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Mass for the Pope on Sunday at Arundel Cathedral
Bishop Richard will celebrate Mass for the Repose of the Pope’s Soul at Arundel Cathedral at 11am on Sunday 27 April at 11am. All are welcome. To watch the Mass via LIVESTREAM
Fr Simon's Prayer for Pope Francis RIP
On Easter Monday morning, the Vatican announced the death of His Holiness Pope Francis. The Catholic Parish of St Joan of Arc, Farnham joins all Catholics and indeed the whole world in praying for the repose of his soul and is grateful for his apostolic and Petrine ministry:
Eternal Rest grant unto His Holiness Pope Francis, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him may he rest in peace.
O God, faithful rewarder of souls, grant that your departed servant Pope Francis, whom you made successor of Peter and shepherd of your Church, may happily enjoy for ever in your presence in heaven the mysteries of your grace and compassion, which he faithfully ministered on earth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
THE SEASON OF EASTER
Holy Saturday 19th April - 9.30am Blessing of Easter Baskets, 10am Confession
Saturday 19th April - 9.00pm The Solemn Vigil of Easter
Easter Sunday 20th April - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
WEEK OF 21st April
Monday 21st April - Church open for private meditation
Tuesday 22nd April - 12 noon Requiem Mass for John Earnshaw Cooke RIP
Wednesday 23rd April - Church closed
Thursday 124th April - 11am Mass
Friday 25th April - 11am Mass
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday 26th April - 5pm Mass
Sunday 27th April - 9.15am Family Mass, 11.15am Mass, 5pm Youth Mass
URGENT PETITION: Assisted Suicide Bill Threatens Vulnerable People
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Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of England & Wales on the Terminally Ill Adults(End of Life) Bill 5 & 6 April 2025 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Fr Simon Dray's correspondence with Gregory Stafford MP for Farnham and Bordon about the Assisted Dying Bill.
Please take time to read the following.
Fr Simon's letter to Gregory Stafford MP
Gregory Stafford MP's reply to Fr Simon
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Fr Simon gave a talk on "The Paschal Mystery – a reflection on Jesus Christ as the wounded healer” recently in Guildford. Take the time to Read Fr Simon's Talk
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection
‘This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!’
Masses on Easter Sunday itself are celebrated at the usual times of 9.15am, 11.15am & 5pm but as recommended, the evening gospel on Easter Sunday is ‘the Road to Emmaus’, which may not be on the ‘Mass Sheets’. Today, we will also renew our baptismal promises.
After completing the work he had done in creation, God rested on the 7th day. Again, after declaring on the cross that ‘it is finished’, Jesus, Our God, rests in the Tomb on Holy Saturday. His Resurrection on Easter Day means the Sabbath passes-over to the Sunday but does not become the ‘8th day of the week’ but becomes the ‘first day of the week’ of this new creation.
Thus, every Sunday is a celebration of Easter Day, and the Eucharist we celebrate together is the source and summit of our lives. Over the next eight days, the Church celebrates each day as if it were still Easter Sunday, culminating in Low Sunday, to distinguish it from today. The season of Easter lasts for 50 days (Pentecost), and so, we will proclaim Christ crucified and risen, looking forward for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, whose Vigil we will celebrate in its ‘Extended Form’ at 5pm on Saturday 7th June, as a mirror for the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, two Vigils of prayer topping and tailing this season of grace.
In this season, we celebrate also with the new members of the Church, and send our congratulations, prayers and best wishes to the newly baptised of our parish: Lizzy Ngaithe, Elise Evans and Russell Rhys-Davies. We continue to pray for Katie and Alessia Croal who will be received into full communion with the Catholic Church at the anticipated (or vigil) Mass of 3rd Sunday of Easter. ‘Brethren may God bless you through today’s Easter Solemnity and bring you at last to those feats that are celebrated in eternal joy’. Happy Easter! Fr. Simon.
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