Catholic Parish of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart North Walsham, St John of the Cross Aylsham, St Helen Hoveton

Sacred Heart North Walsham, St John of the Cross Aylsham, St Helen Hoveton

NEWSLETTER 23.08.26

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                                                           FROM THE PARISH PRIEST  
Peñafrancia and the Diocesan Jubilee celebration:  A date for your diary.  For our parish celebrations for the Diocesan Jubilee, we are combining forces with the Filipino Community at St Helen’s on the 20th of September.  Bishop Peter will be celebrating Mass for the feast of Peñfrancia followed by a fiesta of epic proportions. The fiesta will be a selection of food and drinks with plenty of laughter and chats.  
Spain Roots: The devotion began in the 15th century when a French man named Simón Vela discovered a hidden statue of the Virgin Mary on the Peña de Francia mountain in Salamanca, Spain.
Bicol Tradition: In the 18th century, a seminarian from Manila named Miguel Robles de Covarrubias was cured from a severe illness after praying with a holy card of the Virgin of Peñafrancia. When he became a priest in Naga City, he built a shrine and had a local replica carved, sparking a massive centuries-old devotion.  The Filipino community has graciously invited us to this Mass so we can celebrate the Jubilee with our bishop.  The statue of Peñafrancia will be taken by flotilla along The Broads and then land in Wroxham where a street procession will take place to St Helen’s.  We are expecting in excess of 600 people to attend the procession and Mass.  Parking will be at Roy’s coach park just down the road from St Helen’s.  Further details of timings will be available  over the next few weeks.  We hope to contribute to the celebrations by creating boards for our three churches to be displayed in the narthex of St Helen’s on the day.  If you have ANY photos, memorabilia or articles that we can use for the boards, please bring them to Mass over the next three weeks – thank you.  
An invitation to Hoveton today: Everyone is warmly invited to St Helen’s in Hoveton at 3pm to join the Filipino community for a vibrant and joyful Mass. Stations of the Cross at 3pm followed by Mass at 3:30pm.  We are all assured of a very warm welcome.
Philip Pitt: A Requiem Mass for Philip will be held on Wednesday 26th August, at St John of the Cross at 11.30 am.  
Fund Raiding for the Sound System:  Money has already started coming in for our appeal. So far, we are approaching £900 towards our goal of £2600. This is most encouraging and thank you to all who have donated so far from all our churches.  		Readers at Sacred Heart: The new reading rota is ready, so you may collect your copy from the back of the church today.
A Message from Spalding:  ‘I would like to thank the team that oversaw Chris White’s funeral.  As close friends of Chris and Ben we are very grateful for the hospitality and kindness shown to all that attended Chris’s funeral.  We were made most welcome and felt very much at home.  We came away feeling that Chris was celebrated to the fullest. Memories that will last for us as a family.
The Flynn’s from Spalding.’      
We pray for our sick parishioners: Matt Butler, Frances Palman, Mary Bell, Celia Cooper, Margaret Larkins, Maria Halsey, Joan Macnamara, Richard Skelton, Teresa Fitzmaurice, Bernadette Saunders, Doreen Rockey & daughter Sandra, Pam Thornton, Mary Long, Malcolm Akers, Frances Mack, Amy Heywood & Peter, Cathie Dickson, Carolyn Rayner and her mother Mary Rayner, Alan Ganney, Roma BrooderWe pray for those whose anniversaries occur this week: Irene Harrison, Christine Miller, George Mayer, Florence Loades, John Mardon.   May they rest in peace