TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY Year C – Season of Creation
SUNDAY: PARISH SERVICE OF WORD & COMMUNION at 10.00am (Live-streamed)
MONDAY: Feast of Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael – Archangels
No liturgy
TUESDAY: Feast of St Jerome, priest and first Biblical Scholar
No Liturgy
WEDNESDAY: Feast of St Therese of Lisieux, Carmelite nun and Teacher
No Liturgy
THURSDAY: Adoration at !1.30am Service of Word & Communion at 12noon
FRIDAY: CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY – FAST FOR THE POOR OF THE WORLD
Adoration at 11.30am Mass for Justice at 12.00noon
SATURDAY: Feast of St Francis of Assisi – Patron of Ecology & Peace-makers
Adoration at 11.30am Mass at 12.00noon
Sacrament of Reconciliation: after Mass and 4.00-4.43pm
28/09/2025 [1] On the 26th Sunday of Year C we celebrate Jesus who chooses to be found always among the poorest. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the poor man tells us where Jesus is found and who it is who is greatest in the Kingdom of God – the poorest! Jesus, Prophet and Saviour of the Poor challenges us to raise up the poor as Lazarus is raised! Do we?
PRAY FOR THIS WEEK’S PARISH MINISTRY OR MISSION 28/9/2025 Giving thanks for sisters and brothers in this very ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church, going back to the Acts of the Apostles, it is our privilege to host them Sunday by Sunday here at St Nicks.
DIOCESAN PRAYER We pray today for the Parishes in Communion for Mission of St Augustine of Canterbury, Downend, Our Lady of Lourdes, Kingswood, St Lawrence, Chipping Sodbury with St Paul, Yate, served by Fr James Williams, Fr Barnabus Page, Deacons Michael Belt, Vincent Calder, Parish Administrators Bernadette Thomson, Maria Fernandez and all their communities
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY YEAR C – Season of Creation
SUNDAY: PARISH MASS at 10.00am (Live-streamed)
Mass with the Catholic Handicapped Fellowship at 3.00pm – all welcome
MONDAY: No liturgy
TUESDAY: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
No Liturgy
WEDNESDAY: No Liturgy
THURSDAY: Feast of St John Henry Newman, Priest & Doctor of the Church (d 1890)
Adoration at 11.30am Mass at 12noon
FRIDAY: Feast of St Paulinus – first Bishop of York, monk
Adoration at 11.30am Mass at 12.00noon
SATURDAY: Feast of St John XXIII, reforming Pope of Vatican II (1881-1963)
Mass at 8.30am [change of time because of Diocesan Formation Day)
Sacrament of Reconciliation: 4.00-4.43pm only
21/09/2025 [1] The 27th Sunday nof the Year celebrates Jesus the Servant, the Divine One in our human flesh, who washes feet and prepares the sacred meal for all humanity. The Lord, the King who comes not to be served but to serve. And he challenges us and the whole Church to be a Servant Church washing the feet of the world’s poorest and so offering redemption to the rich. ‘Lord increase our faith’ so that we will risk truly living the Gospel and find joy in serving. How do we serve?
[2] Retiring Collection for the CAFOD Harvest Fast Day – sharing what we have with the poor of the world through our great ‘Catholic Fund for Overseas Development’
[3] We pray today for Prisoners, their families, & all who staff our prisons – praying for the reform of Penal System. We imprison in Britain more people than any other European country, especially more women. And 90% are the poor of our nation!
[4] Jubilee of Migrants 2025 – 4–5 October 2025 On the first weekend of October, our diocese will join the Church around the world in celebrating the Jubilee of Migrants. Bishop Bosco, together with CAFOD, invites every parish to take part in this celebration during Sunday Masses on 5 October. It is a chance to give thanks for the gift of migrants and refugees among us, who are, in the words of St Paul, “fellow citizens … in the household of God” (Eph 2:19) and part of our one Clifton family. We are encouraging all our community to come in their national/cultural/traditional dress and if possible bring something significant to your country of origin to the altar at the ~Offertoy of the mass.
THOUGHT FOR 27th SUNDAY YC No Spirit of Timidity!
For too long we as Catholics have hidden our faith behind our closed doors or in our private convictions: even boasting that our neighbours and friends did not know we are Catholics! Pope Benedict when he visited UK challenged us – fan into a flame that our society can see – the Spirit of Power, Love and Self-Control! We are called to be witnesses, letting Jesus be seen in our lives, identified in our communities and heard in our words. God is always the God who speaks, the God who ‘appears’ in our humanity (in Jesus and in us!). If our society does not know God or experience the joy and fullness of life that is faith in the Living God – then maybe it is in part because we have been too timid in our faith and suppressed the Spirit who gives us the eloquence of faith and prophets!
DIOCESAN PRAYER 5/10/2025 The Diocese prays today for the Parishes in Communion for Mission of St Nicholas of Tolentino, Easton, St Patrick, Redfield and St Joseph, Fishponds served by Fr Richard McKay, Canon Gregory Grant. Fr Jerome, Deacons Denis Deasey and Rob Easton, Parish Assistants Mary Hopper, Amelia Dunford, Parish Administrators Astrid Fagon & Team, Savia Rodrigues, Sara Sampson and all their communities.
PRAY FOR THIS WEEK’S PARISH MINISTRY OR MISSION 5/10/2025 We pray today for our Parish School of St Nicholas of Tolentino, led by our Head Teacher Mrs Rachael James. Giving thanks for the excellent and hard work of all the staff in educating and caring for our children and the pastoral care of many of our families, we recognise the school as a special part of the Mission of our parish and the wider Church, offering the special contribution of Catholic Christian education to our inner city community with all its diversity. We value children and families of different faiths and beliefs who seek to educate their children with us. We have a number of Muslim families who have chosen our school for their children. We need a parishioner to join the Governing Body of the school – if interested please approach Richard