St. Paul's Cramlington

St. Mary Magdalene, Feast
2022-07-22
Mary Magdalene, sometimes called Mary of Magdala, was a woman who, according to the four Canonical Gospels traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to His Crucifixion and Resurrection. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the Canonical Gospels, more than most of the Apostles and more than any other woman in the Gospels, other than Jesus’s family. Mary’s epithet Magdalene may mean that she came from the town of Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Roman Judea.
The Gospel of Luke lists Mary Magdalene as one of the women who traveled with Jesus and helped support his ministry “out of their resources”, indicating that she was probably wealthy. The same passage also states that seven demons had been driven out of her, a statement which is repeated in Mark 16. In all the four Canonical Gospels, Mary Magdalene was a witness to the crucifixion of Jesus and, in the Synoptic Gospels, she was also present at his burial. All the four gospels identified her, either alone or as a member of a larger group of women which includes Jesus’ mother, as the first to witness the empty tomb and, either alone or as a member of a group, as the first to witness Jesus’s resurrection.
For these reasons, Mary Magdalene is known in some Christian traditions as the “apostle to the apostles”.

Coffee Morning
2022-07-20 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
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Our Coffee Morning will be held in the Back Room on Wednesday 20th July from 10am. Why not come along to meet some fellow parishioners and join our small band for a chat, tea / coffee and a biscuit. You will be made most welcome. Please ring Sheila H (07541 104055) who would love to see you there and will provide further information.

First Holy Communion
2022-07-17 09:00 - 10:00 | St. John the Baptist RC Church, Annitsford, United Kingdom
Consecration of bread and wine in the body and blood of Jesus – Sacred Host
First Holy Communion Day:
We are very happy that 19 children from St. Paul’s and St. John’s will receive Jesus for the first time in the Eucharist at St. Paul’s on Saturday 16th July at 10:00am and 1 child at St. John’s on Sunday 17th July at 9:00am. They are to be a day of celebration in both parishes and you are cordially invited. Please pray for them and their families.

First Holy Communion
2022-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Consecration of bread and wine in the body and blood of Jesus – Sacred Host
First Holy Communion Day:
We are very happy that 19 children from St. Paul’s and St. John’s will receive Jesus for the first time in the Eucharist at St. Paul’s on Saturday 16th July at 10:00am and 1 child at St. John’s on Sunday 17th July at 9:00am. They are to be a day of celebration in both parishes and you are cordially invited. Please pray for them and their families.
Our normal Vigil Mass will be celebrated at 6:00pm on that day.
Please try to attend to show your support for the children and their families

School Children's Mass
2022-07-15 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
The Year 1 Class of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Primary School will attend the Friday 10:00am Mass in church and their parents are most welcome to attend.

St. Bonaventure, Memorial
2022-07-15
St. Bonaventure (1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan, Bishop, Cardinal, Scholastic Theologian and Philosopher.
The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. He is known as the “Seraphic Doctor”. Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventure.

Adult Formation and Spiritual Nurturing Group
2022-07-14 19:00 - 20:30
The Group will meet on Thursday 14th July. Please come along between 7 – 8:15pm to nurture and share your faith values with your parish family. Feel free to drop in, join in or just listen. Refreshments are provided.

Thanksgiving Mass for NHS Staff, Hospital Chaplains and Care Workers
2022-07-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Cathedral of St. Mary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Clayton Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5HH, United Kingdom
Bishop Robert Byrne invites you to attend a Mass of Thanksgiving for NHS Staff, Chaplains and Care Workers at 7.00pm on 14 July, the Feast of St Camillus, at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Newcastle. This Mass will be the opportunity to express the gratitude of the Diocese to medical, nursing and healthcare staff and chaplains as we continue to emerge from the COVID Pandemic. Please let Peter Killen or Paula Battersby know if you work in the NHS or want to attend the Mass so we can pass the names on to the Diocese.

St. Paul's Parish Pastoral Council
2022-07-12 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the PPC will be on Tuesday 12 July 2022. If you have any issues to raise please contact Fr. Manoj or any member of the group.

St. Benedict, Feast Day
2022-07-11
St Benedict, Patron of Europe (Abbot)
Saint Benedict of Nursia, also spelled Norcia, (born c. 480 CE, Nursia [Italy]—died c. 547, Monte Cassino; founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino and father of Western monasticism; the Rule that he established became the norm for monastic living throughout Europe. In 1964, in view of the work of monks following the Benedictine Rule in the evangelisation and civilisation of so many European countries in the Middle Ages, Pope Paul VI proclaimed him the Patron Saint of all Europe.

Mass Intention
2022-07-10 10:00 - 11:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Catherine and Lawrence Bradley RIP

School Children's Mass
2022-07-08 10:00 - 10:30
The Year 2 Class of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Primary School will attend the Friday 10:00am Mass in church and their
parents are most welcome to attend.

