began acting as
adviser for a group of seven young women living in enclosure with lay sisters
and brothers and decided the community should be incorporated into an
established religious order. After several new foundations were established,
Gilbert went to Citeaux in 1148 to ask the Cistersians to take over the
Community. When they declined Gilbert, with the approval of Pope Eugene
III, continued the Community with the addition of Canons Regular for its
spiritual directors and Gilbert himself as Master General. The Community
became known as the Gilbertine Order, the only English religious order
originating in the medieval period; it eventually had twenty-six monasteries
which continued in existence until King Henry VIII suppressed the
monasteries in England. Gilbert imposed a strict rule on his Order and
became noted for his concern for the poor. He was imprisoned in 1165 on a
false charge of aiding Thomas of Canterbury during the latter's exile but
was exonerated of the charge. He was faced with a revolt of some off his lay
brothers when he was ninety, but was sustained by Pope Alexander III.
Gilbert resigned his office late in life because of blindness and died at
Sempringham. He was canonized in 1202. His feast day is February 4.
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