St Joseph's News and Resources
For our Parish Community News and Updates see boxes/buttons below.
For local/diocesan events see our
parish online noticeboard
Please note that we now only have one Sunday mass at St Joseph's church, 9.00 am
If you would like to submit an item for inclusion in the Holy Family newsletter please send us through the above link. Publication cannot be guaranteed but all offered that is in keeping with the various guidelines and protocols (Church and legal) we work with is considered.
The Lord's Day is a 'free' weekly newsletter produced by the Watermead Apostolate that shares Fr John's insights and knowledge into the Sunday readings each week, along with topical questions of faith, suggestions for prayer and saints (living and dead). See website.
Our Community newsletter is produced on Friday/Saturday and uploaded here on Saturday evening. If you would like to join our e-mailing list send a request via our contact us page giving permission for us to store your details for this purpose.
See also the Holy Family Newsletter
Our Church year runs from the first Sunday of Advent to the feast of Christ the King and our archive newsletters are stored to this system. The link above takes you to former St Joseph's parish newsletters. If you would like to view older newsletters
contact us to request.
Latest updates on Parish activities
Our Holy Communion classes for 2022-2023 are now completed and parents will now decide on their children's own dates for making their first Holy Communion. Message us with any related queries and these will be passed on to David who organises the programme.
See the various sacrament details on our Sacramental Journey pages, which give instruction as to what to do in respect of each celebration. Message us for details.
FUNERALS
Activities are now resumed.
The Memorial Garden is open for people to visit their loved one's memorial (see below)
St Joseph's Table is serving meals on Tuesdays and Wednesday (11.30 am - 2.30 pm).
"Home from Home" shop is open Wednesdays.
Follow button link to find out about work and mission of the apostolate and resources offered. Their Catholic Repository Shop opens on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm.
Weekend opening will resume later. For further information contact them direct
The weekly timetable below gives details of the regular events held at St Joseph's, along with useful information as to the usage of the buildings and grounds. For variations to this timetable, one-off conferences and events (funerals, weddings, bookings, etc.) consult first the PARISH CALENDAR where everything should be listed.
CAR PARK LOCKED TODAY - unless there is an event (wedding/conference/etc)
10.00 am - 7.00 pm
Blessed Sacrament Chapel open for visits.
8.00 am - 11.00 am
Cleaning - concentration on all rooms, kitchens and toilet areas in parish centre and some areas of church, including main walkways.
CAR PARK LOCKED TODAY - open at 8.00 am for mass and locked around 1.00 pm unless there is an event (eg baptism)
10.00 am - dusk
Blessed Sacrament Chapel open for visits.
9.00 am: Sunday Mass
(Church opens from 8.30 am)
Refreshments after mass in hall (dependent on weekly volunteers)
CAR PARK LOCKED ALL DAY - access only by maintenance keyholders
8.00 am - 11.30 am
Cleaning day - concentration on church with washing of church floor areas (when weather for drying permits) plus hall kitchens, toilets and hall, if any additional events have taken place.
10.00 am (approx.) - dusk
Blessed Sacrament Chapel open
AFTERNOON
Members of St Joseph's Table bringing their weekly shop and often prepare food in the kitchens
EVENING
Meetings are often arranged in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel - car park to be opened by arrangement with organisers
CAR PARK UNLOCKED AT 8.30 am and locked at 5.00 pm
8.30 am - 4.00 pm
St Joseph's Table team working in hall and both kitchens.
(Open to public from 11.30 am - 3.00 pm - entrance via top of car park)
10.00 am (approx.) - dusk
Blessed Sacrament Chapel open
11.30 am Mass at St Joseph's - usually streamed on our YouTube channel
(church opens at 11.15 am )
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Watermead Shop Open (more details) and directions. Entrance via top of car park.
12.00 noon - 4.00 pm
MEMORIAL GARDEN Open (enter via the top of the car park)
CAR PARK UNLOCKED AT 8.30 am and locked at 5.00 pm (or after weekly choir practice in hall, 9.30 pm)
8.30 am - 4.00 pm
St Joseph's Table team working in hall and both kitchens.
(Open to public from 11.30 am - 3.00 pm - entrance via top of car park)
10.00 am (approx.) - dusk
Blessed Sacrament Chapel open
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Watermead Shop Open (more details) and directions. Entrance via top of car park.
12.00 noon - 4.00 pm
MEMORIAL GARDEN Open (enter via the top of the car park)
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Choir practice in parish hall
CAR PARK UNLOCKED AT 8.30 am and locked at 5.00 pm
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Watermead Shop Open (more details) and directions. Entrance via top of car park.
12.00 noon - 4.00 pm
MEMORIAL GARDEN Open (enter via the top of the car park)
Note: this is a day that is sometime booked for conferences, priests' meetings, funeral receptions
see the parish calendar.
CAR PARK LOCKED ALL DAY - access only by maintenance keyholders
No parish activities today
Note: this is a day that is sometimes booked for conferences, priests' meetings, funeral receptions. See parish calendar.