Adult Formation and Spiritual Nurturing Group
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-06-30 19:00 - 20:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
The Group will meet on Thursday 30th June. Please come along between 7 – 8:15pm to nurture and share your faith values with your parish family. Feel free to drop in, join in or just listen. Refreshments are provided.

Partnership Development Group (PDG)
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Bede’s RC Church, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ
The Group will meet on Thursday 7th July. If you have any issues to raise please contact either Fr. Manoj or Paula B.

Mass Intention
2022-07-03 10:00 - 11:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Josie McConnell and Bill Pickering

Mass Intention
2022-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
In thanksgiving (PK)

Mass Intention
2022-07-01 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Thomas Francis

School Children's Mass
2022-07-01 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
St. Peter & St. Paul’s School Year 3 pupils

Bishop Seamus' 80th Birthday Celebration Mass
2022-06-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Cathedral of St. Mary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Clayton Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5HH, United Kingdom

Feast Day of Saints Peter & Paul
2022-06-29 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Wednesday 29th June is the feast day of Saints Peter & Paul. Mass will be celebrated in our church at 7pm.
As early as the year 258, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of celebrating the solemnities of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the same day. Together, the two saints are the founders of the See of Rome, through their preaching, ministry and martyrdom there.
Peter, who was named Simon, was a fisherman of Galilee and was introduced to the Lord Jesus by his brother Andrew, also a fisherman. Jesus gave him the name Cephas (Petrus in Latin), which means ‘Rock,’ because he was to become the rock upon which Christ would build His Church. Peter was a bold follower of the Lord. He was the first to recognise that Jesus was “the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” and eagerly pledged his fidelity until death. In his boldness, he also made many mistakes, however, such as losing faith when walking on water with Christ and betraying the Lord on the night of His passion. Yet despite his human weaknesses, Peter was chosen to shepherd God’s flock. The Acts of the Apostles illustrates his role as head of the Church after the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. Peter led the Apostles as the first Pope and ensured that the disciples kept the true faith. St. Peter spent his last years in Rome, leading the Church through persecution and eventually being martyred in the year 64. He was crucified upside-down at his own request, because he claimed he was not worthy to die as his Lord. He was buried on Vatican hill, and St. Peter’s Basilica is built over his tomb. St. Paul was the Apostle of the Gentiles. His letters are included in the writings of the New Testament, and through them we learn much about his life and the faith of the early Church. Before receiving the name Paul, he was Saul, a Jewish pharisee who zealously persecuted Christians in Jerusalem. Scripture records that Saul was present at the martyrdom of St. Stephen. Saul’s conversion took place as he was on his way to Damascus to persecute the Christian community there. As he was traveling along the road, he was suddenly surrounded by a great light from heaven. He was blinded and fell off his horse. He then heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” He answered: “Who are you, Lord?” Christ said: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” Saul continued to Damascus, where he was baptised and his sight was restored. He took the name Paul and spent the remainder of his life preaching the Gospel tirelessly to the Gentiles of the Mediterranean world. Paul was imprisoned and taken to Rome, where he was beheaded in the year 67. He is buried in Rome in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. In a sermon in the year 395, St. Augustine of Hippo said of Saints. Peter and Paul: “Both apostles share the same feast day, for these two were one; and even though they suffered on different days, they were as one. Peter went first, and Paul followed. And so we celebrate this day made holy for us by the apostles’ blood. Let us embrace what they believed, their life, their labours, their sufferings, their preaching, and their confession of faith.”

NO MASS
2022-06-28 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
There will be NO MASS today due to illness.

Mass Intention
2022-06-26 10:00 - 11:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Kevin Robson RIP

Parish Summer Raffle
2022-06-25 19:00 - 19:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
The raffle will be drawn after Mass on Saturday 25th June. Tickets are 20p (a book of 5 £1.00.) Your support in selling tickets would be appreciated with the donation of the usual prizes which you have generously given in the past. Our finances could do with a boost so your support would be appreciated,

Second Collection
2022-06-25 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Peter’s Pence to support Pope Francis’ work for the poor will be taken over the weekend of 25th / 26th June 2022.

Dialogue & Unity
2022-06-25 14:30 - 15:30
The Christian and Muslim Pray for Peace event takes place on Saturday 25th June at 2.30pm at the historic Lady Chapel which is situated in Jesmond Dene.

School Children's Mass
2022-06-24 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
St. Peter & St. Paul’s Year 6 pupils

Adult Formation & Spiritual Nurturing Group
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
The Group will meet again next Thursday 23rd June. Please come along between 7 – 8:15pm to nurture and share your faith values with your parish family. Feel free to drop in, join in or just listen. Refreshments are provided.

Mass Intention
2022-06-21 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
Special Intention Robson & Collins families

Mass Intention
2022-06-20 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Paul’s RC Church, Cramlington, Dewley, Cramlington, NE23 6EF, United Kingdom
In thanksgiving (Gillian & Tony)
