EASTER SUNDAY - SOLEMNITY WITH OCTAVE

20TH APRIL 2025

 

MASS TIMES THIS WEEK                                                                                                                  Tuesday:      No Mass

Wednesday: 10.00 am in Hadleigh

Thursday:    10.00 am in Sudbury

LENTEN OFFERINGS

Thank to everyone who donated over the period of Lent.  £2,615.57 will be sent to the Patriarch of Jerusalem for the suffering people in the Holy Land. 

 

VISIT OF STATUE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA

The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be visiting the Cathedrals of England & Wales from May 2025 to October 2026, accompanied by relics of Saints Francisco and Jacinta.

 

This devotional pilgrimage will be coming to our Cathedral for the 17th-18th October, 2026.

CAFOD MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE APPEAL

CAFOD have launched an emergency appeal to support the millions of people who need shelter, food, clean water, and medical care following the catastrophic 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar. There will be second collection next weekend

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More information is available by clicking here

 

EASTER OFFERING

The collection at the Easter Sunday Masses is your offering to your Parish Priest and forms an important part of his annual income. Thank you for your generous contribution. 

 

 

Beloved people of God,

 

Easter is here again! Alleluia! Easter is a season like no other; it resounds the foundation of our faith and the restoration of our relationship with God. It is a time for great rejoicing and that is why the liturgy of Easter begins by proclaiming the Exultet—one of the most beautiful hymns ever composed to the honour of God.

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In this Easter season, let us look again at the lives we have been so generously given and let us fall away the useless baggage that we carry — old pains, old habits, old ways of seeing and feeling — and let us have the courage to begin again. Life is very short, and we are no sooner here than it is time to depart again, and we should use to the full the time that we still have.

 

As we celebrate the joyous feast of Easter, let us rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. May His love and peace fill our hearts and homes. I pray that this Easter season brings you renewed faith, hope, and joy. May God bless you and your families, and may you experience the fullness of His grace.

 

Our Lord Jesus Christ is with us and will forever be present in our midst. He is true to his promise. He is alive. Even now, he wants to meet us where we live. He wants to find a dwelling there. He wants to entrust us with a mission of making his presence known and experienced by everyone. Let us therefore rejoice and be glad for Easter is here and darkness shall vanish forever. 

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Alleluia!!!

 

I would like to thank you all, for your prayers, your continued material and spiritual support to our parish community. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to all of you who are working together to keep this community alive, active and peaceful! God bless you all!

 

Fr Antony Arockiam

Parish Priest

 

MONTHLY LUNCH FOR OUR SENIOR PARISHIONERS

The next monthly lunch will be held on Tuesday 29th April at 12.30 pm in the Parish Hall in Sudbury.  

 

If you, or a fellow Parishioner you know would like to attend, it would be helpful to advise Maureen Barsby (Tel: 07799 183523) for catering numbers.

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK & HOUSEBOUND

Jana Colchester, Margaret Foreman, Vera Gillan, Meg Parker, Barrie Daniels, Paul Smith, Jimmy Cudd,

Julie Lynn, Lily Gudgeon, Sue Gudgeon, Charlie Barran, Theresa Glennon. 

 

Died Recently:  

Anthony Green (RIP) - Local Magistrate and Chairman of St Joseph’s Managers.  He and his parents were parishioners for many years and his children were pupils at St Josephs. 

Mary Puncher (RIP)

Peter Cheeseman (RIP)

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Funerals: 

The funeral service of Mary Puncher (RIP) will be held on 30th April in Hadleigh

The funeral service of Peter Cheesman (RIP) will be held on 1st May in Sudbury.

                          

PARISH BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS

If any Parishioner wishes to set up a Direct Debit to the Parish, the relevant details are: 

RC Church Sudbury with Hadleigh

Sort Code:  40 43 23

Account Number:  30232122

 

THANK YOU

For recent collection: 

Weekend of 13th April - £529.66+ £s/orders £1,000 = £1,529.66

          

CHURCH CLEANERS THIS WEEK

Sudbury:  Aimee Butt & Maria Frandos

Hadleigh: Niki Redmon & Sarah Clover

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TIMES OF MASSES