Download the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Synthesis
of the meeting from 4th - 29th October 2023
For pre-Assembly preparatory documents see Further information
>>>>>> Highlighted News, Videos and Document links <<<<<<
THE LETTER
The Letter is a video that tells the story about the Pope’s call to care for our planet.
In 2015, Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si’ (The Letter); an encyclical letter about the environmental crisis to every single person in the world. A few years later, four voices that have gone unheard in global conversations have been invited to an unprecedented dialogue with the Pope. Hailing from Senegal, the Amazon, India, and Hawai’i, they bring perspective and solutions from the poor, the indigenous, the youth, and wildlife into a conversation with Pope Francis himself.
This documentary follows their journey to Rome and the extraordinary experiences that took place there, and is packed with powerfully moving personal stories alongside the latest information about the planetary crisis and the toll it’s taking on nature and people.
Click here to view the introduction to a video presented by Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for Environmental Issues, speaking ahead of the release of this new document from Pope Francis (updating his 2015 encyclical letter Laudato si’, that focused on our Christian duty to care for our current home).
Love the Stranger
In 2023, people making dangerous journeys across the Channel to reach the UK are called by various names: ‘refugees’, ‘asylum seekers’, ‘migrants’, and often by more derogatory terms.
"Love the Stranger" is a new publication by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales’s Department for International Affairs that articulates our Christian duty to look beyond such labels and see the person who has left their homeland in search of a better life . . . .
“Love the Stranger draws together more than one hundred years of Catholic teaching to guide our response to migration in England and Wales today. While it does not propose detailed solutions to complex problems, it clearly calls for procedures which permit safe and controlled access and a fair hearing to those seeking asylum. Present arrangements in this country are dramatically lacking in both of these requirements.” Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Introduction to 'Love the Stranger' from Bishop Paul McAleenan
Pastoral Re-organisation of the Nottingham Diocesan Parishes
Support for Ukraine - links to information
Updates from the Diocese
Follow the links below for the latest news from around our Nottingham Diocese
For more information on Bishop Patrick's diary and engagements, for links to his homilies and pastoral letters, visit the diocesan website by clicking on the above button which will take you to his page on the diocesan website.
Website with latest news from the Nottingham Diocesan Catholic Youth Service which provides opportunities for young people to discover community, come to a friendship with Christ and a deeper awareness of themselves.
For information about our new diocesan Caritas network - and its missionary outreach supporting social action, justice and peace and care for Creation across the Catholic Diocese of Nottingham click on the above button.
Catholic News is the diocesan newspaper of the Diocese of Nottingham, printed by CathCom, who publish diocesan newspapers from around the country. The diocesan website link makes the publications available in PDF format.
The Church in the World
Links to Vatican News and some of our leading Catholic Newspapers, Journals and News Sites
Click above button to visit the Vatican News website with links our Pope's latest General Audience videos, homilies, podcasts, documents and programmes
Independent Catholic News aim to provide speedy accurate news coverage of interest to Catholics and the wider Christian community.
The Tablet is an International Catholic news weekly journal with news and opinions from around the Catholic world.
The Catholic Herald is a monthly online magazine, published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Click on the above for an introductory 'FREE' Catholic newspaper which can be ordered on line and sent via email to subscribers
Below are just a few samples of the letters and articles Fr John writes, published through our weekly parish newsletters.
Archive News Items
Fr John with Dr Khawaja Gulraiz Rauf
(AL-MA'RIFAH ACADEMY)
We all knew the Rosary Church was to be sold. The parish was fully consulted through the newsletter, Bishop Patrick wanting us to feel involved, but the diocesan trustees would make the final decision, guided by charity law. It has been a long process. We were sad but understood and accepted the new pattern of parishes merging in the diocese: Our Lady’s, Sacred Heart and St Joseph’s would become one parish and there would be two priests. Such parish groupings have been forming around the diocese for a while. There are good friendships across our three local parishes – and Holy Cross is welcoming of everyone - so attending mass will remain relatively easy for most people.
On Tuesday, 1st February 2022, the sale was completed. The Rosary Church is to become AL-MA'RIFAH ACADEMY. Bishop Patrick has responsibility for inter-faith relations for the Bishops Conference of England and Wales and is pleased the transition has been handled well. We pray with and for our Muslim sisters and brothers – they have a beautiful little building in which to begin their school. This is how our local Catholic schools began, especially for immigrant Catholic families from Ireland. It is now our turn to say “Welcome”. Please pray with them that all goes well.
Welcome
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Thank you and God bless you.
Thank you for asking to join our weekly newsletter emailing address. By sending us this request you agree that we can store your email address on our database for the sole purpose of sending you information and news about St Joseph's parish through our weekly newsletter.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE that, on receipt of your request, your name will be added automatically to the newsletter emailing list . The email is sent out on Friday or Saturday of each week as a 'blind copy', in order to protect people's email addresses, but this can method can sometimes be rejected by mail servers. Please look out for your copy next weekend and, if it doesn't arrive, message the website again notifying us and we'll send each week as direct mail.
Thank you and God bless you.